Milford wildcat well nears completion near oil show
Hi Capitan Drilling Company of Russell Kansas reports a wildcat 16 miles northeast of Milford reached 8200 feet by late Thursday. Mr Maud Spurgeon and Floyd Koster describe ongoing tests, leases, and historical wells as 13 men operate a diesel rotary rig with plans to finalize casing and determine production by Friday or Saturday.
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Milford
Hi Capitan Drilling Company
Russell
Kansas
Maud Spurgeon
Spurgeon
Addisiona
Floyd Koster
Walter James
Black Rock
Koster
Mr. Ko
Mil ford News Subscription Contest Draws Thirty Contestants
Thirty contestants, twenty boys and ten girls, have registered for the Milford News subscription contest with over 800 dollars in prizes plus renewal cash rewards. The July contest features first and second prizes for boys and girls, plus weekly awards and commissions for non winners. Sally Kaslam, 11, claimed a promptness prize by turning in three subscriptions at 7 am. Entries remain open at The Milford News office with renewals earning extra points and a weekly pot tally posted Saturdays.
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Milford News
Sally Kaslam
Earl Stonehocker
Dick Horton
Greenville
Wade Baxter
Neil Christopherson
Leland Beard
Jay Perkins
Vaughn McDonad
Gary Waite
Clif Reese
Randy Morris
Boyd White
Neal Smith
Bryan Harden
Carlyle Stott
Ronald Affens
Monty Ashworth
Albert Merryweather
Charles Truex
Gary Binghe
Robert Friesen
Sam's Furniture
la Tienda
Sally
Sam's
Milofrd News
Carol Jean Garfield
Barbara Whitaker
Florence Pitchworth
Dorothy Fisher
Margene Whitaker
Pat Kesler
Vanda O'Leary
Aston Hutchings
Penny Banks
Milford
John A Root Dies in Salt Lake City at 92
John Anson Root 92 died at 8 45 am Monday in a Salt Lake hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday July 7 at the Milford LDS Chapel. Root was an early Utah pioneer and Milford resident who drove a mail stage and engaged in ranching mining and hotel management. He moved between Milford Cedar City and Salt Lake City, leaving a legacy as a stage driver and baseball fan. He is survived by his daughter Mrs PF McKay three sons Pratt Max and Cass Root three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery at Beaver.
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Milford Lds Chapel
John Anson Root
Salt Lake Hospital
Carlyle Granning
Root
Utah
Milford
Plains
Lab
Salt Lake
PF. W. McKay
Iowa City
Iowa
Lewis and
Eliza Ann Holland Root
Cedar City
Salt Lake Cty
Margaret Pace
New Harmony
Miford
Lund
Pratt
Max Root
Cass Root
Salt Lake City
Mountain View Cemetery
Beaver
Notice to register under the Selective Service Act
The notice explains men must register on or within five days after their 18th birthday and in certain reserves. It warns of penalties for failure and provides Beaver County Selective Service Office location and Thursday hours. It also directs Milford Post Office for west county registrants with Mr Rudolph Nielsen.
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Army and Naval Reserve
National Guard
Selective Service
Beaver County
County Court House
Milford
Rudolph Nielsen
Farrell Lish Family Vacation Plans
Mr and Mrs Farrell Lish and their two children will join Mr Lishs mother in Salt Lake City then depart for a two week vacation covering Colorado Wyoming the Northwestern States and Canada with travel likely across multiple destinations.
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Farrell Lish
Mr. Lish
Salt Lake City
Colorado
Wyoming
Canada
Milford residents fined in Koch Court cases
In Justice D. C. Koch's Court last week Leroy Nay of Milford was fined $2 for driving without an inspection sticker, while Jack Stoddard of Milford received a $10 fine on a drunken driving charge.
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Justice D. C. Koch
Leroy Nay
Milford
Jack Stoddard
Nutritionist to Demonstrate Food Freezing Techniques
Miss Elna Miller extension nutritionist from USAC will give a demonstration on Preparing Foods for Freezing next Tuesday July 11 in the Relief Society Room Mil ford LDS Chapel. The meeting starts at 2 p.m. with Miss Hattie Kilgore of Kerr Canning Company demonstrating canning methods. Public invited.
Mail Schedule Changed for Minersville and Beaver
Milford Postmaster Rue Nielsen announced a new daily mail run effective July 1. Mail departs Milford for the east end at 7:00 a.m. and arrives from Beaver at 3:30 p.m. each day.
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Minersville
Beaver
Milford
Rue Nielsen
Milford Fourth of July Celebrated With Free Barbecue
Milford’s Fourth of July event drew cheers from Al Kirk Perry Neal and Lions Club chairman Claude Horton who oversaw a free children’s barbecue. The day started with a kiddie parade featured decorated bikes and wagons, followed by a softball game at the fairgrounds and races in Library Park. Local volunteers and merchants provided food drinks and entertainment including a theater show and a public address mike. The event also noted community updates such as a construction project on North Main and residents on leave or vacation.
