Utah National Guard to Launch Operation Friendship Drive
The Utah National Guard will begin Operation Friendship on August 15 with a statewide winter clothing collection for Navajo and Hopi communities in the Four Corners area. Armories statewide serve as collection centers through August 22, with a two-phase plan including a fall caravan to deliver clothing to trading posts and villages as winter nears. Maj. Gen. Maxwell E. Rich leads the effort with Maj. Joseph E. Jones coordinating. local schedules will be released by Lt. Col. Max S. Dalley.
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Utah
Four Corners
Utah National Guard
National Guard
Salt Lake Tribune
Natonal Guard
Maxwell E. Rich
Jos. E. Jones
Rich
Jones
Max 8. Dalley
213Th Field Artillery
Cedar City
Maj. Jones
Mas. Jones
Jesse Mickelson Wins July Big Fish Prize
Jesse Mickelson took the July Big Fish prize without a contest. His prize was a stream-size jacket box filled with lures and flies. An August prize of a Perrine Automatic Reel, worth about $10, is noted for weigh-ins at Ray Mitchell's Buy-Rite Grocery, inviting anglers to bring large catches.
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Jesse Mickelson
Perrine
Ray Mitchell
Harmonica Band Performs in Santaquin Centennial Celebration
The Harmonica Band joined Mrs. Luella Dalton Utah's Mother of the Year in a morning program during Santaquin's centennial and Black Hawk Encampment day. Bishop Arnold Stevens of Mt. Pleasant served as MC while seven band members and Mrs. Dalton shared readings and a New York trip account, receiving a royal welcome. Mr and Mrs W R Horton and their daughter Tinda visit with the Aird Merkleys.
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Santaquin
Luella Dalton
Utah
City Recreation Schedule Highlights Week Ahead
Weather disruptions last week altered plans as baseball games edge toward playoffs. Key events include Little League All-Star Game Monday August 6 at 6 30, Pony League playoffs, and final summer swimming trips for under 15s to Cedar City.
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Kenyon Clark
Yankees
Recreation
Cedar City
Bennett Breaks Down Bills Affecting Utah and the West
Senator Bennett outlines key legislation for Utah and the West including a Small Reclamation Projects bill aiding 72 Utah projects at an estimated $32 million to irrigate 171000 acres. He notes a $1.114 million school assistance plan, forest and watershed protections, and a major recreation program boosting Utah forest visitation and recreation facilities.
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Bennett
Utah
The
West
Senate
Signalute US Lo
Bureau of Reclamation
Colorado
Dixie Ranger Noel Transferred to Ashley National Forest
Ranger Noel Flood C Noel will move from Pine Valley Ranger District Dixie National Forest to Duchesne Ranger District Ashley National Forest effective August 12 1956. Noel a veteran forest officer born Vernal Utah, joined the service in 1944 and has served as Acting Ranger and District Ranger, with a record in wildlife management, waterfowl and big game studies, and law enforcement. He and his wife Dorothy Clark of Richfield will relocate with four children.
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Forest Service
Flood C Noel
Pine Valley
Dixie National Forest
Duchesne
Ashley National Forest
Albert Albertson
Ranger Noe
Dixie Forest
Navajo Ranger District
Pine Valley Ranger District
Dixie
St. George
Noel
Vernal Utah
USAC
Logan
Vernal
LDS Church
California
Utah State Fish and Game Department
Albertson
Dorothy Clark
Richfield
Salt Lake Visitors Stay With Relatives Here
Enoch Mortensen and Mrs. Phyllis Lister and son Aubrey of Salt Lake spent last week end here with relatives and friends.
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Enoch Mortensen
Phyllis Lister
Aubrey
Salt Lake
Mrs Richards and Sister Visit Family in California
Mrs. Jane Richards met her sister Mrs. Flossie Shiner in Salt Lake City and the pair traveled to California to visit their children.
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Jane Richards
Flossie Shiner
Salt Lake
California
Bill Matheson Family Relocates to Fruita Fruita Moves
The Bill Matheson family has relocated to Fruita in Wayne County where Mr. Matheson has obtained new employment, marking a local residential and career change for the family.
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Bill Matheson
Fruita
Wayne County
Mr. Matheson
Marlo Top ham couple return from CSA tour to Canada
Mr and Mrs Marlo Top ham concluded a 16 day tour sponsored by the CSA. They traveled through the Northwest and arrived in Victoria Canada before returning home.
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Marlo Topham
CSA
Northwest
Victoria
Canada
Commission Sets Two Game Bird Seasons
Utah Fish and Game Commission set two bird seasons the regular dove hunt from September 1 to 16 with local closures county by county and a five day higher elevation cut for some areas. A separate grouse permit system offers 495 four bird licenses for seven units with Sept 8-9 or Sept 15-16 hunts and mail-in applications Aug 6-11 with a drawing Aug 17 in the State Capitol.
