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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1934
Page
3
The Vernal Express is issued every Thursday under publishers William B Wailtis and Fritor Sames II Wallis. The paper is entered as second class matter at the Vernal Utah post office.
Gime Year rate is 256 dollars, six months 154 dollars, three months 1 dollar in advance.
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A lecture on Groundhog Day argues the myth reflects human gullibility and superstition rather than weather prediction while praising folklore's role in American culture. Separately, funeral services were held for Carl O Mi Hardy, Heber and Midway civil engineer and Lions Club leader, with Lions clubs and chamber of commerce members in attendance.
Weekend visits and hospital moves fill community pages. Miss Isibel Johnson spent time in Galt Lake City with John Clarke from the Utah high school. Mrs Levi Williams moved from Ashley Valley hospital to her parents’ home to recuperate after a major operation. Ab Frice welcomes a baby girl born February 4, their first daughter. Grace Hall of Leota visited family. Vern Shirts from Idaho accompanied Frank Smith seeking eye treatment in Salt Lake. MIA program featured a well attended Sunday event with songs and readings. Mrs Moe Jorgensen and Juliette Caldwell joined readings and country song, while Therol and Shelton Cook visited Ced ar Fort relatives. George Perry, recently hospitalized in Salt Lake, was described as improving. Ells Nichols married Thea Nash in Salt Lake with CGS Carter officiating. Mrs Charles Shanno celebrated a 60th birthday with relatives.
A banquet for Boy Scout workers in the Uintah district is planned at the Vernal First Ward Chapel to close Boy Scout Week. Invitations go to district members court of honor merit badge inspectors troop committee members and Scoutmasters with partners. All Eagle Scouts in the district and their partners are invited. Dancing will follow in the recreation hall and attendees pay fifty cents per plate.
Ho M Snider county CWA re employment officer says after February 15 new hires on projects will come from those registered in the last 30 days. He urges men to re register every thirty days to stay active. County totals show 1402 registered including 971 men and 431 women, with 345 inactive. Currently 193 employed on projects, 268 on fifteen hour basis and 25 on thirty hour basis, including federal projects like the dinosaur and trapping programs.
The War Department announced Utah bids for Stave 7F jroantes near Salt Lake City. Bidders include Thomas F Yellow at $12 165 and Fremelt Jake to Park City, plus Rolle A Gerber at $2160. The route runs from Salt Lake City toward Vernal through Junction of Lark and Bagram Road, Alma to Hem yeigeeyn.
Low bids announced for multiple Salt Lake area routes. From Sandy to Alta final bid $1400 by Peter Peter son. Grantsville route bids show Howard J Spencer at $3000 and Bing ham Stage Lines, Inc at $1875 for Bingham transfer.
Rangely residents and local officials including Otto Metager of the CWA and Fred A Nichols traveled to Vernal for medical care updates. Fred Nichols remains under care after a January accident left him with a broken collarbone and other injuries.
A weight loss ad touts Kruschen Salts as the easiest fat reducer. It claims a daily half teaspoon in hot water will shed fat in three weeks, boost energy, and rejuvenate the body. An 85 cent bottle supposedly lasts four weeks, with a money back offer if unsatisfied.
Abreavsaalerne Akard urges customers that a telephone call is often as satisfactory as in person visits for faster delivery and lower prices depending on the occasion. The ad notes convenience of phone orders as a practical option for shoppers.
The Monday PTA gathering at the school house drew a large crowd with a Maeser School band selection tap dance and vocal numbers by Veda Bingham Irene Jackson and Margaret Oaks with piano accompaniment Lynn McKee and Wayne Bullock performed readings Mary Sander spoke on hot lunches and Mrs Sender gave a talk. The evening ended with dancing and a birthday tribute to Mrs Caddie Oaks. Roy Thomas of Duchesne visited his brothers Will and Clyde Thomas during the week.
The Wild Rose club held a Lincoln Day program at Mrs Elmer Snow Kis home with guest A C Boyle. A luncheon followed. DeMar Dudley and sister Alton Peterson visited Salt Lake and Provo. Dahille arranged year’s chick supply. Peterson visited sister Lucy in Salt Lake. husband at BYU Provo. Caldwell and wife returned to Vernal with uncle George Ferry. GT club met January 25 at Firne Wilkins home. twelve members attended. Venice Books read a story and Louise Stewart gave a reading. Refreshments were served.
Dan Adams returned from Salt Lake with his son Wilford who was injured at a Mosby mountain sawmill. Wilford is in LD hospital with a severely swollen leg but showing improvement. Mrs Adams remains by her husband’s side as surgeons report progress beyond initial expectations.
Town Talk reports W L Fletcher and Willis L Johnson county commissioners left for a joint meeting with Grand County officials in Moab on Monday then proceeded to Salt Lake for the state convention of county officials. It notes Le Roy Goodrich may not have joined them and mentions Dillman’s improving health after a leg amputation.
The warm weather forced an early Calder Brothers ice harvest to save the pond. Splendid ice was cut and packed into large crystal blocks for storage in valley houses to supply the summer months. This harvest is noted as the largest of its kind in the state.
State road crew under Dr A Boyle improved the Jensen to dinosaur quarry route by grading, bridges, and fills to support travel. Workers remove debris from the old cut to expose fossils for the planned museum, boosting expected tourist visits nationwide.
Uintah High School staged a Friday program directed by Miss Ellen Christensen featuring Reading The Busy Broker with Preston Kimball and Marvin Singleton. A one act Farce The Mouse Trap starred John Walker and others. Two league games follow. Friday night Roosevelt visit after Duchesne, with faculty games and the Senior Stoop to cap the evening. Teachers Ellen Christensen Afton Brown and John Clarke spent the weekend in Salt Lake and Provo.
Notice sets a February 17 1934 special stockholders meeting at Gusher School House Utah to consider amending articles including Article Three. Delinquent assessments from August 31 1933 listed for stockholders Enos Bennon Taylor Caryuns Othel Al Martin Fred M Reynolds and John L Siddoway with shares and amounts.
Document outlines a Utah corporation authorized for 100 years to purchase condemn acquire lease or construct dams reservoirs canals irrigation works power plants transmission lines and related water works. It allows mortgaging pledging or encumbering property and contracting with the United States or others, with water furnished to stockholders only. principal office listed as Gusher Uintah County Utah. Amends Article Four and Fifteen sections.
A local corporate instrument outlines capital stock assessments and equitable duties to fund irrigation works tied to the Moon Lake Project. It details how assessments may be levied, the purposes for revenues, and obligations to meet United States contracts or guarantees, with emphasis on fairness and necessity. References to subscribing for shares and forming related associations are noted, with a January 13 meeting date and official actions by the Board.
John F Green of Manila Utah, holder of homestead entry No 049120 for Lots 1 2 and 4 in Sec 14 and Sec 14 T3N R20E, filed notice of intention to make final proof to establish claim before the Clerk of the District Court at Manila on March 10 1934. Witnesses named Roy Baren Curtis Atwood Chester Keele and Joseph Urwin all of Manila. Official: THOMAS F THOMAS.
Inrim Meels, pioneer cattleman of Jensen, received word of the death of his brother Hebert Meeks, president of the Kanab L D stake and former state registrar, on Thursday from pneumonia. Weeks could not attend the funeral held Saturday in the Kanab L D 8S chapel. Nesure and reven our subscription offer on page five of this issue.
County clerk or the signers provide details for further information regarding this notice.
The estate of Charles J Duffy, deceased, will prefer claims and vouchers. All for the estate must be presented at the administrator’s office in Vernal Utah on or before March 28, 1934. Dallas H Young is the administrator of the estate.
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