Men in the Armed Forces Home on Leaves
Multiple service members and relatives are noted as home on 30 day leaves or returning to duty. Ashton brothers and Lt Ralph Ashton return to Seattle and Ft Ord. Don C Hall comes home from nine months in Italy. Leo Hacking heads to Ft Ord after furlough. Vord Singleton serves in Germany with the wing medical corps. family updates include Rae Ashton and Thomas E Hall families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashton Brothers
Stewart Ashton
Pacific
Naval Air Corps
Seattle
Washington
Ralph Ashton
Ft Ord
Ft Riley Kansas
Field Artillery
Rae Ashton
Don Hall
Don C Hall
Eto
Italy
Hall
Thomas E Hall
Santa Monica
California
Germany
Laly Sington
San Antonio
Irxas Delere
Eulbuk
Stock Show Praised For Basin Livestock Quality
Adults and youth laud Uintah Basin Stock Show for improved exhibitor care and stock condition. Notables including Bert Lusty and Larry Moss credit better meat calves and draft horses, with 32 Uintah FFA babies graded choice or good. Junior exhibitors win awards. Ladies Woolgrowers donate 500 dollars for top fat lamb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Lewis
Horace Alfred She
Menard
South Pacific
Philippines
Lever
Santi Monica
Douglas Abizdusky
George Henderson
USAC
Logan
Uintah Basin
Utah
Joe Haslem Jensen
Vernal
Mons Johnsen Boneta
Altamont
Larry Moss
Producers Livestock Marketing Association
Uintah Ffa
Salt Lake
Ladies Woolgrowers Auxiliary
Clayton Curtis
Untah
Boyd Freston
Alterra
Roed Sentenced to Firing Squad by Fourth District Court
James Joseph Roed 27 appeared Tuesday at 2 pm before Judge Josh Nelson and was sentenced to execution by firing squad for the bludgeon murder of Abul Williams in San Leandro California on October 12, 1843. LeRoy Edward Ratchie implicated with Roed in the same crime was sentenced to life imprisonment after Roed’s case. Earlier Roed was found guilty on September 1, 1944 and had prior death penalties and reprieves issued by Governor Mawits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Joseph Roedi
Josh Nelson
Roedis
Board of Pardons
Sane LeRoy Edward Ratchie
Roedt
Abul Agnes Willams
San Leandro Calif
Fiing
Mawits
Son of Vernal Couple Killed in Action
Delbert Slaugh, 21, son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Slaugh, and Mack Cole formerly of Vernal, both killed in action in the Philippines. Slaugh, born June 5, 1923, attended Vernal schools and Frusa Colorado High, entered infantry February 1944, overseas October 1944. Survived by parents, wife Delores, a son Jerry, three sisters Erma Vesta Joy Rachel, and two brothers Calvin and Ralph. Mr and Mrs George McCurdy arrived from Long Beach, Calif., planning to stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert, Slaugh
Leonard Slaugh
Mack Cole
Vernal
Delores Calling
Slaugh Mack Cole
Philippines
Sgt Slaugh
Central
Frusta
Colorado
Infantry
Jerry
Erma Vesta Joy Rachel
Mack, Cole
Pfc
Calvin Slaugh
Texas
Ralph Silaugh
Navy
Pacific
Creamery Holds Meetings to Improve Dairying in Uintah Basin
Calder Bros Creamery held a series of meetings in Uintah and Duchesne counties to promote better dairying. Talks by Guy Stevens and Alvan Snow accompanied film showings of The Malky Way. Ice cream and cake followed gatherings with 530 attendees in Neola, 450 in Altonah, 325 in Tremonton, 330 in Lapoint, 340 at the Scout House, and Vernal prize winners listed. County agents Keetch and Broadbent organized the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah Basin
Calder Bros. Creamery
Uintah
Duchesne
Guy Stevens
Finance Committee Named for New Ward Building
Orion Jones, a prominent sheep man, is chosen to head the finance committee for the Third Ward and Uintah Stake chapel and recreation hall to be built on tabernacle grounds at an expected cost of 150000 dollars. Other members include Edgar C Jones Grant West and ward leaders Owen Slaugh Richard D Rust HV Eugene Nielson. Construction will start after the war ends when materials are available. Woolley and Evans of Salt Lake are the architects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orion Jones
