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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1945
Page
8
Mrs Calvin Jorgensen and Mr and Mrs Ivan Rogers were Ver nal visitors Thursday Hazel Wardle attended a Welfare meeting last Thursday at Vernal. Mrs Don Van Dyke and child John Stoddard returned home after a ten day visit/medical attention at the Rouse with Mrs Van Dykes parents. Mr and Mrs Calvin Jorgensen and Nina Jorgensen were with sister backs at Lewiston and will visit at Lewiston with her daughter Mrs Chris Bodily.
Pearl Eklund visited Mrs Eklund at Fort Duchesne last Thursday while Mrs Robert Marshall and their baby stayed with Mr Marshall at Fruitland. Mr Marshall works for Walter Smith Shep Company. Louie Hall and wife were Roosevelt visitors Friday.
William Bowes, father of Mrs Thomas and Kidd, died in York, England on March 23 at 76. A convert to the LodbS Church, he hosted missionaries, built a pulpit, and suffered shell shock after a bombing during the German blitz. Survivors: his wife, two sons John G Brows of York and Harry Bowes of Salt Lake City, a daughter Mrs Kidd, 18 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren. Services were at St Maurices Church in York. Mrs Kidd came to Ver nal 30 years ago.
Friday evening the M Men and Gleaner Girls and the Sunday School officers held a banquet at the ward chapel with Verda McKee as toastmistress. About 100 guests attended. Mrs J Mary Glines travels to Salt Lake to meet family. Elizabeth Bartlett returned home for a visit with her parents. Orvin Simmons on leave and Walter Moosman en route to induction honored at a ward hall dance. Mark Bartlett wounded in action in Germany with the Seventh Army. Seventies lease land and plant barley. DUP meeting, piano solo, illness, and local meetings reported.
The Naples Ward hosts multiple music festivals directed by Velda Duvall, Verna Haws, and Lowe Goodrich featuring Mary P Slaugh piano pieces and other classics. Vernal Second Ward and Bee Keepers organize Swarm Day events led by Velma Norton, Helen Calder, Hattie Johnson, Kiva Alfred, Carol Rae, and Lois Walker with pageants and choir programs.
Alterra took second at the Uintah District Activities Day held at Roosevelt with Duchesne winning first and Uintah third. Awards covered academics, shorthand, band, readings, and track events led by Arvard Ruby and Roosevelt principal Leah Holfeltz. standout performances included Winward scoring 144 of 145 and multiple event wins across sprints, distance, and field events.
Utah State Highway Commission and Bureau of Public Roads inspected the 22 mile Gilsonite road from US 40 to Bonanza and the Bonanza to Watson Canyon segment. They discussed funding options with the Board of County Commissioners, noting potential access road funds from the federal government or county state matching funds if needed.
Jensen welcomes a new cafe operated by Mrs Leute Dugan and Mrs Lucille Taylor of Wichita Falls Texas. The cafe occupies the east part of the former E E Heaton mercantile building and offers short orders, cooked meals, and light refreshments. Mr Dugan and Mr Taylor work at Rangely fields and moved here two weeks ago.
In Rangely reports from April 21 to 27 detail gas and oil drilling activity across multiple wells. Key sites include Newton Oil Company Gentry No 20, McLaughlin Nos 2 and 3, and Equity Oil Company Nos 6 and 24, with spudding, testing, and conditioning noted. Industry figures W D Davidson and J D Jones appear, alongside Wasatch and Continental Owl Supply plans and field shifts near Vernal and the highway area.
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