Crane Griffith Oil to drill near Vernal Ashley Valley site
J W Griffith of Crane Griffith Oil Co of Longview Texas announced plans to drill a new well about half a mile south of the Equity Oil discovery nine miles east of Vernal. The project, staking completed Wednesday, aims to spud in 10 days to two weeks with Crane Griffith crews on site this winter.
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J. W. Griffith
Crane-Griffith Oil Co
Longview
Bex
Equity Oil Co
Vernal
Roger Lacy, Inc
Eauity
Ashley Valley
Crane Griffith
Stanolind On, Co
Marion Westover
Ashley Ward
Fort
Lee Promises Efficient Government at Utah Rally
Republican candidate J Bracken Lee vows government efficiency likening it to a good business He questions state advertising costs and favors moving liquor control to an unpaid board He advocates strong road leadership and a broad statewide highway plan The report covers rally details and other Utah campaign notes amid deer hunting warnings and safety tips.
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J. Bracken Lee
Pricce
State Department of Publicity and Industrial Development
Lee
Board of Regents
State Road Commission
Imperial Hall
Ernest E. Greenwood
State Department of Public Instruction
Ab Jenkins
Salt Lake
Legion Post Names Officers
American Legion post held their regular meeting Monday night at the Legion Hall. Clif ford Caldwell was automatically put in first vice president, Jack Allred was appointed second vice president, Jerald Dillman was appointed Sergeant of Arms to fill the vacancy created when Harris Bradshaw moved to Salt Lake City. There will be a district convention held at Roosevelt the latter part of November, it was announced. Stewart Ashton, first district commander, left Wednesday for Salt Lake City where he will join other district commanders and department executives. They will attend the nation convention to be held Oct. 18-21 in Miami.
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American Legion Post
the Legion Hall
Clifford Caldwell
Jack Allred
Jerald Dillman
Harris Bradshaw
Salt Lake City
Roosevelt
Stewart Ashton
Nation
Miami
Archduke Otto to Address Uintah K and F Club
Archduke Otto of Austria will speak to the Uintah Knife and Fork Club next Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Hotel Vernal. He will share first hand views on Europe’s current currents and motives, drawing on his role in Washington with central European leaders and his family lineage as heir to the Hapsburg throne.
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Uintah
Europe
Archduke Otto
Austria
Hapsburgs
Hotel Vernal
Uintah Club
America
Washington
United Nations
Otto of
Charles
Emperor
Hungary
Zita
Bourbon
Emperor Francis- Joseph
Otto
Jenna
Budapest
Switzerland
Madeira
Portuguese Africa
Austria and
Motor Court Group Elects Stringham Utah President
Utah Motor Court Association elected R. Ray Stringham, formerly of Vernal now in Salt Lake City, as president at its annual Vernal convention. New board members announced include Vernon Lunt and Robert H. Marshall of Salt Lake City and Ray Knell of Cedar City, with Francis Feltch, Raymond Love, and Ada Lundquist continuing as holdovers. The event opened with over 100 motel operators in attendance, followed by sessions and a banquet featuring Dr. Royal Garff on human relations.
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S R
Ray) Stringham
Vernalite
Salt Lake City
Utah Motor Court Assn
E. D. Sorenson
Vernon Lunt
Robert H. Marshall
Ray Knell
Cedar City
Francis Feltch
Vernal
Raymond Love
Richfield
Ada Lindquist
Ogden
Utah Field House of Natural History
Feltch
C. R. Henderson
C. R. Hopkins
Hotel Vernal
Royal Garff
University of Utah
Dr. Garff
Utah
Don Flagg
San Francisco
Marian Cornwall
Vernal UEA Leadership Conference Plans Form
Plans for the second annual Utah Education Association leadership school in Vernal set for October 28 to 30. Uintah County leaders, including Harold Hullinger and Avard Rigby, discuss delegates and school board participation while a mobile tuberculosis unit visits Uintah High School to screen students and staff for early lung disease.
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Utah Education Assn
Toe
Vernal
Harold Hullinger
Uintah County Education Assn
UEA House of Delegates
House of Representatives Chamber
State Capitol
Avard Rigby
Uintah High School
Harold Hull
Cedar City
House of Delegates
Speech Institute Planned For Auxiliary Officers
The Uintah stake Mutual Improvement Association announces a speech institute for stake auxiliary officers. Mrs Grant Calder, stake MTA speech instructor, said sessions run Oct 23 from 8 to 10 pm and Oct 24 from 2 to 4 pm in the First ward chapel.
