Vernal Area News Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Projects
Community notes describe visitors from Provo Roosevelt and Los Angeles, a wedding attendance, and a senior at USAC in Logan. The county tax sale and WPA sewing classes are announced, with curb and gutter work on Vernal avenues and Main Street underway. County weed control, a Whiterocks pageant, and a band mothers meeting are listed along with allotment news and local education staff moves.
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Winifred Schwabe
Gush
Court House
Woods
Independence
Gusher
St Ue
Lions Nominate Officers And Name Delegates To District Convention
The Vernal Lions club held a regular luncheon at the Pine Room Grill Cafe with Vice President Francis Feltch presiding. Officers for the coming year were nominated and will be elected May 32. Delegates to the Utah district convention at Pocatello June 21 and 22 were named, with plans for a goodwill tour announced by Kenneth Hicken. Al Weeks urged Uintah Basin Livestock Show support, and $151 was raised to send the Uintah and Alterra bands to a contest. A zone meeting for clubs between Vernal and Heber City is set for Roosevelt May 18. Nominations included B H Stringham, Feltch, Wallly, Siddaway, Cirter, Figar, and others for officers and directors. Delegates to the district convention were Surrington, Feltch, Siddway, Cirter, and Figar. alternates Wallis, Jones, Janar, Merderscr ard My Roth.
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Vernal Lions Club
Pine Room
Grill Cafe
Francis Feltch
Utah
Lions
Uintah
Alterra
Vernal
Heber City
A L Taylor
Roosevelt
H Stringham
Fraucis Feltch
Wallly
JD Jones
Jalph Siddoway
Karl Jo
Tall Taister
Yampa River boating accident injures family party
A group including Helen Dress, Harold Hubinger, and the Manwaring family were swept into the Yampa River last Sunday near a bridge about ten miles above Heber. They were rescued with medical help after the craft overturned while a boatload of visitors from Heber and BYU were nearby. One child fractured a leg. four adults were carried to shore with aid from Milton Manwaring and others.
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AW and
Watt
Helen Dress
Ron
Harold E Hubinger
Alride
Pial
Etx Works
Everett Manwaring
BYU
Tris Manwaring
Heber Glenn Epher
Franklin
Heber
Arthur
Eli
FOR SALE OR TRADE Classified Ads Mullet Farm?
We list numerous farm items including weaner pigs at 200 dollars, haying gear, a two wheeled trailer, a ranch with 4000 acres water rights for 180 acres, sheep grazing rights for 2300 sheep, and horses for sale. Also noted are residences, building lots, and a Moon Lake Water Users Association legal petition against the United States with court notices.
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Taylor
Rawlins
Armstrong Rawlings
JM Francke
Ralph Ashton Wins State Championship in Tennis
Ralph Ashton son of Mr and Mrs Rae Ashton won state championship in tennis doubles Saturday at the state meet at the University of Utah. He attends One Wastch Academy in Mt Pleasant and is a 9th grader at Uintah High. The notice references legal proceedings in Duchesne County Utah with hearings set for June 1940.
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Ralph Ashton
Rae Ashton
University of Utah
Ralph i
Wastch Academy
Mt Pleasant
Uintah High
Charles DeMoise Dias At Home Of Son In Ogden
Charles DeMoise Dias, longtime land office registrar born in Vernal in 19th century, retired in 1936 and moved to Provo with his son. Survived by Charles DeMoisy Jr Ogden Garron DeMoisy Spokane Mrs M F Ryan Gooding Idaho Mrs L H Reader Phoenix and ten grandchildren. Funeral arranged at Burg Mortuary Provo Saturday at 2:00 pm.
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U West
Queen Town
Chesapeake Bay
Spokane
Wash
F Ryan Gooding
Idaho
L H Reader Phoenix Ariz Jenlaren
Child Daria Rasmussen Wins Amateur Program Title
Daria, the three year old son of Mr and Mrs T Rasmussen of Lepoint, captured first place in the final amateur program held Thursday at Uintah High Daris presented. The event featured 8 novelty numbers of song and dancing with twelve other participants.
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Daria
T . Rasmussen
Lepoint
Uintah High
Daris
Track Meet at Fort Duchesne Far West Side Schools
West side schools held a joint track meet and Health Day at Fort Duchesne. Morning arrivals and an Alterra band concert preceded a day of competitive events with Avalon sweeping many prelims and several grades earning top places. Teachers and bus drivers also competed in softball contests with Ballard and Tridel teams, awarding high honors to Ballard’s 7th and 8th grade girls.
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Avalon
Ft Duchesne
Ballard
Bankers Essay Contest winners named in Utah
Ellen Elizabeth Witbeck Marion Preas and Doris Duvall were announced Friday as winners of the Bankers Essay Contest sponsored by the Eastern Utah Bankers Association. Sophomores juniors and seniors submitted essays on The Value of a Bank and Their Service to the Community. Each winner received eight dollars from the United States Bank and the essays were forwarded to the state level for a chance at a $50 prize.
