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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1928
Page
8
A town debate urges backing a public improvement to keep up with progress. Citizens are urged to vote and contribute money to modernize and prevent becoming a stagnant backwater village.
W T East and W T Fuller and Skah Creel Cole were business visitors in Vernal before the week. Mr and Mrs Claren Nielson announce the birth of a bouncing baby boy born Monday April 22. Mr and Mrs Emery Freestone celebrate the arrival of a baby boy born Friday April 13. Mother and babe are getting along nicely.
Mrs Trueman Miller returned home Monday evening after visiting several days with Mr and Mrs Glenn Miler and family and Mr and Mrs F T Fisher at Helper.
Mrs Tillie Young returned to Vernal Tuesday after a two and a half month stay at Myton visiting her sons Clifford and Lyle Young and their families.
Mrs Charles Merkley of Maeser was stricken Tuesday night with a severe paralytic stroke. Though her condition is slightly improved, she remains in a very serious state.
Mrs Jennie Ireestone and two young daughters of Pleasant Grove welcomed Mra Afton Druiliard on Friday evening for a social visit and exit.
Mrs Pontha Calder traveled to Balt Lake last week to meet the demonstrator of a new Realistic permanent waving machine who will visit Vernal soon to install this device in the Calder Beauty Parlor.
The Parent Teachers Association at Central School will hold its last meeting of the year on Monday night April 20 at eight o’clock in the school building. All parents are invited to attend and see the year's work by the children on display.
Uintah State Park cashier J A Cheney is in Salt Lake City this week on business. Mr and Mrs Glen Bennion are at home in the new house just west of the old William Cook residence.
Orval Capps of Mt Harris Cole assisted his parents visiting Taber Valley as their home is planned in the valley. Priesthood and auxiliaries convention scheduled for Sunday afternoon at Tabernacle, beginning at two oclock.
The notice states that due to a stake conference, Mothers Day Sunday May 13 will be observed one week earlier in all wards.
Mrs Annie Campbell gave birth to a fine bonnie girl Thursday at noon. Mrs Campbell is daughter of County Commissioner A S Richardson and wife of Nanford Campbell.
William Collyer arrived in town Saturday after traveling from Diamond Mountain where deep snow drifts created voids that made crossing with a car very difficult.
Scout Commissioner Oscar Kirkham of Salt Lake City and District Commissioner FP E Brown of Provo will speak in the Tabernacle Sunday evening. Because of this the usual Sunday services in the wards will be dispensed with.
Baseball practices at county fair grounds each evening aim to shape players for the season. No team has been selected yet as Coach Dan Taylor of Uintah High School will manage the team this summer.
Dwight Packard district superintendent for Utah Power and Light traveled to Vernal this week with his wife Mrs Packard to discuss several matters with local manager J C Anderson.
Major St Cooper and his committees are commended for an excellent Clean up and Fix up campaign last week across the city. The effort produced very effective results and is hoped to continue through the summer.
County Agent E Peterson and his son Clinton joined Jesse Hawa Potter Mra Wanda Fisher and Mrs Byron Eaton for a Saturday morning trip to Salt Lake City. Peterson and Haws attended a convention while Clinton had his tonsil removed. They returned home the latter part of the week.
EA Fuller of Craig Cole delivered a truckload of Colorado potatoes to Vernal on Wednesday. Fuller notes road conditions are much better, and he reports Colorado state road commission surveys for a sixteen mile stretch of hard surfaced highway west of Craig.
Wool from Ashley valley shearing plants is being trucked to Watson. Fleece averages nine pounds with grease reduced by cold weather. Uintahs county clip sells this spring from 30 to 344 cents per pound as trucks pass the Green River bridge where stringers were broken. Lassey notes few sheep shorn and held to a minimum.
Sunday visits to the Power Plant include Mr and Mrs Henderson Sowards Young Evans and Blughel families and many others. A wedding united Nancy Isabel Wall and Horace Workman with a reception at the groom’s parents. Upcoming ward activities include a foundation dig for the heating plant and basement with ward officials coordinating.
Mrs Sam Bennison assisted by Miss Vilate Bennion hosted a miscellaneous shower for daughter Mrs Wanda Fisher last Thursday afternoon. Twenty guests enjoyed carnations, a progressive game, and a two course luncheon as gifts were opened for the newlywed. Fisher had been visiting with her parents and planned to return to Logan.
The Vernal Scand ward mutual girls and Gleaner unit hosted a Tuesday evening event at the chapel led by Miss Dean Bennion Mrs Wilford Bastian and Mrs Charley Lewis. Miss Marian Miller Oral Watkins and Zella Aycock presented class ideal sketches, followed by Bernice Bartlett's lesson. A dancing exhibition preceded refreshments for twelve mothers and twenty five daughters, each mother receiving a handwork keepsake from her daughter.
Smith Hughes instructor outlines pruning principles for varied orchard specimens. Key steps include removing dead or diseased wood, trimming broken limbs, smoothing cuts, avoiding cross limbs, opening tree centers for light, prioritizing less vigorous parallel limbs, and painting large cuts to prevent decay. Time recommendations note summer pruning boosts color and reduces growth in some trials.
Velma Bennion and Cora Bennion entertained twenty guests at their home on Wednesday night. The event featured entertaining games and dancing with dainty refreshments served by the hostesses.
The Vernal second ward primary met Monday on the city park lawn led by Mrs Ella Siddeway with Miss Helen Henderson directing eleven girls. They played games, then had lunch. Saturday a Sid Doway shower hosted by Mrs John I Siddoway and others seated twenty four guests at two tables with lavender decor, readings by Miss Stella Harris and Mrs Glen Bennion, and gifts of kitchenware for the honoree.
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