Show Nl V J j r i In n The Good Old Days 1 U f V fl Vl Vl h t 20 YEARS AGO MARCH 13 1952 Rod officials who will head h.-ad the 1952 show W in 1 Jn are Phil Williams vie vice president and Wiley Bancum W t Mot and treasurer i t Im load nit lImit in Utah From County at Colorado state lIeHe lire line and buses l' l is isI line HIP till the for hour and amI load loan limit will be he 31 35 I mites mies an cut from frem to 1000 1 on o single and from 16 1 to per axel on dial l axel vehicles The Girls Lla League up I is honored for their swell job on the Girls Girl Jamboree They are arc Mary Ann King Rita nita Stewart Fae Fee Openshaw Beth Bryson with Mrs Lee as advisor Lora Martinsen is named as 1952 Military Mili Mill tary Ball Queen 30 YEARS AGO MARCH 19 19 1942 A and efficient work bv by the Vernal City Volunteer Fire Denart m ment nt Sunday at lit 1130 a am a.m. m. m prevented the thed d destruction of the apartment home owned by bv R. R R C C. C Cooper The new photo shop hop for Leo Len C. C Thorne Vernal located at the rear of the Vernal City office in the stock stockroom stockroom stockroom room of th the Uintah Gas Company is nearly completed S. S Don Pearch of California who was a recent visitor in Vernal announced an an- pounced that h hp he was wan making preparations to onera e a chin cilia farm at his place in Maeser David Timothy celebrated his birthday at the home of his daughter Mrs Donald 39 YEARS AGO MARCH 1 16 1933 Tuesday began the selection of the jury to try George Powers 19 on a second degree murder charge resulting from the killing of Reuben Cook on Sunday December Dec ember 4 1932 at the home of Watson Thompson on Willow Creek Mr Thompson Thomp Thomp- son is young Powers Power's step p st Both banks at Vernal received licenses licenses licenses licen licen- ses to re-open re Wednesday and resume normal operations Sunday evening was red letter day in inthe inthe inthe the lives of a number of Boys Scouts of Vernal First and Second Wards Courts of Honor were held at ot tae l Maeser er for Vernal at nt the Maeser Second Ward chapel 50 YEARS AGO MARCH 10 1892 Claims are arc made that the asphaltum in Utah is inexhaustible and asphalt Is found in abundance in Uintah County Mr Hacking has swarms of bees bles and produced pounds of honey last year Snow Is 31 feet deep in Dyer The Eureka shaft is down feet The law is passed that all alt courts and proceedings held here must be published 76 16 YEARS AGO MARCH 19 1896 Sheriff and town marshal Pope is creating creat creat- ing lag consternation in the ranks of the hat thieves who have made themselves so obnoxious obnoxious ob noxious during the past by swiping hats at every public dance they attended Mr Pope is on the trail of several of the the- culprits culprits cul cul- and will make it hot for them as soon as he coUe collects ts a little more evidence In their cases Perrinnis comet did not knock the earth into a cocked hat last Saturday as was predicted by the astronomers and the battle of life still goes on John Mack had a narrow escape a few days since from a horrible death He Ile was working in a foot 20 shaft and had put in two shots in the bottom of ot the shaft fired the first and started up when the windlass broke and let him Wm back John remembered his Ws grandfather who was a sailor and grasping the ropes climbed climb climb- ed out of the hole onto the dump in lead tead of ten tons of rock He was not hurt but did not want to repeat the experience A lightning matrimonial act was performed per formed here recently that is believed to break the record The feat of changing her name three times in three minutes was successfully accomplished by Olive Smith at o'clock She went into court and obtained a divorce from Francis M M. Trader from there she repaired to the clerks clerk's office on the floor below and secured secured se se- se cured a license to marry Joseph N N. Tyler and before the ink was dry on the divorce or license Squire Loop was pronouncing the ceremony that made her Mrs Tyler In the divorce her maiden name of Smith was restored leaving her three names in three minutes |