Uintah County Receives 15218 Oil Royalties
Uintah County led 23 counties in the 10 percent share of federal mineral bonuses for the last half of 105 with a payment of 15218 dollars sent Friday by the State Finance Commission. San Juan County followed with 9615 dollars. other large sums went to Emery 7948, Grand 6283, Carbon 3556, Duchesne 4895, and Millard 2075. The remaining 563414 goes to the minimum school fund. By law, counties receive a tenth of the federal mineral lease revenues for road building from within their boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah
State Finance Commission
San Juan County
Emery
Grand
Carbon
Duchesne
Millard
Last Rites Held for Addie Aycock in Vernal Memorial Park
Funeral services for Addie M S Aycock were held in Vernal Third Ward with Bishop C Laurence Fox directing and several speakers including J Wallace Johnson Pres Jesse A Hog and Pres Archie Johnson. Survivors include husband Vernal four sons three daughters and 25 grandchildren. Burial followed at Vernal Memorial Park with pallbearers the four Aycock sons and two grandsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal Third Ward
Addie M. S. Aycock
Provo Hospital
C. Laurence Fox
Ashel Manwaring
Woodrow White
J. Wallace Johnson
Jesse A. Hawg
Archie Johnson
My Father
Laurence Cooper
Clifford Hadley
Patty Stewart
Roberta Ufford
Dorothy Jolley
Mr. Cooper
Alice Woolley
Jesus Is
Stewart
Ufford
Woolley
Vernal
T. Edward Aycock
Mulford H. Aycock
Quaildome
Wye
Kenneth R. Aycock
Roosevelt
LaVern W. Aycock
Murray
Ivan J
Mildred) Foster
Salt Lake City
Clifford
Zelta) Knudsen
Oakland
Calif
Arthur
Mary) Schaefermeyer
Seward
Alaska
Funeral Services Held for John A Walkup
Funeral services were held Monday in Vernal for John A Walkup who was killed in an accident at Red Washfield last week. The service, directed by Virgil Robb, included prayers by Elbert Smith and Breyer, with speeches by Bishop Gilbert Ellingford and President Jesse A Haws. A duet Going Home and a quartet sang Beyond the Sunset as Evelyn Richardson read, followed by The Old Rugged Cross. Burial at Vernal Memorial Park featured a graveside by June Hacking and the American Legion Witbeck Post No 11. Pallbearers were Peter Moore Vern Moore Garth Atwood Larvin Atwood Ivan Slough and Dale Slaugh. Walkup, son of George and Pearl Slough Walkup of Whiterocks, was a 1939 to 1945 US Air Force mechanic in Alaska and theaters in Africa Europe and the Pacific. He was a B-29 crew member and Alitsh High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal Second Ward
John
Red Washfield
Virgil Robb
Whiterocks Ward
Elbert Smith
Breyer
Virgil Hebb
Gilbert Ellingford
Whiteracks
Jesse A. Haws
Rex Jayloe Bang
Dawn Huber
Evelyn Richardson
Old Rugged Cross
Vernal Memorial Park
Martin Fletcher
June Hacking
American Legion Witbeck Post
No. 11
Post
Peter Moore
Vern Moore
Garth Atwood
Larvin Atwood
Ivan Slough
Dale Slaugh
Walkup
George
Pearl Slough
Whiterocks
Alitsh
Arm Air Force
Alaska
United States
East Africa
Deer Loss Predicted In Uintah Herds
Game wardens and Forest Service officers warn many fawns and young deer in the Uintah foothills are dying from hunger and weakness in a severe winter. Observers report elk and adult deer in poor condition, huddled in cedars. predators may worsen losses. Officials note snow depth blocks ground forage and an annual air survey will better estimate herd losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah
Forest Service
Ashby National Forest
Fred Reynalds
University Symphonic Band To Appear In Vernal
The University of Utah symphonic band directed by Ronald Greg will perform at Uintah High School on April 11 and a matinee at the Vernal Stake Center, with an evening concert at the Uintah Stake I. A Lions Club sponsored series features student musicians from the University and Intermountain Area notes of the band’s rise in demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Utah
Vernal Lions Club
Ronald Greg
Gregory
Intermountain
Uintah Hi
Uin- Stake Ibernacle
Peng Ce Fort A
Dee
Lions
Ool
Lawrence Lee
Lapoint Crude Oil To Be Refined In Salt Lake
A contract was signed last week between Gulf, Oil and Refining Company and Utah OM Refining Co of Salt Lake City for the sale of crude oil from the Whitlock No 1 near Lapoint in 9261 ft. The operation cost over $25,000 as drilling fluid was reworked while waiting for cement to set, indicating continued efforts to seal a production in the Green River formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf, Oil and Refining Company
Utah OM Refining Co
Salt Lake City
Whitlock No. 1
Lapotopoo
Guiltil
Basel
Green River
First Wool School Completed Sports Shop And Rangely Win Tournament Opener
An exciting fast round robin basketball tournament opened Wednesday in Uintah High School gym sponsored by Vernal Jaycees. The opening game saw Sport Shop teams win 46 to 58 in an overtime thriller between Uintah High School faculty Rangely A. Continental Oil defeated Rangely B 28 to 28, Roosevelt Legion crushed Town Burns 53 to 22. Second night eliminations were set for Thursday with winners and losers meeting for a second contest and final rounds Friday at 7:00 p.m. Referees were Darrel Wardell Ken Sowards Ralph Ashton and Nick Barovich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah High School
Vernal Jaycees
Byth
Waynes
