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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1947
Page
6
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bullock of Provo visited their parents Mr and Mrs Al Kaplkins. Mrs Win Klein and Miss Genevieve Arnold from Grand Junction stayed with grandparents Mr and Mrs Joe Arnold. Mrs Helen McFarland moved to California. Mr and Mrs Sherman Anderson of Kenilworth spent the weekend with their parents Mr and Mrs Ray Kimball.
Limited Midwest gasoline supply prompts oil firms to forecast rationing at their service stations and possible staff cuts by July, signaling widespread disruption and potential price adjustments.
Time is running short for veterans to file for rights and benefits. The Veterans Administration warns of key deadlines: July 1 for a $1,600 automobile grant for amputees and August 1 for reinstatement of term national service life insurance with two monthly premiums due. Discharge rules allow certain post May 12 1944 enlistees to join the reserve within six months or by July 1.
Lapoint Mable Jenkins and Margaret Harrison relay word that Pearl Sorenson of Las Vegas will attend summer school in Provo. Mr and Mrs Dean Preece and sons Dennis and Larry Dean visit Mrs Preece’s agents Frank enkins and Lizzie Nielson travels to visit sister Annie Candland. Susie Smith and others are mentioned with various trips and visits across Ogden Bennet Rangely Salt Lake City and Provo. Activities include visits to relatives and planned medical aid for Murray Harrison in Salt Lake City.
Izola Morrell leaves with Glen Wahlquest for Logan to visit sisters. Bigier family travels to Salt Lake City for Dick Bigier's parents golden anniversary. return same night. Davis Morrell family trip to Salt Lake. Barbara Morrell joins with a gift. Mrs. J L Kitchen seeks medical care in Salt Lake. Ang to visit relatives. Ellis and Lyon Morrell travel to Provo for family gathering with father David Lamoreaux. Ward Conference held with Archie Johnson presiding. music by a girls chorus and male quartet. Bruce Harry Clyde Merkley and others on missionary assignment. quartet provides music. Merlin Simmons birthday party hosted by Misses Deylan and Mera Ross. Earl Marshal and George Goodrich visit Ivan Ross. Duane Caldwell visits with Ivan Ross and family. Betty Jean Ross joins from Rogenville. Remark about glasses and ears ends note.
Bert Childers notes wartime thrift endures in daily life. He recalls butter on bread, moderation with beer, and his wife’s habit of reusing every possible item. He argues these common-sense practices, along with tolerance and mutual respect, keep America strong and free.
Short moral note warns envy signals unworthiness while defining horsepower as power to lift 33,000 pounds one foot in a minute or 550 pounds one foot in one second. It also states about 150 elephants live in the United States, all in zoos or circuses.
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