West Junior High Dedication Sets October 23
West Junior High, five miles east of Roosevelt, will be dedicated Friday October 23 at 5 pm. The new school cost 679,514 and features 13 classrooms, a library, gymnasium, auditorium, and shop with audio-visual equipment. It replaces Alterra Junior High, serving Uintah County students in grades seven through nine, with Norman Long as principal and a staff of 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New West
Eters Generaia
Alterra
West
West Junior High
Roosevelt
Unitel Dis- Ariel
Spm
Todd
Uintah Basii
Edwards & Daniels, Ala
Salt Lake City
Hanson Construction Company
Altamont
Turner Construction Company
Vernal
Todd School
Union High
Uintah County
Uintah
Norman Long
West Junior Ifigh
Henry Ah Sam
Lois Anderson
Janet Bailey
Canton Baxter
JoAnn Burgess
Junior Ticks
Carma Ambseht
Lola Kuggins
James Knight
Phyllis Oberhsnsly
Norman Oliphant
Vira Page
Ellen Rawlings
Norman Shelley
Don Winn
Joyce Bolton
Stake Center Work Set For Ashley Stake In Spring
Work is planned for next spring on a new 430000 stake center for Ashley Stake with a five member central committee and Wm Dalton as chairman. A fundraising drive will run a few months, with 24000 in fund and 16000 more in sight. 40000 more is expected when construction starts. The Vernal 6th Ward will sponsor the project, modeled after a recently completed St George edifice. Stake President Wm B Wallis announced at stake conference. Attendance at sessions was among the highest, 1256 in the morning and 17 to 23 percent of members in the afternoon. Margene Hall played preludes, the choir sang, Ora Fay Oviatt directed and Margaret Caldwell accompanied. Congregational singing was led by Donnel F Wardle with Margene Hall on piano. The opening hymn was Today Will the Sun Shine, with Harold E Davis offering the invocation.
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Ashley Stake
Hush ‘W. Dalton
St. George and Vernal
6Th Ward
Wm. B. Wallis
Stake
Margene Hall
Mong
Ora Fay Oviatt
Margaret Caldwell
Donnel F. Wardle
Martgene Hall
Harold £. Davis
C. Laurence
Rites Planned Wednesday for $320,000 Vernal Chapel
Ground breaking for the new 320000 dollar Vernal 2nd Ward chapel at 2nd Fast and 6th South will occur Wednesday at 4 30 p m. Bishops Ben W Lindsay of Vernal 2nd Ward and Clyde R Anderson of Vernal 4th Ward announced the public is invited. Construction should start immediately and finish in a little over a year. Seating 341, expandable to 1000 with doors to the cultural hall. Chapel exterior 103 by 141 feet. cultural hall about 59 by 10 feet with plans for 24 tracking stations.
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Ben W. Lindsay
Vernal
Clyde R. Anderson
Guard Complete Access Road To Scout Camp
Vernal National Guard on weekend completed the access road from Red Cloud Loop Road to Windy Park Scout camp. About 60 Guardsmen worked over two weekends with Uintah County providing a leader and operator. Col. Herbert L. Price and Maj. Lawrence V. Erickson visited and reported good progress. Bert Dannenberg thanked the Scouts for the project as the first phase enables next year’s camp and outlines future work around the park.
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Vernal National Guard
Red Cloud Loop Road
Windy Park
Uintah County
Commader
Herbert L. Price
Lawrence V. Erickson
Bert Dannenberg
Boy Scouts
Torch
Red Cloud Loop
Schools Close Friday Noon For Deer Hunt
The Vintah School District will excuse students Friday after lunch to prepare for the annual deer hunt. Superintendent Glen G. Oldroyd announced the policy change from prior years requiring a Monday dismissal. Schools will operate on all other days of the hunt and attendance rules will be enforced strictly.
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Vintah
Glen G. Oldroyd
Supt
Oldroyd
Atrietty
Ouray Refuge Work Report From Manager Jim Johnson
Jim Johnson, manager of Ouray National Wildlife Refuge, reported progress on Te-Be projects. Bert Angus of Vernal has completed two residences, Stirling Construction Co. of Farmington NM will finish earthwork at Leota Bottoms within a week, and bids for additional earthwork will soon be opened in Albuquerque NM.
