| Show In The Good Old Days 20 YEARS AGO 1 March Following extensive it is likely that Uintah High soon may be working a seven-period day instead of the current six George D. Clyde Friday afternoon signed HB 47 to establish a Junior college near Roosevelt subject to approval of the new Coordinating Council on Higher Bids for the million Vernal Project in Draw will be opened Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the new county J. presently principal of Naples was selected as the new principal of Central School for the coming school Attention is being given to the problem created by mounting populations of starlings in some areas of Many poultry and livestock feeders are feeling the economic effects of these birds as they feed from the poultry and livestock feed High scholastic abilities will obtain wrist watches for Larry Marjorie Hopkins and Lila They will be presented by Rex Gardner at the awards assembly at the end of this school George E. Johnstun joined the of gardening enthusiasts who thronged at the Hotel Utah Motor Lodge Monday to view the lavish displays of garden the banks of flowers and hear talks by experts on horticulture at the ninth Spring and Garden Festival in Salt Lake Johnstun entered several one of which received first place award and one which was awarded second and Monroe Hatch will celebrate their Golden Wedding anniversary April i at their Standard Oil Company of California has discovered oil at its Uintah and i Ouray Unit 3 wildcat in Duchesne 1 Some men are so afraid of doing wrong that they never do j D. Ted Uintah Scout District was named I chairman of the 1959 High Uinta Boy Scout Camp planning Arthur father of former Arthur V. died at the home of a daughter in of causes incident to Construction workers returned to Flaming Gorge Dam Monday after a half-day walkout About men who should have worked until 4 30 p.m. Friday walked off the job at noon after a spring snow The men i complained that they hadn't been provided with bad weather clothing by the About 14 inches of wet snow has been reported in the hills surrounding Ashley Valley after a spring snowstorm Monday night and early Tuesday Four inches of snow fell in the valley followed by warmer weather and rains that melted the snow in the lower elevations within a few The Ute Indian Tribe has appointed a scholarship committee to assist the Tribal Board of Education in interviewing and screening applicants for educational Uinta Park in Uinta Canyon has been selected as the site for the 1959 High Uinta Boy Scout Camp slated for June 22 to 1 i 30 YEARS AGO March 1949 The fund voted by the state legislature for the operation and development of the Utah Field House of Natural History for the next biennium was approved by Governor J. Bracken Mark owner-operator of Pope's store in has completed a business trade with Rulon Ashby in Pope was in Wyoming and unavailable for Ashby moved from Vernal last summer to take over a general merchandise store and a ranch in Reid son of and Harvey winner in the state AAU boxing competition in the pound was in Vernal over the Diamonds worth will be displayed by Anderson Jewelry Saturday at the grand opening of the company's store in Hotel One of Vernal's prime transportation needs is a tie-in with the Railway Express Water pump on the new fire truck which was purchased last summer was frozen and broken during the extremely cold Chief Coke Jeffries meaning that adequate water to fight grass fires in particular is not Parts for the broken pump have been but it is not yet known when the equipment will be ready for and of the Denver Post are in Vernal this week preparing a feature article on the Uintah During 1948 Uintah county and Vernal city spent in development of a new asphalt processing plant in the area where Vernal obtains asphalt which has been hauled to Vernal to pave streets and and Karl B. returned home Saturday March from Salt Lake City where had been the nine weeks as a member of the state Joy Ainge and Lora Stewart entertained at a party March 17 at Lora's the occasion being both girls sixteenth Vernal City volunteer firemen responded to 41 fires during including eight in the Cost of firemen to combat the blazes totaled Stagg Plumbing and Appliance of has been awarded the contract to install approximately water meters in Vernal Contract calls for per meter be paid the Members of and George Roberts' family pleasantly surprised them on March The occasion was Robert's 70 YEARS AGO March 1909 A telephone message from George Searle to Meagher today says the appropriation of for a bridge across Green River In Uintah County has passed both houses and awaits the Governor's David Karren received a fine big Rhode Island red cock by express The more good chickens the better for the Grandpa Black is Indisposed these He is missed by the business men who have grown used to passing the time of day with him when he came for the a lady seventy-four years had an attack of paralysis a few days and is very low in Clark is an old resident in this valley and with her husband were great friends with the The family of George W. Perry has had quite a siege of At first the baby was then the through long nursing and anxiety took and to add trouble Perry took the La Perry has been seriously sick but we are glad to say at last reports all were Every family should have a curfew which should and all other nights if These curfews are inexpensive and can be made at Take a piece of siding two feet long and whittle one end to a Take the child that needs the curfew and bend him over a Now take the siding and use it as a Put it on dividing the strokes and see that none Good for a girl or boy up to 18 and the applications are warranted to cure the most pronounced case of street loafing that The music is said to be more effective than singing is my Wandering Boy For several years Don B. Colton and Grace taught school and it was conceded that they were successful teachers but they gave up school teaching and about all they could do for a needy public was to advise others how to Now we are sure their friends will be pleased to know that and Colton have started a They expect to try the old theories which served them so well in the school The first pupil is a little girl and is the most interesting We wish the family well in their new A great many quail have died this winter of starvation here in the Ashley The quail are naturally used to warmer but they can stand cold weather alright if they can get something to and there in lies the When the heavy snow fell in December and January the weeds sweet clover were covered so they could not find enough to keep them Some were fortunate enough to get around barn yards and hay and some farmers have fed them along with their Over on the North side of the valley many quail died and their feathers on the snow tell how the magpies have kept themselves alive during the severe Joseph Carroll has bought the Walt McCoy home farm in upper Maeser which adjoins his own This gives Joe enough land to make one of the best farms in the Walt expects to buy a home in He must have had full faith in the proposed water system and knew a good Talk about predatory our friend Than Galloway has trapped about twenty this winter and bought enough pelts to count up to nearly He has secured in the neighborhood of coyote pelts and nearly as many cats in the last two Jerry Hatch is over from Theodore visiting among his relatives and of whom he has a great The Ouray ferryboat was washed away Monday by the ice This is the third boat that has gone with in the last week on Green A baby boy came to the house of and Morris Wednesday the all are doing Some transfers are being made in the gold dredges placer claims on Green One of the share holders had a pan of the dirt in Vernal the other day showing the little particles of free There promises to be considerable activity in that direction in the |
