Ellen Gurr Dies Saturday of Meningitis
Alice Ellen Gurr daughter of Earl and Beulah Gillman Gurr died Saturday morning in Salt Lake General Hospital after meningitis since October. Born October 27 1942 at American Fork Utah she had been hospitalized in Salt Lake for weeks preceding death. Survived by parents a sister Marlene brothers Gene and Reed and two grandparents Alice Gurr Vernal and Horace Gillman Pleasant Grove. Funeral plans not announced as efforts to locate Mr Gurr continue.
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Alice Ellen Gurr
Earl
Beulah Gillman Gurr
Salt Lake General Hospital
Salt Lake
American Fork Uteh
Marlene
Gene 5
Reed 4
Alice Gurr
Vernal
Horace Gillman
Pleasant’ Grove
Mr Gurr
Jorgensen Wins Shiner Theater Name Contest
Lela Jorgensen won the Shiner Brothers name contest for the new South Main theater. Her entry, The Vernal Theater, was the first received by judges, earning a $25 prize as construction progresses toward an opening date not yet announced. The marquee is being installed by Zeon Electrical Co of Salt Lake.
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Lela Jorgensen
Vernal Theater
Alson
Deward Shiner
South Main
Shiner Bros
Jorgensen
Zeon Ctrical Co
Salt Lake
Ford Truck Production Reduced
Ford Motor Company will cut two thirds of truck production immediately after Kelsey Hayes Wheel Company halted shipments of all original equipment truck parts. M Bricker, Ford VP manufacturing, announced receipt of a telegram citing OPA price and ceiling suspensions delaying cost recovery for labor and materials since March 1942.
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Ford Motor Company
Kelsey Hayes Wheel Company
M Bricker Ford
Ford
Kelsey Hayes
OPA
Traffic Violations Reported in Uintah County November
Sgt Sammy Hatch reports six traffic tickets in Uintah County during November. Frank D Allen received a reckless driving ticket east of Roosevelt on November 1. Morris sync 16 was cited for no license and reckless driving east of town on November 3. James Eliott got a drunken driving and no license ticket November 10. fined $100 in Justice of the Peace Rich ard Jensens court. Leo Gunn arrested for speeding on November 18. Duane Oberthansley of Hayden arrested in Vernal for drunken driving the same day. Carl Gafford of Grand Junction cited for speeding on Victory Park Road. The most damaging accident occurred November 18 at 7:45 pm on Maeser Road north of Suh West St, involving Thomas Herbert driving a Karl Allen truck and Arden Hacking in a Chevrolet sedan. damages $460 to the Allen truck and $200 to the Hacking car.
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Uintah
Sammy Hatch
Frank D Allen
Roosevelt
Sync Morris
James Eliott
Justice of the Peace
Richard
Hayden
Vernal
Carl
Gafford
Grand Junction
Victory Park Road
Maeser Road
Suh West
Thomas Herbert
Karl Allen
Arden Hacking
Maeser Christmas Program Planned for Sunday Evening
The Maeser Sunday School hosts a public Christmas program on Sunday December 2 at 730 PM Stella Harris Oaks will read The Family Portrait about Christ s family and music is arranged. The event is directed by the Sunday School superintendency J Ferron Hacking and Archie Wilson.
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Maeser Sunday School
Stella Harris Oaks
Christ S
J Ferron Hacking
Archie Wilson
Veterans Advice by Ray N Tuttle at Selective Service
Ray N Tuttle, veteran’s enn joyment representative from sevelt will be in the Selec tive Service Office in the Col Build every Wednes trom 11am to 5 pm 47f tf any problem con rights consult him there at the time.
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Ray N Tuttle
Sevelt
Selective Service Office
Col
War era Utah water plan outlined with projects listed
The report details a wartime program for Colorado River Basin diversions in Utah, naming Vernal, Jensen, and Duchesne area projects. It cites costs from 44 million to 150 thousand and notes expected outputs to irrigate thousands of acres, with initial 30 project funding urged for congressional approval. It mentions personnel connected to the Navy, Army, and local communities awaiting discharge, and outlines cross-basin water-sharing goals under reclamation laws.
