Scod Old Days 1916 February 4
In 1916 news notes Ashley Crock eight menace in water and property. The Duchesne mail resumes after four days. Joseph Cook to move into new frame house near Kym. Loose livestock nuisance affects travel and children. James Lutchins reports 200 head of sheep on a bill. Mrs. Hattie Keays becomes Vernal Cafe proprietor. Extreme January cold across Vernal Jensen Guray Myton with temperatures ranging from 21 to 44 below zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchesne Mail
Joseph Cook
Kym
Ouray
James Lutchins
O'Donnell
San Diego
Hattie Keays
Vernal Cafe
Vernal
Jensen
Guray
Myton
Immunization drive for Uintah County students set
Twenty years ago on January 30 1936 Uintah County officials doctors teachers and Relief Society coordinated a school wide immunization program for scarlet fever and diphtheria. The effort spanned February 4 to 11 with supervision from county health and education groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Relief Society
Uintah County
Ernest Untermann
Gerhardt Untermann
Vernal
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Washington Park Zoo
Vern Shimmin
Richard Jensen
Washington
George Bigelow
Zack Kump
Lapoint
Don McConkie
Earl Miller
White River Toll Bridge
Burness Young
1955 Beef Sales Hit All Time High at Safeway Stores
Safeway reports 1955 beef and veal sales set an all time high in the Intermountain area. Salt Lake Division Manager W. E. Williams notes a rise of nearly 1,100,000 pounds year over year despite higher pork prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Safeway
W. E Willams
Salt Lake
Beef drives grocery sales as pork and lamb hold
Safeway head Williams notes a 26 percent rise in pork tonnage while lamb sales stay flat from last year. He cites strong beef demand and lower prices as key factors, crediting producer promotions and retailer newspaper ads for making consumers more beef conscious. Beef is described as the best buys in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Safeway
Bob Smuin Back Home After A Long Confinement
Mrs Nile Aings and Mr and Mrs Bob Smuin returned from Salt Lake where Bob stayed in Holy Cross Hospital for several months. The family, along with relatives, have moved into their own home. Local social notes mention visits, injuries, and community events including a ward supper, square dances, a baby born to Vern Moore’s family, and various travel and relief society activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amasa Caldwell
Murray
Lola Peterson
Relief Society
Nita Powell
Ed Perkins
Chehalis
Wash
Stella
Auxilary Building Fund Committee
Ward House
Larvin Atwood
Salt Lake
Duchesne
Howard Cowans
Grant Ainge
Garden Grove
Colif
Thea White
Merle Morse
Roy Morse
Grand Sunedon
Vern Moore
Waco
Texas
Air Force
Leafy Moore
Vern
MIA
Mutual
William and
Gertrude Turner
Marie Brimbhall
Atwood
Nila Dudley
Runtee Brimhall
Nial Robinson
Kenny Moon
Mervin Dudley
Connie Dudley
Tamara Curfew
Billy Murray
Bee Hive Girls
Thebble Moon
Blaine Murray
Camp Carson
Calo
Vaughn Wilkins
Ray Kimbals
Uintah Basin Seeks Mother of Year Nominees
Community campaign underway to select a Lominey for Utah's 11956 Mother of the Year. Nominations invited from individuals or groups, due by Feb 25 to Mrs Stanley King in Vernal. The state winner will attend a May Mothers Day observance at Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York to pick the National World Mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintat Basin
Utah
Stanley King
Distriet Dataman
Ohould
East Main Vernal
Uta
Waldorf Ataria Hotel
New York
Former Vernalites Express Home News From Needles
Former Vernal residents Meara Mrs BU Gurr and Mr and Mrs Wallace Slaugh write from Needles California asking to renew Vernal Express delivery for two years. They co own and run Travel Lodge Motel on Route 66 and announce Move to Orderville Utah area while hoping to remain connected to Vernal news. Wallace Slaugh previously served as bishop of Davis Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal Express
Vernal
Meara
BU Gurr
Wallar Slaugh Bul
Watel Gurr
Needles California
the Express
Wallace Slaugh
Davis Ward
Slaughs
Valley Cafe
Zion
Bryce Canyon
Orderville
Horseshoe Contest Slated for Vernal With Trophy
Vernal hosts a horseshoe contest on May 26 with a $30 trophy and prizes. Uintah Basin rep Chellue Caldwell of the state and national Horseshoe Pitching Association announced the event based on a message from Wilford Andelin. Open to anyone 5 eligible who is a member or joins promptly. tournament to be held under lights at the court behind the feldhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chellue Caldwell
Uintah Basin
Caldwell
Wilford Andelin
Feldhouse
Fragmentary note on thanks for prompt delivery
A terse line expresses gratitude for prompt delivery and mentions return to former friends. The readable fragment offers little context beyond appreciation and a suggestion of ongoing or expected contact. Further details are not available in the preserved text.
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Ashley
Vernal Drug-Co
Russell Stover
Valentine
Regia
Lamar Ratliff
Caldwyn
Miss
Cort
Ke Father
Jensen Bob Smuin
Roosevelt
Big Boren
Wanda McDowell
Dorothy Tony
George Gross
Rangely
Dick Meadows
Carol
Hilda
Morgan Lea White
Thea
Gennie
George Engens
George Engen
Calvin D
Lee Bonefield
Ft Collins
Cole
Bob Edwards
Oklahoma City
Okla
Ft Worth
Edwards
Ada Jensen
REA
Altamont
Ralph Chew
Bob Pittmans
Ventura
Calif
Guy Reynolds
Ethel Yourdon
Little Bonanza
Rebekah
Marion Moon
Luther Stewarts
Vernalites
Utah Milk Foundation
Bessy
Buick
Remot
Vernal Motor Sales
Vernal Ave
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