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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1942
Page
3
Notice shows William B Wallis and Tabor listed in Vernal Utah postal records as second class matter dated March 13 1909 under the act of March 3 1879 with placard details obscured by OCR errors.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Beautification Committee urges a nationwide spring clean-up aligned with war efforts. Emphasizing government scrap drives, disease prevention, and outdoor health through gardens and flowers, the drive asks every church, home, and building to reach every nook and corner.
State Superintendent Charles H. Skidmore announces the fourth and final allocation of the school year from the state district school fund totaling $1,120,405.50, bringing the annual total to $3,846,840 and meeting the $25 per pupil requirement. Distribution lists each district’s share from Alpine to Nebo with specific amounts.
A reflective piece recalls 1933 events including the Volstead Act repeal era and 3.2 beer legalization. It highlights beer taxes surpassing eight billion dollars, over a million new jobs, and fifteen billion dollars in business circulation, arguing beer aided prosperity and moderation.
A dataset shows numerous city names with monetary values and totals. Entries include North Summit Park City San Juan Tooele Uintah Wosateh Wash ington Wayne Weber East Lake City Ogden Provo Logan Murray and amounts such as 16821.90 25290.48 18160.85 11857.71 605083.24 273394.43 703109.17 120651.48 73542.53 33673.56 83419.
The notice urges shoppers to reuse or bring paper bags or shopping bags to stores to conserve the limited supply of bags allocated to local merchants.
The annual state motor vehicle inspection will run June 1 to July 15 this year. Private garages will conduct the inspections under patrol supervision with certified stations selected for uniform standards. A new form will classify vehicles as safe or unsafe and motorists have five days to fix defects. copies go to the motorist and to the Highway Patrol for compliance checks.
Local residents relocate and visit relatives across Utah and Nevada. Jensen family moves to Roosevelt. Brush Creek ranch operates under Charles Wise. Mrs Gerald Ross visits Ogden with her parents. Church speakers include Jesse Haws and Andrew Dudley. Schoolteacher Myrlun Hansen joins nurse in Ogden. Sergeant Orvil Mecham arrives on furlough from Los Angeles, visits Gardner family. Mecham related to Gardner and Burgess families. Marion Moon moves into Elmer Snow home for ranch work. Adair Smimhall moves Vernal to Bullock ranch near Mary E Wilkins. Charles Murray returns from U S service in Mississippi for visit. Miles Tarl Merkley heads to Kansas for work. Funereal attendee lists include Harden Nelson and Victor Nelson families from Grand Junction and Provo. Sharon Billings travels from Rio Grande to visit family.
Wilma Haddon and Walter Rowden married last Salute day night at bride’s grandmother Mrs Capps home. Bishop Lester Bingham performed the ceremony with immediate family present. The couple plan to live in Dry Fork. Visitors including Mrs Claire C Hacking and others attended ward primary conference Sunday afternoon.
Victor Bingham and Charles McConkle spoke at sacra ment Sunday evening. Mrs. Franks Losee visited her parents, then returned to Provo. Carl Collett came home from Lynwood California after three months at Penney Brothers. Don Hall visited Provo with his brother Jay and sisters, returning Saturday. Mervin Horrocks and family stayed with Mrs. Joan Massey. Maysie Hall and Edna Collett, with Mrs. Ethelwynne Collett and Mrs. Howard Collett, went to Salt Lake City. Colletts plan to move to Hants Monica, California. Howard Collett worked at Douglas Aircraft. Dan S. Carroll and LeRoy Carroll were in from California. Beatrice Stringham seeks teaching interviews in Salt Lake City and Provo. Enid Anderson visited parents while working in Salt Lake City. Charles McConkie returned from Missouri after seven years as a short term missionary. Wallace Caldwell and Bryant Roper visited Jensen. Roper bought land from Earnest McClean to build a home. Floyd Freestone, formerly of Bonanes, moved from Spokane to Tucson. Mrs. Howard Williams and pupils cleaned Bonanza school grounds and planted a mower garden.
Carl Lind and George Burkett spent several days last week in Balt Lake. On April 7 Mrs. Howard Williams hosted the Bonanza Womens Club meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Smith moved from Vernal to White River near Bonanza. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Chivers spent last weekend in Vernal. Lieutenant Charles E. Michaels.
Francis M. Coe, Utah State Agricultural College, argues Utah has hundreds of thousands of underperforming fruit trees, mainly apples, in home orchards. He notes most lack spraying, pruning, fertilizing, and thinning, and suggests mobile spraying setups with truck or trailer mounts, extra water tanks, and night spraying to double or triple treated trees in non commercial areas.
Bethlehem yards accelerate Liberty and cargo ship production to unprecedented levels. Workers expand yards, add shifts, and adopt mass production to deliver ships faster for the U.S. Navy and Maritime Commission, aiming to steady the bridge of ships and boost wartime tonnage.
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