Bids Recieved For City WPA Water Project
Bids were received for Vernal City's WPA water main extension project after approval of $13,500 WPA funds and $1,600 local match. Contractors include Utah Concrete Products Westerm Pipe and Steel Consolidated Steel and others. final award pending Vernal City and WPA committee approval. About 100 men currently work on the sewer project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R C Cooper
Vernal City
WPA
Utah Concrete Products Company
Westerm Pipe and Steel Company
Consolidated Steel Corporation
Lock Joint Pipe Co
Southern Pip
Sermon on World Peace By Rev James F Walker
The Reverend James F Walker preached at the Congregational Church urging world peace and its feasibility. He noted his role as district superintendent for Utah Idaho and Wyoming and as an official of a nationwide World Peace survey to be conducted across all churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Walker
Congregational Church
Walker
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Belxe
Brigham Young Leads Deseret State Conception Debate
A contentious push for a civil government in the Salt Lake Valley grows as Brigham Young expands influence and a continental territorial plan. A March 1849 convention in Salt Lake City drafts a Deseret constitution spanning Oregon to California and Nevada regions, with Almond Rabbit named as a Congressional delegate.
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Brigham Youngs
Salt Lake Valley
Germany
France
Pacific
Salt Lake City
Deseret
Oregon
Tdakho
Nevada
California
San Diego
Colorado
Almond. Rabbit
Deseret Petition and Brigham Young’s Vision in Utah History
A fragmentary reminiscence on Deseret statehood history cites Brigham Young’s leadership and Mormon settlement across the West. It notes initial low support for statehood, later significant growth in Utah’s population, and the broader impact of Mormon pioneers in Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, California, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. The passage praises religious and moral emphasis alongside home making, agriculture, education, and recreation as frontier achievements.
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Deseret
Norway
Unya
Deserete
Brigham Young
Utah
Moremons
Wyoming
Idaho
Nevids
California
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Change Name of South 40 to Highway No 24
A proposed name change would rename the South 40 highway in Colorado to Highway No 24. The road runs from Pontiac Michigan to Grand Junction, with No 24 designation to Kansas City and becomes South 40 beyond. A final decision awaits a National Association of State Highway Officials meeting in Florida next month.
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South 40
Colorado
Kansas
Colorado Springs
Pontiac
Mich
Grand Junction
Kansas City
National Association of State Highway of Fields
Florida
Mary S Christensen Early Pioneer Buried
Mary Christensen, 83, pioneer of East Lake City and Ashby Valley, died after weeks of cancer and old age ailments. Funeral services were held Saturday at 11 am in the Vero Nel Second Ward chapel with Charles Carter presiding. Interment followed at Maeser cemetery. Christensen sailed from Liverpool in 1832 and arrived in Utah in 1868, facing hardship on emigration with her husband and children before settling in Salt Lake City and working for ZCMI.
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Mary
Christensen
Denmark
Salt Lake Valley
Ver’ Nal
Great
Second Ward
Mary & Christenson
Ealt Lake City
Ashby Valley
Veronel Second Ward
Charles Carter
J Clive Davis
George O Davia
Meda Walker
Mra Rose Walker
May Hender
Samson S Sowards
John Walker
Arthur Manwaring
Zelda Bingham Wags
My Father
George © Davis Ao
Elva E Davis
George A Slaigh
HW Woolley
William If Eiddoway
Charlee & Carter
Dec
Maeser
E J. Winder
Christian Peterson
Karen
Mateesen
Utah
Liverpool
England
Atlantic Ocean
New York City
East Lake City
Hana Jensen
New York
Laramie
Wye
Union Pacific Railroad
Salt Lake
Mra Jensen
Draper
Richard
Dicky' Jensen
Mr Jensen
Sirah
Omaha
Salt Lake City
ZCMI
Herman Ambrosen
Leverberg Company, Tailors of
Af Vhoma
Bicky
Bust
MIA Operetta to Be Shown at Uintah High School
Uintah residents are invited to a December 6 performance of the MIA Operetta And It Rained at the Uintah High School auditorium directed by the Uintah stake. The comic operetta follows Marbella Riches quest for a family heirloom mirror, with clever melodies, modern dancing, and a lively cast including Mr Wiss, Clair Hopking, Mlle Murase Curay, and George Davis among others. Music director Elva Davis leads the production with drama by Enola Noble and Marla Gingleton, while costumes are by Freda Davis.
