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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1957
Page
11
The Uintah Stake Jr Gleaner and Jr M Men plan a weekend party on March 30 at 7:30 in the Naplex Ward chapel. They will depart Naples at 9:30 to attend the stake dance. Complimentary dance tickets will be given to all Naples attendees. A fireside for Jr Gleaners and Jr Men follows in the Stake Center Relief Society Room at 3:00 p.m.
A Uintah Stake smorgasbord is planned for Friday March 29 at the Naples Ward recreation hall to foster enthusiasm for the Special Interest group. Ned Childs and Mrs Joey Peterson direct the event with ward class presidents forming the committees. The wards will supply two musical numbers for the evening and adult members in Uintah Stake are invited to attend.
A short lived grass fire on 2% South just outside city limits brought the fire department Friday at 2 35 p.m. Heavy rains kept the blaze under control and firefighters only had to ensure no further outbreak was likely.
At the Kiwanis meeting on Thursday March 21 Fr E Latimore chaired the Agriculture Conservation program. J Perry Egan Utah State Director of Fish and Game spoke on conservation of natural resources and wildlife. Members asked questions and received answers on the department's work.
Lee Caldwell son of Mr and Mrs Chellus Caldwell of Vernal is recovering in Salt Lake City after an appendectomy Friday at General Hospital. He is staying with his brother and sister in Salt Lake and hopes to return to the University of Utah for the next quarter.
Union Oil outlined a ready to go oil shale plant with staff retained, arguing Navy cooperation could avoid costly rehab. Officials stressed no intent to compete with private industry, advocating two retort types to foster pilot competition. The program traces to 1944 and a $17 million government investment in Rifle and a Laramie lab, amid postwar Suez context and rising private interest in western Colorado shale reserves.
Merlin Sullivan and Robert Shirley disclosed Kingsby Truck Lines has applied for a Daggett County permit to operate near the Flaming Gorge damsite. The move aims to keep traffic routed through Vernal, not Wyoming, with a chamber resolution endorsing the Kingsby plan amid talks of supporting a related Daggett County permit. The Vernal Chamber of Commerce annual meeting is set for Tuesday at 8 pm with William Winder speaking on Selling the Tourist. A Los Angeles corporation bought American rights to a Swedish heating and tumbling ceramic process for shale oil refining, noting water shortages in arid Utah and Colorado and the need for future water solutions to support any expanded industry.
Colorado River water Conservation Board approved sending a proposal to Interior Secretary Seaton to create a new Reclamation Bureau region for the Upper Colorado River Basin. The plan envisions Region No 8 covering all areas within the Colorado River Storage Project and irrigation programs to speed up construction. Region No 4 would remain in charge of projects west of the Colorado River Basin in Utah and Nevada.
The Uintah Scout District held its first complete Junior Leaders Conference with certificates issued across several troops including Maeser First Troop 244 Vernal First Troop 775 and Ashley Troop 238. Training certificates went to numerous troop leaders and explorers as a regional scouting milestone concluded by Mr Farnsworth.
Dawson argues for targeted increases for the Upper Colorado Project including Vernal construction funds. He warns against Senate logrolling and urges economy if Senate adds only selective increases. He plans to press the Interior Department’s funding gaps and seeks to protect Glen Canyon and Flaming Gorge dam requests next year. The piece notes Dawson’s Fort Garden Georgia posting and his Vernal connection through Mrs Sylvia Moore.
Last Thursday March 21 Ashley Valley Junior High held Parents Day with about 200 parents attending. The nominating committee proposed Darlene Evans for president Wallie Searle vice president Ruth Cundick treasurer Weldon Carroll secretary and Rhoda Robinson council representative. They were acclaimed as PTA officers for the coming year. Parents visited teachers and enjoyed punch and cake celebrating the 100th anniversary of the National Education Association.
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