County Honors Oldest Living Resident Grandma Lowden
Tron County honors Mrs. Emily Teresa Hodgetts Lowder known as Grandma Lowden for turning 100. An open house at 2 pm in the Fast Ward chapel features songs, prayers, tributes, and performances by family and local groups as descendants gather to celebrate her century of life and pioneer heritage.
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Tron County
Emily Teressa Hodgetts Lowder
Grandma Lowden
Fast Ward
Iron County
Burg
Logan Lowder
Grandma
Roca Mitchell
County D
U. P. Paragonah
Parowan
Cedar City
Kanarray
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Plains
Grandma" Lowder
England
Ladiss
Paris
France
Brigham Young
Daughters of the
Utah Pioneers
Parswan
East Ward Chair Members Hold Special Practice Sessions
Notice to East Ward chair members and prospective joiners. Practices are held Saturday night January 18 and Sunday afternoon after the Sacrament meeting to prepare songs for the upcoming quarterly conference. All members and interested individuals are urged to attend both sessions for new themes.
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East Ward
Gold and Green Ball Scheduled in Parowan High Gym
The Gold and Green ball, a main social event of the season, will be held next Friday night in the Parowan High school gymnasium. Four couples from each ward will demo this year’s Gold and Green Waltz, with Bil Eliott’s Royal Americans providing music. Admission follows budget tickets for holders. others pay regular charges.
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Parowan Ward
Mutual Improvement Associations
Parowan High School
Bil Eliott
Royal Americans
Parowan High Wins First League Game
Parowan High School defeats Hurricane 32 to 28 in a closely contested Dixie league opener. Kent Mitchell and Osborne key officiating while Parowan capitalizes at the foul line to pull ahead in the final minutes. Next, Parowan plays Kanab at home and travels to Hurricane this weekend.
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Parowan H
Hurricane
Tris
The
Rats
Hurricane Tigers
Enterprise
Dixie
Moor
Kanab
Cedarigh
Kanab SL
Cedar
Valley High
Tchville
Tram
Tesins
Parowan
Kent Mitchell
Osborne
Rams
Kanad
Valley
Pieeielpon
Hateh
L. Dalton
Bensen
Decker
D. Dalton
G Boo
Wilcox
Iy Terry
DeMille
Langston
Jennings
Slack
Church
Parent Teachers Meet Saturday January 22 7 30 P M
The next meeting of the Parent Teachers Association is set for January 22 at 7 30 p m in the school library. Topics include why two teachers should be dropped from schools concerns about high school athletics and student credit for late entry. Evan Bayles and county AAA officials will attend a Salt Lake City meeting.
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Parent | Teachers Association
Evan Bayles
AAA
Saunty
Salt Lake City
Tarowan Gun Club elects officers for 1941
The Tarowan Gas and Red Club elected new officers at its annual banquet and dance in Parowan. Robert B. Matchell was named president, John 8. Dallon vice president, Clair Hulet secretary, and Claude Orton treasurer.
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Tarowan Gas and Red Club
Robert B. Matchell
John 8. Dallon
Clair Hulet
Claude Orton
S. M. Clark
Herbert White
Ray H. Adams
Toy Benson
Morris Rasmussen
J. A. Benson
Howard Rasmussen
John & Dalton
Newell B. Cook
Cook
Ese
Chib
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
R. L. Fenton
Big Game Commission
W. L. Adams
Parowan Gun
Red Clab
Herbertb
and ‘Mya
Bill Sovenson
Glen[woot
Utah Lawmakers Open 24th Legislative Session
Utah lawmakers opened the twenty fourth legislative session with Governor Maw urging government reforms, layoffs of duplicative boards and departments, new departments for publicity and industrial development, and restraint on taxation while supporting national defense. The weekly Under the Capitol Dome will track legislators actions, sponsor records, votes, and general session activity as out of town guests gathered for the city birth day celebration. The report lists attending residents from Midvalley Beaver Cedar City Paragonah Enoch and Minersville among others.
