Legislature to Convene Next Tuesday in Utah Special Session
Utah prepares for a third annual legislative special session at the State Capitol Tuesday focused on school problems and teacher retirement. Gov. J. Bracken. The Republican majority in both chambers shapes the agenda with key figures including Merrill K. Davis and Charles E. Peterson guiding the effort. Democrats Larson and Grover hold pivotal roles, while Senate leaders Paxton and Hopkin anchor the plan. The session will test Gov. Lee's proposals amid other anticipated non school items.
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Utah
Pee
Merrill K. Davis
Salt Late City
G0anan House
Seale
Legislativ Council
House
Charles E. Peterson
R. Provo
Clair R. Hopkins
G. M. Kerr
R. Tremonton
Senate
Alonzo K. Hopkin
Woodruff
Chamber to Stress Shop at Home Theme This Christmas
Vernal Chamber of Commerce will emphasize a Shop at Home theme for the holiday season. Harold Duke, chairman of the Retail Merchants Committee, told the board that no regular Christmas promotion will be held this year. The focus is on oil stock tax money funding schools streets highways fire and police protection and other services.
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Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Harold Duke
Retail Merchants Committee
Duke
Steethea
Services Held In Vernal for Frank Wightman
Funeral services for Frank Wightman were conducted in the Vernal Moria Cemetery with burial at Vernal Vie merit Park Cemetery. Mr Wightman died Sunday at noon in a Salt Lake rest home after living in Salt Lake City about one octave. He was born October 21 1878 in Payson, son of Charles and Livina Collett Wightman. He came to Vernal as a young man and was engaged in bee herding. He was married to Myrtle Hoss of Vernal.
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Frank Wightman
al Herdera
Spector
Iam
Moria
Viemerat Park
Mr. Wightman
Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Payson
Charles
Livina Collett Wightman
Two Locations Announced in Ashley Valley Utah
Announcement last week says no wells to be drilled in Ashley Valley with two exceptions. One on the southern edge of Ashley Field near the county line and another at Ashley Canyon seven miles northwest of Vernal. Drilling of a Weber sands test at the southern Ashley Field, 12 miles southeast of Vernal, will resume this week under Earl Henderson of Ute Royalty Corp Salt Lake City. The Not Herriot well was spudded August 7 by Signat Uintah Basin Oil Co on a 960 acre block in the Ashley Creek area. Ute Royalty has a 50-50 farmout and contract with Loffland Bros. Drilling Co. of Tulsa. The test aims to produce from the Weber sandstone at an estimated depth of 4300 to 4500 feet. Vernal Oil and Gas Co and Near Dome Enterprises plan to deepen the Hullinger No 1 wildcat on the Vernal dome west of Vernal, targeting the Madison formation. Gulf Oil Corp Brennan Bottoms No 1 wildcat in Uintah County has swathed at the rate of 34 barrels per hour.
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Ashley Valley
Southiern
Ashley Field
Ashley
Canyon
Vernal
Versnal
Earl Henderson
Salt Lake City
Ute Hovailty Corp
Herriot
Signat ‘Uintah Basin Ol Co
Ashley Creek
Ute Royalty
Farmont
Loffland Bros. Drilling Co
Tulsa
Henderson
Weber
Vernel Oil and Gas Co
Dome Enterprises
California
Vernal Dome
Thawell
Vernal, Ol and Gas Co
Fesse
Madison
Gulf Oil Corp
Brennan Bottom
Uintah County
Police Citations Issued This Week
City police reported ten citations this week including public drunkenness driving with a revoked license and expired registration. One citation noted alighting at the home of Mrs Charles C Rich during the period.
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Avitpat City
Utah
Charles C. Rich
Advisory Board Members Elected in Utah Grazing District No
Election held in Vernal at the Courthouse last Thursday elected two advisory board members from precincts 2 and 4. From precinct 2 Hyrum E Seeley was reelected as cattle representative and John Bennion as sheep representative. From precinct 4 Willis Stevens was reelected as cattle representative and J Albert Smith Heber was elected as sheep representative replacing Frank E Huber. Other cattle representatives include Glenn Murray Ploy E Lamb Thomas Jaryie and others. Precinct 2 covers Diamond Mountain Unit Bittle Mountain Ouray Unit Deep Creek and Vernal Cattle Unit. Precinct 4 covers Edgen Ridge Unit and Hill Creek.
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Utah Grazing District No
Vernal
Hyrum E. Seeley
John Bennion
Willis Stevens
J. Albert Smith
Heber
Frank E. Huber
Glenn Murray
Ploy E. Lamb
Thomas Jaryie
Ben, Stringham
Keith Smith
J. T. Murdock
Ashley National Forest
Green River
Colorado State Line
Diamond Mountain
Bittle Mountain Ouray
Deep Creek
Vernal Cattle
White River
Bitter Creek
Sweetwater Creek
Edgen Ridge
Hill Cree
Democracy contest winners listed at Vernal high schools
Three students from Uintah and Union high schools were named winners in the "Speak for Democracy" contest held in Vernal on Tuesday. Farbara May of Union took first, Clair Ross Hopkins of Uintah second, and Renae Eldredge of Untop third, with local and state judges naming finalists and awarding radios donated by Ashton Brothers Company and Searle’s. First place recordings advance to the state competition in Salt Lake City on December 12.
