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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1944
Page
4
A garbled OCR segment records scattered family news and visits across households. It references Homer’s arrival in Hawaii, Christmas gatherings with the Gadd and Gagan families, Lonnie Duncan of Denver, and various trips to Ogden and Provo. The text also notes past residence and schooling, with several names and locations loosely connected.
A garbled reminiscence recalls a Christmas preoray evening with dancing and games, a lunch, and a tea. People in the community, including families of Albert Richan, Mrs George Ny Oldham, and Pvt Norris, share visits, travels, and holiday gatherings at homes and the local camp, with neighbors recounting travel to Provo and surrounding areas over the holiday period.
Fragmented OCR mentions Anita, Howe, Bamyeleia and family, a fire driving them from a house near a county area. References a bridge near Ernest Johnson residence and a road bed removal. Unsure details due to garbled text. indicates a social club and party involvement.
Wartime notices warn of gas and sugar rationing extending through January and March, with stamps and quotas for meats fats and sugar. Anti freeze production up 50 percent, and pressure cookers restricted. Tractor radiators and tires face cuts while infant wear production is prioritized. Special gasoline rations may be issued to recuperating servicemen. Freezer stock chickens set aside for armed forces amid broader controls.
The report notes army needs and the master menu for Sunday chow, with shoes and footwear sold at low or free prices as part of wartime rationing. It discusses selective service boards shifting agriculture deferrals, increasing occupational deferments, and projected manpower movements for December to July.
A fragmented notice details residents traveling for work and holiday gatherings around New Year’s. Mentions include Evan Slaugh and relatives visiting in Independence and Myton, Doris Slaugh with children, Hyrum Smula in Independence, and Verna Simper returning to Salt Lake City after Christmas. Several small mentions of mine work, a coal mine, and a small arms plant are noted.
Mr and Mrs BUI Hatch of Heb er City returned home December 26 after Christmas holidays in Ballard. Gen Jackson of mi Mine was brought in for 3 attendos December 20. Duane Slaugh, ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Slaugh, was taken to the hospital December 30 for an appendicitis operation. Crista Johnson spent the weeks.
A holiday period brings family visits and a newborn. Mrs Lawrence Merkley welcomed a miss LaMar Gardner from Bull Lake City with her relatives at Christmas. Mr and Mrs Ima Gardner spent Christmas with their daughter. A newborn was born to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Merkley on December. Mrs Prank Wellman hosted 25 guests for New Year’s dinner at her Mantt home with Mr and Mrs HOR, Mr and Mrs Well, Mr and Mrs Ebert, and five children among attendees. Vernil and Winona Massey of Roosevelt attended with Seorae and three Well family members.
A fragmentary report notes a cottage meeting on a Wednesday evening with speakers Warren Jones and LeRoy Richens from Vernal. It also mentions Mrs F Bare family gathering, Warren L Billings home birthday event for Miss Billings, and visits between local residents including Mr and Mrs Harry Aumiller.
The State of Utah serves summons to defendants within twenty to thirty days to appear and defend an action seeking judgment and decree reforming a deed dated November linking grantors to William Hoeft. The deed, recorded in Book 13 of Deeds, page STL in Utah County records, misdescribes the property beginning at a specified NE corner and extending along lines to a place of beginning, with several bearings and distances noted.
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