National Guard Demonstrates Civic Service at Armory
Vernal National Guard unit showcased its community impact during the annual Inspector General inspection at the Armory. Lt Col F C Bartle led 98 percent of guardsmen and all officers through records and demonstrations while Lt Stan Anderson highlighted a $40,000 annual payroll and broad local support including use of the Armory as a recreation center.
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Vernal National
Maj
L. H. Poole
Engineer Hatin
Army
Maj. L. V. Erickson
115Th
Battn
Capt
B. W. Nielson
Utah National Guard
Li. K. J. Workman
Uteh National Guard
Vernal National Guard
115Th Engineer Battalion
F C Bartle
Ft Douglas
Cate
National Guard
Stan Anderson
Anderson
F. C. Barile
Nelson Marshall
Vernal Armory
Merrill Adams
Charles Walker
Floyd Hullinger
Ronald Hatch
Brent Anderson
LDS Conference Priesthood Meet Slated Saturday
The 130th Semi-Annual Conference of the LDS will hold a General Priesthood meeting at Uintah Stake Tabernacle Saturday at 7 pm with attendance invited by 6 45 pm. General sessions open to the public are at 9 16 am and 2 pm Friday Saturday and Sunday, with radio station KVEL announcing live broadcasts of all sessions.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Uintah Stake Tabernacle
KVEL
County Orders New Semaphore For Doc's Beach Road
Uintah County commissioners heard a request from Utah Highway Patrol for more signs and caution on Doc's Beach road and approved a flashing semaphore. Trooper RM Helm and Sgt Howard Powell urged safety improvements. The panel also scheduled a Thursday visit to Diamond Mountain road to inspect cattle guards and alignment from Brush Creek.
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Uintah County
RM Helm
Howard Powell
Utah Highway Patrol
Ned Shiner
Diamond Mountain Road
Mountain Road
Brush Creek
Museum Gets Sharp Boost In Visitors
Utah Fieldhouse of Natural History in Vernal drew 16 414 visitors in September, up 7000 from a year earlier, reported to the Vernal Chamber of Commerce by director G Q Untermann. He credited the Chamber and Dinosaur Advertising for the increase and noted a Rock Springs Rocket article about no U S 40 Flaming Gorge road due to funds. Rex Roylance, membership chair, said dues collection was weak after a recent drive, with 77 to 80 percent paid.
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Utah
Flaming Gorge
Rex Roylance
Tthe
Dam Concrete Pour Postponed By Weather
Late and uncertain weather delays the Flaming Gorge Dam concrete pour until next spring. F M Clinton, regional director of the US Bureau of Reclamation, announced the postponement. Equipment for placing the concrete is set up and ready, having worked satisfactorily in abutment placements.
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Flaming Gorge
F M Clinton
US Bureau of Reclamation
Trio Arrested After Break In In Vernal Duchesne Cafe
Three youths were arrested Saturday evening in Vernal in a burglary linked to a Duchesne cafe earlier in the day. Johnny Smith 18 of Fruits Cole Gilbert Ricketts 22 of Evansville Ind and Jimmy Bishop 14 of Grand Junction were detained about 5 30 pm in a cooperative effort by city county and state police. Ricketts was arraigned before Judge Earl J Freeman on grand larceny from the theft of a typewriter from Carolyn Givens home in Vernal. They returned to Duchesne to face charges for breaking into the cafe juke box and taking about nine dollars in small change and cigarettes.
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Vernal
Johnny Smith
Fruits
Cole
Gilbert Ricketts
Evansville
Ind
Jimmy Bishop
Grand Junction
Lloyd's Motor
Ricketts
Earl J Freeman
Norman R Fletcher
Funeral services honor 3 infant victims of home blaze
Vernal Mortuary conducted services for three infant victims of an Aston Wyoming home fire that destroyed their residence Saturday night. The twins Karen Sue and Sharon Kay Puckett died on their first birthday, and James Farrell Johnson, a half brother, also perished. Surviving are the parents Glen A and Dixie Trall Puckett, a former marriage child Terry Massey, and grandparents. Fire blamed on faulty wiring to the refrigerator.
