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Newspaper

Vernal Express

Location

Vernal, Utah, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1923

Page

3

Community notes from Tridell Utah during Christmas season

John Merkley visits Vernal while Joseph Palmer and siblings return home for Christmas. Uintah river bridge progress delights locals. Co B Bartlett spoke at Vernal stake conference. Tridell residents sent Christmas turkeys to kin in other counties. Dr H Hallett leases his farm to James Harvey for three years and moves to Pasadena. School events praise, with eighth grade stories and prizes to May Watt and Stella Boren. Parish program, Life of Joseph Smith talk, Deep Creek and Beach schools hold Christmas events led by Lorin Ross and Le land Morrill.

John Merkley Vernal Mosara Joseph Palmer Ursel Hober Tridell Uintah River Bridge Co. B. Bartlett Tridall H. Hallett James Harvey Russell Harrison Margaret A. Bartlett May Watt Stella Boren Alice Mecham Eliza Harvey Karen Bartlett Bernice Bartlett Della Mooseman Mignon Ellingford Fernando Elling Ford Preston Atwood Sacrament Lorin Ross Nellia Merkley Clara Bartlett George H. Bartlett Mutual Mra Alta Wilson Joseph Smith Deep Creek Lorin Rosas Leland Morrill

Whiterockes Fort Hall superintendent visits school site

W H Donner, Fort Hall Idaho superintendent of construction, surveyed Whiterocks buildings for the Indian school. Electric lights will be installed as soon as work finishes. Local residents attended Masonic lodge in Myton and Dr Myers took Russell Root for an elbow X ray in Vernal. Families prepare for Christmas holidays with visits, meals, and concerts.

W. H. Donner Fort Hall Idaho Whiterocks

Davis Family Plans Three Week Stay in Utah

Davis on Mrs William Johnson and her daughter Nellie left Saturday for Tompson Utah where they will spend about three weeks with Mrs David Beard formerly Miss Mary Johnson daughter of Mrs Johnson Miss Ive Smuin spent Saturday with her parents who are living at Dragon She returned Saturday night William Postma is In from the mines to spend the holidays with home folks Friday was a very busy and enjoyable day for the school children They were all engaged in giving and receiving presents and feasting on Christmas treats In the evening they delightfully entertained an extremely large crowd with B program and dance

William Johnson Nellie Tompson Utah David Beard Mary Johnson Johnson Ive Smuin Dragon William Postma

Christmas Program Delighted Crowded Mine Town

James Duvall returned from the mines to spend Christmas with family as a Sunday program at Mutual featured mixed quartet recitations and piano pieces. Dignitaries and neighbors enjoyed a large crowd, with performances by Mrs. Alfred Simper Daphnia Zufelt John Buest and John Post among others and a finale titled Christmas Cradle Song.

James Duvall Alfred Simper Daphnia Zufelt John Buest John Postma Linnla Simpertrio Jamea Duvall Ray Chivera Vila Zufelt

Christmas Eve Village Notes and Ward Programs

ASELEY Mr and Mrs Lyman Hall visit from Watson while Mr Hall herds sheep at Mrs C B Atwood s home Clara Noel returns from California mission just in time for conference Mrs Lewis recovering but improving David Karren Jr comes home for Christmas Mutual meeting Sunday Alma Preece presiding program includes Willam Winn reading song male quartet Alvin E Weeka on Prophet Joseph Smith birthday Clara Noel addresses Beehive and Junior girls with teachers Lewla Freestone and Karl Preece send lunch baskets to elderly in ward Christmas program at local school praised by teachers and families with many happy children around the tree.

