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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1951
Page
1
About 100 Utah water users at the State Capitol urged appointing a state dam specialist to coordinate promote and develop Utah waters. The motion, by BH Stringham and Vernal, seeks an assistant to the state engineer and was conditional on attorney general legality.
John Goeffrey Will, secretary and general counsel of the Upper Colorado River Commission, said Interior Secretary Oscar L Chapman still favors Echo Park dam in Dinosaur National Monument. Will flew to Phoenix to verify after concerns raised by speeches in New York and California. He cited assurance that the secretary’s stance remains supportive and clarified remarks at the Audubon Society event. Additional family news notes Harold Davis and Clive Davis visiting Cedar City with Merlene Davis and Edward attending the University of Utah.
A Vernal Chamber of Commerce committee led by Wiley Bantum plans a $2175 budget to promote tourism on U S 49. The group discusses reporting business contributions, progress on highway signs, and a ten sign installation program. Members present include Mr and Mrs Warren Belcher A W Shepherd and Mr and Mrs Byron Fisher.
A new management team takes over O. P. Skaggs this Saturday with free refreshments and prizes for customers. W. D. Granger is the new owner. The store interior is rearranged with a 21 foot refrigerated meat counter and dairy case along the north wall. Extra large push baskets, a large stock of commodities, Folgers Coffee samples, and punch and tackle prizes will be offered. Contests include sacks of groceries as prizes.
RICHFIELD Ramen L. Jones of Cedar City will head the Associated Civic Clubs of Southern and Eastern Utah for the second year, balloting members of the organization decided at the annual election meeting here recently. Other officers elected were M. Ward Moody Delta first vice president James M. Sargent Panguitch second vice president Paul R. Ashworth Richfield Donald P. Adams Monticello C. R. Henderson Vernal J. Peterson Columbia Carbon County and J. M. Adams Los Angeles County board of directors.
Walter K. Granger a Democrat Renewal candidate from Utah spoke at the Sunday Sacrament meeting in Third Ward. His non political address centered on returning missionaries and his experiences in the Southern States mission. He congratulated parents who sacrifice to send their children on missions.
Dick Bennett Manila game warden reports 24 of the elk permit holders set camps over the weekend and seven elk have been taken by early this week as the post season hunts in the Manila region begin November 24. Hunters are advised to be prepared for rough weather and check stations at Summit Springs Ranger Station Daggett County and Manila Utah. The Brown’s Park poster elk hunt runs from December.
Vernal teen Miss Freestone earned a $300 scholarship as a top 4-H delegate at the 30th National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. She was among 12 national scholarship winners in the clothing achievement program and modeled her dress at the All-Congress party. Freestone, daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Freestone, Uintah High School graduate of 1950, is enrolled at the University of Utah this year.
Public heart nurse Helen Stevens reports an unusually low diabetes rate among Uintah County students. Of 723 tested, only one positive case found. Naples 24 tested negative, Central School 259 with one positive, Uintah High 189 all negative, Maeser 171 all negative. Bonanza clinic set for Friday Dec 7 at 10 36 a.m.
James Sutton of Idaho buys Freeman Cleaners at 32 West 1st South from Earl Freeman. Sutton brings twelve years in cleaning, previously owning Seagle Cleaners in Barley and Vogue Cleaners in Buhl since 1942. He plans modern equipment and will keep Earl Freeman retiring, Vernal Lions club veteran, and his son to stay on. Sutton intends to move his family to Freeman, Idaho.
BuiltRite Homes of Salt Lake City will begin constructing over 200 two and three bedroom houses in Vernal on West Main and Streeta. The $9,950 to $10,000 homes include integrated heating, hot water, cabinets, and sewer water systems with access to utilities and street paving.
Paper carriers receive 12 pound turkeys for Thanksgiving as part of a point based contest recognizing service and subscription efforts. Grand prize winners will spend a week in San Francisco to attend the East West Shrine game during the Christmas holidays. Participants include George Alexander Dan Collier Tom Alexander Paul Timothy Gary Campbell Dan Woodward Kay Pope and Dale Hullinger.
A fifteen year old boy chipped his way out of the county jail using a coal bucket shovel. He made a hole in the south west window and squeezed through to freedom before being recaptured three hours later by Sheriff H. M. Snyder and returned to Ver nal. He was moved to the Juvenile Detention Home in Provo to await auto theft charges in district court. John Budrow, another inmate, also escaped through the same hole but later returned on Sheriff Snyder’s encounter and will face no charges for the break now.
Explosion at Rangely oil fields killed Jack Jones and fatally burned a helper preparing to clean a storage tank. The blast, due to electricity from a lowered hose, occurred about one o clock after lunch. Union High School dedication exercises follow, with a program by Uintah and Duchesne districts and U.S. officials.
Two weekend fires destroyed a Jensen home and adjacent store owned by the AuMiller family. Firemen saved the AuMiller store but the house and possessions were a total loss. A second blaze near Vernal gutted a neighboring cabin, with tools and furniture lost though the Marshall home was unharmed. A stove overheating was blamed for that fire. Mrs. Walter Collier left Vernal for California to visit Mr. and Mrs. Keith Caldwell.
Judge Brantley Burcham, famed World War I veteran and respected historian, will address AtK F Club members on Tomorrow's Citizens and America's Place in the Sun. He will discuss youth attitudes and future American influence, noting the fluidity of the national character and the lasting American habit of ease and travel compared to Europe.
Loreen Johnson daughter of Bishop Ernest Johnson won in the junior division of the Make ity wae wool contest at Lake City Hotel Utah. Both she and Holt received $25 cash awards and a costume presentation. A funeral service was held Saturday for a local figure with music provided by Mrs Sage and Carwin Snow performing.
The Vernal Chamber of Commerce sponsors the Million Dollar Days free turkey event for the second week. Over 100 jingles have been submitted to a contest with prizes during the first week at Utah Power and Light. A Ford sedan grand prize will be awarded December 24 from contest tickets. Local merchants showcase festive window displays as stores decorate for the holiday shopping season.
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