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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1954
Page
3
City of Vernal reports October receipts of 26672.64 and total disbursements of 16017.54 across funds including general, streets, parks, public safety, water works, and sewer drains. General fund outlays covered taxes, salaries, supplies, and office costs while receipts came from taxes licenses and rentals.
The Uintah District Scout Court of Honor will be held Sunday at 3 pm in the Vernal First Ward chapel. Troop 2339 First Ward hosts with Wallace Trottier to receive Eagle Scout honors. Erwin Day leads advancement with Carl Holley as scribe and the committee.
A survey shows 50 percent of brides are under twenty, with predictions of 27 million teenage brides in 1953.
Ernest Untermann born November 6 1864 in Germany became a U.S. citizen in 1892. A former sailor, miner, and museum director he settled in Vernal Utah as an aging painter famed as the Artist of the Uintas. He donated over 100 paintings to Utah Field House of Natural History detailing Uintas fossils and landscapes.
Registrants with recent separations from the Armed Forces listed by Local Board No 32 include Army Cpl Glen Ho Cook and Pvt Vern Eugene Murray, and Navy RM Delles Arlen Jensen among others from Vernal, Duchesne, Lapoint, Randlette, and nearby towns. Names cover Army Air Forces Navy Marine Corps and include parents’ names and hometowns.
City Judge Earl J. Freeman collected a total of 982 dollars in October fines for city and state violations. City fines amounted to 565 dollars across 19 citations, while state highway and citations totaled 417 dollars from 22 cases. Police issued numerous tickets for reckless driving, drunk driving, no license, public intoxication, speeding, red light violations, improper repair, and related offenses, with specific sums listed for each.
The Uintah County Induction tally shows ten enlistments with two volunteers for induction. Named inductees include Clarence Vu cot Ft Duchesne Wanda Rogers and Raymond Spaulding's son, with additional enlistees from Vernal, Roosevelt, and Duchesne areas.
Hhinting contest at Sport Shop awarded prizes to multiple locals. Ernest Caldwell and Vernal Weaser shared top honors with a Model 721 Ronangten Rifle and a numbered prize. Second place went to Shiner Gardiner for a Wing Model Thatch prize. Fourth prize went to Eagar PCakler Veo for a 3434 elt spread, and Cliffa Johnson won a Simon zipper sleeping bag. The event closed in November.
Two individuals including someone from Vernal were dedicated last Tuesday November 2 at Ft Douglas Utah and subsequently dispatched to Ft Ord California for assignment.
Branson with Mass previews a 1920s NYTunes forecast of a pivotal market day break. Dow Jones hovered around 380 then slid nearly 150 points in eight weeks, while current trends show blue chips leading and institutions driving gains. The note warns of a potential 50 to 70 point drop and stresses new market forces postwar.
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