Group Inspects White River Bridge Site
Engineers from the Utah Department of Highways and Mountain Fuel Supply inspected the proposed White River bridge site 12 miles east of Ouray and 42 miles from Vernal. The plan calls for a 110 foot span, 28 feet wide with a 24 foot concrete deck, cost about 80 000 dollars, and financing by Mountain Fuel, oil firms, county and state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah Department of Highways
Mountain Fuel Supply
White River
Ouray
Vernal
Ouray Valley
John Glenn
Glenn
Alma Johnston
Jim ‘West
Ernest J. Wilson
Francis Feltch
Clare Sargent
B. W. Croft
Mountain Fuel Supply Co
Harold McKee
Rulon
Hacking
Harold Duke
Chamber of Commerce
Wo. D Wallis
Vernal Express
Basin High Schools Set Commencements
Uintah Basin high schools prepare graduation ceremonies with about 300 seniors. Uintah High School holds May 28 at 8 pm in the gym, theme The Potential of the Future is Proportional to Our Deeds in the Past. Terry Tullis leads as senior class president. addresses by Maurine Johnson and Margene Hall. valedictory by Harold Rust. principal Leland G. Rex will speak and present diplomas. post-ceremony dance and dinner follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah Basin High
Uintah High School
Uintah School District Board of Education
Terry Tullis
Ctass
Maurine Johnson
Margene Hall
Harold Rust
Leland G. Rex
April Moss
Brent Sackng
Maeser
Community Church
Lamond Tullis
Vernal
Ashley Stake Presidency
Church of Jesus Christ
Children Monuments to Parents Elder Hanks Relates
Elder Marion D Hanks spoke at Uintah Stake conference urging children to honor and care for their parents. He described parents as the real monuments and urged warmth, cultivation, and sacrifice, noting his own early earnings and emphasizing family duty over reliance on government relief. The conference continued beyond the page.
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Elder Hanks
Marion D. Hanks
First Council of Seventy
LDS Church
Uintah
Hanks
Ile
Hawke
Ife
New Junior High Bids Expected
The Uintah School District plans a west side high school with bids opening early spring. Federal funds are not available, delaying local funding by a year. The new junior high will serve Alterra 7th and 8th graders with eight classrooms, labs, library, gym, and admin areas. Ashley Elementary nears completion and will be ready by September as the board reviews the tentative 1961 budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Educational
West Side
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Washington, DC
Uintah
Alterra
Ashley
Board of Education
Electric Association Expands Service in April
Moort took Elev Serves Crusher Golf Link Pump during April as Laie Electric Association added 38 new connections. Key projects include Vernal Sand and Gravel three 15 hp motors to supply concrete for Steinaker irrigation canal and a 60 hp pump at Vernal Jee Course for irrigation and greens. Re-phasing of 1.5 miles single phase to three phase and two new three-phase spans completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moon Laie Electric Association
Vernal Sand and Gravel Company
Jensen
Steinaker
Vernal Jee
Steinaker Service Canal under way in Vernal project
Construction of the final phase of the Vernal Project the Steinaker Service Canal is progressing. Steinaker Dam and reservoir Ft Thornburgh diversion dam and Steinaker feeder canal are completed. A & B Construction Co of Ileleta Montana holds the $1 300 000 contract for the service canal with completion aimed for late 1961. About 80 men are employed and works include canal excavation pipe crossings and a bridge detour for U S 40.
