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Newspaper
Green River Journal
Location
Green River, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1956
Page
2
The Green River Journal of Green River Utah outlines its mission and policies. It proclaims dedication to public welfare progress reform independence and truth telling. It lists staff roles and local correspondents while asserting a ruggedly independent editorial stance.
Local residents travel and health notices fill the page. Willis Jones, longtime D&RG dispatcher, suffers a heart attack and stays hospitalized in Grand Junction with visitors barred. Several families host guests from Aurora, Salt Lake City, and Grand Junction while others attend meetings and events. The Legion Auxiliary, Women’s Club, and church groups host gatherings as community life continues amid travel and illness.
President Eisenhower sent a farm message urging Congress to act on depressed farm prices and surpluses. The piece notes the speech shows concern but lacks concrete, new solutions and critiques the administration for recycling old crop control and subsidy plans from Roosevelt and Truman. It argues the farm problem is a national issue beyond party politics.
Lee F Gledhill reports a January community effort to relocate remaining playground items now that the new building is complete. High school students already moved racks bars and basketball standards. A workday is set for Saturday January 21 at 930 am requiring manpower digging tools and one or two trucks.
Work on the Brisco Wash Siphon continues with pipes in place and only cement work remaining. Early spring weather boosts farmers to start Soil Conservation projects and SCS engineering demand rises with plans extending into February.
National politics loom large as the UN outer Mongolia issue stirs debate. Utah political science student Wilson weighs in on Eisenhower’s health and the GOP ticket while local supervisors reorganize and plan soil conservation work for 1956.
The Desert Rat column Farmer laments a busy week with tax forms and budget planning. A reader reports a broken key in the key hole halting the feature for the week, with a sign off adios.
Homemakers learn practical laundry sizing rules from a 1940s guide. Avoid drying more than two large items per load and balance with smaller pieces. Cotton sheet weights vary by fabric and size, with nine sheets approximating a six pound wash, per USDA researchers.
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