USAC anticipates record enrollment with major new buildings
Utah State Agricultural College plans a large summer construction program to support a projected enrollment surge for 1948-49. A $215,000 Technology building and other projects including a $75,000 maintenance shop and heating plant, a $100,000 poultry plant, a $10,000 green house, and student union spaces are slated for completion before fall registration. Drafts delay selective service calls until year end as inquiries rise. Aptitude tests for new students occur September 23 with subsequent registrations through September 25 and fall classes starting September 27.
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Utah State Agricultural Cotege
Rain
Growling Industries
Intermountain West
Logan
Board of Trustees
USAC
Ladies' Boarding School Opens in Salt Lake City
Mrs. Edna Crowther Ririe opened a ladies exclusive boarding school in Salt Lake City on Monday August 30 at 1590 15th East offering class and private instruction. The curriculum includes vocal arts interpretation repertoire speech correction piano sight reading color music occupational therapy and the art of living.
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Edna Crowther Ririe
M.S
Salt Lake City
15Th East
Ririe
Hospital News Surgeons List Patients at Uintah Basin
The Uintah Basin hospital reported surgical patients for the week including Miss Joan Jones Jerome Goodrich Francis Rigbal and Mrs Ferron Hacking. Medical patients named were Mrs Boyd Cloward Rangely Mrs Vern Cox Artesia Mrs George D Pinnee Port Townsend Wash the son of Mr and Mrs Dale Alfred Mrs Ralph W Jones and Eugene Rhinehart. Accident patients included Guy Swain Artesia Ivan Slaugh Boyd Rasmussen and Ardith Nielson. Mrs Leona Swain is also a patient.
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Uintah Basin Hospital
Joan Jones
J. D. Jones
Jerome Goodrich
Francis Rigbal
Orson Caldwell
Ferron’ Hacking
Boyd Cloward
Rangely
Vern Cox
Artesia
George D. Pinnee
Port Townsend
Wash
Dale Alfred
Ralph W. Jones
Eugene Rhinehart
Guy Swain
Ivan Slaugh
Boyd Rasmussen
Ardith Nielson
Leona Swain
Rural Electrification Growth Since REA Start
Ten percent of farms had electricity when REA began 12 years ago. Today sixty one percent receive electric service, reflecting substantial nationwide gains in rural electrification.
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REA
Know Your 4 H Club Leaders By RUBY SMITH
Mrs Louise Roberts of Vernal emerged as a dedicated 4 H club leader. She expanded enrollment, transported members, and arranged a Wolf Creek trip driving her own truck. Vida of Bonanza led weekly trainings, attended state leaders school, and organized summer club camp trips with her group, despite personal and logistical challenges.
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Ruby Smith
Louise Roberts
Vernal
Louis D. Roberts
Wolf Creek
Vida
Verna
Logan
Uintah County
Green Lakes
Vida Clark Leads Uintah County 4-H Club Pioneer
In Bonanza near Utah's Gilsonite mines Vida Clark heads Uintah county's small 4-H group. The mining camp sits in a desert 50 miles southeast of Vernal with a population around 150 and only four girls of 4-H age, including Vida's eldest daughter.
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Vida Clark
Bonanza
Uintah County
Sher
Utah
Vernal
Vida
New Managers Take Re Beaut and The Hotel Vernal Beauty Salon
New managers Mrs. June Toungate and Mrs. Hazel Lockhart take over the Vernal beauty shop from former manager Craig Caldwell. Both new managers previously licensed in other states and recently passed Utah board of cosmetology exam.
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Hotel Vernal Beauty Salon
June Toungate
Hazel Lockhart
Oil Driller Killed at Rangely in Workplace Accident
Raymond Kranitter, 33, with Brinkerhoff Drilling Co., died Saturday when caught in a drill at Rangely. Funeral services held in Ellis, Kansas. He had worked in the Rangely field for two years and is survived by his wife and two children.
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Raymond Kranitter
Brinkerhoff Drilling Co
Rangely
Ellis
Kans
Rangely Field
Vernal Educator Elected to Association Post
H. M. Lundell superintendent of Uintah school district was elected vice president of the Utah High School Activities Assn at a Salt Lake City board meeting. He had served three years as a director for region 5 which includes Carbon Emery Grand Uintah and Duchesne counties. A. P. Warnick of Orem was elected president.
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H. M. Lundell
Uintah
Utah High School Activities Assn
Salt Lake City
Lundell
Carbon
Emery
Grand
Duchesne
A. P. Warnick
Orem
Ostrich Noise Misheard As Roar At Distance
An observer notes that the ostrich’s clamor resembles a lion’s roar from afar, making it difficult to distinguish the two sounds without close inspection.
Increased Lions activities anticipated after cabinet meeting
Decisions at a cabinet meeting called by Joe W Williams Morgan governor of Lions district promise rising Lions club activity across northern Utah. Alvin E Weeks former Vernon Lions president and zone chair reports returning from the Ogden confab at the Ben Lomond hotel that a large turnout occurred.
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Joe W. Williams
Morgan
Lions District
Utah
Ogden Confab
Ben Lomond Hotel
Alvin E. Weeks
Vernal Lions Club
Lions Club Plans Boost Attendance and New Members
The district outlines next year’s budget and goals for zone chairman and district governor. Plans include full attendance at meetings, forming new Lions clubs, and adding ten percent new members per club. Weeks notes Mrs Morgan’s enthusiasm and activity, with his zone covering Heber Duchesne Randlett Ouray and Roosevelt.
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Lions Club
Weeks
Morgan
Heber, Duchesre
Randlett-Ouray
Roosevelt
Central School Teacher Resigns in Uintah Board Vote
Lillian Terrill has filed her resignation with the Uintah board of education. The notice was announced Wednesday by school officials at a meeting attended by district members from Vernal and surrounding clubs.
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Central School
Lillian Terrill
Uintah Board of Education
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Green Jakes
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Mutual
Columbia
Elmer Lind and Sons
Vernal, Utah
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Uintah Basin
W. W. McConkie
Fourth Judicial District
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Vernal Lona
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Hy’s Corner Market
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