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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1941
Page
3
The piece argues summer road fatalities justify stronger traffic law enforcement. It urges rigid enforcement, support for traffic policemen, and penalties for careless or reckless driving to reduce the high daily toll of automobile deaths. It stresses public responsibility and life preservation on the roads.
Ample statistics show that most business failures come from not advertising. Federal bankruptcy records in Los Angeles reveal 92 percent of firms that failed last year were non advertisers. A survey across 32 cities averages 83 percent of failures among non advertisers. In Troy N not a single advertising firm sale.
The seventy fifth national en campment of the Grand Army of the Republic for Civil War veterans was held nationwide from September 4. More than 400000 Civil War veterans have died in 75 years, with about 1000 surviving. W W Nixon, aged 95 of Jewellian, is shown above as commander in chief of the campment.
Real Jensen PTA notes show September 18 meeting where Douglas Chew was re elected president El M Moon named vice president Ariel Hanser secretary and W A Jacobe treasurer Mrs Lottle Wilson of Burley visited with Mr and Mrs John Jackson last week Mrs Wilson of Mr Jackson and Mr Jackson hosted visits with Sue and Mont Rasmussen and Erastus Rascvussery family members Dean Chew accompanied Douglas Chew on a trip to East Lake City to load steers for shipment.
The clipping records local social mentions from Vernal including visits by Mrs Rasmussen and other residents, a back injury recovery for Ine, furloughs, visitors from Jensen and Cisco, a birthday party at Miss Carma Wall’s home, games and luncheon for 17, and Raymond Stewart’s army discharge due to medical advisement. It notes fruit canning trips to Provo and family visits surrounding these events.
The Bonanza school hosts a Parent-Teacher association aligned with national and state groups. Elected officers include President Lin D Barry, Vice President Howard William, and Secretary-Treasurer F Burkett. Local notes mention visits and residents from Craig, Independent Mine, and nearby towns, with several families relocating or traveling for work.
Naples residents and guests from St George and Salt Lake city attended wedding receptions and autumn socials, with many travelers visiting family, attending temple duties, and returning from camps. Notable names include the Nielsen, Harper, Goodrich, Hullinger, Manwaring, and Chivers families among others, plus local church events led by Byron Goodrich and Ya Duvall.
The Naples primary held a homecoming on September 12 after the program the rest of the evening was spent dancing. Mr and Mrs Earl Calder arrived Thursday September 11 from their trip following their wedding in the Salt Lake Temple. Earl Hunting is home from Moonlace. Prank Goodrich was home from camp.
Mrs Ashley Pvert of Salt Lake City left for home Saturday after visiting the Morrisons and Wm Morrison family in Salt Lake City. Clarence Freestone and Miss Lewis Freestone Sr went to Salt Lake City to see the hospital. The Sunday service was led by the Genelogical society with Mrs Clara Preece and Mary E Kidd as speakers and Wilber Oaks giving a scripture reading. Vernon Erickson was called to prove for his son Jimmie injured by a bicycle accident and Vada Morrison is employed at the telephone office.
Captain Boggs, a Virginian supplying Utah posts with fuel, recalls a Uintah lake Ghig shooting tale. He feigned blanks to beat a dozen Indians in a quarter to half-dollar stakes, then repeated the ruse to win eighteen dollars, later sharing gifts as they laughed at the deception. A week later rival tribes faced a harsher fate as the tricksters swept the region.
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