Eight Enumerators Begin Farm Census in Uintah County
Eight enumerators will start the 1954 census of agriculture in Uintah County Monday. Names and areas covered include Mrs Clara Jenkins in Maeser Dry Fork Sessions Whiterocks Tridell Tapoint John Flind Vernal City South Vernal Harold Ducies Hill Creek Leo Hacking Ashley Diamond Mountain North Vernal William Chandler Handled Independence and Stella Sadder Davis Jensen. Training began Wednesday at the Uintah County Courthouse in preparation for interviews and census forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah County
Marvin Smith
Mrs Clara
Jenkins Maeser
Dry Fork
Sessions
Whiterocks
Tridell
Tapoint
John Flind
Vernal
Aind South Vernal
Harold IL Ducies
Umtah County
Congress
Ers
Ee Farm
The Constant Advertiser Keeps On
A Bristol Press item argues that a single ad or small effort fails to move readers. It stresses persistence in advertising, asserting continued effort, steady promotion, and repeated messaging build awareness and trust over time. The piece likens constant watering to wear away stone, implying steady campaigns yield results.
Rural Electric Association backs Echo Park project plan
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association passes a resolution urging immediate construction of the Upper Colorado project with Echo Park and Glen Canyon dam sites. It calls for priority for cooperative and public bodies and federally owned transmission. The group favors a federal Hells Canyon dam on the Snake River and lists state directors including Reed Durr of Richfield Utah and six others across Idaho Washington Oregon California Alaska.
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HOISE
National Rural Electric Cooperative
Assa
Echo Park
Glen Canyon
Dats
Upster Colorado
Association
Upper
Colorado
Hells Canyon
Snake River
Reed Durr
Richfield
Utah
George Lackman
Billings
Mant
John George
Lewiston
Idaho
Ted Waller
Spokane
Lee Wooden
Jewell
Ore
Fred Holland
Anza
Calif
Justine Parks
Matanuska Valley
Alaska
U Utah Homecoming Queen Fights Polio Handicap
Dorothy Hutchinson, a 20 year old Californian and polio survivor, was crowned Homecoming Queen at the University of Utah. Despite years of paralysis and a 30 pound waist to ankles cast, she remains mobile and tours campus with the crown, showcasing her recovery and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Utah
Dorothy Hutchinson
California
Dorothy
Springville
Santa Ana High School
Belle
M. J. Hutchinson
Uintah County 4-H Winners Headed to National Honors
Three Uintah County 4-H members earned state winners spots and will compete for national honors in Chicago. Elaine Davis and Marva Loy Smith will attend with exhibits and record books in dress style and meat animal phases, while Elinore Hacking enters with citizenship and related projects. Davis 17, Smith 18, Hacking 17, collectively 23 years in 4-H, sponsors listed, trips depart November 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah County
Elaine Davis
Harold E Davis
Vernal
Marva Loy Smith
Marvin F Smith
Maeser
Chicago
Elinore Hacking
Grant Hacking
Thomas & Wilson Company
Utah
Utah Extension Service
Miss Davis
Miss Smith
Sim- Bliss Pattern Company
Wilson and Company
Miss Hackling
Coke Jeffries Hired as Basin Chevrolet Shop Foreman
Jeffries, former Vernal Auto Shop owner, is now shop foreman at Basin Chevrolet. He previously worked 1940s era with Basin Chevrolet and GM for 26 years, starting as a mechanic in Kansas. After selling his business last December, he and his family traveled to Florida, then returned to begin a new home at 180 West Second South.
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Jeffries
Vernal Auto Shop
Basin Chevrolet Company
Chris McKinlay
Jefries
Basin Chevrolet
Chevrolet
General Motors Corporation
Kansas
Mrs. Jeffries
Florida
World’s largest and smallest animals described
The article notes the blue whale as the largest living creature, sometimes reaching about 100 feet. It also mentions the comonas, a tiny freshwater and saltwater organism, roughly two to six hundredths of an inch long.
Vernal Tunter Wounded by Own .22 Pistol
Vernal Tunter was wounded by his own .22 pistol while tracking a wounded deer near Braish Creek. He rolled downhill, fired unintentionally, and was transported to Uintah County Hospital by his father Iyar, DeMille, and a cousin Glide Hross, with doctors estimating about a month before he can return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gane
Iyar, DeMille
Glide Hross
Vernal
Uintah County Hospital
Dallas
Petroleum Reserve in Uintah County Opened
The Interior Department ruled uranium and thorium are metals freeing thousands of acres in Utah petroleum reserves and oil shale withdrawals from non metallic restrictions. Nine valid mining claims are now recognized. The decision affects Petroleum Reserve No. 25 on the San Rafael Swell and oil shale lands in Carbon Utah and Duchesne counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
Utah
San Rafael
Carbon
Uintah
Duchesne Counties
Interior Secretary McKay backs river development program
Interior Secretary Douglas McKay, at a Ben Lomond Hotel rally, urged strong support for the Eisenhower administration’s natural resources program, citing the Colorado River Water Storage Project as a prime federal undertaking and opposing left wing calls to curb federal development. He defended actions under long standing laws and warned against a pure collectivist approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Douglas McKay
Ben Lomond Hotel
McKay
Colorado River
Antiz
Ville
Ein
Congress
U. S
Babson Advocates Investments and New Ventures
Babson argues for investment trusts and mutual funds for safety while praising risk takers who built American industries. He credits pioneers in New England industry, criticizes overprotective policies, and endorses the 1984 tax law to aid new businesses and future employment. He and Mrs. Babson founded three colleges and note that many visionaries come from smaller towns, not big cities.
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New England
Ratton
Boston
Portsmouth
Gloucester
Salem
New Bedford
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Bristol
Conn
R. E. Association
Unntah State Bank Ag Friendly
LDS Relief Society
LDS
Coke Jeffries
MeDishet
Atomey
Aia
Pan
Kjam Ie ‘Pong Ae Se Wa Sas Steel Eee
Rae
Braish Creek
Dhuarschoy
Hiv
Dhalky
Babson Diacus
Investors Va
Babson
Mabson Park
Mass
Vicim
Diversifica Fon Tivanygst
Gilloe Ph Ses
Securities and Exchange Commission
Commission
America
Babson Institute For Men
Babson Park
Webber College For Women
United States
Eureka
Roger W. Beboss
Stone
Searle
de Josey
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