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Vernal Express

Location

Vernal, Utah, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1945

Page

8

Provo Families and Salt Lake Visitors In Local Notes

Provo and Salt Lake City families figure in a cluster of social notes. Ben Mondragon Glines and Ceris E Johnson with Corinna Beth and Katie Annat Nana Ae Anes are linked to Mabie ta Pian School. Mrs Elden Perry recently returned from California for medical care. Leah Holfeliz registers for year 1 at UH S while employed in Salt Lake City. Ernest Johnson and Loreen visited in Salt Lake City with Sacrament meeting speakers John B Eaton and William Holfeltz. Teddy Wor gave a scriptural reading and Meriam Perry played a piano solo.

Provo Ben Mondragon Salt Lake City Ceris E. Johnson Corinna Beth Katie Annat Nana Ae

Local social roundup at the Calvin Jorgensen home

Leota Mra Calvin Jorgensen correspondents note visiting families and weekend guests from Lewiston Provo Vernal and Salt Lake County. Ward events include a swimming party at the Jorgensen residence and a Sunday School conference led by the Stoke Board with Mayor Stringham traveling to Salt Lake City.

Don van Dyke Grant Leo Yorrenten Lewiston Utah Calvin Jorgensen Bus Brennen George Boyd Provo Louie Hall Boyd Ward Cal Jorgen William Pearce Jr Dallasisen Pearce Netaland Arpenter Lynwood Sta 35 Glenna Driggs Salt Lake Ralph Durfee Fred Giles

Witmer to Take Over Vernal Tin Shop

Heber Witmer formerly of Ridgecrest California arrived Friday to manage the Vernal tin shop at 162 Main Street, replacing his father David. The Witmer family has operated Vernal tins since 1894, with the latest upgrades to equipment to handle modern sheet metal work. He brings four years of West Coast sheet metal experience and is joined by his wife and four year old daughter.

Heber Witmer Ridgecrest Calif Vernal Tnn Main St David Witmer Witmer Jr West Coast Vernal Robert Witmer David Witmer

Vernal Range Hearings Appointed By Interior Officer

Perry T Willamy of Salt Lake acted as hearings officer for the Department of the Interior in Vernal this week handling cases on range rights and privileges at the county courthouse. Mc Naughton versus Logan Bros sought a postponement with ten days to file. Blanche and Smith saw a date requested. C Naylor reported that a formal action on a license in District Eight be rescinded due to an interagency agreement between the Grazing Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Perry T Willamy Salt Lake Department of the Interior County Court House John E McNaughton Logan Bros Steamboat Springs Colorado Knox Patterson MecNaughton Moroni A Blanche Emory Smith Shearings C Naylor District Grazing Service District Eight Bureau of Indian Affairs

Cattle Market Steady on Better Kinds with Wide Variations

North Salt Lake livestock market reports steady prices for top cattle while discounts apply to lighter and lower quality stock. Best fat steers bring up to 1456 dollars, grass heifers reach 1250 to 1350, cows range 4 to 12 dollars, and hogs top near 1505 with sows to 1430.

Livestockarket North Salt Lake

Rangely Oil Drilling Update and Local News

Oil field notes report Stanolind Ol & Gas-Haygood No 2 at 6072 feet, Lacey No 1 at 5393 feet, and other wells in Rangely with depths and statuses. Pipeline rumor to Portland Oregon for Rangely crude. Local education opens Sept 10 with 56 pupils last year. staff assignments listed. Assembly of God church rented for high school. bus driver Melva Steele. Wasatch Ol Co trailer move to Wasatch lease. Residents and visitors including the Sowards of Vernal and Wasatch staff noted.

Ol & Gas Haygood Lacey No Texas Co Carney Raven Oil & Refining Ca Govt Govt No California Ol Group Ltd Equity Oil Co Colorado Standlind Oil & Gas Co Maybell Blue Maybell Cole Craig Meeker Mauchin Guldwell Frontier Refining Co Theresa Gross Miss Honer Colorado State Agricultural College Assembly of God Church Melva Steele Manning & Brown Drilling Co Rangely Wasatch Ol Co Lester Kenney HS Sowards Glade Vernal Sowards Norman Wyoming Connor Tank Co

Kenneth Gale Injured Sunday in Vehicle Accident

Three and a half year old Kenneth Gale, son of LaMar and Dorothy Noel Gale of Provo, sustained a deep head gash Sunday when a car door opened and he was thrown onto the highway. The Gales were returning to Provo, about 12 miles west of Vernal. He is recovering at Basin Hospital. Thelma Whitney Ashton Bros employee has been on a week’s vacation in Salt Lake.

Kenneth Gale LaMar Dorothy Noel Gale Provo Gales Vernal The Basin Hospital Thelma Whitney Ashton Bros Salt Lake

Baby born at Basin Hospital to Aagard couple

Ashley Preece reports that Mr and Mrs James C Aagard are parents of a baby girl born September 7 at Basin Hospital. The child is the la daughter of Bishop IC L Richens. Mr Aagard is stationed at Norman Oklahoma. Also listed are families of Smith Swett and Hansen attending a Smith reunion at Green Lakes. Mia opening social at the chapel with a dance afterward. Anna Morrison and Charles Davis traveling to Salt Lake to join Edith Sellers and Lillie Murray in Sacramento. Gerald Arrowsmith leaving Sunday for army induction. he was a guest at a meadow gathering the prior week.

Sacrament Meeting Edith Winn Alma Preece Lewis Gardiner James C Aagard the Basin Hospital Aagard IC L Richens Norman Okla Alvin Smith Anna Smith Elmer Swett Wilma Hansen Smith I Green Lakes Anna Morrison Charles Davis Salt Lake Edith Sellers Lillie Murray Sacramento Calif Gerald Arrowsmith

Party Games and a 30 day furlough noted in local update

The report lists social touches from Tex Sweatfield departing Sunday for Texas after a 30 day furlough here. Tia Watkins spent Sunday in Jensen with Mr and Mrs Carl Richardson. Mr and Mrs Warren Jones returned from Salt Lake where Mr Jones was under medical care. Dorothy Winn came home after visiting Denver. The Prima presented Children’s Hospital a clever skel.

Tex Sweatfield Texas Tia Watkins Jensen Carl Richardson Warren Jones Salt Lake Jones Dorothy Winn Denver Prima Childrens Hospital

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