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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1959
Page
12
Vernal merchants pick Martin W Curtis as Who's Who in the community. A longtime civic and church leader, Curtis has served as Uintah County Treasurer and Commissioner, bishop, stake leadership, and MIA superintendent. He is active in the Lions Club and works in insurance, gardening, and coin collecting.
A funeral service for Lloyd Russell Divine 40 assistant foreman of the American Gilaentle Company mine in Bononere will be held Thursday at 1 am at the Vernal Second Ward Chapel. Born March 8 1914 in Tlangely Colorado he married Enid Woods in Vernal May 19 1934 and is survived by his widow a daughter LeeAnn four brothers five sisters and several in laws. Burial will be in the Vernal Memorial Park Cemetery with arrangements by Vernal Mortuary.
Vernal Golf Club pro Jerry Braun carded a season best 64 eight under par at the Vernal course on Monday. He burned the front and back nine with four birdies each and no bogeys, leading a quintet that included Ralph Ashton 60 Core Asmus 71 Vic Waite 74 and Jim Anderson 86. Braun will winter in Provo but return to Vernal next spring as weather allows Play continues at Vernal while conditions permit.
Walter Bowden of Woalt's 66 Service Station in Vernal received a $50 award from Phillips Petroleum for perfect driveway service. The Mystery Motorist, who visited the station unannounced, identified himself after Bowden completed the six steps of the Golden Approach including friendly greeting, hood check, window cleaning, mat tidying, tire check, and purchase acknowledgment.
Funeral services for Mark B Hall 79 who died October 28 at Uintah County Hospital were held October 30 at 11am in Vernal Fourth Care Chapel. The service included prayers, songs, and a burial at Vernal Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include three sons, a daughter, a brother, a sister, eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Attendees from out of town came from California, Texas, Colorado and Utah.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday in the Lapoint Word Chapel for Mrs Theda Anne Mullinger Lee 80 who died Saturday at her home after a heart ailment. Born June 15 1899 in East Lake County she was a daughter of Harvey Cole and Christean Hutlinger. She married Eli Lee on March 27 1899 in Vernal. Survived by daughters and sons in law and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren, with many relatives listed, including Vern Higelow Caldwell and others in Lapoint.
Funeral services were held Monday at the Vernal Fourth Ward chapel for Alice Zora Milburn 64 who died October 30 in Uintah County Mos pith after a long illness. The service was directed by the Fourth Ward Bishopric with Brent Peltch conducting. Various speakers and selections followed. Burial was in Vernal Memorial Park Cemetery with pallbearers and several auxiliaries serving as honorary pallbearers. Milburn, born June 7 1895 in Vernal, married John Milburn in Vernal on November 20 1917. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and affiliates with local civic groups. She is survived by her husband a daughter four grandchildren three sisters four brothers and several out of town relatives.
Funeral services for B. McKowen, 68, who died October 25 at a dam site near his daughter’s home in Salt Lake City, were held October 28 at the Roosevelt LDS Stake House with Bishop Elaine Morrill directing. Interment was in Myton cemetery, pallbearers were five sons and a son-in-law, with honorary pallbearers named. Survived by five sons, nine daughters, 32 grandchildren, five sisters, and his mother.
Two Vernal businessmen win trips to Fort Lauderdale Florida for top sales gains in a five state region. Alvin Bowden of Bowden Oil Co and Walter Bowden of Walts Phillips 66 Service Station earned trips for the January 1 1959 to August 31 1959 period. They will depart Vernal November 12 and stay at Pier 66 before returning the following Tuesday.
Funeral services for Charles Wesley Green died October 27 of natural causes were held Friday October 30 at Vernal Fourth Ward chapel under the direction of the Fourth Ward bishopric. Sharon Meacham conducted prayer at the mortuary. Kenneth Hadlock offered theInvocation. The opening song In the Garden sung by Mae Jorgensen. First speaker Van Idge Jackson. A tribute read by Erma Taylor. Phil Watking second speaker. Whispering Hope closing song sung by Lois Ericksen and Don Walker. Brent Feltch offered the benediction. Ruth Walker played prelude and postlude. Burial at Vernal Memorial Park Cemetery. Ernest Hutch dedicated the grave. Pallbearers Lowell Robbins Wesley Robbins Edgar Taylor Colin Neilson Kin Hatch and John Robbins. Attendees from town listed various names and places.
A porch light bulb at Mark M Hall’s Maeser home has burned for forty years since 1910. The Edison bulb, clear glass in a pear shape, remains in a V shaped filament. The house, built in 1898, sits one mile north of the Maeser Store. an 1912 addition is noted. The family has grown to six children, twenty seven grandchildren, and two great grandchildren who visit.
Obituary for Isabel Jerbert Southam 83 who died Saturday at home. Service at Naples Wani Chapter with opening hymn Prayer Is The Soul Sincere Desire. Speakers Byron Goodrich and Harmon Sowards. Burial Vernal Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers include Glade Southam Lyle Southam Delyle Southam Woody Morton Edgar Wilkins. Out of town attendees listed.
Reat ox Sale advertises a three bedroom furnished home east of town near Gal Fred Heynelde at 1072 Tt N512 with new bedroom moves and attached garage, buy on contract. Card of Thanks expresses appreciation for sympathy and offerings after the loss of loved ones, signed by the Milburn and Couture families.
A farewell service for Elder David Walker Rust, son of Alta Rust of Vernal, is set for November 15 at 7 p.m. in the Vernal Fifth Ward chapel. The program includes remarks by Bert L Angus and Martin W Curtis, vocal selections, and piano accompaniment. Rust will enter the Mission Home in Salt Lake City on November 16 and depart ten days later for the Argentina Mission, where he will serve for two and a half years.
Equipment moved to the Red Creek Dam site seven miles north of Fruitland. Wangsgeard Peterson Construction Co of Ogden won a $244,070 contract from the Utah Water and Power Board on October 45 to build an earth fill dam with rock riprap, 2107 feet high and 1700 feet long, storing about 6,000 acre feet of water and a 142 acre reservoir. Ted Creek Irrigation Co. will perform about $30,000 of additional work, while the Utah State Fish and Game Commission has appropriated $14,000 in exchange for perpetual public entry rights to the reservoir.
Lewis Jensen 14 and Stager Tulls helped fight a morning blaze at the state fish and game farm home three miles south of Vernal. The boys sealed doors and aided fire crews. damage ranged from 100 to 1000 dollars, insured. Cause believed to be water heater fault or faulty wiring.
Uintah High School Parent-Teacher Association hosts a family life program with Aaron Sonren leading a Wednesday 7 30 pm session. Topics include Is My Child Normal and Are Parents Adolescent with sessions on November 8 November 25 December dates. Open to all parents and interested adults at no charge.
In a recent assembly at LD Drdness College Mins Myrna Ann Watkins daughter of Mr and Mrs Philip Watkins of Vernat received an award for passing jas decimal fest in calcutta with 100 percent accuracy Also recognized was Miss Meikine Ingrintuate of Uintah Night Benoolerit for outstanding results.
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