Literary Club To Conduct March Of Dimes Here
The Parowan Literary Club will conduct the March of Dimes drive in Parowan this year. Members will canvass houses for ten days and collect donations with envelopes at homes and schools for the Polo fund, led by Zosa P. Topham and Morgan Rollo.
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Parowan Literary Club
Parowan
Morgan Rollo
Cod City
Zosa P. Topham
Isong
Pollo
Topham Tates
Iona P. Topham
Mary Lhce Graff
Miriam Lister
An Lyman
Bertrude Mitchell
Ida Guyman
Edna Brown
Ude Parcells
Georgia Mitch
Fae Benson
Huldah Hulet
N Hendrickson
Ida King
Paramore
Alice Bar
Anna Addams
Eva Adams
Pendleton
Ethel Bay
Parowan Stake Banquet Social Set For Monday Nite
Parowan Stake plans a turkey dinner program and dance Monday evening at the West Ward Banquet room to raise funds for Temple Cove in St George. Hugh L Adams heads the committee with E Ray Lyman Topham Otto Dalley Elwin Armstrong and High Priest officers canvassing for tickets. Dancing will feature orchestras from Enoch Paragonah and Parowan with a program running throughout the event. Continued on Page Four.
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St. George Temple
Hugh L. Adams
Stake Presimey
E. Ray Lyman
Topham
Otto Dalley Elwin Armstrong
Stake High Puncil
Stake
Rleief Society Oficers
Wart Society
West Ward
Enoch
Paragonah
Parowan
Estella Lamoreaux Dies in Paragonah at 56
Estella J Lamoreaux 56 died at home after long illness with several operations. Born December 31 1890 in Paragonah daughter of Joseph J Jones and Evita June Rovb Jones she married Andrew M Lamoreaux in 1909 and had seven children. Survived by husband father one daughter and six sons with many grandchildren and siblings. Funeral held Thursday at 2 PM in Paragonah Ward Chapel.
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Jaragonah
Eid
Andrew M. Limoreaux
L.D
St. George
Cusland
Bryce Canyon
Cedar City
Lamoreaux
Relief Society
Paragonah
Winona Stewart
Caliente
Nevada
Joe
Errol
Clark
Kay
Ray Lamoreaux
Clair Lamoreaux
Blaine Jones
Rowena Stones
Mabel Clark
Reno
Mary Burton
Price
Utah
Laverne Stewart
Nampa
Idaho
Josephine Fink
Ruth Prothero
Maywood
California
Paragonah Ward Chapel
Parowan F F A Chapter News Harvests and Livestock Updates
Parowan F F A reports new Duroc pigs from Colorado bought to improve swine on gilt chain bases, with Larry King receiving one as well. An advisory meeting awarded a dairy calf to Farron Heap, a Parowan High sophomore, on chain bases. The calf descends from a cow funded by the Bank of Southern Utah in spring 1946. The chapter continues community pig killing efforts. Reported by Kendall Lister.
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Colorado
Larry King
Farron
Parowan High School
Bank of Southern Utah
Kendall Lister
Pvt Eldon Laub Orton Enlists at Lackland AFB
Eldon Laub Orton 18 son of Mr and Mrs A Clark Orton of Parowan reported to Lackland AFB near San Antonio for basic training. The thirteen week course will evaluate aptitude and determine assignment to technical training and a specialized vocation within the Air Force.
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Pvt
Eldon Laub Orton
A. Clark Orton
Parowan
Lackland Afb
Lackland
San Antonio
Air Force
Final Rites Held For Cpl. Claude Adams
Final rites for Cpl. Claude D. Adams were held at Paragenah cemetery with American Legion Post 20 and Bishop Gilbert Robinson directing. Military honors included a guard, gun salute, taps, flag presentation to his mother, and a firing squad. Adams, born in Parago in 1924, died September 20, 1944, on Peleliu. he is survived by his mother Jane Adams, a brother Dean, and several sisters. Crowds from surrounding communities attended the service.
