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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1939
Page
4
The Roosevelt High School hosted a typewriting contest with participants including Owen Hartlett and Elizabeth Hartlett. In Verbal and musical items a range of students performed, while families and local residents attended the event at Roosevelt High School, supporting participants and enjoying the program.
Representatives from regional groups met to review allotment plans for Ashley National Forest. The conference discussed proposed routes for Manila Browns Park road crossing Green River at Henrys Fork, then toward Dutch Johns and Claw Basin, with Ranger Carlson assisting. The trip covered about 501 miles by horseback and gear, led by local officials and engineers.
Classified ads list various items for sale or trade including a dome home, trucks, milk cows, alfalfa, cattle, and farm equipment. Real estate, rental offers, and livestock for sale appear alongside election notices and personal notices. Community updates cover local auctions, chick hatching, and a funeral notice with church and family expressions of thanks.
A corps official announced 33 camps will run in Utah this summer, with about 8600 youths expected to enroll. Camps include Public Domain at Vernal and National Forest camp at Sheep Creek near Manila, among others.
Scouts plan a four day Lake Fork camp July 17 to 21 as part of a summer program by the Utah National Parks Council Seven. The schedule includes water activities at Lake Meade and visits to Saratoga Springs, San Juan, Boulder Mountain, and Timpanogos, with an Explorer Wilderness Expedition into the Uintahs and a ten day educational trip to the San Francisco Worlds Fair under the Camping Committee supervision.
Provo students Jack N Reader and H Keith Wellman, of Brigham Young University, helped construct landscape architecture models featured in Life Magazine’s March issue. Eight model homes, designed to suit incomes from 1500 to 10000 per year, were pictured. grounds were scaled by Morris under Professor Laval’s direction. The displays, part of Leadership Week, drew public viewership in late January.
In the district court of Uintah County Utah a sale is set for April 20 1939 at 10:00 AM at the Uintah County Court House Vernal to satisfy mortgages on a parcel of land in section 25 township 4 range 2 with 53 acres more or less. Included are 3 shares of Ashley Central Irrigation stock certificate 2780 and 60 shares of Ashley Valley Reservoir Company stock. rights to water ditches canals for irrigation. all appurtenances. witnesses include L. Samuels Wilda Samuels and others. Dated March 30 1939 with notices for publication April 6 through April 27.
Vernal seminary attendees led by instructor Bartlett Heiner and joined by Harold H teutetars and Garth W Atwood traveled to Salt Lake City to attend a seminary session. The group included Ethelds Richers Erma Carter Enid Dean Melba Calder Edna Cohen Sprts Veda Dudley and others.
WPA officials report Utah's rolls reduced to 11 400 with funding slashed by 50 000, targeting the smallest or least efficient families in remaining counties. In Vernal the annual declamation contest featured students with judges and awards for scripture volumes, while PE classes gain outdoor training with new hurdles and poles for track events and more outdoor activities replacing Friday dances.
A Utah wool gown for Queen Elizabeth is being prepared by the Utah Woolgrowers Association. Secretary Marstall discusses dress plans with M Hooper and Mrs Hexseville, aiming to present the finest American wool for the dress.
Easter services were announced for the Congregational OC ant day at 10. Lyman of Myloui will speak on Easter. In Washington on March lot OMahwey CD stated the president had shed the loan premium authorization for the coming year. The senator said the same program as last year with $14,900,000 loan and $25,000,000 per wool appears.
Raven Mining announces shipments of gilsonite from Fort Duchesne to Craig through Vernal and Watern consignments. The operation plans about 250 tins monthly, with Ravens on tipping gilsonite for several years and prior shipments from Heb.
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