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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1924
Page
8
Notice that the Bernal Express is entered as second class matter at the Vernal Utah post office under the act of Congress of March 3 1879.
Mr and Mrs Charles L Knight of Randlett were visitors in Vernal last week, staying for a short time and touring local sights.
Olle Justice the Democratic precinct chairman of Lapolini was a political visitor in Vernal on Wednesday.
J. Emery Johnson and his wife departed Monday for Salt Lake City where they plan a two weeks vacation, expecting sightseeing and relaxation in Utah.
Mr and Mrs Don Lewis depart Monday for Balt Lake City to spend a week visiting the state capitol. Mrs J M Francke, long visitor in Balt Lake City and Ogden, returned home Friday evening.
Zelph Calder will enroll at the University of Utah and begin play for the coming school year. The star athlete from Balt Lake City will compete for the Utes as part of their upcoming basketball roster.
John W. Pope and Mrs. Pope leave Friday for Salt Lake City on a combined business and pleasure trip. The Pope garage proprietor travels with his wife, signaling a brief, mixed itinerary.
Dr. J. B. Usher of the Twin Valley ranch on Blue Mountain visited Vernal on Monday afternoon and transported one of his patients to the hospital for care.
Professor Earl Douglass travels to Lake City to supervise a dinosaur exhibit and deliver lectures at the state fair. He will oversee displays and present talks detailing paleontological findings.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Harris of Randlett visited in the Ashley valley Sunday to see their son Roy Harris who is attending the U H S.
J S Oune Sr arrived Monday evening from Murray to oversee farming interests. Mr Young reports a fair alfala seed crop and plans to stay awhile to manage agricultural work.
Miss Felda Bigelow arrived Monday from Bigelow Lodge in Cola and plans to stay through the winter with her friend Mrs. William E. Witbeck Jr.
William Preece resumes duties as night marshal after an absence due to illness. James Dobble served as acting marshal in Preece's stead during the illness.
George W. Baese and Mrs Baese left Thursday morning from Vernal for Denver for a pleasure trip and extended vacation.
County Agent E Peterson left Thursday for a conference and the State fair in Salt Lake City along with Mrs. William Hartle and Mrs. Enos Bennion to attend related business interests.
Albert Rasmussen, a prosperous farmer from the Bennett section, visited last week and expressed strong enthusiasm for the county fair, calling it the best yet held in Uintah county.
County Recorder Minnie Preece departs with her mother Mrs. Lizzle Cook to attend a conference and fair in Salt Lake City, leaving Monday by stagecoach.
John Milburn former manager of the Best Shop and Mrs Milburn with children departed Thursday morning for Juniper Springs Colorado to stay awhile as Milburn suffers an attack of rheumatism.
Ed D Samuels arrived from Salt Lake City Friday evening and will spend time in Vernal handling business matters. He intended to attend the county fair but illness prevented him from doing so.
Granville Adair the son of E H Adair arrived home Wednesday evening from Salt Lake City. He is a member of Company K 38th Infantry stationed at Fort Douglas and this is his first furlough home since enlisting about a year ago.
Mrs. E. M. York and daughter Eva York, an employee of Vernal Drug, travel with Rear son Lee to Salt Lake City for several days of vacation starting Friday morning.
Frank V Brennan an industrial teacher and his wife Mrs Brennan a teacher joined Indian school children at Whiterocks for the pageant The Spirit of the Uintah Basin.
Professor Orson Ryan superintendent of Logan schools represented the educational department of International Harvester at the Uintah county fair last week and then returned home from Batardey Moraine.
Mr. and Mrs Jesse Haws have moved into their newly completed bungalow, marking the completion of a home project and a fresh start for the family.
Postmaster H J Chatwin of Jensen was in Vernal Saturday as a delegate to the Republican county convention.
John W Pope garage bookkeeper David Hill returns to the streets following a illness that lasted several days as he resumes his daily routine and duties.
Joseph P Harking and sons Don and Ferron left Wednesday for Salt Lake City to attend a conference and fair with Mrs. Mia accompanying.
Monday evening at Orpheus hall a farewell party was held for Miss Mary Winder who left Thursday for a mission to the Northwestern states.
J F Perry of Lapoint has filed for a water appropriation with state engineer Lloyd Garrison to divert 2.3 cubic feet per second from Little Water creek for irrigation of 160 acres.
President Wallace Calder departed Thursday morning for a conference and fair in Salt Lake City. He traveled with his mother Mrs. Mary Calder and others including O B Calder and Mrs. E J Winder. Mary Winder plans to leave October 8 for a mission to the north western states.
Wallace Calder, son of Mr and Mrs Kentia Calder, will depart Salt Lake City on October 18 to undertake a mission in the British Isles. He will join the church work there and teach and serve in assigned wards.
Hugh Woodard, member of the B A, and Democratic nominee for state superintendent of public instruction, spent three days in Vernal visiting boyhood friends. Woodard spoke at a Sunday stake M I A meeting during the visit.
James Hemstreet son of Mr and Mrs C E Hemstreet and Clifton McCoy son of W M McCoy left Monday for Fort Collins Colorado to enter Colorado Agricultural College. They drove in Clifton McCoys Ford coupe both graduates of the former Wilcox academy.
John T. Kay and thirteen teamsters hauled 71,500 pounds of dinosaur bones to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and returned Tuesday evening. Frank Zufelt rejoined the group after attending the funeral of his son Ernest who was accidentally killed by electricity.
Word from Salt Lake City reports Mrs. Witbeck Sr who had an operation for ulceration on Friday September 26 is improving rapidly and has sat up briefly. Mr. Witbeck is with her.
