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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1923
Page
2
Roosevelt residents plan a Saturday games day at city park after a canceled baseball match with the Indians. A women’s committee pastes a fund drive for cemetery improvements, with a May 25 supper to raise proceeds for the project.
The Randlett and Ft Duchesne girls met midway between here and Ft Duchesne for a roast with all enjoying themselves. Visitors included Mr and Mrs A M Todd and daughter Miss Alice and C B Cook from Myton. E M Chandler made a business trip to Roosevelt. Ta ta pochon Campfire girls held a May 17 ceremonial meeting Elia and Iva Chandler were initiated as fire makers. Attendees from here visited Weaver's sale May 17. Anna High rey and Ars Chatman recently returned from Salt Lake were in Randlett Sunday. Frank Giles and Lavaughn Size more returned from Park City to visit. Several horsemen crossed Wolf Creek pass reporting melting snow. Mr and Mrs Benjamin Turnbow welcomed a baby girl. A farewell party for Frank Worthen and Frank White families headed to Salt Lake for work. Welcome showers improved crops. Forest and Allee Info from Fruitland visited. Mrs Pearl Whites home again after Salt Lake nursing course. John Fuell ill with typhoid pneumonia. Henry Olsen family and Lydia Sessions returned from California. Ball games held in Neola with Cedarview, Neola, Haydn, Hayden, and Neola winning. Con and John Wilkerson both ill with typhoid fever. Dances at Amusement hall Friday and Saturday. Miss Kilda Wilkergon returned from Vernal after schooling. Bob Timms made a business trip to Price.
Last Wednesday the farm bureau held a meeting to organize a big contest between the east end and west end of Uintah County. They urge everyone to attend next Thursday evening to support the cause. Several local groups including Relief Society members and county women's club organizers attended events in Vernal and nearby areas.
HANNA A Murdock and Heber wife arrived at Pine Crest Friday to visit their son for a few weeks. Don Lewis moved cattle over Wolf creek divide Friday after wintering at Tablona. Mrs Gilles Gingell Wall Atwood spent Saturday at Tablona. E W Atwood to ride for Stockmore cattlemen all summer. Heber Moon went to Provo with family to follow sale of his home. Andy and Alva Murdock from Heber have been tending their sheep locally.
A Nile baby girl born May 20 brings congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Emil Anderson with grandparents now the Hurl Mechams. Eliza Robison is elected president and Olive Sorenson vice president of the HW club. Several local residents visit, move, or travel, including the Krebs family, Wilma Sfaney visiting, and Don Pack returning from winter in Kamas.
Last Friday the Bluebell Mutual held ML day cleaning the ward lot and house. Women served dinner and the Beehive girls braided the May pole then a dance in the evening. Mr Garlel Goodrich visited a Roosevelt doctor and improved. Mrs Florence Digbee's daughter Miss William Folts from Salt Lake visited. L D S meeting featured LeRoy Rust talk and a reading by Anna Winkler. Mr Cluff of Mt Emmons spoke on How to Read. Mrs Arthur Goodrich reported husband’s improvement and Mrs John Goodrich recovered from illness. A Bluebell group attended a convention in Bo Neta.
Message records a May birth weight nine pounds for Joseph Sweat and wife, their ninth son with seven surviving siblings, plus two daughters. Mentions Bellet society dance in Strawberry, five covered wagons, freight from Yoher, Clifton building a store on Victory highway, Ila Ivie helping, Hazel Ivie returning home, and Adelbert Merham's return.
Local items from Mt Home and Boneta cover church conventions and ward activities, residents visiting relatives, road improvements, and upcoming farewells. Reports note moves, appointments, and community efforts on farming, canaling, and sports events, with several families and individuals named.
MIDVIEW-2 and MIDVIEW-2 report Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Watkins bought a steel range at the Weaver sale. Ed Hastings and family, Jay Myars, and Victoria Shelton visited Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Richards. Alva Smock left for Colorado. Benj and Prof T St Cope travel to Tabiona for lumber for new houses. Warren Sulser couple near trip. Alma Smith plans to farm the John Smith place this summer. he will send for wife and family. Ed Hastings learns his brother Iain has arrived in Washington OK and daughter Pearl is improving.
Fragmented OCR style report mentions Myton and New York figures, Bertie Dart in Salt Lake, weather delaying high water, C J Neal and wife in Vernal visiting reservation facilities, and Morgan Calvert Jack Calvert Ben Meeker on Green River with loose, non-specific details.
The message urges safer homes amid costly construction and fire risk. It promotes Hartford Fire Insurance Company and its Hartford Fire Prevention service offered at no extra cost through the Hartford Agency. It emphasizes prevention to save lives and property.
The Myton area page reports Nile Hughes of Vernal supervising oil shale assessment on White River with a large crew. Wells couple return to Myton after Helper residence. Uintah Stake Academy in Vernal produced 328 graduates from 1891 to 1923. Andrew Talbos opens shoe and harness shop in Miller Lumber building. Walter Sands family relocate to Oklahoma, claiming harder times there. Kneale’s crew reinforces Duchesne River bridge above Randlett. Ruth Barker visits Heber with sister Lola Jones, staying until July. Wilford Beiliston reports bees in fine shape. Venna Tibbitts, nee Grove, is mother of a son born in Orange, California. Trade day on June first promises prizes from local merchants. Glenn Duffy arrives in Sacramento for missionary work. Roland Krebs moves family into former Winkars residence. Newt Stewart en route home from Carbon county. Relief society conference held in Myton ward with Clara Hansen in attendance. Jess A. Thompson and Lona Hateh wed near Ouray. Lona is daughter of Jeremiah Hatch. Mrs. H. H. Blaine and family return from Park City after death in niece Violet Uvit’s family. Ilona Neilson returns home to Antelope after winter in Myton for IHteh school. Local page continues.
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