Verbal Rodeo Dates Set and Music Festival Draws Crowds
The Vernal Rodeo Association named July 15 16 17 as the rodeo days with new stock contracts and acts. A night show may be added for the first time with lighting plans under consideration. The Region Five Music Festival drew about four thousand spectators and over 1 500 young musicians from multiple schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal Rodeo Association
Lawrence Y. Siddeway
Association
Marion W. McBride
Rodeo Impressario
Wellsville
McBride
Billy Keene
America
Claude Satterfield
Lynn
Lynda
Kansas City
Siddeway
Alvin Kay
F. G. Eskelson
John Haslem
Jensen
Siddoway
Henry Schaefermeyer
Charles Halstead
Ralph Alexander
Queens
Jay Searle
James Hemstreet
Lloyd Eaton
Howard Calder
Eugene Weist
Harry
Au Miller
Tommy Burton
Lapoint
Association For 1948
Woodey Searle
L. Johnson
Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Show and Sale Opens This Week
The Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Show and Sale kicks off Thursday at the fairgrounds with over 220 entries expected across three days May 6 through 8. Donated livestock scales from the Vernal Lions Club worth more than 1500 aid judges and sale officials as Laurence Ross of Steamboat Springs and Mardin Broadbent of Utah Agricultural College prepare beef, sheep, and swine classes under the Danish judging system for about 1600 in prize money. The new 6000 building hosts the event though the roof won’t be finished, creating an open air show. The schedule includes horse, sheep, hog, dairy, and beef judging, a calf catch, pig greasing, and a horse pulling contest, with election of officers Friday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ha Uintah Basin
Fairgrounds
Vernal Lions Club
William ‘Ross
Steamboat Springs
Chicago
Mardin Broadbent
Extension Service
Utah
Amicultural College
Logan
Pic
Orr
Ainish Basin
Robert Marimon Named Wasatch Academy Student Council Member
Among candidates elected to the student council at Wasatch Academy recently was Robert Marimon. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Marimon of White Rocks Uintah County. Robert will serve during the 1948 49 school year as a member of the senior class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasatch Academy
Robert Marimon
Robert
White Rocks
Uintah County
County Council to Reorganize in Vernal May 1
The Vijitah and Duchesne County Council of the USDA will meet at the county agent office in Vernal on May 1 to discuss reorganizing plans for the coming year. The meeting opens at two oclock in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vijitah and Duchesne County Council
United States Department of Agriculture
Vernal
Sheriff Snyder Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Uintah county sheriff Herbert M. Snyder, recently injured in an automobile accident, was released from the Veterans Hospital in Salt Lake City and returned to his Vernal home Tuesday evening. He is recovering well from the fractures and injuries sustained in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah County
Herbert M. Snyder
Veterans Hospital
Salt Lake City
Vernal
Vernal Honors Helpers For Region V Music Festival
Open letter thanks Vernal residents and organizations for helping with Vernal High School’s Region V Music Festival. Praises hotels, Kiwanis, JCs, Lions, Band Boosters, PTA, L D S Church, Federated Women, and others for housing, meals, uniforms, parade policing, publicity, fundraising, and coordination. City builds code emphasizes permits and inspections by the Building Department to cut hazards and insurance costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal
Vernal Express
Uintah High School
Kiwanis Club
Imperial Hall
Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lions Club
Parent-Teachers Association
L.D.S. Church
Lillian Henderson
Federated Women
Gifford's Holds Anniversary Sale
Gifford's marks its first anniversary this week with an anniversary sale on men and boys furnishings. Vern W. Gifford announces the event to show patronage appreciation. Francis J. Lennox assisted in selecting sale items. advertisement runs on page four.
Forestry executives prep fire prevention work in Vernal
US Forest Service fire control staff from Ogden Utah and Utah Fire Marshal John Burt toured the Vernal Forestry Supervisor's office to review summer fire control plans. A May 11 fire prevention meeting for agencies and groups is set at 2 pm. Ernest C. Hirsch joins as junior range examiner after relocating from Florida with his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Goddem
USFS
Ogden
John Burt
Utah
Ona A. Harison
Ernest C. Hirech
Stringham Expected Back From Washington Trip
Stockmen await Mayor Bryant Stringham's return from a four day National Council for Grazing Advisory boards session in Washington D C. They cite trespass control as the top issue and discuss relations with government agencies governing the livestock industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frida
Bryant Stringham
Washington, D. C
Naional Council For Grazing Advisory Boards
Neghboring
Last Rites For Ausborn McCarrell
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Ausborn McCarrell age 50 who died Saturday in Fitzsimmons hospital Denver after a lingering illness. Bishop Phil Watkins presided in the second ward chapel at 2 p.m. McCarrell was born April 30 1889 in Vernal son of Joseph and Elizabeth Sulser McCarrell and spent his life in Uintah basin and Colorado. He was a World War I veteran in the field artillery overseas and never married. He is survived by brothers and sisters France McCarrell Craig Colo William Theodore and Wallace McCarrell of Vernal Mrs Kate Veater Burns Ore Mrs Lem Holmes and Mrs R M Tiffany of Vernal. Burial will be in Vernal Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Swain Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ausborn McCarrell
