Show Sn Jc the G I Old mays Days 20 YEARS AGO 0 August 2 1945 At a special meeting of representatives of Ashley Valley wa wa- wa water ter companies held in the Dir room of the Uintah State Bank Friday evening conducted by Leonard Perry steps were taken to secure the early construction of the Stein aker Draw Dam and service canal L T Peyton and J H Bowen of Carmi Ill purchased a tract of land on U S Highway 40 east cast of town from Sam Hatch for 1200 Wednesday and will construct a machine shop for oil field equipment it is under under- understood stood Early morning Tuesday the Weber Hotel and cafe and the pool hall recently constructed at Rangely were reduced to ashes resulting in approximately loss to the new lIew owners B C Jones and C L Simmons of Tulsa Okla Bill Harrison Gar Gor- Gor Gordon don N Stagg T 5 George Nil Nil- beam lecam S Gale B Clair B Pickup and Lynn Jenkins are among the first veterans to return home dis dis- dis discharged charged from the army under the adjusted service rating plan William Murray county weed supervisor has been hired to fill the vacancy left by D M Finicum Mr and Mrs Lamond Tullis are the parents of a baby boy born at the Valley hospital Sun Sun- Sunday day July 29 Miss Merle Clo- Clo Cloward Cloward ward is helping at the Tuns Tullis home Mrs Dee Chivers and daught daught- daughters ers Leah and Dean Deon returned home last week after a ten day visit at Billings Montana with Mrs Chivers sister Ruby Nel Nel- Nelson son I tied ried in July to Miss LaRue Mullins of St St George Eggs go up to 32 cents on the Eastern market A baby boy arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs Kruger Ellifritz on August 15 A new baby boy arrived at atthe atthe the home of Mr and Mrs Rul Rul- Rul Rulon on Hacking on August 1 A number of young folks of Vernal attended the wedding dance at Dry Fork given by Edgar Taylor and Erma Beck Taylor who were married last week This Thursday morning as we were going to press a most Im- Im Important conference affecting the Victory highway east was held in the Uintah State Bank Mr and Mrs W S Hender- Hender Henderson son celebrate their wed wed- wedding ding anniversary Tuesday Aug Aug- August 5 65 YEARS AGO August 4 1900 Mrs Sarah Hanks the mo- mo mother mother ther vf of Emanuel Hanks flanks form form- formerly erly of Vernal died July 24 from being severely burned She was kindling a fire in the stove when her clothes caught fire and burned She was eighty eighty- four years of age Manager Sawyer of the Uin Uin- Uin Uintah tah Copper Summit company came down from the mine Thursday and gave out information mation that the long looked for starting up of the Dyer smelter was set for today He was in town looking after a number of business matters among which was the securing of men to work at the mine and smelter A force orce of about 30 men will be put on at the former place and about 25 at the latter JAMES MEASE has just im im- im imported ported a pair of high class reo re- registered Scotch collies The foundation of the new Co Co- Co Coop op building is nearly in and a great many of the first floor joists are laid George has bought from S P Dillman the building in which the Peoples Meat Mar Mar- Market ket is located and the ground on which it stands also the space between it and the Little Chicago thirty feet frontage in all for Conrad Franks one of our well known citizens whose res res- res residence is on Green River above the mouth of Brush Creek reo re- returned turned Wednesday night from a trip to Europe brother Claude Clark Glen Glen- Glenrose rose Texas Burial was in the Rangely Ceo Ce- Cemetery under the direction of the Vernal Mortuary |