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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1942
Page
4
Local residents including Jensen and Verna report visits and family events. Births, illnesses, temple assignments, and moves affect households as friends and relatives travel from Park City, Salt Lake City, and Hammond to attend gatherings and support kin. The Sunday school prepares an Easter pageant for April 6.
Glines Na and Ralph E Simpson, en route to Provo from a Pacific Northwest honeymoon, stayed ten days with Mrs Simpon's parents Mr and Mrs Joe Price. A Sunday dinner for relatives followed by a Monday evening shower honored Mrs Simpson. The Simpsons met Miss Eve Price on their trip, who is serving an LDS mission in the northwest. An amateur hour at the ward chapel last Thursday featured Daughters of the Pioneers with Marlin Curtis as announcer. Candy prizes and defense stamps were awarded for best dance, reading, song, and piano duet to local youths including Lois Hacking Miriam Perry Joelle and Loreen Johnson Garth and Wayne Batty. Mrs Louise
Mayor Stringham and Francie Feltch led a week long effort to secure an additional $2000 WPA funds for sewer and street improvements. The plan includes graveling the area between the paved road and curb along Main Street east of the city, starting at the southwest corner of the courthouse. Present at the meeting in the council chamber were city officials, marshals, the water superintendent, the recorder and the treasurer.
A cluttered classified page lists items for sale including a modern four room home in Vernal near city farms, several vehicles such as a Chrysler coupe and a Dodge sedan, a Terraplane Sedan, farm equipment like a cream separator and honey extractor, barley and peas, plus calls for trade on work horses and tires. Names include Erastus Peterson, Joseph Thacking, Elmer Perry, Bryon Goodrich, and Mrs Lilly Singleton with contact notes and dates. A local social note mentions a baseball game read and residents visiting Salt Lake City for medical care.
Notice states the Vernal City Council intends to revise Chapter XXX to create and regulate fire limits. Description covers streets from East Street at Berend Send Street through Seventh West to Fifth West, and to Seventh West Street. outlines proposed limits, penalties, and protest rights. City Recorder Charles T Pope records proceeding dated 18th July 1942. logger notes mention Dave visiting Vernal.
A dance is planned for Saturday evening at the Armory Hall. Jimmie Dean, sponsor and director of the Rhythm Rangers, says the seven piece band will perform with trained musicians including Harold Bodily Hap Wise Duane Call Mark Perry Leland Dean and Dee Miller. If the crowd enjoys the dancing the Rhythm Rangers will return next Saturday.
A list of local church happenings features C L Richens and Hyrum Toorie as speakers at Sunday Sacrament meeting. Other items include a Fireside Chat at Iris Caldwell’s home, missionary recollections by Warren Richardson, Dutch costumes, and a dessert luncheon.
Local families welcome a newborn grandson of Bishop Bingham as Victor Bingham visits from Taian and plans to attend USAC. Milba Merkley and Larvin Apywood wed at the Salt Lake Temple with notices of congratulations. PTA notes, sacrament talks, and sugar rationing book registrations mark the week at Maeser School and surrounding communities.
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