Milford column reports civic projects and community fund drives
Jaycees complete sidewalk gutter work along the alley facing the UP amid town remarks. Red Cross donations reach 319 dollars with a 365 dollar quota. Milford eyes a Southern Utah Council with five counties joining for regional coordination. Bishop Elmer thanks volunteers for a large ward supper and calls for a Milford speech and debate instructor for improved public speaking.
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Phyllis Symond
Jaycee Ettes
Red Cross
Symond
Milford
Ground Observer Tower Planned Atop Milford Hotel
Civil Defense plans a group observer tower atop Milford Hotel after permission from owner Daisy Rowley. Funds to come from public entertainments. first event is a public dance on Saturday April 7 in Legion Hall with Jake Scow’s Orchestra. Tickets are $1 per couple.
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Observer
Civil Defense
Milford Hotel
Daisy Rowley
Observer Booth
Legion Hall
Legion
Jake Scow
Florence Barnes
Dora Johnson
Dee Ferguson
Ethel Cook and Gayle Edwards Win Girls State Trips
Milford High School juniors Ethel Cook and Gayle Edwards will attend Girls State in Logan in June as Milford’s representatives. Alternates are Sally Edwards and Margaret Root. They were chosen by the American Legion Auxiliary Past Presidents and the Lady Lions for leadership character courage cooperativeness and scholarship.
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Ethel Cook
Gayle Edwards
Milford
Logan
Miss Cook
Walter Cook
Miss Edwards
Harold Edwards
Sally Edwards
Edgar C. Edwards
Margaret Root
Max Root
American Legion Auxiliary
Lady Lions
Scouts Plan Family Fun Night in First Ward
The First Ward Boy Scouts and Explorers Troop 324 host Family Fun Night at the LDS Church on Wednesday April 4 starting 7 40 PM. The program includes games cartoons grab bags fish pond and punch and cookies with invites for ages 1 to 101 years.
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First Ward
Boy Scouts and Explorers
LDS Church
Bobby Griffiths Hurt In Minersville Alley Accident
Bobby Griffiths a 12 year old from Minersville is recuperating at Milford Valley Hospital after running into a car site in Minersville Monday night He had just jumped from a pickup driven by Hay Murdock and was struck by a car driven by Lee Gillins Freeman Orr rushed him to the hospital where Dr D A Symond treated him
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Bobby Griffiths
Mervin Edwards
Minersville
Milford Valley Hospital
Bobby
Hay Murdock
Lee Gillins
Milford Hospital
Freeman Orr
D A Symond
Bennett reveals Utah plans for Mission 66
Senator Wallace F Bennett publicized detailed Mission 66 proposals for Utah National Parks and Monuments with a total estimated cost of 16.3 million dollars He urged top priority for projects including road access to Zion Cedar Breaks Arches Bryce Zion Dinosaur Capitol Reef and new or upgraded visitor facilities He noted Mission 66 remains tentative and must be enacted by Congress and urged swift action ahead of the 1966 NPS anniversary.
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Wallace F. Bennett
Utah National Parks and Monuments
National Parks Service
Conrad Stith
Sen
Benneill
Zion National Monument
Cedar Breaks
Arches
Bryce
Zion
Dinosaur
Capitol Reef
Senate
Zion National Park and Monument
Congress
Utah
Sen. Bennett
National Park Service
Henry Aldous
National Parks and Monuments
Utah Parks and Monuments
Water content drops at Beaver Mountain snow course
The Soil Conservation Service reports April measurements show snow water content at Beaver Mountain lower than prior years with Tuesday readings indicating reduced depth. Merchant Valley snow nearly two inches less than in early estimates. Otter Lake about one inch above 1955. Big Flat at 90 percent of last year. Measurements released Wednesday by the Soil Conservation Service.
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Beaver Mountain
Soil Conservation Service
Merchant Valley
Otter Lake
Big Flat
Spil Conservation Service
Cedar Club Wins Gold Medal Casaba Tourney
Cedar City’s Cedar Club, loaded with former college stars, dominated the Gold Medal Casaba Tourney finals defeated Fillmore to claim first place. Mill’s Stag Stop pers finished second with Beaver and Minersville also among top teams. Cedar Sixth Ward and Delta exited on Thursday.
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Mill
Stags
Cedar City
Fillmore
Linst
Minersville
Beaver
Milford Misfits
Cedar Sixth Ward
Delta
Cox
Beaver Jones
Cahoon
Delta Sportsman
Robinson
Fisher
Minersville Sportsman
Guald — Dotson
Cedar
Crane
United States Federation
Adams
Jones
Coon
Coon Family Reports Posthospital Recovery
Kim Goon, son of Mr and Mrs Blair Coon, is home from the hospital convalescing from mumps complications. Mr and Mrs Jack Weston and children are spending this weekend in Salt Lake.
