Vernal Area News Briefs Highlight Local Elections and Fire
Alton Carter of Vernal elected vice president of Uintah High School Junior Class while Harold E. Duke becomes Vernal Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce president. Model airplanes by U S woodwork students shown in Vernal City offices. Fire at Fuller Remington residence under control in 30 minutes. Kindergarten class survey planned by Mrs Clyde S Johnson. Ashley Creek bridge on Vernal Manila highway completed and accepted. Vernal Manila highway drying up with travel possible soon. Melvin Hodgkinson leaves for Loyalton Calif for summer lumber camps then to the University of Utah on L H Allan scholarship. United Basin farmers urged by letter to provide scrap metal and rubber for government use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal
Fuller
Melvin Hodgkinson
UHS
Loyal Iton
Calif
Hodgkinson
University of Utah
L. H. Allan
UILS
United Basin
Vernal Gun and Rifle Club Sportsman Riot to Be Held
More than 100 men are enlisted to assist in the annual Ingect central on the national dJorests in Region Four. A Vernal Gun and Rifle Club riot is set for Saturday and Sunday with barbecue mutton for attendees. Bids open Monday for a 10 mile U.S. 40 project costing about 106600 dollars. New RCA sound equipment installed at Vogue Theatre will debut Friday night, with a larger screen and clearer picture. Green River rising at sunrise threatens Ouray and nearby farms as residents move goods to higher ground. A frost resistant corn developed in Uintah County shows high yield potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Region Four
Uintah Basin
R.C.A
Vogue Theatre
Mesa
Ashley Central
Tana
Nelson Merkley
C. A. Thompson
Lapoint
Uintah County
Salt Lake Woman Chosen for National MS Mother Award
LaRue D. Rider of Utah, a widow and mother of three, has been named the state candidate for the National Multiple Sclerosis Mother of the Year. Rider, who has suffered MS since 1943, is a medical secretary at the University of Utah College of Medicine Rehabilitation Center and will compete in the national contest later this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
LaRue D. Rider
South 13Th East
Salt Lake City
Utch
National
Dennis
Eileen
Arthur Fullmer
Brent
Salt Lake
E.R. Dumke
Society
Hinhhaa
University of Utah College of Medicine Rehabilitation Center
Uintah Auto Firm Moves Into Vernal Building
One acre of land produced sufficient corn to fatten 50 turkeys pigs and a number of chickens while 700 pounds were saved for seed. Uintah Chevrolet Company has moved into their new quarters in the Vernal Auto building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah Chevrolet Company
Vernal Auto Building
Vast 1802 St Louis Exposition Aims High Cost
The 1802 international exposition in St Louis plans to be about twice the size of prior shows with estimated costs near 30 million dollars. Apostle Reed Smoot announces candidacy for U S Senate. Salt Lake City chief bans gambling and shutters all gambling houses. Ver nal praised in national papers for no city taxes and salaries for officers. Snow measured five inches in Wells. Lumber demand rises. sawmills idle. Frost damages fruit in the valley. ants and strawberries hit hard. Smallpox meetings may pause. Sheep losses from mountain storms. A group led by D Colton and others plan Idaho travel for Ft Hall reservation opening to pursue mining claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Salt Lake
Flaming Gorge Named by Powell in Early Explorer Era
The article notes Flaming Gorge as a historical designation from Maj. John Wesley Powell while chronicling exploration of the Green River and surrounding range. It describes a 1963 federal project to create a 68 million dollar storage and power facility, forming a 42 000 acre reservoir extending toward Green River Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley Powell
Colorado River
Lsributaries
National Park and
U.S. Forest Services
Bureau of Reclamation
Tve
Green River
Wyoming
Great Goose Brood Better Reports From State
State waterfowl managers report a better than average brood year for the great basin Canada goose across waterfowl management areas. Broods to date are slightly below last year’s total but improving water levels forecast for state areas suggest an excellent Canada goose season in Utah for waterfowlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Basin
Canada
Reese
Utah
Reservoir plan south of Utah Wyoming border outlined
The 000-sere-foot reservoir will lie immediately south of the Utah Wyoming line with a nine mile wide lake and a major recreation facility planned by the National Park Service. Landscape architect Paul Fritz of Dutch John describes an 18 mile Lin wood to dam access road and future highways US 40 and US 30 linking Denver Salt Lake City Cheyenne and Vernal with a green water future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Park Service
Paul Fritz
Dutch John
Linwood
Uinta Mountains
Denver
Salt Lake City
U.S
Cheyenne
Pocatello
Green River
Vernal
Mystery Office Building Traps Repairman in Windowless Corridor
A telephone repairman, after finishing work in a modern office tower, becomes trapped by claustrophobia. He searches for an exit and asks a secretary, who remains focused on her typewriter and gives a cryptic reply about dialing outside.
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. C. Penney
Alton Carter
Uintah High School
Utah State Agricultural College
Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce
Harold E. Duke
Vernal City
Colorado State Oneon
U.S. 40
Uintah County Fair Grounds
Vernal, Utah
Boyd Snow
Jensen
Woodey 2. Searle
Searle Gas Co
Diamond Hills Motel
Apostle Reed Smoot
Proya
United States Senate
the Wells
D. Colton
Dan AB
Coleton
W. A. Donaher
Hardy
William Oaks
Idaho
Ft. Hall
Aeep
Flaming Gorge
Rep
Chevron
T. Golden Collins
Roosevalt, Utah
Motoriala
Eloven
Cadillac
Perry
East Main
General Motors
Seattle World'd Fair
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!