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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1955
Page
7
The Vernal National Guard unit will pick a military ball queen and two attendants at the Vernal Armory next Monday evening. Three judges will select the queen and attendants, who will compete in Miss Utah National Guard. The winner advances to Miss Utah and then Miss America. Marion Moore chairs the Vernal company and notes several Vernal and Roosevelt girls have entered.
Mr and Mrs Buell Bennett traveled to Salt Lake to fetch Mrs Jane Briggs who recently turned 18. Mrs Rosella Calder is spending winter here due to ill health. Mother Adams is improving in Salt Lake and may walk within about three weeks if her condition continues to improve.
Variety Club members enjoyed games at Mrs. Maxine McKee's home with prizes to ener Madsen and Twila Hales. A dessert luncheon was served for 11 members and 1 guest. Next meeting is March 3.
The Salt Lake Temple ceremony on February 14 united Miss Glenna Walker and Wend IT Colter in a double ring wedding officiated by President Elray L. Christensen. Family members and friends attended a breakfast and reception in Salt Lake and Vernal before the couple settled in Provo where Colter attends BYU.
Mayor Ralph Siddoway signs a proclamation urging Vernal citizens to observe World Day of Prayer Friday February 25 at St Pauls Episcopal Church with 11 00 a m service for women and a 4 00 p m youth service A nursery will be available in the Parish House. The article also lists local events and notes the U S electricity use and tornado/ marriage trivia.
Fred S. Matley international farm youth exchange delegate from Coalville Utah spoke at the Lions Club luncheon. Slides of his Pakistan travels and a report on the Utah program accompanied his talk. The club also displayed the Birth of a Basin film, cost ten thousand dollars, to illustrate Colorado River Project dams and water needs.
The Mia Maids and Explorers of the stake chosen Moonlight and Roses for their Rose Prom held Saturday at the Stake Center. Snow drifts did not deter a good crowd of merry-makers as Reginald Bur ehinal and his orchestra provided dancing music. Stake officers Louis Fife and Erva Huber helped with planning, ward committees contributing to the event.
Northern Lights themed Gold and Green Ball lit the recreation hall on Monday evening February 14 under MLA officers. Decor featured blue white crepe ceilings a revolving Eskimo doll globe and penguin polar bear and Eskimo wall art. Four queens crowned include Eula Ray Tohnsons Myrna Johnson Dorothy Fisher and Carol Caserach. Crown bearers Jimmie Workman Michael Goodrich Wallace Perry and Fred Stone participated as mothers and organizers watched.
Tridell Gold and Green Ball held February 17 at the ward house with the Harbor Lights theme. The hall featured lighted Yacht House decor and blue paper backdrops, a blue store display, and lantern-lit lampposts. The Jr Gleaners and Mia Maids performed dances, a six piece orchestra provided music, and crowd turnout included residents from LaPoint Whiterocks Roosevelt Arcadia and Myton. Stake MIA officers Doroth O’Niel Helen Anderson Chrystal Perry and Venn Goodach attended.
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