Holidays Pass Quietly in Parowan
Holidays in Parowan unfold with peace, family gatherings, and public events. Miss Mary Orton led a Christmas operetta by the elementary department, Santa Claus visited for over five hundred children at local venues, and combined Sunday School programs featured a Christmas tree and candy. The season continues with dances and banquets as scheduled by the recreation committee and local clubs.
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Barre
Mary Orton
Clara Bentley
Plang
Santa Claus
Parowan Bakery
Green and Green's
East Ward
Adams
Legion
Gun and Red Club
Union Meeting in Cedar Cedar Second Ward chapel hosts monthly Parowan Stake union
The Parowan Stake regular monthly union meeting for officers is set for Sunday afternoon at three in the Cedar Second Ward chapel. High Council bishops and stake presidency meet at two in the seminary. Sacrament meetings in Parowan wards shift to seven that evening due to Cedar City events.
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Parowan Stake
Cedar Second Ward
High Council
Cedar City
Parowan
Cheese Factory Sees Improved Patronage and Coop Plan
Local cheese factory reports stronger milk and cream intake under manager Bennett. After winter gloom, conditions improved and an ice cream maker invasion was forestalled by an agreement allowing both firms to survive and profit. Milk will be supplied to the ice cream plant during summer, benefiting producers and both facilities through local loyalty. Also, PT Bre. Emily Robinson LeFevre visits relatives over holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Legion Membership Surges in Local Post Drive
Membership in the local American Legion post rose about twenty five percent from last year after a Christmas night drive led by Captain Albert Adams and Ross Taylor. Sixty four ex servicemen eligible, fifty four enrolled. Paragonah turnout strong with all except Walter Talbot already joined. Adams’s side won the contest with thirty one of thirty two members. the losing side funded a chicken supper served by the Relief Society.
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The
American Legion
W. Clair Rowley
Paragonah
Walter Talbot
Talbot
Parowan
Albert Adams
Ross Taylor
Relief Society
First Milking Machine Brought Into Valley
H L Adams earlier introduced modern dairy barn gear to the valley, and Day Farms Co has now installed the first milking machine. The two unit machine milks two cows at once with a power separator, enabling one man to operate, milk, and separate faster than three men before. Day Farms also added Holstein heifers from Frickson herd at Fillmore, bringing total young stock to three heifers and a bull. Two heifers should freshen in about three months.
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H. L. Adams
Day Farms Co
Day
Frickson
Fillmore
Farowan Girl Weds in Salt Lake City
Parowan friends announce the marriage of Miss Josephine Mitchell of Parowan to Mr Tarley hk Netley of Coalville. The ceremony occurred in the Salt Lake Temple on Friday. The bride, daughter of Wm C Mitchell, is highly esteemed in the community. The groom, a Coalville native and University of Utah graduate in 1924, works in engineering for the Echo dam project. They will reside in Coalville for now.
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Parowan
Josephine Mitchell
Tarley Hk. Netley
Coalville
Salt Lake Temple
Wm. C. Mitchell
University of Utah
Commissioners to Meet on Thirty First
County commissioners plan a brief meeting on Monday December 21 to clear up the year and settle claims charged to the 1928 budget. Commissioner Willkaing and the County Attorney will be absent for holiday travel, while Mrs. Minuter A. Burton is home for the holidays teaching in another county.
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Willkaing
California
Kansas City
Minuter A. Burton
Farmer burned as home burns in stove explosion
Amil Witte, unmarried farmer four miles north of town, was badly burned to the hands and his small frame house burned after an explosion in his coal stove. He poured oil on the fire to start it, exploded, and ran out with a tarpaulin over his head. Mortensen saw the blast and rushed him to Cedar City for treatment. The house was destroyed, neighbors arrived to find a total loss, with not likely fatal burns though serious. Loss estimated at 500 to 600 dollars.
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Amil Witte
Witte
Joseph RR. Mortensen
Mortensen
Witts
Chilton
Parowan Auto Co
Tarowan Cheese Fraised by Lady at Newcastle
In Newcastle a shopper argued with a grocer over Tarowan cheese from a local factory. The exchange, once heard in Cedar City, involved Bishop Sfarrison and distributor Mr Stiddle, noting broad customer approval and lack of complaints.
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Newcastle
I. E. Riddle Co
Cedar City
Bishop Sfarrison
Bentley Family Reunites for Christmas Eve Joy
Lena Bentley celebrates a rare Christmas gathering with her children daughters and sons in law from the East Las Vegas and local relatives present. The extended brood includes Annie Cawood Twila Jennie Kiva Joseph KR Gentley Mamie Bentley Orton Etta Skougard Eva Thornton and grandchildren reflecting a full family circle.
