Local notices and community events in Vernal column
Clara Maekeler reports on a Sunday Mutual conjoint program with readings music by Lucy Smith and a lecture by Professor BE Jacobsen about the word reps. Hazel Vernon falls ill. a baby boom noted with several births March 30–31. Socials, birthday parties, visits, and ward activities fill the week along with Arbor Day plans and road work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Smith
Lutlle Hacking
Calgary
BE. A. Jacobsen
Uintah Academy
Hazel Vernon
William Vernon
Charlie Bowden
William Mort
Samuel Gray
Morgan Morkley
Sunday Saints Meeting and Local Improvements Report
The Sunday meeting drew a good crowd with songs recitations and talks. Community efforts include road and bridge work east of the schoolhouse with locals contributing time and teams. Various residents face illnesses relocations and parlor gatherings while events mark birthdays reunions and school talks in the area.
Local News Roundup From Vernal Area
Mrs A W Nebeker reports her father died March 20 from influenza at over seventy. Henry Lee improves his home with rustle porch and board walk. Will Wilson with smallpox, improving now. Postoffice building roof nearly done, M Kumps new building nearing occupancy. Elders Wahlquist and Brough spoke. Mrs Johnnie Neilson to Colorado soon. Joe E H Marx left for Salt Lake City. Kate Adams moving to farm. Brig Casto from Vernal renting Warner farm. Ed Parks and family moved to Jim Harrison house. Golden Mott to Clark shop area. Ben Cook’s house fire narrowly contained. Frank and Roy Hoover’s brother Dean died of pneumonia in Park City. funeral plans. Visitors from Handlett and Ouray valley for grain and visits. Guy Long’s baby born March 19. Vivian Winn Miller obituary notice. sympathy offered. Priesthood meeting in Vernal. Thelma Sprouse visiting from Vernal. Emery Caldwell in Roosevelt. spring play to Deep Creek. more snow and wind. Nellison family moved to Colorado. Longs move to Neilston for year. Primary summer work begins. dance and bazaar planned. Sunday school play under stormy conditions. some lost on way home. Mrs Anderson and daughter visiting from Vernal. Rhoda Morrill visiting. Preece and Wahlquist hosts. Mrs Hacking on business trip to Vernal. Charley Taylor on Vernal trip. Justice family news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Erekson
Percy
O’nell
George Jenkins
Stoosevelt
Glines Ward
Frank Luck
Ed Hoeft
John Eaton
Afton Odekirk
Witbeck Place
Bladden
Allise Alexander
Charley Graham
Lapoint
Bud Jarrel
Clyde Jarrell
William Hoeft
Joseph Hicks, Sr
Joe
Hayden Foster
Bud Jarrell
Henry Lee
Will Wilson
M. Kump
Keith Wahlquist
Jesse Brough
Johnnie Neilson
Colorado
Joe E H. Marx
Salt Lake City
Kate Adams
Joel EK
Waryper
Brig Casto
Vernal
Warner Farm
Ed. Parks
Jim Harrison
Golden Mott
Clark Blacksmith Shop
Ben BE
Cook
Frank
Roy Hoover
Dean
Park City
Utah
Mia
Harry Young
Helen
Handlett
A. W. Nobeker
Ouray Valley
Guy Long
Vivian Winn Miller
Lafe Winn
Delroy Angus
David, Wilson
Soren C. Christenson
Thelma Sprouse
Emery Caldwell
Roosevelt
John Nellison
Long
Neilston
Sturday
Charley Taylor
Wm J Justice
Annexe improvements for stage and Sunday school space
TRIDELL Alice Morrill reports the ward house annex now features a stage for theatricals and concerts plus extra classrooms for Sunday school and other groups. Plans for dramas and concerts to raise funds for a new chapel were noted, with the Mutual announcing another Friday show on the new stage. The piece also mentions C B Bartlett shipping Mammoth Bronze turkeys and a trip involving Bishop Horace Morrill, Mrs Morrill, Attorney Ray Dillman, and Earl Mullins, who encountered car trouble returning from Roosevelt after Dillman’s visit for a case Bethers v Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward House
B. Bartlett
Horace Morrill
Lapoint
Ray Dillman
Peppard Seed Company
Tridell
Mr. Dillman
Justice Court
Bethers
Smith
Earl Mullins
Roosevelt
Mutual
Fort Duchesne News Briefs and Local Movements
