When Velda Pearl Draper was born on 10 January 1917, in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States, her father, Franklin Edmund Draper, was 27 and her mother, Josephine Maria Sondrup, was 27. She married Leo Emil McDaniel on 7 June 1937, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She lived in Magna, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1935 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 15 July 1967, in Oxford, Johnson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Johnson, Iowa, United States.
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Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.
The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.
Being supported through Salt Lake City taxes, the Hogle Zoo has been at its present location at the mouth of Emigration Canyon since 1931 on land donated by Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hogle. In 1936, the zoo purchased Princess Alice, an elephant, from a traveling circus. She gave birth to the first elephant born in Utah. His name was Prince Utah and he died at eleven months old. Current exhibits include various birds, mammals, and reptiles from around the world.
English: occupational name for a maker and seller of woolen cloth, from Anglo-Norman draper (Old French drapier, an agent derivative of drap ‘cloth’). The surname was introduced to Ulster in the 17th century. Draperstown in County Londonderry was named for the London Company of Drapers, which was allocated the land in the early 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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