New Well Locations Announced by Oil Majors
Major oil companies announce new finds and tests in Utahs Roosevelt pool and nearby Uintah Duchesne areas. Carter Oil in Tulsa reports a test well while Phillips plans a nine‑well program costing over 3.6 million dollars amid rising gas shows at Johnsons Hell's Hole Canyon and other sites.
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Johnson's Canyon
Tegram Af Roosevelt Oil Pool
Uintah-Duchesna Counsel
Oe Oh 4 Petroleum Co
Carter ON Co
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Bitecstit
Rosemary Lloyd
Green River
Phillipa
Hayden No
Ofl
Roosevelt
Premiellad
Wardle Dies in California former Vernal resident
Funeral services for John E Wardle 72 died at his home in Inglewood California were held Thursday at 2 pm at Gaines Wardchapel. Burial followed in Fairview Cemetery Maeser. Born October 22 1878 in Midway Wasatch County he moved with parents to Ashley Valley as a child and later relocated to California eight years ago. He worked as a farmer and early deeighter from Price to Vernal.
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John E Wardle
Wthorne
Calif
Gaines
Ward
Fairview Cemetery
Maeser
Mr. Wardle
Midway
Wasatch County
Heber George
Amanda Faucett Wardle
Ashley Valley
California
Price
Vornal
Vernal Whiteway Plan Seeks Residents’ Opinion
City Council invites property owners in the proposed improvement district to weigh extending the Vernal whiteway along Main Street and Vernal Avenue. Estimated cost about 130 dollars per acre with 46 lights, assessed per front foot if approved, total depends on new lights installed.
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Vernal
Second East
Second West
Main Street
Fifth East
Sixth West
First North
First South
Vernal Avenue
Vernal Chamber Eyes Livestock Pavilion Expansion
Vernal Chamber of Commerce livestock committee passed a motion to study establishing a sales pavilion in Vernal. A visitor from Englewood, Colorado proposed the idea, with Roosevelt already operating a pavilion nearby. The panel plans a survey visit and review of a lamb feeding program expected to boost Uintah Basin revenue, potentially adding $120,000 if full participation occurs.
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Vernal
Livestock Committee of
Roosevelt
Chamber
Norris
Uintah Basin
Dr Spendlove to Speak on Immunization Radio Program
Dr Ray E I Spendlove, Uintah County physician, will discuss Immunization on AM May T at 7 p.m. The program is sponsored by the Uintah Medical Association, announced this week by Dr C L Piper.
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Dr. Spendlove
Ray E.i Spendlove
Uintah Medical
C. L. Piper
Folk Dancing and Track Meet Planned at Central School
A folk dancing exhibition and a track meet are planned at Central School on Thursday and Friday. Carl Whatcott chairs the event with demonstrations by upper and lower grades, piano accompaniments by Mrs. Snyder and Mrs. Merrell, and a 10 am track meet followed by a 11 30 am high school band demo and afternoon softball.
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Central School
Carl Whatcott
Varsovienne
Sweden
Minuet
France
Ki Dance
Ireland
Ace of Diamonds
Finland
Pearl Snyder
Ellen Merrell
Lady Golfer to Visit Vernal Club
Mary Lou Baker state golf champion will visit Vernal Golf Club Sunday with a party of ten. Local players will contest a match with the visitors. Arrival time unknown. further details from Bob Olsen on Sunday. Spectators welcome.
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Vicit Vernal Club
Mary Lou Baker
Vernal Golf Club Course
Cal
Bob Osen
Pre School Roundup Planned To Orient Children
Parents and children entering school next year will meet with district officials and teachers starting Monday. Miss Bea trice Stringham and Public Health nurses outline tours of buildings and classrooms plus demonstrations in reading and numbers.
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Beatrice Stringham
Lolay Christensen
A. Alwyn Call
Central School
Garten
Maeser
Tridell
Hillard
Mi Ami Ft. Duchesne
Red Avalon
Committee enlarges show barn for bigger livestock display
Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Show to display more and better animals May 24 and 25 with auction May 2. Improvements include new shavings pens and grain racks. Last year’s sale raised 28 060 for Basin youth. Duchesne County participation expected to grow. Immediate payment planned after sale with Sidney Merkley leading the sales committee.
