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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1954
Page
8
On Thorne Ranch owners Robert C Thorne and Neal installed a sacker on the back of their potato digger. The device cost 78 dollars to install and was expected to cut manual picking time and labor expenses, enabling more efficient harvest.
Avalon school presented a Friday afternoon radio show titled The Bear Dance with John Tabbee Sr and Wallace Tabbee assisting. Nearby visits included Jess Jensen and Joyce with Annie Bowden of Roosevelt, while others attended Stgson and Road Show events in Avalon, Ballard, and Neola. Willard Wall traveled to San Francisco. Moore couple moved to Myton for work. several locals toured Vernal and Oregon. The piece notes potato farming efforts by the Thorne family, their plans to expand, and local agricultural activity around Jensen and Uintah County.
Miss Melba Durfee and Harold Dudley couple returned home from New Orleans. Fahy Durfee and family visited Roosevelt. Myril Moore Sylvia Moore and Jewell Wall visited Vernal. Willard Wall spent weekend in Nevada. Venice Durfee attended a conference in Roosevelt with her class. Issentrins Stringham of Vernal visited Avalon School. Mr and Mrs J E Jensen and family spent Sunday evening at Sheldon J Lewis home.
An inscription in Lincoln Nebraska declares that the safety of the government hinges on citizen vigilance. The engraved message praises watchfulness and civic responsibility for maintaining state governance.
Doris Morrill leads the Gude Scout Primary in a banquet at the war house with leaders Nis Betta and Parley Goodrich. Seagull class servers in charge. The event featured two blackouts, a piano solo lineup, jokes, and a quiz with audience participation. Thirty seven attended with awards given to Dean Goodrich Johnny Merkley and J McKee. Also notes on Jr Gleaner Comrades program and Deloy Morrill solo cross country flight. Pvt Darrell Goodrich on five day delay en route to Fort Hanford after duty at Fort Ord.
Orion Harvey of Clearfield and Lois Harmon of Provo visited Sunday at the James Harvey civic. Wallace Harvey Leon Simmons of Clearfield Norman Swartz of Provo and Marvin Ross of Orem visited over the weekend with the Farrell Simmons family. Mr and Mrs Morgan Merk rey of Vernal visited Sunday afternoon. Dean Merkley was sustained Sunday as Sunday school organist Love Goodrich as enlistment secretary Elizabeth Morrill and Theora Warren as Relief Society visiting teachers. Mr and Mrs Ben Wilson are Parents of a boy born Friday Lynn McKee was graduated Sunday from Primary.
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