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Utah
the Times
Capitol Dome
Herbert B. Maw
Man
Qwen Matheson
Dan Matheson
Millard Halterman
Midvalley
Laban Burt
Grant Tolton
Marie Stevens Smith
Beaver
Thomas Munford
Doss Walker
Wa. C. Macfarlane
Evelyn Parry
James Parry
Ed. Parry
Dry Heap
Alex Mattheson
Cedar City
Elis Robinson
Ernest ‘Topham
Paragonah
Myron Jengs
Enoch
Sid Carter
Minersville
West Ward Choir Announces Sunday Practice After Church
Notice to West Ward Choir members about a Sunday afternoon practice in the chapel on January 18 to rehearse a conference scheme and urge all members to attend.
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West Ward Choir
West Ward
Hyatt couple to observe 88th wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Herbert S Hyatt longtime residents of the community celebrate their eighty eighth wedding anniversary with a family gathering at their home tomorrow afternoon All their children are expected to attend except maybe Mrs Hetta Reid of Southern California Luella Hyatt of Salt Lake City and Smith Hyatt of Sandy plan to be present Lance Hyatt of Gunnison and G D Hyatt of St George will join relatives for the observance
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Herbert S. Hyatt
Resu
Ives
Tomorrw
Hetta Reid
California
Luella
Smith Hyatt
Salt Lake City
Sandy
Lance Hyatt
Gunnison
G. D. Hyatt
St. George
Six Iron Co Chaftees Report January Induction
Official word lists six Tren county men chosen for January quota of selective service training. J Hillman Steven leads the group with Parowan roots, joined by Thomas Lawrence Jr Ambrose Hamblin Deward S Ballard of Cedar City and Benjamin Balty Carter B Williams of Kanarra. They report January 1 at Cedar City offices for instructions, travel tickets, and final medicals before Salt Lake City induction. Claude Matheson will leave January 21 for Salt Lake City to join a Cavalry unit, likely stationed near the Canadian border or Texas.
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Tren County
Selective Service
J. Hillman Steven
Parowan
Thomas Lawrence, Jr
Ambrose Hamblin
Deward S. Ballard
Cesdar City
Benjamin Balty
Carter B. Williams
Kanarra
Claude Matheson
Salt Lake City
Claude
Texas
Parowan Honors 90th Birthday With Pioneer Day Observance
Large turnout from surrounding communities attends Parowan’s 90th birthday celebration held in the Recreation Hall. Sponsored by the local Daughters of Utah Pioneers camp, the event featured a banquet, program, tableaux of founding events, live descendants portraying Brigham Young and other early figures, and an evening old time dance with two orchestras.
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Parowan
Aff
the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
Kain
A. B. Matheson
Brigham Young
Smith Mortengen
George A. Smith
Heber Gurr
Parley P. Pratt
Warewell Social Held for Elder Homer W Adams
A farewell testimonial and social honoring Elder Homer W Adams was held at Westward recreation hall before his mission to the Central States. A large crowd attended the program featuring short talks from family and others and musical numbers followed by a dance with lively orchestras.
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Homer W. Adams
Central States
Westward Recreation Hall
County Roads and WPA Building Costs Dominate January Meeting
Iron county commissioners focused on road graveling and new connecting routes including Enoch to Cedar-Minersville and a U S 1 to U S 95 link via Cedar City Modena and Panaca. Officials urged state surveys on Line Creek and Farowan Main Canyon while Cedar City WPA building costs rose causing county funding questions.
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Ervin Stevens
E. FL Armstrong
Midvalley
Enoch-Midvalley
Chaimian Bulloch
State Road Commission
Warren
Woodruff Pendleton
Clifford Stubbs
U.S
Jones
Hunter Gibson
Enoch
Cedar-Minersville
Rowley
Mr. Allen
Nevada
Utah
Cedar City
Modena
Panaca
Iron County
California
Utah-Arizona Line
Line Creek Canyon
Farowan Main Canyon
Ray Gillis
Little Creek
Parowan Canyon
Gillis
Ho H. Lunt
Arthur Jones
Fron County
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Parowan High
Gun Club
Parowan Exchange
Taylors Cafe
Vilda Butt
Rove Creek
Colorado
Nora Orton
John Bayles
Byatts
SIX Iron CO
Chaftees
Warewell
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