20 Dec 1929
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Newspaper
Milford News
Location
Milford, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1929
Page
1
A passage from third grade students describes their Christmas wishes to Santa Claus. The letters name items such as roller skates, electric trains, dolls, toy horses, sleds, a wagon, beads, sewing sets, and candy, with several children requesting clothing and accessories.
Beaver County Democrats set Saturday December 28 for a banquet at the Union Pacific to mark Woodrow Wilson's birthday. Tickets are sold by Commemorative Committee members and will close next Wednesday to give the dining room time to prepare for the crowd. The event starts at eight o clock.
Clerical staff from the M M office were honored at a send off party hosted by Mrs. Rt. Smith and Miss Mary Roper before departing for Salt Lake City. Guests enjoyed cards, dancing, and refreshments as several members left Milford for new homes in Salt Lake, including Misses Juanita Miller Letha Schow and Mrs. Marie King along with Messrs. R E Norris C A Bailey W M Burns and Walter Griffiths.
American Fork wins state locating committee nod for the new state school for the mentally challenged in a statewide contest. Beaver County supporters pushed for Murdock Academy grounds but appear to be edged out. Mrs. John Killam traveled to Salt Lake City Thursday evening.
Delmont Goff expresses a wish for a wagon bicycle engine chaps a shoulder gun and a bee bee gun as part of a simple Christmas. He notes he did not want much yet hopes for a Christmas tree to feel the season.
A note lists holiday wishes including a baby doll, a watch, a wagon, a doll for a sister, a new suit, a shooting gallery, a police outfit, candy, oranges, and nuts. Names Elaine Myers and Walter Beck appear as the requesters.
Milford Lions Club met at the Milford Hotel Cafe with few attendees. Members discussed Beaver town news and street holiday decorations, plus two new applicant names Willard Nichols and La Mar Otten. A Beaver trip to Salt Lake City to push road plans was noted. Next Milford meeting January 6 at Beaver, with a Xmas party planned at Odd Fellows Hall.
A Beaver court ruled last Friday the municipal election tally was legal confirming Democrat John H. Barton as mayor over Henry Boyter. The decision cites insufficient evidence of counting errors that could have altered the outcome.
Advertisers and correspondents are asked to help push the paper out on time next week. Christmas falls midweek so we must receive copy 24 hours earlier to press on schedule. The printing office will close all day Wednesday, please send copy by Tuesday.
High grade ore opens on the 1566 ft level of the Moscow Mine near Milford. Ore runs 7 percent lead in two feet with additional rich sections and widening veins as development continues. Two shafts started December 5, output up to 27 mine cars, with drifting toward shale contact and main mineralized bed under Glory fissure.
Beaver Power Co extends service south and west from Beaver to serve rural valley families including Hettie White Duncan Gillies Nelson Yardley Geo Low Anderson and son T L Griffith John and Ed Nowers Kent Morgan Ezra Barton Carlisle Smith John and Ed Murdock and others. Guests visit from Mayfield include Mrs Nellie Lyman and Miss Lacey Lyman.
Milford invites all children to the Union Pacific station platform on Christmas Eve at seven o’clock. Santa Claus is expected to arrive, possibly by a motor hand-car from the North Pole, after a minor reindeer mishap. A decorated tree and treats await, funded by a subscription drive at the restaurant cashier’s counter.
Funeral services for Nathan Gillins were held Thursday December 12 at the 1 D B chapel in Minersville. Bishop George Marshall presided. The Minersville choir sang Though Deepening Trials and Farewell All Earthly Honors. Prayers were offered by Moroni Myers and Joseph Banks. Speakers included T W Bolling and F D Williams. Miss Sylvia Rollins and Maude Myers sang Sometime We'll Understand. Gillins was sixty four and survived by his widow and one daughter.
Two crews work the pole delivery and line installation for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company north of town. Poles thirty feet long are placed at 130 foot intervals while a large drill operates daily. Foreman Mc Swisgein leads construction with Sorenson guiding surveying and right of way through rough country south of Milford, aided by town engineer M. P. Lewis.
A Milford property changed hands Monday as Sam Cline sold the Jack Thiessen house to C. F. Mattingly. The Kirk Realty Company handled the deal. The purchase price was not disclosed.
A large Christmas tree was brought in from near Minersville by Myles White of the Telluride Power Company. It was set up on Main Street and will be lighted and decorated through the holidays as part of the Main Street decorations.
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