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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1931
Page
1
A silver airship known as the Graf Zeppelin sailed over London with a fleet of moths and planes in view. Forty thousand people watched as it landed quietly after dropping a parachute with mail, amid police and officials guiding a cheering crowd. The piece also discusses wartime industry, car production advances, and rail freight trends in Britain.
Uintah County prepares for a large fall enrollment with Uintah High School starting classes Tuesday after registration on Saturday and Monday. Principal LeG gran de Noble oversees a modern campus with expanded programs, a new cement tennis court, improved athletic facilities, home economics and shop offerings, and a full slate of staff and committees for the 1931-32 year.
Mrs Leslie Ashton Miss Donna Hanks Mrs Rae Ashton Mrs Sy bil Collyer and Miss Louise Jorgens motored to Roosevelt last weekend and attended a bridge luncheon at the home of Mrs Clare Aston.
A narrative tracing the Lewis family movement from Mosquito Creek near Council Bluffs to Kentucky, Missouri and on to Salt Lake Valley. It recalls ancient ties, the Hiwing Mill massacre near Far West, a perilous westward trek with oxen and covered wagons, a buffalo stampede, and arrival in Utah by 1850 with father David Lewis a Kentucky native and coop er by trade and a enslaved worker named Jerry present.
W K Hall and George W Grim dell of Salt Lake City were in Ver nal on business Tuesday.
The district faces a tight funding year with tax-based revenue uncertain. Estimates predict seven to eight months of schooling with a seven month term likely for regular schools and eight months for high school. The board plans about ten thousand dollars in cost cuts, including transportation and staffing reductions, while noting better outcomes on state uniform tests and a cost per pupil below the state average.
Mr and Mrs Lee McClelland visiting Vernal with his parents narrowly escaped death in a violent Las Vegas flood Saturday night. Their car was swept off the highway by a two foot wall of water after a washout appeared, turning over. Rescuers tossed a rope and dragged them to safety. Mr McClelland is the son of Mr and Mrs Taylor McClelland.
Exhibits at the Uintah County Show September 25 and 26 will draw wide interest. The event includes Future Farmers and Community displays, agricultural products, livestock, home economics, foods, clothing, and floral culture. Educational exhibits come from Leo Thorne Pepnard Seed Plant Forest Service Unitah High School and others. Contests on Friday and a free barbecue on Saturday accompany a dance at the Imperial each night. Entrance is free to grounds exhibits contests and barbecue.
The district court docket features guilty findings and pending verdicts as juries hear cases including a persistent violator Bennion. Juvenile court handles a burglary felony and several civil and probate actions proceed or are continued with remarks on law enforcement and statewide economic impact.
Lions clubs from Vernal and Roosevelt met at Roosevelt on Wednesday night with District Governor Richards. Leaders praised fraternal fellowship and discussed future joint events and mail service route changes for Uintah Basin.
Between July 1 and August 20, a series of fires scorched the Ashley forest, burning about 2,700 acres of timber and testing government response amid the season's heat and smoke.
Dr Woodard Henderson, a Utah licensed drugless physician and chiropractor with fifteen years in the field, will locate in Vernal with temporary quarters in one of the Henderson camp cabins. He emphasizes drugless dietetics and manual treatment.
A Harvard Peabody Museum expedition led by Donald Scott surveys earth ruins and pictographs west of the Colorado and Green rivers, tracing Basketmaker and Cliff Dweller cultures to at least the Wyoming line. Motion pictures from the General Steam corporation airplane tour will be shown nationwide.
The Uintah county fair is planned for Vernal on September 22 using the Vernal First ward buildings and city center lots for livestock exhibits and the race track. Couples listed include Walter Collier and Elizabeth Southam, Monroe Sfayes and Cornell Mott of Vernal, with Frank E Davis and Adelina Merkley of Duchesne City. News notes mention newborns and a world‑circumnavigation Times wire dispatch took sixteen and a half minutes to travel 22613 miles. Vivian Watkins plans to attend Columbia Law School in New York.
Thirty years ago residents of Vernal anticipate halting a electric light project with public enthusiasm. John son is expected to secure the necessary number of lights and backing to install the system as work begins on a Gilnes school house. Browne travels to Salt Lake City on Gilsonite business.
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