Births and Local Happenings From Ashley Valley August 1940
A roundup of births across Ashley Valley with names such as Kenneth Stringham, Lynne Dudley, Callis Billings, Leland Sowarda, and Arthur Nelson. Includes marriage notices, a Salt Lake Temple wedding, water concerns from Blue Mountain ranchers, dry springs, drought effects on Green River, and local farm activity. Also notes on new residents, mission plans, watermelon farming by Slaugh and Sons, and a Dinosaur quarry update by Dr Earl Douglass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Stringham
Ashley
Blue Mountain
Lynne Dudley
Jensen
Callis Billings
Green River
Leland Sowarda
Holy Cross Hospital
Salt Lake
Arthur Nelson
Edgar Taylor
Reed McKee
Wallace Weeks
Leo Searle
W B Searle
Salt Lake Temple
L A Mort
Maeser
Vern Warburton
Mra Lynn Cook
Trideli
Marion Shaffer Thia
Thia
Ashley Valley
Vernal
George A Slaugh and Sons
W S Senderson
Don B Colton
Williams
Steinaker
Alice McKee
Mission
Alice
California
Morgan Merkley
Earl Douglass
Discovery Names New Fossil Vintasaurus At Quarry Site
A man uncovers a fossil deemed unclassifiable until Dr William J Holland of the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh suggests the name Vintasaurus. Dr Douglass hopes a rare skeleton with proper housing can be mounted at the quarry site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J Holland
Carnegie Museum
Pittsburg
Douglass
Central School construction advances as town notes and visits
Seventy years ago Vernal residents recorded a brisk week of activity and travel. Pantha Calder returns from Mill Creek with plans for a two week visit while the Central School contractor presses toward a December 25 finish. The EXPRESS notes Elder Adolph Hohne’s safe German home return and locals praise oversized melons and giant radishes gifted to the staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pantha Calder
Mill Creek
Salt Lake County
Mr. Calder
Central School
Adolph Hohne
Germany
George Slaugh
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Golden Merkley
Lapoint
Donald Gale
Luther Gale
Northwestern
Award Williams
Florence Hacking
Max Meld
WL J Schofield
First Ward
Asher Caldwell
Revd McKee
Abstrac
TOR
E. R. Lawrence Cooper
J&b. Aung Service
Bream
Goodrich
Texaco
Lynn
Laber Tires
Ail Tim
Auto Ranchi
Auto Supplies
Vernal Abstract
East Main
Uvintah Packing CO
Uintah Brand
Vernal Ave
Bingham Dairy Home
As v Is & Daynes Optical Co
L. G. Dewey
L. A. Daynes
Vernal Bidg
Dean
Vlas Tt
Plac
Allred
Balvage
Bradshaw Auto Parts
Western Auto Store
West Main
Ree
Itboats
Neereeores
Dorsett
Shell Lake
Glastron Motors
Johnson Sea-Horse Factory
Als
Utah
Dean’s Marine Center
POST
Timberie Buildings
F. Mortensen
Keith Mortensen Hoosevelt
Cimropractor
Alvin T. Purdie Palmer
Ray
West
Uintah Rexall
Paul M Armstrong
Charles Shumway
Bervike
Asiley Valley
Lennox Heating
Main Vernal
Uintah Plumbing * Heating CO
Vernal’s Little Super
South W
Rance
Martin W. Curtis Casualty — Auto Fire Insurance Bonds
Last Security Bank of Utah
AL Tassainer
Ted and
Jerry T Hatch
Jet Boys
Gary Waters
Kay Campbell
Electrical Contracting and Service
Tullig Electric
7Lawn Mower Service
Jacobsen
Bert's Lawn Mower Service
W. Jones Trecking Co
Vernal Lodge
Mertsa
Out of State
America
Nentores
Kapenes
Madio
Kirby Vacuum
Arctic Circle
Bob's Electric Service
Watkins
Ent
OUR Saviour Lutheran Church
Boy Scout House
Beagt Box
Rangely, Colo
Carbon County
Streeter
Lump OR Slack
Birchell Coal
Staley Coal CO
Erauto Body Repair
City Body
Wisconsin
Davidson
LARRO
Ken’s Farm
Bruhn
WM. G
Big Bill
Aegists
C. de Mont Judd, Jr. Ogden
Congress
Garfield County Commission
Forme
Utah Municipal League
Governor's Committee For Economic Development
Water
Resources Board
Munequai
Lyos Snerwood Drive
Ogden, Utah
Central School House
Reuben Collett
Naples
Express
Basin Auto Supply
Meadow Gold
Meadow Gold Creameries
Farmington
Albuquerque
Rly Frontier
Vernal Express
Idlewilde
Huth Helbe
North East
Victor Adding Machines
Colton Typewriter Sales and Service
Edward
Ted
Colton Vernal
Conona
ROYAL
Vernal Drug CO
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