Tourists Seen as Southern Utahs Big Industry
Ray Norton of the Utah Committee on Industrial Development and Planning told the Five County Organization in Kanab last Friday that Southern Utah should tap tourist potential. He urged the counties to take advantage of their possibilities, noting the region as a key playground for Southern California visitors.
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Utah
Calif
Ray Norton
Utah Committee On Industrial Developement and
Plannig
Norton
Kanab
Lenora Mortensen burial marks Parowan ties
Graveside services for Lenora Mortensen, 78, a former Parowan resident, were held in Parowan after funeral rites in Delta. Survivors include husband Joseph R. Mortensen and many children, grandchildren, and siblings. The obituary notes her long church work and the family ranch move to Delta in 1932.
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Lenora Mickelson Mortensen
Mortensen
Parowan
Delta
Howard M. Adams
Third Ward
Jess Guymon
F. C. van Buren
David A Matheson
Parow
Joseph
Eliza Gurr Mickelson
Joseph R. Mortensen
St. George
Clair M
Salt Lake City
Ronald
Elwood
William
Milo
Eliza Hedquist
Provo
Barbara Spendlove
Florence Smith
Josephine McPhee
San Lorenzo
Calif
Jess
Frank
Jack
Mickelson
Lewis
Cedar City
Lavina Redd
Montecello
Lorene Holm
Lizzie Matheson
Bess Stubbs
Council Plans Oil of Parowan Streets
After several council sessions Parowan approves oiling 32 miles of streets and sealing 34 additional miles. Finances resolved with about 11,000 from Class C funds and a similar extra needed. Union Construction to do the work on deferred payment. Gravel crusher set up on city property to obtain materials.
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Parowan
Parowan First Ward awards honor 26 girls and 2 teachers
Seventeen female youths and two educators received church service awards during the Parowan First Ward Sacrament meeting on Sunday for attendance and participation in church programs. Recipients include Jackie Hammell through Mary Lynn Barton and teachers Leone Rasmussen and June Decker.
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Parowan First Ward
Jackie Hammell
Anna Dee Macfarlane
Helen Hatch
Geraldine Skougard
Aleen Rasmussen
Marsha Miller
Arlene Holyoak
Barbara Jane Bayles
Coleen Alger
Joyce Tullis
Linda Knight
Janet Bess
Donna Batt
Spencer Lemmon Heads to Jonesville Michigan for Short Leave
Spencer Lemmon will depart Saturday for Jonesville Michigan to spend a couple of weeks and bring his wife and family home after a monthlong vacation with her relatives.
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Spencer Lemmon
Jonesville Mich
Moore couple depart on extended Midwest vacation
Mr and Mrs J W Moore left during the week for an extended trip heading into the Midwest through Yellowstone Park. They will visit the Dakotas Kansas and Nebraska during their journey.
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J. W. Moore
Midwest
Yellostone Park
Dakotas
Kansas
Nebraska
Three killed and ten injured in Buckhorn Flat head on crash
A head on collision about 16 miles north of Paragonal Tuesday night left three dead and ten injured. Kathleen Tippets and Devon Tippets died or were seriously hurt. the Pangoch family of seven and the Nevada-bound couple were involved. Driver Richmond and passengers suffered multiple injuries as the cars crashed into a barren pit and caught fire. Investigating officers and multiple ambulances responded.
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Paragonal
Henderson Newman
Pangwitch
Pangoch
Nevada
Trae Piedmond
Dean Rm Riphmo
Bopenligh
Fenn Cotes
Kathleen Tippets
Devon Tippets
Glenn Tippetts
Mr. Richmond
Sheila
Sandra Richmond
Shannon Richmond
Eddie Richmond
Eddie
Richmond
Grandson Killed In Montana Airplane Crash
Melvin Reeves grandson of Mr and Mrs Scott Orton died in a Piper Cub crash on a Prior Mountains ridge south of Billings Montana while on a 4.2 hour aerial survey flight from Billings. He was born August 27 1935 in Parowan and grew up in Salt Lake City. Survivors include his mother Irene Reeves Andrus father Frank J Reeves four brothers and a half sister. Funeral attendance from Salt Lake City included Walter F Orton and Scott L Orton family members.