Third Ward
Uintah Stake
Edgar C Jones
Grant West
Owen
Slaugh
Richard D Rust
Eugene Nielson
Woolley and Evans
Salt Lake
Son-in-Law of Virginia Nelson Killed on Okinawa
Pvt Gabriel Candelaria, 18, husband of Opal Louise Ellington and son in law of Virginia Nelson, was killed in action on Okinawa May 5. He entered service June 13, 1944, went overseas in December, and trained as a boatman in San Diego. His wife lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Mrs A A Duncan and son Walter arrived from Oakland for a visit with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabriel Candelaria
Opal Louise Ellington
Virginia
Nelson
Okinawa
Candelaria
Rafiel Candelaria
San Diego
Phoenix
Arizona
21 Homes Under Construction At Baxter For Oil Workers
The Manning and Brown Drilling Company is building twenty one homes at Baxter Colorado thirty miles east of Vernal to house drilling crews at a total cost of 53000. Visitors Jane C Hartley and her son, staying with Mrs Hartley's parents, Mr and Mrs Bert Caldwell, are on site while Vernal housing worsens despite FHA approval for fifty more homes and the old CCC Camp being converted into forty five apartments. Drilling is slated to start nearby within five weeks, creating urgent housing needs for crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manning and Brown Drilling Company
Baxter Colorado
Vernal
Jane C Hartley
Salt Lake
Hartley
Bert Caldwell
Rangely
Federal Housing Administration
iCCC Buildings Housing Drilling Crews With New Arrivals
Bert Sager reports fifteen families occupy former Vernal CCC Camp buildings with new arrivals daily. A truckload of furniture arrived. Mooray on UP 132 Rangely drilled by Brinkerhoff screws. 9 inch hole at 2500 feet. Crews reaming two 1334 inch holes at 500 feet. Carey No 134 shows 63 feet of 6 inch surface casing. Standolind Rector No 1 producing 20 barrels per hour through 12 inch choke. completed and satisfactory. Lynne Pope returns from Salt Lake. Stella Harris Oak left for Payson. Frank Gardis and Mrs. Hireaks to New York for Columbia University exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Sager
Brinkerhoff Drilling Co
Vernal CCC
Brinkerhoft
Carney No 134
Rangery S
60 Percent of Seventh War Bond Quota Reached in Uintah County
Uintah County reports 60 percent of its Seventh War Bond quota, investing $109,595, tying Tooele for second in Utah’s drive. Naples and Whiterocks Leeton district show high uptake, while Verda Hoopes leads queens and several districts await tabulation, with potential shifts in standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah County
Tooele County
Wayne County
Utah
Whiterocks-Leeton
Naples
Verda Hoopes
Queens
Whiterocks Leeton
Venne Haws
Nales
Davis
Clara Birchell Price
H L Caldwell
Carel Jean Hacking Meeser
Beulah Sturgeon
Mother of Mrs Byerley Dies in Vernal Visit
Jessie Wheelock Brewster 87 died at her daughter Mrs Fred M S Byerley Glines home from age related causes. Born July 16 1857 in Milton Vermont she came from Seattle to visit Vernal family in April. Survivors include one son three daughters Clara M Brewster Seattle Mrs W A Sullivan Manhattan NY Mrs Fred M Byerley Vernal James W Brewster Oakland CA six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Wheelock Brewster
Fred M S Byerley
Brewster
Milton
Vermont
Vernal
Seattle
Byerely
Clara M Brewster
Wash
W A Sullivan
Manhattan
Fred M Byerley
James W
Brewester
Oakland
California
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leo Hacking
Maeser
Ft Orel California
Camp Wolfers Teaas
Unteh
Roed
Judge Nelson
George McCurdy
Long Beach
Virginia Nelson
A A Duncan
Walter
Calif
Henry Millecam
Baxter
Iccc
Lynn M Pope
H Aryeack
Stella Harris Oaké
Ares
Jackie
Payson
Mir x
Frank Gardis
New York
Columbia University
Togele County
Ld First
Ard
Ballard Adea Duchesne
Glines
I Witten
Oura
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