Legion Confab Set for Vernal This Sunday
The semi annual convention of the American Legion and Auxiliary will meet in Vernal with Utah department officials attending. A downtown theatre joint meeting follows 1 pm Legion Hall registration. a 4 pm buffet luncheon caps the event at the Gateway cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Auxlliary
Vernal
Utah
Legion Hall
West Main Street
Clarence C. Neslen
Salt Lake City
Earl Jones
Price
Robert L. Shelby
Victor Bott
Brigham City
State Department
Art Horsley
George Larsen
Joe Delpha
Legion
William C. Wilson
Gateway Cafe
Horsley
Veterans Administration
Witbeck Post No. 11
Jack Allred
Vernal Elderly Resident Dies After Long Local Service
Vernal Utah, 87, Theadocia Hatch Clark a longtime Uintah Basin resident born March 10 1862 in Lehi died Wednesday morning in a Vernal hospital of age related causes She came to eastern Utah at 15 and married John E Clark in Heber in 1877 She lived in Strawberry River Roosevelt Altonah Bludell and Vernal since 1931 Survived by two dozen relatives including daughter Theadocia Rich and sons Jeremiah Alvin David Funeral services in the First Ward Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints led by Bishop William Wallis are scheduled for Saturday at pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theadocia Hatch Clark
Uintah Basin
Lehi
Jeremiah
Louisa Alexander Hatch
Sho
Heber
John E. Clark
Clark
Vernal
Utah
Altonah
Bludell
Theadocia Rich
Abe Hatch
Blackfoot
Ida
Justice Hatch
California
Erskine
Monroe
Brownie) Hatch
Clarence Hatch
Los Angeles
Sisson Hatch
Ogden
Curtis Hatch
Canada
Odile Price
Qlive Swain
Florence Swain
Arlett Davis
Wanship
Fontella Swain
Arizona
Orpha Scott
Basin
First Ward Chapel
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
William Wallis
Pam
Vernal Milk Ordinance Faces First Test
Vernal officials enforce a new milk ordinance as a Hi-Land Dairy driver is arrested for noncompliance. City manager LeRoy Taylor says Hi-Land Cal refuses city inspection in favor of Salt Lake City standards. The ordinance would ban uninspected grade A milk from Vernal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal
Hi-Land Dairy
LeRoy Taylor
Hi- Land Cal
Salt Lake City
HiLand
PTA Conference Set With Regional Speakers
Regional Utah PTA conference at Uintah High School Saturday features Hute Colton and Harold Lundell as hosts. Guest speakers include Mrs. H Cecil Baker on organization and Dr John Wahlquist on school education. Arthur Peterson on home and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jopph G. Carling
Utah
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Jf. Cecil Baker
Center
Charlotte Stewart
John T. Wahlqulat
University of Utah
Hare
Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers
Uintah High School
Hute W. Colton
Direcor
H. Cecil Baker
Utah Congress
John T. Wahlquist
Arthur E. Peterson
Jordan
Salt Lake County
Hamily
Joseph Carling
PTA
Colton
Harold M. Lundell
Uintah County
Floyd S. Holm
Duchesne County
Uintah
Duchesne
Daggett
Uintah Bank Names New Official Harold R. Sargent
Harold R. Sargent of Cedar City was elected a director and vice president of Uintah State Bank at a board meeting. He previously worked with Bank of Southern Utah and served as an FDIC examiner in San Francisco. Sargent, a WWII veteran, lives in Vernal with his wife Melba Hunter and daughters Claudette and Eleanor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold R. Sargent
Cedar City
Uintah State Bank
J. A. Cheney
Whaie
Bank of Southern Utah
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
San Francisco
Chacker
Sargent
Vernal
Melba Hunter
Claudette
Uintah High School
Eleanor
Branch Agricultural College
United States
England
France
Bank
Cheney
Postmaster Urges Use of Return Street Addresses
Vernal Postmaster Pontha Caldey urged residents to include return street addresses on all mail to speed street delivery once it begins. Delivery set for Oct 1 faces delays due to sorting-case shortages and staffing. Two staffers will serve as carriers and parcel post service by truck will be added, with a local truck owner likely handling daily delivery for about three hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontha Caldey
City Street
Delivey
Calder
Salt Lake City
Uintah Basin meeting outlines vast river development plans
Plans for a large scale asphalt ridge project near Vernal move forward as oil man Halstead resigns to devote effort to development. A pilot test is planned this week with Raymond Goldstron as refinery superintendent and a new partnership formed with Owen Collett to advance extraction and processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Goldstron
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Halstead
Owen M. Collett
Vernal
Pueblo
Colo
Duchesne
Utah Southern
Canada
Casper
Wyo
Jensen
Uinta Oil Refining Co
Equity Oil Co
Utah Cooperative Assn
Operaon
Vargas Funeral Held Wednesday
Requiem mass for Louis J. Vargas 23 Vernal navy veteran died from injuries after a Wyoming traffic mishap. Burial followed at Fairview cemetery Maeser. Surviving parents six sisters and a brother. Rosary recited Tuesday at Swain funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Vargas
Hayden, Colo
Wyoming
St James Catholic Church
Blase Schumacher
Baggs
Wyo
Lowell Gray
Mr. Vargas
Ft Duchesne
Pablo
Elizabeth Matz Vargas
St. James Catholic
Vernal
Leland Hall
Long
