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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1935
Page
4
The Hernal Express weekly in Vernal Utah lists editor William B Wallis and publisher Wallis, with misprinted details and a 1909 registration. Subscription options show yearly, six month, and three month rates, all in advance. The paper proclaims independence in politics and optimism for a bigger Uintah Valley.
State moving to convert Stewart Lakes area into a public hunting and nesting ground in Ashley Valley. WPA funds to underwrite surveys and construction as local sportsmen, officials, and lawmakers support the plan to create a major bird refuge.
Delegations press for consolidation to save funds as federal aid term nears. Leota supporters warn loss harms community structure and farming viability. Debates reference Avalon Green River area, water shortages driving relocations and school closures.
A Utah board discussed bus route changes and transfer of contracts for janitors bus drivers and teachers. Patrons of Davis ward sought consolidation of Davis elementary grades with Lybbert teaching seventh and eighth grades at Vernal junior high and sixth grade moving to Vernal Central. Adults other than employees cannot ride buses without a permit from the visiting school principal.
The event salutes Utah pioneers of 1877 to 1879 with recitations, poems, dances, and stories. Notables like Lydia Jenkins and Samuel Kimball recount crossings, cholera experiences, and early camp life, while a photograph captures attendees. Prices for admission and season rodeo tickets are listed, with eight camps noted and multiple DUP officers named.
The Salt Lake City attendees report that District No 8 enforces December 1, 1935, as the deadline to remove unlicensed livestock from the public domain. Landowners must possess licenses before entering the district and pay assessments of one cent per head for sheep and four cents for cattle and horses. Licenses will specify assessment amounts and trailing permits will be arranged for within the district, restricting licensees to their usual grazing areas.
County officials plan dyking work along the Green River at Leota to protect farming lands from flood waters. They will cooperate as far as possible. A motion to hire relief workers for road work passed unanimously. Courthouse closes at noon during the Vernal Rodeo on September 12 1314. An ordinance on beer licenses will be drawn by County Attorney Hugh W Colton. Tax adjustments were requested.
Fragmentary OCR describes a high energy motorized act at the fair grounds with machine wide open, spins and aerial moves as a performer tilts toward the earth. The text hints at a scheduled event for next Thursday, continuing a page one story.
Superintendent L G Noble announces the first annual Uintah County teachers association institute set for next Saturday at Uintah High School. Over 80 teachers plus bus drivers, janitors and officials will attend. The program features Warren Taylor, Hazel Brockbank, B N Robinson, Arthur Peterson, D Sparks and others to discuss unified education and junior high plans.
A meeting of principals of schools will be held Friday at 2 p m to seek cooperation in all school activities.
State highway patrolman Verna Davis will speak to Uintah county school bus drivers at Uintah High School on Saturday morning. The talk, titled The Responsibility of a School Bus Driver, aims to improve safety for district children amid about four buses in use.
Mayor and Mrs J C Cooper and their son Jay returned last week from an extended trip that included Bryce Canyon, Boulder Dam, Los Angeles, San Diego, the exposition, and a return north to Portland and the Columbia River before coming home. An aunt, Mrs E Foster of American Fork, accompanied them.
Funeral services for Calvin Markle Massey born December 1933 in Vernal son of John N and Gladys Britt Massey were held in Maeser ward chapel on a Wednesday at 2pm with Bishop Lester Bingham presiding. He died September 2 at the Maeser home after a brief illness.
A Vernal child died after a prolonged illness believed to stem from a contracted lung infection caused by a black gnat. Surviving are nine siblings and the parents, Mrs Eula Hall and others listed, with interment at Rock Point cemetery where grave dedication was given by George O Massey. The service featured a special chorus and a solo by Mire John Jorgensen.
People of the valley mourn the sudden death of Mrs Agnes Jacobson wife of David Jacobson. She passed away Thursday August 29 at Riverton after gall stone surgery. The Jacobson family lived in this ward previously and were active in church and school work. Mrs Jacobson was visiting during the UBI. Her body was taken to Springville for burial.
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