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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1942
Page
4
Mrs Elon Allred hosted a birthday party with Progressive games and prizes. Several residents were mentioned including Mrs Hoy Bierce, Mr and Mrs Robert Adalip, and baby girl born March 29. Multiple local events include church activities, guests from Salt Lake City, and the engagement and marriage of Ethel Allred’s daughter to Lawrence Qui bell of Salt Lake City.
Back at his services today Mr Bullock served as city councilman in 1906 and 1907 and mayor in 1908 and 1909. The city will protest to the stave road commission and the governor over plans to remove supervision of road maintenance from the district road engineer in Uintah Bask. Councilmen Wendel Pose Don R Barr and Russel Montgomery were named on the Army day committee. Mrs Harold Davis and Clair R Hopkins of the Farm Security Administration attended a convention Monday at Pravo for representatives from all over.
Classified ad fragment lists items for sale including a sheep or cattle ranch near Meeker with 361 acres of firm land and hay, pasturing line and stock water, plus a four room home, a good dairy farm near Vernal, and light team harness. Names include Ruckman, Meeks, Cole, Peterson and Ellingsford.
The county clerk F L Noel recorded licenses on March 26 for Norma Searle and Lewis Clyde Lopez of Vernal and on March 30 for Harold Vaughn Sniper of Vernal and Fred Marrill of Tridel.
Reed Angus returns from Inglewood California after a year of work there. Mrs Ted Williams visits Salt Lake City while Dorothy Caldwell wins a prize in defense stamps and performs at Roosevelt Theater. Many locals travel to Salt Lake City Ball Lake City and Vernon for visits and medical care. church events, Relief Society gatherings, and LDS chapel remodeling are noted along with community announcements, births, and volunteering.
Guseer Burns Hallett, a government employee, is constructing a new house on his ranch once known as the Ben Stone place Bath. Mrs Artie Kimball reports letters from her son Ray stationed at Puerto Rico saying life is tough. Emma Qalbreath and son Hower and Mr and Mrs Ray Kimball were in Vernal last Thursday. several residents from Gusher traveled to Roosevelt on March.
Mrs Hazel Wardle drove to Vernal each night of the past week visiting old instructors and Vernal residents. Sunday visitors included Mrs Calvin Jorgensen and Mrs Norma Marshal at Mrs Jurgenserrs sister Mes Ren Wau Juan nat Ronde Rogers. Thursday Ronald Ekesund joined the family at their new home. Whiterocks Eddy Ekesund and Jesse Jensen are noted in the week’s activity with local work mentioned.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Palmer were released Sunday evening as presidents of the MIA Taking their place will be Mr and Mrs Owen Hullinger Dee Manwaring first counselor for the Sunday school supervision was released Sunday Mr Manwaring will be a stake missionary Frank Gardiner of Salt Lake spent the weekend visiting at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Lewis S Gardiner He returned Sunday accompanied by Mrs Gardiner Corporal Ray Nast y spent the weekend at the home of his mother Mrs Lizzie Nast Virgie Godrlen left Tuesday evening for a few days vacation In Phoenix Arizona Mr and Mrs Elden Larmoreaux of Ogden sort daughter Wivlan spent several days of last week at the home of Mr and Mrs Mark Cook Ashley Bartlett and Grace Manwarlig were speakers in sacrament meeting Sunday Musical numbers were given by a girl s chorus under the direction of Velda Durrvall Marqueta Goodrich gave a piano solo In The Garden The Gleaners were entertained Monday evening at the home of Amy Gardiner in honor of Mrs Lola Mae Silater s birthday The evenings was spent in playing Rames A dessert luncheon was served to twelve guests Mr and Mrs Gien Williams returned to Idaho Falls Saturday after visiting a week at the home of Mrs Pearl Willams The county extension service held a defense meeting at the chapel Tuesday of last week under the direction of County Agent Runsell R Keetch Mrs Effie Barrows of Logan spoke on Barely In The Home and Miss Myrtle Davidson of Logan talked on Food for Freedom Mr and Mrs Niles Southam announce the arrival of a baby boy born Saturday
March 31 1922 reports arrival of Dr Thompson and family from Oklahoma to Fort Duchesne to practice. Mr and Mrs Don Roberts welcome a baby boy born March 23. Twins born to Mr and Mrs Louis Nace on March 26. Hill Creek oil shale work expected to begin April 1. Flooding washes away several valley bridges. William Harrison moves to Naples. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs William Moot of Jensen on March 28. Eugene E Goff and Winora F Martin wed on March 25.
A fragment from a March 31 1892 issue notes the LDS church sixty second annual conference held in Salt Lake City with a cap stone laid for the temple on April 6. It mentions Uintah County notary public RB Veluman and deputy county, J N Jacob as Vernal dramatic club manager, and Mr Holladay as judge of Uintah County.
Vernal business and fraternal leader Bullock died Monday after long service as co founder of Uintah State Bank and as president of Uintah Telephone Company. He organized Vernal Milling and Vernal Milling and Power interests and served as treasurer of Vernal Milling. Born in Provo in 1861, he married Addie Burton in 1900. Surviving are a son Weldon, a daughter Martiot Kanen, two stepdaughters, four grandchildren, and several brothers. He held Storey Lodge and A F & AM memberships and helped organize local lodges in Utah and Montana.
The city labeled the old rear building at JoC Pen ney More as a mire harbor and notified owners to remove the structure. Panels will display archaeological ecological and historical exhibits at the city museum. Councilman Frances Felteh reported donors Bus Hatch Cecil Massey Bay Hatch Gam Swain and Matt Swain supported the work by donating a day each. The council planned to honor the late John K Bul by body.
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