Show In lithe the Good Old Days 20 Yf YE YE MS liS AGO 30 YEARS AGO 75 YEARS YEARS' YEARS AGO AGO July 18 1957 The Senate Senale Appropriations Committee urged the beginning of oC construction work on the Vernal unit of oC the Central Utah Ulah Project at the earliest possible date reported Senator Arthur Arlhur V. V Watkins to the Vernal Express Express Express Ex Ex- press by telephone from Crom Washington The four major points of oC building up the tourist Industry in Utah Ulah are 1 1 Upgrade facilities 2 Build up local color or community personality 3 Know your Utah Utah see see Utah first 4 A bigger and better advertising ad program AT TIIE TIlE VERNAL Chamber of Commerce meeting Fran Feltch state slate board commissioner commissioner com missioner from this area discuss discuss' d t h Ke progress report on til lh Flaming Gorge dam bridge and access road with wilh Ellis Armstrong director of road commission Jean R R. R Walton Wallon project engineer Bureau of Reclamation C C. C R R. Henderson of the State Slate Land Board and L. L Y Y Deaths Martha A A. A Weeks Weddings Margie Mon John Shea Loreen Johnson-Daniel Johnson Miller A family reunion was held Saturday at the home of Beatrice Approximately Approximately Approximately Ap Ap- Ap- Ap proximately guests at at- tended Nominated to lo represent Utah Ulah at the National Society of Public Accountants in Washington is Lloyd Winward local accountant ac ac- countant An unexploded bomb south of Jensen posed a Civil Defense problem Stewart Ashton county Civil Defense director said the area was roped off and anda a demolition team learn arranged for and Union schools shifted from Region 6 to lo 7 7 Boyd Erickson son of Mr and Mrs Cerald Erickson was one of three boys selected from Boys State Slate to appear on the Utah Talent Quest over Hawaii and the mainland of the United States Slates are soon to lo be linked by a 2400 mile underwater underwater underwater un un- un- un telephone cable Mr and Mrs Grant Holfeltz left Monday for Salt Sail Lake City Cily where they will enter their iq j the St St. Marks Mark's Hospital for surgery for the removal of a crayon from her left lung July 17 1917 Vernal staged a real century mark celebration last Thursday Thursday Thur Friday and Saturday in her three day observance of the State Slate Centennial Saturdays Saturday's spectacular parade will draw comments for months to come Such historic memories as Adams Adam's Brass Band the old Reynolds Mill in Maeser etc were all cleverly reproduced Second Ward had the Brass Band float and Maeser the Old Mill Davis portrayed Frogtown Third Ward chose the Tragedy at al Winter Quarters Ashley entered a surprising facsimile of a log cabin First Ward used some of the town lown swains in their portrayal of the Wm Ashley fur trading expedition Naples spanned the past years with their float floal depicting 1847 spooning and 1947 necking Tridell showed Brigham Young and Jim Bridger meeting and Jensen used a Pony Express theme Local sportsmen were also held spellbound by Herb Parsons Parson's shooting exhibition v MEMBERS of the Vernal Garden Club met mel with city cily and county officials to lo select a site sile for the civic rose garden at the courthouse park Sparked by a proclamation by Mayor B B. B H. H announcing an an- flouncing Rodeo Days from July 21 to August 9 and calling on all true western citizens to lo wear rodeo attire during this period the Vernal Rodeo andRace andRace and andRace Race Meet will officially begin this Friday Carl Barney 14 son of Mr and Mrs Ray Barney Ouray drowned Friday at al 4 pm p.m. while swimming in a large pond about aboul yards from the family home Rev James W W. Hailwood of the Kingsbury Congregational Church and hi wife will be leaving the Vernal area WHEN WilEN TIIE TilE Utah Agricultural College Extension Service was first established in Uintah County a certain little girl irl named Sadie Alexander became one of the first H H 4 Club members Later she became one me of its most enthusiastic tens j ow as Mrs Virtus Virtu McConkie she lives on a large cattle attle ranch and a young son and two small daughters furbish furnish fur fur- nish bish her with the incentive for continuing as a H 4 Club leader This year each of them raised a steer for the Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Show A real time old-time