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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1931
Page
6
Several new babies arrive in the area with parents named Bench Burgess and Slaugh, plus Maggie Timothy and Amanda Nichols. Various locals recover from illness, family visits occur, school events noted, a budget entertainment, band contest results, and community activities at Primary conference and church services.
Sunday evening April 12 featured a children’s program with songs including The Army of the Living God and Be in Time, poems A Child’s Faith and Be in Time, talks by Trailbuilders and Melvin Atwood, closing with Sing With Joy. Boy Scouts led by Leland Workman enjoyed a 38 mile trip to Green River last week.
Last Wednesday many relatives gathered at Mrs Mildred Dowthorpe to visit with Leota and Don Kolb family members. Various residents including Jennie Bimper, Nellie Gardner, Stella Gardner and Nora Watkins hosted or visited relatives and friends over the weekend. A parent teacher meeting featured songs, readings and a one act play Two Lunaties. George Scott returned for sheep shearings. Henry Winward worked at Charle Hanna’s. Atwood family traveled to Manila, arriving April 7 and in good health.
Uintah high school affirmative team led by Letha Hart and Isabel Dillman will meet Carbon at Uintah High Friday April 17 at 2:60 oclock in a debate on the resolution that the chain store system is a detriment to the American public. Price Marcel Young and LaBerle Cook will debate the negative side with Price representatives.
President Hebert Grant spoke at the Weber stake conference urging Latter-day Saints to obey the Lord's commandments and the church's tobacco-tithing campaigns. He criticized the tobacco billboards and praised Supreme Court judges, noting the MIA drive to quit tobacco benefits believers physically, spiritually, and financially. He stressed honest financial witness and urged members to teach by example.
Colton speaking at the Fourteenth ward Gunday night argued most Congress members are not Fidelists and praised the chaplain. He warned against tobacco, urged youths to say no to cigarettes, and stressed science and religion as compatible truths.
A New York note reports a spate of deaths among centenarians and near centenarians. Notable names include Jeanette Cushing aged 107 in Syracuse, Emma McMahon aged 109 in Kansas City, and William Daly aged 92, with other listed elders across cities.
Mrs L O Jacobsen and children Lowell Dell and Orva took Mrs Dora Wilson of Idaho Falls to Price to visit her sister for three weeks. They were hosted by Meg and Mrs Robert Allred and a Vernal brother before returning Sunday evening. Mrs E J Starkle remains very ill with general debility.
The M Men entertained the M TA officers and Gleaner girls at a banquet on a Thursday around April 9. About thirty five guests enjoyed a pleasant evening of dancing with Merrell Goodrich providing music. Other items record visits, theatre, a high school band contest trip to Price, a new baby girl for Bernard Patcomb, a one act play at MTA, and community cleanup on the Central canal with sixty men working half a day.
Fragmentary OCR snippet discusses a fallacy about Martian life and absence of fault within themes. It mentions health and the idea that if men had no fault, the world would be different. The readable text is highly garbled and uncertain.
An opaque entry suggests a diplomacy dispute where one side demands a formal consent or tering to authorize action. The fragment hints at potential war or nonwar measures depending on assent and authority. The text remains unclear about actors or dates.
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