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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1935
Page
2
The Vernal Express published by William Fe Wallis, editor, and Wallis as publisher declares its status as an independent Utah newspaper. It notes second class mail status in Vernal Utah and subscription rates for one year, three months, and other terms while affirming optimism and commitment to Uintah County.
The article argues that growth hinges on aggressiveness, stability, and unified purpose. It stresses loyalty to enable coordinated, ongoing community programs and prevent chaotic cross purposes among interests. A strong organization like a chamber of commerce or boosters club is essential for advancing local interests.
A verse recalls a shrewd shopkeeper who steadily increased prices and advertised each time. His persistent promotion drew customers, and as trade rose he reinvested profits to fund daily advertising, proving that higher outlays on ads yielded greater gains for the printer and shop.
A summary of social and civic events from Randlet and Avalon area includes a Fort Duchesne PTA dance attendance, Miss Stella Richards and Miss Lucile Johnsen traveling to Salt Lake, and various visits to Roosevelt and Vernal. Marriages, notable civic figures, a river channel project at Captain Abbot farm, and a school census duty plus a local play performed by the L Knight led group are mentioned among community happenings.
Miss Ora Anderson hosted pals at her uncle Ole Olsen home after a recent visit. The MIA held a Halloween costume party in Avalon hall on Tuesday night. Calvin Jorgenson transported a busload to Roosevelt to hear Governor Henry Ho Blood speak.
The new barracks twenty by seventy feet will house forty men with weather strip exterior, celotex insulation, and seventeen ceiling flush windows. Foreman Buck Wilson and crew including Charles Toy Stan Ellsworth James Polk Charles Whitness Tony Mercurio and Pete Hinyes are praised for the project. Notes cover mineralogy lectures three thirds of the men attending, personnel changes including Cutting brothers Roy and Ralph and transfers of FR Roberts and Luther Robertson. A lighthearted section recounts camp mishaps and hunting tales with Pug Hoggins and the deer misadventure of Alden Standish.
An obituary-like vignette recalls a Texas stranger who plays poker with Greasy Dick and Cochetope Shorty. A big pot appears, Greasy Dick bets a heart flush ace high, Shorty shows four sixes with ace kick, the stranger holds four aces. The narrator claims to be the coroner who held the inquest.
The note recalls a welcome home for Frank Slaugh from a two year North States mission, hints at a guessing game about a five dollar jar of coins in the Ratliff window, and mentions a new Jensen mall route schedule with depart Vernal and arrival Jensen times.
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