Benj P Kelly manager of the Kelly Mercantile company at Jensen with his son Bennie and his father returns from Denver Colorado where he went to purchase fall and winter goods and to visit. This marks Bennie’s first trip to Denver.
Liewtyn Jones, driver of the Dodge stage line, drank moonshine and after several failed attempts to hold up pedestrians was arrested and fined $50 by Justice Charles Carter. He claimed he was searching for an imaginary robber.
Prof. O Norman Olsen of Nephi High School notes the arrival of a boy and a girl on September 17 1924at his home. He says the twins enjoy weekly visits from The Vernal Express and praises his talented music students whose training shows in their work.
Frank Davie, principal of the Whiterocks Indian school, missed Friday night’s pageant The Spirit of the Uintah Basin where Indian children played a leading part due to the arrival of Inspector Pierce from the western division of the Indian Service.
Funeral services for Zeb Edwards a Lone Tree Wyoming stockman and Ashley Valley pioneer were held Friday September 26 at 2 pm in the Congregational church with Leo C Thorne conducting. President Wallace Calder preached the sermon. Mrs L C Thorne and Mrs W A Banks sang duets. Interment followed at Rock Point Cemetery with James M Shaffer dedicating the grave.
The M I A in the Vernal First and Vernal Second wards will convene Sunday at 7 30 in the Second ward chapel. The program features a girls chorus a cornet solo by Charles Lewis a reading by Misa Nial Nelson of the U H 8 a lecture by Charles H Colton and a piano solo by Doris Alexander. The public is invited.
Moses Moore of Handlett on business in town last week donated $5 for the Uintah county Soldier memorial monument. Moore is a contractor on the Star Mall Route from Ft. Duchesne to Ouray.
George O Freestone owner of the Beat Shoe Shop sold the equipment to Carl Pitt a well known young man employed by Newton Bros in their shoe and harness shop. He took possession Monday morning.
Gilbert Swain a 15 year old, son of Mr and Mrs Nick Swain, was struck on his bicycle by a Dodge Stage driver while riding to his brick kiln job. He suffered scalp lacerations requiring stitches after the collision near the nsphalt pavement. he rode back to town for medical care.
Funeral services for Mary Hawes Anderson were held at the Naples ward house with Bishop C M Iverson presiding. A quartet sang and speakers reflected on life and death while pallbearers were six of her sons. She left a husband L B Anderson and three children along with her mother two sisters and two brothers. Naples Correspondent
The first annual Banquet of the boys and girls clubs of Uintah county at the U H S assembly hall drew over 200 members after a busy day at the fair. Attendees heard speeches on club work and life skills from County Agent E Peterson, Attorney Wallace Calder, Uncle Ben Eldredge, Mrs Effie Barrows, and Orson F Ryan.
For bargains in used cars see L L Allan at Vernal Auto Co 49 11 on FOR SALE Check Protectograph This is a bargain Call at this office oF 39 TE
The Calder Family Association will hold its annual reunion on October 4 at 7 p m at Nibley Park in Salt Lake City.
Mrs Olga BG Miller of Washington Iowa supreme organizer of P E O visited Vernal as a guest of Chapter C. She toured FP E O in the western states and British Columbia. Chapter C entertained Mrs Miller with a four course dinner at the Commercial hotel on Thursday evening last.
Saturday Miss Leon Hardy, second daughter of Mr and Mrs A A Hardy and vice president of the U H S student body for 1924 1925, and DeVera Carroll son of Mr and Mrs Joseph H Carroll, all of Vernal, were married by Duchesne County Clerk Anton J Larsen in Duchesne. Express joins friends in wishing them joy.
A farewell testimonial was held in the Maeser ward house for Warren Jones son of Mr and Mrs Isaac M Jones who left September 30 for the Northern states to do missionary work for the L D S church. A fine program followed by a dance marked the evening. Jones recently clerked at Ashley Co-op and was active in church and music circles.
Mrs May Leng proprietress of the Commercial hotel surprised friends with her marriage to John A. Jorgensen a well known Vernal man Justice Charles Carter performed the ceremony many friends wished them happiness in married life.
On Wednesday morning R. M. Tiffany and W. M. Taylor of Price bought the Calder Confectionery from Pontha Calder. Tiffany, a former Calder employee now in the Price drug business, and Taylor, a Price music man and show house manager, plan to add Edison photograph foods. Calder will stay on at Calder Bros. Creamery for the present.
Crowds gathered for the Orpheus pageant The Spirit of the Uintah Basin last Thursday despite rain The event featured 250 participants and praise from Salt Lake City visitors The Whites Rocks Indian School and local organizers Stella Richards Iona Woolley and Mary Winder led the effort The Ladies Aid Society planned a chicken dinner on Election Day 40-11
Announcement of the death of six year old Frank Hodson at his parents home in El Paso Heights California on September 20 1924 from spinal meningitis. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Frank Hodson and their relatives Alma and Frank Preece are connected through Mrs Hodson. The Hodsons moved from Maeser to California about two years ago.
Charlie H. Davis of the Palace Market advertises for dressed hogs in a recent Express issue and is convinced of the value of advertising.
The speaker recalls many readers contacting the paper by phone and mail from across the Uintah Basin and Colorado. They express that advertising pays and prompts a strong response from subscribers and advertisers alike.
We thank friends and neighbors for their sympathy after the loss of our husband and father. Grateful for the many floral offerings from Florence Edwards Beatrice Edwards Myrtle Edwards and others.
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