Hail Storm Strikes Ashley Valley Area
Saturday evening hailstorm in Ashley Valley caused major damage to corn and silage leaves. In Dry Fork some grain harvests were nearly wiped out while Diamond and other mountain areas saw heavy rain with no damage. The moisture reduced fire danger and cooler air followed, with hail persisting over 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Valley
Clair R. Acord
Dry Fork
Diamond
Hall
Fire department adds new breathing gear for smoke rooms
The Ver nal fire department received two full breathing apparatus outfits this week. Assistant fire chief C R Jeffries said the department needed the equipment for some time and firemen were instructed on its use at a city office meeting Tuesday night. Each outfit includes a mask lungs cannister and tubing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal Fire Department
C. R. Jeffries
Echo Park Dam Project Proposed on Green and Yampa Rivers
A proposed Echo Park dam site in Colorado would be on the Green and Yampa rivers near the Utah border. It envisions a 500 kilometer long reservoir providing 4710,000 acre feet active capacity and a power plant of 320,000 kilowatts producing 688 million kilowatt hours annually. The project offers storage, silt retention, recreation, and flood control with flow support during dry years per the Colorado River Compact. The site lies about 20 miles north of U.S. Route 40 and 64 miles from Red Canyon and Lizy Park communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green and Yampa
Echo Park
Colorado
Utah State
Rijjoy
Green River
Red
Colorado River
Dept. of Superior
Escapee Caught Monday in Texas
Otis Woodring a 24 year old from Snyder Oklahoma fled Uintah county jail by brick escape on Sept 1 and was captured Monday night in Borger Texas. He may face charges of second degree kidnapping and armed robbery in Uintah county. A second inmate Gayle Slaugh was thwarted in a breakout attempt. a passerby reported the scene and Slaugh was returned to Utah State penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Woodring
Snyder, Okla
Uintah County
Borger
Tex
Herbert M. Snyer
Miami
Uintah Implement Co
North Vernal Ave
Wooyring
Nah County
Snyder
Gayle Slaugh
Ray Gty
Vernal Marshall
Slaugh
Utah State Penitentiary
Echo Park Dam Favored For Early Construction
Uintah Basin leaders and state officials in Roosevelt favor early Echo Park dam development to boost Utah water storage and electrical output. Vernal reports show unanimous support across meetings in Utah for the project with future talks planned in Craig Colorado and a later commission meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal
Frank Ward
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Utah
Echo Park Dam
Colorado
Craig
Echo Paves Dam
Gale
Chamber
Colorado River
Price
Nephi
Salt Lake City
B. H. Stringham
Power at Echo in 1955 says official
William H. Hoffman area engineer for the Colorado River Storage Project declares power will be available at the proposed Echo Park dam in 1955. He notes that by 1980 all power planned on the Upper Colorado system will be ready for industrial development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo
William H. Hoffman
Colorado River
Bureau of Reclamation
Echo Park
Colorado
Hoffman
Boundaries studied at Dinosaur National Monument tour
Officials from the Bureau of Land Management and Park Service visited the Dinosaur National Monument area to discuss boundaries for better supervision. H Byron Mock led the group with Dale Naylor and George Ingalls among others noting grazing and oil shale considerations. Grazing land conditions were described as reasonably good amid recent fires and favorable precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinosaur National Monument
Arks Servitg
Bureau, of Land’ Management
H. Byron Mock
Salt Lake City
Land Bureau
Dale Naylor
Buyeau
Parky
George Ingalls
Omaha
Neb
Thief of Lands
Service Regions
Dave Canfield
Rocky Mountain National Park
Estes Bark
Colo
Jess Lombard
Mock
Colorado
Oil activity rises near Vernal with geophysical crews
Geophysical interest signals more oil work around Vernal next spring as at least four exploration outfits operate in the area. Western Geophysical Co. has 12 trucks and 15 cars in Vernal, with other firms including National Geophysical Co., Mountain States Exploration Drilling Co., and Carter Oil Co. active nearby. Carter Oil reported a showing at Dahrkop No 1 in Wasatch county, while plans for a test drill near the Ute Tribal and pipelines from Ashley field to Rangely were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Geophysical Co. Aralysq
National Gaphysical Co
Ducheste
Vernal
Mountain States Explora
Tion Drilling Co
Casper
Wya
Carter Oil Co
Ft. Duchesne
Earth
Ty Oil
Joe T. Juhian
Greywood Springs
Colo
Cody
Wyo
Ashley Field
Rangely
Qjtah Oil Refining Co
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Legion Confab
Uintah Bank
Uinta
C. R. Halstead
Uintah Refining Co
Asphalt Ridge
Roosevelt
Uintah Count
Woodey B. Searle
Vernal Rodeo Assn
Oeal
Clair Burton
Chalmers Wash
Rodeo Committee
Fair Grounds
Imperial Hall
Lloyd Eaton
Vargas
Fire Department
Texas
Park
Central
Mack
Bureabh
Ashley Valle
Utah-Colorado
Rifle
Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Assa
South America
Tidelands
Strawberry Reservoir
Wasatch County
California Co. To
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