Uintah County school reorganization discussed in joint boards
A Uintah and Duchesne county education meeting examined a plan to consolidate Fort Duchesne elementary into Ballard school and remodel Ballard for more students. Opposition from Indian service and western groups led to a counter proposal for a new elementary unit beside Alterra High. The matter was tabled for thorough investigation.
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Uintah
Tn- An
Duchesne County
Boards of Education
State of Education
Ray Emen
David Gurley
Uintah Phart of
Fort Duchesne Elementary
Ballard
Ballard Wa
Indian Service
Board of
Educeon
Alterra High
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Unitah Basin 8CD Announces Vernal Office Location
The United Basin Soil Conservation District will open an office in the Coltharp Building in Vernal during the first week of April. Open Wednesday Friday and Saturday forenoon each week to receive applications for soil conservation work. Chairman Leon P Christensen urges residents with soil conservation or related problems to file an application so an overall estimate can be made.
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United Basin Soil Conservation District
Coltharp
Leon P Christensen
Board of
District Supervisors
Funeral for Mrs Juliana Schanno Held in Maeser Ward
Funeral services for Mrs Juliana Searle Schanno 68 wife of the late Charles J Schanno early pioneers of Ashley valley will be held Sunday at 2 pm in the Maeser ward chapel with Bishop Lester Bingham presiding. She recently left for San Bernardino and correspondence reached her son Delbert Schanno a custodian at Vernal post office informing of her death. One son in Oregon cannot attend. Interment will be in Maeser Cemetery.
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Mrrs
Julians Searle Schanno
Charles J Schanno
Ashley Valley
Maeser Ward
Lester Bingham
Schanno
San Bernardino
Delbert Schanno
Vernal
Henra
Oregon
Maeser Ceemetery
Tourists Fail to Pause Long Enough in Utah
Tourists passing through Utah generated 37.4 million dollars in receipts while California and Colorado far outranked Utah with 244 million and 316 million dollars respectively. The Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce urged measures to increase length of stay as travel beyond Utah rises. The report notes a broader shift in American travel and a related revenue impact on the United States.
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Utah
Interstate Motor
California
Colorado
Gus P. Barkman
Salt Lake
Central School Operetta to Be Given Friday
Snow White chosen for presentation at Uintah High School auditorium. The operetta follows Snow White and the seven dwarfs with a wicked queen thwarted by the cheerful cast led by Amber Adams, Audrey Jones, Leon Pitt, and others in a whimsical Royal tale culminating in a royal wedding.
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Snow White
Uintah High School
Seven Drawis
Amber Adams
Audry Jones
Vistarila
Leon Pitt Hing Burtton Johnson
Frosty Fate Neldon Baton
Vonnie Ellis
Nibbles
Beverly Fisher Nutty Lyle Martinson
Prince Dorothy Kennard
Queen Tigerie
Magic Stirrer
Woodman
Carol Noblen
Aurore
Patty Lewis
Goddess of Day
Morman
Massey White Wings
Sam Snyder Doc Bert Carol Grumpy
Howard Richardson
Sneezy
William Siddoway
Bashful
Alvin Pitt Happy Eliot Hampton
Sleepy David Roberts
Dopey
Survivor South Seas Tragedy Reaches Los Angeles
Sole survivor of a Fiji island shipwreck returns to L A with husband and two others dead from starvation and thirst on a South Sea pearl expedition. Mrs Fern Mann Thompson 21 walks away gaunt, escorted by her parents as relatives greet her at the pier. New details from the Oakland Tribune recount the Wing On yacht’s distress and a missing food supply before the disaster.
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Los Angeles
Fiji Island
Fern Thompson
Chester Thompson
Dalton Conly
Eve
Oaklant
Thompeon
Alfred Mann
Jacqueline 3
Tomi
Fen Mann Thompson
Manns
Oakland Tribune
Condleys
Mrz Euntee Condley
Oakland
Rey
Ferris
Seven Day Adventist Mission
Buca Bay
Vanna
Levee
Fiji Islands
Vernal Boy Trapped Fifteen Hours in Nantahala Tunnel
Leon Glenn, 21, an electrician from Vernal, was trapped with four other men for fifteen hours in a Nantahala North Carolina mine tunnel from 4 10 pm to 8 50 am. Rescuers led by Nir Glenk worked to clear the tunnel entrance as the group faced a lengthy entrapment.
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North Carolina
Leon Glenn
Nantahala
Nir Glenk
Leon
Vernal
Utah Constric Lon Company
U S Advises Vast Utah Development
The National Resources Planning Board urges a broad, long term program for California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. It envisions doubling irrigated land, boosting crop production with forest protection, expanding lumber output to 4 billion board feet annually, and improving range, watersheds, and land use while expanding electric power to spur industrial growth.
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Washington
National Resources Planning Board
Congress
Roosevelt
Pacific Southwest
California
Ariza
Nevada
Utah
Public Roads Administration
Ladies Clubs and Relief Society Aid Hospital
Executive officers of Uinton Blake and Ward Relief Societies outlined plans to assist county hospital at a meeting held Wednesday at the Court House. W 5S Henderson presided over the hospital board, with Mayor R C Cooper on the executive committee in attendance. The group decided to continue the matter on page four.
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Uinton Blake and Ward Relief Societies
Bcout House
Henderson
R. C Cooper
Funeral for John Corless Held at First Ward Mon
Funeral services for John FD Corlens were held Monday at 1 p m in Vernal First Ward chapel with Bishop Caldér presiding. The casket and chancel were adorned with floral offerings from friends and relatives. A ladies quartet and Mrz Stage sang Some Time Somewhere, with invocation by J William Workman. Wallace Calder spoke of Corless's half century of pioneering in Ashley Valley. Perfect Day and Abide with Me were sung, with remarks of consolation from Archie Johnson.
