Letter From W W Baggs About Your Son's Duty Status
A fragmentary note discusses the Duvalls’ son, mentioning three years with him, a recent departure, illness described as not serious, and possible return to the states by plane or boat. It also references various local people and travel updates, including Roosevelt, Gusher, Price, Mohave, and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Duvall
W W Baggs
India
States
Johann Nebeker
Roosevelt
Mita al Semkens
Steven Anderson
Gusher
Price
Ruby Hallett
Eva Harrison
California
Belvair Grivet
Mohave Calif
Ashley go Ashley go Mrs N G Sowards at Salt Lake bedside
Mrs N G Sowards traveled to Salt Lake last Tuesday to be with her brother James Gibson who had passed away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N G_ Sowards
Salt Lake
James Gibson
Gibson Pass
Baby girl born to Eaton couple in February week
45 Years Ago item notes a baby girl born Thursday afternoon to Mr and Mrs Ernest Eaton. Also mentions State Senator Harden Bennion heading to the capitol soon and Elder Charles A Hardy returning from a mission. A baby girl arrived last Wednesday evening to Bish SP and Mrs John N Davis. James Hacking travels to Jesse Ewing Canyon at Browns Park to check on his properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Eaton
Harden Bennion
Capitol
Charles A Hardy
Bish SP
John N Davis
James Hacking
Jesse Ewing
Browns Park
Local Society Notes and Travel Observations
Leland Sowards left Saturday to attend services. Mrs Linford Colton and two children of Boise Idaho visit Mr Colton’s grandparents Mr and Mrs N G Owards. Alice Collett went to Idaho with Mrs J D Jones and will register at Dee Hospital for nurses training. Mrs George Swett visits California where her husband is stationed at Camp Roberts. Mrs Paul Watkins hosted a dinner for her son Lt Bruce Watkins on leave. Beth Collett graduated from Dee Hospital School of Nursing at Ogden. Collett is daughter of Mr and Mrs Wiley Collett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Sowards
Linford Colton
Boise Idaho
Coltons
N Gowards
Alice Collett
Idaho
J D Jones
Dee Hospital
George Swett
California
Camp Roberts
Paul Watkins
Bruce Watkins
Beth Collett
Dee Hospital School of Nursing
Ogden
Miss
Collett
Wiley Collett
Services Held At Maeser for Infant McConkie
Funeral services were held at Maeser chapel for Mary Louise McConkie three and a half months old. The infant, who died Saturday of pneumonia, was born in Vernal on October 22, 1944. Survivors include five sisters and two brothers, parents, and extended family. Pallbearers were Danny Hall and Bobby Swain, with burial at Farview Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maeser Chapel
Mary
Louise McConkie
Ftay
Chloe Hall McConkie
Viola McConkie
Edna Jones
Muriah Murray
Edgar Taylor
Lester Bingham Wis
Lorna Murray Condon
Carl R Richens
Harvey McKie
Lea Calder
Bingham
Farview
John Lo McCon Kre
Danny Hall
Bobby Swain
Vernal
Sisisters
Eila Ray Laura Mathe
Elkan
Wet Floy
Beth Ard Ralph
Tj LaVon
Ray Robinson
Mars
Maud McConkie
U McConkie
Paragoonah
Royce Barger Loses Life in Invasion of Germany
A brief obituary notice records Royce Barger killed during the invasion of Germany. Survivors include Nelson Sandpoint Idaho Dorothea White Port Gamble Washington and Nora Teeters of Grand Junction Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royce Barger
Germany
Pare One
Nelson Sandpoint
Daho
Dorothy Wihate
Port Gamble Washington
Nora Teeters
Grand Junctisi
Colo
Parents Duties Highlighted At Mother Daughter Event
Sunday meeting at Uintah High School featured Mrs Freda Davis representing the mothers and Barta Caldwell for daughters as they discussed the new Mother Daughter program begun in 1900. Speakers reviewed responsibilities of the Seventy and stake leaders urged better children, better parents, and better communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freda Davis
Motheirs
Barta Caldwell
Gaighters
Clay F
Uintah High School
Clyde & Johnson
Clyde Merkley
Clair Hopkins
Stke
Byron Good
Rahard H Grant West
Wm B Wallis
William Mott
Arthur Manwaring
Mable Stag
Halen Cilder Larson
Knv
Verrok
Orlo Goodrich
Prigsth
First Ward
Jy Oda Heart
Edgar C Jensiso
Dallin Harris Orks
Vernal Men In Philippine Invasion Roles Combat Report
Vernal area soldiers saw action in Philippines as John C Sutton narrowly escaped a sniper’s blast near Manila while St Tobias engineers battled to build a Capas river bridge under night attack. Private First Class Sutton and Staff Sergeant Nolan Hatch kept operations rolling with field kitchen baked rolls amid frontline moves toward Bamban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catskinmer
John C Sutton
Gainesville
Texas
St Tobias
Capas River
Clarkfield
Capas
Bamban i
Committees Named for Stock Show Across County Lines
