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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1964
Page
7
The town records numerous family gatherings as local residents from West Point to Brigham Young University return home for the holidays. Students and graduates from Stanford, Utah, BYU, and other institutions mingle with relatives in Salt Lake City, Gunnison, Provo, and Vernal, sharing festive meals and catching up after Christmas.
Provo family announces the engagement of Katherine Gunn to Wilford N. Roberts of Vernal. They will wed January 28 in the Salt Lake Temple with a reception at BYU Sky Room that evening and an open house February 5 hosted by the groom’s parents in Provo.
Mr and Mrs Martin Curtis spent Christmas in Salt Lake City with their two daughters visiting Vernal residents in hospitals. Lorry Huber remains in serious condition after surgery for paralysis from a highway accident near Roosevelt. Ralph and Mrs Hatch also visited. Mrs Hatch improving but Mr Hatch faced complications after hospitalization. IL S Sowards recovering from surgery reached by Curtis at Holy Cross Hospital. Weber College students home for holidays include Sharon Hadlock Jim Jeffries Susan Barnett Butch Gillettte Brent Preece. Lorraine Slaugh won a pony at Barnett’s Variety Store drawing on Christmas Eve. Visitors at Harold E Davis home included Robert N Sainsbury family and Edward TH Davis family. Steve Matrath, Wyoming University senior, visiting parents during holiday break.
Elder Gayle F McKeachnie and his companion Gary Purlins of Glendale Arizona returned from a ten month mission in Mexico City and Acapulco where they taught L D S religion. McKenchnie noted 3064 baptisms in 1964 and that the Mexico mission leads in baptisms per missionary. He will enroll at College of Southern Utah Cedar City for winter quarter.
The Glenn Lee family welcomes its first girl in three years when baby Cindy Rae Lee arrives December 1 weighing 8 pounds 9 ounces. She is the daughter of Dale C. and Glenn Lee, who already have six sons. Cindy Rae’s mother is Patsy Cotobelly, formerly Patsy Cotobel ly.
Weather in the Manila valley swung from subzero snow to rain and floods as Christmas approaches. Santa Claus visited the Manila Ward Christmas program at the new LDS Chapel, delighting children with candy and wishes. Local families decked homes with Santa figures and trees, and community nurse Mable Philbrick was thanked for bringing fruit and candy to sick children.
Salt Lake Tribune correspondent Bonnie Kiever earned honorable mention for best coverage of a developing story for the Utah High School fire. Tribune executive editor Arthur C. Beck announced the award, marking Kiever’s second year receiving the honor amid more than 190 Utah area correspondents. Calendar items list community events and local meetings through January, plus marriage license notices for Leland Reed Young and NuaNella Burke.
Members of the Dinosaur Women’s Club and their husbands held their annual Christmas party at the 7-11 Cafe on December 19 with about twenty-one couples attending. The Dinosaur Children's party, led by Mrs. Adrian Raines, Santa arrived at the Quarry Visitor Center on December 26 for a talent show and gifts. The next club meeting is January 12 at Mrs. Dale Thompson’s home with co hostess Mrs. Marion Terry. Obituaries note several births in December including Kent Jay Boren, Juvenal Aguilar, Ted Hatch, Bristol, Roth, Clark Emery, Dale Leo, James O’Donnell, and Jesse Phillips.
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