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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1942
Page
8
A 39 year old note reports J P Holtus succeeding W H Kenner as editor of the Spanish Folk Newspaper. The piece also mentions church and YMMIA members, a wedding on July 7 in Vernal and Midway, and a wedding officiated by Judge McCopel for Ex-Marshall Curtty and Mrs Sophia Johnson.
Davis teen Rulon, Dora and Percy Cole of Kaysville visited Mrs Annie Jacks. Mr Mattir Chivers returned Sunday from Provo where she had been visiting for several weeks. Mrs Elia Sleigh came home Sunday after visiting with her daughter at Provo Beach. Gene Blaugh stayed with his aunts, Mrs Victor Nelson of Provo and Mrs Leonard Alien of Springville. He came back Sunday.
In 1941 rancher Downard used phosphate to boost alfalfa yields on his Green River land. A ton of superphosphate covers about 20 acres, doubling hay production to roughly two tons per acre. Transport via pack train cost $2.35 a bag, yielding about $150 per acre in government payments. Downard plans to continue the practice and notes fertilizer is worth the trips. He previously worked with the Bureau of Agriculture Economics and Extension Service on land-use planning for several counties under Dr. O J Wheatley.
Lions Clubs elected McCuigan as International President at a convention. Paine stressed unity in wartime and the alliance of Lions nations backing liberty and national freedom. The Michigan City Indiana native hails from the Lions Club there and has held multiple leadership roles within Lions International.
Mr and Mrs Glines and children visit Ed Hoeft while Harald Reader and Mrs Reader visit Mrs Bain in Grad Junction. Glines return from Montana and Wyoming with Helen Woodruff. Archie Perry and Colorado trip. Tom Timothy comes home from Salt Lake. Mrs Murray and Mrs Baker travel from Tecoma after training. wives’ husbands to California briefly before permanent posting. Doris Jean Chipman visits cousins Joelle and Lorene Johnson. Harold Cook returns from Montana to shear sheep. Ernest Jonson goes fishing with a group. Wardles arrive from outside points where men have been shearing sheep.
Irvin Moon and Mr and Mrs William Postma vacationing. Waine Larsen visited Bonanza grazing service. Mrs Pace ran the Bonanza boarding house due to sister Mrs Toy Warburton illness. Friday dance at the recreation Mall with Mervin Hatch organizing and an orchestra from Vernal. Beilsille of Meeker formerly ran the Bonanza store. George Trubbins returned to work after vacation. Mr and Mrs Barry stayed at Oaky Park north of Vernal.
Maeser residents hosted and visited family during the week with multiple trips to Salt Lake City for medical care and convalescence. Ward conference speakers Hyrum Calder, Archie Johnson, and Byron Goodrich addressed the stake. Ma bel Merkley and Leatha Murray performed solos.
Mrs Joseph Ho Murray and husband visited at Rangley oil wells where he works this summer. Snow family from Rawlins Wyoming toured to visit Orin and Jeanie Snow. Mrs Wiley EB Stewart and daughter from Salt Lake City arrived for a stay. Monroe Hatch and family went to Salt Lake. Mr and Mrs Charles Martinson and Donald Lee arrived in San Diego for work at a refinery. Several relatives journeyed between Grand Junction Olathe Meeker Pool Creek Meeks and Stewart households for visits, with Mary Helen Merkley and Lilian Wall also in attendance.
BYU announces Barbara Rasmussen Wiehe Veung as one of 32 students on the spring honor roll. The Provo coed, daughter of TT Rasmussen, earned credit across Canada, Mexico and the United States and notes she graduated from White theop high school in 1940 with three letters and a metal. Her sophomore year at BYU includes a music major. Mr and Mrs J A Cheney and family returned from a week’s w…
Local residents report visits from the Harden Nelsons and family over six weeks, with Marlin Nelson and Velma joining. A baby girl was born to Earl Hatch and wife. Vernal Seminary students led a Sunday program, and St Pauls chapel announces registration for August classes with free tuition.
Two sisters from Salt Lake’s Flory Cross of St. Mary of the Wasatch will arrive in Vernal on Monday August 2 to run a two week vacation school under St. Paul’s Catholic Chapel. Morning sessions will be held each weekday for the two weeks.
Joseph F. Swain 58 forest foreman died at home in Provo Saturday after a long heart condition. Born April 20, 1886 in Salt Lake City he was married Feb 19 1913 in the Gall Lake LDS temple to Lacy E Watson. Survived by sons Jay W Swain and Mrs Dorotha Spayne Heber City. Pauline Hortler and Harry L Swain Salt Lake City. Mima and Mack Swain Provo. Ernest Bartell in the U S armed services. three grandchildren. brothers and sisters Agnes Jones Maude Bell Daniels Ed Swain Phoenix Arthur Swain Payson. half brothers Ab Swain Lapoint Emanuel Swain Vernal.
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