Moon Lake Opens Bids for Substations
Moon Lake Electric Association opened bids Monday for the erection of substations at Vernal Utah and Rangely Colorado to transform 138000 volt storage project power down to distribution levels. The Wasatch Line Construction Co. of Salt Lake City is the apparent low bidder for high and low voltage substations. Bids also covered 87 miles of 25000 volt distribution line from Douglas Pass to Rangely. Eight other firms submitted bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainother
United Basin
Colorado
Moon Lake Electri Association, Inc
Versnal
Vernal
Utah
Rangely
Douglas Pass
Douglas Creek
Douglas
Baxter Passes
Wasatch Line Construction Company
Salt Lake City
Donovan Co
St. Paul
Mian
W. G. Dale
Cheyenne
Wyo
Elliott Construction Company
Omaha
Nebraska
Ets-Hokin and Galvan, Inc
Denver
R, 5
Goodman, Dennison
Former Mission Head to be Speaker Here
Elder Franklin D. Richards former Northwestern States Mission president and Assistant to the Council of Twelve Apostles will visit Ashley Stake Conference this weekend. Four recently returned missionaries will report on long missions in Austria Great Britain Hawaii and Argentina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Richards
Northwestern States
Council of Twelve Apostles of the
Latter-day Saints Church
Ashley Stake
Austria
Great Britain
Hawaii
Argentina
Stake Tabernacle
Stake Mutual Improvement Association
Stoke
Donnell Wardle
Ora
Fay Oviatt
Vernal First Ward
License Granted for Craft Shop in Vernal City
At a Vernal City Council meeting last week Betty Colabella and Gladia Asmus sought four licenses to open an arts crafts and hobby store. The store will rent decorations offer demonstrations sell floral arrangements mosaics and centerpieces from the former North Vernal Avenue telephone building. They attended the Aleena Floral Designing Convention in Temple City California last month and aim for a grand opening by October 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal City
Betty Colabella
Gladia Asmus
Vernal Avenue
Colobello
Asmus
Aleena Floral Designing
Temple City
California
DUP Museum Open House Draws Crowd
Vernal hosts the Daughters of Utah Pioneers museum open house from 10 am to 8 pm drawing enthusiastic crowds. Visitors pledged family funds to enrich the collection, with new display cases planned for incoming relics. The hall featured fall bouquet decorations and light refreshments. The oldest relic shown is a handmade chair carried across the plains. DUP officers and committee chairs are listed, including Norma McLean president Enid Hatch first vice president Mile Haws second vice president and Beatrice Rooks choir director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal
Daughters of Utah Planeers Museum
Suneday
Gistrora
DUP
Norma McLean
Enid Hatch
Mile Haws
Thelda Merkley
Ella Feltcht
Ie Herbert
Beatrice Rooks
Neda Spiers
Washers drain Mohars’ cash in soggy money mishap
A local couple, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Mohar, discovered their weekend business receipts were shredded by an unsecure washing machine. About $1500 in currency was salvaged in tiny fragments, later notarized and sent to Washington, D. C. for potential recovery.
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Charlie Mohar
Basin Schools Close for UEA Convention
Uintah Basin schools will be closed Thursday and Friday as most educators attend the annual Education Association convention in Salt Lake City. Dr. Lyman V. Ginger of the University of Kentucky School of Education is keynote speaker. Dr. Dave Darland will speak as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah Basin
Education Association
Salt Lake City
Utah School Employees Association
Granite Park
Lyman V. Ginger
School of Education
University of Kentucky
UEA
National Education Association
Dave Darland
National Commission On
NEA
John C. Evans
UBA
Ginger
Ten Year Postponement Seen On Monument Access Road
Vernal Chamber of Commerce officials report a ten year delay for a bridge at Split Mountain and an approach road to Blue Mountain near Dinosaur Monument. U.S. Park Service director Conrad Wirth favors reallocating funds to build the bridge and a new highway to Seens, with an estimated $100,000 bridge cost and $400,000 for highway work. Budget for 1962 63 discussed and approved at eleven thousand five hundred dollars.
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Creen River
Split Mountain
Carnyon
Dinosaur Na- Honal Monument
Blue Mountain
Vistar Center
Conrad L. Wirth
National Park Service
Washington
Lesley Kay
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
L. ¥. Siddoway
Wirth
Round Top
Pines
Dr. Kay
Steamboat Rock
Harpers Corner
Kay
Mesa Verde
Fata
Bureau of Public Roads
Mound Top Road
Siddoway
Central Utah
Colorado River
B. J. Pursell
The
Utah Sports and Vacation Guide
Chamber
Fire Alarm Test Terrifies Downtown Shoppers
An hour long test of a new combined fire alarm and Civil Defense warning system rattled pedestrians on downtown streets Monday afternoon. People covered ears and shouted as loudspeakers hurled sound outward in all directions during the 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. test, drawing crowd anxiety and scattered reactions from bystanders.
