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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1950
Page
9
Mrs Alma Preece reports Mr and Mrs Doyle Morrison and family and Mr and Mrs Tay Hayew left Thursday for Sacramento as part of a Morrison family visit itinerary.
The past two weeks saw families visiting relatives and traveling. Mr and Mrs Morrison and Mrs Edith Winn had a major operation Saturday at the county hospital. Ilen Gardiner works for JC Penney Co. Darrell Merrell home sold to Daniel Smith family. Lawrence Thorne and family moved to Los Angeles after ten days with Mrs Thorne's parents. Leona Miller and Eddie with Gary Stewart visited Cedar City and her parents. Keith Fielding and Harold Stevens spent weekends with relatives. A Sunday meeting featured Walt Richens speaking and scripture readings. Howard Harrison and family were called to Ogden for Emma Hatlard's funeral. Callers to the Calderwell home included August Schmidt, Hasteller of Peru Indiana, and Aaron Larson of San Diego.
Mr and Mrs Charles Bing ham attended the Indian missionaries conference at Whiterocks last Sunday. The Berlake convention in Vernal drew Mrs Coston Julia Kettle and Mrs Mills Hatch.
Wayne Roberts of Vernal was named to official capacity in the Sheepshearers' Union local 301 B at the annual state membership meeting in Provo. The session also featured talks on labor and political issues from state AFL officials, including J R Wilson of Salt Lake City and Harold Dodge, president of the Central Utah Labor Council.
Cloyd Kump of Sutchief Nevada spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Zack Kump. Numerous relatives and friends gathered for birthdays and visits as area residents traveled between Vernal Heber and Roosevelt. The Lapoint School opened with Thelma Lee as Principal and a large local turnout noted visits from relatives and friends across counties.
The MIA staged a successful ward fair at the chapel featuring booths such as Junior Cleaners with a Kiss for sale motif, Bee Hive crafts, Gleaner girls crafts, and rose corsages. A varied program included piano solos, tap dance, vocal solos, and duets. Community residents and new YWMIA counselors attended the event and presented gifts to retiring officers.
A Green River building program valued at over 1 million dollars is under way with 119 houses under construction. A 96 home project by Kellonstruction Co. is sold out, part of a Chamber of Commerce effort to fund housing for workers since before World War II, in a rail town eager for residential growth.
More than 100 workers at the Green River railroad and the Trona mine at Westvaco are commuting from Rock Springs. A large portion have contracted for new homes in Green River or plan to occupy vacancies created by locals building homes.
A fragmented item notes that tronwork inspection became general in 1878. The text mentions a shift in status or practice but provides no further context, dates, or specific organizations.
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