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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1962
Page
2
Word from Sgt. Boyd Lemon says he attended a German and BYU frack meet in West Berlin where Germany won 73 to 80. He has competed in Norway and Finland and is touring Europe with the Vernal team, visiting Dean Lwndell.
The Busy Bakers met for a meeting led by our president who called the class to order. Discussion covered our skit for 4.41 Camp and minutes show the meeting was adjourned.
Two hundred Boy Scouts from the Utah National Parks Council wrapped a week at the High Uintas Camp on the Uinta River near the Forestry Guard Station. The event featured sunrise services, Order of the Arrow membership rites, and a Friday Court of Honor with more than 400 advancement awards. Eagle Scouts Allan McConkie James Bowden and Terry Scholes received top honors, as leaders praised permanent campsite goals and local agency support.
A Goodrich family reunion for the George Albert Goodrich clan is planned Saturday July 26 at the chapel in Mt Emmons Utah. Attendees are invited to arrive at noon with a potluck lunch. A business and genealogical meeting will follow at 2 PM.
Funeral services for Ethelwynne Stringham Collett 85 were held in Maeser with Bishop Merl G. Shaw presiding. The obituary outlines her Utah roots and service in LDS organizations, listing survivors including two sons Carl S Collett and Howard S Collett, two daughters Edna Baines and Edith Hatch, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Me and Mrs Don Walker and family return from a two week vacation visiting the World Fair and touring the Redwoods and Woodland California. Relatives and friends from Connecticut Nevada Idaho Utah and Salt Lake City visit in Vernal.
Kenny Green son of Mr and Mrs Green and Harold Dil Green from Vernal have starred as fashion models in ZCMI advertisements carried by the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News for the last two weeks. Green has worked in ZCMI’s advertising art division for 12 months.
Beginning Monday July 23 hunters may apply for 125 antelope and 20 buffalo permits under the 1962 proclamation approved by the Utah Board of All Game Control. Antelope permits are available in five units including Bonanza Cedar City Daggett San Rafael and Southwest Desert with no hunts for West Desert or Bue Elder. A limited 20 buffalo hunt is authorized near the Henry Mountains with a midnight July 28 deadline and a public drawing at 10:00 a.m. August 3 at the State Capitol.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Shaffer and Mr and Mrs Achard Olson of Mant and Mr and Mrs H U Reid of St Jeorge. No actions, dates, or contexts are readable in this fragment.
Visitors last week at the George Oldham home in Maeser included Renae Law of Salt Lake City Alpha Amberson of El Paso Texas Georgie Van Winkle of New Mexico Mary McBride and daughter Jane of Salt Lake City Wesley Rawlins and daughter Marilyn of Orem and Coales Colton of Salt Lake City Mrs Claude Murphy of Newport Oregon spent five weeks with the Oldhams Mrs Murphy accompanied by Mrs Oldham to Ogden where she caught a train home They attended the Wm Ashby reunion at the Lodge Bale Campground in Daniels Canyon George Oldham Claudia Murphy visited relatives in Meeker Colorado last week.
A Tuesday card party at the Clayton Tis lop residence honored Grace Raines before her Tennessee departure. Staged for twelve guests, Canasta was played with Agnes Denver winning high, Kay Peyton low, and Bette Walkup taking bingo. A going away gift was given to the guest of honor. Paul Ray Scofield and his Las Vegas family visited Vernal with Beatrice Rooks for two weeks, followed by a Reid family reunion with Max P Reia and children from Falls Church arriving two days earlier.
State fish and game officials remind residents only may apply for hunts and warn past winners cannot apply again this year. Buffalo permits remain limited to one issue per hunter. dates for antelope, buffalo, elk, and moose permits are listed with public drawing dates in August. Applicants must first buy a regular big game or combination license to qualify.
JS Beady Dirker of Prove was awarded the contract for construction of five gemstone toilet buildings in Ashley National Forest campgrounds. Dirkers bid $10 442 for facilities in Dutch John area Oakes Park and the Yellowstone River as part of the outdoor recreation program. Mrs Myrtle Ross 87 suffered a stroke last week and was admitted to hospital Monday.
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