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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1930
Page
8
Mrs Mary Fisher of Duchesne arrives to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Adeljbert Colte Jr. She was formerly Miss Mary Colton.
County home demonstrator Miss Alice Pederson left Sunday afternoon for Logan to spend the holidays with relatives and share home talks.
Rev George E Guild and Archie Lews of Ford Motor Company departed last Thursday for a business trip to East Lake City and returned home on Saturday.
Edward Coltharp son of Mrs Hattle Coultharp and a student at Henger's Business College in Salt Lake City is home for his Christmas vacation.
Lewis Adams grandson of Mr and Mrs George E Adams returned home Saturday for the Christmas break. He is a high school student at Westminster College in Baltimore City, Utah.
Leo Thorne visited Salt Lake Friday with his daughter Mary Lou and Miss Amelia Manker. The trio, students at Westminster College, returned home Saturday to spend the holidays.
Bill Coltharp son of Mr and Mrs Vorace Coltharp has been attending Harvard Military College in Los Angeles California and is now visiting home for the holiday season with his family.
Miss Beatrice Bitley primary supervisor traveled Sunday with Miss Zelta Perry and Miss Raarmussen to Salt Lake City to spend the Christmas season with hone folks.
Mr and Mrs John Evans left last Friday for Salt Lake City and returned Sunday with their daughter Jella who has been attending high school at Westminster College Biss Evans will resume her studies after the holidays.
Rr and Mrs Elisa Wilcox with Miss Marva Hodson and Glenn Guymon left Friday afternoon to enjoy a hot day near outdoor spots. The Wilcoxs will visit Randy and Farmington while Hodson and Guymon head to Provo.
Last Friday Miss Helen Hematured movived to Salt Lake City on Saturday she was joined by her brother Olenn who is a student of the UAC care William Akhurst she was ill last week is greatly iproved.
Mr and Mrs Anditson Canton Wrathall Mathews and Miss Pearl Johnson depart Saturday for outside penta. Mr and Mrs Carson and Mr Mathews will spend Christmas in Crantsville. Kriss Johnson will visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Chris Johnson of Provo.
Mr aml Afrs Wallace and Calder announce the arrival of a ten pound baby boy born Friday morning December 9. Aether and Hitle are thriving at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs T. Alexard. The father is in Chicago attending dental college, to graduate next spring.
Mr and Mrs J H Ratliff returned Sunday from Salt Lake City. They were joined by Miss Mayhell a Castle Rock Colorado high school teacher and Miss Margaret of Qupingtan Colorado who taught at the Western States teachers college. Miss Agnes Schae femeyer of Eraduste nurses begins work next Monday as county school nurse.
The Uintah Sheep Grazers plan a meeting next Monday in the directors room of the Uintah State Bank. They aim to finalize arrangements for next spring’s shearing payments and discuss plant locations and other basin wool industry business. All basin wool growers have been notified to attend.
Last Saturday evening at about 6 30 a stray 273 caliber bullet pierced the left arm of Gordon Young son of Postmaster F J Young Jr in his father’s yard. The bullet caused a claw wound and a severe wound to the arm with risk of death or serious injury. careless use of a firearm is suspected but the shooter’s identity is unknown.
Will Wiott relocates his family into the A O Nom Row property owned by Mr sad Mre Byron Crliets. The move appears in local notices as a residence change affecting the neighborhood layout and property records.
The cold snap hit hardest on Christmas night as temperatures plunged to seventeen degrees below zero. Residents faced frigid winds and dim streetlights endured by heating systems and outdoor work paused. The season’s record low challenges comfort and safety plans across town.
Mr and Mrs Peterson and family left last Friday for Richfield Utah to spend the holidays with relatives.
Miss Agnes Schaefermeyer will commence her work as school nurse when schools reopen after the holiday vacation, ready to support students and staff with health services.
Mr and Mrs RH Sainsbury and their daughter Miss Freda from Salt Lake City arrived in Vernal Sunday evening to spend the Christmas holidays with their daughter Mrs J Clive Davis and family.
Miss Hazel Sowards her friend Dutch Cannon and Miss Ethelynne Ashton arrived in Vernal Saturday evening. They are students at the UAC and will return to Logan after spending the Christmas holidays with home folks.
Lynn Ashton, summoned to Salt Lake City a month ago to serve on the grand jury, was released last Friday and has returned home Saturday. He resumes duties at the Ashton Brothers store, with LeRoy Kay covering in his absence.
Announcement cards announced the marriage of June Bartlett and Lena Frandsen of Price. The ceremony occurred at the Salt Lake Temple on Monday, December and both will continue service in the Latter Day Saints church. Bartlett is the son of Ashley Bartlett, formerly of Vernal, and many friends extend best wishes.
Elders George C Davis Lawrence Davis and Raymond Searles return from missions in the California and England posts to Vernal First ward arriving in time for Christmas. They will report their labors Sunday January 4 in the First ward chapel.
Readable items list delinquent taxes across Uintah County for 1930. Entries include property owners such as Ingram Park Co and Henry Heidenreich with sections and acreage, plus coal lands and parcels across Vernal and Roosevelt Utah, and associated survey numbers. The page covers numerous names and parcels with assessed values, followed by a note about a Christmas cantata at First Watch Chapel directed by Lloyd Win.
Postmaster F J Young Jr notes first class mail held steady if not above December levels. Parcel volume, initially low, surged in the final days before Christmas, narrowing the gap from last year to under sixty parcels by closing. Staff worked hard to clear all holiday mail before Christmas.
City Marshal Hichardson notified by Sheriff Arza Alitchell to watch for two men suspected of robbing a lone traveler near Indian Canyon Summit around midnight Friday. Victim, later returning to Duchesne, reported meeting two travelers asking for gasoline before being slugged and robbed. Marshal Richardson and local hotels and garages conducted checks but found no match to descriptions.
Howard Calder travels from Leven to spend holidays with UA CG community. The student plans to participate in campus activities during the break.
A local correction clarifies that a previous marriage notice for Miss Vilaté Bennion was false. The Erring informant claims Meda Speirs did not author the report and the newspaper apologizes to Miss Bennion for the error.
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