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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1934
Page
8
Cedar City and nearby area updates include Petersen Brug Co. reports on health, Iron County civic club board appointments with Walter Lanf and Horace Dey, Tilah State Agricultural meeting notes, plus residents’ legal fines for drunkenness and bad checks.
County and city budget hearings schedule for the coming week with final passage expected after hearings. Proposed expenditures exceed revenue by more than 1300 dollars, with detailed allocations listed for general fund, indigent care, hospital and library operations plus bond interest and water system costs. Local residents, including the Rollins, Gardner, and Mitchell families, are noted in social items alongside university ties and upcoming school term plans.
Louis Adams Arnold Gurr and Helen Robinson attend Logan school this winter and are home for the holidays. Coyettne Tsalton and Ruth Clark, students at B Y U this winter, are among those home for the holiday season.
Milas Tazel Dalton of Circleville visited with her sister Mrs Bilas Topham during the holiday season while M M Decker, employed at the St George temple, also spent the winter holiday at home.
Mrs Lorn Mortensen Gove and her family from Salt Lake City visited relatives for Christmas and returned home on Wednesday.
Mr. Dave Connell, after months away in New Mexico and Arizona, returned home a few days ago.
Harrell Dalton, who served as city marshal, had spent a year working at Boulder Dam and came home to spend Christmas with his family today.
Mr and Mrs HK L Fenton are spending a day or two at St George and at Boulder Dam this week.
Mr and Mrs J Alma Denson are the happy parents of a baby daughter born on Christmas day. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Lorin Skougard one day last week, it is reported.
Mrs Earl Mackelprang traveled from Cedar City on Wednesday to visit with relatives of the Gilger family, gathering with kin and friends.
Mr and Mrs Alvin A Benson arrive with daughter May and son Billie from Lynndyl to visit relatives including the Denson and Stubba families, joining a greeting from local kin.
Mr and Mrs Albert Stevens and family have been up from Las Vegas for part of the Yuletide season. Mr and Mrs Wm C Mitchell spent Christmas in Beaver with the Grant Tolton family.
The Associated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah will hold its final meeting of the year in St George on Saturday and Sunday. Officers to be elected include president vice president secretary and treasurer with a field secretary position also up for selection. Candidates include Daniel Corry of Cedar City supported by Iron County, Wilford Stay and Walter Lunt. Present officers are Frank Martines president George Jefferson vice president Ray E Carr secretary and Joseph Robinson treasurer following Harry Ras TAUSSER’s death.
Mr and Mrs Robert Rentley from Cedar City attended the Christmas night dance. They met with Mr Bentley and his party during the day. Mrs Irene Jeeves Orton and her Cedar City based Scott Orton family spent part of the holiday season there.
Mr and Mrs FP W Hyatt traveled to Boulder Dam to view the colonial structure during the week, observing the site and nearby scenery.
Mr and Mrs Morgan Slack from Cedar City visited during part of the holiday season, enjoying time with family and local sights.
Mr and Mrs i Parcells and son Homer, and Mr and Mrs Larry Stowt motored down to see the Foulder dam last weekend.
Cyril Wilceck and others are back home for the holiday season after a period working in Nevada.
Miss Betty Burton daughter of Dr and Mrs F J Burton observed her tenth birthday with a Saturday party for a dozen friends. Betty led the group in games and her mother served dainty refreshments.
Mrs Esther E Orton marked her 73rd birthday on Sunday with about thirty to forty children and grandchildren visiting during the day to wish her well and many more calling later in the evening for a friendly visit with neighbors and friends.
Wm. H. Lyman has recovered and is able to be about again. Edgar Lowder improves after two months of illness. Miss Mary Dalton returns from California. Mr. and Mrs. Roe Thorley spent Christmas with Mrs. Thorley’s family, the Sam Orton clan. Oscar Orton leaves for Salt Lake City for a Veterans Hospital exam.
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A London cabman speaks with exaggerated politeness to a fat lady who just paid a shilling fare. He warns that if she sees he has been careering for a shilling he will have a fit.
Mr Dustin Stax argues regulation cannot satisfy all, claiming there is no way to turn a natural born loser into a winner. The exchange policy debate centers on fairness and practical outcomes.
A brief dialogue where a maid reports a caller who could not be identified, asking to arrange a future on account item for tomorrow. The exchange preserves the period tone and stray wording.
A hotel scene turns into a quip as a guest refuses a porter call, saying he rises at seven, prompting the proprietor to still request the porter’s assistance. The exchange captures a lighthearted hotel interaction.
Judge LeRoy Cox fixes county court dates for 1935 terms across Iron Washington Leaver Millard Millard Sixth Millard and Kane counties with terms starting January February March April September and November and law and motion days on specified dates. Courts convene 2 p m in most counties and 10 a m in Washington.
About forty more students than estimated attend Branch Agricultural College this year, raising costs. The Iron County School District approved $2,160 in extra funding, bringing total district payments to the college to $29,000.
Dr and Mrs F J Burton entertained five generations of the Lowder family at a Christmas dinner. Grandma Lowder, over ninety, represented the first generation with Ida M Paxton and Zeltha Guymon as the second. The third generation included Mrs Qing Johnson, daughter of the hostess, and the fourth were Mrs Johnsons children as the fifth generation. The Gun & Bad Club dance next Monday night will have scout organizations from two wards handle wraps, a plan to raise funds for scouting activities, requested by club officials and extended to the Legion for tonight’s dance.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Frahski and their daughter Werejin visited Lund on business last week. They called at the Times office and renewed their subscription for another year.
Salt Lake City report urges Utah mothers to complete the Register Your Baby campaign. Dr. T Beatty says thousands have complied but about 4000 have not, urging households to obtain and mail cards through clinics, post offices, or local registrars. The effort is a joint state federal effort to improve birth registration rates.
The Iron County Woolgrowers Association meeting it was to be held Wednesday evening is rescheduled for January 7. Important topics include proposed cuts in forest grazing privileges and forest officials will attend to discuss future policies.
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