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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1924
Page
8
Community notices include corrections for Vernal Express subscribers, travels of Mrs Bates to San Diego, and hospital stays. Local figures such as S J Campbell, Minnie Preece, William H Biddeway, and A A Brigman appear alongside weather hints, Groundhog Day forecasts, and updates on coal mine workers and Beekeeper Beverages.
Local notes show William Oakley of Jeonzon visiting Vernal on Monday, with several others from Ouray, Fort Duchesny, Lapoint, Jensen, and Roosevelt visiting the area. The Uintah high school junior prom is postponed from February 16 to March. Multiple residents attend church, business, and family events, including hospital updates, land office notices, and road to recovery for Mrs. Burton.
Mrs M E Harmston of Roosevelt, while handling clothes at home, accidentally ran a needle into her palm, breaking it off. She traveled to Vernal for X rays on Wednesday and, on Thursday morning, the needle was removed by a physician. Mrs Harmston suffered considerable pain but rests at the Oxford hotel, in the care of Mrs Gipson.
William Gardiner Sr reports a 9 pound grandson born Jan 23 at the home of William Gardiner Jr in Kenilworth Utah. The birth marks the fourth generation in the Gardiner line, with great grandparents Joseph I Gardiner living in Naplea ward. Gardiner is 50 and the grandfather is listed in the family note.
Expresses sincere gratitude to those who assisted during illness and death of beloved husband. Thanks for help and sympathy. Bennett Utah.
H M Lyndor took a Thursday passenger trip to Vernal and returned to Mack Colorado. Gerald Stewart visited Vernal and went home Saturday after time with daughter Mrs Solomon Casa in Fruita Colorado. Ed Lewis arrived in Vernal yesterday from Watson Hay Arider left Vernal Saturday for Mack Colorado and A J Du Vall rode the same day to Dragon Utah. John Slaugh went to Watson this week. W A Banks and L Jacobson haul sand from Allandra to Watson for the Uintah railway project.
The note requests faster local news dispatches from correspondents to reach the office before closing. It urges gathering and sending material by Tuesday to ensure inclusion for the following week. The message stresses timely mailing as essential for community reporting.
Miss Georgia Roy Pickup and friends were riding with Earl Marshall when a sleigh passed. Marshall struck a buried log, causing a violent crash that threw Miss Pickup through the windshield and gashing her face. She was taken to Vernal for stitches. others unhurt and car damaged.
Congressman Don B Colton introduces a bill to expand federal participation in primary interstate road construction. The measure, backed by a highway officials committee, would allow 100 percent federal funds on petition and raise the $20 000 per mile cap, with copies sent to state highway departments for approval. The state road commission supports enactment if other states back it.
David Moosman and Kimball Slaugh of Vernal two sophomores at the Agricultural college of Utah are charter members of the Lambila Fraternity the ninth fraternity at UAC and among twenty two charter members. Both hold strong posts at the UAC Dairy Products manufacturing plant supporting their college costs. Slaugh attended the Portland stock show in November as a member of the UAC Dairy Products team where he showed notable judgment.
Deputy Collector Horton E. Fackrell will be stationed to collect income returns for the year ending December 31 1923. He will be at Vernal and Jensen in Vernal Uintah County at the Uintah State Bank on February 27 and 28. He will be at Fort Duchesne Randlett Ouray at Fort Duchesne post office on February 29. He will be at Watson and Dragon in Watson at the hotel between train and stage time.
A Vernal Express ad invites readers to buy Valentines from a large assortment on display. The brief note appears as a local newspaper notice dated June 2.
In January the Thalia club met at the homes of Mrs. David Match and Mrs. Hatch Os. Mrs. Sarah M. Logan presented a paper on city goals and how to achieve them. She urged a county owned modern hospital with private donations for equipment, better sidewalks streets and vacant lots, and a sanitary tourist camp with a small fee and staff. Downey supported the views. Logan urged united effort to accomplish one goal at a time.
Friends and neighbors gathered Wednesday evening to surprise Charles H. Howell on his 60th birthday. Mrs. Howell served a splendid dinner as guests enjoyed an evening of five hundred and good company.
Walter Thompson and Rebecca Jenkins of Glines ward were married January 17 by Bishop M. M. Batty. The couple, both from prominent local families, are noted in the younger social circle.
William Preece eldest son of Night marshal and Mrs Preece married Laura Gertrude McKune of Altenal at the court house officiated by Justice Irvin Eaton. The couple will reside in Myton.
Professor William Hanson announces auditions for the U H S operetta All at Sea a two act copyrighted work. L M Norberg leads dramatics Miss Floy Kartchner handles costuming and dancing while Hanson selects the cast and Prof Wilson handles business and advertising. The operetta is slated for mid March.
The Orpheus hosted a brilliant costume ball Friday night with varied costumes and many characters. Manager M K Shaffer earned congratulations for success as three substantial prizes were awarded, judges Miss Floy Karchner Mia Rae Ashton and EF J Young Jr satisfied with the decisions, and Shaffer was noted for offering top dances. A large crowd from Vernal and other towns missed the event due to travel.
A large enthusiastic crowd watched three games at the Orpheus Saturday evening. Gaines beat Glines Maeser M I A 28 to 19 with George Tanner refereeing after a fast duel. Naples Maeser M I A won 18 to 7 as Ted Allen officiated. Vernal Athletics beat Naples picked team 33 to 1 with Ernest Johnson as referee.
Friday night at Roosevelt, Willcox academy faced Duchesne high school in a thrilling basketball clash. The tied score at 24 apiece led to overtime, where Duchesne edged Willcox by two points, with no Willcox points in overtime. Duchesne girls defeated Willcox girls 12 to 7 in a separate match.
The Vernal Athletic Club had scheduled a game with Hayden but cannot on Friday. The V A C boys will travel to Roosevelt on Friday evening February 8 to face the Roosevelt team. Also the U S team plays the D H boys on that date in a return game.
UHS and DHS boys open Uintah Basin section play this Friday at Orpheus with Roosevelt as opponent. Saturday features Willcox Academy and DHS in a second game at the same venue. Last week's Roosevelt contest was an exciting clash.
The decisive game for the eastern division championship will be held in Cleveland on Friday evening February 1.
The Legion Auxiliary will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday February 4 1924 at 230 pm at the Uintah Abstract office. Full attendance is requested. Beit. Sybil Collyer secretary.
Clarence is a Booth Tarkington comedy starring Wallace Reid Agnes Ayers and May McAvoy from William de Mille. It follows Clarence Smith a calm coleopterist who drives army mules without swearing as he enters the Wheeler home and brings peace and happiness, based on Tarkington stage hit.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that through rates on gilsonite from American Fork Utah to Colorado and eastern states exceed 9.75 per short ton are unreasonable. New rates take effect after March 21 with past overcharges partially repaid. The commission denied joint-rate requests for shipments to destinations east of Mack Cole, noting high costs on the Utah railway line used for gilsonite handling. W H Prickett represented Utah Gilsonite Company.
A brief notice notes a splendid assortment at the Vernal Express and advertises immediate X clean light tags at the office dated April 12.
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