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Melvin Reeves
Scott Orton
Billings
Montana
Reeves
AEC
Young Reeves
Parowan
Frank J. and
Irene Orton Reeves
Salt Lake City
Davis High
Hill Air Force Base
Ogden
Sky Haven
Davis County
Irene O. Reeves Andrus
Kent
Ronald
Robert
Boyde Reeves
Andrea Lynn Andrus
Walter F. Orton
Scott L. Orton
Boyd Orton
Cal Decker
Services Held For John R. Robinson
Funeral services were held in Paragonah for John R. Robinson 78 who died in Meeker Colorado on August 2 after a stroke. Burial was in Cedar City cemetery with services conducted in Paragonah under Bishop Victor Robinson. Surviving are his widow a son Rex Robinson a daughter Mary Tuttle and others. He was born in Paragonah and lived as a farmer and cattle raiser most of his life and served a LDS mission 1909 1911.
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Paragonah
John R. Robinson
Meeker Colorado
Rifle Colorado
Cedar City Cemetery
Victor Robinson
Mr. Robinson
John R
Emma Scofield Robinson
Sarah Owens
Clair Taylor
Cedar City
Colorado
LDS Church
J. Rex Robinson
Mary Tuttle
Craig Cole
Freda Burneck
Calif
Hyrum B
Ellis R. Paragonah
Joseph M. Robinson
Rio Blanco
Alice Holyoak
Parowan
Lula R. Bastian
Sarah R. Stones
Death summons Hendricksons to Logan for father’s funeral
Mrs Jean Hendrickson was called to Logan last Wednesday by the death of her father Mr David Hutchings. Mr Hutchings died at the home of a son Don of a heart attack. Mr Hendrickson joined his wife Saturday. Short services were held in Logan Sunday evening and the body taken to Malta Idaho for funeral services and burial Monday. The Hendricksons returned Tuesday.
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Jean Hendrickson
Logan
David Hutchings
Mr. Hutchings
Don
Mr. Hendrickson
Malta Idaho
Hendricksons
Iron County approves 4.5 mill levy with school rise and Parowan hike
Iron County Commissioners set 1957 county levy at 4.50 mills, down from 4.9, while School District levy rises 1.0 mill to 29.50. Parowan adds 2.0 mills for total Parowan levy of 27.00, with outside-city tax at 35.00 per 1,000. TV fund request denied pending legal fixes, county may still fund later.
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Iron County
Iron County Commissioners
Parowan
County Hospital Fund
Co. Airport Fund
Library Fund
Recreation Fund
Cedar City
Paragonah
Kanarra
John Rowberry
FCC
Ron Co
Co. Commission
Local Club Leaders Attend Utah Institute at Salt Lake
Representing the Utah Federation of Women's Clubs at a leadership institute at the University of Utah on July 30 and 31 were Mrs. C F Bentley Mrs. E Ray Lyman Mrs Golda Guyman and Mrs Clair Hulet. They traveled to Salt Lake City with Mrs Ida King. Mr and Mrs Ronald Waters and family vacationed in Yellowstone Park recently. Mr and Mrs Rupert Hulet and family visited relatives in Wyoming and Idaho recently. They also spent some time at Yellowstone Park. Mr and Mrs Robert Royley just returned from a two week vacation trip through the Pacific Northwest of Castro Valley California. They have spent the week visiting with the Ernest Orton family. Most time was spent in the mountains fishing. They left Monday for a few days visit in Southern California. Jim and Kaye Hyatt and two girls Elizabeth Kaye and Debra Lynn from Las Vegas Nev have been visiting here for the past ten days with Mr and Mrs Roy Hyatt and other family members.
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Utah Federation of Women’s Clubs
University of Utah
C. F. Bentley
E. Ray Lyman
Golda Guyman
Clair Hulet
Salt Lake City
Ida King
Rupert Hulet
Wyoming
Idaho
Yellowstone Park
Castro Valley
California
Ernest Orton
Jim and
Kaye Hyatt
Elizabeth Kaye
Debra Lynn
Las Vegas
Nev
Mrs
Roy Hyatt
Mr and Mrs W Clair Rowley Visit Kin in Cedar and St Geo
Mr and Mrs W Clair Rowley visited members of their family in Cedar and St George on Sunday.
