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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1934
Page
5
Second class mail matter appears at Vernal Utah March 13 1905 under act of March 3 1879. The fragment notes a postal designation and date, indicating a formal mailing status of a historical notice.
The listing shows subscription rates with three tiers: three months for $15, six months for $251, and two dollars and five cents for a shorter term, reflecting varying payment plans and term lengths.
Independent in politics and working for Sigger a p A, Oytimastic disposition noted as a new member of the Greater Dintar delegation to a state press association.
Commissioner George Frook outlines the impact of the Depression on U S schooling. Thousands of schools closed or shortened terms. Enrollments fell as teacher wages dropped, with many districts in debt or paying in warrants.edo
Second Grade studies Eskimos with sand table igloos. Seventh and eighth grade boys skate at Harvey Christensen’s pond with popcorn balls. First grade plans to paint a play house. Hazel Brockbank, state primary supervisor, visits. School meals praised. hog lunches hoped to continue. Sizable notes on Algebra tests scheduled January 19 and 22. Outdoor basketball and ice pond skating described. Local social visits include Mrs Noel staying with Clara Preece, Mrs Rasmussen visiting, and Mr Winn traveling to Salt Lake.
Selections from student notes praise progress in Staggs 6th grade room. Mentions Stone Age and Bronze Age study, new readers for rabbits, Eskimos bears and poems, upcoming birthdays, and plans to change Eskimo topics. Reports on new student Edith Dint in Mr Lees room and a letter about Yellowstone Park. Ailens Slaugh ill but improving per LouWana Caldwell.
Christina Hendricks reports that the sth grade at White Rocks School studied economics without a teacher by reading and discussing in a vacant room. The activity, described as very interesting, is seen as a chance to foster leadership and self control. Blot lunches Thursday provided a hot lunch to about 40 students at the school.
Leota mh Jabus Durfee remains weak yet shows slow improvement. Eile and her son in law visit at bedside. A reunion in honor of the former bishopric drew a hearty crowd with a program, refreshments, and dancing. Visitors from Roosevelt attend Sunday School Stake event.
An ice jam two miles east of Ouray created a dangerous crossing area as workers noted the river to be wide open beyond the jam. Local officials and the C A Broome store commented on cutting ice for text swimmers while a few men reportedly managed to cross.
Primary Room reports third and fourth graders studying the Indians of the North Woods of Canada and the five zones oceans and continents. They have just finished learning about Eskimos. Report by Eleanor Murphy.
Seventh and eighth graders heard missionary George Streixl discuss Germany while the younger grades joined. Students praised hot lunches and enjoyed Eskimo village lessons with posters, igloos, sleighs, fur dolls, and a sand-table replica.
The Davis school senior seminar program showcased lessons on habits that injure and service to others. Students Fay Slaugh Ida Atwood Stella Slaugh Juanita Watkins Louis Woolley Wilma Thompson presented topics such as The Second Mile What Does Your Tongue do for Others and Have You a Fool in Your Body Frances Watkins and Wilma Thompson reported a surprise party for the second grade teacher Miss Linnie Simper with lunch by Lamar Burke.
In a description from a distressed, fragmentary account, workers labored for hours with a block and tackle to pull a stranded object from the river and spent the day Monday trying again. The unusually warm weather is noted as a factor, with mentions of prairie dogs seen at Ouray and Rand- 2.
Ashley and Frank Steinaker returned from Salt Lake. Mrs S Dorman of Green River ill and improving at Rocce Springs hospital. Mr and Mrs Howard Neel returned from winter in Nevada. William Harrison visiting Perry mine with brother. Horace Caldwell and Wendell At mood back from forest service work. Vera Flarkton to continue schooling pending settlement. Ella Feltch Marie Lee and Jola Winn hosted a party with games and music. Junior Seminary program at Sunday School featured Ena Ree Winn, Carl Van Tassell, Iris Caldwell, Vada Morrison, Bernite Herbert, Boroth.
Utah growers and western farmers show strong interest in a smut resistant wheat variety bred by Professor Tingey at the Utah Experiment Station. Initial tests indicate yield parity with top varieties, with seed already tested on about 600 acres in Cache, Weber, Uintah, Juab, and Millard counties. Researchers anticipate lower smut losses and broader adoption across the region.
The commission ordered abatements and veteran air exemptions to be ready by April 30. Wallace Weeks of Lapoint bought forty acres on Whiterocks bench from the county for 20711 in back taxes. County Assessor Lester Bingham sought cross-county arrangements for taxing such property due to high costs. Dr M C Campbell sought a beer dispensing license for Victory Park. A county ordinance governing sales outside incorporated towns was drafted for legal sanction. County officials plan to attend the state county officials convention in Salt Lake City February 8-9, with a prior road meeting in Moab February 5 to discuss a Therin-to-North-South route.
The Harvester Company announces prizes for 4 H Club members across the United States. Each county in every state in the Western section will award a winner, with a grand national prize for the top overall record. Eligible clubs must complete inventories and financial records for the 1934 club year and submit them to Extension Services.
A call for entries outlines required farm records including receipts and expenditures by crop, time spent, expenses incurred, and a year end balance sheet. Each record must include a story up to 500 words on value of record keeping. Judges rate completeness, story quality, accuracy, and neatness. Contact county agent or Mr Murray at Utah State Agricultural College for details.
Heavy demand looms for farm draft horses in Utah amid a 43 percent drop in the horse population since 1918 and 1600 losses last summer from encephalomyelitis. Wayne Dinemere of the Horse and Mule Association of America notes 85 percent of horses are on farms, 6 percent in cities, 3 percent used saddle work, and 7 percent too young. Local breeders A T Batty and Sons, J M Ritchie and Sons, and W S Hansen and Sons are holding active draft sires in Ogden, Salt Lake, and Collinston, with plans urged for spring 1934 foaling to produce 1400-pound mares mated to strong draft stallions for Utah demand.
Uintah defeated Alterra 62 to 12 at VHS gym with Lyall Pitt scoring 20 points. Teammates DeMar Gale Harold Alexander and Lyle Anderson followed. The night also featured a faculty game, Uintah’s 4th straight win at Mt Emmons 64 to 16, and a preview of Roosevelt clash. State officials visited, andUintah teachers formed a joint institute.
A terse, fragmentary text questions a method or explanation and mentions excess rouge. The readable portion hints at a playful or reflective inquiry about appearance and identity. Further context is unavailable in the fragment.
Fragmentary quote recounts a tense exchange with Haney on a practical matter. Two unnamed speakers discuss attention and payment, suggesting a wary dynamic in a local social or business context. The garbled text limits precise identification of people or place.
A teacher, frustrated by a pupil's mischief, quips that the child could be swapped with his mother for a week. The student coolly responds that he will speak with his father about it.
A playful exchange centers on a flirtatious remark about a woman nicknamed a peach. The punch line suggests jealousy as the speaker says he squeezed her and she struck him in the eye, delivering a humorous grapefruit twist.
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