Poor Duck Shoot Except Leota Lake Highlights Local Hunted Sources
Duck hunting in the Vernal area is poor except at Leota Lake where heavy waterfowl have been seen. Two men were injured in a two car collision two miles west of Vernal on Highway 40, with $1800 in damages. Edwin A Lynch, 31, of Aspen, collided with Ro bert Dean Holifield, 21, of Vernal. Lynch received a chest injury, Holifield knee injuries. Lynch cited for improper turn. Waterfowl opening Oct 15 at 6 00 am through Nov 23 with staggered first week hours.
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Vernal
Edwin A Lynch
Aspen
Colo
Robert Dean Holifield
No. Third West
Holifield
Lynch
Halifield
Fred Reynolds
Stewart Lake
Jensen
Green River
Pelican Lake
Leota
Reynolds
Don
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Oer
New District Judge Takes Office Oath In Provo Court
Maurice Harding was sworn in as the new Fourth District Court judge in Provo following the death of William Stanley Dunford. Appointed by Gov. J. Bracken Lee for a term ending 1958, Harding was welcomed by Judge Joseph E. Nelson with praise from peers including Judge LeRoy Tuckett and attorneys George Balle and Jackson Howard. Harding, a former Provo mayor and city official, has long served in Utah legal circles and state bar leadership. Visitors at Ralph Ashton’s home included Mrs. C R Walker and Miss Marjorie Walker from California.
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Fourth District
Provo
Maurice Harding
Harding
William Stanley Dunford
J. Bracken Lee
Joseph E. Nelson
Nelson
LeRoy Tuckett
Fourth Judicial District
Tuckett
Atty
George Balle
Jackson Howard
Utah Bar Assn
Utah County Bar Assn
Utah State Bar
Utah Bar
Funeral Held for Ashley Valley's Oldest Resident Peter Peterson
Funeral services for Peter F. Peterson age 94 the oldest male resident of Ashley Valley were held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Jensen Ward chapel He died Saturday at his son's home in Vernal Born March 1 1861 in Copenhagen Denmark he came to the United States at age ten and lived in Jensen most of his life He was married to Sarah Ellen Murray who preceded him in death Survivors include two sons Ivan and Marvin Peterson 14 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren Burial was in Jensen Cemetery He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints Thursday to return to California home.
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Peter F. Peterson
Ashley Valley
Jensen Ward Chapel
Peterson
Ivan
Copenhagen
Denmark
Peter
Maria Peterson
United States
Mt. Pleasant
Sarah Ellen ‘Murray
Spanish Fork
Jensen
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Ivan Peterson
Vernal
Marvin Peterson
Jensen Cemetery
California
Utah Guard Recruiting Drive Rated Poor in Vernal
The statewide Utah National Guard recruiting effort yielded only eight new enlistees for the Vernal unit, far short of the hoped 38. The Vernal Chamber of Commerce reported the numbers at its weekly Board meeting, with other notes on local sales, road planning, and community calendar.
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Utah National Guard
Vernal
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Everett FE. Coon
Agriculture and Livestock and
Colorado Committees
H. A. Dixon
L. ¥. Siddoway
Colorado
Denver
House
Duchesne
Park City
Heber City
State Road Commission
Commission
Emigration Canyon
Salt Lake City
Utah-Colorado
Pipeline plan announced for Bonaiza gilsouite to Minita Colo
A survey of a proposed 80 mile pipeline from Bonanza mines to a Minita Colorado coking plant was completed. Superintendent John Baker of the American Gilsouite company said the multinillion dollar project includes high pressure hydraulic mining, an eight inch line to Fruita, and suspension transport of crushed gilsonite. The program aims to boost output from 200 to 800 1000 tons daily within 18 months, with reserves expected to cover over fifty years.
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Bonaiza Gilsoule
Minita
Colo
John Baker
American Gilsouite Company
Colorado
Bonanza
Fruita
Mr. Baker
Watson
Dragon
Baxter Pass
Uintah
Deer Population Law and Pheasant Numbers Rise in County
State Fish and Game officials report deer numbers improving, with flesh conditions good and an opening date set for Oct. 22. A ten day extension from Nov. 5 to Nov. 15 is planned on McCook Ridge Book Cliffs in the county. Deer highway fatalities exceed 1000 across Utah last year, and pheasant populations improve as fields thin. Frontier service extension between Salt Lake City and Rock Springs is under consideration.
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Brush Creek Mountain
Mc.Kee Draw
Diamond Mountain
Fred Reynolds
McCook Ridge
Book Cliffs
Vernal Gun Club Presents Wildlife Movies Monday
Vernal Gun and Red club hosts a Monday meeting at 8 p m in the courthouse featuring two wildlife films secured by Frontier Airlines from the Wyoming Fish and Game Department. Titled Elke for the Future and Return of the Pronghorn, the event invites the public and will include a hunting-related discussion.
