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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1949
Page
2
The story recounts Leon Mosieff, builder of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, facing harsh press criticism. Reporter Douglas Welch called to praise him, urging understanding of engineering challenges and the value of seeing from another's view to improve human relations.
Lt. Virgil L. McMickell, son of Mrs. Dora M. Richardson of Vernal, has graduated from an eighth army engineer school in Japan as a grader operator. He was advanced to private on June 8 and is now training in diesel mechanics. He enlisted in Salt Lake City on January 14 and departed for Japan April 26 from Camp San Manuel, California. He trained at Fort Ord Mar Salinas, California. Pvt. McMickell and Floyd O. Reynolds of Vernal serve in Japan in different outfits. He was the youngest oil driller in the Rangely field before joining the service.
Local residents report visits and trips across towns including Roosevelt Avery Craig and Heber. Guests include Mable Jenkin Correspor, Hattie Hacking, Delbert Horrocks, Thelma Winn, Ardith Huber, and Mable Jenkins, with many family and hospital updates and a mention of a stake primary officers’ visit in Vernal.
More than 202,000 World War II veterans by June 1 had exhausted their GI Bill training entitlements or completed Public Law 16 rehabilitation for disabled veterans, according to VA figures.
Ray E. Dillman of Vernal recently named president of the western states mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was honored at a farewell testimonial in his home community.
At a October 5 BPW meeting hosted by Mrs. Gladys Woolley, fourteen members and five guests attended a tray luncheon and were entertained by L. C. Thorne who projected slides of native mountain flowers canyon scenes and photos from the July 24 homecoming parade.
Utah anglers chase two elusive $50 trout tagged in the KSL Gold Fish Derby for 1940. 178 KSL tagged trout have been caught. the two $50 prizes remain unfished as fishing closes October 3.
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