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Newspaper

Vernal Express

Location

Vernal, Utah, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1949

Page

2

Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Show and Tatermountain Fat Stock Show

The Twelfth annual Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Show runs June 2 3 and 4 at the county fairgrounds while the Thirteenth annual Tatermountain Junior Fat Stock Show unfolds June 8 9 and 10 at the Union Stock Yards in North Salt Lake. Both events boost Utah livestock breeding and farming, with high stakes prizes and a big intermountain auction sale expected to attract buyers from across the region. These shows foster youth involvement and will strengthen the state’s meat industry and farm futures.

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Utah National Guard unit organized in Vernal

A Utah National Guard engineering unit is established in Vernal with Milton Nielsen as commanding officer. The unit will build bridges and roads using dynamite, train two hours weekly for pay, and include two full-time staff. Equipment like bulldozers and dump trucks will assist community projects and county road work, with an armory planned as a social center.

Utah National Guard Vernal Plains Milton 8. Nielson Nielsen National Guard

Culling Chickens Instruction From Old Poultry Notes

A damaged OCR fragment suggests poultry guidance on culling chicks when weak. It mentions placing birds under a brood and promptly condemning runts, with disposal by burning or burying. Also notes higher feed needs for grub-affected birds and ongoing culling through life.

Toy Express Wagon Traced To Early Truck Inspiration

A historic note suggests the favorite toy express wagon of boyhood days drew inspiration from early hand drawn express trucks from over a century ago. Beef cattle studies show beef weight gain rates are largely shaped by the diet and management practices of the herd.

Grassroots pressure shadows congressional voting patterns

After Easter recess, House members faced constituent lobbying while Senate stayed busy. Democrats kept party discipline with majorities on key measures including a $16 billion defense appropriation, air force support, and TVA steam plant funding. Republican defections aided several party-line wins, signaling a complex shift in votes and policy focus.

Congress Lkely Sam Rayburn Senate Jon House Air Force Naval Aviation Jas Appropriations Clarence Cannon Missouri TVA New Johnsonville Tenn Cannon Moscow Congressional Quarterly Congressional Bridges New Hampshire Butler Nebraska Jenner Indiana Malone Nevada Schoeppel Kansas Wherry Anderson New Mexico Douglas Tinois Downey California Frear Delaware Green Rhode Island Hunt Wyoming Kefauver Tennessee Kilgore West Virginia Lucas Hiterto Hugh Scott Pennsylvania Republican National Committee Scott

Walking Is Interesting Hobby for Gusher Lady

83 year old Mrs. Mary Jane Montz Peterman, longtime Uintah Basin resident, enjoys long walks through western Uintah county. Born 1886 in Louisburg West Virginia to Louis Mentz, she married Frank Peterman in Utah in 1900 and outlived her husband, now living with son Author Peterman in Gusher.

Felaxaelon Mary Jane Montz Peterman Gusher Peterman She Louisberg, W. Va Louis Mentz Utah Frank Peterman Missouri Lves Author Peterman Inez P. Hackford Ives Eleanor Marian Hackford Uintah County Uintah Basin Lapoint

Local News Briefs From Maeser and Surrounding Area

Donna W Collett reports visitors and family events including Helen Allen visiting Brigham Young University students. Marion Allen and Lynn McConklie welcomed a baby boy born April 22. Joan Bodily traveled to Rexburg Idaho to visit daughter Lyle Christensen who has a new baby. Pfc Gordon Laddie Richards, stationed in Cheyenne Wyoming, spent weekend with Lloyd Richards family. William Stringham of Compton California visited sisters Beatrice Stringham and E S Collett. Max Bergener and wife left for Susanville California to settle there. Bergener wintered with his parents.

Helen Allen Brigham Youn University Marion Allen Lynn McConklie Joan Bodily Rexburg Ida Lyle Christensen Pfc Gordon Laddie Richards Cheyenne Wyo Lloyd Richards William Stringham Compton Cal Beatrice Stringham Collett Max Bergener Susanville Bergener

Hope-Sien bill sets record high peace-time farm support

The present situation notes that the schedule of support prices in the Hope Sien bill represents the highest support prices ever given to the American farmer in time of peace.

Local Families and Birth Notices in Salt Lake City

Mr and Mrs Golden Merkley and Mr Bergener stationed in Air Corp. announce a baby boy born May 2 to Dy and Mrs Dean Black of Salt Lake City Velaska Sanls. Velaska Sanls remembered. Mr and Mrs Golden Merkley and family visited Charles Bigelow in Lapoint Sunday. Enid Coon visiting parents Fred and Mrs. Anderson. Neal Schaefermeyer and family of Roosevelt visited William Schaefermeyer on Sunday. Venna Frasher of eastern Colorado visiting her mother Lilly Singleton.

Golden Merkley Bergener Air Corp Dean Black Salt Lake City Black Velaska Sanls Charles Bigelow Lapoint Sunay Enid Coon Fred Anderson Neal Schaefermeyer Roosevelt William Schaefermeyer Venna Frasher Colorado Lilly Singleton

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