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John FD Corlens
Vernal First Ward
Pontha Caldér
Rs Mae Jorgensen
May
Calder
Jessie Williams
Glenn Lambert
Mrz Mable
J William Workman
Mre Jorgensen
Mra
Wallace Calder
Ashley Valley
Mre
Jorgensen
Calder Archie Johnson
Uintah
UHS Operetta Set for April 4 and 6 Performance
UHS to stage an April operetta in three acts titled Ship Ahoy. The plot follows Mary Ann Davis fleeing an arranged marriage as family plans collide aboard a voyage. About 100 students participate with a 25 member dancing chorus, 2 choirs, and a 25 piece orchestra. Proceeds fund art projects and WPA produced paintings, with school covering material costs.
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Asea
Mary Ann Davis
New York
Mary Ann
Herelf
King Herby
Dorothy King
Veda Dudley
Nina Harry
Betty Pack
Raymond Bascom
Bob Shimmin
Gari Collett
Keith Richardson
Vari Haws
George Swett Melvin Hodgkinson
Gilbert Brown
Salt Lake
Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir to Present Oratorio St Paul
The Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir plans a three night presentation of Mendelssohn s oratorio St Paul during the LDS conference in April. More than 60 participants including the Tabernacle Choir 350 members the MIA 125 actors Brigham Young University Orchestra and soloists will perform under J Spencer Cornwall W O Robinson and LeRoy Robertson. elaborate stage effects schemes and costumes accompany dramatized scenes from Paul s life with tickets 60 cents general admission and 1 dollar for some reserved seating.
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Tabernacle
Soloista
Tabernacle Choir
Felix Mendrissahna
St Paul
J. Spencer Cornwall
MIA
W . Robinson
Brigham Youth University Orchestra
LeRoy
Robertson Steat
Apostle Paul
W O Robinson
Paul
Antioch
Barnaabas
Jerusalem
Festus
Agrippa Jas
Vernal C s Anniversary at Camp April 5
Vernal camp marks its Civilian Conservation Camps founding with an open house on Saturday April 6. From 2 to 3 pm open bows, 230 to 3 pm VHS band concert, program at 3 pm with community singing and a welcome address by Lt William W Robinson. Selections by the band and talks follow, led by Gen W Mathis district gar.
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G W Merrill
VHS
William W Robinson
W_ Mathis
Grar
Radio Stations Adopt New Wave Lengths Changes of Channel Assignments
Radio stations will switch to new wave lengths on March 29 under a regional broadcasting accord. About 77 of 862 U S stations will receive new frequency assignments, with most remaining automatic and only a few requiring minor adjustments. The changes affect North American broadcasting and aim to standardize channel allocations across the region.
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North American
United
Vernal Jaycees Launch County Clean Up Campaign
The Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce announces Clean-Up Week for April 13 to 10 with the slogan Will you Twice Look At Our City. Kari Roberts chairs the effort to make Vernal Utah the cleanest spot while the program aims to cover every town and community in the county. The campaign seeks cooperation from all areas and lists a seven member general committee including Owen Slaugh and Laurence Fox. The note also references Basin Music Festival set for April 25 to 28 and a local production The Drunkard on April 10, highlighting civic group activity and recent local travels by Mr and Mrs Azer Johnson and Gloria to Salt Lake City.
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Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce
Vernal
Utah
Kari Roberts
Count
Cee
Dour
Robert Baker
Rob
Slyde
Joharson
Owen Slaugh
Laurence Fox
Melvin Anderson
Alvin Kay Lynn Murdock
Bus Richandson
Don Showalter
Basin
Official Visions 100 Mile Motor Trains for Army
W D Hammond reveals after San Francisco conference that 100 mile motor trains may roll on western highways. War department and state officials outlined troop and supply corridors to move vast numbers of trucks with minimal civilian disruption. National defense plans anticipate long caravans of motor equipment on highways within months.
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Utah
W D Hammond
State Road Commission
Hils
San Francisco
War Department
Plains
Western States
National Defense Program
Bir ‘Hammond
Baird Basin to participate in dvesticke Show
Local brief notes Baird Basin plans to enter the dvesticke Show. Mentions of participants from Denver and Lake City and a connection to Utah State Agricultural College. Details are fragmentary but indicate a regional showcase event with multiple entrants.
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Baird Basin
Pita
Heya
Cara
Sven
Denver
Lake City
Uteh State |Agriqultural College
Uintah Basin Music Festival Holds Second Year
The Uintah Basin Music Festival returns for a second year with junior and senior high, and elementary bands performing in a maid band concert at the courthouse in Vernal on April 23. Judges include Marvin Stahl, Robert Sauer, and Richard Condie, as bands vie for A1 ratings to reach the National Music Festival in Ogden.
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Court House Ra
Basin Music Wrestival
Vernal
Platees
Uintah Basin
Roosevelt
Ogden
Tabernacle
Marvin Stahl
Granite
Stahl Wil
Robert Sauer
Brigham ‘Young University
Provo
Richard Condie
Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir
Uintah High School
Joe Mr Noble
Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
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Juliana Schanno
South, Seas
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Uintah High
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John Corless
First Ward
Abe
Verdet
Ieee
Vernal C’s
Jaycees Plan County
Azer Johnson
Gloria
Official Visions
Army
Vernal Lions Club
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