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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1941
Page
8
Maeser group and family members journeyed Friday night returning Saturday to Copperton and Bingham Canyon areas. Relatives and friends visit grandfather Franklin Abplanalp while plans for summer stay unfold. several locals relocate, attend meetings, and celebrate June birthdays.
Mr and Mrs Rulon Hacking accompanied the body of Guy Samuels to Salt Lake City for Dural. Miss Lorna Oaks of Roosevelt visited her parents Mr and Mrs Wallace Oaks on Fathers Day.
Saturday Charles Murray returned from Hammond Indiana to visit his mother Mrs Inna Murray and will enter the US army on June 24. Miss Vonda Wall left for Month to work with Mrs Virginia Carter. Mr and Mrs Theron Hall and children from Springville visited the Duddleys. Mr and Mrs John Welland announced birth of a baby boy of Bell California. Genevieve Jackson, former teacher, learned her father is very ill in San Diego. Mrs Francis Melly of Vernal visited the Snow home. Ward Murray and daughter went to Logan for summer classes. USAC auto mechanics. Newel Snow took a ranch trip to Blue Mountain. George F Richardson hosted a cottage meeting with speakers Frank Naylor and Earnest Johnson.
A week apart mark notable birthdays. The Duchess of Windsor will celebrate her forty fifth birthday on June 19. Miss Helen Keller will celebrate her sixty first birthday on June 27.
Leota and Mr William W Wilson announce the marriage of their daughter Ida to Hubert J Stevens of Ohio. Mr Glevens works at CCC camp in Vernal and they will reside there for now. Also notes of local visits and familiar faces in Roosevelt and Vernal areas.
Vernal plans a July Fourth program with band performances by Uintah and Suntor schools and local drum corps. A parade includes Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and Vernal COC, followed by games, softball, kids dance, and a grand patriotic program at the town square led by noted Utah entertainers. The day ends with a ball at Imperial Hall. Committees cover finance, parade, program, games, advertising, decorations, concessions, fights, and sports events.
Gusher Ase Spopedh of Ray Wilkerson from Provo visited his parents Ray Kimball and Mrs Kimball over the weekend. Jensen residents Mrs Acel Merkley and Mrs Earl Gilroy spent Sunday with Ray Kimball's sister Mrs Merkleys, while Mrs Gillroy visited her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Joe Arnold. Myron Roberts of Veina visited his daughter and her husband. Donna Rose returned home after a short stay. Emma Low, LaRue Lit, and Genevieve Certherville were noted in the weekend visit lists with family travel and work plans in Lake and Salt Lake areas.
A busy Tuesday afternoon gathering at Mrs Low Wardie's home hosted by Mrs Lawrence Ward with a meal. Doris Jean Chipman of Salt Lake City visits grandmother Mrs Myrtle Breyon. Summer Relief Lodge meets once monthly. Dan and Mrs Crouse welcome a baby girl born June 4. Winward relatives visit. family members travel and attend school. Ernest Johnson trips to Duchesne. Melvino Hodgkinson works at Fenney Co. store. Merle Pkap visits from Provo.
At Farrell home Mr and Mrs Laén Ross hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Darrel Mestill of Vernal on Sunday afternoon. Lexi work MS Rows, formerly Della Radmall, attended with the young couple. A party honoring 4H Club Girls and their mothers was held at the chapel on Wednesday afternoon.
A June baby arrives to Mr and Mrs LaVerio Watkins Qonng with the mother formerly Ora Wool ey of McKinnon. visitors come from Salt Lake City to see Mr and Mrs Darrel Mullins and family. Barbara Rasmussen of Lapoint entertains students with music at the schoolhouse. Church and club events include a summer course start and election of officers in a Tome Furnishing group.
Youth from Uintah Duchesne and surrounding counties complete private pilot training at USAC Ground School led by Professor S R Stock. The program includes civil air regulations meteorology aircraft operation and 25 hours of dual flight training under CAA rules. Participants join NYA residency at USAC with pay and lodging through NYA production and may apply for further assignments through NYA and USAC programs.
An agronomist from Utah State Agricultural College urges pasture planting to improve economic value. The method involves thorough soil preparation, time for soil settles, moisture infiltration, and rapid root formation to establish a strong stand. Planting should follow a two to three week soil settling period in arable land to ensure seedbed moisture and soil contact.
About 26 pounds of mixture per acre should be planted to create a resilient pasture. A varied mix of grasses and clovers yields better nutrition and palatability, with species like Kentucky blue grass crested wheat grass meadow fescue and clovers such as ladino strawberry and yellow sweet clover. After planting keep soil moist, avoid grazing the first year, and if run-down, manure in fall and harrow in spring.
Weber College Ogden is named among six nationwide institutions to receive a $60,000 grant from the General Education Board New York. The grant funds an extensive study of two year terminal courses in junior colleges under the American Association of Junior Colleges.
Last Friday CCC Camp DG 31 boys and leaders fenced Big Spring Camp at Humphreys Recreational Park. Boy Scouts and allied groups helped with the volunteer effort during overnight hikes. The spring water has state board of health approval ensuring purity.
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