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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1961
Page
6
In health class Maeser students examined a sheep’s lungs heart tongue and nasal passages with a glass tube to visualize breathing and circulatory action. They viewed arteries capillaries and vessels under a bioscope and noted heart anatomy while also describing science fair projects and county entries.
The fourth grade held a checker tournament with seven top players awards to Verda Harrison first place and winners Todd Coy Mike Johnson Ronnie Rar moussen Marlene Wardle Glenna Gardiner Jerry Eaton. Mr Anderson visited for an intelligence test and a science lesson covered seed growth experiments and a science fair exhibit featuring a giant snail.
Pauline Cook and Anita Ercanbrack lead a class of nine students at Todd School working on Vernal project entries. Elections elected Warren McKenna as president Dan Cole as secretary Beatrice Despooch as vice president and Gwen Serawop as reporter with Garth Jarman presiding.
A first grade class thanks God for life and blessings and recalls a science fair at school. Students share love for family and teachers, note rocks and petrified rock samples, and imagine seeds growing into trees or mowers.
Fore Burson and Lorena Chapoore report a school science fair with many exhibits left unseen due to a noon dismissal caused by a water shortage. The note invites people to visit future fairs at Todd and St Vernal and reflects on learning.
The article celebrates the start of spring with warm weather and blooming flowers. It notes birds singing, plants turning green, and children leaving coats at home as spring arrives. It emphasizes the season's arrival and cheerful outdoor activities.
The text describes mule deer eating grasses, pine needles, and leaves, shedding horns in early spring, and changing color with seasons for camouflage. It notes fawns are born with no odor to avoid detection by predators and mentions local deer type as black-tailed or mule deer.
A bridal shower for Mrs. Eharroom at AG Atwood's home. the Cooks plan to live in the ward after their Wednesday chapel wedding with Bishop Orlo Goodrich officiating. Many local family visits are noted, including the Watkins and Smuin families, and news of a great grandchild born to Clifton and Mrs Steele of Massachusetts.
Mr and Mrs J L Kitchen with Virginia and David Goodrich visited Provo on Sunday while Mr and Mrs J R McKee visited American Fork and Lehi on Saturday and Sunday. They called at the Melvin Kitchen and Winford Gray homes.
Thursday evening the ladies sewing club met at Mrs Sylvia Slaughs home with members including Mrs Ruth Keller Mrs Gladys Baker Mrs Meme Self and others. Refreshments were served by the hostess. Visitors included Mrs Donaidy Urban from Rifle Colorado. Other social notes mention dinners and visits among local families and several out of town guests.
A pitching accident left Ricky Harvey with a face injury after a pitchfork struck him on a Saturday. He was taken to Roosevelt doctor for stitches. Family updates note travel to California and local visits. News mentions BYU student Dean Goodrich at home, Relief Society gathering in Vernal, and a Science Fair trip by Viola and Salas McKee plus a MIA play titled Dust directed by Ethel Goodrich.
Local notes report Sonny Ray Trailers and family returning home from Texas after a call from Ray’s father’s boss. Also noted are the death of Stanley Nickels in Salt Lake City after a car wreck, with burial plans in Tennessee. Visitors from Grand Junction include Manuel Goodman and others.
Rangely residents assist Workman family while parents away. Mr. and Mrs. Cart Works man and family helped Mr. Workman's sister. Art McKnight celebrated at the McKnight home. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Keller travelled to Meeker, Colorado, on Saturday.
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