18 May 1944
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Newspaper
Milford News
Location
Milford, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1944
Page
1
A speculative note describes a figure known as the Ruminator who dreams with minimal thought, plants a few bouquets while ambitions rise, and occasionally fires a bold shot to spark attention, finding pleasure in watching reactions unfold.
A wartime exchange jokes about battlefield gear and medals. A sergeant notes a morale moment as a soldier boasts of sharpshooting while another claims the most trained men were poor shots, reflecting lighthearted attitudes in a regiment.
Locals report visits and moves including Mr and Mrs Ralph A Caster spending time with F E Casterline family. C W Evans named Union Pacific agent at Milford from Brigham City. Tribole family trips from Long Beach. Induction notes for local residents and a few rejections. Dorces Society and Corcus Society meetings planned with book reviews, quilt blocks and Red Cross work. Bridgadier circle hosts luncheon with gifts and garden bonnets.
A 1945 ration notice outlines stamps and limits for meats, sugars, processed foods, and other staples. It notes stamps in use, red stamps values, and temporary suspensions or indefinite validity, with dates referencing wartime supply controls and authorizing authorities.
Milford high school will confer twenty six diplomas Friday evening signaling the close of a successful year. The weeklong commencement began with baccalaureate services led by Sidney B Sperry of Brigham Young University. The program included solos by CE Buchanan and Kenneth Farrer, violin solos, and an address by Sperry. Valedictorian acts, salutations, and a boys quartet highlighted the ceremony. Principal Thatcher Trandley presented the graduates before the diploma presentation and class song.
Tributes paid to Margaret Kirk Hickman, longtime Milford resident and pioneer, who died May 4. Funeral held Friday at Milford L D S chapel with local and visiting mourners. Speakers Rudolph Nielsen and Carlyle Gronning paid warm tributes. interment in Milford cemetery. Born 1863 in Lancashire, she traveled with family to Utah as a child, married Joseph S. Hickman in 1881, and lived in Milford since 1885. Survived by six of eleven children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. many relatives attended despite one absence due to work.
Would-be candidates for July 11 primaries must file by May 31 with the proper filing officers. Congressional and state posts go to the secretary of state, county offices to the county clerk. Beaver County has three offices: two commissioners and county attorney. The four-year commissioner likely from Milford, Iv an McKnight, Republican, currently serving a two-year term.
The Milford American Legion Auxiliary met at the library on Monday May 15 after a brief business session. Members shared a Cross sewing activity and enjoyed a lunch prepared by Mrs. Mostrie, Mary Reed, and Lottie Murdsles. Poppy poster contest winners were announced: senior first prize to Kav Bunil, junior high first prize to Ward Luesl, and second prize to ? (teacher Mrs. Pauly).
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Nora Wright and Charlene Nichole with unclear roles. Other names Whitbeck and Viole Linh appear as possible participants or subjects, but the text offers no clear actions, dates, or context to determine outcomes or events.
Letters of sympathy flow to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Weber for their son Ted killed near Sos Negros Island on March 2 during early Admiralty Islands operations. Mentions commendation from General MacArthur, and notes other Milford servicemen including Private James Ussery training in Florida, and Lieutenant Dana Gilles's promotion. Also references Private James Ussery’s army enlistment, and Lt David Williams Jr.’s wound and combat mission in France, with local connections through families and newspapers.
A wartime letter from New Guinea dated April 20, 1944, recounts life with the Anti Aircraft Battery and details daily duties, meals, and shipboard routines. The writer, Pfc Weston, describes training, exchanges, and letters home, noting the Milford News subscription and personal reflections on service.
Director Henry Uneranstey announces the second annual summer school at Branch Agricultural College from May 22 to June 30, six weeks with four teaching staff. Dormitory accommodations available for students. BAC awards committee names student body award recipients to attend the annual assembly on Thursday May 14. Acting officers: Alice Roberts Morgan White Virginia Beasley Evaleon Hulut. Scholarly awards: Marian Bennion Marybell Feniton. Yearbook award: Melba Stephenson. BACian award: Edythe Adams.
The memoir recalls meals in the mess hall and a shipboard voyage where every person joined in a humorous initiation into the Ancient Order of thy Duop. An officer invented a King Neptonv figure, and the crew enjoyed lively, inclusive entertainment resembling old shipboard rituals.
A wartime caravan sponsored by the Utah Council of Defense toured Milford with a military band featuring former members of a well known ensemble and members of WAVES SPARS and Marines. The event included discussions with women about military service opportunities and information stands.
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