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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1949
Page
14
Mrs Nile Ainge reports on community events with scattered notes about medical treatment and moves. Mr and Mrs Merl Snow relocated from Albert Snow residence to a Sunshine ranch property owned by N J Meager. Mr and Mrs Crawford Mao feature in the fragmentary item.
Uncle Jeff recounts helping Sarah Blench a widow decide whether to marry Sid Greene. After a cozy dinner with solitaire coffee and a chocolate cake recipe, he defends his role and dismisses any sinister plots, noting her gratitude and his own affinity for her cooking.
Knight and children have returned from Natchese Washington where they have lived the past year. Mrs Josie Morris visited in Jensen last week. Douglas Wall visited at the home of Mr and Mrs Warren Billings. Mr and Mrs Joe Haslem left for Fort Collins Colorado to place their son in college. Mr and Mrs Otis Weeks Jr of Provo spent the weekend with Mrs Weeks parents. Mr and Mrs Harry Stewart visited Jensen and Vernal after residing in California. PTA attendees from Jensen joined a Uintah high school meeting last Saturday. Amelia Maas Claude Morrison and Harold Matthews of San Luis Rey California visited the Snow home. Nile Ainge drove to Duchesne Monday via Joe Arnold at Gusher. Chuck Murray and children of Provo visited with Finna Murray and relatives. Howard Caldwell and his children, recently moved to Maeser from Jensen, dined with Ira S Gardner Jr and Bob Rich. Bob Rich and wife drove to Salt Lake for medical care for his sister. Leah Oxborrow will cook at Jensen school this year replacing Amanda Prince. Shirley Ainge and Hart Stewart with California ties were weekend visitors at Josie Morris’s home.
Funeral services for Theadocia Hatch Clark 87 Vernal resident who died Sept 14 were held in the First Ward chapel LDS Church with Bishop William B Wallis officiating Prayer at the family home was offered by Joseph A Parent The service included prayers by E J Winder and J Arden Jolley a solo Teach Me To Pray by Mrs Louise Caldwell and Goin Home by George C Davis a ladies trio numbers by Mrs Caldwell Dorothea Parent and Eva P Hatch tributes by Jesse A Haws Archie Johnson and Bishop Walls Burial followed at Vernal Memorial Park under Swain Funeral Home direction Pallbearers were six grandsons Jerry Robert Arthur Rich Jerry David and James Clark Flowers arranged by Mary Eaton and Arlene Chivers Clark survived by a brother Abe Hatch and four sons Jeremiah David and Alvin and others with numerous relatives and friends attending from many locations.
At day’s end in Jerusalem two Marines pose with the American flag as part of a longstanding ceremony at the U S Consulate. The post lists twelve Navy men and one Marine detachment on duty with a Navy communications mast present.
Twenty four of Utah s forty school districts reduced their tax levies this year due to rising property valuations. The Utah Education Association says uniform local and state levies are lower despite higher assessments, with 24 districts down 14 up and 2 unchanged.
A fragment notes that most English sparrows in the U S come from eight breeding pairs imported from England in 1850 and includes a stray historical remark about Plato and murder prose cution.
An elderly writer from Vernal Utah signs a greeting to friends and relatives in Uintah Valley, saying he would like to hear from them and that he still remembers the area. The letter is from Lopchar Oz of Provo Utah.
Utah Senator Arthur V. Watkins urged the Senate to back tariffs and preserve the Peril Point program as a check on executive tariff powers. He warned free trade harms western industries like nonferrous mining and farming, citing subsidies for Utah crops and livestock and vowing support for the Millikin amendment to maintain congressional tariff supervision.
Louis J. Vargas 23 of Vernal and five sisters from California Utah and Wyoming attended the funeral at St. James Catholic Church. He died from injuries when a truck overturned near Baggs Wyoming. Rev Blaze Shumaker led the 9:30 a.m. service and interment followed at Fairview Cemetery Maeser.
Geneva Steel Co officials announced new educational films on steel making and steel uses produced by United States Steel Corp. The films will be available to schools and community groups in Utah and surrounding Intermountain states this fall.
Britannica notes shrapnel was first used extensively by Wellington's forces in the Peninsular War. It adds that Wellington organized the first military police in the British army, shaping nineteenth century military policing.
Archia Johnson announces Jensen ward in Uintah County Utah will appoint Thermal Cook to succeed Moron Moon as bishop. Assisting Cook are Warren Billings and Orvel Dudley as counselors, Loyd Merkley as Sunday School superintendent, Eva Merkle as primary president, and B P Fisher as superintendent. Retiring officers include Moontie Joseph Dudley Howard Caldwell and Minnie Card as primary president.
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