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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1951
Page
11
H Walter Woolley states the Uintah Bank remodel includes three new check desks and a redesigned interior to better serve the public and improve teller and customer comfort. The modern appearance and equipment are expected to greatly boost efficiency, with future plans for lighting and wall ceiling improvements.
The Hall family of Mark M Hall held a Saturday evening reunion at Diamond Mountain led by Capt David Hall. Additional details are limited in the readable text.
Waco Texas visitors join Salt Lake City and Ogden families for Labor Day gatherings. Rulon Ashby hosts Occidental Life officials Don Brown Howard Britton and C F Tebbs, with Utah, Nevada and Idaho reps. Families attend reunions, travel by air and car, and welcome guests from Provo Tabiona and Salt Lake City.
Dr Wayne Marrs will emcee a Friday neighbor day barbecue with the champion Oklahoma hog caller and the Jayrees quartet providing novelty acts. Chamber members Clifton Perry Ken McLean Hal Duke and Fred Washburn urged attendance and guests. Barbecue led by LaBell Anderson aims to showcase Vernals friendly Mountain West reputation.
Oil field update notes Tesemary Carter's well 17 miles southwest of Vernal at CNE SW24 131E drilled to 8239 feet with a 20 minute open flow test, 27 feet of mud recovered, and pressures recorded. Other wells include Carter's Roosevelt Pool no. 2 with 2 hour test and 3540 feet of fluid recovered, and Jack Canyon Carter at Jack Canyon with 1 hour test recovering 2240 feet of water. Additional sites list rigging for basal Green River test, coring in progress, and contractor details. Local residents and visitors are listed with brief notes on family activities and travels.
Ver nal residents may meet DeVon Johnson color consultant from W P Fuller on a weeklong visit to Ashton Brothers store from September 10 to 15. Johnson will offer interior and exterior decorating advice, color guidance, and painting tips for homes and farm buildings, with demonstrations of new color palettes.
Watson Unit Continental plans a slim-hole rig move to South Ouray No 1 for coring below 3010 feet in CSW SW NW26 208 and to test at new location while drilling J G Bolton No 1 in Roosevelt Pool with spudder at 315 feet under L W Dalton and others.
A group led by Ernest Untermann examined natural resources issues including livestock grazing, the Echo Park Dam and its access to scenic sites, and local geology in Brush Creek while noting Uintah Basin oil development. Howard Ivery and others from the Soil Conservation Service and extension staff gave talks and guided the visit, ending with a barbecue at Iron Springs.
In Japan the island nicknamed death by own action is linked to suicides near a volcano. Hundreds have sought oblivion by leaping into the crater, drawing attention to the dangerous place and its grim history.
Music lovers attended a Tuesday concert by the USAC string quartet at the Stake House. Dr N W Christiansen presented the group featuring Mischa PosnaskI, Dorothy Jepson, George Patz, and Beth Olsen with piano by Mrs N W Christiansen. The program included the Mayden String Quartet in G minor and solos by Patz and Handel, plus Tschaikowski and Hungarian selections.
Inspectors sheriffs and Highway Patrol will stop and search vehicles suspected of transporting stolen meat or game. Livestock haulers must carry stock and be licensed before leaving their district. The meeting also called for action against unsanitary slaughtering both in slaughterhouses and the open and will prosecute any slaughterer operating without a licensed facility.
Miss Olsen delivered a Strauss solo Voices of Spring while Mr Posnarki offered Czardas by Monti Can ary Song and O Sole Mio. The quartet closed the program with Londonderry Air French Song O How Lovely Was the Morning Mor mon Hymn and Turkey in the Straw, ending with Olsen and ensemble in Brahms Lullaby.
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