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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1956
Page
11
A spring wedding united Myrna Wardle and Stanley Harrison at the bride’s parents home in Glines. The ceremony featured Bishop Ayrum Slaugh as officiant, with family members present and a reception following, as the couple plans to reside in Vernal.
Miss Elinor King and Valoy Eaton plan to wed June 6 at the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Engagement announced by the brides’ parents, with both sets of families listed and details of education and activities for each fiancé. Also covers Beaux Arts club talk, Lady Luck bingo, Utopia poetry program, and local residents returning from Mesa, Arizona.
The Junior Prom by the Class of 67 is scheduled for Friday with a post Prom on April 28 under the direction of Chairman Jeanene Adamson and co chair Gary Case. The event features decorations floor show and a formal dance with corsages and a $3.00 price limit. Uintah students former students and the public are invited.
Vernal hosts the 21st annual Utah PEO Sisterhood convention May 11 and 12 at the Kingsbury Community House with about 200 women from 22 chapters expected. Mrs Norma Marts is general chairman, with Mrs Margaret Francke presiding over meetings. special guest Mrs Margaret Stonyer of Indiana. The organization supports a one million dollar scholarship fund and Cotten College for girls.
Jeanene Licht and Joseph Grant Bartlett plan to marry June 27 at the Salt Lake Temple. Licht, a Uintah High senior active in band and yearbook, and Bartlett, son of George and Mrs Bartlett of Bonanza, will begin new lives in Bonanza where Bartlett will work at the mine.
Harry Southam will host an open house in Vernal from 2 to 6 pm on May to celebrate his 90th birthday. He was born in Randolph, Utah in 1860 and has lived in Vernal for over 70 years, farming and sheep ranching. Nine of his twelve children are living and plan to attend. He has long been active in the LDS church and served as a ward teacher in Naples ward.
Twenty Ashley ward women finished a nine week first aid course led by Mrs Sadie McConkle. Elmalde Freestone Minnie Long Nellie Kloeppell Lucille Swett Dorr Walker Stella Freestone Virginia Winkler Mary L Kidd Wilma Allen Alta Smith Arretta Jackson Dorothy Anderson Ruth Winn May Freestone earned certification. Patrolman Sammy Hatch spoke on andar raid ing and lifesaving cases. Final meeting featured cookies punch and a kerchief shower for the instructor. The group plans an advanced class next winter. Mr and Mrs Lester Short of Craig visited Vernal on business. they run East Side Food Market in Craig.
The Sisterhood has sponsored many campus improvements including construction of two 100 girl dormitories. The college is supported by 120,000 P.E. T members in the United States, Canada, Alaska and Swaziland.
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