29 Jan 1942
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Newspaper
Milford News
Location
Milford, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1942
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR style note describes names and items about a roundabout scene with unclear details. Mentions a few people and a setting but specifics are unreadable. The text hints at a casual, social gathering with activity and possible fires or shots, yet no concrete event or outcome is identifiable.
A garbled OCR style paragraph mentions teaching, speech pace, and personal effort. It references a learner or teacher and a general aim for better communication this year, with unclear names or places due to corrupted text. The passage lacks cohesive events or identifiable entities.
Helen Baler spent Saturday in Salt Lake City. Mr and Mrs M Myork of Minersville visited with Mr and Mrs Clair Gillins Tuesday. Morgan Griffiths returned home Wednesday after a seven day upstate trip while Mrs Griffiths visited Salt Lake City and Mr Griffiths was in Logan. Mr and Mrs Charles Allred left Monday for California for medical treatment. The FS held a club meeting Wednesday with large attendance of farmers. John Stahl deputy assessor has been visiting South Milford families all week.
The schedule lists Milford, Delta, Beaver, Fillmore, Hinckley with pairings on February Fridays and Wednesdays through February 27. Byes are noted for each date, with Milford and Hinckley frequently paired and Beaver or Fillmore often hosting. The fragment ends with an ad line prompting a subscription to The News.
Ryan Albert Griffiths born December 1880s in Adamaville son of Evan and Margaret Jones Griffithe. He taught school 13 years in Utah and served Beaver county clerk eight years mayor of Beaver City two years and clerk of Beaver county board of education nine years. Survived by widow Elizabeth Griffiths of Beaver mother M. L. Griffiths of Beaver brothers John and Frank Griffiths of Midvale. Funeral services held at Cotter City Hospital with Bishop Edwin Paine officiating.
The Milford M Men opened in the stake league with a 42 to 18 win over Beaver West Ward on their local floor Thursday night. The next night in Caliente they fell 40 to ised score, then endured a 960 mile round trip home by 6:30 the next morning.
Six Milford youths are registered in the U S armed forces with three joining the navy Abe Griffiths 18 Marion Beard 21 Carl Roberts 19 and Thomas Hanney 21 left for Los Angeles to train as an aviation cadet Hanney had earlier passed the qualifying exam and returned home for Christmas Mrs Wilson Moore, former Milford resident, visited from Salt Lake City for a few days. Mining location notices for sale at The News office. Subservie-Dowt Borrawi
The Milford Methodist church will install Reverend Donald Blackstock as temporary minister within a week. He will serve until June before a permanent pastor takes over. He is son of Reverend W. E. Blackstock and brother to Paul Blackstock, and his wife is expected to join in March. Services begin Sunday February 8 at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Major H A Rich announces the Beaver county selective service board will distribute the War Department booklet The Army and You to all Utah registrants awaiting induction. The 14 page six by nine inch guide covers topics such as The American Spirit teamwork military courtesy health and equipment food and other soldier needs, with sections on induction reception center classification and family progress. The cover depicts marching soldiers and aims to inspire rookies.
W R Martin, 3, a Milford native and pioneer in automobile sales and service, died at Milford Hospital at 12 50 p m from a heart attack partly due to stomach trouble. He was married to Zuma Craig Martin, survived by his mother Ellen V Martin and brother Harry Martin, with funeral set for Sunday at 2 PM at the L U S chapel.
The Miford Boy Scouts will organize a paper drive in about a week or ten days. They seek waste papers in three groups newspapers tightly bundled fifty to sixty pounds, books, and magazines separated from cheaper grades. other non waxed papers accepted. corrugated pasteboard boxes are also needed cut down. Scouts will collect, store, and assemble sufficient material for shipment.
The passage references President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Secretary of War Stimson, General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, and John J. Pershing, general of the armies of the United States, signaling high level wartime leadership discussions.
Washington debate centers on Budget Director Smiths announcement as federal agencies move to other cities after Pearl Harbor. By year end 1941 the federal payroll rose with 120000 new hires, December saw 3577 War Department clerks in Washington, and 7500 total since Pearl Harbor. Agencies like Farm Security and Fish and Wildlife depart for St Louis and Chicago while Wage and Hour, PHA, Justice lands division, and migration services shift to New York, Philadelphia, and beyond. Weekend and holiday schedules spread across departments as officials weigh the cost of wartime work.
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