17 Jan 1946
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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1946
Page
1
Planning notes indicate Red Cross home service is offering nursing classes again for seniors. Margarite Colton and Ciara Price, directors, urge interested parties to contact for further details on locations including Vernal and other county areas.
The planning board, including Amber and Helen, met to review a contentious proposal as residents debated the impact. Officials reported a heated session with limited progress on the project amid strong opposition from local stakeholders.
Across US travelers report Vernal as a rare city offering private home lodging for transients. With over 2000 visitors seeking rooms, hotels and auto courts cannot accommodate, prompting residents to host guests and private trailers lining vacant lots. The city plans new hotels and apartments while OPA labels Vernal a defense housing area, raising rents and triggering landlord registrations.
The article lists multiple service members with discharge details and return plans. Charles Rushton, idled in Yokohama with the Eighth Army, may receive discharge after 58 points. served since June 1943 with the 43rd Infantry, seeing New Guinea and Luzon. Earl Allred and Melvin Anderson discharged at Fort Douglas, with months in New Guinea and the Philippines as MP and amphibious truck crew. Dale Willis to return home after discharge at Fort Douglas. Georges Ainge transferred from Paris to Germany for occupational duty, 21 months in ETO. Melvin Berkman arrived home after 19 months in Pacific with infantry, with Leyte and Aomori Japan deployments. Dalton Woods discharged as Navy essential center at Shoemaker, veteran of four years with Asiatic-Pacific and Philippine Liberation bars, son of Brow.
Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce members discussed a swimming pool project near the Uintah County Court House. They reviewed site plans and costs, debating whether to alter the original plan and consulting city planners before presenting a concrete recommendation to the city planning board.
Arty Mitchell and Merrell Mitchell of Duchesne Utah received official word Monday January 7 1946 that their sons Monard H Mitchell and Wayne E Mitchell were killed on Wake Island during World War II. A local hospital committee plans to press state and federal officials in Salt Lake City for aid to build a larger hospital, aiming for a $100 600 facility. Wayne Mitchell a Duchesne High School graduate attended BYU and the Agricultural College of Logan before serving at Wake Island. Monard Mitchell worked for Morrison Knudsen and was a mechanic first class with the Navy at Wake Island.
Duchesne five powered to a 35-22 victory led by top scorers Grant with 13 and Odekirk with 12. The Duchesne squad, including two brothers Trumat and Loren Mitchell and sister Alfreda Mifad, celebrated their second straight win as part of a strong defensive effort against regional rivals.
A fragmentary report describes a fire related incident involving a musician named Wasserman and other performers. The event occurred at Ballard and Uintah Stake Pabernaelse areas with treatment at a local facility. Details are unclear due to damaged text and scattered OCR fragments.
In a tight game Alterra led 26-20 midway through the second half as Utes fought back to a 19 19 tie early. Sayde weighed in as top scorer with ten points and Lopes added eight, while Abplanalp and Taberna highlighted the local team’s effort in a fast paced clash that saw Duchesne win the pennant. Main game Friday at 8 pm with a 7 pm prelim. Planning board member Emery Johnson traveled to Provo for zoning study with Weber County planning director Smesth.
Nelon G Sowards aged 83, one of Vernol’s first school teachers and a commercial farmer, died Monday afternoon at his Ashley home after illnesses including pneumonia and complications from former injuries. He taught in Manassa for eight years after moving to Colorado in 1931 and served two missions with the LDS church.
Saturday evening the Vernal Gun Club met at the City of Beg and discussed several proposed projects. The group considered purchasing land as a game refuge and creating a fishing pond, with arrangements made to transplant wildlife from Daggett to Uintah County.
Alterra High School defeated Roosevelt 40 to 25 after a strong first-half surge. The Alterra defense limited Roosevelt to a single-digit second quarter while senior guard led the charge, helping Alterra secure a 21 to 10 halftime margin and hold on for the win.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jess York died Wednesday at the York home after a period of illness. The family mourns as local authorities recount a remarkable pursuit of a mountain lion by trapper Aichee Slaugh and his dogs Sounder and Lady. Slaugh tracked the beast through 25 miles of deep snow before cornering and killing the 200 pound animal, the largest he has bagged.
Trobert and Oral Shiner on horseback Sunday afternoon found a yellow rubber balloon with dark streaks resembling powder near Island Park about 10 miles north of Brush Creek. The balloon was on a snow covered area, with remnants suggesting use.
Born December 26th, the child is survived by his parents, one brother Raymond and a sister Sharon. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at pan. Interment will be in the Vernal Memorial Park.
Fragmented OCR text offers partial items about clothes and a Friday date, with unreadable names and details. No clear persons, organizations, places, dates, or outcomes are discernible to form a complete news item.
Leon P Christensen, noted civil engineer, opens a modern real estate office in the Uintah State Bank Building with Lynn Richens assisting as a licensed saleswoman. They plan to specialize in farm lands and town properties as Christensen’s Uintah Basin water resources work continues. Richens has led the Uintah National Farm Loan Assn, and Esland Preece returns to lead UNFL after two months in the Pacific.
A Wellington group asked the Vernal Ling Club road committee for endorsement of a 76 mile road from Myton to Wellington on the D and RG railway. The Basin communities, including Wellington, back the request with members Gunderton, Tidwell, Bohleen, Siddoway and Fur. A Salt Lake trip was made by the delegation to push the action.
Last week Union State Bank named Archie Johnson as assistant cashier to succeed KL Wale Woolley. Johnson will not replace Woolley, who will continue in his office. There will be two assistant cashiers at the bank.
The fourth anniversary of Uintah County Price Control Board Observ ves marks volunteer service by board members and civic clubs. Officials note volunteers translated wartime rationing rules, with 1845 boards nationwide logging over a million hours of work in June 1945 and handling millions of rationings.
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