Farm News Highlight Local Lectures And Wool Short Course
Fern Johnson and International Youth Exchange spoke at multiple towns on agriculture in the British Isles this week. Elmer and Rulon Ulnd donated three rams for the Utah Field House Wool Short Course where attendees graded wool and studied micrometer-based classification. Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Show Committee meets March 14 to discuss premium book updates for 1952 show. Garden seed sales urged as plans form. Road note cites a route from Ft Duchess to Randlett with no bottom. Upholstery class at the Court House reshapes chairs and couches. Conservation pledge promotes natural resources awareness.
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Fern Johnson
International Foreign Youth Exchangee
Ft. Duchesne
Randlett
Court House
Soil Conservation Efforts Grow in Utah Basin
The District reports record funding for Soil Conservation Service technicians as farmers in the Utah Basin prepare spring work. Conservation practices include land leveling contour ditches headgates seed pastures and irrigation pond building. Shortage of tractors delayed contracts. more heavy equipment is hoped for the coming season. An SCS representative attended signup meetings at Alterra Altonah Bluebell Duchesne Tabiona Arcadia and Randlett to contact farmers and save time.
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Bomas
Evans
Soil Conservation Service Techniciana
Uintah Basin
Alterra
Altonah
Bluebell
Duchesne
Tabiona
Arcadia
Randlett
Tarmeta
Mayor Megup by John Jarvis
Conservationist Grant Parrish led neighbor meetings across multiple communities detailing farm drainage, windbreaks, land leveling, and irrigated pasture plans for spring. The Hicken Ditch Company bought pipes and steel for a siphon project under Hicken Hollow to be installed this spring.
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SCS
Echnicians
Duchesne
OT Hicken Ditch Company
Hicken Hollow
Grant Parrish
Folcoming
Milton Woolley
Lapoint
Laren Ross
Tridell
Julian Massey
Jensen
Remembering Old Farmers and School Days
Recollections from readers across states recall horse powered threshing in barns with 16 horses and a central operator, old slate pencils and two month school terms, and a rural mail system with leather bags and weekly deliveries.
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E O Everson
Florence
Mont
New York
N. Y
C. A. Hite
Casey
Lara Switzer
Ligonier
Ind
Alma
Whitley County
Diana
Evans Merchant
Farmington
Armed Services Stationed at San Diego Recruit Training
Armed Services personnel are stationed at the U S Naval Training Center in San Diego California. Seaman recruit Arthur Trevier Harrison son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Harrison of Vernal entered naval service January 12 1952 after attending Brigham Young University in Provo and working at Alilander Hardware and Manufacturing Company. Cpl Kelly Lattner visited Vernal from Roswell NM for a weekend. Pfc Paul Schofield son of Mrs Beatrice Schofield recently transferred to Ft Belvoir VA from Sheppard Air Force Base TX and is studying drafting and aerial photography. His sister Mrs Max Reed formerly Marjorie Twitchell lives in Falls Church within ten miles of his base.
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San Diego
U. S. Naval Training Center
California
Arthur Trevier Harrison
USN
Arthur Harrison
Vernal
Harrison
Naval Service
Brigham Young University
Provo
Alilander Hardware and Manufacturing Company
Cpl
Kelly Lattner
Roswell
New Mexico
Cpl. Lattner
Melba Lattner
Virginia
Paul Schofield
Beatrice Schofield
Ft. Belvoir
Sheppard Air Force Base
Texas
Pfc
Schofield
Paul
Max P. Reed
Falls Church
Marjorie Twitchell
Service man on 10 day leave visits Vernal
Kay Pfe Mecham now in basic training at Camp Roberts California spends ten day leave in Vernal to visit his wife Marjorie Snyder. He was called home for grandmother Alice Haslem's funeral with servicemen Jay Haslem Mark Brown and Paul Brown also in attendance.
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Pfe
Kay Mecham
Camp Roberts
California
Vernal
Marjorie Snyder
Mecham
Alice Haslem
Haslemp
Jay Haslem
Mark
Paul Brown
Pvt Ray Hunting Returns Home From Ft Bliss
Ft Bliss Pvt Ray Hunting arrived home Thursday of last week after being stationed at Ft Bliss Texas since enlisting on September 1 1851 He is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Earl Hunting of Vernal and expects to receive overseas duty.
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Ft. Bliss
Ray Hunting
Ft Bliss
Texas
Earl Hunting
Vernal
Hunting
Reaper Sign and Oil Debt Figures Headline
A farm scene recalls a farmer and kin harvesting a wheat field by hand with a worker cutting a hand injury. The note contrasts memory with a fragment about an old timer and a hometown address. Government spending claims show 8.7 million home oil burners exist as year end projections amid a 258 billion dollar public debt rising.
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Mayor Megup
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Frankfort, Ky
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Utah
Rugged God
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