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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1940
Page
4
Clerk Fo L Noel arrived from Salt Lake City to attend a homestead final proof hearing in Vernal Utah. Otly Weeks and Noel were released after explaining they acted in faith as witnesses for Mr Cooper. A jury deliberated ten minutes and found a verdict of not guilty in a related matter. The judge scheduled further appearances for Gooper and Cocj.
Mrs Elizabeth Williams, long time resident of Vernon, Nebraska, died suddenly after illness. Mrs J F Chapman had rushed to Wood Pine to be with her mother but arrived after the passing. Williams had lived in the community for many years.
On Tuesday Ralph Alexander became the new manager of the Fountain Cafe, formerly leased by Mrs F Abplanal. Alexander brings years of experience in the hotel and confectionery business to the establishment.
BOF Gene Leota and family plan a San Diego visit. Barbara Hovey will winter with the McKennas while Mrs Hovey stays until Christmas. Llewellyn Jenkins family in Salt Lake City for a few weeks. Randle Felter and Don Felter of California visited. Karl Newmeyer seen in Roosevelt. Thomas Hall of Maeser bought land on Green River and plows for spring crops. PTA dance and auction in Avalon hall raised fifty dollars for Christmas entertainment. Farmers on Green River finished threshing. alfalfa clover seed and some grain stored. Hazel Wardle Ray and Harry Aumiller visited Vernal. Calvin Jorgensen and Nina Jorgensen in Vernal. Harry Aumiller and Don Felter went to Vernal. Alfred Harris home briefly after two months of Vernal work.
The column lists numerous family moves and visits including Ronald Preece in Salt Lake City Sunray. the Atwoods moving to Ashley. Dow Tundy moving into a house. George Wilson of Leota singing at Elmer Swett’s home. a trip to Salt Lake by the Robernans. Minnie Atwood Johnston leaving. Jim Johnston ill. Floyd and Glines households moving. Eddie Miller and Leon Glenn Jr. visiting with parents. E Seeley to Ogden. H E Seeley in Payson. Julia Arrowsmith to Arizona. Joan Morrison returning from Moratah with her mother Mrs Har rhe.
Funeral services were held for Austin Garr Hurt 58 killed Saturday night in an automobile mishap near Heber involving a collision while changing a tire. Born Salt Lake City November 26 he married Leanora McMillan in the Salt Lake Temple in 1904. He served 22 years as bishop of the Talmage ward before moving from Salt Lake City to Talmage 28 years ago.
In Modoc Indiana Sheriff Bruno Batten leads a pursuit after two suspects stole gas and fled from Ward and a chase ended with a crash near Ashley Creek. One suspect fled, others were apprehended, and evidence linked to a 1941 Plymouth car was recovered. Local officials coordinating with state authorities announced charges and further investigations.
Fragmentary draft outlines state funding standards for school equalization. It references transportation distances for students, board approvals, and annual expenditures per pupil for textbooks and libraries, with fiscal rules and conditions for school year implementation and health and sanitation provisions.
Marriage licenses issued Friday for Raymori T Bornin of Fort and Whittmore of Roosevelt, plus Alfred and Beatrice WM of Craig Colony, with details showing licenses granted in a period of local record activity.
The report notes Major General Fuiard A Walsh of the Minnesota National Guard advised that a debt shortage of woolen cloth existed and prices were rising sharply, prompting actions by businessmen including Marie Cote Karl Roberts and Golden Kert, and figures such as Harold Duke and Kenneth Tring Ham.
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