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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1923
Page
8
Archly Smith works at the Farmers market. Moses Moore visits from Rundlett on Tuesday. Various locals travel to Salt Lake City and Provo for business and pleasure. New births, vacations, homestead filings, and school plans are noted along with fair prep and community happenings in Vernal and surrounding areas.
A stream of travelers is listed with Johnston Watson Vernal connections and stops including Mrs C W Rogers and her father from Marshalltown Iowa, Julia Harriott teaching at Watson, H A Carman en route to Ouray via Vernal, and others traveling to Grand Junction Rifle and Fort Duchesne. A Gilaon Asphalt official party led by James E Hood visited Vernal, with Sally McAndrews hosting them during their stay.
Committees of the ULB met at Fort Duchesna for the final settlement of the Aug 15 17 convention. About $100 remains in the treasury. They plan annual meetings with a permanent organization at an interior spot. The aim is to preserve high educational standards and community entertainment while deferring boxing and wild west shows to other groups.
A business banquet will be held Friday at 6 30 p m at the Vernal Chamber of Commerce to rally 100 percent behind the county fair. The event discusses vital community matters and highlights the chamber as the Ashley valley clearing house seeking broad support for Uintah Basin growth.
The Salt Lake County Game and Protective Association mailed booklets titled Be a Sportaman, a speech by Utah fish and game commissioner D. H. Madsen, to the Vernal Gun and Rifle club for local distribution. The association, with over 1000 members, aims to promote Utah game resources and make the state a top fishing and hunting paradise.
Emerald Oil company directors announce a dividend of n cents per share to be paid October 1 marking the third payout this year. Earlier in April and August investors received cents and 4 cents per share respectively. W S Henderson elected permanent secretary replacing E A Manker. The article also notes local visits by Mr and Mrs William Oakley of Jonesen visiting Vernal to arrange cattle shipments and upcoming bungalow construction on their farm. Market price for grain traded for fruit at Rose Orchard. Mrs Thorne.
County Clerk Wilson Murray issued a marriage license to Franklin Odokirk a Roosevelt farmer and Wilma Tolliver of Roosevelt. they were not married locally. Unity Rebekah lodge held a birthday handkerchief shower for Ora Hembtredt and Mary Witmer with refreshments by Mrs. Florence Kelly and Mrs. Liv Evans. Mr and Mrs Joseph P Hacking hosted dinner for guests from Salt Lake City including Apostles Stephen S Richards and Claude Cornwall and others attending quarterly conference.
In the county fair exhibit hall central section home of the girls sewing canning and cooking clubs and the boys honey garden and crop products will fill spaces. Over three hundred members will complete projects and receive a $1 deposit at Uintah State Bank plus a club pin from Congressman Don B Colton and various prizes from local donors. Official medals will be awarded by the fair association with many Vernal merchants contributing prizes.
The Uintah chapter reports rapid subscriptions to aid Japan earthquake relief. Communities have sent allotments to local secretary Mrs. Robert Witmer.
Mr and Mrs Joseph P Hacking and family wrapped up a southern state trip visiting Bryce Canyon Grand Canyon Zion Canyon and Cedar Breaks. They stayed four days with Mr and Mrs W L Reid in St George. Ferron counted 175 deer along Kisbab forest while traveling. A Chicago woman struck a deer in traffic causing a car wreck. The trip was described as delightful.
Weldon K Bullock and later Martha Bullock will attend Phillipsburg high school in Montana after moving there with their father J K Bullock. They will reside with Mr and Mrs Ph D Metcalf, who are their half sister and husband. Mr Bullock returned home Friday evening. John Austin, brother of Atra May Long and Mrs Sarsh Rudge, went for final naturalization papers before County Clerk Wilson Murray. Austin is a native of Wales.
Western star Tom Mix performs in Do and Dare produced by William Fox at the Vogue Theatre. He challenges the idea that horses fear fire, noting a horse driven from a burning stable resents leaving its home and often tries to return to the flames. The screening is set for Saturday September 23.
Richard R. Jensen directs the four act drama Because I Love You at the Orpheus on Wednesday September 26. The modern romantic play features Misses Leong Gurr Jewel Wellman Wanda Jensen Corilla Shaffer The Messia plus Carl Davis Alden Shaffer Floyd Hume Clafr Coupe Lamont Holfeltz George Bartlett and Dick Tensen in Vernal's first such production in a long time.
The Rev. L. J. Fries of the Immaculate Conception Church will lecture Sunday at 8 PM on The Catholic Church and Birth Control. All are welcome to attend at the church.
Prof James Gibson dean of the University of Utah returns from a year in Germany to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Willam Gibson early pioneers of the Vernal area. The Vernal native was kept busy with greetings and handshakes as he met friends in town.
Mrs F W Brown of 4633 9th St Kansas City Missouri writes to the Express that her family greatly enjoys reading the home paper as it feels like a weekly letter from home.
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