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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1925
Page
3
Naples schools closed for the holiday on December 24 with classroom programs and gifts. A Christmas program at the ward house featured songs recitations and a pageant. Bishop Iverson teased Santa Claus visits as the town celebrated with decorations and a late-night dance. Also noted are births marriages travel, religious meetings, frost damage, and local social events.
Fort Duchesne A L Kimball of Ogden will open the Fort Hotel to travelers during the week. The Uintah river bridge work is paused awaiting material as a steel shipment from Price arrives next week to resume work. Several local residents move or visit for the holidays and a newborn Indian baby arrives at the hospital.
Ray Harvey of Blanding Utah spends time in Tridell at his aunt Mrs. Sarah Harvey home. Mrs Harvey and daughters Eliza and Maud return from Blanding after winter and Bruce brings them home by car. Coyotes are numerous and sheep kill reports rise. Sacrament meeting for Melchizedek Priesthood held with talks by Bruce Harvey Reed Morrill and George H Bartlett. A duet by Charles and Clyde Merkley. Weigh dance honors given to Mrs Margaret Ross and Miss Service Bartlett. Ninth grade prize for best Xmas story won by Alice Meechiam with Zernice Bartlett second. Principal H LeRoy Morrill leads teaching staff. Mutual officers begin Sunday evening visitation with talks by Forest Goodrich Clyde Merkley and Grant Morrill. Vocal solo by Reed Morrill. Mr. and Mrs. C B Bartlett and family spend Christmas at their ???
A roundup of residents sharing Christmas with relatives and friends. O M Calder and family traveled to Iowa. various couples hosted gatherings, and local residents like Mrs Adnie Carroll and Mrs James Winn are noted for illness or improvements. Carl Fletcher and family are mentioned with visits and business notes.
Mrs Ester Carroll hosted a Relief society meeting and lunch with help from her daughter Mrs Roy Carroll. The column notes Lamond Caldwell’s injury at a coal mine and several Christmas visits and travels of locals including Alta Nichols, James Hangen, Martin Curtis, John Simper, Percy Blackburn, Thomas Speirs, Morley Vernon, Mark M Hall, James Hansen, P C Stringham, Richard Slaugh, Mary Allen, and Milton Hacking.
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