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Uintah
Union High School
Vernal
Farbara May
Union
Clair Ross Hopkins
Piste
Renae Eldredge
Untop
Cordings
Uintah High School
Mel
Loyd Shimmin
Mia
Paul Batty
H. Walter Woolley
Joseph Cook
Engaher Jen Ovand
Bs Aistant
Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce
Alt Lake City
Ashton Brothers Company
Scarle A Raving Center
Searle
Gax
As! Valley
Uintah High
Old Fashioned Thanksgiving Remembered by a Family
A nostalgic poem recalls bygone Thanksgiving days when family gathered at the table with grandparents parents and children. It contrasts modern busy lives with old home warmth the laughter of relatives from Boston and home chores by a mother in a gingham apron and a fireside gathering that ended with farewells and long memories. Lions club of Randallstown Maryland.
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Jamie
Grandpa
Mother
Boston
Frank
Father
Lions Club
Randallstown, Inc
Baltimore County
Maryland
Former Vernal Resident Dies At Ogden Sunday
Lyle Fisher aged 89 a former Vernal resident died at his Ogden home Sunday at 7 a m from natural causes He had nine brothers including Pierce Gonaca Sonjus and Joshua The partial OCR lists several misreads and places names unclear but identifies the deceased and the time.
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Lyle Fisher
Vernal
Ogden
Natural
Burton Lyle
William
Idaho
Seattle
Gonton H
York City
Pierce
Gonaca
Sonjus
Joshua
Mr and Mrs Dean Preece Host Dinner in Cra Goto
Mr Dean Preece and Mrs Minnis Preece hosted a dinner Tuesday at Cra Goto for Preece's mother and sister Mrs Wesley Robbins of Vernal, with Mr Preece also attending.
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Dean Preece
Cra Goto
Preece
Minnis Preece
Mr. Preece
Wesley Robbins
Vernal
Local Figures Named in Page of Obituary Fragments
The fragment lists Mrs Alfretta Burke Miller of Salt Lake City and Mrs LaVern Nelson of Tacoma along with Somes M Jr Calli and Wayh, plus several half brothers and sisters. The sparse text suggests a family notice or obituary snippet with multiple relatives and locations.
Pardon Dodds Dies Suddenly In St George Utah
Pardon Dodds, a former Vernal resident, died of a heart attack Sunday morning at his home in St George Utah at age 73. Burial will be in Hermosa Beach California. He is survived by his widow and five children. Dodds, born in 1880, helped build Vernal in its early days and left the city about fifteen years ago.
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Mr. Dodds
St. George
Utah
Ilerimoga Beach
Calif
Vernall
Ife
Fifleen
Utah Pushes Echo Park Project For State Growth
Members of the Utah Water and Power Board reaffirmed support for the Upper Colorado storage project, including Echo Park and Glen Canyon dams and related works. They plan to testify before the House Committee on Indian Affairs in January 1954, with Delegate George D. Clyde leading Utah’s delegation. The board urged joining the Columbia Basin Compact and noted intrastate development, building small storage reservoirs and canals, with a Fremont River dam planned to serve over 5,000 acres and a transmountain diversion system.
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Utah Water and Power Board
Upper
Colorado
Echo Park
Glen Cannery
House of
Alkely
Glen Canyon
Utah
Gooseberry
Emery County
Oregon
Washington
J. Bracken Lee
Fremont River
Mass Funeral Held for Bonanza Tragedy Victims
A large memorial service was held at the Uintah Stake Tabernacle for eight miners killed in the Bonanza mine disaster in November. Elders Levi Young and others addressed thousands in attendance, with five bodies buried at Vernal Memorial Park and four previously laid to rest at other cemeteries. Funeral honors included military rites and community participation, marking the largest funeral in the Uintah Basin.
Uintah County Forest Funds Receipts Reported
Forest funds totaling 3798.06 were received by Uintah County for the twelve months ending June 30, 1952. The Ashley National Forest allocation, 25 percent of the national total, is distributed among Daggett Duchesne and other counties, to support schools and roads. The record details portions allocated to Daggett Duchesne and others as of June 30, 1952.
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Uintah County
Fors Service
National Forest
Amey National Forest
War D. Hurst
A Rales
Bengenmittando Otter
Ashley National Forest
Dagget
Duchesne
Vintab
Timbering resumes as miners search for missing after blast
Rescue work at the Bonanza mine halted Sunday for funeral services after five bodies were recovered. In Vernal the dead were laid to rest as light viewing continued. Timbering descended 300 feet in fourteen days, with three more miners believed trapped. A shaft will be driven and a drift mined toward the three men. Names listed include Joe K. Baker, Kenneth Ht Richens, Everett Goodrich, Jay War Timothy, L. Cook, Alf Harper, Glenn Jackson, and John Orval Smuh.
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Incfine
Minera
Jens Ward
Ming
Joe K. Baker
Vernal
Kenneth Ht
Richens
Everett Goodrich
Bluebell
Jay
War Timothy
Bonanza
al L. Cook
Alf Harper
Glenn Jackson
Galt
John Orval Smuh
Ernal
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Kenneth R. Richens
Levi Edgar Young
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Orval Smuth
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