Milford March of Dimes Campaign Spurs Community Events
Lee Rogers leads the Milford campaign with Vance Fisher oversight. Containers placed in shops, dime cards in schools, and special envelopes to merchants support the cause. A double header basketball evening pits Comic Hasbéens, Legionnaires, Milford Tigers, and M-Men in a half and half format. Proceeds go to the March of Dimes with a postgame Dance That Others May Walk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Lee Rogers
Vance Fisher
Legionnaires
Milford High School Tigers
Milford M-Men
March of Dimes
American Legion
Palace Club
Kemmerer
Wyo
March of Dimes Committee
More Fires Yet Fewer Acres Burned in 1947 County Report
Utah forestry officials released a special bulletin showing 1947 statewide 158 fires, well below the five year average of 194. Beaver County's report, via Sheriff Jasper Potter, notes two fires under a quarter acre and one above a quarter but under ten acres, with three fires blamed on lightning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah State Board of Forestry and Fire Control
Beaver County
Jasper Potter
Bishop Hunt Visits Milford Catholics Construction Progress Updates
The Most Rev. Duaine Go. Hunt, bishop of the Salt Lake Catholic Diocese, visited Milford to inspect church property and the building progress. He approved three additional rooms, improved heating plumbing and lighting, and predicted a resident priest once living quarters are complete. Local Catholic Ladies hosted a supper with Father A. A. LeMay present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Hunt
Milford
OKEHS
Duaine Go} Hunt
Salt Lake Catholic
Hunt
Leona Rhodes
A. A. LeMay
Cedar City
Father Valine
Pather Valitie
Crow Derby Plans Stir Utah Statewide Effort
State Fish and Game officials led by Director Leonard announce a statewide crow derby to curb rising crow and magpie numbers. Traps will be set, banding of prize birds with cash awards from 5 to 100 dollars, and magpies will receive smaller cash notices. Crow hunting will follow state laws with rights to decoys blinds calls and restricted shooting near Utah Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard
Utah Fish and Game Department
Game Department
Utah Lake
Poachers Active in Utah Warned by State Officials
Chief Deputy Merrill Hand reports ongoing poaching in Utah with waterfowl and deer violations up for review. Fifty four violators were fined in the past two weeks as fines rise, including Delta resident June Johnson fined 25 dollars for out of season duck shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Hand
Yame Department
Hand
June Johnson
Delta
Earl Hess
Heaver
Jungi Shiozaki
Beaver
City Council Names Appointments and Ordinances
Official appointments for 1948-49 set duties for city departments and the board of health. Mayor Smith presided over session as Sam Cline was reappointed city attorney and D A Smith along with Leon Williams named day and night marshal. Discussions covered water service costs, licensing for card rooms and jukeboxes, plumbing, and a complete Milford water survey by an engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
E. L. Smith
Sam Cline
D. A. Smith
Leon Williams
O. C. Koch
J. M. Wout
J. M. Hughes
James P. Hickman
Altman
Bradfield
Bre
Mileford
Milford News Earns Honorable Mention in State Contest
Milford News received honorable mention in three divisions of Utah's 1947 Better Newspaper contest, as judged by Brigham Young University. The awards came during the annual convention at Salt Lake City's Newhouse Hotel, with Orem Geneva Times winning first in each division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah State Press Association
Newhouse Hotel
Salt Lake
Price Sun-Advocate
Orem- Geneva Times
Journalists Department
Brigham Young University
Oliver R Smith
Milford News
Joy Brienam Young” University
Margaret Pryor Passes Away in Hyrum
Mrs Margaret Nielsen Pryor 27 died suddenly at a Logan hospital Monday evening shortly after the birth of her first child. Born June 21 1920 at Hyrum she was daughter of David O and Charlotte Allen Nielsen. She married Fred R Pryor Jan 4 1943 in Logan temple and resided with her mother in law in Minersville while her husband served overseas. Surviving are her husband a son six siblings and her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Nielsen Pryor
Fred R. Pryor
Logan Hospital
Hyrum
Cache County
David O
Charlotta Allen Nielsen
Pryor
Logan Temple
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Amanda Nolder
Minersville
South Cadhe
Utah State Agricultural College
Lincoln School
Hyrum Second L. D.S. Ward
Fred R. Pryor Jr
Virginia Anderson
Emma Nielsen
Paul A
Blair K. Nielsen
Helen Aileen Bradford
Logan
H. Eugene Nielsen
Bountiful
Banner from Polish mission hangs for Milford church
A large red banner from a Warsaw Polish mission decorates the pulpit of Utils Nazarene Mission in Milford, traced to Polish Jews during persecution before the Hitler invasion. Hand painted in Polish Old English, it bears Numbers 24 26 and honors the Lord’s blessing. The banner, gifted through Miss Tordis Christoffersen and Rev. Frank A. McGaw, recalls joy, tears, and prayers invested in the Gospel to Jews and foreign lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
New York City
Frank A. McGaw
W. K. Longacre
Poland
Tordis Christoffersen
Bible Institute of Los Angeles
Rev. McGaw
United States
British East Africa
District American Legion Basketball Tourney set for Milford
Milford hosts the District American Legion Basketball Tournament on February 6 and 7 with Milford Delta Kanab and Cedar City likely to compete. Tickets go on sale February 2 at Corner Drug. Milford Legion also scheduled a January 31 game against Kemmerer Palace Club, a strong non professional squad. they have lost only one game in the 1947-48 season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Beaver
Kanab
Cedar City
Delta
Legion
Beal Father and Son
Milford Legionnaires
Palace Club
Kemmerer
Wyo
Pest
Funeral Notice for Mrs. Patricia Williams in Hyrum
Miss Patricia Williams will attend the funeral on Wednesday morning in Hyrum for her sister in law Mrs. Margaret Pryor who died Monday at a Hyrum hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Williams
Hyrum
Indaw
Margaret Pryor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Naomi Hughes
The
State Fish & Game
and Game Dept
Utah
Sudan
Kremmling
Caloceda
American Paves
Nazarene
P.T. A
Watermaster
Fred O'Leary
Board of Health
Owen L. Felt
Smith
Teachven Association
Milford Church
Ue Graflex
Ty Don Olli
Sante Barbara
Tuber Frohtman
Chicago
Joseph Costa
Weetonge
Alfred Regan
San Francisco
St Priest King
Tuck
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!