western fun festival will be held at Buckaroo Park five miles west wesl of Lapoint July 23 and 24 when the communities communities com com- of Lapoint and Bennett jointly hold their annual Uintah Basin Pioneer Celebration A parade led by the Band and program will be followed by bya a rodeo and race meet Children will enjoy races and games Dances will be held both nights I ELECTED to lo city cily official positions at Girls State were Colleen Campbell and Joan Caldwell Beatrice returned home last week after spending the past 21 months in the Texas Mission for the illS Church C C. C J. J Neal wins forest lease fight Indians from the Uintah Ouray Agency will start starl their annual Sun Dance Friday at al sundown on the Sun Dance grounds between Neola and the Whiterocks road Shown is the check which the Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce donated to the new Uintah County Hospital last week They also presented in savings bonds Over 50 percent of the local quota quola has lias been raised to date July 19 1902 A troop of oC cavalry is soon tobe to tc tobe be added to the garrison at Ft Duchesne Ralph Draper 12 was badly hurt hurl while riding his wheel along the streets of Salt Lake by being run over by a buggy Measles are epidemic in Castle Dale but bul doctors believe it il will be but bul a short time until the disease is a thing of the past Sevier County farmers are in inthe inthe Inthe the grip of oC a drought that threatens to destroy considerable con con- considerable grain if Ie rain does not nol come On Saturday Mt Ml Pelee was again in eruption as great greal as before Since there was little left to destroy no fatalities were reported A TRAMP THAl printer ran into Inlo our office one day this week and said a man had just swallowed afoot a afoot foot fool rule and was dying by inches in in- ches The office devil hurried out to learn the particulars and meeting J J. J C. C Scott told him hum about the case Scotty said that thal was nothing he had a friend who swallowed a thermometer and died by degrees A couple of bystanders then chipped in One said it il reminded him of a fellow down in Kansas who swallowed a pistol and went off the easy other one said he had a friend in New Jersey who swallowed a pint of apple jack and went off offin offin offin in good spirits Coroner reports that during his term he was called on to give a verdict on a aman aman aman man who had swallowed a tape lape measure Did he die by inches inches in m- ches asked the astute devil No by the yard poor fellow fellow- he went out behind the porch Vernal's streets will not nol besprinkled be besprinkled besprinkled sprinkled this season The pipe purchased is too small to carry the necessary amount of water The purchase of pipe large enough could cost besides freight and expense of putting it il down We are going to celebrate the in the grove near Bryon Coltons Collons We have a fine program and refreshments and sports planned Little Sterling Collett who was riding the horse on the pulley in his grandfathers grandfather's hay yard fell violently to the ground injuring his armA arm A A wat master has been hired for 40 90 a month Jurors accepted are John G G. G Davis Thomas Sabey J. J P. P Rudy John Winn and Stanley Ashton Achton Leonard Young was over from Browns Park as witness inthe in inthe inthe the Indian sheep stealing case Advertisement July 24 alBurton's at al Burtons Burton's Lake a whole day of pleasure dancing and bathing bathing- Thomas Burchell will walk a tight rope across the lake at 11 ii am a.m. Ball game between Vernal and Ft Duchesne WE CALL this fish truth we were expected to tell ten some fish stories upon our return the hills but bul as we caught the largest trout and more than were ever brought to Vernal theres there's no story about its it's its it-it's all gospel truth They were salmon trout big red fellows same weighing 7 74 2 pounds dres dressed ed and we caught 67 of that thal same caliber Some few have the audacity to assert that thal the trout did not come ome from the lakes on Baldy but we can prove they did by Ike Burton and Horace Coltharp Jr They were caught in the lakes northwest of Baldy near the snowdrifts where the mosquitoes are as big as butterflies butterflies but- but erf lies and in droves of billions billions- well we might be stretching that hat a little |