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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1937
Page
8
Vernal residents report visits and travels among Atwood Noel Bartlett Hair Dillman and Lindell families. Funeral attendance, pheasant hunting, and medical updates recur with several advances and returns from Salt Lake City Provo and Boise, plus a birth and community notices from Uintah County.
Margaret Dietz, county health nurse, warns diphtheria is rising this year with a virulent bacillus. Parents should inoculate children immediately to reach 30 percent of pre school and 50 percent of school children to prevent an epidemic. See a doctor for sore throat promptly.
Municipal elections in Duchesne County produced mayors and council members for Myton Roosevelt and Duchesne. Officials include Myton Mayor R E Muller four year councilman Bruce Maxwell two year councilmen W A Jen Jinings J E Waugh Wilmer Muh ijray recorder Jessie Dowling treasurer Hazel Woodwaugh. Roosevelt Mayor Geo Harrison four year councilman Daniel F Mitchell two year councilmen J Leo Hanson Lloyd Latrum E H Peterson recorder John KE Wiscombe treasurer Arnold Reef. Duchesne Mayor B A Jacoby four year councilman Franklin a Davis two year councilmen John Sip Madsen Edwin Carmen C a Mickelson recorder Hildur Johnston treasurer Lotus Fisher. Jury list for district court term includes Vernal Joseph Morrocks Clement Eaton Jesse Bucheng Wallace Caldwell Le Roy On Lewis M Hodgkinson Sidney M Merrly Lee Winward Leste Thacker George H Bartlett Markiey James Charles TP Lewis Jesse Butcher Clair R Mopkins Harvey Herbert William Jenkins Fred Anderson Gusher Lester Ferguson Jety Sén Monroe Hate DeMfort Dudley Randlett Cronal Chandler Lapoint Floyd Warburton ee rocks Elvin Christensen Trallard Kenneth Hartle Pridell Leland Morrill. Jurymen report Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.
Henry Slaugh offered prizes for deer hunters who bought ammunition at the Confectionery. George C. G. Davis won the largest buck prize of 5 dollars for a 232 pound buck with 4 points and 28 inch spread. Shirley Sowards had the smallest deer prize, 150 pounds. Ton McCaorrell offered beer prizes for largest and smallest bucks, but none claimed.
Edison Ricord, 18, accused of shooting and killing his stepfather Jack Sweat, owner of Current Creek service station, was recently freed by Wasatch County officers. In a separate docket, Perry Holt of the state Nexer control commission saw two arrests with Justice Henderson and Lundberg presiding. Nouer violation fines of 25 dollars were issued to Lundberg and Clarence Burton of Lapoint for Sunday beer sales.
Three Indians Glenn Tip Stacey Reed and Arthur Yump were arrested Saturday at Victory Park by Undersheriff Mark Caldwell and detained on drunkenness charges. At arraignment they faced $100 fines or 50 days in jail, then were sent to Fort Duchesne to serve the sentence in the government jail.
Washington official Tekes declares July 1 1938 as the deadline to finish the bulk of the PWA program in California Nevada Arizona and Utah. Kenneth A Godwit named regional administrator to push liquidation of projects as Region 6 leader November 1. Utah had 104 completed projects valued at about 7.98 million dollars and 18 more projects totaling roughly 3.83 million either under construction under contract or allocated.
Last week Mark Hall, driver for Strong and Grant contractors, was arrested on two traffic charges by state trooper Jack Young. He was cited for driving without a license and driving without proper lights. Justice W. S. Henderson fined him $15 for the first charge and $19 for the second. Hall had purchased license plates but did not use them.
The Ladies Beauty Shop, long housed next to Weeks barber shop, has relocated to the upstairs area of the Farm Exchange in Audiline. The move aims to provide better access and space for clients, with doors reopening at the new upstairs location.
The Uintah Stake Presidency announces Fast Sunday will be observed November 14 with a stake conference evening program. Verna Wilkins leads MIA theme. Duane Johnson, Howard Lewis, and Calvin Martinson perform. Mrs. Frank G. Slaugh and Harold E. Hullinger speak on the MIA theme. YMMIA youth session covers home, school, community, and church contributions. A seminary history reel and musical numbers are shown, with a road-show dance program in Jensen and Davis wards. The stake M Moon and Gleaner Party features a program, games, and refreshments at the First ward chapel, drawing a large crowd.
Road Show prizes for selling the most tickets were awarded at MIA in Second ward on Tuesday evening. Francis Pitt won first, Owen Slough second, and Barbara Kolb with Leila Bastian tied for third. Road show acts were shown on the circuit Tuesday with a lone act directed by Isabell Dillman in Lapoint and Tridel. Additional items note Stoddard route expansion, substitute drivers wives, contract risk, retirement request by H. S. Olson, resignation of Donna Tul, audit bids sought, Bennett ward land purchase talk, and lockers ordered for high schools with private locks forbidden.
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