Army Day Plans for Utah Announced
Sixth Army headquarters in San Francisco released details of Army Day events across Utah for Saturday April 9 with open houses, parades, and exhibits at Salt Lake City Fort Douglas Ogden Logan Tooele and Provo. Highlights include a Salt Lake City parade, Fort Douglas open house, ROTC drill demonstrations, National Guard displays, and a Utah National Guard band concert.
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Utah
Sixth Army Headquarters
Presidio
San Francisco
Cal
United States
Mark W. Clark
Sixth Army
Utah National Guard
Salt Lake City
Fort Douglas
Provo
National Guard
Organized Reserve Corps
Ogden
Utah General Depot
Ti Field
Logan
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Air Force
Quartermaster Corps
Military Science
Chemical Corps
Tooele
Home Agent Hosts Reupholstery Class Across Wards
A five day reupholstery training school for LDS Relief Society leaders was held this week at the Second Ward Scout House under Miss Huby Smith. Women dismantled overstuffed chairs pink toned rockers and occasional chairs and rebuilt them with updated methods. Attendees included Ashley ward Clara Preece Rinaldo Freestone Erma Collett Gilnes Wilma Kendell Crystal Perry Geneva Perry Pearl Johnston Lydia Evans Evelyn Hacking Jules Hacking Florence Williams Elsie Gardner Ruby Day Jennie Weeks Myrtle Beck Ella Siddew ay Zina Howard Leah Bastian LaRue Campbell.
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LDS Relief Society
Second Ward
Huby-Smith
Ashley Ward
Clara Preece
Rinaldo Freestone
Erma Colett
Gilnes
Wilma Kendell
Crystal Perry
Geneva Perry
Jensen
Pearl] Johnston
Lydia Evans
Maeser
Evelyn Hacking
Jules Hacking
Florence Willams
Naples
Elsie Gardner
Ruby Day
Vernal
Jennie Weeks
Myrtle Beck
Ella Siddeway
2ina_ Howard
Leah Bastian
LaRue Campbell
Soil Classification Began in U S Field Surveys 1899
Soil classification and mapping started in the United States in 1899 through field surveys led by Milton Whitney of the U S Department of Agriculture, marking a milestone in agronomic science.
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U.S
Milton Whitney
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Hoopers chatty talk about a real gone guy
A casual Hoopers gathering sparks reflections as Ian's eighteen year old daughter describes a striking young man and a resident ponders self inspection and tolerance amid differences while choosing temperate beer over fault finding.
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Hooper's
Ian
Easter Seal Campaign Opens to Help Handicapped Children
The 1949 Easter Seal drive in Utah kicks off March 17 to fund care for state handicapped children. At a March 25 open house for 2,000 guests at 165 Motor Avenue Salt Lake City, Maurice Warshaw said the campaign will rely on direct mail with 155,000 letters and Easter seals sent statewide and features a drawing for over 7000 in prizes donated by local businesses.
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Utah
Seciety For
Salt Lake City
Maurice Warshaw
Warshaw
Motor Avenue
Uintah Basin to gain transport links with Victory Highway
March 28 1929 report notes completion of the Victory Highway from Vernal to Salt Lake City will place Uintah Basin transportation facilities near railroad routes. Ashley valley plans a large homecoming July 24 to 28. Local notes include medical, family, and temple visiting updates.
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Vernal
Salt Lake City
Uintah Basin
Vernal Uintah county rail line push and local notes 1919
March 28 1919 reports urge federal investigation into Vernal mail conditions and prompt a rail project into Uintah basin. A Commercial club committee to select railroad engineers will outline steps. Uintah county celebrates Welcome Home for veterans despite rain. Local staffing changes at Glines LDS ward seen with Archie Johnson’s release and Elmer Bell’s appointment. A newborn daughter born to Mr and Mrs Harry Conover. Charles Neal of Raven Oil & Gas visits Vernal. L G Remington and son George visit from Steamboat Springs to view farms. Marriage licenses issued to Walter Wimmer and Zella Kee Neola and Walter Kee.
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Vernal
Uintah County
Reed Snicot
Wm. H. King
Welling and
Mays
Board of Governors
The
Commercial Club
Uintah Basin
Archie Johnson
Glines Lds Ward
Elmer Bell
Harry Conover
Charles Neal
Raven Oil & Gas Company
L. G. Remington
George
Steamboat Springs
Colo
Bipperts
O'Neil
Walter, Wimmer
Zella Kee
Neola
Walter
Severe Friday Storm Hits City With Snow and Freeze
Arch ie S Richardson and J Clive Davis report a two inch Friday morning snowfall that melted by dawn, followed by the year's severest storm Friday night. Local conditions worsened as gusty winds swept through, delaying travel and rattling windows.
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Archie S. Richardson
J Clive Davis
Turkey Growers Foresee 1949 Output Jump
Outlook for 1949 turkey crops predicts a 25 percent rise over 1948 if growers meet plans. If achieved, production would be about 11 percent above the 1941–45 average and near the 1945 record of 44,221,000 turkeys.
Vernal couples wed by two officials in Utah ceremony
Morrell and Katie Atwood of Vernal married by President Don B. Colton, while another Vernal couple tied the knot with Justice Pon tha Calder officiating. Arthur Manwaring won a special prize from New York Life for intermountain agents. Jack Wilson of Scowcroft collided his Studebaker with a Ford nicknamed the ground lizard.
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Arthur Manwaring
New York Life Insurance Company
Inter-Mountain
Jack Wilson
Scowcroft
Studebaker
Lizzard
Ford
Funeral Held For Native Of Davis Ward
Funeral services for Lloyd George Poulson native of Davis ward who survived the Death March on Bataan and died as a prisoner of war were held March 7 in Farmington New Mexico at the ward chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. E D Brown bishop conducted. Present were his mother Edna Poulson and her three sons Sam Jack and Everett Poulson all of Sacramento California. Poulson born March 8 1918 in Davis ward died July 9 1942 at Camp P W Debnel in the Philippines. He attended Jensen School until his father died in 1931 then moved with his mother and brothers to Fruitland New Mexico and then Farmington where he finished high school. He entered the army on March. Burial was in Greenlawn cemetery Farmington.
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Lloyd George Poulson
Davis Ward
Bataan
Farmington
New Mexico
Ward Chapel
Church of Jesus Christ of Latterway Saints
E. D. Brown
Edna Poulson
Sam Jack
Everett Poulson
Sacramento
Cal
Aay
Camp Pdebnel
Philippine Islands
Jensen
Fruitland
N. M
Farminton
Maeser School Report Highlights Grade Arts and Achievements
Maeser School TM reports spring activities across grades with art work dances and Spanish songs. Details include a spring operetta by grades two four six seven, first graders advancing in reading, sixth graders hosting a party after a spelling contest, and a pilot airplane contest. Health notices schedule inoculations for February 25 March 25 and April 1 and 8 including smallpox vaccinations.
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Mexico
Nuney
Tory
University of Utah
Edith’Allen
Eckersley
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