Show Local Veterans Office Closed Owing to the sharp curtail curtail- ment In appropriations the Vet Vet- Veterans J erans Administration df will close its contact office in the old Cen- Cen Central oM School Building between now and September 6 Otis L Burton representative local V A representative tive announced Wednesday Approximately 1100 contact of- of officers officers have bave been ordered closed and between 1700 and 1800 contact representative positions will be eliminated Opened by Mr Burton In May 1946 the local office has served hundreds of Uintah Coun- Coun County County ty veterans and their dents during the year iri In which M it has operated Mr Burton in making known the closing order expressed re- re regret regret gret at having to leave the Basin area He announced however that an itinerant schedule from some other office will be work ed out in order that a trained representative of the Veterans Administration can periodically visit County Recognized as one of of the abl abl- ablest est fIeld r representatives in the thea a Veterans s bJ Mr Burton will be transferred red to Provo where he will assume charge of the VA office there |