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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1934
Page
3
A schoolhouse Christmas program on December 22 featured strong readings and songs. A Christmas tree for the children accompanied 45 attendees. Residents and guests from Vernal and nearby families, including Abe Hatch Jane Cook and C A Meadows, gathered for a Christmas dinner with multiple local households attending.
Grete de te Samy Davis and Mr and Mrs Jied Atwood welcome a baby boy. Mrs Stephen Atwood’s condition shows slight improvement. Harold Cook builds a new house addition. Frank Abplanalp and daughter Estey visit Mountain Dell relative Mrs Henry Slaugh. A Sacrament meeting features talks by Mrs Jennie Workman, Mrs Hazel Atwood, Mrs Mae Jackson, Leland Workman and Frank Johnson. A vocal duet by Ella Slaugh and tales by Wallace Slaugh accompany.
Reads list of local residents visiting Salt Lake City and Vernal on business or visiting kin. Notes a large Christmas program at the district school and Sunday School with candy nuts and oranges for children. Harriett Todd celebrated her 74th birthday at the Todd home with family.
Moab visit ends for Teafeete at family home after three months on ranch. Billy Murray sustains serious right arm injury while cranking a car. Nile Haslem visits grandparents after bringing coal. Ciyde Oaks and Dale Skimmer resume studies in Salt Lake City. PTA hosts hot lunch meeting. Eleanor Allen named cook. Lapoint ward dance raises funds for chapel with three busloads attending. Daughters of the Pioneers meet at Caddie Oaks home. program includes piano, lessons, and refreshments. Next meeting set for January 26 at Minnie Oaks’s home.
Officials advise consulting the county clerk or the respective signers for additional details. The note indicates where to obtain further information and who to contact for clarifications.
Estate of GEORGE R NELSON creditors must present claims to the undersigned at Vernal Utah on or before the first day of March.
Mrs Rhoda Hatch hosted close kin for New Year celebrations with twenty two in attendance. Lawrence Roper suffered a badly crushed hand at a coal mine last week when an empty car shifted onto a log. Loran Hatch departed Tuesday for a sheep camp after holidays with relatives. Grace Hall and Beatrice Stringham returned to Leota and Galard for school. Vern Freston left for Roosevelt to work on a road project in the coming weeks.
Local residents greet returning missionaries and newborns, celebrate Christmas with family visits, school programs, and church services. Highlights include Philip Hall returning from Canada, multiple births on December 19, a 300-child Santa visit, and festive performances by Maeser orchestra and Primary class.
Mr and Mrs Jay Nearing of Grand Junction plus Mr and Mrs Dile Mitchell and two sons with Mr Acox a Fruita Manual Training teacher spent Christmas with Mr and Mrs Thurston Nearing Jensen. Nearing is the son of Mr Jay Nearing and brother to Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Jay Nearing. The Zeigel family hosted Christmas dinner with Dr and Mrs H St Zewel Coll bray Cole and Mrs C A Zeigel among guests. the Zeigel family had lived in Dragon for several years.
Mr Alexander reported Roosevelt trucked machinery for L E Van Roper who formerly resided there and leased the P J Crandell ranch on Pougins creek a year ago. Mr and Mrs H S Tracy and Mrs Tracy visited the ranch and remained a week. Mr Tracy will take her home and plans to stay over Christmas.
Local families in Vernal and nearby towns gather for holidays with many visiting relatives from Nampa Idaho Provo Salt Lake City and California. A PTA meeting organized lunch plans for schoolchildren and the Relief Society hosted a bazaar to raise funds while Christmas programs dances and music events support the new chapel.
The Sunday School held a special Christmas program on December 24 with songs readings and a short play. A number of local residents and students attended gatherings and dinners at homes during the holidays including visits from Miss Mary Hoeft and Miss Estella Woodruff with various guests.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Johnson hosted a Christmas dinner Monday evening. A long table featured a three course feast with a bowl of poinsettias and red tapers. Prizes went to Mrs Tian Perry and Martin Curtis, with consolation to Mrs Stephen Perry and Ivan Perry.
Jacob Jorgensen remains very ill with extended breathing trouble. Raymond Stoddard relocated to his Leota home during Christmas, while Mrs Nellie Jorgensen remains gravely ill in Ogden. Calvin Jorgensen and Miss McLarson visited Ogden for Crant holiday care.
Mr and Mrs Morgan Mitchell left Friday for Provo where they intend to make their home. Clff Angus of Roosevelt was a business visitor at the Sim Snyder home last week. Miss Mable Diamond of White Rocks visits relatives. John Smith of Cedarview transacted business here Monday. Mr and Mrs Jack Greaton of Roosevelt were overnight visitors at the Snyder home Monday.
A son asks why many soldiers fought in France as his father tells the family tale of wartime duty and national sacrifice. The exchange frames how individual lives intersect with broader conflict and memory.
The Morrills and relatives spent the holidays with family in Logan Provo and Salt Lake City. Mrs Morrill celebrated her mother Mrs David LeBaron’s 70th birthday in Santaquin. Elis Morrill and Hyrum Morrill relatives returned from San Francisco while Nellie Merkley came back from Vernal after medical care.
A terse note discusses marital strain during a wife’s prolonged holidays. The writer seeks a neighbor to urge her to return home, implying frustration and a perceived lack of progress in communicating the request.
Notice from the Uintah River Irrigation Company states that a board meeting on December 7 1833 ordered the sale date postponed to January 23 1934 at the previously designated time and place.
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