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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1950
Page
8
In Salem Massachusetts a mechanic visiting Pittsburgh in 1817 praised coal saying it makes the best fire equal to walnut wood. This note marks the earliest known reference to coal in present US territory, compared to Joliet expedition accounts from 1673.
Ercel McMickell came from Denver on Friday to take Bud Reynolds and Marlon McMickell home for the holidays. Both boys have been patients at Fitz-Simmons hospital after returning from Korea. Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Merkley and baby visited their Todds Park family, while Mr. and Mrs. Murray Merkley hosted relatives for Christmas. Mrs. Nile Ainge placed second in a weekend Safeway contest. Jos. Dudley visited home folks and the Dudleys winter in Salt Lake. The Chews from California joined the funeral of Mrs. Mary Chew before returning home. The Jensen D U P held a Christmas party December 20 at Blanche Wilkins’s home. The Jensen School Christmas party followed at the ward chapel with a program and Santa gifts for babies born in 1950. Mr. and Mrs. Nile Ainge trip included Roosevelt and Duchesne, visiting the Joy Arnolds in Gusher. Erwin Wilkins, recently inducted, is stationed at Camp Car.
Christmas events bring relatives from Murray Jen sen and Jensen together. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Stewart hosted a dinner with Anita Stewart from Murray and other Stewart family members from Vernal and Jensen. A dance at the ward house featured the Marie Paulson orchestra. A baby boy arrived December 25 at the county hospital to Mr and Mrs David Clark. Jens Jensen travels to Salt Lake City to visit family.
A block of community updates from Craig Colorado and nearby towns recounts holiday travel visits, family gatherings, and school news. Mentioned are Mrs Leone Larsen and family, Howard Ainge trip to Craig, Dan Jackson visiting from Craig, Ruth Haslem’s Mass trip, A. H. Perkins relatives, Jolley and children’s Denver trip, and several students spending Christmas at universities in Utah and Colorado.
In a caustic diatribe a writer blames the Reds for pressuring the United States to withdraw its ambassador from Madrid. The piece argues Spain could have been a key anti communist ally with strong armaments and Franco neutral, warning that weak handling harmed East West balance and military readiness.
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