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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1935
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Oliver E Smith spent the weekend in Salt Lake City to attend the MIA conference, staying for meetings and related events.
Miss Shirley Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Driver visited as a Proto guest during the past weekend, enjoying events and social gatherings with local hosts.
Tarry L. Denham of the district in spector CCC with headquarters at Denver spent the first of the week in Vernal and was to return on Tuesday.
Mrs Ber Caldwell traveled to Salt Lake City with her son Cheilus and family during the past week and also attended her daughter Mayzie's wedding.
Vern Searle of Maeser and his family accompanied him as he left last Thursday to enroll in a USAC summer program after serving as a woodwork instructor at Alterra High School this past winter.
Ray Colton a BYU Provo junior attended a visit Tuesday and spoke with Mr Colton the president of the international relations club. He came within three votes of winning the student body president primary.
Fielding a career path in electrical engineering,Fldon Cook son of Mr and Mrs McM Cook attends night school in San Francisco and continues electrical work begun at Western Electric college in Bal Lake.
Helen Banks earned an AD degree at the University of Utah while Margaret studied there. Barbara Banks graduated from Westminster College with a degree in music and a teaching certificate. On May 4 the college held a music recital in her honor and she performed at commencement. She plans summer piano instruction in Vinual.
Mr and Mrs B Colton and family of Roosevelt were Vernal visitors on Tuesday evening.
O F Peterson and Willam Sesell, both ranchers from Jensen, traveled to town on Wednesday for unspecified business.
Harry Morgan of the Fe ranch traveled to Vernal on Saturday for business matters.
Mr and Mrs Lowell Fox attended the MIA conference in Salt Lake City last Friday and Saturday, participating in events and meetings over the two days.
Lev Knapp and Earl Gillisple were in Vernal Tuesday from the Knapp ranch on White River. Mr Knapp brought in some wool which he sold.
Judge Abel Turner and court reporter F. M Alder left Wednesday morning for Duchesne where the district court convened at 10 am to hear several jury cases.
Dallas Young County Attorney Hugh W Colton and Attorney Wallace Calder left Wednesday to attend court at Cheyenne chasing a case in progress.
Mrs Hobbs and her daughter Dorothy from Midvale arrived Sunday for a visit with Mr and Mrs Fred Ackehurat.
Miss Marie Singleton and her sister Venna traveled to Logan and bought a new car. Singleton has been teaching high school at Baggs Wyoming for the past two years.
Mr and Mrs Rulon Anderson and their son Cole from Mach visited Uintah last week. Mr Anderson works for the Uintah Railway company and Mrs Anderson was formerly Tauline Martinsen of this city.
Bander of Provo formerly a resident of Vernal was here on business Tuesday. His family had been quarantined for scarlet fever. the children have recovered and the quarantine was lifted Monday.
Forest Adams employed at a Texaco service station on West Uintah Avenue earned recognition in boxing by winning the AAU title in Salt Lake City while studying at Westminster Academy during the winter term.
It W Becker of Dodge City Kansas visits Mr and Mrs OD W Dean of Glinea. Becker is a banjo artist who broadcast over KGNO Yor. He played last summer with Nevas Band. Becker plans a short stay in Vernal.
The Filmary organization stages a children dance at Sid Amusement Hall in Vernal on Monday replacing the regular meeting. Ice cream and candy will be served, and all ward children are invited to attend.
Atrs Pontha Calder spent the weekend in Salt Lake City with his son Clive and daughter Donna.
Attorney Wallace Calder returned Monday evening from a business trip to Salt Lake City and Provo, where he conducted legal work and meetings.
Paul Roberts, who has been in Ouray the last few months with his uncle Frank Roberts, spent the past week at home visiting.
Mr and Mrs Harold D Kelly spent the weekend in Logan visiting Mrs Kellys parents Mr and Mrs Charles M Griffin. The trip highlighted family hospitality and familiar hometown roots.
Ray H Reader of the Sunshine ranch Jensen and Uintah school board member came to townTuesday to procure repair supplies for haying equipment and machinery.
Miss Ruby Hansen daughter of Mires N J Hansen graduates from BYU this year and expects to teach in Provo next winter.
Ray Horrocks son of Roger Horrocks of Salt Lake City visits with his sister Mrs Jaine Lola He. He expects to attend school at the Utah High School next year.
Miss Lorna Siddoway, a University of Utah graduate, returned home Tuesday and plans to leave soon for an extended trip to California.
Miss Ione Johnson of Henager Business College Salt Lake City is one of three candidates eligible to compete in the National Typewriting contest in Chicago late June.
Mrs Vera Stratford and her daughter Merlyn of Portland Oregon arrived in Vernal Sunday for a short visit with friends and relatives. She travels with Mrs Dard Calder and Mrs Emma Parry and plans an extended trip to Old Mexico on June 22.
William Tuffs, an oiler for Northwestern Construction, worked on a Massadona area highway project and reported oiling at one mile per day. His wife, Mrs Tuffs, traveled from Idaho to join him, and they were in Vernal last week.
