R. C. Cooper Re-Elected Vernal Mayor in Clean Sweep
In Vernal a decisive Citizens ticket victory re elected Mayor R C Cooper and swept other city offices. Phil Watkins led council races, Rae Ashton and Leon L Pack won seats on the Economy ticket with several incumbents holding or boosting totals. key figures include Har ld Kelly Oscar M Lyman Wilson Murray Wendell Pope and Charles A Hatch in various races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Cooper
Citizens
Economy
Phil Watkins
Wendell Pope
Ree Ashton
North Vernal
R. Cooper
Thos L. Karren
Sewards
W Showalter
T. G Alexander
Rae Ashton
Henderson
Leon L Pack
Alvin Weeks
Oscar M Lyman
Harold Kelly
Wilson Murray
South Vernal
Cooper
Karren
Showalter
Alexander
Ashton
Pack
Watkins
Weeks
Lyman
Kelly
Murray
Pope
Charles A Hatch
WPA Projects Approved for Uintah County
Uintah County receives WPA road funding of 17000 for a three mile route from William Farr corner in Lapoint to Mosby mountain via Deep Creek road. A community service project of 3832 is approved, and Duchesne county gets 6131. Paradise Park reservoir gains 50000 for construction, with possible fall work and spring start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Farr
Lapoint
Deep Creek
Mosby Mountain
Duchesne County
Paradise Park
Vernal Manila Highway Remains Open After Snow
Supervisor James O Stewart of the Ashley National Forest corrected a Tribune report stating the Vernal Manila road was closed. He said the road is not closed with travel common on Sunday November 2 and that about five inches of snow exists in parts but is well packed on the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O Stewart
Ashley National Forest
Tribune
State Road Commission
Stewart
Henderson and Nlazelbush Visit Salt Lake City
C R Henderson and W R Nlazelbush traveled to Salt Lake City on Wednesday for unspecified business or engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R Henderson
Nlazelbush
Salt Lake City
Dan Hatch Dies At Mayo Clinic Saturday
Funeral services for Daniel Hatch aged 26 were held in the Maeser ward chapel with Bishop Lester Bingham presiding. He died last Saturday at 3.30 CST in Rochester Minnesota at the Mayo Brothers hospital after a delicate brain tumor operation performed Wednesday. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Lorin Hatch. In February 1934 he returned from a mission for the LDS church in California. A host of friends will mourn his passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Hatch
Maeser Ward
Lester Bingham
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Brothers
School Board Debates Bus Issues and Water Project
Utah county Board of Education met Monday with Chair LeRoy Taylor and members Seeley Reader Vernon and Todd. They discussed bus transportation serving about half the county enrollment and plans for a countywide water system at several schools including Alterra and Central. The board approved a larger Anchor stoker for Central school and planned salary schedule decisions for teachers later in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah County Board of Education
LeRoy Taylor
Catherine Seeley
Ray H Reader
Andrew Vernon
W Russell Todd
L. G. Noble
Uintah High School
Ashley Valley
Alterra High
State Department
Noble Ray Labrum
Fred Bearden
Ballard
Arthur Grange
Salt Lake City
Grange
Tyne
Noble
LeRoy Harris
R Manchett
George O Freestone
Vernal
Calvin Jorgensen
Leota Joseph Holmes
George Johnson
Smith Davis
Clair Boutham Davis
Farm Creek
Whiterocks
Albert Smith
Vernal CCC enrollment up to 208 men and camp upgrades
Company 1507 CCC at Vernal increases its strength by 22, bringing total to 208 with groups from Ohio Indiana Kentucky and locals. Gravel walks and parade ground improvements are under way as camp grounds are developed into a beauty spot. Project No 2 Pow der Wash Truck Trail progresses and educational programs expand with lectures and library resources for enrollees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
Vernal
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
George Hicks
COC
A . Boyle
JE D Muller
H M Lundell
ECW
War Department
Department of the Interior
Army
R WiIfern
Inf
L. Q Grimes
C T Kearney
H. D Miller
J V. Bellwinkle
Milo Snow
Alden Shaffer
Harry Seaton
Carl Mal- Bak
1935 Red Cross Poster Echoes Through Roll Call Drive
The 1935 Red Cross poster adapted by Lawrence Wilbur for the 1936 roll call features a heroic mercy figure with a nurse supporting a wounded child. It was crafted for Alonzo Fort Forlinger's mural legacy and distributed to 8,700 chapters and 9,900 branches to urge national participation in the annual membership drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Wilbur
Mercy
Ishla
Armistice Day festivity details at Witbeck Post No 11
Armistice day events led by Witbeck Post No 11 include a Main street parade with UHLS band and colors, a high school auditorium program directed by H M Lundell, and an Imperial dance. Three Cold Star Mothers honored. Legion and Auxiliary committees listed. past year activity cited. program features invocation, silence, readings, and Jubilee Quartet numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witbeck
