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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1937
Page
4
Uintah Basin seeks faster daily mail service from Salt Lake City via Comet Motor Express. Proposed changes aim to deliver mail to Vernal by 8:60 AM and Salt Lake by 3:00 PM, reducing current 8 1/2 to 9 hours.
The item details the Vernal fire death of Warren Multon from Salt Lake City. The inquest held before J C Hacking named a verdict of accidental death by suffocation due to fire in bedding. Also noted is Hugh W Catton and others, plus Warren Multon’s widow and relatives visiting for the inquest. Separately, Wilson Young, 23, from Dallas, is arrested in Ogden over the November 3 death of Mrs Katherine Thomas in LeGrande Oregon after a rooming house brawl. he faces voluntary translaugh ies charges.
At a special meeting of the United County Commissioners on December 16 the budget for 1938 will be set and tax matters will be heard. County Clerk B. P. Noel notes the 1938 budget must include provisions for the primary election mandated by the last legislature.
Mr and Mrs Owen Bartlett returned home from Mont Utah after Thanksgiving with Mrs Bartletts folks in Denes and Veda McKee broke her arm while a horse bolted away with her and her twin. Spencer Squire spent Thanksgiving with his parents in Manti and Miss Elda Jackson joined from Provo. Mrs Maybel Haub hosted a Tridell Relief Society gathering with sewing a diamond quilt top and a luncheon. Primary held a November 24 social with games and a dance at the Tridel chapel to raise funds. Mr and Mrs Leland Morrill plan a health trip to Mant and will stay indefinitely. Tridel school children were immunized against diphtheria. A new fountain is being installed at the school house. The agricultural conservation group met November 22 in the chapel, led by John W. Weaver, J. McKee and Z. Stringham. Harald Dudley and family were in Tridell on Sunday.
The section farmers shipped a large number of turkeys for the Thanksgiving market and graded very high. Local residents Byron Doxirich and Lewis S. Gardiner spoke at Sacrament meeting. Martha Morrill returned from Provo with her baby girl, while Lula Mullins supervised hot school lunches. Loyal Merkley of Heber spent the weekend at home.
A long list of Thanksgiving visits and family gatherings dominates Lapoint and surrounding towns. Residents from Roosevelt to Duchesne cross Utah and Idaho borders for feasts, reunions, and church activities.
Mr and Mrs Joseph P Hacking hosted a Thanksgiving dinner in honor of Don Colton with family members from Salt Lake City and local relatives including Mr and Mrs Rulon Hacking and their children in attendance. The gathering reflected holiday warmth and extended family ties.
Michiko, a 17 year old from Hawaii with Japanese roots, travels across the United States as a guest of the national 4-H clubs, visiting from Salt Lake City en route to Chicago for the convention. Accompanying her is Alice Pedersen, Hawaii 4-H club director and former Utah State University Extension faculty.
A fragment notes Sam will continue to care for Hawaii while Michiko, daughter of Japanese parents, is the only Havwalin Aeid club member to make the cor locale trip to America.
Bebecete and David Mall underwent major operations on December 1. Ray Chivers also had a major operation on December 1. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Patterson on November 24. Mrs. Patterson is formerly Miss Eller Marshall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Marshall. Glen Von Tassell had his appendix removed on November 27. Mrs. Owen Jones was moved to her home Monday. Amy Ainge of Jensen had an appendicitis operation on November 30. Maryin Walker and Stanley Eaton had major operations on November 30. The small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. McKee of Tridel sustained a fractured arm on November 27.
Untah high school band booster group sponsors a Friday night dance at Imperial hall with a country store. Proceeds will be used for band purposes. Under Karl Engar the instructor a pep parade will be staged Friday noon.
The deadline to pay 1937 taxes without penalty is December 20. County Commissioners extended the period from November 30 by petition, with Uintah among several counties in the state extending by 20 days. Duchesne County did not extend.
Lydia Wilson McKendrick of Salt Lake City widow of Wilford McKendrick passed away after a long illness. She was born in Provo to Henry Woodville and Susannah Wilson, educated in Provo Public Schools and BYU, and served in extensive church and civic roles including MTAs president, Relief Societies, Daughters of Utah Pioneers custodian, and PTA leader. Survived by son W Wilson McKendrick, four daughters, seven grandchildren and two brothers and one sister.
A grocer explains that the top potatoes in a sack grow much faster, so the last potatoes reach about twice the size of the first ones by harvest time. The reader asked why the top potatoes are larger than the bottom ones.
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