School contracts set for Gunnison region improvements
South Sanpete school board announces contracts awarded for Washington Gunnison and Mayfield school roof shingling with bids from Anderson Hogan Carpenter Angerson and Albert Johnson Lumber. Opening date for fall term fixed September 8 with September 6 enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson & Hogan
Washington Public
Gunnison
South Sanpete
Mayfield Public
Carpenter & Angerson
Manti
Ephraim
Albert Johnson Lumber Company
Washington
Gunnison Valley High School
Enjoy Swim at Monroe
A party headed to Monroe Tuesday evening included Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Andersen Mr. and Mrs. Newell Childs Mr. and Mrs L. J. Arnold Mr. and Mrs. George Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Spencer Mr. and Mrs. Bert Jensen Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Sorenson Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Fjeldsted Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Bouvang Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Fieldsted Mr. and Mrs. Mariel Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Avery Beck Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bardsley and Mrs. Gordon Sorenson. They enjoyed a splash at the bathing resort followed by luncheon at Richfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Andersen
Newell Childs
L. J. Arnold
Geo. Anderson
Herbert Spencer
Bert Jensen
Mayo Sorenson
Gilbert Fjeldsted
Elgin Bouvang
Waldo Fieldsted
Mariel Hansen
Avery Beck
Ronald Bardsley
Gordon Sorenson
Monroe
Richfield
County Poultrymen On Inspection Tour
One hundred fifty poultrymen in Sanpete County attended a July 31 tour at Ephraim and Manti with representation from Ephraim Manti Mayfield Center field Gunnison Clarion Moroni Ft Green Spring City Mt. Pleasant and Fairview. Luncheon host-neighbors included Nephi Ottoson as punch service and the program closed with lectures by Professor Byron Alder of the Agricultural College on feeding and handling eggs, plus a poultry culling demonstration and tips on diet and yellow pigmentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephraim
Manti
Mayfield
Centerfield
Gunnison
Clarion
Moroni
Ft Green
Spring City
Mt. Pleasant
Fairview
Nephi Ottoson
Sanpete County
Byron Alder
The
Agricultural College
Alder
K. Jensen
Thorpe
C. C. Stott
Old-Time Dress Parade Startles Gunnison Jazzers
Four Gunnison young women modeled historical attire to compare dress and habits with fifty years past. Julia Hagan, Helen Hagan, Lois Overfelt, and Helen Overfelt wore long-ago garments, some men’s clothes, and carried a nonworking old pipe. The parade drew mixed comments as it rolled through town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunnison
Julia
Helen Hagan
Lois Overfelt
Helen Overfelt
Carltons Visit Office in Gunnison Imply Prosperity
Karl Carlton former Beaver Press and Milford News publisher and Mrs Carlton stopped at The News office in Gunnison. Returning from a business and pleasure trip to the capital, they traveled through Sanpete and Sevier valleys and praised the region as prosperous and thrifty compared with other parts of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Carlton
Beaver Press
Milford News
Carlton
Gunnison
News
Mrs. Carlton
Beaver
Sanpete
Sevier
Gunnison Lions Club Receives International Certificate
At a well attended Gunnison Lions meeting at the Gunnison cafe last week, six new cub Lions were initiated. Secretary Overfelt announced the club received a certificate from the International Association of Lions Clubs for 100 percent non drop membership in 1929-1930 and for maintaining the original roster. The meeting featured extemporaneous talks stressing efforts to build a greater Gunnison and Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunnison Lions Club
Gunnison Cafe
Gunnison
Overfelt
International Association of Lions Clubs
Lions Club
Utah
Ray L. Riley
Melvin
Jones
Cubs
70th Birthday Party At Centerfield Home
Relatives and friends totalling 59 gathered at David Andersons Centerfield home Tuesday to celebrate his 70th birthday. A brief program and chicken dinner were the principal events with out of town guests Mrs Cliff Lowe of Salt Lake Mr and Mrs Mont Williams of Salina and Mr and Mrs Delbert Randall of Provo attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Anderson
Centerfield
Cliff Lowe
Salt Lake
Mont Williams
Salina
Delbert Randall
Provo
Campaign to Wipe Out Noxious Weeds Under Way
Clinton Kjar, district agriculture inspector, orders a vigorous weed eradication drive across Axtell Centerfield and Mayfield with August 1 start dates. Farmers must destroy burdock bull thistle white-top and Canada thistle or face enforcement and property charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Kjar
Kjar
Sanpete County
Axtell
