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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1939
Page
8
Mrs M J Pitt received word of the marriage of her son C Thos Daley to Miss Ametia Mateson at the St George LDS temple on February 15. The couple will reside at Panguitch.
Vernal residents and visitors filled the week with numerous excursions and calls. Notable names include Chase Keller, Zina Howard, Olive Hopkins, Dewars Hopkins, Clyde Scott, Dorr Finke, Phil Ups, Ellsworth, and Miss Olive Hopkins amid illness rumors and funeral attendances.
Frederikk Sidney Dart 69 a former construction foreman who led several large west coast government projects died Friday at the Veterans Hospital in Salt Lake City from uremia. Born in New York he moved to Glenwood Springs California at 15 then Jersey in 1897 where he worked in mining. He served in the Utah cavalry during the Spanish American War and mustered out with the rank of sergeant.
State public service commission extends emergency rail rates for wool shipments from Utah and western states to Boston markets from March 10 to September 30. Officials were informed Monday. Rates waive certificates per 100 pounds of wool shipped, replacing normal tariff.
Maeser school launches a library drive in cooperation with the WPA and Uintah Board to create a public library. Mrs Grant Hacking chairs the committee with Vern Searle and Ray Smith from the WPA guiding planning and labor. The project aims to collect 6500 books and build shelves, with the WPA funding labor and providing supplies while the community raises lumber and materials through donations and committees.
A public hearing was scheduled at the Board of Education office on March 13 1939 at 2 o clock for discussion and reconsideration of the birth school district budget for 1938 39. The notice also lists forthcoming local events and acknowledgments from the community and officials.
The Abey National Forest announces an open house at the Forest Office on Friday March 10 from 1 to 5 pm to discuss public service provisions and development work related to regional projects. Officials note the event aims to inform residents about new work and potential local impacts.
Fragmentary notes report a baby boy birth to Thom Oo tb 4 and a tonsil removal for a patient listed as Mrs or Ms. Lapoint, along with other medical events involving Mr Raymond Bige and Des Preece, all dated around February and March in Lapoint.
Eugene Truman Woolley 77 a Granteville farmer stock raiser and banker died in Washington DC at his son's home of age related causes after traveling east for health. Funeral held Tuesday in Grantsville ward chapel with Bishop Knowlton officiating. Burial in Grantsville City Cemetery. Survived by three sons Viru s Woolley Washington DC Glenn C Wichita Kansas Parley C Salt Lake City. brothers Horace W Vernal and others. nine sisters including Mrs Mary Hills Mrs Nelle V Buritt and Mrs Phoebe Jeffs. sibe grandchildren.
Vernal CCC caterpillar crew aided by Ulttan County Commissioners cleared 1290 miles of roads in two weeks. Equipment supplied by CCC and county grease funded by the county eased machine operation. Roads from highway 40 to Bonanza then Watson and Willow Creek opened. Alie n roads also cleared to relieve about 20 000 head of sheep unable to reach feed due to deep snow.
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