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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1961
Page
7
Second grade experiments show ice and hot water temperatures using a thermometer. Students write about the deep sea, make fish crafts, and learn about gills, cold blood, and scales. A poem about a hummingbird nest is shared. A piece on Chinese family roles explains collective responsibility and reverence for elders.
A collection of classroom items from Maeser School shows student work and events. Students study birds and language rules, form basketball teams, enjoy spring play marbles and high jumps, and share recess fun. A visitor arrives, a 1920s show entertains, and attendance issues arise due to a parent hospital visit.
Loreen Pickford summarizes Confucius as a wise 500 B C teacher who traveled between villages to teach honesty kindness obedience and respect for ancestors. His sayings endure, including the golden rule do not do to others what you would not want done to you, guiding generations of Chinese people.
Kathleen Allen Alt lists Chinese gifts as highly useful noting long civilizational history. She credits China with real paper money playing cards wallpaper gun powder fire crackers poetry porcelain and silk thread movable type printing pagodas and roof art, expressing gratitude for these gifts.
DeArman Batty portrays China as under Communist rule with close ties to Trussia. The piece claims people are unhappy and overworked, living in barracks and mess halls while continuously drilled with guns. Children are separated from families and farmers keep only a small crop, with most going to the government. The drought blame is noted.
A hotel clerk, nearly out of patience, tells a persistent man they are full and no rooms remain. The caller then asks for a room for President Kennedy, but the clerk refuses and asserts Kennedy will not be accommodated.
Africa appears as a diverse continent with jungles deserts and civilization. It notes the Congo as Africa’s widest river and Lake Tanganyika spanning 400 miles as the world’s longest lake. Visiting requires a guide. Africa’s grasslands yield cotton peanuts wheat barley millet and cattle grazing.
Compiled notes list numerous oil tests and location details across Sweetwater Creek to Bitter Creek areas. Entries cover Wasatch Mesaverde and Green River tests, elevations, section/township ranges, spud dates in 1940s to 1961, and farmouts. Oil company names include Skyline, Emery, Red Wash, West Broken Arrow, Great Yellowstone, Sun Oil, Alamo, Belco Petroleum, Phillips Pett Co, and others. Production figures show Utah oil output through 1961 with 1960 annual and December daily averages.
Mr and Mrs Wilford Olsen Mr and Mrs Charles Olsen Mr and Mrs Jerome Goodrich Mr and Mrs Glenn Openshaw and Mr and Mrs Linus Openshaw joined their sister Mrs Era ma Holmes Jr at her home for a family gathering honoring Vera and Charles Olsen born in March. The event included refreshments and an evening of visiting with relatives and friends.
The report shows January 1961 production data and compares total yearly output. It lists total production for 1980 as 53,9567 MCF and 1961 year-to-date production as 3,614,147 MCF, noting a discrepancy likely due to OCR errors.
The Relief Society held its annual party Friday evening with a program of two one-act plays performed by the society’s ladies. An accordion selection by Darlene Holmes followed the performances. A pot luck lunch completed the event, after which attendees visited and socialized.
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