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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1945
Page
4
Lapoint and Vernal residents visit with family and friends across town. Joe Norton and others head to Salt Lake City or enlist in the armed forces. A hospital operation, furloughs, and a funeral are noted along with local social events at Lapoint chapel and surrounding communities.
Mrs Harry Au Miller and her baby and mother Mrs El Dickson visited at the home of Mr and Mrs George Richardson. Reena Hatch, daughter of Mr and Mrs Monroe Hatch, sustained a broken arm after falling from a school swing last Friday at Roosevelt.
Mr and Mrs Birels Boyce of Provo visited the Price home. Mrs Boyce, formerly Miss Eva Price, returned to Provo with them. She also spent time with daughter Mrs Ralph Simpson in Ogden. The Honey Bee Hive class presented a program in MI A last Tuesday. Word says Manford Woodruff, recently injured, is slowly improving in a Salt Lake hospital. The Relief Society hosted a gathering at Mrs Cecil Billings’ home Tuesday. Lynn Meecham, son of Mr and Mrs Liman Meecham, completed boot training at Farragut Idaho and will report back after a short leave.
Civil Air Patrol organized at Roosevelt with membership applications available from Ashton s Ada Jensen from RA Pohlyit Atlas Exploration Co or Lt King.
Local residents report soldiers and family news from Camp Wolters to Uintah Basin. Jensen Pyt Hyrum Murray arrives on furlough to visit parents, while Lawrence Merkley and Ray Dean Gardner depart for induction. Families relocate, visit in Key West, Riverside, Salt Lake, and Myton as soldiers serve in the Navy Air Corps and Army.
Mr and Mrs Lyman Merk kiey of Oakland visit Clyde Merk dey in Provo area. Mrs Orval Hoopes travels to Salt Lake City to be with her critically ill sister. Mrs Wallace Twitchell heads to Ogden to assist daughter Mrs Joe Montes undergoing major surgery. Alton Morrill buys Vineyard home and plans to move soon. Earl Merk married in California on January 24 and is in the navy. Ray Atwood and Pearl Woolly return from Salt Lake trip. Walter Mooseman takes wife to Roosevelt Hospital. Ardell West moves to Roosevelt to work with Dr Miles. Clyde Merk hosts a birthday party. Progressive Bingo honors Mrs Volace Behrman and Mrs Dewey McConkie. Mrs Edwards out of school due to fines. Ethel Good Lerich substitutes at the school. Notices about property removal by February 28. Seismograph crew arrives for test work in the area. farm loan association meeting scheduled at Vogue Theatre with yearly report and director elections. Iowa and Texas travel details noted for residents visiting or stationed away. Secretary Linn Richins reports to the State Capitol.
James R. Burk, an honorably discharged veteran, becomes the first Ogden man and the second in the state to use the 1944 readjustment act to buy a home. He secured a $4500 first mortgage and a $650 second with Federal Housing Administration backing the second, for a four room frame house at 163 West Gwen. He has 20 years to repay. The act allows up to $2000 in credit to veterans purchasing or building a home, with timing windows after discharge. Burk, discharged Dec 16 1941, works as manifest clerk at Ogden Union Depot.
A partial read notes attendees including Fils Brothers Den B Chirks H rth and Mrs Pauls at an event honoring Tom Angeles. text is fragmentary and lacks clear context or full names.
O Donnell Goodrich from Moses Lake Wash announces plans to plant 320 acres of potatoes on a 677 acre farm. If laid end to end, rows would stretch 1200 miles. Water supply is pumped by two 75 hp pumps through 3000 feet of pipe, lifting water 108 feet. Family members Karl I Goodrich Glen Lybbert Albert M Goodrich reside with him. J cb M Lybbert plans to move from Moyes Lake after school.
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