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Newspaper

Parowan Times

Location

Parowan, Utah, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1941

Page

8

Local births and community notes in county hospital

Paragonal i By Correspondent? Mr and Mrs Clark Lamoreaut welcome a baby boy born Wednesday at the county hospital. Mr and Mrs Orson Talbot greet a baby boy born Tuesday morning. Sacrament meeting yields several Christenings: Stephen Spencer Edward, John Parkinson, and Thomas Lowell. Mrs Jess Topham suffers heart trouble, John R Robinson visits, John S P Barton marks his 60th birthday, M B Edwards visit from Della. Walter Robb named school janitor. Amasa Stones starts a new home, Darwin Daily contractor. Primary Association and MTA to present program Sunday afternoon. Thomas W Jones ill last week but improving. Mrs Luella A Dalton resumes sewing class.

Clark Lamoreaut the County Orson Talbot Max Edward Stephen Spencer John R. Lister John Parkinson Lowell Evans Thomas Lowell

Many workers sought for Ogden supply depot expansion

Lt Col William L Mays announces 1500 to 2090 civilian workers will staff Utah general depot on West Second Street. Depot to house supplies for units west of the Mississippi with 41 buildings. Staffing includes clerical, watchmen, warehouse, laborer and firemen from civil service. total employment to rise to 1500 2000. Office in frame building near depot entrance until completion of brick administration building around January 1. Manpower growth linked to regional supply needs and job opportunities for locals.

Utah General Depot Army West Second Street William L. Mays Mays Ogden Fort Douglas Salt Lake City Mississippi River

Locals and Personal News Sedate visits from many states during race meet week

Las Vegas visitors Mrs. Clinton Thornton and Sam Pritchard attend the big race meet. Santa Ana’s Mr. and Mrs. Vern Reid visit with Edmund Stevens. Fort Douglas private Errold Gurr visits family at the event. State Land Board secretary Warren Taylor and his father spend days in town on office business. Camp San Luis soldier Billy Gattley visits while stationed there. Salt Lake City visitors Phyllis Thygerson and sister Frantz Lyman drop in. Mrs. Roe Thorley and her father discuss a new home in Paragonia while Mr. Thorley digs a basement. A drill sergeant’s blunder prompts a humor line about a Wise guy.

Warren Taylor State Land Board Henry W. Taylor

Delegates Spar Over Meeting Attendance At Convention Program

The first delegate questions the value of a convention program noting nonattendance at meetings while the second delegate admits curiosity about what will be missed, highlighting differing motives in a debate over participation.

Mrs Jones and Mrs Smith Clash Over Marital Bliss

A humorous exchange has Mrs Jones asking about her daughter’s marriage while Mrs Smith counters that the daughter is happily married. Mrs Smith adds the husband is terrified of his wife and unsure how to act.

Mrs. Jones

Works Both Ways and Other Quips From The Times

A collage of witty exchanges and brief vignettes. Bits include marriage ironies about ideal partners, a magnate valuing time at $100 a minute, light golf stakes of $10,000 to $15,000, a father with another wife misinterpreted as bigamy, a college dropout due to eyesight, a joke about a dean of women, a baby's age quip, a Pullman travel line, a poker quip, a poultry house floor note on sanitation, and a nod to concrete as an all-purpose flooring solution.

Experiment to grow trees on dry farms praised

An Utah State College extension official announced a successful dry farming tree experiment in Juab and surrounding counties. Russian olive, Siberian elm, honey locust, and black walnut showed varied survival under different cultivation regimes, with all species thriving under regular cultivation and mulching, indicating trees can grow on dry farms with minimal care when matched to species.

J. Whitney Floyd Utah State Agricultural College Floyd Utah State Experiment Station Levan Flat Juab County

Weather and farm outlook in Utah and nation

The July Agricultural Situation notes abundant domestic demand and government food purchases supporting farm markets while crop and livestock outputs may set records barring bad weather. It warns price gains may ease in the second half and references long-ago weed seed persistence since McKinley era amid moisture and shade concerns.

Bureau of Agricultural Economics Great Britain

Also Mentioned on This Page

Jess Topham John R. Robinson Colorado John S. P. Barton Mrs. M. B. Edwards Della Walter Robb W. H. Barton Amasa Stones Darwin Daily The Primary Association Thomas W. Jones Luella A. Dalton Relief Society Times Office Mitchell Variety Store General Electric Candies Novelties GMC Union Oil Products Union Parawan Service Co Parawan Utah Clinton Thornton Las Vegas Nevada Sam Pritchard Mrs Vern Reid Santa Ana, California Mrs. Reid Edmund Stevens Errold Gurr Billy Gattley John W. Benson Camp San Luis Obispo California Utah National Guard Phyllis Thygerson Frantz Lyman Mrs. Roe Thorley Samuel T. Orton Mr. Thorley Paragonia Albert James Dean of Women St . Rastus Sam Iimay Pullman Joseph Skeen Utah State Aaa Committee Skeen AAA Sension Sa Telera Utah William McKinley Wood Arthur’ Robinson Parowan Uta J. A. Evang Alladin Theatres Parowan, Utah Sun Mon Jack Benny Fred Antt Comedy & News Bonnie Baker Ormin Tuck Frank Morgan Bille Bulg Branch Agricultural College Matheson Southern Utah Dairy Hs An Urbon Schenley Distillers Corp Naya
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