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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1942
Page
8
Farmers should check their equipment and order needed parts and repairs now to keep up production as wet conditions slow delivery and steel shortages affect supply. Store machinery under cover, repair or replace worn parts, and sharpen implements while ordering parts early to avoid delays.
A Diamond Jubilee Drive begins in Uintah County to support polio fight efforts. The campaign runs through January 30 with Lions Club leadership under President DeVere Garrell planning events and a Roosevelt Diamond Jubilee birthday party at Imperial Hall on January 30. Lawrence Biddowly named treasurer of the committee.
Utah Power and Light will start a first aid training series in Vernal next week. Instructor Wandle Openshaw, holder of a first aid certificate, will conduct the courses across the company service area. Fifteen hours of training grant a certificate upon completion, with 24 hours taught weekly. Free instruction welcomes inquiries to Mr Openshaw.
Henderson, chairman of Uintah county National Defense Committee, returned Tuesday from Ball Lake City after attending a convention of county defense chairmen at the Newhouse Hotel. The meeting, called by Cov prior Herbert, Bo Maw, and vice chairman P. Bick, involved Salt Lake Chamber officials and defense talks.
The Soil Conservation District office relocates to the Judges room in the county courthouse with county commission support. H M Ivory, SCS farm planner, and Karina Preece from the National Youth Administration will occupy the space. District agreements with farmers increase irrigation planning and irrigated pastures, as surveys begin for the Naples water facility project.
Firefighters were called to a kitchen fire at a vern al residence on Monday afternoon. No families were reported harmed. The event prompted an investigation by Chief Wen and local authorities at the scene near the Caro line.
County commissioners appointed deputy assessors for the December session, naming Henderson as office deputy and Harold F Davis for sheep and cattle. District deputies include Win MOTurt, LaVell Manwaring, Peter A Frickson, Steven W Ashby, Wake Oaks, and others such as F E Colton, D EL Bis, Arthur Wiscombe, Wake V Peay, A B Crumbo, and Marion Graham.
Henry A Lee a Uintah County resident and Leeton native donated four tons of coal from his Colorado mines and distributed raffle tickets that raised nearly $100 for the Red Cross drive. Lee handled ticket sales himself over several days, earning praise from Uintah Chapter chair Mrs. GC R Henderson for his charitable work across the county.
Utah school districts reduced total debt by six percent in the year ended, with Wayne, Davis and Salt Lake City among the higher borrowers. The report shows Ogden and Salt Lake City carrying the largest debts, while Alpine and other districts list varying bond and borrowing totals including Utah overall. Interest on debts of 371 540 was paid during the fiscal year, and a later list details district debt figures by district.
The Meeker Herald reports a plan by the Mountain States company to extend a starting telephone line into Rangely connecting with Craig and Vernal lines via Highway 40. The project aims to improve rural service, boost western county communications, and support Rangely's oil operations, signaling stronger future production in the Rangely oil field.
Uintah county selects jury commission and lists names for the 1942 petit jury. The county clerk notes last year drew 25 names for the year. Readiness to call includes many residents from Vernal and Whiterocks, with numerous individuals named for potential juror status across precincts and townships.
The Mountain Dell branch was formed last Sunday as an independent unit under President Wallace Calder with counselors Mr and Mrs Fred Overman as parents of a baby boy born January 2. Joseph Bodily has returned from a mis ton in California. Mr and Mrs Abe Hatch are the parents of a baby boy born December 26. Ball RH Woolley will survey Uintah Basin water supply for its mature development.
County health program invites children from six months to first grade for diphtheria and smallpox vaccines. Registration slips delivered door to door this week. public health nurses will administer at home visits or clinics. Mary Helen Mills returns to Salt Lake to resume nursing studies at St Marks Hospital after holidays with her parents Roy and Mrs Mills.
Mr and Mrs Bow Stringham and Ned returned Thursday from a trip to California to visit their son Steven in Alhambra and then San Diego. They met National Guard members in National City and later traveled to San Luis Obispo where Paul Stringham Gewin Goodrich and Karl Calswell were on a special detail. Dale Jensen of Fort Warren Wyoming returned to camp after furlough with his father Richard Jensen.
Mr and Mrs A J Seeley Mra Henry Kloeppel Henry Lee Mm Cc W Showaller Dr J L Hatsen Newton Bros Legion Auxiliary Jr Chamber of Commerce P E O Bisterhood Rice Cooper Ortaty Jones Second Word Relief Socie ty Mrs Waller Woolley Barber Asphalt Corp Barber Asphalt Local Union No 487 American Legion and Mrs Iva McCary Jack Stagg accompanied by Clay Odekirk and Burton Powell returned Sunday of last week for California where they have employment in defense profits about ban. They make their home in Glendale They had spent the holidays here.
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