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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1960
Page
7
Martha Nelson recalls a travel narrative in Ceylon during a March visit. She describes Colombo and Kandy, the Ganga valley, tea and rubber plantations, elephants, flora, and roadside scenes. The trip ends with a tragic bullock accident witnessed near a busy roadway.
Weekend visits from Keith Tartle and area families amid flu. Local games saw Lapoint beat Vernal 25 to 22 while Tridell beat Maeser 51 50. A Cub Scout pack meeting and Mutual activities noted. Community guests included Colton and Rasmussen families. Harlem game attendance and a moving reminiscence end with a tale about a bullock funeral miscommunication.
Alterra School reports a lively January 22 basketball game where teachers led by Wilson LaTuliope Edwards Pike Lamb Aldredge Alf red and custodian Slatch defeated the boys led by Edwin Lonebear Larry Mc Cook Reuben Sixkiller Bob by Kerowap Alvin Longhair Myron Accutoreop Don Har fle Steven Ridley David Goodrich and Dwight Springer 168 to open the school year.
On January 27 Mrs Searle presented Etta Pace from the International Farm Youth Exchange. Pace spent five months in Norway sharing slides on daily life, dress, meals, and work patterns. She notes Norway’s five meals, imported American machinery, and regional costume varieties including bridal hair braiding traditions.
In San Francisco's cemetery a visitor confronts an elderly Chinese man, who jokes about his departed friend coming to eat rice. The exchange ends with a wry reply about smelling flowers, reflecting quiet humor amid the graveyard setting.
The vicar of St Pauls Vernal Alan G Tull will travel to San Francisco to attend the examining chaplains conference of the Province of the Pacific Episcopal Church. The meeting at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific Berkeley covers theology and pastoral exams for ordination. He will then visit friends in the Bay Area before returning for a dedication invocation in Salt Lake City on February 16.
Uintah Scout District leaders received high praise from Utah National Parks Council staff for strengthening Scouting across Uintah and its units. Rulon Dean Skinner notes the district and its executives, chaired by Archie A Johnson and Ted Thacker, lead one of the council’s strongest divisions with active committees on finance, advancement, leadership training, camping, health and safety, and organization.
An early Kodak advert promotes the Rotary Flashholder a six-bulb rotating magazine for rapid flash photography with no hot bulbs to juggle and a back panel direct reading computer for quick exposure settings. It also markets the Generator Flasholder which powers itself with a half turn of a wheel, no batteries needed, priced around $10.95 to $13.95 for pocket use.
Karl T. Pope has returned from a lengthy two and a half year mission with the Northern Far East Mission based in Japan. He spent months in Hokkaido and Honshu, served as branch president in Qsakwalzo, and ends his service in Karats] awa. He plans to resume studies at Brigham Young University as a junior majoring in Speech Education.
The article lists district leaders including commissioners and staff such as Mr Thacker and Assistant District Commissioners. It highlights neighborhood commissioners and a large pool of adult readers serving in 41 packs, troops, and posts, praising their major role in Scouting success inUintah District.
Henry Blaser announces Lehaven's Witnesses semiannual circuit convention to be held March 25 to 27, 1960 at Bountiful High School. A three day Bible refresher includes a Sunday talk Finding Peace in This Troubled World by a traveling district supervisor from Brooklyn Watchtower Society. Expected attendance exceeds 1200 from 24 congregations across Utah Nevada Idaho Wyoming.
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