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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1960
Page
2
Altamont guests Mr and Mrs Leonard Wall and children joined Mr and Mrs John Price for a birthday dinner honoring Wall, with families including Glen Mecham and Diane Lyman noted. Multiple local residents, relatives, and friends attended, sharing visits, travels to Salt Lake City, and discussions of engagements and local activities.
State Farm Mutual finished 1939 with 112 percent share of the private passenger car insurance market and earned premiums over 400 million, the first time a casualty insurer exceeded that level. Local agents William A Jacobe, William Slaugh, Marvin Bowman, and N J Meagher Sr. will return to Vernal in about two weeks after wintering in Las Vegas, Palm Springs and Los Angeles.
A March birth announces a baby girl to Mr and Mrs Glen Tem street. Ashley Woolgrowers hold their annual meeting at the courthouse. Mr and Mrs Lowell Hodgkinson of Lapoint welcome a 7 pound daughter born Friday. Art Paulson of Jensen reports a school bus route south of Jessie Wall place impassable due to road conditions. A baby boy arrives to Mr and Mrs C E Erickson of Ashley on March 4. A Lapoint wedding shower honors Mrs Orvel Hullinger formerly Lela Bigelow, with a wedding dance that evening as Orvel heads to BYU Provo. Mr and Mrs William McCurdy of Glines welcome a baby girl born last week.
A baby girl arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs Stephen Adams of Cedar View. A wedding was held at the bride’s home as Maud Adams wed Lamar Thacker with Charles F Pope officiating at six o clock and a fine supper served. The Two Bar cattle company of Maybell, Colorado lost two thousand head of cattle due to winter feed shortages. Dry Fork residents attended the Adams Thacker wedding amid blizzard and cold as spring nears. The winter weather remains varied with plowing beginning and earth turning over again. A baby girl also arrived for Mr and Mrs Henry Lee of Lapoint.
Sixty years ago the press stopped at 107 this afternoon as Heber Carroll and Miss Little Bis of Millward announced their forthcoming marriage on Tuesday. Last Monday, excavation began for the stake tabernacle with Lyrurgus Johnson in charge and several workers.
A local notice states N G Sowarrds has submitted an application for the position of counting mosea in Uintah County this year. The candidate is described as fully qualified and a staunch Republican aligned with local powers.
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah Jane Bain age 90 were held Monday at Kingsbury Congregational Church in Vernal with organist Kathy Robinson and vocal solos. Born July 29 1869 in Indiana she married Benjamin F Bain in 1886 and died January 7 1928 at Alpine County Hospital Vernal. Survivors include Hazel Warold Reader J L Long Warren C and 11 grandchildren 31 great grandchildren and 5 great great grandchildren Additional services and burial followed Tuesday in Grand Junction under Vernal Mortuary care.
Utah wildlife populations have wintered well with deer and elk at higher elevations due to extreme mountain weather. Game birds, including quail and pheasant, face ample food despite snows. The chukar adapts to nearby farmlands and ridges. Biologists forecast generally good breeding conditions as spring approaches.
Uintah PTA showcases Kathryn Ellis teaching music and English with degrees from McKendree College and Stanberry High School plus prior work in Missouri and Kansas. Francis Palmer joins Maeser School as third grade teacher after studies at Uintah and BYU.
Funeral services were conducted Friday at 11 am at Vernal Mortuary for Becky Ann Harrison day old daughter of Stanley and Myrna Wardle Harrison. Frank Johnson of the Davis Ward bishopric conducted the services with Enid Cook playing music. Pallbearers were Billy Wardle Rocky Harrison Stanley Wagner and Michael Johnson. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery under Vernal Mortuary direction. Survivors include parents and brothers plus grandparents and great grandmother all of Vernal.
The Office of the Director in Denver invites sealed bids for alterations and improvements at the Vernal post office. Otto G Klein, region al GSA commissioner, announced bids are due by 11:00 pm March 25 at Denver Federal Center. Bidding materials available from the regional GSA office or building custodian. Work includes flooring, lobby redesign, new sidewalk and paving, and exterior painting.
The applicant plans to receive a BA degree in June this year and begins his first teaching assignment. He previously served in the US Army in California, completed an LD mission in the Netherlands, toured the continent and England before returning home.
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