Banks to close Saturdays in summer months plan
The Southern Tah Bankers Association approved a resolution to close banks on Saturdays during June July August and September except on Saturday September 1st. State laws in many states permit summer Saturday closings and Milford State Bank will join the practice. Local businesses and readers are urged to cooperate as the Milford News notes it is not a financial institution but plans to follow the trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imes
Southern Tah Bankers Association
Sturday
Tak
Salt Lake
Eriod
Milford State Bank
Milford News
Farmers Union Wins Libel Suit in Utah Case
A federal jury in Utah cleared the National Farmers Union of being communist dominated and ruled against the Utah Farm Bureau Federation A V Smoot and Frank G Shelley in a libel case The jury awarded $25 000 in damages after four days of testimony The Farm Bureau had argued the union was linked to communism in a 1950 memorandum aimed at defeating Representative Walter K Granger
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Utah
Paul Crouch
Miami
Manning Johnson
New York
Maurice Malkin
Brooklyn
Howard Rushmore
Hearst
Farm Busrou
Farmers Union
Utah Farm Bureau Federation
Walter K. Granger
Farm Bureau Federation
Milford High School two students earn straight A year
Final grade tabulation for 1950 1951 shows two seniors Joan Smith and Ruth Cline achieved straight A grades for the full year. The list also notes students with no grade below B across grades and those with straight A for the final term, including seniors and other class standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Smith
Ruth Cline
Milford High School
Anne McCulley
Priscilla Kesler
Harlan Anderson
Darryl Schramm
Karen Archer
Coral Jean Garfield Florence Pitchforth
Carole Walker
Patricia Wilcock
Earl Stonehocker
Carlyle Stott
Gov Lee to Oversee Intermountain Fat Stock Show Award
Governor J Bracken Lee will officiate the Master Stockman award ceremony on June 7 at Lagoon. Attendees include David O McKay and Salt Lake City Mayor Earl Glade. The show runs June 7 8 at Salt Lake Union Stock Yards with 435 animals entered from three states. AOPA price waivers boost auction interest as big buyers attend.
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Salt Lake Union Stock Yards
North Salt Lake
Merrill Parkin
Office of Price Administration
Parkin
Jay Quits Railroadin Jay Gould Retires From Union Pacific
Veteran engineer J. Gould retires after long service with Union Pacific. Farewell scenes include road foreman J. D. Johnston, J. P. Schnackenberg, trainmaster George Baker, and official M. M. Vincent in a send-off for the departing employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Johnston
J. P. Schnackenberg
Mr. Gould
George Baker
M. M. Vincent
Jay Gould Ends Active Service After 49 Years
Jay Gould, Union Pacific engineer with a 49 year rail career, retires May 21 after piloting train No. 10 from Milford to Las Vegas. Born in Minnesota near the North Dakota line, he began with the Soo Line in 1902, worked for several railroads, and joined Union Pacific in 1914. He will reside in Salt Lake City with wife Madalane Spandrie. no children.
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Day K. Gould
Union Pacific
Milford
Las Vegas
Mr. Gould
Minnesota
Fargo
North Dakota
Soo Line
Saulte Sainte ‘Ering
Calfornia
California
Sorthern Paefe
Northwest
Ter
Gould Fist
Malia Paefie
Shall Lake
Lb A & C. Harrosd
Nion Pacthe
Hehayeon & Union Pacife
Frisco
Fisco
Newhouse
Madalane Spandrie
Colorado
Farmington
Mr. Goula
Salt Lake City
West Second South
Mrs Ireta Bishop Dies in Milford Hospital
Mrs Ireta Walker Bishop 38 died Monday afternoon in Milford Hospital after a lingering illness. Funeral services at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Milford LDS Chapel with George Co Goodwin directing. Born January 8, 1913 in Minersville, she lived much of her life in Milford and was active in the LDS Church. Survived by husband Lawrence Bishop of Provo, a son Joann and daughter Robert, mother Emma Walker, brothers Theman Milford DeLloyde Walker and Lewis Walker, and sister Hilda Nolan. Burial in Milford Cemetery under Southern Utah Mortuary.
