Garfield Family Returns from San Francisco Fair
Mr and Mrs Harry Garfield and their son Niel returned home Wednesday after an enjoyable trip to the San Francisco World’s Fair.
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Newspaper
Milford News
Location
Milford, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1939
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Harry Garfield and their son Niel returned home Wednesday after an enjoyable trip to the San Francisco World’s Fair.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Hamilton visited at Mrs. Hamilton's parents in Kilhum and Carlton relatives in Salt Lake City Toledo Chicago Rockwell and Utah districts plan a Milford Beaver summer with parks. A birthday gathering at Mrs. Moody's home featured prizes won by Mrs. Gerrard Weston and Mrs. Peterson. A missing Gilbert Erickson 70, 6 feet 1 inch, 170 pounds, blue eyes, gray hair, scar on neck, last heard from Milford Utah after leaving Steel County North Carolina for California in late November 1937. respond to M E Erickson Route 2 Hatton North Dakota.
Local visitors arrive from Salt Lake City Seattle and California for several weeks in Milford. An LDS stake relief society meeting is set for Tuesday June 7 at 2 pm. New Gosspel Beauty Shop opens over the bank with Gladys Gospill offering permanents hair care facials and manicures. Social bridge and contract parties feature hostess Mrs Thomas Campbell and Mrs Harold Cline with multiple guests.
South Milford reports the marriage of Howard Tanner to Kate Smith in March and their plan to reside in Milford after visiting the California fair. John Stahl wed Miss Dorothy Stywert at Richfield on June 12, with a kitchen shower and luncheon. Visitors LaRue Marshall and Cal l eon Myers are in town. Beets are thinning and crops show good stands, with light hauling and cutting hay, while disease concerns affect farmers.
Lucile Estes serves as deaconess pastor at M E Community Church. Church school led by Marin Carlson opens at 10 00 a m. Worship and preaching service scheduled for 11100 am with the pastor delivering the sermon for the week beginning June 25.
Ray Martyne serves as president guiding a youth council at 7 00. Sammy Knight leads a discussion at 11 00 about What Should We Pray For. A sermon by the pastor titled Poetry of the Soul a Meditation. Service at CCC camp at T16 pm Tuesday with Walter White presiding. Mid week study and prayer at 7 80 p.m Wednesday.
Mrs Ella Milléx ill at Mrs Atta Bonner’s Milford home. F D Dinwiddie visited Milford on business. Mrs W M White and Mrs M H Hughes with Nelowise Joanne and Jimmy drove to Black Rock. Milo Marsden aided wool shipment in Nada. John Wilcock went to Beaver Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Bert Armstrong and daughter Joyce traveled to Santaquin for the 50th wedding anniversary of Armstrong’s mother and father. Lois Gray of Milford visited Nelouise and LaVerne Hughes at Nada.
A family reunion draws MINERSVILLE participants including Sarah E Dotson James Dotson Beverly Dotson and extended families at Navajo lake. Nearby events include Barbara Marshall's birthday party a scavenger hunt Bunco and refreshments. visitors Lillie J Roberts Arshel Evans Beulah Eyre Della Allison and others are noted with trips and arrivals.
Fragmentary notes describe Mr Wail Moe Bugeou Handy and Mrs Kenneth Ward visiting in Fomitdot Baslys with retirees. In Las Vegas Nevada, Mr DOM Mogrtin and children reportedly faced a retort at their home after staying as guests at the Eyre residence.
The article notes promises to send the last bill, the lands office reports no waivers for the year, and that assessment work must finish by midnight June 30. Claim owners not having done work risk losing rights if adverse claimants file on or after July 1, the start of a new year.
Washington Comment notes a drop in Americans traveling abroad during the 1938 to 1939 period. The passport division reports 5,600 applicants in the first week of May 1938 versus 2,900 in the same week of 1939, reflecting a significant reduction in overseas travel.
The article notes multiple weekly passport applications this year with the fourth week leading at 4 200 while other weeks range from 2 600 to 6 400. It cites rising passport fees totaling 1 224 939 and discusses travel declines due to red tape, war scares, and financial hardship. It mentions diplomatic disturbances boosting returns of long resident Americans and warns of summer war scare effects on travel quotas.
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