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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1964
Page
13
Local items report John Haslem breaking his foot on a mowing machine. Multiple residents travel to Salt Lake for medical checks and family visits, including Dee Hatch, Mrs. Hatch, and Mrs. Vaughn Wilkins. Various relatives and friends visit Vernal, Moab, Palisade, Meeker, Rifle, and Montrose, with open house celebrations and church ward activities noted.
In a Naples school room a third grade class of 39 students with two teachers discusses animals and care for pets. Students draw pets, learn spelling, math, reading, and cursive writing in a structured lesson, noting new baby siblings born this year.
A long column lists local residents and visitors over a weekend. Sherry plans to study and seek work, while the Ted Sewells of Denver visit family in Kaysville and nearby towns. Other guests include Clark Robinson, the Hoyle Robinsons, the Wiley Stewarts, and numerous extended relatives from Salt Lake City, Provo, and Ogden. An accident injures Kelly Powell during farm chores.
The Lapoint DUP Camp met at Lillian Hipelow's home on Sept 25 with Ora Swain delivering the lesson. Visitors and locals cross paths at homes across the week, including Jim Walker in California and families of Rasmussen, Winn, Hurst, and Woolley. Numerous updates cover hospital stays, travels to Flaming Gorge Dam, and several grandchildren, while members share community events and a quarterhorse show in Vernal.
Students note daily routines and activities as reporters Katherine Hacking Dean Pope Wayne Dee Pack Rodney Lee Cools and David Turner describe lunch at 11 30 and playing days. The class mentions plans for a new school house next year.
Vernal sales man Ned Stringham announced a write-in campaign for Utah state senator representing Uintah Daggett counties. His platform centers on boosting school funding, limiting government growth, restoring citizen power, approving Echo Park or Split Mountain Dam, protecting minorities, reducing property taxes, closing tax loopholes, cutting foreign aid, and transferring federal lands to Utah.
Weekend visitors at the Henry Wall home included Mr. and Mrs. William Townsend and boys, Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Wall and daughter from Salt Lake City, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wall and girls from Roosevelt, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Wall of Colorado, plus sister Mrs. Lamar Thacker of Salt Lake City. The Toltons, living in Salt Lake City and Beverly Marshall, joined Bish op Calvin Jorgensen’s family. Ada Pickup travels to Salt Lake City for Wednesday surgery. Alex Harney and family moved to Ouray Bird Refuge after summer work there. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Nell Folks Wednesday weighing 5 pounds 35 ounces with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marshall. Sondra Brough hosted a birthday party with Kathy McMullin, LuAnn Harry, Judy Rogers, and Lynette Brough attending. Joseph McMullin returned home from Salt Lake City after a week in hospital following an automobile accident. Jennie McMullin, his mother, stayed with him. Keith Hansen also mentioned.
Local families from Salt Lake City, Boise, Midway, and Montrose visit wards and friends in Uintah area. Multiple road trips to Salt Lake City for temples and finance business, temple excursion, and a State Fair outing. Injuries reported for a local resident improving in hospital.
A land family left Monday for Texas where they have been transferred. Keith has been working on the Ourayard Refuge. Mr and Mrs Robert Marshall traveled to Hotchkiss Cole Saturday to move their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Neil Folks back. Mrs Folks will stay with her parents for a while but Neil will attend college in Logan. Mr and Mrs Edgar Jensen and boys went to Salt Lake City Saturday afternoon to visit friends and relatives. Mr and Mrs LaRue Pickup and Mr and Mrs Ralph Taylor also present.
Senator Frank Moss’s vote on state reapportionment drew sharp statewide criticism from Ernest L. Wilkinson who warned that the plan favors Salt Lake and Davis counties and deprives rural Uintah County and others of fair representation. He argued the system should base representation on area as well as population and pledged to back a constitutional amendment.
Mrs Ward Jarman and family with Bishop and Mrs Calvin Jorgensen attended a Maeser testimonial for Larry Young on Sunday evening. Larry, once a ward resident, will soon work in New York.
Mr and Mrs Norman Pease return from a one dollar teen day trip to the Eastern Coast visiting Virginia and Washington DC then attend the Worlds Fair. They spend days in northern Maine with Charles Pease and family and lodge overnight with Mrs Pease parents Frank and his wife on the way home to Salt Lake City where Mr Pease attends the University of Utah.
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