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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1959
Page
8
Local notices describe Christmas visits and gatherings among Snow, Ainge, Peterson, and Stewart families in Denver Rawlins Provo Murray Lapoint Rangely Artesia and Rangely. Several relatives hosted dinners and parties with extended kin, hospital release, and home visits noted.
Family and friends gather in Rangely and Vernal for Christmas Day and holiday visits. Mia Luther Stewart hosts relatives including the Auer family and Warren children. Albert Snow returns home for Christmas Eve. Bud Glenn Jessie Wall and Gary Walls are pictured visiting. minor overnight and dinner gatherings with Stewart and Massey, Hardy, and Cooper households noted. Birthday wishes and baby picture plans announced by The Vernal Express.
Nathan O Wilder of the US Navy Recruiting Station Salt Lake City will arrive in Vernal about 1 pm Monday. He will stay at the Commercial Motel and interview young men interested in opportunities with the Navy.
Wayne Swett a Vernal telephone worker extinguished a basement fire in the Glen Chivers Jensen house after discovering smoke and a furnace explosion. He stopped a coal bin blaze and shut down the automatic stoker preventing a likely disaster. He then notified Mrs Acel Chivers.
Naples School faces aging facilities with three classrooms per building and a small principal’s office. A central heating plant and basement lunch room exist in the south building. Six teachers and 200 students served. kindergarten bused to Vernal. Principal freed from teaching three afternoons to supervise and refine curriculum.
The article describes daily assembly singings of Christmas carols, classroom bell crafts from carton bottoms, and stockings with candy for spelling test accuracy. It notes a Christmas tree from Kim Norton's grandfather and decorations made by students. Second grade includes a remedial reading program for eight fourth graders as teachers emphasize language arts and preparation for high school.
Local poultry flock members caused a stir as several unusually large eggs were collected. A hen produced an egg near 2 ounces, then another topped scales at 1 9 ½ pounds, shocking farm observers. Pvt John R Adams of the Army Magical Corp returned to camp in San Antonio after ten days leave in Vernal.
Third grade students share a room display with Christmas scenes animals and a door mouse. Names Namona Mansfield Tina Caldwell and others describe Tweety the orange canary and a dairy farm bread nuts apples and peanut animals from a study on food.
Ads list rentals help wanted and sales including rooms for rent and office work. Also notes annual stockholders meeting for Ashley Cooperative Mercantile Institution in First Security Bank directors room January 13 1960 and a Vernal City budget public hearing January 6 7 30 pm with city office access.
Honey Waser of the Vernal Congregation announces an annual Jehovah’s Witness training visit led by G. Vyas for Dec 20 to 28 1960. The program includes a 730 pm ministry training school a 30 minute discourse The Manner of Preaching That Gets Results and daily field service with calls on residents. A Bible question period ends Saturday at 8 with New Things Learned and Sunday features Ross on Walking Wisely in a Wicked World. Kingdom Hall US 40 four miles east visitors welcome no collections.
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