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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1948
Page
2
A reflective piece compares a parent’s praise with harsh criticism in teaching, using fly casting as a metaphor. The author shares how encouragement boosted confidence and improvement, while lack of praise led to discouragement, arguing praise aids discipline and skill development in children.
Randleit Manor Jarmen correspondent notes weekend guests at the Young home include Mr and Mrs Andrew Mair and son Lorin of Heber City with Mrs Mair and Mrs Young as sisters. Visitors also from Albany Oregon Mr and Mrs Hugh Owens and from Clearfield Mr and Mrs F A Naylor and son. The Siruch and Pickup families are mentioned with births and hospital visits at Ft Duchesne and Roosevelt Hospital.
Potatoes rich in vitamin C helped sailors avoid scurvy during long sailing voyages, reducing deaths at sea.
Ballard Ellen Bracken reports visitors from Ballard including a man and young daughter of Al Jonah and other families from Park City and Duchesne. Local gatherings feature a hamburger fry hosted by S. B. Kettle and updates on Scouts and hospital stays. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Farr, and Lynn White was injured in a hay rake incident.
The Vernal Defense Area Rent Board was formed at the Ver nal City Office on August 10. Members include Thomas E. Caldwell chairing, Earl Diliman co chair, and Charles L. Winkel Don Jensen as public representatives, with Marvel Nielsen as tenant representative. Fred E. Ray is the Area Rent Director serving Uintah and Duchesne Counties.
Real estate transfers list heirs and quit claims in Utah towns including Uintah Duchesne and Roosevelt with names such as Preston H. Davis Roy Taylor Pearless Taylor and Lynn Richens plus a Navy wartime tally noting Carrier aircraft destroyed. The report also records transfers of land in sections and townships and mentions U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft losses in World War II.
The Jensen Homemakers club met last week at Mrs. Lucy Stewart’s home. The Home Improvement group led by Lucy Stewart decorated napkins and served. LaVon Wall demonstrated a salad making lesson and served it. A sewing class led by Mrs. Ira Lombard and Mrs. Lucy Stewart modeled dresses and aprons. Guests included Miss Ruby Smith and several listed members.
Reports from Utah field crews indicate a more successful pheasant season with brood sizes up from last year. Project leader Clifton M Greenhalgh notes the rise may be linked to storms delaying alfalfa cutting after hens hatched. Eldon Ave Smith’s 1947 Utah Cooperative Wildlife Research findings show mowing causing nest mortality up to seventy percent in some fields.
A crow banded at Springville Utah on February 2 1948 was taken by Arthur E Clyde R D 1 Hamilton Montana on June 8 1948. The birds band number was 223 and the note suggests migratory behavior linking Utah crows to northern regions possibly Canada.
A report notes nest ing hens suffered only about 30 percent mortality a few days after a mowing peak, with deaths proportional to time since the peak of the nesting season.
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