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Vernal Express

Location

Vernal, Utah, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1940

Page

2

Lapoint Social Roundup Delivers Weekend Visits and Local News

A long string of local visits and family updates in Lapoint highlights weekend travel among residents. Mrs Bessie Winn of Roosevelt visited her parents, while the Walker and Odekirk families hosted relatives. Mrs Ashley Caldwell and Mrs Ethel Blevens stayed with kin in Craig. Arthur Peterman spends summer in Colorado, and Ina Caldwell returns from Vernal. A birthday shower honors Mrs Reynolds and Mrs Caldwell. A school picture show and a Lapoint chapel night draw attendees. Typhoid inoculations occur at the elementary school. Local tradesman Don Hacking works on a Frigidaire at Wooley home. Sheriff Merriweather and Brigham Timothy warn of Gypsy band activity. The Burton family returns to Colorado with children Tex and Birdie. Daughters of Utah Pioneers postpone meetings. Miss Lela Hall finishes teaching and returns to Maeser. Asramic Priesthood outing on canal bank ends with lunch. Myr and Mrs Elmer Bell visit Mrs Bell’s sister Mrs George Bigelow. Venetta Schlatter and Berniece Hyland, teachers, return to Bast Lake. Schlatter may come back next season. A Sunday rain refreshes gardens as the White Rocks canal dries and the new town area around the school sprouts.

Wyoming Arthur Petermon Colorado Ina Caldwell Vernal Ema White Ashel Caldwell George Justice Bernigh Minnie Reynolds Mra Reynolds Zins Caldwell Roland 5 Lapoint Chapel Lapoint Schoos Don Hacking Hacking’s Modern Appiance Milt Wooley Merriweather Duchesne County Brigham Timothy Utah Hleanor E Osldwell Nontha Lela Hall Maeser Canal Bank Myr Elmer Bell Duchesne Bells Sister George Bigelow Venetta Schlatter Berniece Hyland Bast Lake St

Roosevelt Visiters and Vernal Outings

Mr and Mrs Bert Hovey Mrs Wilson and Mrs Lewis visited Roosevelt on Monday. Mr and Mrs Fuhy Durfee and Mrs Ralph Durfee were in Vernal. Saturday Mr and Mrs Don Van Dyke moved to Lewiston for summer months. Mrs Austin Wardle went to Mt

Bert Hovey Wm. Wilson B.D Lewis Roosevelt Fuhy Durfee Ralph Durfee Vernal Don van Dyke Lewiston Austin Wardle

Pleasant Tuesday Ward Conference and Local Social Notes

Pleasant Tuesday events include a ward conference with Roosevelt visitors Willard Day Wilcox Winterton Clyde Larsen Helen Wiscombe Barbara Angus Mrs Brian B O Colton and Ray B E Dillon. A baby girl born May 25 to Mr and Mrs Myron Brough. An Avalon school house entertainment by the professions and service division featured Calvin Jorgensen Mrs Mery Young Vesol Wardle L G Noble Magne Jensen and a hot chicken dinner for 182 guests followed by dancing. Norma Jorgensen hosted a birthday for Kent and Betty Wardle at the Jorgensen home with dancing outdoor games around a bonfire and a marshmallow roast. forty guests were served refreshments.

Hetty Wasatch Academy Salt Lake City Roosevelt Willard High Council Wilcox Winterton Clyde Larsen Helen Wiscombe Barbara Angus Brian B O Colton Ray BE Dillon Myron Brough Avalon School Professions End Service Division Calvin Jorwgensen Mery Young Vo Sel Wardle L. G Noble Magne Jensen Sinner Waa Norma Jorgensen Kent Missy Betty Wardle Jorgensen Green River

Willow Creek visitors attend Vernal events and June weddings

Willow Creek residents and families visited Vernal for graduation exercises and a May 23 wedding at Arda and Lori Jassey. Mr and Mrs Abe Hatch and family joined trips to Roosevelt and East Lake. Reed and Ards were among travelers, with many attending Wasatch Academy events and returning home.

Pace Schaefermeyer Tyzac Vernal H.’ Ey Harry ‘Wenlinse E. Birchell Aon Reed Ards Arda Lori Iassey James Abe Hatch Golden Hatch Mr Pleasant Mable Mable Wasatch Academy East Lake Donns Burgess Mr Hatch Roosevelt LeRoy Hatch E Vernal Hatch Earlda Leech Upalco Willa Stevens Stevens Upper Willow Creek Birchell Clara Price H A Brown Phylis Gilbert Brown A Meadows

Local Page Notes on Pioneers Camp and Family News

Fairfield Idaho visitors include Jenben Saba and Melvin Wilkins with Kamiy. Burton Beacham welcomed a baby girl born Saturday. Escalante camp of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers met at Vera Snow’s home with 15 members and two guests. Genevieve, a BYU teacher in Neasen, visited Provo with Mrs Jessie M Wall. Primary reorganization completed four weeks ago with Alice Snow released and Ruby Billings named president. Keith Wellman visited from Provo along with Bob Miles of Sun Valley.

ZW Pond Fairfield Idaho Melvin Wilkins Kamiy Mr Pond Wilkins Burton Beacham Escalante Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Vera Snow Wilde Stewart Leila Snow Mr Jackson Provo Genevieve Neasen Jessie M Wall Vorida Carma BYU Alice Snow Ruby Billings Taff Keith Wellman Bob Miles Sun Valley Idaho Charles Miles

Uintah Basini Mail Line Gets New Superintendent

REMINISCENCE J T Tullis succeeds Lake EB Young as superintendent of the Uintah Basin Mail Line. The note also lists community updates: births, marriages, local appointments, and ongoing events such as a hail storm damage and rising Green River water levels. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs J Edwin Collier. H J Chatwin named postmaster of Jensen. school and club activities noted including a Sunday School upgrade and a PTA mother’s event.

J T Tullis Lake EB Young Uintah Basini Orin Allen Jesse A Haws Ashley Co-op Green River Uintah Walls Randlett H J Chatwin Jensen Mya W Evans Bert Searle Sarah Goff Miss Richard Veltman Robert Reynold Su-Jean Goff WFP Reynolds

Gasoline Mile Dial Promoted by Conoco in School Program

A Conoco sponsored campaign introduces the Mile Dial device to motorists via a school program and nationwide advertising. The simple attached dial measures gallons and miles, calculates miles per gallon, and records miles for long term averages. Free at service stations, it can be mounted on the dash or carried in a glove compartment.

Conoco Brona Continental Oil Company Conoco Free Continental Oil Co

Utah Supreme Court Allows Duchesne County to Levy Taxes

The Utah Supreme Court denied the states petition for a writ of prohibition against Duchesne County and county officials restraining them from advertising state property for sale for delinquent taxes and from levying assessments against state property within the county. The petition by Assistant Attorney General 8B D Huffaker named Duchesne County and several county officials as defendants. The filing notes state title to certain county property since March 13 1934 and references a 1935 county levy of a general property tax.

High Court Duchesne Utah Supreme Court State of Utah Duchesne County High Huffaker Willard Floyd Lyle L. Young

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