Lyman Hall Watson Hall Alma Preece Willam Winn Alvin E. Weeka Joseph Smith Clara Noel Lewla Freestone Karl Preece

Christmas in Naples Ward Enjoys Dance and Carol Singers

Mrs Amanda Remington and granddaughter Lealas Cook left for Salt Lake City last Sunday with son Fuller Remington driving as far as Watson. Naples ward members returned for holidays include Mr and Mrs Angus Merrell Mr and Mrs Lorin Anderson Myron Roberts and son Lorin Lewis S Gardiner Porter Goodrich Robert Allred injured recently while wagon thrown may be sent to Vernal for X ray. Sterling Haws led Christmas caroling at every home in the ward. James Karren visiting. Naples orchestra provided music. J W Olsen home from Willow Creek teaching school over holidays.

Amanda Remington Lealas Cook Salt Lake City Fuller Remington Watson Naples Ward Angus Merrell Lorin Anderson Myron Roberts Lorin Lewis S. Gardiner Porter Goodrich Robert Allred Victor Allred Bitter Creek Sterling Haws James Karren Naples Orchestra J. W. Olsen Willow Creek

Christmas gatherings and home moves in local notes

Mr and Mrs Ernest Case moved into the William Moon house. Mrs E Johnson and daughter from Vernal visited Mrs Alfred Ainge. A Christmas program and free Friday night drew a large crowd. Andrew Dudley Sr sold his place to Lloyd Stewart. Dinners and parties followed with families listed including Schaefermeyer, Neal, Choman, Oakley and Ramsey Stewart among others.

Ernest Case William Moon E. Johnson Rose Preno Vernal Alfred Ainge Riley Murray Andrew Dudley Lloyd Stewart Wayne Snow Vernal Ia B. Snow Dinosaur Quarry Milo Snow Wiliam Schaefermeyer William Neal William Chomans Albert Snow William Oakley Robert Johnston Birs. Ramsey Stewart Guyletta Stewart L. H. Woodard

Notable Verbal Tribute From Vernal Resident's Notice

Milas Dorothy Martin formerly of Vernal now residing in Monrovia Calif sent two selections she had written but space forbids printing them Mrs Luther Stewart and Na Stewart are named in the tribute reflecting a community literary effort and relocation details.

Na Stewart Luther Stewart Milas Dorothy Martin Vernal Monrovia Calif

Utah Historian's Book Is Well Received At Home And Abroad

Professor Levi Edgar Young head of western history at the University of Utah sails to Columbus to attend American Historical Association meetings. He plans to publish a second edition of The Founding of Utah after New York arrangements. The work has broad sales and high praise from Harvard Columbia scholars and Will Irwin. A future volume of thirty stories on western history is planned, covering fur traders explorers and westward colonization including Oregon California and Utah.

Levi Edgar Young University of Utah Columbus, O American Historical Association Pastriotic Societies of America Columbus Young New York Utah United States Professor Young Ephraim Emerton Edward Chenning Harvard University Franklin H. Gidding William R. Shepherd Columbia University

Wealth and poverty across a lifetime in aging societies

Margaret Boyd explores how wealth fluctuates through a man's life as family needs grow then recede. She notes two poverty risks: early marriage and old age, with children gradually contributing and eventual retirement looming. Old age pensions help some, but work shortages persist and memory fades with time.

New Year Advice From A Bhipper Orator

A garbled 1924 New Year note urges readers to begin right and save for Christmas next year. It mocks slackers, hints at personal finance and self improvement, and warns against foolish talk. The text includes scattered phrases about hats, brains, and upright conduct.

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Whiterockes Hetet Frank Davis H. Smith R. L. _Marimon Fred Sargent Masonic Lodge Myton Dr. Myers Russell Root Bess Rose Sarah Marimon Agnes Blake Helen Curtis P. H. Lambert Elvira Pike Edith Ritchardson Roosevelt Lang Robert Mason R. L. Marimow Blake Myers Davis Woodstock Woodstock Typewriter Company N. Dearborn Street Chicago U. S. AL Aseley Naples Jensen Margaret Boyd Marchant Venice Lfe Ossian Mar Ray ORN Imercantile Company Vernal, Utah
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