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Mrs
W. Clair Rowley
Cedar
St. Geo
Marsdens Visit Salt Lake. birth of Michael Richard
Mr and Mrs Wm Marsden spent last week visiting family in Salt Lake. A note from former Parowan High Coach and Mrs Richard Jones reports the birth of a son. The baby checked in on July 25 and has been named Michael Richard.
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Mrs. Wm. Marsden
Salt Lake
Parowan High
Richard Jones
Michael Richard
Guyman and Robinson Depart for Fort Douglas Induction
Bob Guyman and Kenneth Robinson left Tuesday morning for Fort Douglas to be inducted into the armed services.
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Bob Guyman
Kenneth Robinson
Fort Douglas
The
Armed Services
First Ward Relief Society Sets Monday Meeting
The regular all day work meeting for the First Ward Relief Society will be held Monday August 12, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
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First Ward Relief Society
Local residents and guardsman noted in current travel and training
Mr and Mrs Jim Wads worth of Las Vegas New are vacationing here at present. Max Dalley is at Fort Sill Oklahoma undergoing training in connection with his duties in the National Guard.
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Jim Wadsworth
Las Vegas
New
Max Dalley
Fort Sill Oklahoma
National Guard
Mrs Grey and family visit Lakeview area in Oregon
Mrs Clara Grey of Lake view Oregon visited here with her mother Mrs Martha Dalton and other family members recently. Mrs Arvilla Halterman returned to Oregon with them for a months visit at Lakeview and in Brookings Oregon with Mr and Mrs V W Bennett.
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Clara Grey
Lakeview
Oregon
Martha Dalton
Arvilla Halterman
Brookings Oregon
V. W. Bennett
Mr and Mrs Eugene Cena and Children Don and Kathy
Mr and Mrs Eugene Cena and their children Don and Kathy are named in a concise notice likely announcing a family event or personal milestone within a community publication. The brief item lists all four individuals by name without further context.
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Eugene Cena
Don and
Kathy
Mrs Don Ford Visits Parowan Then Returns to Bountiful
Mrs Don Ford and her three children from Bountiful spent a week in Parowan visiting her mother Mrs Jay Moore and sister Mrs Glade Smith and other relatives. She will teach second grade when school starts this fall in Bountiful.
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Don Ford
Bountiful
Parowan
Jay Moore
Glade Smith
Mrs McGarry and Baby Visit From Provo
Mrs Larry McGarry and her infant arrive with her parents Mr and Mrs Gilbert Barton. The family plans several days in town while Larry McGarry works with Provo State Road dispatchers.
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Larry McGarry
Baby
Provo
Gilbert Barton
Larry
State Road Dispatchers
Morsbachs from Tribune Kansas Visit Here
Mr and Mrs Jesse Mors bach from Tribune Kansas are visiting here for the next week.
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Mrs
Jesse Morsbach
Tribune Kansas
Mrs Fae Benson Tours Hawaiian Islands With Club
Mrs Fae Benson finished a 15 day trip across the Hawaiian Islands with the B P W Club. The group of 65 travelers traveled aboard a chartered plane and visited multiple sites during the tour.
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Fae Benson
Hawaiian Islands
B.P.W. Club
Lawndale Visitors Return with Grandchildren
Mr and Mrs Ray Golden of Lawndale California visited Mr and Mrs Edgar Benson and took their sons Steve and Tim home. The boys spent the past month with their grandparents. A baby girl was born to Tom and Peggy Dobruskey on August 5 at Iron County hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs A J Dobruskey and Mrs J Harold Mitchell.
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Ray Golden
Lawndale California
Edgar Benson
Steve
Tim
Tom
Peggy Dobruskey
Iron County Hospital
A. J. Dobruskey
J. Harold Mitchell
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Panguitch
Tippett
Tippetts
J. Lowe Barton
EL Roy Mason
Ronald Waters
Robert Royley
Pacific Northwest
Ohau
Hawaii
Maui
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