Show i In to the Good Old Days 20 YEARS AGO The f final inal roll of or the Ute Indian Tribe is ready to be sent to Washington D. D C. C according to There are 1804 members 1314 ar are full-blood full which is ismore ismore ismore more than one half and are mixed blood blood which is one-half one Indian blood or or less The mixed-bloods mixed will wilI have seven years from August 1954 which is about five and one-half one years from now to reh rehabilitate te themselves and be free of government supervision Funeral services for Orval Ash Ashley ley- ley Goodrich 40 40 who was burned to death Tuesday night in his sleep will be conducted Friday in the Naples Ward Chapel under the direction of the bishopric The attractiveness of the new Uintah High School exterior willbe willbe will willbe be enhanced greatly in iri the near future when suggested landscaping landscaping landscaping land land- materializes At a meeting of the city and county planning board held Monday I. I Dale Despain of Provo city and county planner was authorized to proceed immediately to bring the Vernal City zoning map up to date Anna Morrison was taken to Holy Cross Hospital Thursday to be trea treated ted for a broken hip A dog jumped against her and knocked her backward Game wardens in the Uintah Basin are collecting seeds for shipment to Ephraim to cover the hills with stopping erosion-stopping vegetation In Uintah Basin game wardens wardens wardens war war- dens are gathering seeds of or the winged four-winged an excellent cattle and big game browse plant Several sacks were filled with seed by warden Fred Reynolds and Lowel Stevens superintendent of Vernal Game Farm The two sons of Mr and Mrs Don C C. C Van Dyke of Lewiston Idaho were cited by the Cache Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America for heroism displayed last summer when they saved their sister from drowning Mr Van Dyke was formerly employed by Uintah School District Mrs Van Dyke is the former lormer Calva Jorgensen daughter of Mr and Mrs Calvin Jorgensen Vernal Their sister year a-year year old old Pauline fell leU into 15 feet of water while the family was hoeing beets The two boys ran for lor the bridge one eight miles away They reached the north side and found their sister had been carried to the south side The two boys jumped in and Larell swam to Pauline while LeRoy helped his his' brother tow his sister to shore and safety E Ad Adams mS' mS known and loved throughout the Uintah Basin as Mother Adams will be honored Saturday afternoon at the American Legion Hall on the occasion of her birthday Mrs Adams who has been a resident of Vernal since 1890 is known for her many philan philan- In addition to her parties and treats for children of the community she has throughout her life befriended and aided the servicemen of our armed forces Her many acts of kindness are too numerous numerous' to mention 30 YEARS AGO February 21 19 16 The first of a series of meetings to discuss the proposed water projects in the vicinity of Vernal will be held tonight at the Uintah High School auditorium Horace L. L Allred Roosevelt director of or orthe the Utah State Water Users Association will discuss problems encountered at Moon Lake project which have a bearing on the proposed St inake pr Draw w project The public is invited to attend the meetings to hear plans for forthe forthe forthe the proposed Draw reservoir and canal project There will also be discussed the Ranch project and the Echo Park dam and tran- tran diversion canal Funeral services were conducted conducted con con- ducted Wednesday of last week at the Roosevelt Chapel for Lorin Carruth 22 who lost his life liCe in a mine accident at Bonanza the preceding Friday With a crew of Wyoming State Highway engineers are making surveys on the proposed new 50 mile highway between Green River and Linwood The long long- anticipated dream of Green River civic groups and town administration appears to be almost ready to materialize said the Green River Wyoming Star Richard Uncle Dick Jensen Vernal who turned 76 years orage of or age Tuesday of last week has won the distinction in three separate livelihoods Uncle Dick served Uncle Sam 25 years as a rural mail carrier and during that time traveled via horse over county roads approximately 10 and one-half one times limes around the earth at the equator or miles He lie retired from the postal service February 28 1935 He served the the people people of Vernal as justice of the peace since 1941 and his first trade was that of skilled leatherworker which he learned from N. N NC C Christensen and S. S P. P P Christensen of Salt Lake at the tender age of 13 Eugene V V. V and Porter W. W Long sons of Mr and Mrs Porter Long Sr are both discharged Eugene a veteran of 41 months service was discharged at Camp Beal California and Porter was discharged at the Marine separation center at at Camp Elliot California Duane L. L Hacking was discharged last week at Shoemaker California Hacking son of Mr and Mrs J. J C. C Hacking Lapoint returned to the the states just before Christmas following several months of sea duty Dean B. B Reynolds was discharged recently at Fort Douglas after alter 13 months in the ETO Reynolds a rifleman with the infantry division entered entered entered en en- the service in January 1944 1934 He holds the good conduct medal the expert infantryman's in badge and the meritorious service unit insignia in in- signia He lie is the son of Mr and Mrs Lynn Reynolds One of the largest real estate transfers in several months was recorded last week when the Vernal Milling Company on North Vernal Avenue was sold to Dean and William J. J Peterson of Roosevelt for The mill a familiar landmark to Uintah County residents has been in operation since about 1906 and was one of the first industrial plants in the county Winners of the yearly extemporaneous extemporaneous ex ex- ex speech contest at Uintah High School included Glade first place Marie Bingham second place and Lorraine third place The oratorical contest was also held last week Winners Win ners were Joan Caldwell with first place honors Lloyd Winward second place and Lois McCarrell third place 75 YEARS AGO February 23 1901 Ben Den Green who has resided in Mill Ward for several years has lias sold his farm to A A. A G Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson and will move to Canada in the spring Mrs Chew and children wife wiCe |