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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1958
Page
8
Utahns will hear Dr Edward Teller the man credited with the hydrogen bomb speak at the University of Utah Founders Day banquet in the Union building on February 25 under the Alumni Association. Banquet chairman D James Cannon says Teller will outline challenges of space age living and survival and Americas real status in the cold war amid security rules.
Mr and Mrs Wm E Akhurst returned to Vernal last Friday from a two month vacation. They visited Erwin and Idaho locations including Jerome Nampa Boise Idaho Falls and Lava Hot Springs. The trip included California Nevada and Arizona with family in Montrose Concord Mill Valley Tempe and Salt Lake City. Mrs Akhurst's aunt Leota Scott remains critically ill in Tempe hospital.
Gawin Goodrich and family, after three years in Japan during the Army service, return to visit kin and plan to station GC. W. O Goodrich in San Francisco. Local talks include temple visits in Salt Lake City, a fire rebuilding for Thelma and Leona Manwaring, and several small family trips to Provo Salt Lake City and Denver.
The Salt Lake Tabernacle choir and organ radio program marked 20 years of weekly national broadcasting and its 25th anniversary is celebrated in TV Radio Mirror February issue. The spread highlights staff producer Richard L Evans choir director Richard P Candle organists Alexander Schreiner and Frank Asper. A second spread follows Me and Mrs Oscar Hendriksen of Granger with their family in daily life and choir rehearsal.
A Letter to the Editor from the Post Office Department thanks the local postmaster and the press for supporting the 1957 Mail Early and Often Christmas drive. It notes record mail volume was processed and delivered more efficiently than in recent years, and credits broad cooperation for aiding Sunday broadcasts by the Tabernacle Choir.
An extensive road program across Utah was outlined by Utah State Road Commission member Marvin Feltch at the Vernal Chamber of Commerce. Planned projects include Heber to Keelley primary road nine totaling 1.5 million, Greendale to Flaming Gorge 250 thousand, Tabts ona to Golden Stairs 190 thousand, Ranciete to US 40 285 thousand, Neola to Whiterocks 200 thousand, east of Roosevelt bridge 120 thousand, Dinosaur road 60 thousand, Flaming Gorge access road 150 thousand, and Sted Creek road from Heber east totaling about two million.
Over $1500 worth of new books have been donated to the district as about 26 publishers send the latest materials. At the same time, Max G. Alby was named to join the state textbook commission and course of study committee to evaluate texts up for adoption and select which will appear on the approved list for health, mathematics, science, driver training and nature study. Teacher committees are reviewing the books.
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