Vernal Area News Roundup from 1942
Local notes report bear protection from Vernal boy scouts Gerald Jones and Jay Horrocks after a half mile bareback race to a Samuels place fire. Cedar City area events include the Central School dedication, wool production projections, and a Myton Army plane landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ufe
Chas. Ac Hatch
Clyde
Bear
Vernal
Gerald Jones
Jay Horrocks
Samuels Place
Wm. Henry Workman
Mark E. Caldwell
Vernal City Marshall
Central School
Harold Ashby
Almon Williams
Arthur Soderquist
Elaine
Kenneth Grant Mich
Charles Rich
Anna Ashby Oldham
Spokane
Washington
Myton
Salt Lake transit fenders and regional notes of 1902
60 years ago readers report Salt Lake streetcars getting fenders. a Northern Pacific rain delay at Sandpoint with a baggage car blast. Berlin’s horse carriage phaseout. Vernal City vaccinates children. stagecoaches with firearms. a bear seen near a road. rainfall amounts. Ft. Duchesne troop buildup. Dr Rich relics moved to Thorne Museum. Green River gorge boat trip led by Bus Match and Frank Swain. county clerk appointment. Allen's Cash Store ads. a marriage announcement. local food prices. potatoes for fall contracts. Jawn party for Ell and Hugh Coltharp. a 25 inch Rocky Ford melon. Navajo hunger near four corners. Vernal Candy Kitchen closes. Mrs. Maggie Preece and Burtons store. Mrs. Don Workman returns from Saratoga. 20 car sheep shipped east with 14 more. William Winn adds to his barber shop. Tra Burton grading up his property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Northern Pacific
Sandpoint
Idaho
Berlin
City Board of Health
Ft. Dar
Price
Allen
Misg Lilian Pauline ‘Turner
Charles Ross Henderson
Don Workman
Saratoga
Wyoming
Wasatch Wave
William Winn
Ife
Tra Burton
Gene Wallace Attends Trade School In Salt Lake
Gene Wallace returned to Salt Lake Monday and plans to attend a trade school. Several local residents visited relatives and traveled to nearby cities last week including trips to Idaho and Colorado Springs. A son was born last week at Roosevelt Hospital to Esmond Wilban and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Wallace
Salt Lake
Mr. Wallace
George Fiest
Loren McKee
Lis Hospital
Toren
Reed McKee
Idaho
Howard Warren
Ogden
Esmond Wilban
Roosevelt Hospital
Ivan Morrill
Lela Morrill
Duane Houtz
Collett Appointed Assistant Postmaster at Verna Office
A. T. Collett is named assistant postmaster and manages the Verna office in T. B. Collet’s absence. H. C. Ruple proposes Bear River canyon as a potential railroad route after riding the area on horseback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Collett
Verna
T. 8
Collet
H.C. Ruple
Bear River Canyon
Local Visitors Reported Across Cities and Towns
City residents Mr and Mrs J Kitchen traveled to Grand Junction Colorado Saturday. The Orson Harvey family of Sunset visited Labor Day weekend at Gene Wallace and Farrett Simmons homes. Visitors at J R McKee home from Saturday until Monday included Kaye Morrill and Maurice Whitney from Provo. Mr and Mrs Duane McKee attended Leo Bowthorpe's funeral. Bowthorpe was a brother to Mrs McKee in Vernal Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. , Kitchen
Grand Junction
Colo
Orson Harvey
Sunset
Gene Wallace
Farrett Simmons
J. R. McKee
Montay
Kaye Morrill
Maurice Whitney
Provo
Duane McKee
Leo
Bowthorpe
Rowthorpe
McKee
Gold panning touted as work for unemployed in Ashley Valley
John T. Pope and George Barker claim unemployed men in Ashley Valley can earn good wages panning gold along the Green River. A man shoveled dirt for 114 days and earned about $12 in gold. The state road commission approves a steel bridge over Green River at Jensen with relief funds. Incoming mail from Price to arrive at 11 am at Vernal, outgoing at 8 am. A touring couple narrowly avoids injury when their car skids on an oil road near Wheatland, Wyoming. Cows tested in Jensen, Davis and Naples show no TB reactors. Don B. Colton receives GOP nomination by acclamation. Wallace Calder also chosen on the ticket. The General Lumber Company advertises this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Pope
George Barker
Ashley Valley
Green River
State Road Commission
Jensen
Price
Cluff
Wheatland
Wyoming
Leonard Perry
Davis
Naples
Don B. Colton
Wallace Calder
GOP
Ucket
General Lumber Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. G. West
Uintah Board of Education
Diamond Mountain
Utah
Department of Agriculture
Royal Air Force
Pop's Place
United States
Vernal and
Susan Hayward
Secnd Femining
C. B. DeMile
Austaste Piccard
Belgium
Erma Beaird
Salt Lake City
LDS Hospital
L. Edewards
Universal News Service of Chicago
Uintah High School
L. G. Noble
Associated Civic Clubs
Duchesne
Heber City
Chesne
Ft. Duchesne
Coltharp
Jawn
Ela
Hugh Coltharp
George Slaugh
Rocky’ Ford
Mellon
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Mr. Slaugh
Maggie Preece
Burton's Store
Schenectady
New York
Tridell
Lorna Mellen
Ralph A. Preece
East Mary
Travelers Insurance Companies
Hartford
Connecticut
Uintah County
Republican
Democratic Party
State of Utah
Senator
Wallace F. Bennett
J. Bracken Lee
United States Congress
Laurence J. Burton
Bernard
Buzz) Larsen
Blayne Morrill
Unitsh
Rulon R. Garfield
Jack Boren
Bryant H, Croft
Duane Paulson
David
King
Calvin L. Rampton
WM. H
Bill) Henderson
Ray Lee
Wayne Pickup
Sharif
Norman Fletcher
Roland Merkley
Uiish CounTy
Attorne
Whitney D. Dammond
J. Robs Merrell
Ray E. Nash
Uintah
State OF
I. Morris R. Cook
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