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Ellen Elizabeth Witbeck
Marion Preas
Doris Duvall
Eastern Utah Bankers Association
Uinted
Do you is your husband every thing
A brief line recalls marital tension as one speaker questions if all is well with a husband who rarely listens beyond an hour or two at a stretch. The fragment hints at communication strain and domestic dissatisfaction.
Rev Howes to Conduct Services at Randlett
Rev Howes will conduct services at Randlett on Sunday at noon and expects to bring at least 18 boys who will sing. Arch Deacon Bulkley and Mrs Reagan will attend along with other adults. All are invited to bring a plentiful lunch. people of all communities are welcome.
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Wooj Howes
Randle
Orvices Mir Brock
W JB Bulkley
Reagan
Fi Ouray
Idian Das
Seminary Leader To Teach at Y Seminary
A fragmented item notes a seminary leader teaching at a Y organization and references a floor walker and a bargain basement setting. The readable phrases suggest an era text with odd dialect and misplaced quotes. The snippet mentions a Boston woman and a question about locating a candelabra amid a workshop or shop floor context.
Colorado First Newspaper Week Celebrated Across State
May 12 through 18 marks Colorado Newspaper Week with Ralph L Carr urging the public to learn how papers serve communities. Local papers plan events to share the role of journalism in daily life. A diary note mentions Nellie Savage delivering radishes she had grown since May 5 and watered by bucket.
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Colorado
Ufe
Ralph L Carr
Nellie Savage
Savage
Republicans from Ala tah county head to state convention
Local representatives from Alabama county attending the Republican state convention Friday and Saturday include Mr and Mrs Hugh W Colton Mr and Mrs HOB Millecam Ray E Nash Edna and Reuben McConkie Mr and Mrs K Hicken G L Knight Mr and Mrs K Bain Mrs Joe Haslem CL Knight Mrs Mildred Batehelur and Mrs Von Rice.
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Ala ‘Tah County
Hugh W Colton
Hob Millecam Ray E Nash
Edna and
Reuben McConkie
K Hicken
G L Knight
K Bain
Joe Haslem
CL Knight
Mildred Batehelur
Columbus Landed in America in 1492 A D stands for
The user asks what AD means after the date 1492 and offers a mistaken interpretation after dark. In historical dating AD stands for Anno Domini, Latin for in the year of our Lord, used to label years after the birth of Jesus.
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Columbus
America
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Charles M Iverson
Gene Merkley
Van
Provo
Tridell
J © Penney
B . Colton of
Permelia F. Batty
Zina
Howard
Milton Searle
Craig and
Meeker Cole
Kenneth .Thomas
Colten Hall
Logan
C Wright
Fort Duchesne
June Manwaring
Buzz Holmstrom
A & Geological Survey
Qilpson
Mitt
Green River
Canyon
Jessie Gion
Gipson
Matt
Buzz
Green
Boulder Dam
George Collins
Los Angeles
Cal Hng
Wayne
Heath
Claude Eatons
Mra
Thel Rusph
Luella Hatch
Pleasant Grove
C W Palmer
Prove
Uintah County
Ray E Dillman
Whiterocks
Uintad State Bank Directors Room
Vernal Avenue
Main Street
Fifth West
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
R M Evans
B A. Childs
Salt Lake City
Childs
Roosevelt Lds Seminary
Verna
Red Ackhursts
Annie M Hobbs
Midas
Mr Vincent
Salt Lake Spert
Dinosaur Monument
Lafe Richardson
Pearl Shaffer
Kay Marrow
Hall
Maeser
Snellen Tonnegn
Harrow
Farrow
EL Randles
Naples
Grant
Rawleigh
Rawleighs Dept
UTA
Denver Cole
de Jorth Tilldal
Cortia
Hesne
Moon Lake
Bale Carbon County
Bpring Canyon
Dave Calder
Petitia
Clark Larson
Rabie
Dallas H Young
Failla
St F
le Canty
Lhichesne
Goodrich
Matt of Duchesne Co
Iourt
Mons
Ulah i
United States
Wll
Morn Lake
Morn Lake Water Users Association
Usad
Moon Lake Water Users Association
Bob
Dawhesne
Ad Mood
E Brown
I G Noble
McNess
Magnalla St
Oakland
Wilm
Lt & Moon Lake
Cort
Sty Court
Poker
Culehesne County
Distry Court
Duchesne
P Orty
Duchesne Duchesne City
District Court
Duchesne County
Charles Demoise Dias
SON
Ogden
Far West Side
Rev Howes
Randlett
Calif
Gamble’s
Irrr Vernal Express
Baltasy
Bostor
Brigham Young University
M Lynn Bennion
LDS
Daryl Chase
LDS Institute
Tucson
Aziz
Radishls
Lewis
Optometrist
Onyx Hotel
Commercial Hotel
Fisher Hotel
MYTON
Plaza Hotel Duchesne
Tha Old Cooket Company
Lawrenceburg
Indiana
Dore Runtvore
Gone With the Wind
Advertiser
Dore
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