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Uintah Stake
Uintah High School
Marbelle Riche
S Mirror
Mr. Wiss
Clair Hopking
Mlle Murase Curay
Gwens Eaton
Dennis Black
George Davis
Mazie Black
Dennis’ Sigtee
Merle Biddeway
Mathelte Rich
Dean Hatch
John Rich
Marbella
Vernon Collier
Mra Wise
Wise Hotel
Alta Fox Curly
Marybelle
Qlee Club
Dave Pitt
Steele Black
Dennis
Mazin
Dave Sutton
Elva Davis
Enola
Soy Bean Raising to Be Tested in Uintah Basin
A planned experimental test of soy bean raising in Uintah Basin aims to assess adaptability for eastern Utah farmers. Initiated after Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce secretary P Backian requested Department of Agriculture support, the effort targets a staple crop with food feed and industrial uses, optimistic a profitable variety will thrive in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah Basin
Department of Agriculture
P Backian
Salt Lake
Funeral Rites For Myrtle R. King Held In Vernal
Impressive services were held at the Vernal First Ward Chapel for Myrtle R. King who died Wednesday after a long illness. Bishop Calder presided with speakers noting her devotion as a mother and former Vernal City treasurer. Music included mixed quartet and songs, followed by a large cortege to Vernal Cemetery where the grave was dedicated.
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Myrtle R. King
Uintah Basin
Vernal City
First Ward Chapel
Vernal First Ward
Myrtle King
Lowing
Pontha Calder
RO Cooper
Kenneth Stringham Lafe Richardson
Sam Rolfe
J W. Stevens
B. Boweards
Mra Mae Calder
Meda Walker
Helen Carter
Clark Newell
Carl
George Davis
W. Bo Wallis Eang
Beautiful Isle
Mable Stagg
Lorna
Merle Cook
Arlene Mardy
Elva Davis
Egmith
Mrn Kings
Atchis Johnson
Uintah Stake
Ito
George
Davis
Calder
Niels Aehrman
Parker Remington
PTA of UHS Holds Its First Meeting Monday
A large audience at the junior and senior high schools attended the first Parent-Teacher association gathering of the school session in the U9 auditorium. President H B Millecam presided as Miss Marie Bingleton's girls provided a trombone solo and a reading by Marjorie Duke. Superintendent L G Noble spoke. Principal H M Lundell introduced the faculty and outlined school aims. A Parents Day was discussed and committees were named to cooperate in each school department.
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H. B Millecam
Marie Bingleton
Lloyd Cakier
Marjorie Duke
L. G Noble
H. M Lundell
Conference to Seek Federal Aid for Forest Road Highways
Salt Lake Chamber officials propose a western states conference in Salt Lake next month with representatives from the U S bureau of public roads forest service interior department and state highway departments. The aim is to boost federal funds to standardize forest and public land highways now 10 to 20 years behind.
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Salt Lake
Chamber of Commerce
Ihe
Naeconnt
Gua P Backman
Salt Lake Chamber
St T' Cheney
Sheridan Wyoming Chamber
Backman
U. S Bureau of Public Roads Forest Service
Interior Department
State Highway Department
Chambers of Commerce
Cheney
National Forest Reserve
Chamber
Galt Lake Chamber
Utah
Heber City
Vernal Flyers Injured In Plane Crash Near Airport
Vernal pilots Thomas Karren and passenger DeVere Carroll were severely injured when their plane crashed during a landing at Vernal City Airport Sunday evening. Both were transported to Salt Lake hospitals, with Karren later at Holy Cross and Carroll at LS. Witnesses described a gusty approach, plane damage, and fuel leakage but no ignition.
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Vernal
Thomas Karren
DeVere Carroll
Vernal City
Salt Lake
W. K. Bullock
John Cintk
Karren
Holy Cross Hospital
Mr. Carroll
LS Hospital
Francis Peltch
Charles Dlolmes
Jast
Varlan Hodgkinson
Feltch
Nelson Weeks
Holmes
Varian
Red Cross
Uintad State Bank
Balt Lake
Balt Lake Barrens
Carroll
Kerren
Wat 9
Fis
Lewis Motor Company
Jay Pope
Duchesne
Fran Jers Feltch
Vernal Water Works Bid Noted by Denver Couple
Mr and Mrs Walter Barnes of Denver spent a week in Vernal and Mr Barnes auded a bid on the Vernal water works project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Barnes
Denver
Barnes
Road conditions in Duchesne and southern Utah areas noted
The report highlights neglected highway sections through forests near Fruftiland in Duchesne County with 40 to 60 miles of road receiving little consideration compared with other routes. A similar disparity exists in southern Utah between Highway 81 and 89 from Cedar City toward Hatch. Mr Cheney of Sheridan is a brother of JA Cheney, cashier of the Uintah State Bank.
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Fruftiland
Duchesne County
Utah
Mighwaya
Cedar City
Polot
Hatch
Cheney
Sheridan
JA Cheney
Uintah Blute Bank
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Talka Te Kayers
Toren
Senta
Vernal Drug Co
Mary S. Christiansen
UHS
Henry IL Blood
Eayat
Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
Himan
Abelr
Blood
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