Vernal Chamber backs revised city license tax plan
The Vernal City Chamber of Commerce authorized B Frank Ward to present a plan to the Vernal Council for a new license tax based on annual gross sales at 80 cents per $1 000 with a $20 minimum on the first 25 000 and a 10 percent early payment deduction. The plan, discussed after a survey of merchants and nine Utah cities, aims to update the license ordinance and assess fairness and feasibility.
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Vernal City Chamber of
Merce
B. Frank Ward
Vernal Cirouncil
Utah
Ward
Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Show Opens June 1
The Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Show and Sale begins June 1 at the County Fair Grounds in Vernal. The 13 year event aims to spark interest in livestock breeding and 4-H, teach showmanship and market knowledge, and provide a display medium for breeders and feeders. Checks of ear tags and weighing occur 7 to 10 a.m as the three day show starts with fat swine judging from 10:30 to 11:15 and breeding swine from 11:15 to 12, followed by the noon election of the 1951 show.
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Uintah Basin
Vernal
Uintah Basla
Vernal window display sparks ski toy buzz in June
Notes describe Ashley Valley Appliance and Sports shop planning a window display with ski toys despite warm weather. The write up mixes local names Bob Anderson Challenger Air Lines Myrna Pettus and Carl Searle as quirky characters. mentions seasonal prep, a bed, and a continuing tale about town figures, with a tease of continued coverage on page 5.
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Paul Batty
Ashley Valley
Bob Anderson
Challenger Air Lines
Myrna Pettus
Norme and
Corne
Trailway Cafe
Carl Searle
Searle
Carl
Uintas
Milt Peare
Fes
Maeser
Sterling
Bond Drive Starts May 15 Campaign Kickoff in Utah
The May 15 bond drive launches with a wide kick-off led by Stringham and Voorhles guiding campaign activities. Clubs and ladies groups mobilize to enlist support as Utah Copper mine region hosts the kickoff in Bingham Canyon. The drive aims to replicate the Liberty Bell across counties, with committees led by Motley and plans to reach quota before start.
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Charaer
George Albert Smith
Church of Jesus Christ of Latterd
Saints
Utah
Treasury
Paris
St Peete
Bingham Canyon
M C. A. Motley
Dingham
Kennecott Corp
Winter's End Hailed by Sheepmen in Utah Market
In Utah the break in weather aided sheepmen moving herds toward Diamond Hawala for limbing while Woolgrowers association president Ralph Siddeway notes seven herds trapped between Patty's and the old airport. Prices top at 64.5 cents per pound for cold crop wool from Craig and Vernal, with earlier rates 52 to 55 cents. Many consignors reported losses, but most valley sheepmen sold their wool, storing or grading it in a local warehouse.
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Diamond Hawala
Lorin Hatch
Utah
Patty
Biddeway
Craig
Ie Valley
Teenagers vie for prize in Vernal county contest
Local schoolagers eager to win the Big Teenager Prize Contest in Uintah County must register by Saturday at 8 p m Eastern time. Entries from boys and girls of all ages are urged to sign up at the headquarters and enter now.
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Chuck
Bintah
R Packard
Ter
Tome
Sind Sen
Wright Ouits Sports Staff at Uintah
Wright Ouits, longtime Uintah sports staffer and basketball coach, resigns to devote full time to administrative and personnel work. A native of Midvale Utah, he led Uintah teams to multiple state tournaments in the late 1930s and served four years in the Army before returning as a versatile sports coach.
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Nk Wright
Apelstant Orin
Yee Progrram
Ivates
Gerondting
Andell
Poe
Midvale
Utah
Wiright
Uintah Hi
Briana
Coa
Unite States Army
Ax Nurae Bhis
Dor
Uintah
Jon Page
BYU Ace Named Basketball Coach at Uintah High
Clark Greenleslgh a BYU physical education major with four varsity letters has been named basketball coach at Uintah High. He will also handle track and field work next spring and assist in football this fall. He attended Juab County High School in Nephi and played on the school team before joining Brigham Young University for four years.
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Clark Greenleslgh
Brigham Young University
Vanity Asketall
Dinah High School
C. J. Hart
Treerbaleh
Woodbi
Juab County
Tree Oi Ae
Say
Brigham, Young
Avard Rigby
Uintah High i
Former School Executive to Receive Doctor's Degree
H Grant Vest, longtime Logan City Schools superintendent, will earn a doctorate from Stanford University on May 18. His research, Capital Outlay and the Foundation Program of Education in Utah School Districts, also supports a statewide study for the Utah State Native Council on school building needs and financing. Vest, a 1933 BYU graduate, led Ver nal Seminary then Uintah County schools before moving to Logan in 1947. He earned a master's degree from BYU in 1938.