Bart's Sport Shop
Sport Sine Players
Rangely
Continental Oil
Rangely B
Roosevelt Legion
Burns
Darrel Wardell
Ken Sowards
Ralph Ashton
Nick Barovich
Famous Explorer to Address Dinner Club Saturday
Noted world traveler I. D. Richardson will speak at the Knife and Fork dinner club March meeting at Hotel Vernal. He has visited 45 foreign countries in six years and explored jungle regions unseen by white men. He wrote American Guerilla in the Philippines and They Were Expendable, and worked as technical director for 20th Century Film Corporation and MGM on two war films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. D. Richardson
Knife and Fork
Hotel Vernal
Richardson
Philippines
20Th Century Film Corporation
MGM Movie Company
Hichard
America
Kiwanis hear rodeo plans for 1952 event
Kiwanis members hear detailed plans for the 1952 rodeo to be held June 26 to 28 at asphalted parking grounds. The event will include Indian riders and three queens, daily parades at 10 am, a horse trough for western attire, and an international trustee address. Ladies Night planned with Mary Tassainer and Elaine Walker steering duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal
Mary Tassainer
Elaine Walker
Wiley Baucum
Bfr
Baucum
Reed Culp
Sage
Kivanty
Jay
Father travels to Crescent City for daughter's wedding
Joseph Parent left for Crescent City California to attend his daughter Virginia's wedding. He will stay indefinitely while working at a Crescent City ply mill and may try game construction work before returning home. Quentin Woolley son of H Walter Woolley spent the weekend at home from Brigham Young University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Parent
Crescent City
California
Virginia
Quentin Woolley
H. Walter Woolley
Brigham Young University
Indian Land Lease Sought by Oil Co
Phillips Petroleum is rumored to seek oil and gas leasing on about 14 000 acres in Uintah and Ouray lands west of Roosevelt Utah. The Uintah and Ouray Agency at Fort Duchesne has not announced bids yet as two weeks of activity unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah Basin
Phillips Petroleum
Uintah and Ouray Indiana Agency
Ft. Duchesne
Roosevelt
Duchesne
Utah
Jensen named elder in Alaska LDS branch
Word was received that James A. Jensen former Vernal resident now of Reward Alaska has been made sustaining elder of a new branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Jensen
Vernal
Eward
Alaska
Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints
Presidential Preference Poll Readied by Vernal Express
Vernal Express urges readers to indicate their presidential candidate preferences on the ballot page for a two week poll conducted in cooperation with the Utah State Press Association. Subscribers are asked to mail or deliver ballots to the Vernal Express office and vote only once for national leaders and parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal Express
Utah
Evrrest
Con Pol
Salt Tatke City
Toca
Bodward
Repubicans
Colorado River Commission Again Asks Chapman to Act
The Colorado River Commission petitions Secretary Chapman to act on the Echo Park measure and related river projects. A Grand Junction meeting with John W. and Upper Colorado agencies pressed for action, noting delays and urging Federal response to safeguard the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado River Commission
Chapman
Secretary of the Interior
Oacar Chapman
Ate Ee Solsrade
Ommissan
Frank
Ata Veni Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Word
the River Commission
Grand Junction
Echo Park
Red Cross Opens Drive for Uintah County Quota
An Uintah County Red Cross appeal launches this week led by Vernon Nash and Mrs Forrest R Stone. Quotas set to fund local and national war relief, with at least one dollar from each family and higher gifts up to ten dollars. Half of collected funds stay local for oil field safety classes lifesaving and veterans aid, the rest support national disaster relief and Korsca war work. Regional targets include Vernal Ashley West Side Jensen Maeser Naples and other districts with business and school contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah County
Red Cross
Ray “Nash
Vernal
Forrest R.'Stone
Chatrman
Aecgunty
Korsca
West Side
Ashley
Davis
Jensen
Bonanza
Maeser
Glin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Addie M.S. Aycock
Aycock
L.D.S
Relief Society
Manassa
Whed
Ompot Sowards
Robert L. Aycock
Salt Lake Temple
Church of Bcclesist Christ of Latter-ay Saints
Mra
Jock R_ Waltisana
Larry Rutting
John A. Walkup
Lapoint
Salt Lake
Ralph Siddoway
Harold E. Davis
Rusall Xeetch
John L. Siddoway
Leon Mickelson
Clair A. Acord
D. Richardson
Leon Micklesone
Russell Keetch
Extension Service
USAC
Logan
Fecodations
Clair R. Acord
Regi
Erman
Elmer Lind
Acord
Oil Co
Hana
Bee
Bate Press Association
Roosevelt Pool
Rosema
Lloyd Carter
Carter
Deilling
H. A. Puteri
Senw
Duchesne Co
Coring
Duchesne WC
Willis Moon
isis d+ cheane Co
Pellling
Gosate Ulatah County
Ree
Californ
Dagatlen
Olatah
Ack. Co
Red Wash
Californian
Geene Co
Horseshoes Bend No
Ot Ee
Uin- Ca
T. D. Siaashale
Eas Drilling
Geoffrey
Jett) Wrecratany
Will
Disney
Milan
Will de
Fe Bechetary
Wil
Tate
Mesa Verde
Asia
Carters Willow Creek
Er Dhelee
Eisenhower
Ketauyer
MacArthur
Warren, Fetta
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