H M. Lundell
Imperial
M Lundell
L. D Young
Glenn H Miller
Blaine Lee
Glenn H Lambert
Legion Executive
Lorna Cook
Helen Mangelson
Diale Jubilee Quartett
Band Week Opens at Vernal High School Fund Drive Planned
Band Week begins Monday November 11 at Vernal High School with a parade a Dixie Jubites Quartet program membership drives a bridge luncheon and matinee and evening dances. The aim is to raise funds for new band uniforms due to enlarged enrollment. The senior band has seventy members the junior band thirty five. Band Boosters Club runs the event with officers Mrs Ray Stringham president Mrs Ashley Bennion vice president and Mrs B E H Stringham secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wintah High School
Dixie Jubites Quartett
Vernal
Ashley Valley
Band Boosters Club
Band Mothers Club
Ray Stringham
Ashley Bennion
B EH Stringham
Bert Singleton
Jane Murray
Harmon
Sowards Bridge
W . Menderson
Mary Man
May Calder
Catherine Stringham
Mra & Cooper
L. C Thorne
H D Millecam
Roads and Scenery Highlight Uintah gathering
A VeraI Uintah high school event in Vernal brings leaders from Utah and Colorado to discuss highway development. Speakers include Congressman Abe Murdock and W O Rishel as the Lions club hosts a banquet and promotes US 40 as a Roosevelt Highway route. The program combines highway talk with scenic and educational attractions along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Salt Lake
Cenfer
Ecenio
Salt Lake City
Uintah High School
Vernal Lions Club
Abe Murdock
W. 0
Rishel
Utah Automobile Association
Dinosaur National Monument
Bpeakera
Roosevelt Highway
Lions Clubs
Oak Creek
Meeker
Steamboat Springs
Hayden and
Craig
Colorado
Roosevelt, Myton
Duchesne Heber City
Associated Civic Clubs
Utah
Provo
Uintah County Commissioners Consider Tax and Road Matters
Uintah County commissioners met to review tax adjustments WPA road requests for Tridell and Jensen, easement approval on Kennedy station road, a new justice of the peace, and replacement of $500 poor fund borrowings. Wage rates for road workers set. land lease approved. county clerk noted itemized, auditable poor fund expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah County
William Johnson
Andrew Vernon
Oraon Hall
John McKowen
J H Allred
Frank Owens
Minnie B Peterson
F. A Middleton
Harvey Mahleres
C. W Neilson
H B Calder
A. Theodore Johnson
Uintah
L. Kitchen
C B Bartlett
Tridell
Oral Peterson
Jensen
J N Ball
Winkle
CCO
Kennedy Station
Henderson
Charles DeMolsy
Glen Knight
Anson
Daggett County
Noel
Single Hunting Accident Reported in Uintah County
Uintah county reports only one hunting accident this year. Lewis Abegglen, son of Lawrence Abegglen of Naples, sustained a superficial shoulder injury when a shotgun was mishandled while being removed from a car on Sunday. He is recovering well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah County
Lewis Abegglen
Lawrence Abeggten
Naples
Mrs L L Pack Remains Severely Ill At Home
The article notes Mrs L L Pack is still quite seriously ill at her home with family providing care and updates on her condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra L. L Pack
State Education Officials Visit Vernal For Meetings
Superintendent Charlies H. Skidmore and B WN Robinson with the juvenile court committee secretary Irvin P. Neal and Burton K. Farnsworth state high school supervisor toured Vernal on Monday and Tuesday for education department discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies H. Skidmore
B WN Robinson
Juvenile Court Committee
Irvin P. Neal
Burton K. Farnswoth
State Department of Education
Lapoint Rancher James J. Cook Buried Near Cabin
James J. Cook, 65, died at a hospital last Thursday from heart trouble after a two month illness. Born in Sharon Michigan, he moved to Lapoint when the reservation opened in 1808. He married Madeline Ubank in 1912. The family held services at their home and buried him on the Lapoint ranch. He is survived by his widow and a brother Joe Cook of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lapoint
James J. Cook
Mr. Cook
Sharon
Michhigan
Madeline Ubank
California
Ww. T. Howes
Randlett
Joe Cook
Chicago
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Citizen's Ticket
Manila
Dan Hatch
Mayo Bros. Clinic
Uintah Board of Education
Vernal C.C.C
Powder Wash Road
Lance
A. Vi
Lewis
Wm B Wallis
Mra
Adair Tyrack
The
Legion
J. A Cheney
Dallas H. Young
J O Stewart
Ivan Atwood
Elmer Huber
Exton Wilkins
K. B Hampton
Myron Perry
Merrill Henry
John Milburn
Roy Odekirk
Leon P Christensen
Norman Olsen
Barth Shaffer
George Goodrich
Jesse Haws
John Helen
Auxiliary
Grant Morrill
Emery
Grant Morerill
Alterra High School
Muasle
Hunt
Morrillington
Emery County
Morrill
Dee Cox
Blackfoot
Idaho
Al«terta
UHS
Calder
A. T. Johnson
Imperial Hall
Legion—Auxiliary
Neva
Edward W. Pickard
Barmert
Uncle Sam
Hoare
Brithh
Prince van Sinchembarg Mey
Jansae Republican
Landen
Fresidant
Townend
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