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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1959
Page
7
Announcement by the MacKay family confirms the betrothal of Carma Ree MacKay and Donald B Lindsley. The piece also covers community social events including DUP and Moose meetings, Christmas programs, and local club gatherings with details on hosts, guests, and planned festivities.
A fragmented list records multiple birth announcements with dates in December for pairs of parents and newborns. Names include Duane Hall Hacking Nfarding Eklund and others, but the text is garbled.
Halliburton Oil Company hosted a Christmas party for employees and families at the Vernal camp. About 25 couples and 60 children enjoyed dinner with decorations by employee wives. Entertainment featured big Money and Santa Claus.
In a pretty home ceremony on Saturday December 12 officiated by Bishop Wilbur Murray of the Vernal Fourth Ward, Sondra Hatch and Keith Shipton wed. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D Milburn Hatch of Vernal and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs Robert B. Shipton of Lander Wyoming. The bride, Uintah High School graduate, and the groom, who attended Washington College in Maryland, plan to reside in Chateau Montana after a Las Vegas honeymoon. The groom works for Continental Laboratories.
Marriage licenses and family notices from Vernal and nearby areas list Grench McConkie and Georgia Walkup as a couple, Dee Hall and Glenn Jackson as vernal pairs, and other residents welcoming new grandchildren. The column notes visits to Richland and San Jose, plus moves, births, and holiday travels involving extended families.
Brigham Young University students Sandra Oman and Larry W. Pope plan a wedding ceremony. The bride’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Oman of Moses Lake Washington. The groom’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Wella Pope. Oman is a Moses Lake High School graduate and a junior at BYU. Pope is a senior. An open house will be held at the Hotel Vernal on January 6.
The Utah Cowbelles hosted a Christmas supper at the Kiwanis Scout house on the 14th. President Lou Mavens led the planning with Marguerite Colton Naomi Dudley in charge of dinner, and Betty Wart and Virginia Hall on the committee. Forty guests enjoyed decorations, games, and gift exchanges.
Mrs Lillian Henderson will serve as campaign director for Uintah County's March of Dimes. She will head volunteers seeking funds in January for the National Foundation's birth defects arthritis and polio drive. Local organizations back the effort with活动 and events planned including a January benefit bridge. The drive emphasizes polio vaccine uptake and warns that age to forty is not a limit for susceptibility, urging all ages to vaccinate.
Miss Maria Ellsworth of Mandlett has started work at Eide's Beauty Salon in Vernal after graduating from Darsell's Beauty School. Arthur Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs Glenn Lee, has returned home from the U S Navy and will enroll at Montana State College in Bozeman on January 5 to study Heclrontes.
Miss Taylor and Keith Hartle announce their engagement. Misa Carma Ray Taylor is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Sarvey Taylor of Lapoint. Keith Hartle is the son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hartle, also of Lapoint. No wedding date is set. The bride elect attends Union High School. Mr Hartle is a Union High School graduate and also completed Heavy Equipment School in Weiser, Idaho. He is currently employed by Pease Bras.
The Uintah Night School presented Aladdin and the Wonders of the Lamp at the Willow Street on December 17 and 18. The play, directed by Ulenda Kings, featured Harold Rust and Leslie Boend lave in leading roles with a large cast and active backstage crew including Susan Sowards on piano.
The Hotel Vernal hosted a Lady Luck Club Christmas party for fourteen members and one guest, Mrs Minnie Schulthes, who enjoyed a dinner and festive gathering with fellow club members in a holiday social event.
Marilyn Southam reports Naples School sixth graders create health notebooks, cut pictures from magazines, and study nutrients like calcium iron phosphorus fats proteins and carbohydrates to learn about a balanced diet. The piece also covers a class play Boots & Mis Brothers and student poems about Santa Claus.
Naples Sixth Grade pupils write several plays in English class, including The Traveling Christmas Tree. The piece notes process from story to script and performance with student reflections. Unity Mebekah Lodge No 23 held its annual Christmas party at the LOOF Lodge on Dec 16, with a turkey dinner and officer elections including Mrs Ann Anderie as Vice Grand and others noted.
Mrs. Den Dye of Roosevelt, about 70, died Monday afternoon from a gunshot wound ruled by Wat as a personal safety related incident.
A brief birthday note for Betty Sue Bocell and Ricky Lee Karren, children of local families, with baby photos offered free by Thorne Studio and published in The Vernal Express. Photos to be taken one week before the first birthday.
On Monday night the club met to fill Christmas boxes for old folks. The next meeting will be held on the 20th of Jan at the home of Mrs Ellen Boren.
Utah stockmen led by Hugh W. Colton of Vernal prepare to join 2,090 ranchers from 40 states at the 63rd annual American National Cattlemen's Association convention in Dallas January 27 30. The Utah delegation aims to promote Salt Lake City as the next host, with many local families listed among attendees.
The Art Boren employees held a December 10 Christmas party at Gateway Cafe featuring a three course turkey dinner. Marvin Chivers led as MC, Melba Pierce read a piece, and Dean Price performed piano selections. Gifts included an orchid corsage and a centerpiece planter for Mr Boren, while Mr Doren received a revolver and a gift certificate. Guests from Bonanza and Craig attended along with Cap Atwood and Weldon Allred and others from Craig, Me.
A vintage recipe warns of calorie friendly treats for Christmas. It touts sugarless cookies using saccharin and a simple bake method. The method yields about two dozen cookies with roughly sixty calories each and emphasizes a gentle oven bake for a glossy finish.
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