Chuck Hazelbush Returns To Du Fort Benning
Local notes report Chuck Hazelbush returning Monday to Fort Benning where he is stationed with an infantry division after a furlough. The article lists Hazelbush as the son of Mr and Mrs W R Hazelbush with six brothers also in service, including Bob recently departing the West Coast for foreign service. Additional items mention Irvin H Winward, Leon Brady, the Timothy brothers, Pvt Wm Gerald Clark, Pvt Floyd Schofield, and Pvt Norman A Hall among others in service or overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck Hazelbush
Ft Benning
Pyt Hazelbush
Camp Roberts
Calif
W R .Hazelbush
Bob
West Coast
Leon Brady
Leon L Brady
Acy
Italy
Sigt Brady
Lowell Brady
Germany
Austria
Haly
Balkans
U .S
Glen Brady
South Pacific
MAT Wey
Gerald Clark
RAF
Clark
Vernal
Governor Proclaims Thanksgiving Day in Utah
Governor Herbert B Maw proclaims Thanksgiving Day on Thursday November 25 urging Utahns to observe the national observance and reflect on blessings from bountiful harvests wartime progress and freedom. The proclamation notes the President Franklin D Roosevelt suggestion and calls for gratitude for liberty and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Colenor Herbert B
Gover
United States
Franklin D Roosevelt
Ashley Bishop Elevated as Ashley Bishopric Leader After 16 Years
Ashley Bishop was sustained Sunday evening as bishop of Ashley succeeding Alma Preece who served sixteen years. Warren B Jones and C Fred Anderson named as bishopric counselors. retiring counselors are Thos E Kidd and Walter Anderson. Preece, long active in local church and farming, helped build and rebuild chapels, once serving as county commissioner.
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Ashley
Speciah
OL Fuchen
Ward
Alma Preece
Warren B Jones
Fred Anderson
Richens
Thos E Kidd
Walter Anderson
Preece
YMMIA
Karl B Preece
Ashley School
Kidds
Anderson
Jones l
Quorum of Seventy
Anderson Wis
Texaco Service Acquired by Orland Johnson
Orland Lo Johnson takes over the Texaco Service station on West Malh dast from Wm H Howard. He leases from the Texas i Company and buys Howard's equipment. Johnson, a Ver Inal native, lived in Pittsburgh Pa until moving here last fall. He previously worked as an accountant, then senior price clerk for the OPA. Mrs Johnson, formerly Fdytha Kay, was a former MBST&T operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orland Lo Johnson
Texaco
West Malh Dast
Wm H Howard
Texas i Company
Uintah Scouts Attend Roosevelt Conference
Seventy eight scouters and scouts from Uintah District attended the Uintah Basin Regional Boy Scout Conference held at the Roosevelt Stake Tabernacle last Saturday. A drill by the air scout patrol led by Charles Freeman featured the day. Rulon Doman and other Utah National Parks Council leaders conducted the meeting and spoke on scouting aims. Mr and Mrs Marinus Christiansen of Whiterocks visited Tuesday.
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Uintah Basin
Roosevelt Stake Tabernacle
Uintah Duchesne Moon Lake
Roosevelt
Uintah
Air Scout Patrol
Charles Freeman Rulon Doman
Utah National Parks Council
Provo
Memorial services for Lt Johnson held in Vernal chapel
Memorial services will take place Sunday at the Vernal Second Ward chapel at 3 pm for Lt Norman T Johnson killed in action. He died when his plane was hit by enemy fire during the invasion of France after serving since January 1942, with combat in the Aleutians and later in the European Theatre from January 1944.
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Vernal Second Ward
First St
Norman ‘T Johnson
Johnson
France
Aleutians
United States
Schools Change Starting Time Across County
Petition effort at the Monday Board of Education meeting triggered a split schedule shift. West side schools start at 10:00, high school ends 4:30, elementary hours adjust. east side begins 8:30, high school ends 4:10 with adjusted elementary times. Lenient personnel changes noted include Marguerite Goodrich 7th Grade instructor and Alfred Johnson custodian release. Election setup designates Vernal Central as voting site with a kindergarten room poll for December 6.
