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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1943
Page
5
The Uintah area reports multiple events from August including Laura Altice to Dontell Wardle graduation, Barbara Calder nuptial shower for Barbara Calder, Florence Ruth Beekman marriage in Los Angeles, Lila Richens Agard wedding in Salt Lake, and Preston Arnold Coast Guard marriage in Seattle. Community dinners, bridge club gatherings, and club talks fill the week.
Friday court granted Jesse Caldwell an interlocutory divorce decree from The Caldwell A property settlement to follow. Probate matters included letters of administration for Francis Cattwell, with George W Holfeltz and Vinnie Lee appointed in related estates. Jury selection proceeded for the next term with a long list of jurors including George O Davis Ira Gardiner Parley Goodrich and many others.
August meeting results show Devis Morrill appointed to public welfare board for six years and two library board members filled vacancies. 1943 levy set at 168 mills district schools, 31 state and state schools, 15 roads, 25 general fund, 4 library, 2 fair, 5 public welfare, 5 hospital, 10 poor fund, 15 general debt, 5 needs, 5 agriculture. County schools district levy set at 163 Maesee Town, 99 for Verne City, 16 Vernal. Wages raised for county caterpillar operate patrol and truck drivers to 1 per hour.
Local notices report travel and illness updates for residents, including Mrs Joseph Gees Jaat planning relocation to Salt Lake City, Mrs Lilté Bungieton breaking both bones in a fall, and several families visiting relatives in Utah. The Utah oil and automotive firms showcase new exterior paint, while fishing trips, health program work, and military assignments are documented. Various residents travel to and from Salt Lake, Provo, and other towns, with car rides, vacations, and hospital visits noted.
Sunday and Monday members of Vernal Blom cub and Junior Chamber cut and hauled through the Aen Bawmill at Spig Park sufficient lumber for the lodge at Merkley Park. Archie Allen mill proprietor provided equipment and help. Reported workers included Lions Club Jaycees and community members with many names listed. About 3500 lineal feet of lumber milled and 24 square feet of trim cut.
The article notes a dam construction at Cispeta Lake to improve irrigation. The project will require excavation and cement work with equipment available locally. Alvin Bishop Toran, FSA engineer, leads the engineering team. Water from the dam is expected to boost crop production and extend cultivation to new lands.
Jacob Ingientan Jacobson 90 father of Mrs I Ray Stringham died at his Provo home. Born 12 1863 in Sweden he joined the LDS church in 1887 and moved to Provo in 1869 with his parents. He was survived by three sons and seven daughters and services were held at the Provo Second Ward chapel under Bishop Earl Lewis.
Wendell Openshaw travels to Pocatello Idaho for work with Tri State Lumber. Mrs Openshaw and family will join later, as Lynn Goodrich and Mr Panena handle the 6th Power and Light office matters.
El Gadd, alleged assailant of Night Marshal Arthur Corless on Sunday August 6 at 8 p m, has been released to his parents for a hearing. Corless, intoxicated, asked him to move from the west entrance of the Hotel Service. Gadd refused and struck the officer jaw fracturing it. The marshal fired a warning shot, took him to jail, and Corless received medical care in Salt Lake before returning to Vernal for further treatment. A complaint for resisting an officer is pending in city court.
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