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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1956
Page
8
The Utah Safety Council urges proper tools and methods for safe winter driving. Key items include good tires reinforced chains lights and a reliable defroster. Methods focus on responsibility tire chains road feel and maintaining a safe following distance and brake pumping.
The Maeser 2nd Ward Grant notes holiday gatherings at the Hacking home with numerous visitors and hosted events. Families and friends from Salt Lake, Provo, Roosevelt, and nearby areas spent Christmas and New Year’s visiting, hosting, and traveling. Several members return from leave or abroad, with others planning visits to family homes and bases. A genealogical meeting and musical performances complemented the holiday entries as residents shared meals, games, and greetings.
Mrs Nile Ainge reports a 42 year reunion between Claude Golf of Rifle Colorado and Nile Ainge of Jensen Utah era Coroa Florida cousins. The piece catalogs New Year visits, family travel between Vernal Rangely Craig Meeker and Salt Lake, hospital stays, a baby born, mumps, a square dance, and a New Year party at the Ainge home with multiple relatives present.
Maeser families from Maaber Ward shared Christmas and New Year visits across nearby towns. Relatives from Springfield Nebraska to Salt Lake City joined gatherings at several homes, with note of asides about travel to California and Roosevelt. A surprise reunion formed as relatives mingled at the Moris Vernon residence and various households hosted dinners and parties during the holiday period.
Miss Dorothy Ann Witbeck of Los Angeles visited her Vernal relatives during Christmas and returned to work as supervisor of preschool blind children in Los Angeles. Bishop and Mrs Martin Curtin spent Christmas in Salt Lake with daughters and families, including the Boyd Lees and Wayne Horrocks, returning to Vernal December 26. On New Year’s Monday they hosted dinner for Clayton Curtis and family and Mrs Curtis’s mother, Mrs Susanna Wardle.
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