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Pass Rong
Board of Education
Marguerite Goodrich
Uintah High School
Alfred Johnson
Vernal Central School
Kindergarden
Vernal
Ashley
Jackson Brothers Draft Evasion Sentenced In Utah
Charles Robert Jackson, 28, received two years in a federal penitentiary for draft evasion after hiding with his brothers Andrew and Deloss in Eastern Utah and Northwestern Colorado. Andrew and Deloss surrendered for court martial. Lyle Seeley Eklund, a conscientious objector, also appeared and preferred service over prison as Judge Johnson urged prosecutors to place him in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillman D Johnson
Salt Lake
Charles Robert Jackson
Federal
Jackson
Charles
Andrew
Deloss Jackson
Utah
Colorado
FBI
Deloss
Lyle Seeley Eklund
Uintah Basin
Johnson
Uintah
United States District Attorney
Calling All Minute Women Called to Gather Regs Next Week
A0 Minute Woman asks districts to prepare for a shipment to Salt Lake. Mrs R A Bryson, county chairman, urges residents to save flattened Lin cans and scrap paper at home for later collection. Surplus fat should be burned for stores.
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Rey
Salt Lake
R A Bryson
Bryson
Wyoming Plant to Treat Local Oil Shale
A Wyoming laboratory project will study off shale composition and shale oil processing to develop a commercially profitable production method. The nation seeks a shale oil supply for the motor age, with estimates of US reserves at 2.6 billion barrels and a goal to extend energy security for about 60 years at current usage. Continued discussion noted across pages.
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Wyoming
United States
Scotland
Sweden
Germany
France
Australia
Japan
Clyde Gardiner Wounded in Italy While On Duty
Clyde W Gardiner a former foreman at a Cudahy meat packing plant in Bountiful Utah was seriously wounded in Italy before October while on police duty in a small Allied occupied town a sniper shot him in the left side above the heart He is recovering His wife Martha Anderson lives in Oak City Utah and he has brothers and sisters listed in Vernal Bountiful Portland Meeker Bay Goodrich and Vernal Utah news indicates his embarkation from the East Coast came after serving since February 1944 at Camp Beal Florida with a replacement division
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Clyde W Gardiner
Dick Gardiner
Italy
Mr. Gardiner
Cudahy
Bountiful
Camp Beal
Florida
Marthal Anderson
Oak Clit
Utah
Arthur
Harold Williams
Meeker
George Berg
Portland Oregon
Carl Alvin Melvin Ray
Bill Murray
Bay Goodrich
Lyle Slaughall
Vernal
Mrs Carrie Harnish Visits Kin in Washington State
Mrs Carrie Harnish of Los Angeles spent last week visiting her sister Mrs Dane Cook and brothers Charles and William Holmes. Mrs Cook and Mrs Harnish left Sunday for Natches, Washington to visit another sister, Mrs Bart Mowrey.
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Carrie Harnish
Los Angeles
California
Dane Cook
Charles and
William Holmes
Cook
Harnish
Natches Washington
Bart Mowrey
Lt Frank Couture Hospitalized in Louisville Ky
Lt Frank Couture 27 was seriously wounded in France on July 14 and convalescing in an army hospital. He is seen with his five month old daughter Pamela Jean and is hopeful for crutches soon. He is an original Vernal National Guard member. His wife, Mrs Couture formerly Georgia Milburn, lives in Columbia Ind across the line from Louisville.
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Frank 3
Red
Couture
France
Pamela Jean Li Couture
Vernal National Guard
Georgia Milburn
Columbia
Ind
Loulaville Tyre
The
Basin Chevrolet Co
To the People of this Community
Fragmentary civic message praising community sacrifice and bonds, referencing veterans and national pride with unclear, garbled text. Notable mentions include fighting men, homes, and a call to unity, though specifics are obscured by OCR errors. The piece reads like a wartime or memorial public notice from a local town.
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Bond
Grocer Honored For Patriotic Wartime Service
A hometown grocer is praised for supporting war efforts during wartime prices. He explains rationing rules, keeps prices as low as possible, and stays late to handle ration cards and value adjustments. The piece urges readers to credit grocers during the Grocer Consumer Anti Inflation Week starting November 13.
