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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1948
Page
9
Mrs Lapoint reports Thanksgiving gathering at Leeton where Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hartle and family visited Mr and Mrs Carl Hall. Margaret Harrison returned from Salt Lake City. Ripiethany Larkey hosted a dinner in honor of Gene Nyberg on Tuesday November 30 with guests Barbara Nyberg and others.
Local residents and visitors share Thanksgiving time with relatives in Vernal and nearby communities. Reports note hospital stays, travel to Ogden and Roosevelt hospital, school events, a horse accident, and upcoming Christmas decorations. Numerous named families appear including Kump, Hooper, Nyberg, Bywater, Mooseman, Wilkerson, Bigelow, Jenkins, and Taylor among others.
Naples residents voted to choose the Uintah school district 5 board member. Ruth P. Haslem, a 12 year veteran, was defeated by Hyrum Slaugh. Totals: Haslem 155, Slaugh 276, Walker 1. Slaugh to serve five years.
An annual meeting of the Whiterocks Irrigation Co. was held Saturday at J. A. Hacking. Attendees included local residents and stockholders from Roosevelt, Hayden, and nearby areas as they reviewed company affairs and plans.
Twelve Uintah County students attend the University of Utah with ten listing Vernal as home, Carl G. Davis of Vernal drums major in the Utah Agricultural College band, Uintah coal and gilsonite mining exceed 400 000 tons annually, local school play set for Friday and Saturday, influenza delays stake conference, brick garage under construction, marriage license issued to Harry Corless and Eva AbplaninI, Pres Don B Colton travels for Emerald Oil Co business, wool shipments and price regulations impact contractors, Brig Horrocks and family relocate to Vernal, Mrs W S Henderson visits Provo with son Charles.
Fragmentary notice references a birth listing possibly for triplets with names like Mrs E and Vernal. Lacks clear dates, locations, or definitive details and contains garbled phrases about rabies and timing. Unable to extract verifiable specifics beyond uncertain birth mention.
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