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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1934
Page
8
Tall Dallas Hatch spent part of the hot days visiting Richfield before returning to Vernal on Tuesday. A crowd of residents gathered in Vernal on Wednesday as work began on CWA projects. District and both county high schools opened with full enrollment and little illness reported in schools.
Carl Hwadlockh and Teddy Mc Kowen walk on crutches after ankle injuries when a horse slipped on slick ground.
Mr and Mrs Wm 8S Berdle announce the birth of a baby daughter on Wednesday January 3. Mother and child are home and cared for at Mrs N J Hanger's residence.
Superintendent 11 and Olen C P Maughan a band member and D C Smith district school clerk returned Saturday from Salt Lake City where they went on official business.
The regular monthly school board meeting scheduled for the first Monday was postponed due to a legal holiday on January 14.
Dicky Jensen and family, including son Dole, returned Tuesday from Tooele where they were involved in a dispute with Mrs Wonda 5t Joe and the St Juerbs family. The Jensen family is connected to Mr Jensen.
Dr J LeRoy Kay a pharontologist from Carnegie Institute will travel to Los Angeles on Thursday morning for a series of exchanges. He is expected to return home in about two weeks after completing the visits.
Bos John Strong reports the death of Lynn Strong's mother, former manager of the United Telephone Co. in Vernal, at her Provost home on New Year's Day. He notes losses of his wife, sister, brother, and his father in the past year and a half.
The official inspected swamp habitats designated as hunting grounds for migratory birds. He examined the area near Jensen and noted its opposition to the adjacent plate and the state department's role in overseeing hunting areas.
A noted archrologist in charge of work at Dinosaur National Monument traveled from Ver nal Tuesday evening to confer with David W. Margen superintendent of animalife in the National Park Service and J Le Roy Kay palaeontologist from the Carnegie Institute.
Farmers note turkeys and pheasants laying legs as a sign of early spring. John C Briggs of Palo Alto praises the express e paper in a letter. Utah county woolgrowers plan to attend the late and national conventions in Salt Lake next week.
Word arrives that the Vernals airport development has won approval from the regional advisor for the federal government. Officials expect forthcoming steps on funding and construction.
Lloyd Winn, music instructor at Uintah High School, was called to Ephraim on Sunday due to the death of his brother in law and returned Monday.
I 8 Exsundt bishop of Leota and L Fkland forme: bishop were In Vernal Wednesday Frank Rob erts of the same place Way also a Vernal visitor.
In Vernal the introduction of regal beer passed with little fanfare. Dispensers note the change and report a comparable volume of business to prior offerings.
Warm weather in recent weeks swells buds and violets bloom in parts of the valley. Farmers ready their plows and anticipate an early spring, signaling a busy season ahead.
Mr and Mrs J R Douglas returned the first of the week from Basin Wye where they were called at Christmas time due to the death of Mrs Douglas father. Mrs Douglas mother accompanied them to Vernal for a gift.
Ji Pp Allen of Tooucle helped take an inventory at the Alien Cash Store in Vernal. Allen reported the Vernal store had the greatest gain in business over the past six months in the Uintah county territory and was very pleased with the improvement in conditions in Uintah county.
Uintah State Bank and Bank of Vernal secure federal insurance on all handling deposits including time and demand deposits. The new bankers code, issued last week, will take effect January first, per word received Saturday from Washington.
The dedication of the Vernal First ward chapel is postponed to January 14. Bishop Pontha Calder released the schedule. President Hebert Grant will deliver the dedicatory prayer. Ward choir director Lloyd Winn prepares special music and an anthem written for the occasion.
Lapoint Ward announces the arrival of a baby boy and promotes a boring contest at Uintah High School and a dance at the Imperial on Friday January 2 for the benefit of the new chapel.
The document outlines a string of holiday gatherings in Vernal in late December and early January. It details the Twentieth Century Club Christmas party at Ray Duke's home with a turkey dinner, rose decorations, and prize drawings, plus numerous other social events hosted by local clubs and families including Bee Hise girls, Royal Neighbors Lodge, the Gold and Green Ball, the Uintah High School dance, Kensington gatherings, and various MIA, Thalia, and Ladies Aid activities.
Property of the same kind One small five room house modern except heat two lots write Zox 13 Fruita Colo D21 J4
Mr and Mrs N R Taylor of Willow Creek were in Vernal this week on business. They report the recent storms were very beneficial to the Willow Creek section.
Moses Moore of Randlett reports unusually warm weather in the Verna area with conditions more like April than January. He says residents notice milder temperatures and partial sun during the day.
Mrs L K Murphy completes a countywide health survey of Uintah schools. The nurse brings state and national public health experience to the project, aiding the county’s progress in school health.
Muddy recent weeks delay but the CWA project on Vernal streets continues. Two blocks on the south side of Uintah avenue are surfaced with gravel and ready for asphalt in spring. Remaining Uintah sections are excavated, filled with foundation boulders, and topped with crushed gravel.
Word reached press time that Henry Erikson, known for Mer Vernalite, died at his Prove home. Cause of death was not learned.
A letter from David Lyon bishop of Bingham recalls Myrtle Bateman Curtis arriving in Bingham after surgery for stomach trouble. He notes her cheerfulness and patience in suffering and her nursing knowledge despite illness, and that doctors believed her condition would worsen rapidly.
The Forks Forum notes Reagan’s forty year old history of the Quileute people of La Push Washington. It details creation myths and coast defense legends, cites battles along the Washington coast, and recounts how oral traditions were later written by Reagan with input from Quileute medicine men.
Officials discussed beer licenses with Class A at 20 dollars per year Class B 40 dollars and CC 80 dollars per year. The CC license fee was set at 26 dollars. A water district tax and a rock crusher repair meeting update were noted. A shaft bent when a hammer dropped into the hopper during city work.
The annual stockholders meeting of Emerald Oil Company is set for Wednesday January 10 1934 at 2 00 pm in the Uintah Abstract office Vernal Utah. Secretary is H W Woolley.
Public hearing on Vernal City Budget for 1934 set for Wednesday January 24 1934 at 7 30 pm in the Council Chambers. City Recorder Oscar Lyman issues the notice.
Uintah County Treasurer will now pay all General Fund registered warrants prior to December 1 1932 and all library warrants registered prior to January 1 1934. Martin W Curtis.
Fragmentary OCR suggests a playful exchange about kissing the blarney stone and a mendicant husband turning respectable. The text hints at a humorous social interaction with mentions of sandwiches and a visit.
A jeweler jokes about a cheap watch owner who dropped the piece and later suggested the real misstep was picking it up. The anecdote frames a lighthearted misadventure in a shop setting.
Four holiday dances at the Imperial Hall drew strong crowds of students home from school visitors and community members with fine decorations and music enhancing the event.
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