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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1955
Page
10
Mrs Alma Prence and Mr and Mrs Wm Morrison hosted a Friday evening party for granddaughter Carol Hager to mark her eleventh birthday. Guests played games, enjoyed dessert, and rolled to Imperial Hall for skating.
Weekend visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Joe Calder and DeLoy Vernon of Provo visiting the Alton Vernon home. Clara Jenkins attended Extension Leadership meetings in Logan and visited her son Cal Dee at AC. Ella Stringham returned from Salt Lake where she visited her daughter Ethel White and family. Ethel took a Temple Excursion to Hawaii and met son Kenneth and wife, parents of a baby boy born early January. Stringham notes the baby is her first grandchild. In Salt Lake, Nellie Allen is reported much improved. Carson Roper and Lucille Conway of Provo visited the Woit Roper home. Carson was recently released from the Paratroopers. Gene Fox spent the weekend with his BYU-bound parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fox. Attendees at George Allred’s funeral in Neola included Theo Morrison, the Floyd Campbell family, the Melvin Roberts family, Lena and Linda McCarty, and Patty Penson. Fenton Allred of Salt Lake is mentioned.
In a vase and carnation ceremony Anna Mor rison and Mamie Preece received honors for 35 years of teaching. Games were played with high honors awarded to Nila Batty and Sterling Cook. Consolation prizes went to Beatrice Harrison and Alma Preece. A dessert lunch followed. Sunday evening meeting led by the Relief Society featured the Singing Mothers with two songs. Speakers included Elva Ericksen, Revina Caldwell, Erma Collett, and Davis Merkley.
Wednesday and Thursday gatherings featured Fireside at Rex L Gardner home with John Evan Jones as speaker and light refreshments for 15. Guests included the Golden Merkleys of Salt Lake and Max Bergner of El Paso. A landscape meeting at Aces Hall with Doyle Landon spoke, eight part dessert luncheon. Next meeting March 28.
The Leo Walkers hosted visitors from the Bishop Walkers of Lapoint and welcomed family updates. Ella Slaugh returned from Salt Lake City after wintering with her children. Mrs. Charles Goodrich visited Roosevelt with her sister Pearl Jenkins. New grandson born Feb 18 to Tex and Mrs Evars. Dean and Neldon Slaugh visiting before returning to California. Clifford Massey and family stayed with the Leos Friday. Wade Slaugh discharged from service after Korea. The Walkers and Ren Watkins saw Therlo Georges in California. Leo Walkers and Ren Watkins attended Frank Huber funeral in Lapoint. Kelley Powells of Jensen visited. Kermit Brimhall and Vernal visitors with Dell Smuin. Kenneth Smuin trip to Rifle Colorado. 3,660,000 Boy Scouts belong to 95,000 units.
Insurance firms aligned with the National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters cut auto policy rates in Utah by 8 to 234 dollars annually in non business family cars. Revisions reward lower risk youth when female drivers under 25 outpace male drivers over 25. Business use reduces reductions to about 9 percent.
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