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Steinaker Dam
Thornburg
Steinaker
A & B Construction Co
Ileleta
Montana
Aghley Creek
Laval
U.S. 40
Vernal
Marser Road
Easton
U. S. Highway
Atate Road
A. 5
Hornet Instruction
Toncreta, Co
Denver
Powell and Bell
Idaho Felts
Pew Ed Castle
Helena
FT. Thornburgh
Stelnaker
L. JC. Stevenson Construction Co
Hansen Construction Co
Altamont
Polio Clinic Dates Announced for County and Todd School
The next polio clinics will be at Todd School on Monday and Uintah County building on Wednesday and Thursday next week. Clinics run 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. The final round will occur at Todd School on June 12 and Uintah County building on June 11 at the same times. In the previous session, 2450 doses were given at the county building and 475 at Todd School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd School
Uintah County
Todd
Surveyors Paving Moon Lake Line Through Rugged Terrain
After months of planning, survey crews from Merrick & Company began work in April on the Moon Lake Electric line to Browns Park area. About 35 miles of 144-249 kv distribution are planned to serve Moon Lake in Colorado and Utah. The project seeks Public Utilities Commission approval to extend to Greystone and surrounding areas. Surveying aims for May completion with construction to follow shortly.
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Moon Lake
Browns Park
S Merrick & Company
Denver
Dutch jJohn
Une
Colorado
Utah
Public Utilities Commission of Colorado
Greystone
Yampa Valley Electric
Colorado Public Utilities Commission
Little Hole
Dutch John
Graduation Rite at Versal Seminary Friday Evening
Graduation exercises will be held Friday at 7 30 pm in the stake tabernacle with C Bean ONeil of Uintah Stake Presidency presenting diplomas Nearer to Thee will be the theme Readers Gordon Gee God Painted a Picture will be first musical selection by a girls chorus followed by Sharon Hadlock Let Each Man Learn to Know Himself will be sung by the class then Kirt Rich The Lords Prayer will be an organ and piano duet by Elaine Lemon and Fay Jones followed by Keren Birchell and a scripture by Rose Pope My Testimony will be sung by a mixed quartet followed by Aveneou and Glendon Mannart Temple of Our Fathers
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Stake’ Tabernacle
C. Bean O'Neil
Uintah Stake
Gordon Gee
Sharon Hadlock
Kirt Rich
Elaine Lemon
Fay Jones
Keren Birchell
Rose Pope
Fung
Avene Ou
Glendon Mannart
Whiterocks Boy Hurt In Bus Collision Near Whiterocks
A seven year old White Rocks boy named Kim Robb was struck by a school bus driven by Fred G. Cook of Roosevelt about 74 miles north of Whiterocks. He suffered a fractured left leg and was knocked about 12 feet. The incident occurred as he darted from a driveway while riding a bicycle, and no citations were issued. The Utah Highway Patrol investigated the crash led by Sgt Howard D. Powell. The report notes the family and community events to follow at a stake center program and reception.
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Whiterocks
Utah Highway Patrol
Fred G. Cook
Roosevelt
Kim Robb
Virgil Be
Howard D. Powell
Ehe
Umm tah Basin Jr Livestock Show Preparations Nears Finish
Dan i president reports preparations are nearly complete for the Umm tah Basin Jr. Livestock Show and Exhibit. A work day at the fairgrounds involved committee members and club volunteers hauling shavings setting up pens and organizing under Don Wall barn manager. An exhibit barn now north of the old structure will provide open shed racks for fat animals weighing in May 30 to 31 with judging May 31 and sales on June 1 and 2.
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Ummtah Basin Jr
Dan i
Fairgrounds
End
Bf.a
Don Wall
Roland Merkley
Joe Murray
Basin
Gald
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Basin High Schools
Mf.s
Pipe Hne
Highway 40
Cisco
U. S. 50
Moab
County
Umitsh
Dan Batty
Service Canal
Bisbaker Service
Steinsker Dam
Sterling Cook
Aghley
Stelwater
Cantrals Canal
Steinaker Treservoir
National Park Service
6Th West
3Rd
Lynn Dale Johnson
Mercury
Hyman Smuin
Johnson
Smuin
Sydney
Ven Yeenderwon
Wilbur Bingham
T * Genuin
Releas
Temple of
Our Fathers
Curtis Hunsaker
Annetta Goodrich
Het
Stake Center
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