Ball Park Diamond Nears Completion In Vernal
Uintah County recreation committee hears progress on Vernal Ball Park diamond nearing completion. Light poles and lights installed, next step connecting to power. Bleachers and restrooms built. 1957 softball games set 7 to 10 or 10:30 p.m. Funds urged to transfer to recreation committee. Attendees include city mayor councilors and county commissioners with local coaches and groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah County Recreation Committee
Vernal Ball Park
LDS Church
Dan Price
Thair Allen
Chellus M Caldwell
Alwyn Call
Ralph Siddoway
Dale Jensen
Don Richardson
Fred Washburn
Sidney Noble
Dixie B. Hacking
Orville
Flaming Gorge funding tied to upper Colorado project
The report details budget earmarks for Flaming Gorge dam within the Upper Colorado River Storage project. Officials claim $4,800,000 in the 1956 budget will go to Flaming Gorge and not be diverted. For 1957 funds, work includes access roads bridges dam plans and related facilities at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Flaming Gorge
Upper
Colorado River
Congressman Thomson
Bureau of Reclemation
Washington
Fred G. Randahl
Secretary
Scout fundraiser drives Uintah County council budget
Boy Scout program funding efforts seek to raise 700 dollars to complete a 3850 dollar Uintah District budget for Utah National Parks Council. Prize steps include a pack valued at 6 dollars and a Silva compass worth 2.10 dollars. Proceeds fund leader training and expanded scouting for Uintah County youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah
Utah National Parks Council
Uintah County
Utah
Mr. Sowards
Graveside Rites For Infant Bynum Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Warren Lewis Bynum infant son of Mr and Mrs William L Bynum were conducted Wednesday at 2 pm at Vernal Memorial Cemetery. The infant died of prematurity Tuesday morning in the local hospital. Mrs Bynum is Patsy Ann Belcher. Surviving are the parents and grandparents Warren Belcher Vernal and Mrs Anna Kruze of Kilgore Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Lewis Bynum
William L. Bynum
Vernal Memorial Form
Bynum
Patsy Ann Belcher
Warren Belcher
Anna Kruze
Kilgore
Texas
Reclamation Act debate knots limits on contracts
Senate debate explains that the Reclamation Act sought only to allow congresses to veto contracts after Interior entered them with water groups while clarifying Small Projects Act scope to privately owned lands over 160 acres. Only nine senators backed the Douglas amendment as Western support was sparse.
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House
Senate Interior Committees
Secretary of the Interior
Executive
Sen. Anderson
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Richard Neuberger
Funeral Services Held Monday for James Pitt 76
Funeral services were held Monday at 3 30 p m in the Nap les Ward chapel for James Melvin Pitt 76 former Vernal resident who died May 24 in Salt Lake City of a heart attack The service was conducted by Bp Morris R Cook with Ada Openshaw at the piano A double mixed quartet sang During the ceremony invocations were offered and several speakers delivered remarks Burial followed at the Baeser Fairview Cemetery where Walter G Little dedicated the grave Pallbearers included William Warby Dale Jensen Alton Vernon Harvey McKee Alfred Lloyd and Fred Reynolds The Kay Carff Colonial Mortuary of Salt Lake City directed arrangements and previously held a service in Salt Lake City The Pitt family history notes he was born February 23 1881 in Kamas Utah and lived in Kamas Salt Lake Vernal and Uintah Basin He worked as a farmer carpenter and cream buyer and was connected with Nelson Ricks Creamery in Vernal He married Mary Leota Eskelson in Vernal September 21 1908 later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple They had four children Don Pitt Maeser David Pitt and Hazel Little plus Lyall Pitt He faced the 1919 flu epidemic and later married Sarah Betella Hall Daly in Vernal
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Naples Ward
James Melvin Pitt
Salt Lake City
Morris R. Cook
Ada Openshaw
Francis Merrell
Eula Southam
Laura Simmans
Estel Manwaring
Vere Wilson
Lloyd Clement
Orlo
Lowe Goodrich
Ed Bodily
Warren
Erma Jones
Ise
Hugo Mitchell
Upslco
Archie Johnson
Orlo Goodrich
Joseph ‘Dudley
Baeser Fairview
Walter G. Little
William Warby
Dale Jensen
Alton Vernon
Harvey McKee
Alfred Lloyd
Fred Reynolds
Kay-Carff
Bryan Ward
Salt Lake
Bo. Burnett
Mr. Pitt
Kamas
Pitt
Mary Leota Eskelson
Oil finds and family obituaries mix in rugged region
A sequence of notes covers oil exploration claims near Green River and the No. 1 Whiterocks well deepening, with estimates of production potential. The text also recounts a family funeral and lineage, detailing survivors, marriages, and community ties across Vernal, Roosevelt, and Salt Lake City. It mentions a former park ranger career path and a baptismal temple ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fee
Caldwell’ & Covington
Green River
Wella
Mervin J. Fulton
Polio Clinic Draws Large Turnout In Uintah County
At Central School a large crowd attended the polio clinic with Dr. R Bruce Christian and Dr. Ray E Spendford administering shots. Open clinics are scheduled at Central School on June 25 from 6 to 8 pm and at Todd School on June 27 from 7 to 9 pm for first second or third doses. Local health officials urged all area residents to seek future appointments if due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central School
Alta Rust
Uintah County
R. Bruce Christian
Ray E. Spendford
Central
West Ride
Todd School
Union High School
Uintah Basin
Todd
Alterra
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Vernal Express
Ball Park
County Recreation Committee
Glen Canyon Dam
Glen Canyon
Boy Scout
Reclamation
Raymond
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Morgro
Waens
James Pitt
Fallot Bake Pistana
United States ‘Forest
Blackfeet» National Forest
Montana
Mount McKinley Naional Park
Alaska
U.S. Navy
Mount Ranier National Park
Glacier Bay National Monument
Mount MecKinley National Park
Dinosaur National Monument
Salt Lake Temple
Francis Southam
Lola Mac Ilister
Vernal
Daly Pitt
Odessa
Colleen Preece
Las Vegas
Nev
Leon
Alvin Keith
Paul
Harold Reed
Maurine
Eddie
James T. Daly
Pangultch
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