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Utah Fish and Game Commission
Davis
Weber
Boxelder
Department of Fish and Game
Randolph, Woodruff
Vernon
Diamond Mt
Blue Mountain
Strawberry
Parker Mountain
Diamond Mountain
State Capitol
Utah
Parowan Personal Notes On Empey Family Visit
Parowan residents greet Claudell Empey and family with Mrs Clair Empey of Southgate and Mr Harry Empey of Petaluma. Third Ward Relief Society schedules quilting events starting August 7 at 1 PM and August 14 at 10 AM with visiting teachers messages distributed.
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Claudell Empey
Clair Empey
Southgate
Calif
Harry Empey
Petaluma
Third Ward Blief Society
Third Ward Relief Society
Eisenhower Signs Utah Watershed and Flood Bills
President Eisenhower signed the Bennett Dixon watershed bill authorizing 200000 in federal expenditures. Congress also approved the Weber and Ogden River flood control measure to help prevent floods like the Ogden disaster of 1952. The recent session touted as highly productive for Utah natural resources, from the $750 million Power Colorado Project to smaller watershed efforts.
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Eisenhower
Utah
Congress
Weber
Benson Family Visits Extend In Kingman Area
Mr and Mrs Blain Benson and family from Kingman Arizona spent last week visiting Blains mother Lena Benson in the area Also weekend visitors at the Benson home were Mr and Mrs Grant Benson of Tooele.
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Blain Benson
Kingman, Ariz
Whitney Family Visit In Salt Lake Ties Local Ties
Mr and Mrs Jim Whitney of Salt Lake are visiting here with Jim s mother Mrs Winnie Whitney as they spend time in the area.
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Mrs
Jim Whitney
Salt Lake
Jim
Winnie Whitney
Bettridges and Nelson Families Visit With Webster Bettridges
Mr and Mrs Dee Bettridge and family of Ely and Mr and Mrs Isaac Nelson and family of Cedar spent last week here with their parents Mr and Mrs Webster Bettridge.
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Dee Bettridge
Ely
Isaac Nelson
Cedar
Webster Bettridge
Mt Pleasant Visitors Stop by Stevens Home
Mrs Violet Squires and her son Paul visit Joseph Stevens together with Portia Stevens of Mt Pleasant and Mr and Mrs Clifford Cummings of Seattle during a one day visit last week to the Stevens home.
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Violet Squires
Paul
Portia Stevens
Mt. Pleasant
Clifford Cummings
Seattle
Joseph Stevens
Directors to Explain Dairy Co Revamp at Special Meeting
A special meeting of stockholders and patrons of the So. Utah Dairy Co is set for Monday night August 6 at the Iron Country Court House to hear plans for a full modernization of machines management accounting and personnel. Engineers have been hired to review operations and restore profitability after years of red ink despite sales near 300 000. The board seeks comments and suggestions from all stockholders and patrons.
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So. Utah Dairy Co
Autrust
Iron Country Court House
TT OF Business Engineers
Dairy Board
Los Angeles Couple Visited Panguitch With Local Family
Mr and Mrs Ben Robinson of Los Angeles visited Wednesday with Mr Robinsons brother in law George Stevens and family. Mr and Mrs S A Halter man spent last Sunday in Panguitch with Mr and Mrs Adrian Dalton and family.
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Ben Robinson
Los Angeles
Mr. Robinson
George Stevens
S. A. Halterman
Panguitch
Adrian Dalton
Henderson family on vacation with relatives in Cedar
Mr and Mrs Nathan Ben soft and family of Henderson are spending their vacation here with Nathan's parents and also some time in Cedar. Mrs Pearl Mortensen and two daughters of Monrovia Calif are here with Pearl's family the John W Bentleys and other relatives and
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Nathan Bensoft
Henderson
Nathan
Cedar
Pearl Mortensen
Monrovia
Calif
Pearl
John W. Bentleys
Mrs Banks and family visit Franklin Idaho
Mrs George Banks and her family are spending a few days with Mrs Banks mother in Franklin Idaho. This household trip highlights family visiting relatives in the Idaho town.
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George Banks
Mrs. Bank
Franklin, Idaho
Mrs Topham Celebrates 84th Birthday at Amelia Topham Home
June Topham and two Salt Lake sons visited Amelia Topham home on Sunday July 29 to mark Mrs. Topham’s 84th birthday. John Topham and son from Lehi also joined the family gathering for the occasion.
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June Topham
Salt Lake
John Topham
Lehi
Amelia Topham
Parowan City Recorder Undergoes Surgery
Verda E. Adams Parowan City Recorder underwent surgery recently at Iron County Hospital.
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Verda E. Adams
Parowan City Recorder
Iron County Hospital
Grant Seaman Promoted in Dixie Forest Transfer
H Grant Seaman will be promoted to Forest Ranger and reassigned from Cedar City to Pine Valley Ranger Districts in the Dixie National Forest with headquarters at St George Utah. The promotion, effective August 12 1956, follows his service since 1940 and a Civil Service appointment in 1955.
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H. Gran Seaman
Cedar City
Pine Valley
Dixie Nationa Forest
St. George
Utah
Floyd C. Noel
Duchess
Ashlie National Forest
Albert Albertson
Dixie National Forest
Seaman
Forest Service
Frank W. Seaman
Grant
Forest Guard
Navajo Lake
Civil Service
Idaho
College of Southern Utah
Utah State Agricultural College
Logan
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