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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1934
Page
5
A district school news page notes a Washington birthday program at the Davis ward chapel with rhythm band and poems plus a February 22 event. Reports from multiple grades describe classroom activities, geography topics, library reads, and a Valentine party. Parents gather for a Parent-Teachers meeting as students share programs and a hot lunch day stands out.
The fifth and sixth grades held a Valentine celebration with a homey party. Clyde Beirden and Chica Bell Campbell staged a Valentine song about a postman. Children exchanged valentines via classroom mailboxes and received treats including a peanut bust for Miss Stringham.
Rentle school students are provided daily meals with convenient lunch carrying. New students join, one in the senior grade and one in the seventh grade, while enrollment reaches 105 students.
At Mrs Winward home the Relief Society hosted a party for older ward ladies, highlighting the life of President Hebert Grant with a retold story, readings by Mrs Ray Richens, and hymns. Twenty-two attendees, including Mrs Winward’s daughters, enjoyed refreshments after talks of appreciation.
NEPHI Utah. Dr Amos N Mennzill of Brigham Young University and chairman of the salary and contracts committee of the UEA told a regional teachers convention that Utah teacher salaries have fallen from 126633 to 102004 yearly since 1930 33 34, a drop of 24699, while prices rise. He urged uniform features in contracts, emphasis on school problem awareness on boards, and noted the average state salary is under 900. The convention discussed higher salaries, longer tenure, and possible contract procedures used in Carbon district.
Director William Peterson of Utah State Agricultural College outlines nine essential features of the corn hog production control contract. Farmers must cut 1934 corn acreage to at least 20 percent below the 1932 33 farm average and base stays with land, with limits on reductions and pay. Hog and feeder pig adjustments, market totals, and pasture use rules are among the provisions designed to restore fair exchange values under government plans.
A 1932 73 Utah policy outlines basic commonities affecting wheat fields corn hogs milk and its products. Producers may accelerate benefit payments by allowing adjustments to figures via a rider. Cooperating farmers receive five dollars per hog for 75 percent of adjusted annual hogs for 1932 1933 litters and thirty cents per bushel on the estimated yield of corn from land retired from production.
Vernal student Vernom Collier has been chosen for a principal part in Brigham Young university's production of The Bohemian Girl. The show runs March 14 and 15 under directors Franklin Madsen and Florence Jepperson Madsen. Collier, a BYU sophomore, hails from Uintah high school and studied at the McCune School of Music.
Reed S MecConkie of Tridell boasted during Choundhog Dig about a three year old prelifle servant in a purebred Holstein heifer with four calves added to the herd in the past two years. In March 1943 there were ten calves and in February 1934 a pair of twins. he did not state how many were heifer calves.
Cassia County officials report a flood of demand for county warrants and pension warrants as investors seek reinvestment of wartime funds. Salable face value warrants are available this month, with taxes and levy plans noted to cover yearly shortages. The text cites a potential levy of up to 10 mills to clear outstanding warrants, following a 7.75 mill levy last year.
Miss Milda Powell age 17 of Duchesne county paid a $25 fine plus $150 costs after being cited for contempt of court by City Judge C F Dalby. The matter arose during a Salt Lake City proceeding linked to the trial of Dr Frank Moormester, where Powell refused to answer questions at a state witness hearing held several months earlier.
Senator Hinz urged Secretary Ickes to provide 125000 for a Flaming Gorge dam site survey on the Green River. Telegrams urge backing a more detailed Dewey site survey on the Colorado River. Detailed Flaming Gorge surveys were previously done by Utah Power and Light at 50000. Preliminary Dewey surveys favor the Dewey site for power development.
The Uintah High School aims to justify biology in the curriculum by linking it to secondary education goals. It seeks to give students fundamental life process knowledge, a factual basis for intelligent attitude and value development, challenging situations for adolescent intellect, and diverse scenarios that foster thoughtful living.
The text outlines objectives for human biology education including developing hobbies and recreational activities, vocational interests, civic problem solving, respect for global scientists, healthy living, and appreciation of practical scientific applications. It notes these aims have been reinforced by regular classroom work, field excursions, and laboratory demonstrations.
The district sales conference of the B F Goodrich Rubber Company in Salt Lake City February 9 examined improved 1934 business conditions. Attendees included A V Lewis and Thomas Karren of Lewis Motor Co. The delegation of twenty officials reported nationwide signs of better commerce in all fifteen centers visited.
Indian Tales recount Alle Upe and Mornne Auran lovers who swim to a flower covered island for heavenly blue blooms. Ty efforts drown as he braces to gift the flowers to his beloved, ending in a tragic farewell as the lake claims him.
A fragment notes a flower named for the sunlit sky color. It references naming guidance and the color description, implying a botanical curiosity or linguistic note about the plant’s designation. Further context is unreadable in the clipped text.
Vernal AC student page notes Clint Peterson of the wrestling squad lifted and pinned AAU champion Elwood Spencer at 125 pounds using a new hold dubbed the Peterson Pin Hold. Coach Jensen witnessed the move with astonishment and hopes it stays legal and unique for the team.
Utah researchers led by Don M Rees of the University of Utah in cooperation with the U S Public Health Service test Gambusia Affinis as a mosquito control biological aid. The fish adapted from Tennessee stock in 1931 to ponds near Salt Lake City and survived winter in some locales. The two inch insectivorous fish breeds live offspring, can be fed on dried insects and rice flakes, and is considered more effective than the chub for eradicating larvae. If winters prove harsh, propagation for annual distribution is planned.
Ray Duke, manager of the JC Penney Store, departed at five o'clock Wednesday evening for Logan to undergo an appendix operation.
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