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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1955
Page
15
Ken and Tex chased two men after a horse was shot near Diamond Gulch. The shooter, a Vernal man, admitted the act and agreed to pay damages but had not appeared by Wednesday night. Mr Smuin condemned the action as irresponsible and dangerous.
Report notes a plane could fly only by 10 Am due to winds and turbulence. Diamond Mountain fields cover 1000 acres plowed and drilled for reseeding while 100 acres on Farm Creek allotment near Whiterocks have been reseeded. Recent hive activity halted work on Big Park Leidy Peak road, now two thirds complete. Dan Adams and wife visited Tawatha Ut to see LeRoy Davis, brother of Mrs Adams.
Official document shows Charles T. Pope County Clerk signing and affixing seal on October 18 1955 with full signature and seal attached.
Justice court fines listed for state fish and game offenses in Windsor County. Offenders include illegal possession of pheasants in Myron and Roosevelt deer violations with multiple residents named. Fines range from 25 to 100 dollars for out of season fishing and hunting infractions.
One cancer case was the sole disease listed for Uintah County in the Utah State Department of Health reportable diseases bulletin for the week ending October 14 1955. No other diseases were reported in the two preceding weeks.
Explorer advisors and interested fathers of boys 14 and up will meet with Louis Fife in Vernal for Explorer Program training. Elwood Carter of Tablena and Elvin Barker of Duchesne will direct unit committees for troop pack and post. J Ferron Hacking of Vernal leads Guide Patrol and treker leaders training for mothers of boys 10 and 11 in University of Scouting. George Hacking of Roosevelt will instruct district commissioner staffs. Paul Murphy of Roosevelt heads District Committee department for bishoprics heads of institutions invited.
Mrs Larry Smuth and family celebrate twin daughters Dee Ann and Lee Ann. Dallas Olwen couple wed at Wilford Oleen home. reception at ward house. Visitors include Jackson, Harris, Taylors, Gillmans, and Smuth families. Grandparents chiv ers Chivers welcome first grandchild Gilmer Chivers Vernal.
The Forest Service logged six to eight inches of snow on Leidy Peak with two inches left by midweek and Diamond Mountain seeing half an inch. Utah hosted over 140 000 hunters while officials placed four gruesome grave markers at hunting area entrances to urge caution. Mr and Mrs S John Rosen, former Vernal residents, stayed with Verne E Farmer’s family last weekend, arriving Friday and departing Saturday.
Memmott was an honors student at Union High School and active in school groups including yearbook staff Pep Club and Future Homemakers of America. She planned to study elementary education at Bingham Young University and was an LDS Church organist and Silver Gleaner award hopeful. Survived by parents brother Kent Clifton and grandmother Mrs Charles A Memmott. Funeral held at Roosevelt LDS Stake House with burial in Roosevelt City Cemetery.
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