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Uintah Basin
Marvin Smith
Roland Merkley
Victuy McConkie
L. L. Cook
Ray Udy
Henry Schaefermeyer
Arvid Merklby
Allen Mansfield
Basin
Smith
Duchesne County
Smit
Ond
Sidney Merkley
Feed Co op Begins Drive for Members in Uintah Basin
The Farmers Union Feed Co op membership drive starts Monday May seventh to enroll Uintah Basin farmers and interest local businessmen. Scores have already enrolled and will make calls in the Basin, while Ray Brown’s Basin Committee equips an old Peppard seed plant in Roosevelt for pellet, steamroll, and feed mixing operations plus cleaning facilities.
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Uintah Basin
Farmers Union Feed Co-op
Ray Brown
Basin Committee
Rosevelt
Basin
Spring Snows Boost Utah Water Outlook
Utah County faces water shortages despite heavy spring snows and rains from April 16 to 30. Diamond Mountain received 3-5 inches of snow over the weekend, aiding range and livestock forage while alfalfa growers consider chlorodine spraying for weevil control as favorable weather nears.
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Diamond Mountain
Clair Acord
Seager to Officiate at Sixth Rocky Mountain Medical Meet
One of seven Utah men named to the peram of the sixth biennial Rocky Mountain Medical Conference to be held in Denver May 9 11 Dr T R Seager of Vernal will officiate and serve on the budget and finance committee About 1300 physicians from nine Western states are expected to attend the conference which Utah Colorado Wyoming Montana and New Mexico sponsor The program features lectures demonstrations by seven national specialists and a color TV broadcast from General Hospital to 12 screens in Shirley Savoy Hotel headquarters.
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Peet
Utah
Denver
T. R. Seager
Vernal
Seager
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
New Mexico
General Hospital
Shirley- Savoy Hotel
Hunters Top 73 396 Deer in Record Fall Hunt
State Big Game Division reports 73 396 deer killed last fall with 49 879 bucks taken in regular season and 23 117 under special permits. A total of 93 232 hunters participated. regular season buck success was 53.5 percent and elk hunts yielded 84 percent.
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Utah
Two Day Project Study Slated by County Committee
The Uintah County committee plans a two day project study to review predator control and the Central Utah project. A bounty increase for coyotes and bobcat kittens is announced by director Geers Davis of the Utah Woolgrowers Association. The plan includes submitting official comments to Engineer Joseph M. Tracy and reconvening meetings to prepare resolutions.
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Geers c. Davis
Uttah
Uintah
Davis
Mr. Stringham
Utah
Joseph M. Tracy
The
Association
Utah Lion convention plans keep Vernal aids on toes
An abundance of first class entertainment and indoctrination in Lionism will be shared by several hundred Lions visiting Vernal for the Utah Lions convention scheduled May 31 to June 12, 1953. Convention officers include Dr. F G Exkelson general chair and J A Cheney as vice chair, with Ray E Spindlevis president and HH Walter Woolley secretary treasurer.
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Utah
Ing Vernal
Uish
Une
Accomodation
F. G. Exkelson
B.H. Stringham
J. A. Cheney
Ray E. Spendlevis
Museum Director Corrects Fossil Reports About Uintah Basin Finds
The Wish Field House of Natural History refutes claims it acquired dinosaur fossils from Dinosaur National Monument. It explains a purchase of $5000 worth of Ontario Basin fossils from the Carnegie Museum and stresses that Uintah Basin finds span 500 million years from Cambrian trilobites to later fishes and amphibians, not dinosaurs.
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G. E. Untermann
Wish Field House of Natural History
Dinosaur National Monument
Carnegie Institute of New York
Materisl
Carnegie, Institute
Poneea
Dec
New York City
LeRoy Kay
Carnete Museum
Ulntario Basin
Uintah Basin
Field House of Natural History
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Eary
Roy M. Johnson
Hell's Hole Canyon
Bonanza
Johnson
Watson
Fee No. 2
Carters Blue
Boas Ce Sonu
Rockwood
Brown —Carter’s Rockwood Brown
NE Sws
RED
Discovery
Sway Sec
Chir
Hopkina
Eldonarton
Wardle
Council
New Whiteway
Ingalreceira
Jack Norris
Englewood
Cola
Uintah County
Dr. Seager
Medical Meet
Saunas
J. Freeman
Cadiz
Kentucky
San Francisco
Charles T. Freeman
Tracy
Bureau of Reclamation
Carnegie Museum
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
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