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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1941
Page
6
A long list of local visits and events records families traveling to Vernal and Lapoint Monday through Thursday. Mr and Mrs Wm G Caldwell host relatives Asher Caldwell and others attend a wedding dance for Joe Norton. Various residents attend planning board meetings, church groups, and farm security events.
Community happenings include family births and travels, church reorganizations, ward ward boundary discussions, and local social events. Residents such as Mr and Mrs Rasmussen and the Swains share health updates and family milestones, while planned youth and church activities mark a busy weekend.
Leota Noeon and Leota Noeon wee guests of Mr and Mrs Iee Stoddard Hooper and Mr and Mrs Earl Stoddard Ogden stayed at W B Stoddard home to attend Raymond Stoddard funeral Edgar H Stoddard and wife of Los Angeles brother of flay nond wisp visit Thursday Mrs Austin Wardle returns from hospital though bed bound Mrs Llewellyn Jenkins hosted quilting Friday with Thelma Bridlecom Alfred Harris Bert Vevey Wm Wilson and T Exsaid A lunch served Mr and Mrs Ralph Durfee Ray Barney Rooseelt visitors Saturday
A meeting at the Chapman Menrtas chapter elected WII whs as chair, Morrill vice, and Miss Smith secretary. Officers were sent invites for the next gathering. Hostess Ethel Goodith entertained twelve attendees with sewing circle activities. Dr Frank L West from Salt Lake visited the Tridel and Lapot yards, and a Sunday discussion covered Alterra Seminary.
Timber output in 1940 topped all other forests under the Ogden forest office jurisdiction. George W Walkup, ranger, reports Ashley National Forest logged 6 083 000 feet, Uintah 3 601 009 feet, Wasatch 1 545 000 feet, Powell 1 765 000 feet, and Dixie 1 241 000 feet. He predicts the 1941 culling will exceed last year.
The Retief society hosted a party for Christina Merrell Merrell at 11 with a luncheon and remembrance gift In Salt Lake for a leg checkup Dee Matwarring reported improvement Lester Nielsen Earl Hunting and son near Moon Lake spent the week home due to storms They predicted favorable water next summer A Mia Ward program brought by Glines Second Ward and Ashley Ross Merrell graded snow from Vernal to gilsenite mines Local REA wires sparked activity and plans for meetings in Ward 1 and Ward 2 with various residents mentioned in light social notes
A report from Naples covers G Fawcett as National Wool Marketing Association general manager outlining 1941 wool market prospects. He notes domestic demand, foreign competition, and government actions shaping prices, with 1939 levels as a reference and 40 000 yards of production shifts. The discussion includes import controls and the need to fill a potential 1941 deficit while recognizing wartime constraints.
The town basketball team played two games one against Port Duchesne and one against Bennett at Whiterocks gym Friday evening. A no host birthday surprise party honored Mrs Dewey McConkie at the McConkie home Saturday. Mr and Mrs Leo Starks left for Park City where they will make their home. Meg went out with Owen Goodrich.
Mrs Ciolden Balch and Mrs Abe Hatch visited Vernal on Sunday and Monday. Mr and Mrs Roy Bartholomew returned from Vernal. The Timothy family sent their new schoolteacher Mrs Timothy. Clive Davis stayed overnight at Cook ranch. Will Thompson family and Norma Jean went to Vernal. Marvin Jr Loyal Richard and Bud Brown traveled to Vernal for a birthday dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Marvin Broome for Marvin Jr. Ray Reader and his son Don also visited Cook ranch. Louis Thorne visited Vernal after visits by George Thoms and Salt Lake. Royce Barger, recently employed at the Thorne ranch, left Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs Frank Collier announce the engagement of their daughter Erma to Neldon Walker son of Mr and Mrs Geo Walker of Verna. The couple will wed Wednesday in the Salt Lake temple. Mrs Ella Slaugh returned Thursday from Spanish Fork where she visited her daughter and family. Mr and Mrs Lenard Allen and other relatives visited. The Davis family left for Salt Lake City Tuesday to attend the wedding. Sunday school speakers Marvin Chivers and Lucy Jenkin addressed the Sacrament meeting. A trio sang by Verna Snipers Clela Chivers and Gladys Watkins.
The Uintah narrow gauge line from Watson, Utah to Mack Cole, once a vital transport and Gilsonite route, has been repurposed for war use. Rolling stock shifted to South America and other wartime needs, the Mack Cole town fades as its railroad era ends, with the right of way potentially becoming a highway into eastern Utah.
Utah case in Uintah County requires Sherril Bliss Hadden to appear within 20 days after service, or 30 days if served elsewhere, to defend the action to dissolve the marriage between plaintiff Clyde Johnson and Sherril Bliss Hadden. Clerk records the complaint. publication dates run January 16 to February 13.
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