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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1958
Page
7
Karen Johnson and Don T Samuel s wed in Las Vegas Nevada on Thursday May 29 The couple plans to reside in Garden Grove California where he is stationed The Johnsons accompanied the couple to the ceremony and returned home Sunday night
Davis Ward hosted a Rose Tying event on May 12 directed by Vera Olsen with songs by the girls and readings by Judy Smuin and Jessie Richens. The bouquet ceremony featured acknowledgments from Glenna Jackson and a tribute to daughters, followed by a reception for attendees including Wanda Fonteine and Helen Anderson with hospital notices and births listed afterward.
Mr and Mrs Robert L Pixton of Draper announce the engagement of their daughter Gayle Pixton to Grant Vest Jr son of Dr and Mrs Grant Vest of Denver both former Vernal residents. Gayle, a Utah State University junior active in Spurs Chansonettes and Lambda Delta Sigma, plans a September Logan Temple wedding. Vest recently returned from an LDS mission in Hawaii and belongs to Scabbard and Blade, Lambda Delta Sigma. News notes cover recent family gatherings in Vernal and surrounding communities with attendance from out-of-town relatives and local social clubs.
Jean Hodgkinson will graduate from Brigham Young University this month with a degree in Business Education and a minor in accounting. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Aubra Hodgkinson she will begin teaching at Uintah High School this fall after active roles in Alpha Lambda Delta German Club Dorm Harring Mall and Phi Kappa Phi and a 1954 Uintah High School graduate.
All teens aged 17 and under may join free golf lessons directed by Grant Leavitt every Tuesday morning at 7 00. The program offers instructional practice to youth interested in learning the basics and improving their game in a structured session.
Dallas Harold Merrell 25 of Vernal and Marilyn Joan Wills 29 of Roosevelt issued May 30. BM Woodford Quinn 22 of Shawnee Oklahoma and Gwendolyn Southam 16 of Vernal issued June 9. Blaine Lee Horrocks 23 of Neola and Joan Olsen 18 of Vernal issued June 4.
During winter and spring 123 certificates were earned by individuals completing Red Cross Civil Defense first aid courses led by Mrs Sadie McConkle. Training was offered through Ashley Stake Relief Society with 108 in standard and advanced levels and 15 for Forest Service employees under Dean C. Rowland. Participants included Vernal and Uintah County employees, Firemen, linemen, bus drivers, and Moon Lake workers, with notable thanks to Atta Rust and others for support.
Harmony Hall dance students under Juana Banks presented a Parents Night party on June 2 at the Community House. The program featured tap ballet and an acrobatic number, enjoyed by parents and children, followed by punch and cookies. All classes then attend a July vacation.
The Jr Chamber of Commerce urged merchants and Basin residents to fly Old Glory on May Day and Flag Day. Kenneth Hacking led a committee that displayed 30 flags on Vernal Main Street for Memorial Day and will install permanent brackets on light poles for holidays. Basin Welding Shop aided by providing shop space and welding, Freeman Cleaners by cleaning the flags.
A Red Cross mother and baby care class will begin Monday June 9 announced by county health nurse Mrs Alta Rust. The 12 hour course runs in six two hour sessions from 2 to 4 pm in the basement of Unital County Hospital, with Mrs Rust supervising. All interested persons are urged to attend.
O. T. Bridge OQ 1 event held at the home of Mrs Lester Miracle on Tuesday May 27 with 15 present and one guest Thelma Wright The evening featured bridge play with high award going to Vera Hacking second high to Eva Pope and bingo won by Ann King
Charles Tine of Wingdn Department Store shopped in Half Lala City on Monday and Tuesday. Families and guests from Vernal, Bast Lake City, Denver, and other nearby towns visited during Memorial Day holidays, with trips to Salt Lake City, Denver, Greeley, Glacier and Waterton parks, and farewell gatherings for movers to Orem.
A Basin Mental Health committee will hold a meeting on Tuesday June 10 at 6pm. The venue is the Uintah County courthouse.
Kenneth L Hatch formerly of Vernal has become an account executive at KSL Television in Salt Lake City. He resides with his mother at 21.9 Wellington Street and is a Uintah High and University of Utah alumnus, class of 1957. His university activities included Phi Delta Theta, the Young Republican Club, and the 1957 yearbook staff. He served in the Army and attended the Army Finance School in Indianapolis.
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