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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1939
Page
6
Community updates from Vernal Utah and nearby towns note visits by residents to relatives and friends, farm and ranch happenings, church services and Sunday School attendance, rodeo preparations, social events, and local business notices. Cattle sales related to estate matters are reported, along with births and family visits.
Two hundred men will be put to work on new roads in Uintah county. The road between Fa point and Vernal will be counted. The Uintah Railway company builds a railroad between Rainbow and Temple mine. The Uintah Canning company starts canning in new plant. Preparations for a fair with farm products underway. Bir and Mrs A A Weeks announce a baby boy. LeRoy Carroll heads to Hawaii for a two year mission. Music course at Uintah Academy gains new instruments and hopes for a sizable band. Baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Willard Rasmussen. Heavy rainstorm washes out two bridges between Vernal and Roosevelt. Saula J Parr and Ethel Hulling-er wed at bride’s home.
Several local items record among them the Uintah Stake Academy opening on September 4th with the largest student body yet enrolled. BUILDING activity includes Joseph Black erecting a carpenter shop and E W Davis Co undertaker supplies. Baby births, marriages, and missions are noted along with farm prospects and a possible new courthouse. The area sees road paving plans and rodeo attendance as residents gather for community events.
In a brief item from La lan oat t potrt area Clive Sprouse a farmer purchased a stake in Mot Bukk ft land sedan Mrrwosr it. Mrs Elizabeth Nebekers guard of The s tt Mo Adel fall is mentioned in the same fragmentary notice.
After spending the past week visiting Shearcompany, brothers Theodore Johnson Reed and Ralph Hodgks arrive from the mines to attend the rodeo. Dave Johnson of California joins the gathering, signaling a cross coast interest in regional events.
Mr and Mrs Ray Mollerbok and children along with Mr and Mrs Lester Hollenbeck and children were mentioned in a Willow Creek Post notice. Andrew of Oakland California appears among names in the readable fragment.
The fragmentary report lists residents visiting schools and events in Vernal and nearby areas. It mentions families such as Mr and Mrs Marvin Hatch, Mr and Mrs A L Johnson, Verna, Helen and Carl Squier, and Corrine Burgess, with references to plays, rodeos, and weekend gatherings.
Dr V Lewis will be at the hotel in Roosrvke mid September from 10 am until 1 pm on Wednesday September 20 and at Duchesne on Wednesday September 20 from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. The text lists locations and times but contains garbled fragments.
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