Fitzsimmons Hospital
Denver
Phil Watkins
Second Ward
McCarrell
Vernal
Joseph
Elizabeth Sulser McCarrell
Uintah Basin
Colorado
LDS Church
France McCarrell
Craig
Colo
William Theodore
Wallace McCarrell
Kate Veater
Burns, Ore
Willem Holmes
R. M. Tiffany
Vernal Memorial Cemetery
Swain
H Ome
Garden Club to Hear Famed Plant Expert
Vernal Garden Club president Mrs. Donald Barr announces a Friday night meeting at Central School in the Library room at 7 30. Iris Gardens culturist M D Wallace will lecture on weed and pest control and present a color slide projection on bulb type plants. Members are urged to attend and discuss the rose show and the General Flower Show planned for August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Barr
Vernal Garden Club
Central School
M. D. Wallace
Provo
Iris Gardens
Vernal Woman Celebrates 94th Birthday Milestone
Hephzibah Gardiner Hodgkinson, born May 7 1854 in Chalford Hill England, marks her 94th birthday in Vernal Utah. A longtime LDS Church worker and genealogical researcher, she raised 13 children after her husband William Hodgkinson died in 1908 and has donated to five temples and seven chapels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hephzibah Gardiner Hodgkinson
Utah
Chalford Hill
Gloucestershire
England
America
William Hodgkinson
Salt Lake City
Pleasant Grove
United Order
Ashley, Mey
Why
LDS Church
Ufe
Ceremonies Mark Chapel Spade Work
Ceremonies mark the start of construction on the $300,000 Third Ward Chapel scheduled for Thursday noon on the Tabernacle grounds. The event includes the Vernal Third Ward choir song, dedicatory remarks by Bishop Orion R. Jones, and a prayer by Patriarch Fred Gingham, with an invitation to the public, civic groups, the mayor, city council, and county commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Ward
Tabernacle
Vernal Third Ward Choir
Orion R. Jones
Fred Gingham
Henderson Retires As Justice of Peace Here
Judge W S Henderson resigns as Uintah County justice of the peace on May 1 after 43 years in public service. He cites physicians advice age and desire to ease up. The Vernal resident grew from a fishing trip to Colo rado to buy a local mercantile shop and stay. He plans to remain in Vernal with wife and visit Utah State Agricultural College for daughter Florence White’s graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Henderson
Untah
Henderson
Quincy
Illinois
Uintah Basin
Main Street
West Uintah Tourist Court
County Hospital Group
Lions Club
May. Bartlett
Judge
Utah State Agricutural College
Logan
Florence White
Uintah School Lunch Praised as Mrs Colton Named Director
Mrs Hugh W Colton was named director for region 6 by the Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers at the state convention held at the University of Utah. She plans organized PTA work in Uintah and Duchesne counties to build sound by law structures. Officials lauded Uintah’s school lunch program directed by Mrs Harvey Christensen, praising the Uintah County effort and ongoing work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh W. Colton
Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc
University of Utah
PTA
Ye ‘Alton
Uintah
Duchesne
State Congress of Parents and Teachers
State University
Uintah County
Vernal
Harvey Christensen
Carter Well Reaches 5789 Feet in Vernal Drilling
Drilling on the Carter Oil company well on the Ruth Nelson property seven miles west of Vernal has reached 5789 feet with minor showings and an 8500 foot target in view said Cate Evans, tool pusher. In Rangely, Utah Southern Oil expects 122 producing wells in the field within three months, with no dry holes yet and some holes producing enough flow to be economical. Standard Oil plans shale core tests at four locations, pay dirt likely at 6500 feet, while rumors of wildcatters reaching Bonanza and Roosevelt persist though no equipment moved in yet. Mrs Victor Karren and Dick Karren spent weekend on Blue Mountain ranch. Wiley Baucum returned from a fishing trip to Lander, Wyoming, with his wife after an extended stay in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter Oil Company
Ruth Nelson
Vernal
Cate Evans
Rangely
Utah Southern Oil Company
Bonanza
Standard Offornia
Wildcatters
Roosevelt
Skelton
Victor Karren
Dick Karren
Blue Mountain
Wiley
Baucum
Monhday
Lander
Wyoming
Mexico
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John R. Halliday
Norman Hunt
Brigham Young University
Avard A. Rigby
Musiccians
Greenriver
Alterra
Altamont
Grand County
South Emery
North Emery
Carbon
Tablena
Helper
Price
East Carbon
Eonetta Gigliotte
Amber Adams
Joan Moffet
Jeannie Clark
Karil Lea Beach
Iano
Loreen Johnson
Vntah
Moab
Uintah High
Iirth Emery
Kastah Jr. High
Southmery
Vernal Jr. High
Qi North Ae
Alfred
Mona Massey
Don Hullinger
Brother Bill
Virtus McConkie
William Whitaker
Grant Parrish
Alma Preece
Bid Morkley
Marvin Smith
Don Batty
Forrest Goodrich
Alan Mansfield
Doyle Landon
Alvin Weeks
Dorr Finicums
Herold Header
Colton McKeachnile
Usda County Council
Sheriff Snyder
Taylor
Vernal City
Building Department
Gifford’s
U. S. Forrestry Service
Florida
Hirsch
Stringham
Garden Club
Vernal Women
Unntah
Colton
Carter Well
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