Phoebe C Litster reports Wendell Tufford traveled to Salt Lake Thursday to assist his father. Mrs Louis Thompson returns from Phoenix after two months away. Lapoint MIA plans a play Next Door. Fred Dickson family ill with flu. Georgia Dudley from Rangglett visited Fort Duchesne then went to Vernal. Rev Howes took the Thompson family to Randlett for Sunday services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Tufford
Salt Lake
Louis Thompson
Phoenix
Arizona
Lapoint
Fred Dickson
Georgia Dudley
Rangglett
Fort Duchesne
Jensen Area Social and Mining News Briefs
Mrs Zlipha Wellman and Reporter George Case visit parents while Rainbow mines shut for strike. James Rector returns from Rangely with cattle ready for mountain pasturing. Mr and Mrs Moon welcome baby girl on March 24 in Vernal. Von Johnson and family at Hotel Atta. A D Mackay from Oregon surveys Jensen mining prospects. Pneumonia follows flu for Mrs W F Billings and Mrs J Murray. Mrs Bernard Gardner at Vernal caring for sister Moon. Mae Nelson birthday surprise hosted by Misses Nelson friends. games cards lunch and cake. Grandpa Dudley returns from Fort Duchesne visit. Spring work begins. plowing underway. Local genealogical board holds cottage meetings across ward. last meeting at David Horrocks. Grandma Chatwin aged 89 poorly. School boys prepare for spring basketball and grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Case
Peter Case
Rainbow
John Chew
Douglas
Pool Creek
James Rector
Rangely
Colorado
Jensen
William Moon
Vernal
Vim. D. Moon
Mae Nelson
Fred Overmaan
Andrew Dudley, Jr
William Chatwin
Grandpa Dudley
Eph Rasmussen
Fort Duchesne
Genealogical Board
David Horrocks
Grandma Chatwin
Leeton News Briefs Focus on Work and Socials
Mrs Jos Workman cooks for workers on the government road while Alle Pickup and John Stiika toil on the government ditch. May Barker stays with Mrs Pickup during Mr Pickup’s absence. W P Johnston visits Leeton on business. A Friday dance in Leeton Hall benefits Mr Hancock of Hayden seeking cancer treatment in Salt Lake. Burns McKowen trips to Vernal. Indians busy with Bear dance at Whiterocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos Workman
Government Road
Alle Pickup
John Stiika
May Barker
Hancock
Hayden
Salt Lake
Burns McKowen
Vernal
Whiterocks
Big Girl Born to Miriam Colton Family in Ward
Miriam Colton reports the Barnes couple welcomed a healthy daughter born March 23. Mother and baby are thriving. Ward officers hosted a program and games for married couples with refreshments. Louis E. Allred traveled to Myton to discuss the water situation. A large ward dance Monday night raised funds for David Hancock who needs stomach cancer surgery. Schools dismiss Friday for Mutual fencing. the schoolhouse will host a community dinner. Mr and Mrs Birnell Olsén have returned from Park City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Barnes
Louis E. Allred
Myton
David Hancock
Hancock
Birnell Olsén
Park City
Thay
Community events and notices from Ashley area society page
Mrs David Karren reports a Friday play and Friday evening dance directed by Miss Jennie Noel with Bee Hive officers as cast. A Sunday program featured vocal duets by Atta Olson and Tona Richardson and instrumental pieces by Magegle Richardson and Tom Karren. Messages from Y M L A president Mr Mary Noel, and a joint MI A with Sacrament meeting slated to begin next Sunday at 7 PM. Relief society ward conference set for April 16. Road repairs funded by local charity work after floods. Parents teachers meeting efforts noted. Mr and Mrs William Harricon now in Naples. Jamey Rector from Rangely visiting. Weeks family family reunion postponed due to Mrs Weeks’ ill health. W T Jones of Willow Creek called for supplies awaiting clear weather. Mr and Mrs Arthur Baxter en route home near Bluemount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Noel
Oflris
Atta Olson
Tona Richardson
Magegle Richardson
Tom Karren
N Q. Sowards
Mary Noel
M I. A
Relief Society Ward
Ashley
William Harrlcon
Naples
Jamey
Rangely
David Karren
A. A. Weeks
Mr Weeks
W. T. Jones
Willow Creek
Arthur’ Baxter
Bluemoun
Neola builds fence with community help and dinner served
Neola residents rallied to install fence posts around the school grounds after the Duchesne Board offered to supply the wire. Women provided a hearty dinner at the schoolhouse, and the wire will soon be installed enhancing the town’s appearance.