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Vernal
Ilam
Aston
Wyo
Karen Sue
Sharon ‘Kaye Puckett
James Farrell Johnson
Glen A
Dixie Trall Puckett
Johnson
Puckett
Terry Massey
Afton
Mamey
Frank Johnson
Lena Hall
Lonal Freeman
Edinburgh
Texas
Disney Movie Premiere Set Here with Powell Story
The world premiere of a Disney film depicting Major John Wesley Powell’s Green and Colorado river expedition is planned for Vernal on October 16 and 17. The event aims to draw national and international attention to Dinosaur National Monument and Vernal as gateway to the area, with governors arriving by plane and cast members of Ten Who Dared in attendance. A public theater showing follows October 18, with sponsors Vernal Chamber of Commerce and the National Park Service coordinating.
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John Wesley Powell
Green
Colorado Rivers
Dinoggar
Vernal
Executive Council
National Conference of Governors
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Camyon
Split
Plente
Dinosaur’ National Monument
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
National Park Service
Vleck
Disney Studios
Ne- House Park Service
Boy Scout Finance Drive Begins Uintah District Helps 800 Boys
Uintah District launches its Boy Scout finance drive to fund 336 registered Scouts 167 Explorers and 290 Cub Scouts totaling nearly 860 boys. The drive supports 45 units in Ashley Valley Bonanza Lapoint and Tridell with budget needs funded by weekly dues and approved money earning projects. The Utah National Parks Council budget totals 90000 dollars, while local units aim to provide camping gear craft items tents and cooking gear to empower boys to earn their own way.
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Utah National=Parks Council
Utah National Parks Council
Uintah
Ashley Valley
Bonanza
Lapoint
Tridell
Uintah High Homecoming Parade Crowning and Dance
Uintah High School hosts homecoming events with an 11 am alumni assembly, queen voting, a 6 130 pm downtown parade led by the band, a 3 pm football game versus American Folk, and a 3 30 pm gym dance featuring the Burchinal orchestra. Alumni will present the assembly including a 1939 fashion show. queen candidates come from FFA FIA Thespian Pep Club and other clubs with Student Council oversight.
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Uintah High Schools
Burchinal Orchestra
John Shimmin
Patrick Sullivan
FFA
FIA
Vick Hullinger
Kathy Caldwell
Joy Bausch
Laura Searle
Jeanne Pierce
Eileen Searle
Linda Sue Ilaw Jey
Nancy Stevens
Sandra McConkle
Rod and Gun Club Meeting To Show Mule Deer Film
Vernal Rod and Gun Club plans a general membership meeting Saturday at 3:00 PM in the club house north of town. Guest speaker Other Pay of Nephi, a sportsman representative on the Board of Big Game Central, will discuss hunter and fisherman duties in protecting public lands. The documentary film Mule Deer will be shown, highlighting Utah deer and habitat.
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Vernal Rod and Gun Club
Nephi
Big Game Centrol
Mfe
Utah
Ill Land Dairy to Start $25,000 Remodeling This Week
Glen Judd, new manager, said IllLand Dairy will begin a 25 000 renovation of the North Vernal Avenue plant this week. Ashton Gros is contractor. The landmark plant, bought in 1945 from Calder Bros, will gain a red brick front, new refrigeration and processing equipment, and a modern dock and dispatch facilities at the front.
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DAINY
IllLand Dairy
North Vernal Avenue
Glen Judd
Ashton Gros
Si Land Dairy
Calder Bros
Pioneer Dairymen
Baath
Mr Land Dairy
Utah
Judd
Vernal
Roosevelt
Tilend
Calder
Coca- Cola
Deer Permits Still Available in Utah Herd Areas
Utah Board of Big Game Control reports most deer permits remain available this year with only eight herd units sold, including limited permits for San Juan Lik Ridge. The Department of Fish and Game urges hunters to check page 5 for continued details and updates.
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Utah Fish and Game Dept
Utah . Board of Big Game Control
Department of Fish and Game
San Juan Lik Ridge
San
Better Family Community Living Course Offered
An adult education course titled A Guide to Better Family and Community Living debuts this year under the Uintah School District and Third District Juvenile Court. Kenneth Stephens, Uintah Duchesne Juvenile Probation Officer, will teach ten weekly sessions starting Tuesday October 11 at 730 pm in Uintah High School Room 2.
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Uintah
Third District Juvenile Court
Monroe J. Paxman
Kenneth Stephens
Duchesne
Uintah High School
Ives
Stephens
Assis
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