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Jim Johnson
Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
Te- Bee
Bert Angus
Vernal
Stirling Construction Co
Farmington
N.M
Albuquerque
Johnson
Vernal Express Goes Automated
Vernal Express adopts teletypesetting TELETYPES speed up printing. An operator punches holes in tape for automated linotype setting, allowing stories to be prepared on tape while ads are composed. The system places The Vernal Express among leading balanced newspapers with advanced machinery.
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Salt Lake
TTS
Vernal Express
Hot Spots for Deer Hunting Looms Open Saturday
Utah Fish and Game biologist Bob Nielson lists top deer hunting spots for the general season opener set at dawn Saturday. Areas include the Book Cliffs Moon Midge Winter Ridge Steer Ridge and adjoining Colorado border units 29 26 and public lands near Brown's Park. Elk are protected. archery deer hunting in refuges not permitted. rewards offered for information leading to convictions. carriers advise winter gear and road caution.
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Bob Nielson
Utah Fish and Game Dept
Vernal Regional Fish and Game Office
Winter Ridge
Steer Ridge
Colorado Rider
Merd
Farm Creek- Thock Creek
Nielson
Taylor Mountain
Diamond Mountain
Blue Mountain
Construction Eyed For Central Utah Bonneville Unit
Palmer DeLong, project manager for the Bureau of Reclamation, told the Central Utah Water Conservancy District that construction could begin immediately on the Bonneville Unit once Congress appropriates $5 million. The project would take 10 to 15 years, with Arizona filings noted. The board scheduled a October 30 meeting where Robert Lambert will speak, and stressed securing water rights and repayment contracts before federal funding.
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Palmer DeLong
Bureau of Reclamation
Central Utah Water Conservancy District Board
Provo
Bonneville
Dilong
Arizona
Robert Lambert
State Water Engineer
Sterling
Jones
Utah
Billion Gallons Of Water Used In Past Year
Ashley Valley Water System subscribers used more than one billion gallons during the past year. Vernal City Manager Buell Bennett reported high use in July and August at 44 million gallons per day, similar to the prior year. With about 8000 connections, per-person use implied roughly 550 gallons daily, well above the year-round average of 286. From June 25 1963 to June 24 1966 total usage reached 1,043,703.
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Ashley Valley Water System
Buell Bennett
Vernal
New Utah Dam Plan Expands Strawbery Reservoir
Board members toured the Utah Lake area to review a project that enlarges Strawbery Reservoir by a new dam and aqueduct bringing water across the Uinta Mountains. The plan envisions irrigation and flood control benefits for the region and was examined in an afternoon tour.
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Bonneville
Uinta
Strawberry
Uinta Mountains
Utah Lake
Door to Door Salesmen Stir Local Residents
Sheriff Norman Fletcher reported Tuesday that about every other day he receives complaints from galley residents about nosy door to door encyclopedia salesmen. A roving group worked the city and Maeser areas, officers tried to detain three near the sheriff’s office. two escaped. He warned some claim city franchises or exemptions, but a license is required for all selling in the county.
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Sherrif Norman
Fletcher
Galley
Maeser
Utah
High water use blamed on large lawns irrigation
Mr Bennett cited a very high consumption rate of 000 gallons, or 330,488 gallons per person per year, attributing part of the demand to extensive lawns in the area that require irrigation.
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Bennett
Chamber Votes for Freeport Amendment
After a talk by Frank Nelson of the Utah Manufacturers Association the Vernal Chamber of Commerce voted to urge passage of the Freeport amendment. Nelson argued it would let goods stay in Utah without inventory tax if destined out of state within a year. He warned the state could lose millions without it, claiming 609 new jobs could offset tax losses as industry grows.
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Frank Nelson
Utah Manuufacturers Association
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Vernal
Nelson
Freeport
Utah
Clearfield
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Segatti
John 4. Sraith
Uinta Sch+gat
Inspecor
New Stake Center
Rites
Scout
Ouray Refuge
Green River
Dinosaur Monument
Greendale
Brown's
Three- Corners
McNeilson
Refuge
Dinosaur National Monument
Jensen
Leonard Deans
Dean Abplanalp
Leon Kidd
Nolan Proece
Charles Rich
Vernal Guard Unit
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