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Ireta Walker Bishop
Milford Hospital
George Co. Goodwin
Milford
Bishop
Minersville
Ezra
Emma Schwab Walker
South Milford
LDS Church
Lawrence Bishop
Provo
Joann
Robert Bishop
Emma Walker
Theman Walker
DeLloyde Walker
Bingham
Lewis Walker
Bristol
Nev
Hilda Nolan
Caliente
Milford Cemetery
Southern Utah Mortuary
Tips to Home Gardeners Fight garden pests with sprays and baits
Dr. George F. Knowlton of Utah State Agricultural College outlines controls for aphids on roses and other plants using nicotine soap pyrethrum or rotenone. DDT dust or spray controls leaf hoppers mites and millipedes. metaldehyde bait or DDT dust combats saw bugs slugs. flea beetles on radishes turnips beets and other crops are reduced by DDT unless on tomato and squash where rotenone is preferred. Replant after seed corn maggot damage and coordinate earwig and fly control with neighbors for broader effectiveness.
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George F. Knowlton
Utah State Agricultural College
Knewlton
Utah Cuts Government Costs in 1959 as Western Leader
Utah, per the US Commerce Department, reduced state government expenditures by 6.7 percent in the year ending June 30, 1959, with total outlays including capital outlay and local aid down 2.2 percent from the prior year. The report credits modern administration methods and efficient staffing for the savings while noting highway outlay rose 17 percent and state aid to local governments increased.
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Utah
United States Department of Commerce
Pat Healy Jr
State Tax Commission
USAC Health Conference Planned at Utah State College
A health education conference for improving health instruction in elementary to high schools is set for June 18 19 20 at Utah State Agricultural College Logan. Dr Oliver E Byrd Stanford University hygiene education expert will lead the program. The conference is free for teachers of health biology dental hygiene and nutrition. Details from the Dean of the Summer Session.
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Utah State Agricultural College
Logan
Oliver E. Byrd
Department For Hygiene
Stanford University
Byrd
Services Held for Myron P. Lewis
Funeral services were held May 28 in Los Angeles for Myron Pars ier Lewis 62 who died May 19 in Long Beach after a lingering illness A former Milford citizen he was born December 3 1888 in Chicago He lived in Beaver County and Utah where he worked as a civil engineer for American Telephone and Telegraph Co He served in World War I and held posts in American Legion Lions Club and Veterans of Foreign Wars Survivors include a son David E Lewis a grandson two brothers and a sister Burial was in Sawtelle Veterans Cemetery California.
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Veterans Administration Center
Los Angeles
Myron Parsier Lewis
Long Beach
Beaver County
Mr. Lewis
Milford
Chicago
A. B. Lewis
Mary Schondé
Salt Lake City
University of Utah
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Acvoss
Tucson
Ariz
Lewis
Cedar City
Utah
Minersville
Milford Realty Co
D. E Kirk
American Legion
David E. Lewis
Guy C Lewis
Pasadens
Calif
Arthur Lewis
Salt Lake
Marie Graham
Ann Arbor
Mich
Veterans Cemetery
Sawtelle
Calif .Y
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Alexander Gratiam Bell
James J. Rhodes
Centralia
Wae
Dorothy J. Burrus
Seattle
Wash
Army Signal Corps Center
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Army
Inuvetitoluyyla Tage Nou
49Ers
Don Gleanson
White Market
Lady Laows
J C. Penney
Roy Myers
Steve Williams Kins
Larry Edwards
Alice Cook
Sharon Kesler
Helen Lyman
Jeanette Stoker
Nancy Hillman
LeRoy Griffiths
Karen Archer Lois Jean Fowles
Mary Jane McCulley
Gayle Tolley
Carol Jean Garfield
Florence Pitchforth
Barbara Tanner
Joelene Winn
Jerry Mayer
Sharon Christensen
Patsy James
Janice Lynn
Shirley Tomsik
Randy Morris
Fred Wright
Gov. Lee
Jay
Jay K. Gould
Jay Gould
Ireta Bishop
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Ohio
Iinois
J. Bracken Lee
Usac Schedlles Health Confab
Myron P. Lewis
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