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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1929
Page
8
The Vermal segment reports a crowded year of travel and social visits with residents attending family gatherings, postmaster conventions in Salt Lake City, and a Lions club earth celebration planning. Storms and crop concerns mix with local business changes and community events.
A local event offered prizes for guessing how many grains a turkey could eat in ten minutes. Sam Hatch won first prize a cedar chest, with 205 grains. Dell Angug of Roosevelt won second for 337 grains and a mahogany table.
A nine member Driggs family of parents two sons and five daughters, all under 18, are billed as highly talented music and dance performers. They will appear on the Imperial Hall stage Saturday night, with diverse costumes and presto vocal numbers.
Laborer Ray Reynolds was buried by a trench collapse eight feet deep at the Maeser L D church site. He survived after fellow workers freed him and was hospitalized with shoulder fractures and chest contusions. Another accident near Vernal injured Ray Reader senior’s son and left a man with a gash above the eye and arm injuries. A fatality was reported as Billy Lyons’ wife in Price died after being shot while reaching for a rifle, and George Freestone suffered a leg injury on Diamond Mountain local to Vernal.
Local social notes list visitors to Vernal including Fred Weusmeyer Adrian Kuma Ray Bigelow Arthur Taplor and others. Birth announced for Mr and Mrs George Nyberg’s daughter June 12. High water across streams marks the opening of the fishing season with anglers reporting mixed success and many snowbound mountains delaying future angling.
Wealth to thank all those she wided kindly during the recent bereavement of her dear husband and father for the funeral services flowers kind words and other kindness rendered Mrs Mary Yush and family
Brigham Young University music supervisor William F. Hanson receives a one year leave of absence to study in Chicago or New York. Mil atudy will be followed by a temporary replacement May Beth Bowman who will study at the University of California this summer. Hanson, author of The Sun Dance and Bear Dance, has directed BYU choral groups this winter including the MY U male chorus and the Mendelssohn chorus.
Funeral services honored Morcai Meher who died near the preceding Monday evening in Ashley Valley. The Second ward service featured a white draped rostrum and flowers, with readings and prayers by Oscar Wilkins Earl Goodrich and presiding speakers. Family and community members shared tributes describing his cheerful character and pioneer life from England to Utah. The burial proceeded at Vernal cemetery with attendees from Boneta Mountain Home and nearby areas.
Forest supervisor Nord arrived back Tuesday after a brief two day business trip to Manila.
Notice announces sale on June 4, 1929 at Bonanza Shearing Corral Uintah County Utah to foreclose two chattel mortgages. First mortgage dated Dec 26 1923 to Roosevelt State Bank securing 3003.25, later assigned to J A McConkie, covering 500 head ewes with lambs and a wool camp outfit. Second mortgage dated Dec 2 1928 to A McConkie securing 2143.95, covering 506 head ewes with lambs and camp gear. Sale may be postponed.
Utah farmers are urged to keep high producing cows and use superior bulls. The article argues cows yielding 400 to 600 pounds of butter fat annually, bred through community bull ownership, improve herds quickly to 250 to 400 pounds per cow. Scrub cows produce poor offspring and lower returns.
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