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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1934
Page
8
Mrs Ellis Merkley and her son Ralph of Salt Lake City visited fil m ruta and relatives in Vernal while IL and Tracy of Willow Creek were L and Vernal visitors on Wednesday.
Vern Timothy appeared as a business caller in Vernal on Thursday of last week, traveling from Roosevelt to conduct meetings and promote local commerce.
M W urry arrived from Qu Tay on Tuesday to conduct business in Vernal, Utah. Details of the transaction are not specified in the readable text.
J C Anderton and Clark Newell of the Wind Power and Light Company attended the Modernization Exhibit held in Salt Lake City last week to review new energy technologies and potential applications.
James Smail Eden Wye and Miss Heola Luke of Burntiurk Wo united in marriage at the courthouse in Vernal on June 16, officiated by Bishop Lester Bingham.
County Clerk Sam Caristrin issued a marriage license on June 16 to Luther Thomas Redman and Catherine Nadine Durnell, both residents of Craig, Colorado.
Lundell Don L McConkie and Frank FP Wellman UBIC executive committeemen attended a special committee meeting at Ft Duchesne Monday evening.
Cell Peterson Neola son of Mr and Mrs Sam Peterson and Miss Pamera Betomast Neola daughter of Mrs Peter Detomast Neod urdted In miliiare June 15 by Carter justice of the piece.
On dune 18th Bert Ernest Kar Ten son of J E Karen and Miss Fedris Cook daughter of Barnes A Took both of Vernal were granted a marriage license by Lam Carl Strom Utah county clerk.
Mrs E A Manker thanks Vernal organizations for donations to the Magazine fund. The Uintah county pub library now receives the Literary Digest Readers Digest Outlook Modern Mechanix American Journal MecCills Parents Magazine Junior Home and all LDS publications.
Miss Wanda Johnson is employed at the Commercial Fidel a local business noted in society news. The item records her employment status and mentions the firm in a brief society column entry.
Miss Jessie Blassell and a cousin of Mrs G Noble departed for her home in Fureks on Friday.
Ans W HE Witbeck and family are in Provo for a brief stay. During this time the Witbeck children will undergo tonsil removal procedures.
Mrs Abe Hatch traveled from Salt Lake City where she recently underwent a major operation at the LDS hospital and is reported in good spirits after the procedure.
Mr and Mrs Thad W Stevens and daughter Patricia of Oakland California are spending the summer vacation with Mrs J H Ratuit.
Mr and Mrs Rae Ashton and their two sons returned on Sunday from Salt Lake City where they spent a few days.
Anona and Bud Braithwaite of Prova spent the weekend at the home of Miss Oral Watkins and returned to Fiovo on Tuesday.
Miss Meda Walker came home Saturday from Salt Lake City where she attended the music convention under Nellie Cane and the June convention.
Laurence Davis of Provo who recently won a new built car at the Coconut Grove in Salt Lake City is now in the east to collect the prize.
Miss Mary Manker and Lewis Adams graduated from Westminster Collegiate Institute on the sixth of June. They have both returned to Vernal to spend the summer vacation.
Report notes Mormon crickets in extensive swarms across parts of the Blue Mountain district. Wherever they appear, they destroy all vegetation, threatening crops and pasture grasses.
Wayman district engineer for the FERA spent several days examining the county's varied death projects and other county FERA works in this section.
Mrs Ralph Case of Jensen was a shopper in Vernal on Monday, visiting stores and running errands in the town.
Frank Postma of Provo visited Vernal in the past week and returned Tuesday. He is a junior at the DYU.
In Vernal Mrs Sprouse and Mrs Ray Sprouse joined Ed Lee, Lloyd Taylor, Wm Wilson, Clyde Jarrell, and Wm Marshall of Lapoint for medical assistance. The group accompanying Mrs Sprouse arrived to obtain care.
Thomas Ragsdale of Salt Lake, envoy of the Salvation Army, traveled to Vernal early this week to raise funds for the organization.
Wyn Davis of the Salt Lake State Highway Patrol conducts examinations for applicants seeking driver licenses every Monday afternoon, providing a steady schedule for licensing in the region.
Thoras Larson W FP Ellsworth Calvin Jorgensen Henry Wall FR C Wisen Stank Roberts and C L Knight of Qurav Valley attended a Monday Vernal session with the reef committee to discuss local ocean protection efforts.
The article notes Kenneth Aycock Everett Williams Ivan Caldwell Lverett Menrwaring and George Evans returning from Cedar City after a two week stay.
Mr and Mrs Lynn Taylor Mr and Mrs Henry Taylor and Mr and Mrs HR Christensen of Provo called on Mr and Mrs W B Wallis Wednesday morning while traveling to Chicago for the Century of Progress Exposition.
Mr and Mrs Aird Merkley and their son Glade spent the weekend visiting in Salt Lake and Provo. They were joined in Provo by Miss Zelda Bingham who remained to visit with her sister Mrs Asahel Perry, DeLyle Bingham and Katherine and June Sander.
Mr and Mrs LeRoy Taylor of Randlett visited Vernal on Thursday. Mr Taylor and Leonard Wairis J F Rasmussen and Mark Wooley met with W R Wayman a TERA engineer and school board members to review the new Avalon school building to be constructed by FERA labor.
A W Norton and Wm Sprouse representatives of the Lapoint civic club met in Vernal on Tuesday with the FER4 committee to discuss raid projects for the Lapoint district.
Winds prevailed Monday across the Uintah Basin causing substantial damage to crops already reduced by drought. A light rain sprinkled in some areas, briefly easing conditions.
H M Lundell Smith Hughes instructor at Uintah high school departed Tuesday to Logan for a convention of agricultural teachers. Mr Lundell also serves as chairman of the UBIC entertainment committee.
Yarden Bennion of Salt Lake, formerly with the state department of agriculture, shook hands with old friends last Thursday. He visited here representing the U S department of agriculture to support conservation of hay and foliage crops in the Vintah Basin.
Ray Ho Reader and James Curfew with Elbert Changer of Sun Shine Ranch passed Vernal on Wednesday en route to Little Brush Creek to check water supply from the reservoir and Brush Creek sinks.
Professor Bertrand Harrison and Gene Larson from BYU Provo spent Sunday in Vernal and a week in the Uintah mountains collecting rare flowers for the university botany department.
Miss Louise Jorgensen learned of her brother in law s death on Tuesday and rushed to Salt Lake then to the east for funeral services. Mr and Mrs W Henderson returned from Idaho Falls after attending a Lions clubs convention. UBIC Landill returned from Salt Lake City to arrange recreation events with U of U USAC and BYU. James H Wallis and wife left Salt Lake City for Toronto to work with Canadian missions and Relief Society, planning a winter stay in the Southern states.
Argyle Roper, seriously injured when his ribs were fractured in a June 10 wagon accident after being thrown from the wagon struck by an automobile, is showing marked improvement after fears of internal injuries.
Hugh Mr Woodward of the BYU faculty Provo returned from Chicara where he attended the World’s Fair. He traveled with a tour of over thirty teachers from Provo Springville and nearby towns. Rick Olson and Melle Allen were named members of the All State Future Farmers Band to perform at the Kansas City Livestock Show in October. The musicians will rehearse at Logan in August. Olson will play the trombone and Allen the clarinet.
The stake Relief Society hosts a musical program at the Vernal First Ward on Tuesday evening June 26 at 8 o clock. A program of valid music will be presented and numbered tickets will be distributed by each ward and the stake board.
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