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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1922
Page
3
Four families remain quarantined for scarlet fever with four others faring well and out. A Willcox academy boys versus Lupton school basketball game ended 16 to 15 for Vernal. Election at the school produced 70 votes. Roads are poor over the mountains, with frequent travel edits and dances after events.
Jensen residents share visits and travel reports while wintering plans unfold. Local families attend parties, dances, and Christmas events. church gatherings and cottage meetings reflect community life in Ashley ward.
Tridell residents plan festive events as John Markley returns home for Christmas. The Sunday school will render programs, the public school hosts a Christmas meeting, and the Relief society aims to present a pantomime. The Bishopric makes annual visits with auxiliary groups as a turkey shipment reaches the railroad for Omaha and local markets. Students from Vernal and Provo prepare to spend the holidays at home or away.
Hazel I Workman reports a 9% pound baby girl born Tuesday December 12 with the parents Bishop and Mrs. Chas. PB. Bing ham doing fine. A Sunday night fire at the old white school building near the meeting house drew a large crowd as flames shot from windows before it was noticed. Mrs. L. J. Workman returned from Vernal after visiting friends. A Friday evening dance was well attended and Miss Mary Winn and Esther Isaksen spent Sunday with their parents.
Mrs. Nelson R. Letris reported a reporter stake conference at Roosevelt over Saturday and Sunday the 9th and 10th. Speakers addressed law and order and the drink question. John Haslam arrived from American Fork with a load of apples. The crowd eagerly bought fruit and the Christmas drive sales were strong.
Boy scouts led by Scout Master Lloyd Oaks hiked to Dry Fork mountain to gather funds to register a troop in the ward. Families move in, births occur, weddings noted, and community events fill a busy local page.
Fragmentary report notes several people moving between towns and visiting relatives. References include a Mrs Mri ftenten Shattan Tha and a person arriving from a place called Dimaond moétiniain with a shout eighteen inches deen. Another person, Dordt Wrektane, had been staying with an aunt in Helene and returned home.
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