Jensen Ward Bishopric Reorganized
Jensen ward bishopric reorganized Sunday after the Relief Society Conference. Stake President Aachie Johnson and Byron Goodrich attended. Bishop J Ross Merrill and counselors Howard A Caldwell and Wallace Moon and Clerk Lynne H Dudley were released. Moroni Moon sustained as new bishop. Moon to select counselors. Merrill and counselors have presided since July. the ward moved to the Sunshine Ranch. Noteworthy changes include chapel grounds cleaned, lawn planted, new chairs, furnace installed, and a custodian hired to supply music for dances.
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Jensen
Jensen Ward
Relief Society Conference
Aachie Johnson
Byron Goodrich
J Ross Merrill
Howard A Caldwell
Wallace Moon
Lynne H Dudley
Moroni Moon
Moon
Merrill
Ward
Famil
Sunshine
Doc Leigh Webb Dies at Moab
Doc Leigh Webb, 72, known locally as Doc Webb, died Tuesday evening in Moab after a lingering illness. Born November 25, 1872 in Moors, he moved to Vernal in 1922 and practiced osteopathy there before working in Meeker and Glenwood Springs, Colorado, and later settling in Moab. Survivors include daughter Helen Webb Freestone and several relatives, with continued references to other family members and acquaintances.
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Leigh Webb
Webb
Moab
Dr Webb
Mours
Vernal
Meeker
Glenwood
Springs
Colorado
Helen Webb Freestone
Roy Mills
George Freestone
Soldier Tells of Rabbit Slug in French Invasion
Staff Sergeant Larry Vernal of Vernal Utah relates his foxhole tale from France aboard the USS Chateau Thierry. In a French village he met a tiny multi colored one eyed rabbit named Slug kept in his jacket breast pocket. Slug grew to forage with greens near the foxholes.
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Charleston
Larry Swain Vernal
Utah
States
Chateau Thierry
Slug
France
Swain
Stark General Hospital
Charleston South Caro
Sing
Heida
Uintah County War Bond Drive Opens Saturday
Uintah County prepares to launch its sixth War Bond drive with a meeting at Glas United Bank at 7:30 pm. Chairman announces goal to meet county quota and urges community support against complacency. Local firms will run full page announcements starting Thanksgiving Week.
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Uintah County
Uintah
Glas Unite Bank
Baye la Haa
Cooper
South Pacific
Jensen Couple Receives Purple Heart Posthumously
Mr and Mrs Ira Jensen celebrate the Purple Heart awarded posthumously to their son Sgt Leland Van Gardner who died in action in France. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Thomas and three children recently arrived from Oakland, California and joined the Bay Area community in welcoming the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Thomas
Oakland
Lornin
Proere
I Bane
Bay
Vernal Trapper Near Utah Predator Record
John W Willis, government trapper for the Fish and Wildlife Service, nears a Utah predator record. From Vernal, since April 1933 he has taken 2 760 predators including 11 moose and 7 stockkilling spears, with 2 742 coyotes and bobcats plus hundreds destroyed by poison walls. Willis, raised in Junction Utah, relies on his dog Loud to trap and even starred in a lion hunting film. His net seasonal take often surpasses 90 predators in a month, with notable 100 per month feats, saving livestock across a 35 mile radius of Vernal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W Wills
Fish and Wild- Wife Service
Utah
Mr Willis
Vernal
Junction Utah
Fmost
Willis
Wes
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Air Service Command Depot
England
Irvin H Winward
Henry Winward
Ordnance
Air Sevice
Eng
Winward
Ogden Arsenal
Timothy
Pic Golden Timothy Tow
Southwest Pacific
Cpl
Alvin Time
Thy
Rome
Pic Owen Timothy
Veterans Hospital
A WN ‘Timothy
Floyd Schofield
le Mont Saint Michel
Stechofield
J Schofield
Brother Walter
Liberal Banses Aisq
Express
Norman
USS Lst 647
Care Fleet Post Office
New York
Great Lakes Waval
Jack Boren
Pvtfark
Boren
Pyt Boren
Proor
Camp Waan Riverside
Calil
Pyt Boyd Boren
Paris
Alabama
Maryland
Joel
Lope
Ashley Bishop
Alme Preece
Texaco Service
Orland Johnson
Marinus Christensen
Whiterocks
St. Johnson
Charles R. Jackson
Clyde Gardiner
Frank Couture
Louisvile, Ky
Richards Durham
Grocer
Kenneth Bennion
Charles Roby
Sherlene
Sam Bennion
Ted Watkins
AR W Bradshaw Tit
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