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Kim Goon
Blair Coon
Jack Weston
Salt Lake
Rendell Mabey Declares Run for Utah Governor
Rendell Mabey, Utah lawmaker and businessman, announced Saturday his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. Mabey, a state senator, said the decision was not easy and noted support from party leaders across the state.
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Rendell N. Mabey
Utah
Mabey
Frem
Davis Caurity
Clule
Mabey Files Nomination Bid for Utah Governor Race
Bountiful native Mabey announces campaign for governor after decades in Utah politics. A Republican and lawyer, he served as House speaker 1947-48 and Senate majority leader 1953, with leadership roles in state governance, cancer society, and outdoor sports groups. He operates a fruit farm in Bountiful and holds various civic positions including Civil Air Patrol local counsel.
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Bountiful
Mabey
Davis County
University of Utah
University of Berlin
Austria
Germany
Rachel Wilson
Salt Lake City
Utah
House of Representatives
Budget Committee
House
Council of State Governments
Baltimore
Washington, D. C
Lions International
Utah State Senate
Senate
Legislative Council
American Cancer Society
National Council of State
Game Breeders Association
Istor
Civil Air Patrol
Mrs Baxter Returns Home After Winter Visit
Mrs DA Baxter returns home after spending the winter with her daughter Virginia. Mrs Dan James recently came back from Fontana California where she visited Mr and Mrs Bud James at their home.
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DA. Baxter
Virginia
Dan James
Fontana
Calif
Bud James
County Receives 48000 In Road Funds For 1956
Beaver County has been notified by the State Road Commission that Class B and C funds totaling 2 743 781 50 are allocated to cities and counties for 1956. Beaver County’s share is 48,499 64, up from 44 995 78 in 1955. Beaver City gets 4,315 15 Minersville 1,532 40 and Milford 3,978 99. County tax effort adds 17,273 99, making total 65,773 63 for county road expenditures in 1956. B funds will be available when local project reports are approved. Most money likely for maintenance with some new construction oiling and equipment.
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Beaver County
State Road Commission
C. Victor Smith
Beaver City
Minersville
Milford
State
Bids Sought for Milford Post Office Quarters
Proposals are invited to furnish about 1300 square feet of post office space in Milford for five or ten years from May 1 1957. Bids due by May 2 addressed to Post Office Inspector W Porch Salt Lake City. Contact Norman Baxter postmaster for details.
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W. Porch
Salt Lake City
Milford
Norman Baxter
Baxter
Baby sitter saves children from fire in Minersville
Joan Eyre 11 years old was guarding Carrie 7 months and Michael 3 when an oil heater exploded. She closed the door, alerted her mother, led the kids outside, then retrieved a blanket. The fire damaged the bathroom adjoining room and ceiling, with $200 in damage.
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Minersville
Joan Eyre
Max Carter
Carrie
Michael
Joan
James Eyre
Milford Post Office Set to Close at Noon Saturdays
Effective April 1 the Milford post office will close at 12 noon on Saturdays and revert to the standard hours used by other offices nationwide. Postmaster Norman Baxter says 1 pm closing had aligned with noon trains but newer schedules prevent it.
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Milford
Norman Baxter
Baxter Family Visit Reported in Salt Lake
Mr and Mrs Charles Baxter and their baby from Salt Lake were guests last weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs Harold Baxter, the baby’s paternal grandparents.
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Charles Baxter
Baby
Salt Lake
Mr Baxter
Mrs
Harold Baxter
Final Beaver County tax monies distributed across districts
The 1955 tax collection was distributed by the county measurer per C Victor Smiths audit to state and local districts. Of 275727.95 assessed, 257109.16 was collected with abatements 149.96 for double erroneous and noncollectable 2497.96 and 14136.07 charged to tax sales redeemable in four years. Distribution includes County General 23184.08 and county schools 128781.87 among others.
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Beaver County
C. Victor Smith
Beaver City
Minersville
Milford
T.B
Judge Rules On Late Driving Day Fines
Recent cases before Judge O C Koch include Clarence D McDowell fined 15 dollars for driving with an expired permit Leland W Dalton of Minersville fined 25 dollars for no 1956 registration James R Lund of Mr Pleasant fined 2.50 for parking too close to a stop sign and 2.50 for parking too far from the curb O M Porter of St George fined 2.50 Victor G Myers of Minersville fined 5 dollars for having signal lights on a truck.
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O. C. Koch
Clarence D. McDowell
Leland W. Dalton
Minersville
James R. Lund
Mr. Pleasant
O. M. Porter
St. George
Victor G. Myers
Basketball B Team at Fillmore Saturday March 31
Saturday events list a B Team basketball game at Fillmore and a Social Hour Club Engineers gathering on Thursday April 5 with Lady Engineers activities.
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Fillmore
S. D. A. Services
Engineers
Lady Engineers
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