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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1922
Page
4
The plan calls for securing an Express correspondent in Loeton Bennett Roosevelt Noola and Myton to cover local news. The move aims to improve reporting and ensure timely dispatches from these communities.
Local notes recount hospital transfers and staffing changes in Hoopa Valley California with Dr Myers in charge. Bruce Maxwell appointed school farmer at White Rocks begins February. Church visits and services, skating, and a Y M I A dance attract large crowds.
Mrs David Karron reports a Sunday school conference with a large attendance. Members of the Sunday school board and high council participated, praising the unified effort and noting teachers training with N. G. Sowards selected as teacher. Local ranchers plan an electric line into the valley amid snow on Brush Creek Mountain.
A Monday birthday gathering at Mrs Rtoda Watch’s home featured a friendly card session afterward with guests including Mr and Mrs Ed Oaks Sr Mrs Harry Burton Mrs Brown Mrs Wallace Oaks Mr and Mrs Dave Hatch and Mr and Mrs John Timothy and family. The town buzzed about upcoming MIA entertainment plans and a play titled My Neighbor's Wife.
Layfoint Mrs A W Nebeker reports a smallpox scare leads to closure of school and all public gatherings. Several residents are ill but recovering. Dr GQ H Christy, county physician, vaccinated many locals from Yornal. Local tradesman A W Norton begins a combined garage and blacksmith shop on Main Street. Dr Morton of Roosevelt and Heber Wardla visited town. Abe Warburton did comment work at Tridell schoolhouse.
Mrs JoN Lybbert reports the Mutual Improvement association preparing a near future play directed by Stella Richards. Arthur Harrson becomes first assistant to the Sunday school superintendent. New teachers chosen and a campsite organization formed. Frank Merrill and son Angus left to work on the road. Local men work on building an ice supply.
Local residents share New Year visits with relatives in Vernal and Maeser. Mrs Roxa Alexander travels to Moffat for a month, Mrs Rolfe moves to Vernal after marriage, and many locals enjoy holiday gatherings and a joint Y I M KA and Priesthood program. Elderly residents report owls in Dry Edric and a brief illness among students.
White rocks Friday basketball at Lapoint ends 3 to 4 in Lapoint favor. Utes adapt to new rules with clean play while others lag. Indian school game vs bench Indians disrupted by late arrival. bench team later plays Cow boys, Volunteers and Cow boys win. Mrs Ben Perkins is bedside with bronchial pneumonia.
The article reports creamery operations under Jess Nielson with cheese production underway. Men haul timber by sleighs as winter work. George Piersons to stay in Hayden. James Henrle did a Roosevelt trip. Nelson Creamery building to be converted by local clubs into an amusement hall with floor upgrades. Robert Nelson arrives from Wellington to help. Two of his children ill. Mrs C Rockey improving. Manning Keel visits Hayden to see brother Preston returned from Price work.
Hazel Chandler reports low parent attendance at Thursday's parent teachers meeting due to cold. Mrs Gee Ashton hosted the Priscilla Thimble club with members including Mrs Richards Richards, Mrs Ow ens, Mrs Brennan, Mrs Chandler, Mrs Larson, Mrs Taylor, Mrs Rice, Mrs Brennan, Mrs Johnston, and Miss Chandler. luncheon served. Mabel Johnston resigns as Intermediate grades teacher. Elsie Taylor fills vacancy. William Stevens returns from Storrs Utah Sunday night.
Hayden residents enjoyed a dance at Whiterocks hosted by the Bowens and Horrocks family with many young people in attendance. Hishop C R Ockey traveled to Price for his daughter's serious operation, while Mrs. Precott and Clarence Johnson were noted for health matters. The Hayden Relief society hosted a party for Mr and Mrs Allred, and Postmistress Henrie shopped in Roosevelt for the Hayden Cash store. Clifford Mitchell returned from L D S Hospital improved. The Y M M I A boys received new basketballs. regular games to follow. Tree and Don Tree face illnesses, and Hayden boys joined Neola for a Lapoint basketball game amid a smallpox quarantine in Lapoint. Mr and Mrs S H W Bissel visited the Trees. Gierin Mitchell underwent successful bone graft surgery from a leg injury.
Mrs J J Nielson has been visiting Mrs David Hancock the past week. E J Prescott who supervised the road construction received the men’s pay last week. Flora Bastain has been ill but is better now. Mrs George Peirson has rheumatism and is improving. Mrs J J Horrocks was taken to Roosevelt for treatment last week and returned Sunday. John O'Driscoll has been ill with appendicitis. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Peterson returned from Price. Horrocks and Christiansen now attend Hayden after Whiterocks school.
Rena Postma, oldest daughter of John Postma, returned from Salt Lake City where she has worked as a stenographer for the past year. John Slaugh spoke at the Sacrament meeting recounting conditions in California and other southern states recently visited. E W Slaugh and Sim Willis traveled to the Johnson sawmill last week and reported about four feet of heavy snow at the mill.
A well attended Friday night dance at the hall featured visible home brew. The Sun day school clash surprised teacher George A Straugh at his Davis home last Saturday with about fifty of sixty members present. A detailed program followed by two group activities, separate room games, and separate department committees led to a cheerful evening. A charity lunch was served and Simpson Willis was named deputy assessor to accompany Georges H Southam into the dragon.
The narrative notes Sim as a capable candidate for a position in the Hill Creek district. It records missionaries George W Perry and W H Cook in Maeser Vernal First ward, William F Hanson addressing the Sabbath school, and Desmond Nelson crafting furniture amid unemployment. Sylvia Hatch visits from Rainbow, deacons chop wood for Katherine Southam, Lewis Hodgkinson delivers mail, David L. Richards takes furlough, canal water freezes streets, and cisterns are urged to address water shortages.
Mrs C Doman reports good water from Yeager’s new open well. EB Lowe and Harry Froberts dig wells for home use. Morris Woodward’s wife remains ill after smallpox setback. A son born January 12 to Mr and Mrs John Labrum. mother and child healthy. Milton Nickle, ill since Christmas, now threshing at Wells. Mutual Improvement Association hosted an old folks party. ward groups contributed.
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