Elk harvest grows as hunting opens across diverse ranges
Elk of all sizes have been taken in the first week of the season with at least 90 hunters bagging elk since Saturday. Dyer Ridge remains the best area, though elk are scattered across the range from East Park to Trout Creek and Grizzly Ridge. Fire danger remains high despite favorable weather, prompting strict safety reminders.
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Robert L. Jensen
Dyer Ridge
East Park
Tittle v
Trout Creek
Grizzly Ridge
Pot Hole
Elsc
Ward
Ashley Microrke
Ashley-Daggett
Jensen
Wildlife Federation Board to Meet in Vernal Utah
Utah Wildlife Federation board of directors plans a two session meeting in Vernal on Saturday and Sunday. Darnell Jaws announces agenda includes budget talks with Fish and Game, license increase, Powell Slough action, a conservation officer proposal, committee assignments, decals for sustaining business houses, and a 1903 convention reference. The open gathering will be held at 7411 Cafe and the Red and Gun Club hosts a steak dinner.
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Sporlamen
Utah Wildlife Federation Board of Directors
Vernal
Darnell Jaws
At & Pm
Versnal
Fish and Game Dept
Utah Lake
Fish Laka
Bids Sought For Duchesne Artesia Road, Building
The National Park Service invites bids for a maintenance and storage building near Artesia Colorado on U S 40 with estimated cost over 150 000 Plans and specs are available at NPS offices in Artesia and Vernal and at 1000 Geary Street San Francisco California Bids close October 4 and a separate road and parking area bid is also invited from Denver Public Roads Bureau for plans and specs
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Dinosaur National Monument
Artesia
Colo
U.S. 40
Monument
Earl M. Semingsen
National Park Service
Artesta
Vernal
Western Office of Design and Construction
Geary Street
San Francisco
Callifornia
Dan Harrington
Bureau of Public Roads
Denver Federal Center
Denver
Colorado
Federal Charge Faces 3 Men For Car Theft
A Utah Highway Patrolman stopped a stolen car west of Vernal on U S 40. Three men Allan Taylor 20 Thomas J Albritton 22 and Bobby Joe Bryant 25 admitted they were Florida prison escapees and are held for federal authorities under the Dyer Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Duane Chats
Roosevelt
Vernal
U.S
Allan Taylor
Thomas J. Albritton
Bobby Joe Bryant
Dunvall County
Two Car Crash Causes $550 Damages and Minor Injuries
A two car collision Wednesday of last week at 2 30 p m at the intersection of 2nd West and 4th South caused $550 damages. A three year old child sustained minor injuries. Mary Blaine Powell 21 of 250 West 4th South drove a 1953 Ford valued at 250 in damage. Joan Gardner Smuin 22 of Route 2 drove a 1958 Pontiac with 200 in damage. RAMA SMUIN 3 suffered bruises and abrasions. Police investigation by Chief Claudius A Banks ongoing.
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2Nd West
4Th South
Ford
Mary Blaine Powell
West 4Th So
Joan Gardner Smuin
Route 2
Rama Smuin
Smuth
Powell
Claudius A. Banks
Senate panel funds Ouray Project study and Provo River work
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee added 280000 in planning funds for three Utah projects including one in Uintah County. A 30000 grant starts a study of the Ouray Project reported by Senator Wallace F Bennett. The panel also approved 260000 for the Provo River portion of the Central Utah Project and 50000 to start Seyler River Basin studies.
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Senate
Uintah County
Ouray Project
Wallace Fy Bennett
i-Utah
Provo River
Central
Utah Project
Seyler River
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Colesta Rone
Glenn Oaks
Hilda Morgan
Arthur Haron
Moon Lake Opens
Maeser Area
Maeser
Timothy A. Jensen
Dix
Neb
Elaine Roper
Gloria Martin
Vernol
Wanda Jensen
Miss Roper
Howard Powell
Utah Highway Patrol
DUP Museum
Sturgy
Last Park
Bob Jonson
Wildlife Lodn
Duchesne
NPS
Bridgeland
Tlago Construction Co
Jim Case
Case
Strawberry River
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