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Uintah Stake
Mutual Improvement Assn
Stake
First Ward
Grant Calder
Stake Mta
Salt Lakers Plan Uintah Basin Tour With Vernal Visit
Seventy two Salt Lake civic leaders sign up for a November 9 10 tour of Uintah Basin invited by Vernal Mayor B H Stringham. The group will inspect oil fields and mineral deposits aboard chartered buses with a banquet at Hotel Vernal and visits to Heber Duchesne and Roosevelt.
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Salt Lake
Ccapital
Vernal
B. H. Stringham
Basinelvic
Stringham
Earl J. Glade
W. Prescott Dunn
Salt Lake Ci Chamber of Commerce
J. Arthur Knudsen
Heber, Duchesne
Roosevelt
Weston E. Hamilton
Chamber
Uintah Basin
Knudsen
Gun misfire damages Ver nal Bowling Alley window
A hunter unloading a rifle in a car in front of Ver nal Bowling Alley fired a bullet that went through the front window and into the fountain. No one was inside or injured. Deputy Ivan Hollinger and Sheriff Hullinger warned hunters to handle firearms carefully.
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Ivan Hollinger
Vernal Bowling Alley
South Vernal Avenue
Hullinger
Vernal Water Compact Signed by Five States
The Upper Colorado River Compact was approved with minor changes and signed in Santa Fe New Mexico by representatives from Utah Arizona Colorado New Mexico and Wyoming. Utah officials William R Wallace and Grover A Giles voiced satisfaction and gratitude for two years of work culminating in a balanced agreement. Governor Mabry attended the signing at the Palace of Governors with other state leaders invited to join.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Utah
William R. Wallace
Salt Lake City
Utah State Water and Power Board
Wallace
Grover A. Giles
Upper Colorado River Compact Commission
Five States
Palace of Governors
Ed H. Watson
Charles A. Carson
Arizona
Clifford H. Stone
Colorado
Fred_ E. Wilson
New Mexico
L.C. Bishop
Wyoming
Thomas J. Mabry
Second Grade Flower Show Draws Swift Enthusiasm
Nine students won top honors from nearly 100 entrants at Central School’s first annual Second Grade Flower Show held in three classrooms taught by Miss Lucille Johnson Mrs Aston Lambert and Mrs Hilda Williams on Friday September 24. Judges Mrs Hansen and Mrs Frank Walker of the Vernal Garden Club announced the winners and praised the artistry of arrangement.
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Central School
Joseph L. Hansen
Lucille Johnson
Aston Lambert
Hilda Williams
Hansen
Frank Walker
Vernal Garden Club
Steve Sawyer
Arlene Quist
DeLoy McConkie
Wayne Davis
Linda Allen
Elna Young
Elaine Bodily
David Bennion
Sylvia Hansen
Hensen
Hine
Deloy MecombSe
Wayne Davin
Linda Allen Elna Young
David Nemulen
Sylvia Hamsen
Utah cooperative members visit Vernal and Jensen refinery
Led by W. B. Robins Salt Lake City Utah Cooperative Association delegates toured Vernal on Monday. They met with C R Henderson Vernal Lions Club president and Vernal Express publisher William B Wallis and discussed Basin resources and potential. The tour continued to the Ashley area and the Jensen refinery after lunch.
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W. B. Robins
Salt City
Utah
Cooperative Assn
Vernal
Gateway Cafe
C. R. Henderson
Vernal. Lions. Club
William B. Wallis
Vernal Express
Jensen
C.R. Behling
HH. V. Mansell
Kaysville
Rodney Egan
Salt Lake City
E. Glenn Green
W. J. Humphrey
Orangeville
A Luciene Cox
Clawson
Glen F. Paulson
Joseph A. Kimber
Grouse Creek
William E. Gailey
Justin C
Criticism Sought of Vernal Building Code by City Manager
LeRoy Taylor Vernal city manager asked for public criticism of the building inspections department nine months after its start. He urged candid input from interested citizens to help raise standards and provide real service, noting Americans resist coercion even for their own good.
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Verner
LeRoy Taylor
Department of Real
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