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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1942
Page
3
We present a consecrated pledge to serve the town with intimate weekly history and home news. The paper highlights its community focus and aims to improve and grow in the coming year through renewed efforts for the benefit of residents and local businesses.
A wartime exhortation defines priority as putting first things first to win the war. It urges buying war bonds and cutting luxuries, using resources for defense, and avoiding hatred or rumors. Citizens are urged to work hard, stay fit, and keep morale high to hasten victory and return to normal life.
Miss Ruth Robins returned to Kaysville after two weeks with Mrs Ella Biringham and acting as substitute P E teacher at UHS. H Robbina to teach at Davis Junior High this winter. Hatsfield of Helper visited Hacking family. Enid Massey returns from Tacoma plans business course at L D S. Oaks family moves. Singleton Turner and Wilkins visit. Jorgensen family travels to Salt Lake City for son Dean. War ner Wamsley resumes work in Salt Lake. Garth Atwood and family also noted in local movers and visitors.
Daughters of Archie Allen and Erma Allen visited at their parents home. Garth Massey attends a mechanics school in Chicago housed at the Stevens Hotel after being selected from 4500 to one of 300 boys at Sheppard Field Texas. Maeser Ward Gleaner Girls elected Amy Roper president and others as officers. Boy Scouts under Ferton Hacking held a bonfire and initiated new members.
Bob Staley broke his arm during a Vernal football game. Perry Grey fractured his leg. report notes he is injured and receiving care.
A disrupted section details Staton Transportation changes and school matters. It notes Blue Mountain reservations and grading service moves, plus a truck incident on Rimmer range with Bevers involved.
From a barber shop chatter to a townwide scrap collection for Uncle Sam, 150 tons of metal were gathered across homes and stores, uniting citizens. The event, praised by a judge and Texas Rangers, shows democracy in action as residents worked selflessly without coercion.
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