Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Show Opens Today
The 7th annual Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Show opens at the Fair Grounds with emphasis on quality stock over quantity. History notes show the show boosted local fat livestock production, with early leaders like Alvin E. Weeks guiding twelve-year presidencies and calls to improve the fat cattle industry to raise basin prosperity. President Aaron Wilkins and officers are praised as the 1955 show begins.
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Uitah Basin
Alvin E. Weeks
First View
Clair Hopkins
Hugh W. Colrog
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Uintah County
Aaron Wilkins
A New Kind of Farmer Emerges in Modern Agriculture
Wheeler McMillen of the Farm Journal says the agricultural future will favor managers over mere farm ownership. He envisions farms as both family enterprises and business ventures, with rising average managerial skill as numbers decline yet quality rises. Modern farming relies on mechanization, seeds, chemicals, and water and land conservation to boost efficiency.
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Wheeler McMillen
The
Farm Journal
Ind. News Review
Precaution Patient and Doctor Exchange in Ward
A recovering patient asks why blinds are drawn and the doctor replies a fire across the street might mislead the patient into thinking the operation failed. A visitor misreads a desk item, assuming it is a poem, but discovers blotting paper instead.
County Commission Approve Pickup Truck for Volunteer Fire Department
Vernal City actions include four new business licenses approved by the city council for Ken Garff Sales Inc at 699 West Main, J and B Auto Service at 177 West Main, Utahn Cafe at 20 East Main, and Pee Wee Miniature Golf Course at 850 West US 40. The council also heard bids for pool enclosure, culinary water pipe, and discussed a potential referendum on municipal gas.
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Vernal City
H. B. Creech
Salt Lake City
Ken Garff
U. S. Highway 40
Baucum
Whitney D. Hammond
City Recorder
Pacific States Cast Iron Company
Johns-Manville Sales Corporation
Hyan- Baldwin and
Fiberglass Engineering and Supply Company
Drivers Cited In Two Traffic Accidents In Uintah County
Two Utah Highway Patrol investigations in Uintah County report two crashes this week. Nancy Jo Rockwood 1953 Chevrolet driver cited for excessive speed as her car went off a 30 foot embankment and rolled at the Vernal Manila highway curve. Damage about 300 dollars. In the second crash Ronald Chamberlin 17 of Minneapolis behind a Hudson sedan struck a rock after attempting to pass and rolled over on its top near US 40 thirty miles east of Vernal. Chamberlin cited for excessive speed.
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A. Rooseve II
Nancy Jo Rockwood
Jonée
Manila
Mack Helm
Utah State Highway Patrol
Utah 44
Vernal
Ronald Chamberlin
Minneapollis
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Chamberlin
Charles Grant
DAVIS Scouts Camporee Attendance and Local Visits
Davis Scouts attend a camporee with Wade Slaugh Leo Walker and Les Ellsworth returning home Friday while Wade stayed until Saturday. Bonnie Davis stayed with the Glenn Chivers family during parents’ Salt Lake City visit. Clifford Massey and family visited Bonanza ward over the weekend. LaPoint residents Bo Walker and family and Marylin Daniels joined Leo Walker for Sunday dinner. The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Glade Cook has pneumonia. Granddaughter Billie Burke of Craig will graduate May 26 from Moffat County High School and attend a Denver business college in June. The Lawrence Gurr family of Souman visited Alice Gurr Saturday. Lola Peterson and baby visited over the weekend with Alice Gurr.
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Jennie Watkins Wade Slaugh
Leo Walker
Les
Ellsworth
Mr. Walker
Mr. Ellsworth
Wade
Bonnie Davis
Glenn Chivers
Salt Lake City
American Fork
Clifford Massey
Bonanza
Walker
Lapoint
Marylin Daniels
Glade Cook
Ben Watkins
Billie Burke
Craig
Moffat County
Denver
Lawrence Gurr
Souman
Alice Gurr
Lola Peterson
Baby
Mire
Jaycees Back New Vernal County Building Plan
The Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce voted to support a new county building and to form a committee to work with other groups. The May 4 meeting also approved the Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Show banquet at the Vernal Hotel and the Jaycee officers inauguration banquet at the Gateway Cafe. Larry Frisby led Clean-up Week updates, noting Imperial Hall repainting. Guests included Ira Gagan, Lloyd Clemments, Harvey King Jr., and Duane Paulson.
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Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Uintah Basin
Gateway Cafe
Carl McDaniel
Lavar Mottfitt
Lynn King
al Higgins
John Shinwain
Bob Morrison
Vernal
Shamrocks
Salt Lake City
Jaycee
Larry Frisby
Imperial Hall
Ira Gagan
Lloyd Clemments
Harvey King, Jr
Duane Paulson
Residential building boom boosts housing starts to 1.2 million
Residential construction outlays rose 12 percent in the past year, with an estimated 1,200,000 housing starts. What’s New reviews a leakproof plastic-hulled boat designed for aging and outdoor storage in all weather conditions.
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