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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1940
Page
4
A historical notice urges observance of Prevention Week highlighting the link between fire protection and national defense. It notes rising output in industry and warns that a single fire in a key factory could delay weapon production, urging all citizens to take precautions and participate in safety efforts.
The Maeser ward records a busy autumn with a Sunday School service, tributes to officers, and remarks by Mrs Marvin Smith. The beautification project at the Maeser chapel progresses, a birthday party for Joy Smith is noted, and several families travel or host visitors.
An unusual assembly was presented in the ward with a gathering at Mrs Jennie Héleo’s home. Families including the Glines and Perry households attended as Bishop John Bhitt opened the meeting with organizational notes and ward presidents. The event featured games, refreshments, and a display of ward activities, with guests from Logan and Ogden joining in.
Vera Meyiard of California and Mary Naylor visited here for three weeks, with relatives Mr Williams and Mrs Nikither hosting. Verbal updates list week’s guests, church events, dances, and long-time residents attending gatherings in Vernal and nearby Salt Lake trips.
Miscellaneous rental and sale notices from Vernal Utah area including five room house for rent near Vernal center, multiple apartments, and various homes for sale or trade. Listings mention prices, contact names, and addresses with additional items such as old jewelry buys and hardware ads. Several items reference Oct 3 dates and local residents like Mrs Beck and Mrs John Davis, plus general misc classified lines about vehicles and farm items.
Bishop Owen Slough of the Ver nal Becond ward traveled to Balt Lake on Thursday to be present at a special bishops’ meeting and participate in the event.
Uintah County receives 566,888 from state school funds as part of a statewide apportionment totaling 150,000 to 40 Utah school districts under the uniform funds act. Superintendent Charles M Skidmore announced district shares including Alpine 953,558, Davis 431,584, Emery 4,073.71, Grand 18,799, and North Summit 4,378.19 among others.
Fragmentary OCR listing shows county and city names with large numbers and a few stray codes like 1 $25R4 T. No coherent event or context is present to form a proper news item.
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