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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1945
Page
5
FHA agents approved fourteen Vernal home constructions with four rooms each and full baths. Hyrum Naird to head the project. Junius W Jackson of Roosevelt to build. Brick facing with cinder brick laning. Work to start within a week.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 3pm in the Naples ward chapel for Wm Thomas 77 who died of pneumonia last Thursday at his wife Helen Thomas home. Interment was in Vernal Memorial Park. Mr Thomas born December 20 1887 in Vernal was a Maeser resident most of his life. Surviving are his wife four sons and three daughters. Pvt Edgary Thomas was killed in Italy in 1944.
Funeral services for Mary M Barney 81 a Mt Emmons Leota pioneer who died July 29 were held at the Mt Emmons LDS Chapel under Bishop Walter Kierksiek. Survived by husband Arthur Barney and children Hebert L, Raymond Washington, Leslie R, Vernal Ray W, Mary B Thomas, Matilda B Powell, with numerous grandchildren. Interment in Jeeta cemetery.
The Basin Hospital reported newborns Clyde L Johnson and Lynn Dudley, a patient named Wm Mitchell and Keneth Caldwell receiving treatment. Vena Singleton King a WAVES paramilitary member spent the weekend with her mother Lillie Singleton before reporting to Hutchison Kansas. Rodeo attendees included Thorn Hatch and others from Craig and Meeker.
The article describes Natchees, an Ute Indian and soldier, meeting Polish and Red Army officers in Stettin. He explains his heritage and converses with Mayor Zaremba and Major Gorchakov, highlighting Red Army soldiers' varied backgrounds and roles in the city’s militia environment.
Vernal Civil Air Patrol marked Air Force Day with a banquet at the Commercial Hotel attended by 31 members. Mayor Stringham and guests from Los Angeles and Albion spoke on aviation history, safety, and the Uintah Basin’s aviation future, praising the group’s safety record and noting Vernal’s airport as groundwork for expanded air travel.
Mergurite M Colton traveled to Salt Lake Sunday with Siddoway and AVI while Lewis and Siddoway also visited Salt Lake. The group plans to return Wednesday. Joan Duke of Salt Lake is visiting Vernal this week. she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Duke, former residents of Vernal.
Vernal aviator rescue details amid storm near Rock Springs airport. Evelyn Malinowski and daughter visited from Boston and Maine, while Francis Felteh and Lynn Goodrich joined locals. Marriages, moves, and local sheriff court notes mix with cattle market prices and subsidy details.
Miss Helen Reese twenty joins the WAVES to begin boat training in early September at Hunter College Bronx New York. She is a Uintah High School class of 1944 graduate and has worked as a dental assistant at the Veterans Administration in Salt Lake City. Reese plans to travel from Vernal mid August and visit her brother in Iowa before starting navy service.
Vernal Drug shows crystal ware including relish plates cake plates fruit bowls and salad dressing sets priced individually at 2.50 and 3. Layaway available for photo frames dolls and toys at United States store. Hacklings Furniture features a $72.50 mahogany desk and $37.50 chairs. Collier Furniture inks new living room suites and mattresses while Penneys and Ashtons offer Hurraches sandals and fall wear.
Craig Empire Courier reports game wardens patrol Moffat County for the antelope season from August 18 to 20 inclusive. The weekend enforcement aims to ensure compliance with hunting rules and safety regulations.
Two Vernal finers homes sold in the past week. Cattle market remains steady with good grass steers and heifers trading in the $900 to $1,350 range and heavy cows around $1,200 to $1,250. Land and equipment transfers noted, including a primary buyer arrangement and several buyers for light to medium cattle.
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