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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1958
Page
5
A reflective column urges readers to use January 1 1959 as a chance to evaluate 1958 gains and failures. It stresses that change is only calendar-based and true growth comes from past lessons, aiming for achievement, peace, and prosperity in the year ahead.
A retrospective compares how different civilizations marked the new year from ancient China to Britain and Europe. It notes Chinese celebrations spanning days, traditional family gatherings, and firecracker scenes, while tracing January 1 adoption of the Gregorian calendar and Jewish and Japanese New Year practices.
The piece casts 1959 as a countdown for humanity stepping into space. It likens humanity to a crew of billions aboard a vast ship, weighing heavy with potential yet fragile. It warns that collective effort is needed to avoid cosmic trouble and possible self-destruction, urging guidance for the year ahead.
A fragment hints at festive greetings including Feliz Uno Nuevo and playful echoes like Slappy NW Year. The note reflects a lighthearted, uncertain moment of sharing wishes for the future and good fortune among friends.
Government aid for student loans graduate fellowships and related programs will start in January, with offices coordinating to implement the bill. Eligible students can borrow up to 8000 annually to a total of 95000, with repayment beginning after graduation and possible loan cancellation for teachers or disabled borrowers. Fellowships aim to support future college and university instructors, with selection tight and emphasis on science engineering math and foreign languages. Separately a yearling sheep recovered from severe starvation after 16 days without sustenance and water, found by pheasant hunters, treated with warm water milk and grain, and slowly regained function and strength under care.
A new program outlines stipends of 2000 for the first year and 2400 in the third, plus 400 per dependent, for guidance institutes aiding high school counselors and teachers. Institutes at colleges will train personnel, with 75 per week and 15 per dependent during attendance. State-wide aptitude tests and language and vocational education support are planned.
Farmers harvest thin hay and dry corn fodder in shocks to stockpile winter feed. The guide discusses making corn fodder silage with airtight pits, moisture targets, water distribution, and fermentable carbohydrates, noting shock corn silage palatability and an example from Polytechnic Institute testing salt and cottonseed meal ratios for winter cow feeding without harming calves or nursing cows.
It is noted that it may be permissible to forget engagements at times but it is worse to forget honesty and what one has learned, stressing personal integrity over memory lapses.
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