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Milford
al Kirk
Perry Neal
Claude Horton
Lions Club
Fair Grounds
Library Park
Legion Pavilion
Farm Machinery Demonstration Slated Near Beaver, Utah
The First Ward Farm west of Beaver on River Road will host a farm equipment demonstration July 10 from 9 a.m. to 12 30 p.m. Sponsored by Robison-Kershaw Company of Salt Lake City, the event marks the first showing of the Caterpillar Tool Bar with subseilers cultivators chisels and ditchers. Demonstrations will also feature the Caterpillar Diesel D-4 Tractor and the Caterpillar No 40 Hydraulic Scraper at Beaver with further stops in Cedar City Enterprise and St George on subsequent days.
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First Ward
Beaver
River Road
Robison-Kershaw Company
Salt Lake City
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Robison - Kershaw Company
J. Clair Pratt
Caterpillar
Platt
Cedar City
Enterprise
St. George
Dalton Grandparents Visit In Milford With Grandchildren
Mr and Mrs George Dalton of Long Beach California visited in Milford on Wednesday evening with their grandchildren Sheila and Clarkie Dalton. The Daltons are visiting in Minersville.
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George Dalton
Long Beach
Calif
Sheila
Clarkie Dalton
Milford
Daltons
Minersville
Summer Home Projects Class Closed for Convention
The Summer Home Projects class will not be held next week announced by Mrs. Hansen the instructor. The school will be open each Thursday except July 13. Linda Mae Moore born June 24 at Logan County Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. James Edgar Moore. Joyce Moore celebrated her birthday July 3 with neighbors at her Milford home.
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Hansen
Linda Mae
James Edgar Moore
Ron County Hospital
Marilyn
Joyce
Moore
Milford
Joyce Moore
Local Household Notices From Minersville and Surroundings
Jackie Blackburn, daughter of Douglas and Judith Blackburn, cares for Sheila and Clark Dalton while the Coopers are away. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith were in Salt Lake City last week. Mr. and Mrs. Val Thompson of Topelo returned home Tuesday after visiting Val’s parents Earl and Irene Thompson and other relatives.
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Jackie Blackburn
Douglas Blackburn
Minersville
Sheila
Clark Dalton
Mrs. Cooper
J. C. Smith
Salt Lake City
Val Thompson
Topelo
Mr.Thompson
Earl Thompson
Jackie Brannon
Beaver
Mrs
Leon Smith
Gordon Murdocks Welcome First Son at Iron County Hospital
The Gordon Murdocks welcomed a son born June 30 at Iron County Hospital. Mrs Murdock returned to Milford Thursday after giving birth. Mrs Joseph Murdock cared for granddaughter Annette while Mrs Gordon Murdock welcomed her first child.
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Gordon Murdocks
Iron County
Joseph Murdock
Annette
Gordon Murdock
Iron County Hospital
Beaver briefs note summer visits and moves in Milford
A parade of visitors and upcoming moves fill Beaver and Milford over the Fourth. Vic Carlson returns to Ogden while Merle and Skippy stay in Milford. Cedar Breaks trips, Bryce Canyon dinner, and Provo moves appear among locals Am brose Dalton family visits, Nolder and Williams family gatherings, and planned returns to Love land Colorado. Holiday activity includes hospital care for Herbert Coon and a Korea duty assignment for W. N. Sexton.
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Vic Carlson
Skippy
Mr. Carlson
Vic
Ogden
Merle
Milford
Kimball Coon
Sam Hickman
Beaver
Cedar Breaks
Bryce Canyon
Cooper and Winn Families Vacationing Across Montana and Washington
Mr and Mrs Ben Cooper visit relatives in Montana and Washington during July Fourth holidays. Mr and Mrs Harold Winn and family and Miss Wilma Schoo camped in the Beavs or Mountains over the holiday period.
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Mrs
Ben Cooper
Montana
Washington
Mr. Cooper
Harold Winn
Wilma Schoo
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John A. Root
el Capitan Drilling Co
Fred Hefren
Bert Smithson
Marion Walker
Mr. Walker
L Altman
George Smith
Steve Williams
Ken Archer
Myron Persons
E. &. Smith
Valine
Harold Cline
Jay Christensen
White Market and Jefferson Mercantile Co
City
Cotmcil
Vance Fisher
Mike
Firmage
Mary Jiminez
J. C. Penney
California
North Main Street
V. T., Bouchers
Robert Melntyre
A. A. Melntyre
Bob
Biloxi
Miss
Radar
Hubert and
Anna Mae Hickman
Provo
K. B. Coon
Herbert
Helen Petty
Sandra
Helen
Ambrose Dalton
I. N. Nolder
S. A. Williams
Puffer’s Lake
Bell Francis
Caliente
Tom Beard
Mary Fouts
Clay
Nampa
Idaho
Beatrice Holderman
Los Angeles
Clif McShane
Richfield
Gerald Spainhower
Price
George Spainhower
Tron County Hospital
Terry Holbrook
Don Holbrook
Zelda Merrywesther
Mrs. S. A. Zabriskie
Edward Schaeffer
Loveland
Colo
Eddie Anderson
Fish Lake
W. N. Sexton
Mrs. Sexton
Inlaw
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