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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1923
Page
3
Miss Josephing Hacking was entertained at a Tuesday dinner party hosted by her parents. Attending were Pearl Shimmin Minia and Gus Davis Mesgra Haller Whitbeck Hugh Colton R Stanley Rheos and Sidney N Parkenson. Mr Rheos and Mr Parkenson were Colton's companions in the mission field.
The column lists births and family updates including Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bingham welcoming a baby girl born Saturday Sept 29 and Mr. and Mrs Fred Reynolds adding another daughter born Sunday Sept 30 making seven children. Various residents move, visit, or travel for fairs and conferences with names like James Hansen Ephriam Pitt and Morgan Merkley noted.
Jasper W Elliott and wife left for Shiprock New Mexico after a farewell party. Friends from Whiterocks Myron Randilett and Ouray attended along with many locals. County fair turnout high and 65 to 70 carloads from Fort Duchesne joined a five night Roosevelt Chautauqua. Crickenburger from Shiprock will head clerk role and Supt Kweala enjoys new home. Ross Crandall welcomed a 7 1 2 pound baby girl born Sept 26.
Miss Elizabeth Ingers of Salt Lake City visits the Weeks residence for ten days and plans to return home for a conference. Carson Kidd leaves for Provo, accompanied by his mother Mrs. A B Kidd. Arthur Corless loses a saddle horse to a kick. Wills Johnson and David Kerren Jr transport beef cattle to Denver. Victor Karren and Clyde Johnson travel by eighty. Mrs Rose Bourdette Johnson survives a horse slip but is rolled over. she is not badly hurt.
A truck carrying citizens avoided a serious crash when a hole opened along the outer edge of the south end of the Maeser bridge over the big canal. The right front wheel dropped to the axle as the driver tried to dodge a heavy drop. Passengers named Morley Jones C B Bartlett and wife John Morkley A M Lyman Bishop Horace Morrill and Miss Grace Morrill escaped unharmed.
Mrs Mitte Rutherford and sister Eliza visited with their brother Leonard Farnsworth this past week while Tex Smith from Sunnyside attended the fair in Vernal. Wilbur Arnold and family move to a new homestead north of town, and Otto Mayhew relocates his family to the Albert Halen house. Poultry thefts have surged with heavy losses, sparking calls for local authorities to act as threshers work and seed yields continue.
Roas Bartlett hosted dinner guests with Mrs Naylor and Miss M L Naylor Sunday. Mr and Mrs George Wilson of Fort Duchesne called on Gushor Monday. Miss Mirlant Sauer visited Vernal for school, returning Sunday. Mr and Mrs B Colton and their children spent Monday in Vernal.
A crowded Vernal week includes visits from Don and Mrs Hayward of Bountiful Utah and Roy and Verd Taylor with plans to attend school in Bountiful. Other locals travel between Payson Independence and Roosevelt while Moroni messages mark community celebration. Volunteer groups elect officers and Mrs Lee lends space for winter music classes.
The record cites a meeting where a cistern project was confirmed as finished and a committee appointed to oversee it. Teachers organized an assembly program and a Watermelon Bust was held at President Rasmussen’s home with games and melons. Vernal visitors Lamoreaux and Bartlett traveled with local families. Haydes Foster's alfalfa seed harvest occurred. Mr. Feater recently lost a foot in an accident.
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