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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1949
Page
5
Uintah basketball team dominates the recent meet while Vernal hosts a landscape meeting led by W S Henderson. Local youths win an oratorical prize, births, weddings, a new water pipe, and plans for a homecoming holiday reflect a busy community in Uintah and Vernal areas.
An ingenious clock operates without cords or springs and keeps accurate time by gravity. It uses a free swinging pendulum with a weight that drops to renew motion while a small battery electromagnet lifts the weight for the next cycle. The pendulum is made of a nickel alloy to resist temperature-induced errors, enabling long battery life.
A Civil Aeronautics Administration tabulation shows 97 025 civil aircraft recorded worldwide as of October 1 1948. Of these 95 987 are in the Continental United States with 1 038 based outside the mainland: 663 in Alaska 233 in Hawaii and 73 in Puerto Rico. A full state and county listing is available on request from the Office of Aviation Information Washington 3.
Dilan Russell, an early American beauty figure, is noted in reference to the pageant scene of the 1990s. The text references a historical beauty context and a time frame within the nineties without detailing a specific event or outcome.
John Frank Bowden of Vernal, 64, died Thursday at 4 am in a Roosevelt hospital from stroke effects suffered Feb. 22. Funeral held Saturday at 2 pm in Roosevelt ward chapel. Burial in Roosevelt cemetery. Surviving widow Annie Dayly. four sons Byron Bowden Roosevelt Lester Bowden Myton Paul Bowden. Myron Bowden. Boyd Bowden Korbel Cal. Mrs Ted Cooper Rangely. nine grandchildren. brothers William H Charles E Bowden Roosevelt Warren George Bowden Vernal and Mrs. John W Galloway Roosevelt.
A public guidance piece warns buyers to inspect jewelry for metal identification and notes limited state stamping laws in the United States. It explains common marks for platinum group metals, explains 24 karat gold, and mentions alloys like copper, silver, and nickel used to adjust hardness and color.
Tips from GE photography expert Don Mohler urge simple indoor setups for family shots. Use two reflector photofloods, close lighting, fast film, and follow exposure guides for best results. Include Mother or Dad and siblings in each shot to capture full family activity across a day.
Funeral services were held last Wednesday at Roosevelt Church for Kenneth Edward Yack three thousand old son of Edward J. and Faye Marie Roller Yack. The infant died at Roosevelt hospital the evening of February 20. Survived by his parents and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Roller and George Yack of Neola. Arrangements were made through Dillman Funeral Home.
In Hiram Ohio and Saltsburg Pennsylvania a new teaching method concentrates on one subject at a time. Students study Spanish for two months then algebra for two weeks, finishing a year in four nine week quarters. Dr Livya M Clark at Kiski School claims improved grades and fewer dismissals under the plan. A poll of Kiski graduates shows four percent favor returning to the old method.
Recent animal studies indicate a cobalt-nickel alloy made in Oak Ridge Tennessee may act like radium in cancer treatment. Available as wire and needles, the alloy fits into places radium cannot, though a rupture in a gas-filled needle risks injury or contamination. The wire rupture has no difference. Indian antelope is sometimes called the black buck.
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