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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1931
Page
5
The article notes a new status or position highlighted during the Kia appointment discussion. It mentions key figures and potential shifts in leadership, with emphasis on the strategic implications for the organization and its future direction.
A Uintah high school editorial laments vandalism by students damaging campus trees and property. It calls for restoring corporal punishment for a large audience and urges training to inspire respect for alma mater. The piece also notes a separate Mormon Church leaders’ losses and a Capitol revelry showing extensive damage and costly repairs.
George Pierce Billings a 74 year old former Jensen bishop and Provo city official died at his residence 633 South Fifth West Provo after a two month illness. Born December 4 1854 in Marth he moved to Provo as a child and later served as Jensen ward bishop and Uintah County justice of the peace. He returned to Provo to lead Bonneville ward and was a state legislator and city commissioner from 1920 to 1924. He leaves a widow Mary Ed wards Billings six sons and daughters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Bonneville ward chapel with burial in Provo City Cemetery.
Rev Pratt head of the Mexican Mission dies suddenly in Salt Lake City at 2:53 am after an operation. Funeral services in the Assembly Hall with speakers including President Heber J Grant and Anthony W Ivins among other general authorities. He had served nearly two years as president of the Mexican Mission and was in Salt Lake for the church’s annual conference.
A Deseret News report details a Friday ROTC ball at the state capitol campus that left empty whisky bottles strewn across the ground and caused damage to the governors reception area and surrounding facilities. Police investigated disturbances tied to university events and state functions.
High school seniors from across the state visit Utah State Agricultural College in Logan for a day of scholastic contests. Forty four contests yield scholarships and trophies, with music, band, chorus, and a new girls Play day, plus tennis meets, campus tours, ROTC parade, and an awards assembly.
Miss Haze Sowards of Vernal, a senior at Utah State Agricultural College, earned a place on the winter quarter honor roll. She completed a full academic course with A grades in every subject, in a college of about 1800 students. Sowards majors in textiles in the school of Home Economics and is a member of the Home Economics Club and the Sorosis society.
In Noe ton records a fragmentary note about early pipes and a claimed ancient council that may mark the first water service in the United States. The garbled text suggests a historical claim under dispute with unclear names or dates.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss a Dumdum bullet ruling and timing details. The readable text mentions warfare, an Ele danse confer, and references to a place and germination of a bullet. Elements are unclear and fragmented.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions musical scale colors and a place related setting. The readables do not provide a clear event or entities to identify a person or organization. The item reads as a damaged fragment with insufficient context for precise details.
A damaged fragment notes rubber writing costs about twelve pounds per word and mentions an alloy or instrument, with unclear context and several broken phrases. The readable items include a reference to rubber and writing efforts, but no definite event or participants.
European card game described with a special deck and intricate tile design. Mentions famous players, themes of beauty and heartbreak, and a dramatic, poetic tone about the game’s rivals and high stakes.
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