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07 Apr 1950
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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1950
Page
1
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Rehearsals for a two day benefit stage show sponsored by the Parowan Chamber of Commerce will present April 14 and 15 at Parowan High Auditorium. Under Mia Mickey Parr, the cast includes about 100 people impersonating famous radio figures and mythical characters with leads Joyce Guy Mn and Mac Lyman as Ginger Jones and Jo Jo Brown. The production features music, comedy, and a Cantor impersonation with Eddie Cantor emceeing Take It or Leave It.
Miss Louetta Sampson, Home Economics instructor, announces a free dress alterations demonstration at Parowan High School. The event will be at 3:00 PM Thursday April 13 in the Home Economics room. All students, communities, and those interested in dress making or alterations are invited.
Parowan P T A Urbanization announces annual officer election will be held April 27 at the school auditorium. Positions include president and three vice presidents, secretary treasurer, and three trustees. Incumbents listed with Miriam P. Lister include Ray Watters Enid Mitchell and Ida King with Ruby Orton Irene Robinson as board members. A nominating committee of Margaret Ad chairman Claude Adams Virginian Lerate and Mary Lythan will select candidates.
After months of dissent and costly trips through the mountains, over 100 tons of Parowan Canyon silica were mined and hauled to the rail head at Cedar City. The move marks the start of a potential major industry with interest in a local glass factory and further investigations into proper procedures.
A farewell party for Robert J Halterman of Parowan West ward is set for 8:00 p m Thursday April 12 at the West ward chapel. Halterman, son of Mr and Mrs Robert L Halterman and a University of Utah graduate, will report April 17 to the mission home in Salt Lake City for LD5 Church service in the Texas Louisiana mission after a Navy Air Corps career and education at BYU. The event includes a program with community singing, remarks by local leaders, and a Parowan High School girls trio. All stake members are invited to join in the Bon Voyage salute.
Parowan couple Bartong expands from hobby to greenhouse and nursery, aiming to make Parowan a beauty spot in Utah. Easter stock arrives for opening on Saturday April 8 with lilies, bulbs, plants, roses, shrubs, evergreens, fertilizers, and garden essentials, plus new stock daily. public invited to visit.
Parowan Stake reports a successful April fundraiser to support a permanent welfare farm. Funds from the event, plus a General Welfare loan, cover farm and equipment costs. Volunteers, including 14 tractors from four wards, plowed about 90 acres and drilled 5 acres in barley.
A baby popularity contest for children ages one to six will accompany the Paro van Chamber of Commerce production It's a Date at the High School Auditorium on April 14 and 15. Votes cost one cent each, with prizes for the top boy and top girl. The town buzz centers on predicting the winners as each contestant has photos in Mitchells Variety Store window and a vote jar available.
Winter range game survey work completed in Paroawn and Dixie deer herd areas. Supervisory update from Albert Arpertson of the Dixie National Forest lists Claude MacFarlane Vern Leavitt Riley Osborne Frank Daly and Sanders Clark of the State Fisheries Department as survey participants with Paul Arns also involved.
A gathering is planned for April 16 to organize the Sonus of Utah Pioneers chapter and enroll Charter Members. Eligible are male descendants over 17 of pioneers who settled in Utah before May 1869, with candidates invited to join. watch The Times for time and place.
Parowan high school students won awards at the divisional speech meet in St George with honors in dramatic reading humorous reading retold story oration and debate. Recipients include Sean Robinson Gaytha Lamoreaux Joyce Guyman Barbara Robbins and more. The state drama meet in Provo and state forensic meet in Salt Lake City will feature top Parowan performers. The Parowan play So Wonderful in White featured an all girl cast nursing school theme.
Parents thank Parowan High School Junior class for excluding elementary children from the Post Junior Prom and for lending their decorated ballroom for a matinee dance run by elementary teachers. Children enjoyed safe age appropriate decorations and supervision. Attendance at the Saturday Post Prom was lower, likely due to poor advertising and snowy weather.
Parowan Wards unite for Easter Sunday program at 10 o'clock in the Wet Ward Chapel. The service features musical numbers led by Alton Merrill and Howard Low, readings, talks, a sacrament meeting after Sunday School, and a series of scriptural readings and poems from junior and advanced students.
John Dolokinski, a native of Germany and long-time Parowan resident, died Friday of natural causes at age 80. Born August 15, 1896 in Germany, he and his wife joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as converts. An Elder at his death, Dolokinski previously worked in Pennsylvania coal fields and Carbon County Utah, where he survived a serious mine accident in Coalville.
Mrs Belle C Matheson visits Parowan from St George for a week while serving as a missionary from the Parowan Stake in the St George L D S Temple. Mr and Mrs Max Hendrickson and son Juddy travel to Salt Lake City for Primary Conference with plans to visit Malta Idaho with Jean's folk. Mrs Roberta B Rowley and Mrs Ethel Bayles of the Primary Stake Board attend Conference, as does Mrs Huldah Hulet, former Primary President. Mrs Dolkinski returns to Salt Lake City with her daughter and son in law for a visit before resuming residence in Parowan.
Rehearsals for Manhattan Magic conclude as Parowan Love Dance Studio showcases a fantasy New York City town revue on Friday April 21 at West Ward Recreation Hall. The cast features Parowan pupils and semi pro acts from other Love Studios with names including Barbara Jane Bayles Joy Swans Barbara Ann Graff Joyce G mon Joyce Halterman Helen Hatch Aileen Holyoak Arlene Holyoak Dianne Hulet Clella Humphrys Harriet Humphrys Maxine Joseph Laura Lamoreaux Ruth Lyman Veon McFarlane Kenneth Norman Victor Norman Mickel Rolly Katrine Taylor Patricky Urle Barbara Warren and others.
Parowan student Jerry (Jack) Halterman is named as a member of the Board of Directors for the 87th annual California Aggie Pinie to be held April 15 on the UC Davis campus. The event resembles a county fair with exhibits and parades organized by the Agricultural school. Halterman attends the University majoring in agriculture with wife Ruth Adams and their young son living near campus. he is son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Halterman of Parowan.
Parowan F F A officers plus Janet Mortensen and family traveled to Salt Lake City March 29 for the state convention. Officers Owen Holyoak Steven Adams Raynor Kaminska Burgess Robinson Kendall Lister attended with reports on progress and Chapter Farm Degree recipients. Joe Benson earned his State Farmers degree among 62 statewide. Eugene Hansen spoke on a Europe F F A trip. sweetheart banquet followed with election of new officers.
Funeral services for Mrs Nellie Tasylor were held Saturday at 2 PM at West Wind Chapel. Speakers included Harley W Dalton and George Rowley. A great granddaughter Mrs Barbara Mo Adame sang with the quartet. Pallbearers listed. many relatives and out of town mourners attended.
The Stork delivered blue and pink bundles to Parowan couples in recent weeks. Bill and Babs Burt welcomed a 7 lb baby boy named Phillip Wayne on a Friday morning. Anna Rae arrived for Les and Yvonne Hyatt Ashdown on March 27 weighing 7 lbs 11 oz. Harold and Mae Dalton Karrick’s pink bundle weighed 6 lbs 9 1 2 oz and was named Miss. Mary Louie and the siblings await the new arrival. Grandparents include Mr and Mrs Benson, Mr and Mrs Tail Burt, Mr and Mrs Hyatt, Mrs Leonard Ashdown, and Mr and Mrs Meeks Dalton.
Road Show listed with missing details for April 18. Sophomore Sex Spies and Manhattan Birgie set for April 21. Parent-Teacher event on May 19. Music and Speech activity also noted with missing context. Stake MIA.
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