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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1955
Page
4
Community notes recount Jensen Lawella Evans at Girl's State events and visits by local families to Salt Lake City, Vernal, Provo, and nearby towns. Includes Legion meeting reports, college enrollments, and various family visits. The column lists ongoing travel, graduations, and social gatherings across Jensen, Vernal, Rangely, and surrounding areas.
Frank G Slough Vernal postmaster announced a new 15 cent certified mail stamp replaces the 30 cent registration fee. Cutting intermediate checking points saves money which is passed to the public, according to the postmaster.
Rules state that farmers may hire their sons or daughters under 21 without withholding social security tax, while spouses parents and other under 21 dependents remain exempt. Other farm workers earning $100 in cash wages on a farm job become covered by social security this year.
A community gathering hosted by Glines Special Interest Class featured a thirty-member group with guests. Speeches covered local history and British tales, dancing, and refreshments. Separate notes mention a family visit in Rangely, a heart ailment kept Charles Kendall in hospital, and various local outings and travels.
Maeser ward members and families are described visiting relatives and attending events. Dan Carroll and daughter Maxine visited Pleasant Grove. Mrs Ward Evans and Gordon Evans traveled to Salt Lake City for genealogical library work. Forrest Evans attended a conference in Salt Lake. Multiple residents from Rock Springs, Casper, and Layton are noted at various home gatherings, talks, and a temple wedding.
J H Randlesbach plans to pursue practical work at the University of Southern California starting Monday. He previously taught at Uintah Ml School and will return to Vernal August 8 to teach through the summer on the same schedule. The item lists various local visits and travels by residents including Mrs Nellie Oaks, Mr and Mrs Jim Everly, and Blaine Palmer among others, with church and conference attendance noted in Salt Lake City.
Twelve cases of measles led reportable diseases in Uinta County for the week ended June 3. Other illnesses included chicken pox and whooping cough. The total for all diseases that week was 200, with the year to date at 19,657 compared with the same date last year.
The first Leathercraft Club meeting was held at Hugh Caldwell’s home with eight members. Officers include President Kirk Jolley, Vice President Lynn Cundick, and Secretary Harold Rust. The next meeting is set for June 7 at the same location.
In Germany a member of the Ivy Division trains in the US Seventh Army as part of intensive maneuvers and realistic field problems. Shavaneaux, 21, is an ammunition bearer in Company N of the 12th Regiment, entered the Army in 1954, arrived overseas last January, and is a 1953 Utah High School graduate from Ignacius Calo.
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