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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1954
Page
7
Maeser School hosted a Tuesday afternoon exhibit of over 200 student artworks from the summer recreation program. About 100 people visited. refreshments were served as Uintah Recreational Association sponsored the program with Ruth Hastem as instructor.
The Uintah PTA council convened at the Beton Library on September 3 with representatives from eight schools and PTA officers present. Discussion covered planning for the regional PTA meeting, registration on September 13, and start of school activities. Attendees include Mrs. Walter Woosley, Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Adams, and Kenneth Caldwell returning from a 3,000 mile trip. Kenneth is in the Marines and had served in Korea. Cultural Arts Club held a progressive summer fair visiting four homes. Ladies Aid met September 1. O V Club met at Besst Tener’s home focusing on a reading from the book Discoveries monism.
Miss Henrietta Schroemges and Wayne Martinsen married in Elko Nevada on August 19. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Schroemges of Orem, wore a powder blue embossed taffeta gown with a sweetheart neckline. After a family party on August 23, the groom departed for overseas duty in Germany, leaving for Camp Kilmer and then Sedelberg to join the Army occupation forces. The bride is a Provoigh graduate and worked as a church welfare secretary in Orem.
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold a meeting Friday at 7 30 p m in the American Legion Hall to discuss plans for the District Convention to be held in Vernal on October 10. George W Worthen and wife from Provo visited Vernal, Worthen a candidate for state supreme court judge and former Fourth Judicial District judge.
The column chronicles a flurry of summer travels and visits in Vernal Utah and nearby areas. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Taylor and others toured Yosemite Los Angeles San Francisco Tlajauna and Boulder Dam. Various relatives visited from California Wyoming Montana and Colorado. Several locals departed for training assignments and schooling while others returned from vacations and family gatherings.
A brief 1954 clipping references a WHAMAL bag event scheduled for Thursday September 9. The exact details are faint, but the entry notes a public or organizational item connected to the WHAMAL term and a Thursday date in September.
Wayland Mattson of Ogden Je in Vernal on a special assignment at the local forest office accompanied by Mrs Hattson. He is assistant in charge of fire control in the region office at Ogden and formerly lived in Vernal as Ashley National Forest assistant supervisor.
Mrs Rooks shares letters from Kim Jim Hwan a 24 year old Taegu teacher with a wife and two children He teaches 120 students with four teachers and uses English and Korean in class He thanks Mrs Rooks for seeds sent by her class and notes flowers grew well though onions and corn struggled due to heavy rainfall He describes Taegu a major city with four universities and wartime destruction limiting equipment He hopes to study aeronautics in the United States but faces slim chances Meanwhile another correspondent Kyu Byong Hu reports Paul Schofield is home on leave from Nellis Air Force Base Las Vegas after a year overseas most time in Korea
Duane Anderson visited his parents before returning to Long Beach California where he is Navy stationed and plans a transfer to Seattle. The George F Walker family hosted a lawn party at Bryce Erickson’s home with lunch, a program, and many photographs. Attendees included George F Walker from Springville Ace Walker family from Salt Lake City and others from Orem Aurora and Glenwood Springs for a Beneficial Life Insurance convention.
A novel patching mix for highways blends naphtha kerosene diesel and asphalt. Developed at the Engineering Experiment Station University of Arkansas Wayetteville the material claims greater durability than prior patches. The oil based formula speeds travel and promises smoother roads.
The Make It Yourself with Wool contest occurs today in the Uintah High School home economics room. Sponsored by the 7 Lady Woolgrowers Association, the event features a fashion show with one senior winner and two junior winners to advance to the state contest. Cash prizes are offered. Olds participants will see hair styling, a European tour lecture, modeling instruction, and an evening state fashion show. Eligible entrants are girls aged 14 to 22 modeling self-made coats, suits, or dresses made from 100 percent virgin wool.
Patterns at Main Cour ty Hospital this week per administrator Erland Preece list medical patients including Mrs Wallace Parkin Mrs Jane Briggs Gary Hatch Mrs Leafy Moore Robert Pease Mrs Edith Allred and Mrs Keith Clark Surgical cases include Ezra Boren Wallace Perry Lloyd Luck and Mrs Arthur Stone.
Congratulations pour in for several families with new births in September including Parley Gurr in Ponarea, Shirley William, Milton Searle, Tay Frisby, and David Hopper with a boy. Also noted is Danes Department of the headquarters in Vernal and visits by relatives such as Tony Minardi family of Cheyenne and Ben Jones of Salt Lake City visiting Charles D. Anderson at his home, with kinship ties outlined.
Utah voters would vote on a proposed amendment to create a county based senatorial district system. Uintah County would receive one senator and one representative, while large counties could gain seats after the first guaranteed by the constitution. Salt Lake, Utah, Weber, and Davis counties would see increases in both senators and representatives based on the 1950 census figures.
Miss Gayla Hacking visits her parents Ike and Damuly Hacking after a Hawaii trip. Pan American Airways presented her with gifts including lilies orchids phemeria and carnations at a gathering in Salt Lake City. About fifty guests enjoyed films and slides from her travels as friends from Craig Jensen and Jensen joined in.
The proposal would cut Weber County and Utah County from seven to six and five respectively, reducing their representation and increasing overall balance. The state senate would rise from 22 to 29 members, altering the 3 stage body from 60 to a higher total.
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