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H. Grant“ Vest
Logan City
Leland Stanford University
Vest
Utah
Utah State Native Council
West
Brigham Young University
Vernal Seminary
Uintah
Yeat
Logan
Work Progresses On Union High School Construction
Gilles of the Springville firm, contractor for Union High School, reports the project remains on schedule to open in September. Superintendent H. M. Lundell notes the east wing and most of Section A are complete, with forming for the roof in Section C and brickwork on Section B underway. Concrete floors have been poured across most areas.
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Oes. Gilles
Springville
Union High School
H. M. Lundell
Childs
Lundell
Uintah High Lists 89 Grade Candidates
The Uintah High official announces the 89 prospective graduates for the annual graduation exercises. Clad in caps and gowns, seniors will participate in a mass ion program around the Century Our Challenge theme and a student dance honoring seniors and parents will follow.
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Aden
DelMer Bastain
Duane Far Baiane Beck
Lorain Brady
Lathare Beatty
Robert Burton
Alice Calder
Lowell Cai
Chamber to Hear Jeff Will May 17
Jeff Will executive secretary of the Upper Basin commission will speak to Vernal Chamber of Commerce and guests Wednesday May 17 at Hotel Vernal in an effort to engage a large audience for the event.
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Jeff Will
Jeft Will
Upper Basin Commission
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Vernal
Will
Wald B. Frank Ward
Vernal Chambers of Commerce
Urgue
Stringham Enters Race For Congress in Utah’s First District
B H Stringham former mayor of Vernal and chair of the Twenty one Counties committee Colorado River Development Saturday announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Congress in Utah's first district. The announcement drew citizens from Uintah Duchesne and nearby counties as he enters the race after working as a prominent sheepman and farmer in Uintah county.
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Stringham
Vernal
Colorado River Development
Utah
Peipe
Wintah
Duchesne
Vernal Girl Three Injured in Auto Fall
Three year old Venus Sue Thomas, daughter of Mr and Mrs GL H Thomas, was reported in very good condition at Uintah County Hospital after tumbling from a moving auto driven by her mother Doris J Thomas. The car traveled 40 to 45 mph when the accident occurred between Vernal and Highways 40.
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Venus Sue Thomas
GL. H. Thomas
Uintah County Hospital
Doris J. Thomas
Sammy Hatch
Nc- Farmers Union Cooperative
Next Stop Logan For Jaycees At Vernal Convention
More than 14 Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce members are set to attend the Utah State Jaycee convention in Logan from May 12 to 14. Delegates from numerous clubs will take part in entertainment and an educational program to improve community service. Key figures include Ken Sewards seeking state VP, with Vernal aiming to host next year’s gathering.
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Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce
Utah
Verna
Ken Sewards
Jaycees
Gelsthien Tan Ub
Handley
Guzaine
Ate Confab
Goward
Alvin Bowden
Ja Re
Eee
Ice Prifir
Teenager PR prize contest names listed as contestants
A scrambled clipping discusses a contest with teen contestants and prizes. It names many individuals, urges support, and promises all entrants can win with no losers, aiming for next week’s event. The tone mirrors a local pageant or community contest advertisement with a call for participation.
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Chamber Board of Directors
Jane
Genial
Morris
Alvin’ Bowden
Sirber
Vin
Jaycee
Confabin Gan
Bob
B. H. Stringham
Toston Hat
California
NW 35195
Green River
Wright
BYU
Ace
Uintah High
H. Grant West
Ashley Value
Uintah County
Uiptah Academy
Prt
Spring Canyon
Carbon County
Uintah Count
Mr. Thomas
Rocky Mountain
Harold Duke
Alvin Ray
Ralph Preece
Lawrence Siddeway
Dale Jensen
Glenn Cooper
Melody Ranch Party
Lousen
Alvin
A Bare Celt Money
Arren Molantis
Grant Parry
Rodney Ross
Mr. and
Mies Halph Preece
Lawrence Siddoway
Mra
En Geowards
Bruce Watkins
Miles McKinlay
Agsters
Sigma
Dean
Manet
Eaton Phil Odekir
Stewart
Guyla
Alma
Johnson
Nellie
Yoder
Duchema
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