| Show In n rL the the Good Old nays Days P j. j 20 YEARS AGO 30 YEARS AGO 75 78 YEARS AGO May 22 1958 The U. U S S. S Bureau of Reclamation i Friday announced that a year five year contract had been awarded to Moon Lake Electric Association to II supply power to Flaming Gorge conI con cone I project It looks like a buggy summer The current Invasion is by small moths that have blanketed the Vernal area In the thousands Time will march backwards in giant strides Sunday June 1 as attention is on Uintah Basin history or I million years ago at the dedication of Dinosaur National Monument quarry visitor center About 1000 visitors are expected Mrs J J. J M. M Francke Franke of Vernal was elected to the office of Organizer during the twenty-third twenty annual state convention conI convention con con- I of the PEO Sisterhood i First hydroelectric power from Glen r Canyon and Flaming Gorge Dams will probably go into tra transmission lines in 1963 Hollis Hullinger owner of Pepsi Pepsi Cola Cola Bottling Company of Roosevelt announces announces announces an an- a new Pepsi Cola single drink bottle At Uintah County Commissioners meeting Tuesday Dean Rowland of the Forest Service was appointed as a the new Civil Defense Chairman for Uintah County Graveside services for Christopher William Bodily resident of Maeser and Bishop of Gusher for about 20 years will willbe willbe willbe be held at 2 pm p.m. Saturday at the Maeser Fairview v Cemetery Eva Mrs Owen Haws 60 died last Saturday at the home of a daughter Mrs Lawrence Bascom in A total of nineth graders at Ashley Valley Jr High School will receive completion certificates May 22 Dr R. R Vernon Larson prominent physician of Roosevelt and incumbent member of the State School Board was nominated recently to succeed himself He has served two of the four he has been a member of the state body as president of the board At least Utah anglers are looking forward to the June 7 opening day of the general fishing season Juvenile court judges last week knocked down old barriers to public knowledge and support of juvenile court works at Rocky Mountain Juvenile court in Provo The judges from several western states agreed that the press has a legitimate public int interest rest in the operation n of the courts They resolved tc to open to the press The The judges stepped side-stepped the issue of publication of juvenile names May 25 1918 Receiving the highest scholastic and service awards given at Wasatch Academy at Mt Pleasant Monday was Reva Lea Hazelbush of Vernal daughter of Mr and Mr W W. R R. R Hazelbush According to the Rodeo Queen dance committee there have been 22 names entered for queen of the Vernal Rodeo Rodco and Race Meet to be held July 15 1516 16 and 17 A A. W W. Shepard Salt Lake assistant manager of Newhouse Hotel ended a 25 year career at the hotel Tuesday to become the general manager of the Hotel Vernal June 1 1 Shot in the stomach by the rifle of a hunting companion Darwin Thomas year 14 year old Duchesne youth died Wednesday at 3 am a.m. in the Roosevelt hospital He lie was the son of Mr and Mrs David Thomas Funeral services were held Thursday for Ada R. R Cook Who died May 18 in her home in Naples Marilyn Woodward will become the bride of Dale F F. F Thacker in the Salt Lake Temple ceremony June 23 Marie Bingham and Delores Caldwell spent the weekend here to attend the wedding of Eva Re Reynolds and Raymond York They are are attending Weber College M M. J. J Madsen superintendent of fisheries for the Utah Fish and Game department last week delivered a new fish tank to Frank Griffin superintendent superintendent at the Whiterocks hatchery On Wednesday Mr Griffin stocked Lake Boreham at Bridgeland with 2000 legal sized trout hauled in this new tank The construction of pump stations at Rangely and Hanna for mile pipeline from Rangely to will require the employment of men The cost of the two stations will be in inthe inthe inthe the neighborhood of one and a fourth million More than persons suffered burns and 11 were hospitalized in a fire at Glenwood Springs Colorado last weekend Explosion of gasoline storage tanks showered the western outskirts of the town with fire Seven posters were entered in the annual poppy poster which was conducted by the Americal Legion Auxiliary Three students of the graduating class of the smallest high school in the state of Utah Tabiona were honor students The graduating class numbered num bored seven students Ervin Young was elected student student- boyd president of High Hig S School hool for next year Stewart Ashton was elected District Commander of the American Legion at ata ata ata a meeting of the Executive Board attended attended attended at at- tended by Post Commanders and District officers from nineteen posts of Districts held in Helper last Sunday L Lula la Havens was installed as vice president of the Rebekah Lodge Assembly which was held last week in Provo May 23 1903 While engaged in a pitched battle with a den of snakes C C. J. J Matthews Mat Mate and some fellow workers discovered a human skull on Black Creek a few miles from Boise Dolse The men ha have va been engaged shearing sheep and while hunting they ran across the rattlers They killed a number of the snakes and finally one of the party threw a rock at a snake a short distance off ore It ft struck something that gave off a hollow sound On Investigation Investigation In In- this proved to be a human skull which had been yellowed with age There were what appeared to be two bullet holes in it No solution to the mystery has been found The dairy has making cheese again and they will soon have enough to supply the market The post office was moved this week to its temporary situation Al AI Johnston had a six pully tackle and one horse did the pulling It looked a little odd to seethe see seethe seethe the post office moving past the back windows of the print shop There is some newspaper talk among the Colorado papers of the intention of the Union Pacific building a railroad Into Routt County Colo and through to Salt Lake to head off the Moffat line but the Express does not give much credit to that theory Two or three rail raU railroads railroads roads would not injure this country a little bit but we will be lucky if we get one The people of Ashley can look for a rush into this country when the reservation is open There will be room for thousands of settlers and the Uintah Basin will be thickly populated Died Tuesday night of pneumonia and other complications Edna Stewart Her tier case was not considered serious until two days before her death Heber died Friday For the past year he was troubled with cancer of the stomach Death finally ended his suffering Major James McLaughlin went through Price yesterday to the Uintah Reservation to confer with White River and Uintah Tribes regarding the allotment of their lands and the opening of the reservation to settlement The work on Vernal Ave is progressing fine and we will have a nicely graded street when it is done They have put a number of new culverts in place of old ones Looks as if the high mountains northwest northwest north north- west of Vernal are getting another addition to their snow blankets this week and the prospects are better for ford fori j plenty of water this summer James Mease purchased the Vernal Drug Store and they are taking stock this week preparatory to turning over the establishment to Mr Mease Monday |
