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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1959
Page
8
Ashley Keith Merkley visits his parents in Farming ton Ne with the Paula Merkleys. Community notices list multiple visitors and birthday celebrations including Marilyn’s fifth birthday and various travels to Salt Lake City and Gonzaled California.
A regional Chautauqua is planned for Vernal and surrounding country this fall. Dr and Mrs J W Stevens announce the birth of their son James R Dobbie. The night marshal departed Wednesday morning for a three month vacation to visit his family in New York.
Four days after a Monday morning departure for Washington DC the city notes a stretch of dry weather and unclear prospects. The Vogue holds an open house until midnight on the Fourth after the parade. Woodard Curry Furniture adds a harness showroom. Salutes at daybreak will be fired by soldiers under Lt Leon Pack. Pat Markey’s brass band plays from sunrise. Public spirit of leading citizens drives events.
Poem fragment expresses longing for longer weekends due to shorter working hours and full automation. The speaker imagines a future where offices factories and stores run with less human labor and weekends finally align with personal time. The text preserves a nostalgic tone.
Uintah Basin Industrial Convention begins accepting entrants for the 1959 Queen contest. Open to women 16 to 21 resident in Uintah Basin who have never married. entries due in July with photos mailed to Mrs Yack Roosevelt. A royal Indian princess and two maidens will be chosen. judging July 18 at Union Jek School in tribal dress.
A community notice lists a fan princess event with a 6 pm start and judging at 10 pm near Mrs Clairin Mure dock in Newport. It also reports the birth of a daughter Lisa on July 1 to Lt Murdock and mentions navigation instructor duties at OCS Newport and lists grandparents Lynn Murdock Vernal and Joseph Ovard of Hennifer.
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