Show v d ilm Nf V 1 In The Good Old Days mV QZ 6 W 20 YEARS AGO August 23 1951 During World War It H people in other countries starved to death with their pockets full of money Ezra Taft TaU Benson Benson Ben nen son of the Church Council of Twelve told conference goers Sunday lie urged people to get close to the soil soli and produce what we need with our own hands Mrs Don Winward and Ruby nuby Freestone were severely scalded Thursday Thurs day while removing the lid from a pressure cooker Zelph S. S Calder is in the process of leveling 40 acres of farm land on his Diamond Mountain range The land will willbe willbe willbe be seeded to a good irrigated pasture mixture and irrigated from his Pot Creek Reservoir An argument after a dance In Browns Brown's Park lark Colorado Saturday turned back the pages of history and made the West wild and woolley again with a running gun fight involving two six shooters and a rifle and terminating in a hand hand- to-hand to brawl for possession of the guns Cal Dee and Dixie Jo Reynolds left last Tuesday for Nyssa Oregon where they will spend their vacation with their sisters Madge Wilson and A Afton ton Mit Mit- chell 30 YEARS AGO August 28 1941 Construction of a truck highway up Renegade Canyon to the summit of the Book Cliff Mountains will start within the next week or two according to an announcement by James S. S Andrews district grazier Another of the landmarks of Vernal was destroyed Wednesday evening when a spectacular fire made shambles of the brick residence just north of the McAndrews McAndrews Mc- Mc Andrews home known as the Joseph Burton place now owned by Alvin Weeks Drill and survey crews began operations operations operations opera opera- at the Dewey Reservoir site on the Colorado River eight miles south of Cisco Tuesday morning Erland treasurer secretary-treasurer of the Basin Hospital reports the receipt of a check from the Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce Monday The Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce Commerce Commerce Com Com- merce announces the candidacy of George W. W Bud Mathis for the vice presidency of the Utah State Junior Chamber of Commerce Mrs Kanistanaux of Vernal won the automobile awarded during the recent rodeo held here The Uintah County Teachers Institute for next Saturday will be held at the Uintah High School building and include instruction for all school employees Sunday marks the anniversary of St St. Pauls Paul's Episcopal Church building A special anniversary service has been arranged 40 YEARS AGO August 29 1931 A truck used to haul gravel on the Jensen Jensen road project caught fire during the night and was completely consumed Mason Peterson decided to hitch hike home when he heard of his mothers mother's serious Illness lie He had been staying with his cousins in Springville Utah when he heard of his mothers mother's Illness On Wednesday Bus and Tom Hatch Frank Swain and Royce Mowrey arrived arrived arrived ar ar- rived in Jensen on a mile trip through the Green River Gorge Estella Winters sustained a badly burned hand while moving a gas lamp Hall Hail damaged some of the crops in a narrow section cast east of Roosevelt Sections Sections Sec Sec- lions on either side received light show show- ers |