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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1923
Page
3
Ed Yochum suffered a severe facial cut after a horse spooked by a car struck him. He was found by his brother and taken to Fort Duchesne hospital for stitches. The community reports improving health for Yochum and notes various local social and personal updates.
A windy cold spell affected Mountain Dell with snow on Saturday. Lyman Hall helped his father with sheep recently. Maud Massey injured when a cow knocked her down. School cleanup day and a parents teachers social were held, with music by Nick Swain and Mrs. Raphael Hatch. Sacrament meeting and Sunday school were well attended. George Massey and Louise Caldwell were referenced in recent travel and social notes.
The Priscilla Thimble club met with Mrs Richards and plans May 9 at Mrs Rice’s home before closing for the summer. Local notes report hospital stay for George Ashton, travel of Mr and Mrs Knight to Vernal for a funeral, and various community incidents including a mail carrier accident, a storm affected farm bureau meeting, and children’s activities.
Grandpa Campbell celebrated his 69th birthday with family Monday evening. games and refreshments followed. An agent from Peppard Seed company led a seed meeting on Thursday with many men in attendance. A baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Powell on April 19 lived only a few hours and was buried at Cedarview cemetery Friday. Roosevelt visits included Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Timothy on Wednesday. Joe Snyder departed for Price on Tuesday. Sam and Tom Sumervall left Monday for oil shale field work. Sim Russell and Mr. Collett did business at Roosevelt on Tuesday. Mrs. Lizzie Snyder of Leedon visited Mrs. Kate Snyder on Thursday. Charley Robinson moved to Prica. The Cedarview Sunday school and dramatics company performed their play.
Local residents return from winter in Watson and Salt Lake. Uintah academy principal E A Jacobsen speaks on child psychology and will cover adult psychology next Sunday. MIA to stage play All of a Sudden Peggy. Concert by the A elf society and a surprise relief party for Bishop M M Batty featured readings and music with Congressman Don B Colton as invited guest.
Naples reports Mr and Mrs Angus Merrell and family returning from gilsonite mines on Saturday night. Frank Merrell will move his family to Rector mine next Saturday as he and his son Wallace join the workforce there. The farm is leased to Fuller Merrell. Mrs Amanda Remington and daughter Agnes are home from the mines. A cleanup at the ward house included lawn and grove work and an asphalt wall project. The Mutual Improvement association hosted a Community Pride program with music readings talks and a dance. The junior girls held a party at the Walter Anderson home. County Agent Peterson and Forest Slaugh attended the farm bureau meeting. Academy glee clubs provided the Sacrament program with Miss Hansen and Miss Henderson speaking. Home missionaries Ivan Harry and H W Woolley gave talks amid a large, stormy audience.
The seventy th anniversary of Mrs. Mary Roberta birth was celebrated April 22 at her daughter Mrs. T J Neel’s home. Roberta has eight married children and was joined by Mary Neel and Daphine, Lew Roberts of Red Mesa Colorado, and other relatives amid health updates and local notes.
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