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Vernal Gun and Red Club
Frontier Airlines
Wyoming Fish and Game Department
Frontier Airlines Extends Vernal Service Permanently
Frontier Airlines gains permanent authority to serve Vernal and Salt Lake City along with two other Western cities as approved by a Civil Aeronautics Board examiner. The ruling covers Grand Junction and other locales, confirming ongoing air service under permanent certification.
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Vernal
Salt Lake City
Civil Aeronautics Board
Frontier Airlines
Grand June
Granary Fire East of Vernal From Dropped Match
A lighted match dropped in a trash pile caused a fire that destroyed a granary at 1090 P.M. on the Ken Smuin property five miles east of Vernal. Total loss was about 1000 dollars. Firemen stayed on scene until 1:30 A.M. to shield haystacks and homes from wind sparks. A family had gone to the wooden granary in search of a gasoline lamp during a power outage.
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Ken Smuin
Vernal
Birchell Goodrich
Pipeline Workers Advance as Moab Section Near Vernal
Wallace Siddoway returned home after a week in hospital from a fall at 243 East Second South. He suffered three broken ribs and a punctured lung, treated during Vernal pipeline work where major operation on the gas line was completed. Equipment heads to Louisiana as crews wind down, with Moab to Vernal line 24 miles out and river crossing contracted to R H Fulton of Amarillo Texas.
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Wallace Siddoway
East
Siddoway
Louisiana
Moab
Rangely
Green River
Jensen
R. H. Fulton
Amarillo
Texas
Vernal
Car Demolished In Herd of Horses Crash Near Jen sen
A late model car collided with a herd of horses on Highway 40 near the Dinosaur Service Station in Jen sen at 6:14 PM Monday. The car was wrecked and two horses were injured and had to be shot. The horses were unclaimed. Driver was Melvin F. Collier, 39, of Vernal.
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Highway 40
Dinosaur Service Station
Jensen
Melvin F. Collier
Vernal
Free Polio Serum For Five To Nine Year Olds
Dr. Ray EF Spendlove announced free polio serum for localchildren aged five to nine, provided by the federal government. Parents should call their doctor to list names and ages. serum orders arrive within two days. A $1 doctor’s fee applies for the inoculation, with broader age groups priced at $1000 for the full three-shot series. inoculations will occur in schools next week after prior May distributions at Bonanza Jensen Naples Central and Maeser schools.
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Ray EF. Spendlove
Spendiave
Bonanza
Jensen
Naples
Central
Maeser
Vernal Ram Sale Opens With Higher Standards
The Fourth Annual Ram Sale opens Tuesday at 11 2 in the live stock show barn at the county fairgrounds. Jay Searle, president, says tighter examination will yield a better grade of rams and buyers from Utah Colorado and Wyoming will attend. The sale features 53 pens with 228 tops and aims to raise ram and wool production locally. Copies of the sale booklet have been sent to livestock raisers on the western slopes. Entries are due Monday noon with viewing Monday afternoon. Officials include Jack C. Turner secretary Howani Brown auctioneer.
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Jay Searle
Mr. Searle
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
Noyr
Searle
Addiion
Jack C. Turner
Howani Brown
Hi Country Work Begins at Hanna Oil Line Loop
Right of way work on a section of the Salt Lake Pipe Line Company's 82 mile loop from Rangely toward Wolf Creek Pass began two miles west of Hanna. The four ten inch segments to parallel existing lines were awarded to Engineers Limited of California. Completion is hoped within three months.
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Salt Lake
Rangely
Hanna
Wolf Creek Pass
California
Provo
J T Higgins
Standard Oil of California
Dixon Plans Speech and Forum in Vernal Monday
Rep Henry Aldous Dixon of Utah will speak Monday at Uintah High School in Vernal on issues facing the Upper Colorado River project and Echo Park Dam. An informal Q A forum will follow at the Hotel Vernal with public questions invited. A luncheon with county officials and Republican leaders closes the event.
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Henry A. Dixon
Question Forum
Lower Basin
Upper Basin
Echo Park
Colorado River
Vernal Lions Club
George D. Clyde
Utah Power’ and Water Board
Upper Colorado
Clyde
Henry Aldous Dixon
Utah
Uintah High School
Auditoriu
Dixon
Vernal
Uintah County Central Republican Committee
Food Sanitation Course Planned At Fieldhouse
A food handlers course for all restaurant employees will be held Tuesday at 10 p m and 3 p m at Vernal Fieldhouse. Artel Michle district sanitarian will direct the course and cover all sanitation aspects related to food handling and sales.
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Vernal Fieldhouse
Artel Michle
Sanitarian
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Ralph Ashton
C .R. Walker
Westmorland
Marjorie Walker
Claremont
Mrs. Walker
Ashton
Miss Walker
Gilsonite
Wilkins Trucking Line
Louis Rober
Kenny Ashby
Homer Haynes
Tion
Cortez
Durango
Denver Pueblo
Alamosa
Frontier
Rock Springs
Wyo
Vernal Gun Club
Victor Alfred Land
Renee
Nebraska
Idaho
Mr. Siddoway
Echo Dam
Echo Park Dam
Dinosaur National Monument
Hoover Dam
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