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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1963
Page
8
The Vernal Express notes Happy Birthday to Glenda Glee Rich daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Rich born January 6. Thorne Studio offers free baby pictures and will publish them. photos should be taken a week before the first birthday.
The Vernal Moose Lodge No 1812 hosts a banquet Saturday Jan 26 at 7 pm at the Kiwanis Scout House to honor the Dinah Bank Junior Bowling League. All team members and sponsors invited. Mayor Alvin Kay will speak and present trophies to the two winning teams. Governor of the Moose Lodge and the Bowling League president will present 33 trophies. A turkey dinner will be served.
Bryce Barker son of Ken Barker traveled with a group of PFA boys to Denver to attend the National Livestock Show. George Christensen accompanied his father to Ogden for a medical check-up. Several local events follow including a wedding reception for the Boyles, visitors from Roosevelt, and a pink and blue shower for Mrs. Joan Christensen. Funeral services were held for a newborn, with grandparents and a great grandfather named. Local visits include families in Altamont Duchesne Grand Junction Maeser and Orem.
Mrs Donna Lee chair of the English department and Ann Goodrick represented Ashley Valley Junior High at the statewide Provo convention for English teachers. Dr Hook, national critic of English study, spoke to the group and circulated among committees offering guidance.
Ashley Valley Junior High hosts its annual Dad's Date Night on Friday January 25 at 7 30 pm in the gym. Girls are urged to bring a father or observer for a carnival games judging cake prizes and a father daughter dinner with co chairmen Mrs Odle and Mr Spencer and a large committee.
Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. for Manuel Jaramillo infant son of Fran' k and Anna Aguiar Jaramil lo died Saturday at Vernal Hospital of natural causes. He was born January 18 1963. Survived by parents two brothers and a sister Larry Franeckie and Veronica, grandparents Mr and Mrs Cesario Jaramil la Mr and Mrs Don Aguilar Vernal two great grandmothers Mrs Manualita Jar amilla of Vernal and Mrs Chria ania Aguilar of La Plata New Mexico. Graveside services were held Monday at 2 p.m. in Vernal Memorial Park under the direction of Vernal Mortuary.
A farewell testimonial for Elder Clifford Lloyd Richards will be held Sunday at 4 15 pm in the Naples Ward Chapel. Richards leaves for the Salt Lake Mission February 4 then serves in the Florida Mission with Stella Richards and Curtis B Hunsaker among speakers. The event includes music by the Jones Sisters, a male quartet, and an accordion solo by Mrs Curtis B Hunsaker. remarks by his parents and Bishop Goodrich. a response by Richards and benediction by Karl Swain. Richards, Naples Ward member and 1962 United High School graduate, recently worked for Ashley Farmers Union Coop.
Burl Rutherford 34 died Tuesday of last week in Vernal. Funeral services conducted from Benson-Joliffe Funeral Home Scottsbluff Neb. Rev Harold J Jack First Baptist Scottsbluff presided. Music by Lea Loving organist and Bonnie Fernandez soloist. Survivors include widow Ramona Brounlette Rutherford and three daughters Anne Carole and Bonnie plus two grandchildren. Burial in Fairview Cemetery Scottsbluff Neb.
A jumble of short items includes a babysitter ad offering 15 dollars weekly for a boy, a two bedroom unfurnished duplex for rent near 137 East Uth South, a card of thanks from Mr. and Mrs. Von Whiting for condolences and meals, another rent ad for a one bedroom finished house north of Nap les, and thanks to neighbors and helpers after a fire. Contact names: Robert L. Patten and Max Rasmus sen. phone 789-1887 and 789-1251.
Uintah School District posts bid opening for at least two 72 passenger school buses due by February 13, 1963 at 9 00 am at the district office. Bids judged on price and quality. district may reject all bids. Contact Floyd Workman Frances Lenox or J C Faws for specs and procedures. Frances Lenox Clerk Treasurer.
A farewell testimonial for Elder George Eu gene Glines son of Mr and Mrs Charles Glines is set in Tridell Ward Chapel on Sunday at 730 pm before his departure for the Hawaiian Mission Music prelude and postlude by Beryl Merkley and Bob Harris invocation by Bob Harris remarks by Duane L McKee talks by Paul Traynie and Ward Evans parents remarks and a response by Elder Glines special musical selection by LaWanna Ohman and a vocal duet by Charles Glines benediction by Steve Love Glines is Tridell s thirteenth full time missionary who graduated from Roosevelt Seminary in 1960 and has earned six awards including Duty to God He has held church leadership positions and engaged in sports and debating in high school and college He will enter the Mission Home in Salt Lake City February 4
The Rotary Club heard Marlon Bennett State Director of Aeronautics speak on aviation safety and the commission’s role in promoting airworthiness while noting you cannot legislate good judgment. He cited pilot error as the leading cause of accidents and visitors included Mike McGreath, Rock Springs Rotary president. The club formed a committee to aid Madsen fire survivors and will recommend appointments to the Selective Service committee.
Troop 277 met January 22 at the Community House for its regular meeting. Officers were to be elected next Tuesday. Plans were discussed for a Valentine party. Refreshments were served to 16 members and their leader.
Funeral services for Erastus Peters, a former county agricultural agent, were held Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Berg Drawing Room Chapel in Provo. Peters died Saturday after surgery at a Provo hospital. Born January 14, 1803 in Ephraim, Utah, to Peter C and Anna C Mortensen Peterson, he married Cornelia Staker in 1910 in the Salt Lake Temple. He graduated in 1909 from the Agricultural College of Utah, became a county agent, later worked in Vernal, and served as superintendent of the Alaskan Experiment Station before moving to Alaska. He retired in 1841 and entered real estate. Surviving are his widow, a son and three daughters, 17 grandchildren, a brother and three sisters.
John M. Cook aged 64 died Saturday at an American Folk Hospital of natural causes. Born August 1, 1998 in Vernal he was a son of John W. and Eliza Lenorah Cook and a member of the Latter-day Saints. Survived by two brothers and two sisters. burial at Maeser Fairview Cemetery in Vernal under Wing Mortuary Lehi.
Burial in Vernal City Cemetery for a deceased individual is noted with interment in the local cemetery. The brief entry confirms final disposition and cemetery location within Vernal.
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