Centerfield
Mayfield
Local residents share news from Gunnison area
Local residents recount visits and travels to Salina Nephi Panguitch and Salt Lake City. Events include floods in Salina a funeral for Que Reynolds and sugar beet crop optimism after heavy rains. People named include Lois Overfelt Helen Overfelt Jimn Hagan Wendell Perkins Blaine Perkins Mary Wilson Harvey Ross and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Overfelt
Helen Overfelt
Jimn
Helen Hagan
Salina
W. Harvey Ross
Gunnison Sugar Company
Virginia Visitor Impresses Gunnison Visitors
Mrs. P. E. Spresser of Huntington West Virginia spent days as a guest of Bishop and Mrs Jos A Larson in Gunnison. She traveled to Ephraim Idaho and plans a month in the west. She joined Elberta Gren on a Utah trip and met many local elders and missionaries during her western visit. Erma Lundeberg hosted her in a charming reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. Spresser
Huntington
West Virginia
Jos. A. Larson
North
Ephraim
Idaho
West
Spresser
Utah
Elberta Gren
LaVyrl Larson
Miss Gren
Salt Lake
Inspection Trip To Monroe Chapel By Gunnison Leaders
Bishop and Mrs. Leslie Kidman and others on the Gunnison ward building committee visited the Monroe Mormon church chapel to study needs and style for a new Gunnison church. On return they met flood waters from Sunday cloudbursts in Sevier county but reached home without difficulty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Kidman
J. M. Knighton
Chas. Rasmussen
J. 8. Peterson
Hyrum Christiansen
Lauriel Pickett
Gunnison
Monroe
Sevier County
County Fair to Draw Huge Sanpete Crowd at Manti
Sanpete county schedules its annual fair in Manti on September 10 11 and 12 with farm exhibits horse pulling boxing baseball and other amusements. New features include mounted tug of war between Mount Pleasant and Manti Guard Units and a North South Sanpete club tug of war plus an old fashioned horseshoe tournament. 4 H and future farmers of America show strong interest with about fifty boys expected to enter animals and the Gunnison Sugar Company provides a fifty dollar prize for best sugar beets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanpete County
Manti
Glen A. Jensen
Sevier County
Mount Pleasant
F. A
Manti Guard
North
Sanpete
Fair Board
Future Farmers of America
Gunnison Sugar Company
Future
Farmers’ Club
Southern Utah
Local Beet Expert on Inspection Trip Reports Beet Nematode Spread
D H Whittenburg and about twenty-five Sevier county farmers plus agronomists from Utah and Washington completed an inspection tour in Sevier county and around Sigurd Aurora Vermillion and Salina. They observed sugar beets hay and grain noting a nematode incursion and Curley Top disease in beet fields. Crop rotation was cited as the effective control, with wheat Trebi barley and nursery tests in good condition and fields yielding up to eighty bushels per acre for wheat and up to one hundred bushels for Trebi barley. Alfalfa stands were excellent with a large second cut underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Whittenburg
Gunnison Sugar Company
Sevier County
Richfield
Venice
Glenwood
Annabella
C. S. Fisher
U. S, Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
J. C. Hogansen
Utah State Agricultural College
Logan
R. Boswell
John Adams
Smith- Hughes
Sigurd
Aurora
Vermillion
Salina
South Sevier Sugar Beet Association
Agricultural College
S. Fisher
Utah
Newton Lerned Visits Salt Lake Daughter
Newton Lerned from Salt Lake is spending a few weeks visiting his daughter, Mrs. Oscar Talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton, Lerned
Salt Lake
Mrs
Oscar
Salina Boy Killed in Flood Hour Automobile Crash
Que Reynolds twelve year old son of Mr and Mrs James Reynolds died from injuries after a car crash at Salina during flood hour heavy traffic. Dan Anderson driver of the truck carrying the boys lost control and struck an electric light pole. Reynolds was crushed between the pole and the vehicle and died at Salina hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Kidman
J. M. Knighton
Salina
Que V. Reynolds
Que
Reynolds
James Reynolds
Dan Anderson
D. M. Anderson
Soutl Todmeried Bridge
Anderson
Also Mentioned on This Page
County Poultrymen
Carltons
Wendell Perkins
Smithfield
Blaine Perkins
C. W., Perkins
A. M. Stevens
Parowan
Celia Culver
Los Angeles
Ervin Stevens
R. S. Yardley
Christenburg
L. FE. McCurdy
Utah Fuel Company
Gunnis
Ira Overfelt
Coal Company
R. C. Gaddie
C. M. Edwards
C. BE. Andersen
Nephi
House of David Gang
Mary Wilson
Relief Society
J. H. Ferre
C. E. Ferre
Fishlake
Holy Crosse Hospital
Imi Overfelt
Edwin Larsen
Salina Hospital
G. W. Sorenson
Gunnison Valley Motor Company
Garfield County
Serenson
Red Canyon
Panguitch
Virginia
Monroe Chapel
Jensen
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