Show th iii the Goo coo Days rs re 20 YEARS A At O September 17 1942 Mrs Lola Christensen lo- lo local lo- lo local cal hot lunch supervisor states that the Uintah County hot lunch project will be re- re resumed resumed this year at the various elementary schools through through- throughout throughout out the county Registration day for all Uintah Basin Schools was Monday with a total of 2410 pupils as against the 2488 students enrolled in elemen- elemen elementary tary and high schools last year Three local boys Lt Nor Nor- Norman man T Johnson Lt A Ever Ever- Everett Everett ett Manwaring and Irv- Irv Irving Irving ing Ray have re- re received received rapid promotions dur- dur during during ing the past year and also won honors Laraine Day a former resident resi- resi resident dent of Roosevelt Utah who is noW a celebrated actress today accepted honorary sponsorship of the third and final platoon of the Modern Modem Mormon Battalion Last week Mrs Curtis Ash Ash- Ashby Ashby by received word from the War Department that her bro bro- brother brother ther Lloyd Clark had been Inducted into the armed ser services vices Friday they met at Ft Douglas and it was the first time in 22 years that they had seen each other Tires fabricated from cotton and cotton products are seen by Director John Leahy of the Texas cotton research company com com- company pany Sloppy Joe sweaters are I all the rage for school wear this fall w 60 YEARS AGO P September 20 1902 Indian summer Is upon us The air Is hazy with smoke Lieutenant Peary is on his homeward journey from his explorations in the frozen north He has been gone since 1898 and will wUl surely be able to determine the exact loca- loca location location tion of the north pole A Teal ducks duck's average speed it is said is ninety miles an hour but when frightened will fly up to to miles an hour Thursday night about there was a blaze blare at the Post saw mill in Ft Duchesne First West Street is being graded this week An asphalt asphalt- asphaltum asphaltum um walk will be laid the length of one block B R McDonald the popular lar railroad agent of Price appears to be entering the therace therace race for senator against Hard Hard- Harden en Bennion of Uintah CountY H D Mead who has been with the Mead Furniture Company of Vernal all sum sum- summer summer mer mer and Miss Nora Blake of Soldier Station were married in Price Tuesday evening A small boy by the name of Leiah a nephew of J S Arn Arn- Arnold old had his leg broken Mon Mon- Monday day when his pony fell with him L B Wilder Dick Pope and Nate Hunting returned Monday from a weeks three prospecting trip In the moun- moun mountains mountains Artesia I Visit Relatives By June Lee Dill Bill Hatch who is In the Navy and Tommy Schultz who is 19 in the Marines are both spending furloughs at home with their parents Jimmie Lee and E J Desh- Desh ays were among twenty one Continental on Oil Co employees to attend the dinner at the 7 11 Cafe Thursday night Mr and Mrs Woody Smith and Wilma of Roosevelt visited vis- vis visIted friends here Sunday Mr and Mrs Harry ac accompanied companied them home and will return Monday Residents of Artesla Artesia received ed cd their Sabin oral polio vac vaccine I I cine here Saturday at the school house hourc Mr and Mrs Herb Green of Vernal have moved back to Artesla Artesia Mrs Green purchased ed cd her old home back from Floyd Cady Mrs Green will willbe willbe be remembered as Fannie Baxter Jeffries Mrs Jeanne Dunnica made madea a business trip to Texas duro dur- during ing the week Jerry Gall Is home from the hospital in Grand Junction Mrs George Piper was call call- called ed to tf Arkansas due to illness In the family Tier two girls accompanied her Primary election was held at the City Hall with Wilma Sue and Helen Sims Caroline Bowen Gladys C Cady d and El flier mer on the board 30 YEARS AGO September IS 15 1932 After eight days spent In riding through scenic canyons of the Green River as it cuts a gorge through the wall of Rugged Mountains a party of seven men arrived at atthe atthe the Jensen bridge Sunday eve eve- evening evening ning having traveled a dis- dis distance distance tance of more than miles A former Vernal musician Wllliam William I F Hanson assistant professor of music at the BYU has written words and music for When Bloom In Utah a new waltz song The ferris wheel of the Worlds World's Columbian Exposi- Exposi Exposition Exposition tion of 1893 and the Eiffel Tower of the Paris Exposition will have their counterpart In Inthe inthe the Sky Ride of Chicago's Century of Progress Exposi- Exposi Exposition Exposition tion in 1933 The ride cost an estimated million dollars and will be constructed of rock cars speeding between foot towers at the elevation of feet Touring the world free was the theme of the opening party of the Vernal First Ward with decorations and music performed to feature Ireland Honolulu Holland Japan and America Announcing the arrival of babies this week are Mr and Mrs Lowell Wardle girl Mr and Mrs Thomas Kidd boy Mr and Mrs Albert girl and Mr and Mrs O 0 N Olsen girl I Randlett Families Attend Utah State Fair FairBy By Viola Jensen Mr and Mrs Wayne Pick Pick- Pickup up and daughter Carma Mr and Mrs LaRue Pickup Mr and Mrs Thomas Chandler and family and Mrs Ada Pickup went to Salt Lake City last weekend where they visited relatives and attend attend- attended ed the Utah State Fair I Irene Jensen and Peggy Wardle went to Salt Lake City Wednesday Their moth moUt- ers era Mrs Hazel Wardle and Viola Jensen moved them there Friday Pauline Pickup went to Salt Lake City Thursday to register for school Mr and Mrs Wllliam William of Kanab spent Friday visit visit- visiting ing friends here Mr is a former resident Mrs Leona Jorgensen spent Wednesday in Vernal Merlene Marshall who has been living in Roosevelt moved ed to her home here Wednes- Wednes Wednesday Wednesday day Mr and Mrs Leo Jorgen- Jorgen Jorgensen Jorgensen sen spent Friday evening in inVernal inVernal Vernal Mr and Mrs s spent nt the weekend visiting at al atthe althe the home of their daughter and son law Mr and Mrs DarwIn Neilson of Salt J Lake ake City They also attended Ute the State Fair Mr and Mrs Harold Nel Nel- Nelson son of Vernal spent pent Sunday visiting at the home of their children Mr and Mrs LaRue Pickup Diane Taylor o of Salt Lake City spent the weekend visit visit- visiting visiting ing at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Taylor Irene Jensen spent Tuesday visiting at the home of Mrs Colleen Kolleen Shelton of Roosevelt Janet Brough of Salt Lake City spent the weekend visit visit- visitIng visiting Ing at the home of her par par- parents Mr and Mrs Myron Brough Mr and Mrs Louie Hall and daughter Hannah of Bennett visited recently at the home of Mr and Mrs Lewis Little Little- Littleton Littleton ton Norton Shelton of Roosevelt visited Sunday at the J E Jensen home I I |