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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1944
Page
1
Bryce Erickson, after 14 months overseas, earns high praise from his superior officer. The letter from Lt Col Guy Rocky commending his dependability and skill was received by Mr and Mrs Peter Erickson.
Sky Road will be the annual play by Uintah High School's speech department on Friday December 1 at 7 pm in the high school auditorium. The three act comedy directed by Stella Harris Oaks features a cast of 16 focusing on pilots and stewardesses and their problems and solutions across six scenes. Cast includes Marie Bingham Gloria Johnson Nette Siddenfaden Fija Beth Weeks Katherine Bean Sterling Colten Donna Lundell Barral Hullinger Nadean Samuels Kathleen Merkley Douglas Karren Quinten Woolley Maryella Freestone Mac Worman Harold Bodily and Edward Colton. Don Sprowson, son of Mr and Mrs Harry Sprowson of Roosevelt, has been in Roosevelt hospital since moving from the hospital in Vernal and was taken home Wednesday with a cast on his arm.
Memorial services for Norman T Johnson a Uintah High student and active musician were held Sunday afternoon at the Vernal Second Ward chapel. The service featured remarks on his achievements as an Ag student and FFA member, tributes from classmates, and a double male quartet. The event honored a young man killed in action in France on June 25.
Mrs Sylvia Sanford Metcalf, born November 16, 1845, was honored by 35 relatives in Gunnison for her 99th birthday. She moved from Utah to Fayette and Gunnison with her husband Anthony Metcalf, established the first flour mill in Fayette, later ran a mail service, and raised 15 children, seven living: Clara Ludvingsen, Mary E Chew Vernal, Sylvia Caldwell, Melissa Nay Centerfield, Emma Brown Springville, Ina Nielson Salt Lake City, and Jane Nielson Murray.
Lawrence Boren age 15 was handed to the U S Marshal Sunday by Sheriff H M Snyder and placed in Salt Lake County jail awaiting action by the juvenile court on two Dyer act violations. He had escaped from custody after a jail break at Vernal and a jail lookout prompted by a mass arrest for car thefts. The boy had been arrested multiple times for car thefts in four months and was on probation from Ogden juvenile court at the time of last arrest.
Local groups including the Lions Club and Community clubs press for a postwar highway linking Green River to Manila and Vernal via a Green River Manila route. The proposal aims to connect with the Rock Springs Hiawatha road and extend toward Kemmerer Jackson road, shifting county funds to gradual construction and maintenance.
Pvt Richard Duane Watkins 20 son of Mr and Mrs Duane Watkins of Garfield and a grandson of Mr and Mrs Frank Watkins of Vernal was killed in action in Italy serving with an Infantry division. Born Garfield July 1 1924 he was a Cyprus High School graduate and Utah Copper Co employee. Survivors include his parents a brother First Lt Donald J Watkins on leave after 19 months overseas a sister Kathryn Watkins and a grandmother Mrs Rachel Walker of Salt Lake.
Utah Oil Refining Company of Salt Lake City filed with Colorado's Public Utilities Commission for a permit to build a ninety mile oil pipeline from Rangely Field to Craig to Wamsutter Wyoming, connecting with a Salt Lake City line. The project would cost about 1.5 million and route details remain unclear, with possible northward adjustments toward the White River.
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