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Vernal Express

Location

Vernal, Utah, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1953

Page

16

Ground-breaking for Uintah Mission chapel in Randlett

Ground-breaking ceremonies were held on Tuesday November 3 for a 30000 dollar church chapel to serve the Uintah Indian Mission in Randlett. The LDS church will cover seventy five percent of the cost with the rest shared by local stakes and Ute communities. The brick veneer structure will be 72 by 67 feet with classrooms offices and missionary quarters, heating by propane, on a 200 by 150 foot donated site.

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Highway Patrol Targets Violators in Uintah Basin Blockade

Uintah Basin highway patrol and Vernal City police conducted a road blockade on Main Street to enforce car registrations and Utah driving licenses. About 470 vehicles were stopped. thirty drivers cited, including fourteen Utah nonresidents and fifteen with improper registrations. One case involved drunken driving. two warnings issued for fighting. The force shifts toward citations to ensure compliance for all residents and those staying six months or longer, with residency and vehicle rules reiterated.

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Funeral Services Conducted for Charles Brown

Funeral services for Charles Brown, 92, Vernal, were held last Saturday at Vernal Mortuary under Second Ward direction. Brown died Monday in Uintah County. The prayer was led by Earl Lathrum with mixed quartet singing and Harold E. Hullinger as speaker. Pallbearers included Willi Stevens and others. the mixed quartet featured Ralph and Frank Walker, George Davis, and Lois Erekson. Brown, born in Illinois in 1861, later moved to Utah, worked as a freighter, and owned a Tuakeek ranch.

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Funeral Services conducted for Roger Goodman

Funeral services for Roger Fredrick Goodman were held at noon Wednesday in the Vernal First Ward chapel. Rondo Sullivan presided, with prayers by President Jesse A. Haws and Irving Eaton. A choir and vocal solos accompanied by Chellus Caldwell marked the program. Goodman died at 67 after an illness, and the grave at Vernal Memorial Park was dedicated. He was born September 5, 1886, in Brown’s Park and spent his life in Utah, Colorado, and Nevada with farming, ranching, and mining. Surviving are his widow Dora, son Manuel V. Goodman, daughter Elizabeth Young, four grandchildren, and several siblings.

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Jury Decides No Cause for Action In Civil Suit

An eight man jury in Vernal returned a no action verdict for the defendant in Powell v Brats Morgan over injuries from a 1950 car accident at Cottonwood Wash. Plaintiff sought 19000 dollars. Testimony covered negligence and vehicle operation. Judge William Stanley Dunford presided.

Owen A. Powell Florence Powel Willar Ackhurst Gladys Ackhurst Ray E. Spendiover Brady Mori Howard Harmaton Seton Cxplaintitt L. Black David K. Watkins Thornley K. Swan J. Warold Meadev Stanley Hoopes Samuel Woolley Arnold Kidd Eiton Kettle Darel Adams Ralph A. Preece

Two Servicemen Injured in Jensen Crash

Two servicemen from Vermont and New Minols were injured in an automobile crash just east of the Jensen bridge last Thursday morning. Francis Cunniff, 20, Niantte Illinois, suffered lacerations abrasions and concussion while Exhest Dillman Brownell, 21 South Hoystown Vermont, sustained abrasions and discomfort. Their passenger Robert Mehter, 20 Marshalltown Iowa, was uninjured. The car, a 1953 model, left the highway after Brownell dozed at the wheel, struck two guard rails, then rolled over in loose gravel. Damage was about 1800 dollars. The men were treated at Uintah County Hospital and released the same day.

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Kenneth Sowards to address Utah Jaycees in Provo

Kenneth Sowards, past president of the Utah Jaycees, will keynote the morning session of the Utah Junior Chamber of Commerce state board meeting in Provo. The event opens Saturday at 7:30 PM with a reception at the Revel Grill and includes Douglas Stringfellow speaking at the Sunday noon luncheon. Meetings will be held at Wasatch School, with business on proposed changes to individual due votes at the state convention.

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Former Uintah and Ouray official L W Page dies in Arizona

L W Page, former superintendent of the Uintah and Ouray Agency, died at his Tuscon home after a heart attack. He led the agency from 1922 to 1937 and was famed as the practical anthropologist of the Indian Service. His notable work included securing Ute approval of the Indian Reorganization Act and educating Indians about its benefits. He retired in 1939 and lived in Tusot.

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