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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1937
Page
2
A call to action for Vernal residents urging bold effort to attract factories and housing. The piece argues drivers must heed crossing signals, insists Vernal has rare opportunities today, and urges residents to identify needs, plan, and act to realize growth and progress. It emphasizes decisive action over faith in luck.
The article warns property owners to prevent fires as dry warm days arrive. It highlights vacant grassy lots as prime ignition points and urges strict enforcement of lawn and land maintenance laws. It also stresses inspecting furnaces before fall and disposing of trash safely to protect homes and forests.
Continued excerpt shows a family wagon journey in harsh winter. Mother improvises warmth and cooking by a grub box fire inside the wagon. narrator recalls the comfort of that makeshift heat as snow drifts loom and the rush home stalls in a frozen landscape.
The piece argues Roosevelt hints at judiciary bill compromise after Social Security Act ruling while pressing for wages hours and child labor laws. It notes Holmes dissent in the 1910s case limiting interstate commerce power and suggests Roosevelt’s strategy to keep the issue open, courting senators, and potentially reshaping party leadership with Robinson and Barkley.
By noon the storm returned and three men prepared to ride to a sawmill for help while the narrator and Will Walker cut through four feet of snow to reach camp. Ada set a feast from a bake oven as snow swirled, duck a la buttered mallards promised.
A fragmentary scene opens with plump steaming potatoes on backs and a village gathered in thanks. Suddenly two horsemen cry out outside, startling wide-eyed observers. The moment hints at a larger tale to unfold.
Free PD Comer and family members including Mr and Mrs Rube Squier and Mrs Ki A Brown returned from Grand Junction. Earlda and Donna Leech came back from Vernal, Donna had worked for Mrs Louis Roberts. Phylis Brown stayed with Mable and Barbara Hatch. Hazelbushes traveled to Vernal. Funeral attendance for Hank Stewart drew many locals. Mr Clark helped search for bodies of Hank Stewart and Thomas McKenna.
Friday trip to Salt Lake and labor visits frame a census of family movements. Mrs Leech works for Mrs Myson as Arvid accompanies Gorin. LeRoy Hatch travels to Vernal for a month’s work. Arza Adams, Bill Clark, Perry Johnson, and families visit relatives for Decoration Day. Miss Arda Birchell trains at St Mark’s in Salt Lake and spends vacation locally.
Mr and Mrs Wallace Caldwell of Maeser spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr and Mrs Ellis Gardwell. Mrs James Abplanalp and baby of Vernal spent all week with Mr and Mrs B S Merkley.
Levi Kitchen and former Miss Anne Shelton wed Sunday night with Merle Cook and Loren McKee joining in marriage May S$. The couple plan to reside in Tridel. Loyal Merkley visits from Salt Lake where he works. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer came from Salt Lake for Memorial Day. Mrs. Palmer, formerly of Tri facil, attended services. Mr. and Mrs. Stephenie Roce and George Simmons rushed to Charleston for a funeral. Miss Zola Mullins of Tridell and Dee Alred of Ballard married May 24 and will live in Ballard.
Examinations and commencement exercises filled the past week as the school reports its largest enrollment. Ashley Bartlett visited from Roosevelt while Ife traveled by buggy due to muddy roads. Notables include Bishop Horace Morrill of Tridel attending a stairs priesthood meeting and several marriages, travels, and business trips among locals.
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