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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1949
Page
10
A collection of holiday and travel notes from Uintah County and Salt Lake City families. Military, school, and church scenes appear as Wilbur Rodeback in the Army Air Corps, families like the Southams convalesce at home, Porto Rico-bound Leon R. Powell joins his wife and child, and primary level Christmas programs feature students and local residents.
Miss Carlie Goodrich returns from Moses Lake and Salt Lake City where she spent the past two weeks visiting. The note mentions Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Merrell as part of the surrounding social circle.
Mr and Mrs Ezra Merkley and small daughter traveled to Gillette Wyoming to settle there after summer with Ezra's parents Mr and Mrs Murray Merkley. Mr and Mrs Bernard Moon and others visited Vernal with Mr and Mrs Harry Au. Miller from the Brewer Ranch shared time in Bitter Creek area. Jensen Refinery Co held a party at Jensen Ward chapel with games and Santa giving candy sacks to children. Tommy and Ellen Morgan spend Christmas holidays with relatives. Pierre Morg attends Waratch Academy Mt Pleasant. Ellen at St Marys Academy Salt Lake. June Graham and family arrived from Meeker Cole then Vernal for Christmas at Mrs Mares Jensen's, later visiting Bountiful. Karl Kalgreen moved into new home across from Paul Murray on the Fred Slaugh ranch. Ernest Helco and baby daughter spent Christmas with Aunt and Uncle Warren Billings.
Roosevelt area residents gather for Christmas events and religious services. families visit relatives in Roosevelt, Meeker, and Vernal while many attend stake meetings, school activities, and a holiday program at Alterra High. Funeral services are held for Mrs. Searle, grandmother of Bernard Larsen, an Roosevelt pioneer.
A rural political pitch proposes safety branding for every farm family nationwide. The speaker suggests a slogan urging protection for "me and mine" and links it to a broader public safety program across the countryside.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Lecton Bennett Merz and Morrocks, recovering at home from illness, a ward party program enjoyed by many members Tuesday evening, and gifts of candy and nuts. It notes Mrs Prisilla Hartle of Verne spending time with her daughter, Mrs John Harlem, and references to Roosevelt Hospital care and visits, with further names and locations largely unreadable.
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