Vernal Utah Community News and Sports Notes
Vernal updates report a packed Imperial hall dance by the Vernal Gun and Rifle club, county basketball state tournament progress with a 31 22 loss to Granite, and local birth and marriage notices. Roosevelt mayor visits, parcel post shipments recorded, and local residents travel to Salt Lake City for events and Red Cross activities.
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Vernal Gun and Rifle Club
Imperial Hall
Uintah Mountains
Uintah Basin
Craig
David Calder
Vernal
Utah Agricultural Caller
VAC
Friars Club State Wide Christian Missionary Fraternity
Our Boys
Salt Lake City
Granite
Fillmore
C. I. Johnson
Roosevelt
Ramsey Stewart
Harmonys
Sowards
W. F. Brings
Johnny Davis
Billings
Bertha Hatch
Samuel Murray, Jr
Sherman Dormann
Cedarview
Iona Campbell
Raymond Eldridge
John N. Davis
Salt Lake
Victory Loan
Red Cross
Uintah
How to Win Friends and Influence People in a Barbershop
Barbers discuss the book's lessons on smiling kindness and avoiding criticism. Peter Schimpf, a Stockton barber, learns client rapport by making clients feel welcome, turning chairs, and asking questions to engage George, leading to repeat visits. The piece also notes local obituaries and community notices from Roosevelt and nearby towns.
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Peter Schimpf
Stockton
Calif
Sam
Peter
George
Petes
Birthday party marks Marjorie Gardners sixth
Mrs Earl Gardner held a clever birthday celebration at the American Legion hall Saturday afternoon for her daughter Marjorie s sixth birthday. Roosevelt and Ballard guests attended. James H Clark father of Mrs Wiscombe died February 16 at Springville. Mrs Wiscombe traveled from Salt Lake to attend services. Mr and Mrs James Milligan and family moved from Ballard ward to a newly torreted home in Roosevelt. Dr R V Larsen of the Stake Sunday School board visited Sunday School. Mr and Mrs Wendell Johnson and Leland Angus attended the Alterra Seminary Declamation Contest in Randlett February.
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Angus Anderson
Willard Peacok
Price
George Bowden
Jack Allred
Lyard McConkie
Mt. Emmons
Arthur Wiscombe
Clevd
Leland Angus
JoAnn
Salt Lake
Alton Pickup
Roosevelt
Fitton Kettle
Salt Lake City
J. F. Showell
Ella Bryant
Sor Douglas
Independence
Californa
Dee Alfred
Lulu Mullins
Darrel Mullins
Horace Mullins
Max Mullins
Vernal
Elton Kettle
Neola
Diane Hullinger
Bryce White
Arthur. Wiscombe
Arthur C. Wiscombe
KSDN
Aberdeen
South Dakota
LDS Church
Max Todd
Bill Jenkins
Morel
Earl Gardner
American Legion Hall
Marjorie
Ballard
James H. Clark
Springville
Stake Sunday School Board
Wendell, Johnson
Alterra
Randlett
Six Hazards Linked to Mastitis in Dairy Herds
A veterinary magazine identifies six common hazards in dairy barns that raise udder injury risk and mastitis. High door sills mud holes at sills short stall platforms narrow stalls slick concrete standings and insufficient bedding are named as preventable factors.
Poor Vehicle Condition Still Plays Big Role In Accidents
National Safety Council data show a break in rising fatal accidents linked to mechanical faults as more new cars hit roads but the share due to mechanical failure remains higher than in 1941. The council highlights a nationwide May emphasis on vehicle inspections and notes low brake deficiencies in states with inspections compared with higher rates in states without. Homemakers are advised to learn from laundries about keeping household equipment reliable, with the American Laundry Association noting common button stock for replacements.
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National Safety Council
Council For
May
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Pvt Tommy Backus Arrives in Japan for Occupation Duty
Pvt Tommy D. Backus arrives in Japan with the U S army of occupation and is assigned to troop F 12th cavalry regiment. He is the son of Mrs Lena Callie Backus of Vernal and enlisted in July last year. After basic training at Fort Ord California he attended leadership school and is now in 14 weeks of advanced training before duty in the Tokyo Yokohama area.
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Japan
U. S. Army of Occupation
Tommy D. Backus
Lena Callie Backus
Vernal
12Th Cavalry Regiment
Backus
Army
Fort Ord
Cal
Ford Ord
Tokyo- Yokohama
Ares
Emergency Feed Buying Halted in Utah Amid Livestock Crisis
Utah's livestock industry faced an emergency as feed buying paused. Culp, Salt Lake stockman and emergency committee chairman, said prices must stay fair or state intervention may return. The program used a 250000 dollar revolving fund, moving over 9000 tons of hay and promising to repay half the funds.
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Utah
RF. C. Culp
Salt Lake Stockman
J. Bracken Lee
Utah State Shippers Co
Culp
Charles W. Mays
Army
Area Service Unit
Speedy Flying Wing Jet Fighers Touted by Navy
The Chance Vought XF7U-1 Flying Wing jet fighter is described as exceeding 600 miles per hour. Powered by two Westinghouse turbojets, it could surpass speeds of current carrier and land based jets, per Navy reports.
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Westinghouse
Navy
Private Backus’s Early Life and Service Path
Pvt Backus attended Bowie High School in Texas and worked at the Rangely oil field before joining the army.
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Pvt
Backus
Bowie High School
Texas
Rangely Oil Field
Army
Button varieties and wartime meat use noted
The Institute lists shirt buttons by size and color for laundry work and dress shirts including two hole white buttons about three eighths inch and flat half inch for sport shirts. It notes other common sizes for work shirts and shorts and mentions navy personnel consuming twice civilian meat during the war. Nevada turkeys thrive in irrigated valleys.
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The
Institute
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Ballard Ellen Raetan
American Institute of Laundering
National Trade Association For the
Tommy Backus
Nevada
Atwood and
Winward
Coltharp Bldg
Desoto
Vernal, Utah
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