Uintah County 4-H Team Wins First Place in Portland
Uintah County 4-H Club Team wins first place at the Pacific International Livestock Show in Portland with demonstrators Karl Dee Jenkins and Eleynore Hacking. Utah teams claim top scores among entrants from Utah, Idaho, Montana, Washington and Oregon. Utah home economics team takes second.
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Tiny Tot Contest Featured in Legion Talent Show
Mothers enter their children aged birth to six in a Tiny Tot Popularity contest as part of an American Legion talent show to raise funds. The event will be held in the big school auditorium on Friday and Saturday, November 6 and 7, with a minstrel show and canning thor planned, and two photographs required for entry.
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Deer hunter shot accidentally by brother near Vernal
Leonard Cushner shot his brother in error while deer hunting about 1 30 p m Sunday twenty miles north of Vernal near the Vernal Manila Road. The injured man died after doctors failed to save him. Funeral services were held Wednesday in Moffatts Chapel with Roosevelt Cemetery burial under Ft. Duchesne post American Legion direction. The victim, born May 18, served in the Army from May 4 1945 to 1945 in the Pacific theater. Survived by mother and siblings including Wy Ferguson Provo Dell Ferguson Marlin Oat Ferguson Archie Ferguson and Scott Ferguson.
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Vernal Homecoming Week Closes Stores For Big Game
Vernal stores will close Friday afternoon November 20 to allow residents to attend the homecoming football game between Uintah and Union. The queen from Sota Toway Mina will be crowned in the high school gym by the student body president Gyre Ritabeee. A memorial trophy will be presented during the coronation. Campus clubs will display floats and banners as part of Homecoming Day activities.
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Deer Check Stations Record High Deer Counts in Hunt
A Utah hunting season report shows 2 070 deer checked at stations including Ouray and Daggett counties. Bucks and does were tallied with bucks making up about half at Clifts. early counts near 1 000 deer by week one. Weather shifts from dry fall to a snowstorm later, affecting hunter success.
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Wirthlin to Speak at Uintah Blake Stake Conference
Visiting authority Joseph Lo Wirthlin, presiding Bishop, will lead the Uintah Blake stake conference in Vernal with President Archie Johnson and counselors. A priesthood leadership meeting is set for 6:30 pm Saturday at the Stake Center, with additional elders and their wives sessions at 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm. Stamps will be conducted at 10 am and 2 pm Sunday in the tabernacle.
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Farmers Caravan Returns From Washington After Drought Aid Talks
A Utah Idaho delegation of 42 prepared to return home after an unsatisfactory attempt to secure drought relief and price supports for cattle from Secretary of Agriculture Benson. Spokesman Weber Bennion Jr said the objective was reconsideration and approval of aid for 12 drought-stricken Utah counties. Bennion noted strong backing from wool growers, cattlemen, and the governor, but received little encouragement.
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Vernal loses three pioneers in olden days deaths
In Vernal three longtime locals are mourned as the town recalls their varied lives. Spencer Gurr worked 28 years with the freight line Ainsworthway Company from Price to Vernal and Dragerton and contributed at home. Aunt Claire Hacking guided children through Primary Sunday School and school life and was nominated for Mother of the Year in 1953. Jonsed, an old landmark, organized the local dramatic group and served as saddlemaker mall carrier justice of the peace councilman and church worker in a long life.
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Uncle Dick Jensen dies at 83 in Provo Utah
Richard Uncle Dick Jensen aged 83 died at his residence Tuesday afternoon. Born February 14 1870 in Prager Utah he was son of Tans and Ma Christensen Jensen a gunsmith by trade and a long time resident of Provo. His mother became a widow early raising the family while he pursued schooling at Brigham Young Academy. Further details appear on page 8.
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Funeral Held Monday for Claire Co Hacking
Funeral services were conducted Monday at 1 p.m. in the Mac or chapel under Bishop Elmer Lind of Mac ser pe and Ward. The service featured a postlude and choir, with Frank Walker J LaMartin Chellus Caldwell and H. pase present as quartets. Oh My Father was performed as part of the rites for a deceased individual believed to be named Geant goa Stringham died inden Metaker 22 of a hear ailment.
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Lydia Ann Gurr Vernal Pioneer Dies at 83
Funeral services held Saturday October 17 in Vernal Firement Ward for Lydia Ann Cook Gurr a longtime Vernal resident who died after a short illness in Uintah County Hospital at age 83 Speakers J A Sowards and Pres Jesse A Haws officiated Burial in Vernal Memorial Park Family noted her 83rd birthday last spring with a gathering that united multiple generations of descendants
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Vernal Voters Go to Polls Next Tuesday
Vernal City voters go to the polls Tuesday to choose a mayor and one council seat for four years. North Vernal precinct votes in the commissioners room at the courthouse, South Vernal at the Scout House from 7 am to 8 pm with one party on the ballot and write ins allowed. Candidates include mayor Ralph Siddoway, four year council seat Dale Jensen, and four year council seat Fred Washburn. current councilmen Claudius Banks and William Slaugh seek re election.
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Dale Jensen
Deer Hunters Snowed In Near Rainbow
Deer hunters camping on the mountain above Tetabaw in southeastern Uintah County near Vernal are snowbound after a fresh storm. By Saturday morning their party, including Mr and Mrs Frazer and son Robert and others from California, faced vehicles trapped in deep snow. Local deputy sheriff Marvin arranged help and the National Guard was notified as efforts continued.
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Ward resigns as Canon City Chamber secretary manager
B Frank Ward resigns from the post effective November 30. He tells the Canon City board he will return to Utah to enter insurance work. Ward had served Vernal Chamber since 1950 and moved to Colorado after resigning there January 23.
Vernal City seeks watershed designation around Ashley Canyon Spring
Vernal City Council authorized City Manager LeRoy Taylor to apply to the Bureau of Land Management for withdrawal of about 100 acres around Ashley Canyon Spring as a watershed. If granted, the city would have exclusive culinary water use while lands stay under U.S. title. The grazing board backed the watershed plan to protect the area from erosion and contamination.
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Salt Lake City
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Endless Arguments Delay Colorado River Projects
Denver reports say fierce disputes across seven western states stall major plans to tame the Colorado River. The Salt Lake Tribune notes the river’s vast potential and the unmet need in irrigated valleys, while commentators warn of delayed dam and infrastructure work, with pilots scouting sites along the continental divide as pages continue.
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