Lists of committees and officials for the stock show with names from Vernal Duchesne and Uintah County. Dairy cattle chairs Victor Bingham and Elton Billings. swine Le Roy Taylor and Qwen Powell. sheep Arvene Cooper. grounds Doyle London and Dale Naylor. horse pulling Otis Weeks and J D Jones. exhibitors Jess Hullinger. Local officials include Alm Preece chair, Martin Curtis and Ray Glabrum on Uintah County Commission, Vernal mayor B E Strigham, Duchesne County chair Floyd Case, and stockmen Horace Alfred Bert Lusty W W McConkie George Fisher Austin Beebe Van D Winterton and Ernest Morrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Bingham
Elton Billings
le Roy Taylor
Qwen Powell
Tin Can Collection Drives Schools in County
Mrs R A Bryson, county minute women chair, urges all grammer school households to notify a school child with uncollected flattened cans. Cans will be taken to a school for shipment, aiding the collection drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grammer
Bryson County Minute Women
Services Held for Mrs L E Dean in Vernal
Funeral services for Lucinda Elizabeth Dean died February 8 followed by a three year illness were held Thursday in the Vernal First Ward Chapel with Bishop Jesse A Haws presiding. Speakers included Van Massey and A G Goodrich, with a quartet performing Oh My Father and Sometime We’ll Understand. Burial at Vernal Memorial Park was conducted by N C Hardy. Survivors include daughters Rose Collins of Bonanza and Dorothy Eldrige of Salt Lake, along with 12 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucinda Elizabeth Dean
Vernal First Ward
Jesse A Haws
Ernest Caldwell
Oh My Father
Elva Manwaring
Ina Chivers
Byron Goodrich
LaVell Manwaring
Clarence Palmer
Eternity
van Massey
Jina Chivers
Hope
G Goodrich
John Hodgkinson
NC Hardy
L_ Caldwell
Byron P Fisher
N C Hardy
Mrs Dean
Clay Center
Kansas
James Riley Dean
Sanger
Oregon
Services Held At Gusher For Mrs Galbreath
Funeral services for Mrs Nancy E Finch Galbreath were held Friday at the Gusher Union church at 2 pm. The service featured a duet, solos, and remarks by Rev. Harvey Gregory, followed by burial at Vernal Memorial Park. She was born August 1865 in Primice City Iowa and survived by two sons, two sisters, a brother, six grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gusher
Spectal
Nancy E Finch Galbreath
Harvey Knight
Gusher Union Church
Harvey Gregory
Roosevelt
Revella Kimball
Afton
Dorothy Bodily
Gregory
Ray Kimball
Dorothy Bodeitly
Marnell
Inez Rushton
Isang
Whispering Hope Bishop
Home Sweet Home
Vernal
Vernal Memorial Park
Harold McKee
Jim Var’yner
Price Kay
Alex Duvall
Galbreath
Primice City
Iowa
Homer
Bert Haynes
J Rhines
Oregon City
Ore
E Attenberry
Monhanta
Kansas
James Finch
Seattle
Wash
Services Held at Maeser for Clyde Hansen
Funeral services for Clyde Hansen were held Saturday at the Maeser chapel in California. The service featured prayers, musical selections by the Walker sisters and solo by Carol Rae Walker, with remarks by multiple speakers including Bishop Owen Slaugh. Interment followed at Fairview Cemetery with dedication by Bishop Harvey McKee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde
Hansen
California
Maeser
Thos E Halt
My Rosary
Walker Sisters
Lois Carol Ricard Marva
Lige Jackson
Carol Rae Walker
Owen Slaugh
Second Ward
Lucile Calder
Verdin Ro
Calder
Victor Bingham
Vern Werburton
Earl Caldwell
Lloyd Eaton
Earl
Clyde Jensen
Jay Merkley
Fairview
Bishop Harvey McKee
Vernal man dies while employed at Douglas Aircraft
The Vernal resident, husband of Beth Jensen since October 25 1941, died while employed by Douglas Aircraft on the West Coast. Survived by his widow, a seven month old daughter Carol Lorraine, his parents Lula Timmons and Raymond Hansen, four brothers Raymond Marr USN Orval USMC Norman and Don USN in the South Pacific, and two sisters Lorraine Holt Salt Lake City and Betty Prouty San Diego California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing the
Mr Hansen
Vernal
Lula Timmons
Raymond Hansen
Vernal UN
West Coast
Douglas Aircraft
Beth Jensen
Carol Lorraine
Raymond Marr
USS N Orval
USMC
Norman and
Don Usn
South
Pacific
Lorraine Holt
Salt Lake
Betty
Ration Reminders Include Stamp Expirations and Dates
Public notice lists food ration stamps with expirations for meats and fats in March and April, including red stamps V5 W5 X5 and others expiring March 31 and April 28, blue stamps and processed foods with similar deadlines, and sugar stamp 34 expiring February 28 with stamp 35 to follow. The fragmentary report notes multiple series and dates without full details.
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Ashley Go
Randoliph Scott
Dee and
Banal Bhure
Belle OF the
Yukon
Baloc
Bel Crists
Laon Merrick
Bobby Socks
Nn Snore Ad
Boa Neal Ao
IMC
Bee Peagl
Tomngy
Irene Dunne
Charles Boyerin
McConkie
Mutual Improvement Associaton
John Stagg
Marie Christensen
Ella Beth
Weeks
Ivan Perry
Young
Edythe
Pfe Sutton
Neal
Manila
Manatarem
Cam
Marion Warnock
Don Pierce
L. E. Dean
Clyde Hansen
Claudette Colbert
Jennifer Jones
Shirley Temple
Frances Langford
Guy Kibbee
Margaret O Brien and
Robert Young
Canterville
Flicka
Vance al
Searle Furs & Feed
State Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bank Credit
the Best Farm
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