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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1937
Page
2
A survey of department store buyers shows broad public dislike of inferior goods bought for low prices. The piece argues that while bargains attract in hard times, profit is necessary for wages and buying power, urging support for sound business and reasonable prices rather than further price cuts.
Portland enacts a bounty system to curb reckless and intoxicated driving. A $100 reward is paid for information leading to arrest and conviction of such drivers, with support from major gasoline companies and a safety education program. The measure, adopted last April, aims to reduce accidents and promote responsible road use.
The article extols Newspaper Appreciation Week and urges readers to consider the home town paper as a town messenger. It highlights the front page, editorial pages, local columns, and merchant ads as essential, with personal notices, weddings, births, and local events shaping community life.
An assortment of local social notes. Tutt and George Bigelow traveled to Colorado Sunday. A. Golding visited. Hervey Hullinger and others were Sunday guests. A MIA workers group performed for their brother Wy and friends on Wednesday evening for Mr. Reynolds of Oat Take. Recipes shared by Dye and Mrs. Mwuns and daughters. Edgar and TaVar Reynolds, teachers from Roosevelt, were visiting.
In Washington a clash over new neutrality legislation unfolds as the 1934 act nears expiry in May. Senator Pittman will likely chair a foreign relations panel vote, while opinions split between broad presidential discretion for war avoidance and a strict cash and carry neutrality. Senator Van Denberg and Senator Borah weigh in, favoring flexible presidential authority versus mandatory buyer rules.
Miss Opal Foster returns from Texas where she labored as a missionary the past twenty months. The district schools reopen with teachers and staff back after Christmas break. Residents and visitors from Salt Lake, Vernal, and other towns arrive for holidays and family visits. Church events include Sacrament meeting talks and a Christmas program by the Sunday School, with Daughters of the Utah Pioneers meeting and a luncheon. Local families move, travel, and attend events as the community resumes routine after the holidays.
Visitors in Vernat during the week included Guy Long and son Dick, Mrs. Annie Davis, Mrs. Roy Springer, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Petermin and mother, Clair Burton, El Lee, Wy Justice, Mrs. Alice Ank us, Mrs. Vern Hanson, El Smith, Myron Brough, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Huber.
Local news outlines a Daughters of the Utah Pioneers gathering at the home of Mrs. Tom McKeachunie on Friday January 8. Other items mention travel by Mr. and Mrs. George Bills and son to Provo, Bennie Kanistanaux visiting family, a New Year dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Johnson, and several social gatherings with guests listed.
In small notes, a Tulsa dancer instructor links chin position to good dancing and boxing. Ushron farmers feed cows stale bread hoping to butter their bread on both sides. Merrill Toothpick makers report rising business. Canada 1935 birth rate 20.2 per thousand vs US 16.8. A homing pigeon chase taunts fate as traitor era looms.
A first person reminiscence recounts wintering on the range with cattle and horse herds from multiple regions. The author details camp life, hospitality to Indians, races with Dilly Preece's horses, food shortages, and a perilous trek home on cedar skis through deep snow ending at a sawmill in Daniels Canyon.
Miss DeVere Simper from Salt Lake joined her parents for Christmas. Mr and Mrs Walter Moon hosted guests including Leila and Bernard Moon, and Marion Moon’s family. Gospel Doctrine class led by William Johnson held a Christmas party with a Pagran and gifts. Walter Simper enjoyed a Christmas dinner with Irvin Simper family and Verna Simper. A Mutual Christmas pageant directed by Lorene Shiper preceded dancing.
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