Vernal visit and community notes from Alterra
Alt er A J B Rudy reports visitors from Vernal and a Sunday stay. Roads out of the valley are nearly impassable. Mrs Avery remains in critical condition but improving. A Roosevelt hall production Borrowed Clothes drew a good crowd. Arbor day planned for the 16th. Wilson school baseball game ended Alterra eight, Wilson one. Farmers plow and sow grain as farmers seek a Farm Agent for Uintah county and call for a meeting to discuss this.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
J. P. Rudy
Walter Hi. Burgener
Wanda Rudy
Merl Bingham
Alterra Y.l.m.la
Brady
Miss Carroll
Wilson School
Wilson Boys
Alterra
Isaacsons
Uintah
Randlett Bride Edith Elmer Weds Cattleman in Prescott
Edith Elmer daughter of Mr and Mrs Clark Elmer formerly of Randlett married Charlie Candrea a cattleman near Prescott Arizona Friends wish them lifelong happiness. News notes include visits from Louis Thompson family from Fort Duchesne church attendance by W T Rice and Ashyou family and a ball game with Myton youths. Georgia Dudley returned to Vernal school and Dick Ashty an Indian south of Ramlett died Friday from smallpox and flu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Elmer
Clark Elmer
Randlett
Prescott
Arisona
Chariey Candrea
Louis Thompson
Fort Duchesne
Episcopal Church
W. T. Rice
Ashyou
Port Duchesne
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Eva McConle
Pearl Perry
Leland
Perry
L. W. Curry
Joseph Hacking
Heber Taylor
Holland
Marguerite Scramm
Frank Bowden
C. C. Welst
Frank Bow
Joseph Paulson
Augusta Smith
Kenilworth
Stewart
John Chow
Varna
Rennett
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Florence M. Lewis
Tharon Murphy
Bishop Horrocks
Philip Scoggings
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Isaac M. Allen
John Kittell
Allie Pickup
John MecKowen
Elizabeth Weeks
Frank Winn
John Bolton
Mervin Bolton
Bennett
Mesdames Bolton
Rowen
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Ruth Potter
Neals
Eliza
J. Barnes
Mira
Anna Woodward
Provo
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Bernetta Smith
Angus Johnson
Orin Searle
Rose Wilkerson
Altonah
Judd Mitchell
Alice
William Whitting
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Baxter
Mary Sowards
Eiecret
Laloint
Mra. A
Mae
Alice Morrill
Fern Ross
Sarah Thomas
Haller Erekson
James Hofeltz
William Mantle
Duchesne
Phoebe C. Litster
Zlipha Wellman
Leeton
Keens Warr
Neola
Miriam Colton
Abhley
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Elmer Woodward
Charles H. Colton
Birnell Olsen
John A. Olsen
Roger Horrocks
Denzil Gardner
Hayden-Neola
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