Show m d dIn In The Good Old Days tJ i iiri ir J Jl J 1 to l 20 YEARS AGO February February j 1 2 1950 B. B Frank Ward secretary Vernal Chamber of Commerce has been ben named a director of the Utah Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Explosion n of 1000 pounds of dynamite blew a truck to bits killed d livestock knocked d dawn wn power and fences and shattered led windows half a mile away Monday Monday- am a.m. half a of Mt Emmons Th The two men in the truck Kenneth Wooton and Ted Phillips Phillips Phil Phil- lips noticed a wisp of smoke coming from their cargo of explosives and sprinted yards to safety with a margin margin mar mar- gin of only 12 seconds Mr and Mrs Charles A. A Hardy observed observed observed ob ob- served their wedding anniversary January 30 25 YEARS AGO February 1 1945 Bounty payments in Uintah County during the past year totaled ac ac- VIETNAM ASSIGNMENT Army Private Elliott Ridley 22 son of Mr and Mrs Benton Ridley of Whiterocks White White- rocks was assigned to the Engineer Engineer Engineer En En- Group in Vietnam as a driver recently His wife Georgina resides in White White- rocks I n compiled by County cording to a report Clerk F. F L. L Noel r Game Warde Warden Henry Slough has been boen for the tha state appointed fur supervisor by the a d game commission Fire n Department Vernal tho he the Eaten th tho Fawn fire near exUn d a residence nce in northeast t Vernal Damage from flom the fire was minor In th the val valley valey y ad sad sadon adon trie erk I- I r-f r f f md e on the higher elevations is cr among the stockmen and slid farmers tern fern ban ban- barely bany had of the the- area Stockmen have y enough moisture to take care of their herds during the past winter Marie purchased Sylvias Sylvia's s tty Beauty from Sylvia M. M Feltch and assumed the management today 35 YEARS AGO January 31 1935 The rhe state asphalt plant seven miles west of Vernal will begin operations February 15 It will wili treat more than tons Ions of asphalt for U. U S. S Highway 40 in the Twists Canyon Master DeLuxe Chevrolet Coupe with bumper spare tire and tire lock Gold and Gre Green n Ball queens at the dance in the Imperial Hall lIall were Rope Hope Seeley Reva Revs Shiner Helen Roberts Elaine Goodrich Fay and Alta Fox William M. M Turner is alt attending a bookkeepers bookkeepers' convention in Salt Lake City |