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Utah
Ashley Crechy
Stemaker
Jay Anderson
Jensen Brush
Tyzack
Hauch
Snttlat
Jaw
Navy
Anjing
Farragut
Idaho
San Diego
Bridge Canyon
Pacific
Costa
Anderson
Larson
Mortiz
Congress
Transmountain
Bessie Goodrich
Colorado
Caldwell
Guam
South Pacific
Honolulu
Thej
Duchesne
Clearpreted
Washington
Aldwell
Barbara Carol Jonas
Imand
Lof
Salt Lake
Dee
North Platte
South Platte
Guam Grande
Bonneville
Hugo Hullinger
H E Hulk
U S S
Sperry
Larson Moritz
Theavy
Phil
Ethel M Martin
Lucy Jensen
Martin
Ibe
Long Beach
Calif
Lawrence
Wilson Murray
Bremerton
Wees
Donald Noel
Furn
Astoria
Oregon
Ernal
Philippines
Jensen
Coutures
Army
Normer
American Legion
Germany
Roosevelt
Myton Castle Dale
Couture
Indiana
Hospital News Acknowledges Local Family Travel and Births
Hospital news lists residents and visitors connected to Basin Hospital including Mr and Mrs Cooper and Lt and Mrs Cooper of Salt Lake City visiting. several Thanksgiving trips to Salt Lake. newborns announced such as a baby boy born November 21 and another born November 20. families named include Stagg, Hoyk Tibinson, and Goff of Rangely. medical admissions and staff movements noted with multiple names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisie Moffitt
Hoyk Tibinson
Basin Hospital
Arire
Sty
Rangely
Bonnie
Sally Stagg
Salt Lake
H R Gillette
Hetty
John Stagg
Basin
Sally
Ft Douglas
Keith Adams
BYU
Alfred Christen
Oscar Steele
Lapoint
J J Nelson
Pocatella
Idaho
Irene Scott
Skull Creek
Tenney
John
Thanksgiving PTA and school staff gatherings noted
Thanksgiving events included Nurse Snyder and PTA members from Vernal Salt Lake and Uintah High School activities. Reports cover travel home from the National Legion Convention, new roles for Rae Ashton and Melda Vickers, and a training program at USAC Logan with classes on livestock crops and home economics.
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Jeanne Cheney
Karma Ray Samuels
Jayne Snyder
Salt Lake
Miss Cheney
Helen Stevens
Snyder
LDS
Will Naor
Business College
Sam
Uintah High School
Charles Riddling
Miss Stevens
Flordia
PTA
Vernal
National Legion Convention
Rae Ashton
Melda Vickers
Stewart Ashton
Owen Powell
USNR
Whideley
Warren Richardson
Jennie Nland
Laura H Perry
Charles B Giilcd
Ashton
USAC
Logan
States
Furlough for Pvt Burnell Haws Before Reporting to Base
Pvt Burnell Haws USMC is at home on furlough prior to reporting to his base in San Francisco at 5 in the afternoon. He entered service in September and was previously employed at Bonanza.
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Burnel Haws
Burnell Haws
USMC
Francisco
Fleet Post Office
Haws
Bonanza
Rasmussen Wife Relocated Near Husband Stationed Guard
Mrs Willard H Rasmussen is now in Long Branch where her husband is stationed with an MP detachment. Mrs Rasmussen left Vernal about the middle of the month.
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Willard H Rasmussen
Long Branch
Rasmussen
Vernal
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Shiner
Ford Truck
Maeser
Armed Forces
Southern California Telephone Co
San Antoni Texas
Atee
Eugene Long
Eugene V Long
Camp Beal
California
Sgt Long
Boston
Mex
Porter Long
Joe Caldwell
Virginia
Cpl
Dee Caldwell Waas
Portmouth
Wachinaton
Lawrence Murray
Phil Martin
Hospital News
Eet
R C Cooper
Glen ST Cooper
Ora Hemstreet
Helen Hy Schafermeyer
M C Boswell
Douglas Bowman
Set Paw Stringham
Miver
H Stringham
Stringham
al ‘American Legion ‘Convention
Newell M Scroggins
Stevens
Sait Lake
Epicone
F L Noel
Lake
Scroggins
Bessie Noe
Vety
Boise
Welldaho
National
Arthur Manwaring
Sal
AAA
Board of Education
Carl R Richens
State OF Tat
County of
Cantah
Ernest W.johnsen
Board of Fauncation of
Lintah
Board of
Lilucation of Representative
Sac
Representative Distriet 3
Glines
Mountain Dell
A. D
Ernest M Johnson
Uintah School District
Uintah County
Commercial Bank
Heber City
Fast & Moore
Co Jonos
Amitco
Wing's Store
Ft Duchesne, Utah
Phon
Oldsmobile
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