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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1954
Page
13
The Stake MIA prepares a square dance at the Stake Center this Saturday with a 1 to 4 pm instruction period for beginners led by Mrs Grant. Regular dancing starts at 9 pm and wards should bring two favorite square dance records. Refreshments will be sold.
A large group of ladies from the Uintah Basin Federated Women's Clubs gathered in Roosevelt for their annual fall convention. Mrs. Charles R. Henderson led pledges and welcomed attendees, with committee reports from multiple clubs and speakers on Americana and United Nations themes. An instrumental number by Garth Teggean and a vocal by LeRoy Anderson complemented the program.
Navy Chief Dunn and wife visit Mrs Dunn’s mother Clarissa McCurdy. Dunn retires after 20 years in the Navy with foreign service. The Dunns have traveled to Hawaii, St George Utah, Salt Lake City, Misa Arizona, Sal myrn New York and Joseph Smith home areas. They look forward to returning to This Is The Place. LADIES AID The Community Congregational Church group met October 20 hosted by Alma Jeffries. They plan a chicken dinner to be served at the Community House on election day November 2.
Five Uintah County citizens were named as enumerators for the 1234 Census of Agriculture announced by Crew Leader Marvin Smith. They include Mrs Clara M Jenkins D A Sesatons John R Lind Leo E Hacking all from Vernal and Harald Dudley from Ranchett. Enumerators will canvass farms in part of Uintah County interviewing operators to record farming operations facilities and equipment while working at least eight hours daily and possibly evenings. Training starts November 3 with a four day session and field enumeration begins November 8 1954, with completion expected in three to four weeks.
Frances Simken reports Arlen Jensen son of the Jensens returns home after nearly four years in the navy aboard the Brinkle lass Destroyer in the Far East. Jean Jensen attends BYU. Visitors include Clinton Dahlberg and Mrs Redderson of Garden Grove California and Lema of Salt Lake.
The Glines ward recreation hall hosted a reception Friday October 8 for newlyweds Dallas G Perry and Anita Louise Liebhardt who wed September 29 in Elko Nevada. Attendants included Sally and Jannea Liebhardt, George Searle S, Jackie Liebhardt, Gary Glines, and locals helped with flowers food and serving. Out-of-town guests Archie Chadburn and family and Tony Liebhardt attended.
A weekend deer hunt drew numerous visitors to Vernal and nearby homes. Attendees included families from Salt Lake City and Los Angeles visiting locals such as the Manwaring, Sainsbury, and Goodrich households. Several relatives joined from Billings, Meeker, Roosevelt, and Detroit, with BYU reporters and students attending a yearbook convention locally. Notable mentions include Dr Otto Sainsbury, Mrs Ruth Preece, and several Eaton and Stagg families as hosting guests and participants in hunting trips.
The couple plan to reside in Rangely where Mr Perry works for the Monn Lake Electrical Association. The news notes the bride’s twin brother as a referenced relative in the Ogden area.
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