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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1942
Page
6
Community news from Myton and nearby towns covers visits by Lena Idsonbee and family, travel plans to California, a marriage announcement for Reva and Eugene Workman in Price, and the Vernal area physical exams for local boys. Readers learn about a death in the Majors family, assorted social events, hospitalizations, and visitors to homes across the region.
A surprise party honored Lawrence Lee's birthday at Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Perry's home. School board members H. Grant West Sruth Haslem Ernest Johnson Kernit Young and L. Jd Walker discussed bus issues. Attendees from Vernal included Bishop Harvey Hullinger Rodney Horrocks Merrill Saumussen Will Hackford Delbert Horrocks Lawrence Caldwell Eva Huber Vera Bigelow Annie Warburton Ella Nelson Alice Angus Iva Anderson Lilie Bigelow Rhoda Lee Agnes Walker Grace Lambert Jacob Tasmansen. A Fireside chat by IM Men and Gleaners at Lorna Bigelow's home featured bun, a Book of Mormon reading, and lunch.
The Utah Dairy federation opposed fixing price ceilings only for dairy products without ceilings on industrial goods and labor. At the fifth annual convention closing session in Salt Lake, members supported increased dairy consumption for health and stability, reaffirmed a 13 percent milk production boost over 1941 per federal request, and urged continued fairs to promote breeding and better cattle.
The Grazing Service reports 2200 miles of roads built in Utah since October 1935 by COC camps to move stock, supply supplemental feed, and administer ranges. The network serves ore movement, livestock access to public lands, and future improvement plans as areas open.
Residents report Be Luane’s finishing and remodeling by a bore company. Mrs Lloyd discusses her brother Wha as is a marine stationed nearby. List of local names includes Newell Shatters Ed Waukins Ralph Walkers Jen Burkett Jim Borens and Ray Chiners. Marvin Peterson spent last weekend in Jensen. Nonanza PTA members joined volunteer service for national defense.
Utahs spring trapping season will be restricted to muskrats in 27 of the states 29 counties. Five musk rats will be protected in Wasatch county during the season, which runs February 18 to April 1. Trapping is forbidden on all national forests, state property at Lacomas Hive Springs in Box Elder, Clear Lake in Millard, Ogden Bay in Weber, Stewart Lake in Uintah, and on dikes at Farmington Bay in Davis and Ruby Lake Sloughs in Utah county, with clear ground signage.
Utah distributes 1,704,247 from the state district school fund to 40 districts, bringing the total to 2,420,434 for the year. Uintah receives 37,831 as part of the per capita allocation of 11.87, with a statewide per capita total of 1890. Distributions are listed by district with both current and prior allotments.
Agriculture records show Utah feeds 6,775,000 sheep and lambs for market on January 1, a rise from 6,479,000 in 1941 and 5,841,009 in 1940. Colorado leads states with 1,115,000 on feed this year, vs 986,000 last year, with Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming, Idaho, and California also cited in the year’s totals.
A fragmented report recalls children absent with chickenpox from several local households and mentions Mrs Leriaty Mechaan and William Aleannidet among attendees. It notes a community gathering hosted by Mr net Me vin Meclan on Sunday evening with about twenty five guests and Donna Perry as Hofeltz president.
Uintah Power and Light stockholders met at the IOOF hall in Myton on Monday January 12 and re elected W H Coltharp as president W L Johnson as vice president and treasurer W A Bull as secretary with directors A C Emert George E B Adams Abner Richens W A Banks and Robert L Masimo. Brigham Young University postponed Leadership Week citing the national emergency and church guidance reducing conventions until the crisis ends. Leadership Week had a long history spanning the interwar period with about 60 000 attendees overall.
The Utah Historical Quarterly issue reviews the Escalante trip described by Patherscalante’s Catholic priest and produced by the Utah Historical Society. It highlights day by day accounts, notes on 1858 plains, and includes an array of articles and biographical pieces by members and local historians such as J. Geel Alter and William Snow.
L T Bennett, inspector, reports 12784 head of Uintah Basin cattle inspected past year at Heber station near junction of U 40 and 189. Cattle sold to Spanish Fork Springville and two big Utah stock yards. 12784 head, down 248 from prior year. Bennett urges bills of sale for sales and purchases, including hides and pelts with ear marks and dates.
The insect control project in Ashley National Forest is suspended until spring per Supervisor Earl C Sawford. The crew has treated 5,904 trees near Henrys Fork, 220 on Red Mountain, and 60 below Sage Creek Park. About 1,500 trees near East Fork at Smiths Park remain untreated, to be treated when work resumes next spring. Weather was generally favorable this winter with snow depths mostly under one foot. A new cow will be formed and operations resume this spring as song ais yourthier weil permit, Mr Sanford said.
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