Show lii In the Good ala Old 1 e l s 20 YEARS AGO January 7 1 Mayor Ralph was sworn Into office shortly after alter afternoon afternoon altern n noon on Monday by City by-City City Attorney Whitney D D. D Hammond Also taking the oath were Councilmen Councilmen Councilmen Coun- Coun Dale Jensen and Fred Washburn Vernal the coldest spot in inthe inthe inthe the nation during the winter of oC 52 1951 this year enjoys tropical weather The city found Cound itself under four Cour feet Ceet of oC snow that other winter with temperatures hovering between 15 and 45 below zero for Cor a continued period of oC about six weeks with food being dropped by plane to stranded motorists Sheep and cattle were either smothered by 20 foot Coot drifts or starved for Cor lack of oC the vegetation buried beneath the snow Today two years later the sun shines brightly upon this community There are no flowers In bloom but many lawns still contain their green hue Mother Adams gave a Christmas party for more than children in Vernal December 31 Anna Louise Cuch 19 Whiterocks died at 6 pm p.m. Tuesday in the Roosevelt hospital Alonzo Joseph Atwood 55 died at the Uintah County Hospital this morning Thursday the funeral will be conducted Sa Saturday in the Davis Ward Chapel Mr and Mrs William Holmes Jr received word from their son Duane who has been in the service the past two years that he will get his discharge this month The fourth annual March of Dimes variety night show will willbe willbe willbe be held in Vernal at Uintah High School All civic and social clubs will present one number on the program and all proceeds will go to the 1954 March of oC Dimes drive Ann King is chairman of the show 30 YEARS AGO January Januarys 6 IOU 1914 Wl While le serving with a famous Camous fighter lighter group now busy dive dive- bombing the slowly retreating Germans in Italy Heber B B. B Haws of oC Vernal was awarded the Good Conduct Medal for Cor Inthe in inthe inthe the words of his commanding officers officer's recommendation exemplary behavior efficiency efficiency ef d. and fidelity During his year overseas Haws flaws group fought its way through the desert into Tunisia with General Montgomery's legendary Eighth Army covered the invasion of oC Sicily and then moved into Italy to continue chasing the of oC the force Coree that not so long ago was pounding at the gates of oC Alexandria Funeral services for Cor Jessie E E. E Holley were held Saturday at 2 pm p.m. in the Ashley Ward Chapel Utah began issuing the first plastic auto license plates Monday morning The plates are waterproof and almost as strong as steel Uintah High School lead by Albert Lopez and Clark Roberts high scoring forwards defeated the High School in a 31 16 tussle here in inthe inthe inthe the first league game of District 5 Eighteen Utah girls left Monday for the U. U S S. S Naval training school in the Bronx New York where they will receive their WAVE training Miss Barbara Bennion of Vernal was a member of that group Mark M M. Caldwell formerly of Vernal was employed on the Brigham police force Coree January 1 1 Ashel Evans who is attending the BYU at Provo spent from Thursday until Sunday of oC last week with his mother Mrs Laura Evans LaVell M. M Simmons C is home on a day 24 survivors survivor's leave after alter his ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic 76 YEARS AGO January 6 1899 Last night Mr Alva Hatch and Miss Annie Peck were married at the residence of at the grooms groom's father The Express extends congratulations R R. R L L. L Woodward of Uintah County principal of oC Mill Ward Schools came in to attend the meeting of the State Teachers Association He had a very cold trip of oC it freezing his toes and ears It was 33 degrees below zero the morning he left leCt the post There will be a grand masquerade ball at the Social Hall lIall January 28 Everybody Is invited to take part Get your costumes ready and make it one of the best of oC the season Owing to an accident we are late this week The result of oC the accident was more pi N. N P. P Lake who is w well known in this section was found frozen to dea death th in a snow drift about 20 miles from Crom Baggs Wyoming Mr Lake being of oC a roving disposition has traveled over the greater part of oC both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres and at one time was very wealthy but at the time he met his untimely death he was very poor In this worlds world's goods May his spirit rest in peace and find a better home than it found Cound on this earth |