Ruminator Proposes Bold Plans Amid Sparking Exchanges
A Ruminator suggests bold moves and limited reflection as they scatter bouquets while aims remain high. The exchange features spirited sparks and intermittent bursts of action as plans unfold.
18 Apr 1935
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Newspaper
Milford News
Location
Milford, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1935
Page
1
A Ruminator suggests bold moves and limited reflection as they scatter bouquets while aims remain high. The exchange features spirited sparks and intermittent bursts of action as plans unfold.
A careful mosaic of quotes and notes on smiles and kindness, paired with a brief local joke about crime trends and a political jab. The piece blends uplifting maxims with a Providence News-Tribune aside and a quip about a future woman president.
Lanesboro report notes the Carlson sisters walked to school all winter despite temperatures as low as 30 below zero, bareheaded with stockings rolled down two miles each day. Greenfield Sun item adds James Burns and wife hosted their son George and his growing Sackville family for dinner. Dawson Ktem-Eph Overton, an elderly man, died Sunday from eating too much possum, a misfortune noted in Path finder.
Milford American Legion Post No 16 plans a Friday May 3 event turning back 86 years to relive the 49 era. A 2 PM parade with prizes kicks off activities running through 6 AM the next day, with Kit Carson Night Club, Folies Bergere style acts, and a Legion Variety show aiming to draw thousands to Milford.
Milford received another 0.20 inch of precipitation this week as Charles E. Beard, a cooperative weather observer, logged Tuesday mornings two inch snowfall. The town and cultivated lands south of Milford remained comparatively dust free on Monday despite a 60 mile per hour gale at the airways radio station nearby.
A ten month old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Muir, died suddenly Thursday morning from complications following croup.
Milford students showed marked improvement at Cedar City as they competed in orchestra band glee and solo categories and won several ratings. The Milford team earned superior and excellent marks across multiple events including piano, choir, and drama with students Gladys Martin Doris Hughes and Thelma Thompson among top performers amid strong regional rivals.
P T A to meet April 24 at the high school with principal speaker Mrs Myrtle Davidson assistant state director of 4 H club work. Lew Mar Price county agent will attend and a boys forestry club will be organized under Harry Smurthwaite who studied forestry at Logan. Local 4 H workers provide the program along with several musical numbers. All parents urged to attend.
Milford high school boxers coached by Wallace Osborne and Mel Heslington traveled to Fillmore for a Millard county meetup. Ken Sherwood lost by decision while Yarl Frazier secured a knockout. Boyd Watts and Mont Griffiths won by decision, Clinton Nay lost, and Bill Nichols could not be matched. Miss Louis Maxwell visits Cedar City.
Utah state engineer T. H. Humpherys calls a Beaver County meeting for Saturday April 20 at 2:00 pm at the South Milford Community Club house. All underground water users and well drillers are urged to attend to learn the new underground water law and how it will be administered, with questions invited.
The first desert range development well in the area, No. 4, watered about 8000 head of sheep west of Black Rock using a gasoline engine and 5300 gallon tank with 100 feet of trough. Equipment is to be installed at other wells. drilling paused for lack of funds, with an additional appropriation expected.
Myrtle Bonner and ArtMarie Carlson among Milford entrants in A ratings. Woodwork and Poultry judging show Milford students placing in top six. Milford entries in music covered many events. several activities saw no Milford contestants.
American Legion Auxiliary met at Mrs. Sarnessa Baker’s home to initiate Erma Cline. Reports on various Auxiliary tasks were given by several members. Seventeen members attended and refreshments were served by Mrs. Theone Stonehocker and Mrs. Edna Baker. A follow up meeting is planned for April 29 at Mrs. Erma Cline’s home with all members urged to attend.
At a regular farm bureau meeting at the Community house in Milford flat, Rodent Day was scheduled for April 27. Bait will be sold at 50 cents per 10 pound bag, and Scott Zimmerman, BR government leader in rodent control, may attend to share guidance. Property owners are urged to cooperate to reduce groom squirrel damage. Mining location notices for sale at The News office.
Horn Silver mine operations will be stepped up and work resumed at the King David property as silver zinc and lead prices rise. William H. Child of Salt Lake announced from New York, with K. G. Link noting ore shipments and new contracts aimed at crossing the shear zone, signaling a mining boom outlook.
Professor Dunn of the forestry extension service was the speaker at a Saturday evening meeting at the Community clubhouse. Mr and Mrs Carl Elmer and two sons attended Cedar City Saturday for high school game. Mrs W G Morley of Las Vegas is visiting at the home of her daughter Mrs Lester Farnon.
County Agent notes advise readers to plan and plant gardens to supply fresh vegetables through summer and into winter. Emphasizes two gardens in one with early crops replaced by storage crops, and suggests June 16 as a good planting time for vegetables to peak around October 1. Highlights carrots beets turnips cabbage and rutabagas as key winter storables.
Black Rock residents prepare for sheep shearing in a few days as worries rise about another dust storm. Mrs. Cannon Nelson acts as prest for Mrs. A G James and stays while Nelson brothers' sheep are shorn. Mrs. Walter James returns from Salt Lake after ten days away. George and Charley Bushnell from Meadow visit local friends. Mr. Shirlay, Mrs. Shirlay and Harvey visit Fillmore and Kanosh, staying with Merril Miller in Kanosh. A G James recently returned from Salt Lake and Mt. Pleasant to visit family studying at Wasatch Academy. Miss Margaret Pierson, wintering here, visits her parents Pete and Mrs. Pearson of Meadow.
Six new men from Millard county arrived at camp Wednesday and 91 are arriving Thursday from Salt Lake county bringing the company strength to 218. The camp team lost two players when Marv Smith and Elmo Castleberry left. Smith was discharged April 11 1995 and found work elsewhere. Chaplains Hennion Curtin visited. after a talk Captain Walker led a program and the men visited Milford for a dance. Also includes camp humor and jokes.
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