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Lena Bentley
Annie Cawood
Twila
Jennie
Kiva
Las Vegas
Joseph KR. Gentley
Mamie Bentley Orton
Etta Skougard
Eva Thornton
Centley
Lowders Seize Trimmer Ranch In Valley Takeover
Mra Wm J Lowder and sons Filmo Gehe have taken over the N E Trimmer ranch in the Valley under levee for a year or two and plan to operate it. The property is stocked with dairy cows poultry including chickens turkeys ducks and geese. Mr Lowder will keep his job with the government trapper and hunter of predatory animals while Mrs Lowder and the boys manage the ranch.
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Mra
Wm. J. Lowder
Filmo 21 Gehe
N. E. Trimmer
City Marshall may lose duties. Recorder eyed for light and water rents
Local discussion at the recent council meeting considered shifting collection duties from the City Marshal to the City Recorder. The marshal, earning a total of 20 per month, argued against any pay cut, while the recorder signaled openness to reassessing roles though he denied seeking a new position. The panel eyed compensation changes and potential ordinance workarounds to implement the plan.
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City Recorder
Burt Family Loses Another Child
Mr and Mrs Laban Burt grieve as infant Keith Burt dies at County hospital at twenty months. The family, having lost three of five children, faced a bowel disorder and a serious attack around Thanksgiving. Community sympathy flows to the bereaved parents.
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Trowbie
Hospital
Eines
Little Keith
Mrs. Burt
Little Miss Burton Celebrates Birthday
Bettle Burton daughter of Doctor and Mrs F J Burton celebrated her fourth birthday on Monday with a party for neighborhood children. Her father gave a set of bracelets used to serve the birthday luncheon of sandwiches cake decorated with four candies and cocoa. Guests included Helen Clark Jack Dalton Shirley Dalton Ia May Bentley and Garry Bentley.
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Little Bettle Burton
F. J. Burton
Helen Clark
Jack Dalton
Shirley Dalton
Ia May Bentley
Garry Bentley
Mre
Card of Thanks and Community Progress Reflections
A year in review from Burton and family thanks friends for support after loss of husband and father. They list improvements in 1928 including a new recreation and Westward church, cleanup of the old schoolhouse site, pole removals, concrete walks, a beautified square, memorials for ex service men, plans for a new high school, a modern movie theater, and many new homes. Farms yielded about fifty percent higher than last year despite drought, with stronger dairy cattle prospects and improved light and water systems. The note ends with optimism for 1929 and a cautious good-bye to 1928.
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Place
Messrs. Mitchell
Lowe
Calves Offered for Shipment at $20 a Head
A California letter to Mr. Garner describes a car load of heifer calves from productive cows, seven months old, offered at $20 each. The note questions the deal as possibly too good to be true and mentions an investigation to verify the claim.
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California
Garner
Ace
Last Rites Held For Sidney Rigdon Burton
Funeral service for Sidney Rigdon Burton was held in the West Ward chapel on Sunday with Bishop W. H. Adams presiding. Speakers praised the departed and recalled associations. Burton, born December 15, 1862, to Sidney TR and Alta M Fish Burton, was a Parowan farmer and Rambouillet sheep breeder. He served four years as city councilman and was a longtime member of the Federal Farm Loan Board. survived by six children and a brother and sister.
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Sidney Rigdon Burton
West Ward
Adams
George W. Decker
J. Clayton Mitchell
George A. Lowe
Bishop Adams
Mesars
Decker
Lowe
Burton
Mr. Mitchell
J. L. Adams
Sidney TR
Alta M. Fish Burton
Parowan
Amelia Wimmer Burton
Mr. Burton
Alvara
Ths City
Federal Farms Loan Board
Lindsey
Wayne
Horace Lurton
R. M. Banka
Miners
New Show House Opens On Christmas Day
A new show house erected by Mes Ara, Walter C. Mitchell, and George Lowe Jr. opened on Christmas Day at 3 PM. The Spanish styled building cost about seventeen thousand dollars and features an interior plastered with unique color and design, plush drapes, heavy carpets, and a modern heating system. Exterior stucco work will be enhanced when weather allows and many residents attended the opening despite short preannouncement.
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Mesara
Walter C. Mitchell
George 4. Lowe Jr
Atucco
Poon Big Elfy
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Cedar
Emily Robinson LeFevre
Jos
RK. Lister
Frience
Salt Lake City
Grocer
Stiddle
Bella
Bentley
Trimmer Ranch
Marshall
Kemberg
Council
Dalton
Recorder
Burt
Adioinius
Sidney Rigdon
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