A group of students returning home from Brigham Young University at Provo includes Isa bell Dulman Wanda Johnson Helen Tenney Mary Helen Hacking Leo Hacking Edna Collett Theda Showalter LaBerle Cook Wendel Johnson Iris Manwaring Helen Calder and Loina Mumay.
Mr and Mrs John W Gerber and daughters Carma Betty Jean and Joan of San Francisco arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs Blaine Lee Saturday evening to visit Mr Gerber who is Mrs Lees sister On Wednesday the group went to Neola to spend a few days visiting other relatives They plan to leave for home June 14.
Mr and Mrs H H Norgard and Alice returned home June 4 after Alice attended the University of Utah. Myron Norgard stayed in Salt Lake City at the hospital and underwent an operation on his leg, with reports of rapid recovery. Ynez Eskelson, son of Dr F G Eskelson, visited with his father before summer work at Mercur mines. His brother Dick, from East High School, could not attend due to a tennis tournament.
Jack and Taylor arrived Tuesday from Alhambra California to visit Mr and Mrs Wm H Siddeway and expect to stay a month or more.
Mr and Mrs Harold Calder and son Mac are spending time in Montana. They will return Saturday and expect to visit Yellowstone Park on their way home.
J P Madsen deputy game warden of Duchesne county returned home after assisting in catching a beaver on Brush Creek. Heavy water levels in Brush Creek hindered operations for several days making work difficult.
Mrs Kenneth Speirs improves after a severe pneumonia attack that also struck Mr Spers and two children with a lingering cough. Carlie Duke and Mrs Jay Fuck are nursing at home with the illness developing in the household.
Ed Lewis arrived Friday from Jia Blue Mountain and expects to ride a string of horses at the Jensen rodeo on July 24. Lewis and the Hanlem Brothers have entertained at Jensen each year.
Mr and Mrs Homer Hoserd of Los Angeles visited Vernal Monday to see Air and his kin Albert Hodgkinson. On Tuesday they traveled to Myton to visit Mr and Mrs Bruce Maxwell, then spent a few days in Salt Lake City before ending their vacation.
Miss Jessie Hassell of Marne married Monday to Stan Wilson of Eureka. Hassell is a cousin of Mrs L G Noble. Mr and Mrs B H Stringham visited Salt Lake during the weekend.
Mrs Frank Hatch spent two weeks visiting in Los Angeles San Diego Boulev kr City and other sections and arrived home Tuesday. On the westward trip she was met in Salt Lake by her son Corwin Tommy Hatch and wife of Lark whom she accompanied. Mrs Hatch also crossed into Mexico.
L G Noble the Uintah school district superintendent appointee came back Tuesday from Salt Lake City after attending the Alpine Grove administrative school last week The report calls the session most profitable Mrs Noble also attended the MIA convention in Salt Lake during the weekend.
Harold M Lundell is newly appointed principal of Uintah High School and his wife Mrs Lundell, formerly Ruth Hart English teacher at UHS, left this week for Detroit Michigan. Lundell will bring back a new circle with him. Sle returned Friday from attendance at the administrative school for school officials held at Alpine Grove.
Howard Caldwell and his mother Mrs Fruth Caldwell returned from a trip to Nevada and Salt Lake City. They were joined by Cliffory Caldwell of the CCO camp and visited Boulder City Las Vegas and Medill. Mrs Howard Caldwell visited her parents Mr and Mrs Hans Peterson at McGill and returned with them.
Mr and Mrs Glen Bennion relocate from Provo via Vernal to Brigham City where Mr Bennion assumes management of Wes Mercantile. He previously led the shoe department at Ash ley Co op in Vernal and later headed shoe departments for Montgomery Ward and Sears in Provo.
Albere B Reagan a former Ouray Indian school instructor and Brigham Young University anthropology professor publishes The Aun God Moccasn Tales. Reagan is a noted authority on Indian lore with publications on petroglyphs in Ashley and Dry Fork Canyons near Vernal.
Vernal volunteer firemen were entertained with a picture show Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ace York. The film featured scenes from a Green River trip undertaken by Alton Hatch, Bus Hatch, Royce Mowry, Frank Swain and others.
John A Walls editor of The Paris Post was named president of the Wallis Family organization at the annual reunion held Sunday at 310 Third East Salt Lake. Wm B Wallis of The Vernal Express was named vice president. Mrs L Wright of Salt Lake City elected secretary treasurer, while Mrs Violet Wallis Harrison of the Roosevelt Standard chosen historian and recorder. Ideal Beach on Berkeley was set for the 1935 family meeting to be held in August.
Miss Cecil Hughes, first grade instructor, began a summer program after regular school hours at Central School. The activities include woodwork, painting, designing, and social games, with equipment worth over $40 supplied at her own expense.
A letter from Leatha Hair in Kingston New York includes best wishes from her companion Miss Cornelia Peterson and expresses fortune in their collaboration and mutual good will.
Cornelia Peterson praises the Vernal Express from 79 miles from New York City. She says the weekly letter brings interesting local happenings and thanks the staff for their thoughtfulness as she enjoys the paper from afar.
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