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Stow
Claude D. Adams
Paragenah
American Legion Post No. 20
Gilbert Robinson
Guard of Honor
Amartha the Beautiful
Victor Robinson
Hazel Jean Davenport
America
J. Leonard Topham
Boyd Mitchell
Cinude
Carl W. Gruson
Robert Lamoreuix
Ted Barton
Douglas Davenport
Kenneth Mitchell
Alma Topham
Hugh Rob
Peleliu
Pacific
Jane Adams
Dean Adams
Salt Lake City
Edith Neilson
Monteview
Toisha
Belle Fuhriman
Frances Slack
Cedar City
Neilson
Milton Robb
Salt Lake
Parowan Gleaner Girls to Bind the Sheaf Ceremony
The Parowan Ward MIA Gleaner Girls achieve 100 percent enrollment and will perform the Bind the Sheaf ceremony during Mutual Tuesday night. Participants include Ramona Mitchell Frankie Lou Burton Leflani Bentley Donna Jean Mitchell Shirley Evans Elrea Clark Nola Mae Mitchell Elaine Whitney Amy Lou Adams Karla Hulet Trudy Adams Adelle Holyoak Joy Orton Dorothy Adams Colline Mortensen Beverly Orton. Class leaders are Mrs Mary Alice Graff and Mrs Betty Sorenson.
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M.T.A
Parowan
Gleaner
Parowan Wast
M.I.A
Frankie Lou Burton
Ramona Mitchell
Leflani Bentley
Donna Jean Mitchell
Shirley Evans
Elrea Clark
Nola Mae Mitchell
Elaine Whitney
Amy Lou Adams
Karla Hulet
Trudy Adams
Adelle Holyoak
Joy Orton
Dorothye Adams
Colline Mortensen
Beverly Orton
Mary Alice Graff
Betty Sorenson
MIA Leadership Meeting Planned for Sunday
The MIA calls a leadership meeting this Sunday at 3 20 p m in the West Ward Chapel. All M I A officers and teachers from both Stake and Ward are urged to attend and a representative from each Gleaner and M Men Class in every Ward is requested to be present.
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M.I.A
West Ward
Stake
Warde
Gleaner
M-Men
Parowan Rams Face Milford in Evening Showdown
Parowan Rams aim to rebound after a 53 to 29 loss to Beaver last Friday. Tonight they meet Milford who also carries two defeats, promising a hard fought game as the Rams seek a win.
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Parowan Rams
Beaver
Beaver Lear
County Wool Growers To Meet Saturday Eve
The Lion County Wool Growers annual election meeting will be held Saturday at 7:00 p.m. in the Court House Parowan. Officers to be elected and plans for the State Meet will be discussed, along with funds to aid Government hunters in mountain lion control. Present officers are Charles F. Burton president Rulan Dalton vice president and El mer Lowe secretary treasurer.
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Lion County
Court House
Parowan
Charles F. Burton
Rulan Dalton
Elmer Lowe
Services Held For James N. Connell
Funeral services for James Newberry Connell 77 of St George were held at the Ward Chapel with Bishop Earl O Mitchell presiding. The service featured choirs, special music by the Ivan Decker family and a mixed quartet, prayers by Bishop Leonard Evans, and remarks by Arthur Joseph and Wendall Bayles. Connell born January 4 1873 in Parowan was a longtime church member and temple worker. He married Zolla Watson in 1901 and Annie M Webb in 1945. he is survived by his widow and four daughters Arvilla Marsden Clara Scott Eileen White and Zola Connell. He previously served a temple mission and was caretaker of church grounds.
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James Newberry Connell
St. George
Earl
Mitchell
Leonard Evans
Arthur Joseph
Wendall Bayles
Bishop Mitchell
Ivan Decker
Flower Land
Jesse Guymon
John Page
Mr. Connell
Flowers
Relief Society
Parowan East Ward
Calvin C. Connell
James N. Connell
Parowan
James
Sarah FE. Pendleton Connell
L.D.S
Southern States
Zolla Watson
St. George Temple
Clara DeMille Connell
Clara Mitchell Connell
Marrie
Annie M. Webb
Connell
Temple
Arvilla Marsden
Cedar City
Clara Scott
Eileen White
Los Angeles
Zola Connell
MacGregor
Famous Chocolate Coeds to play Parowan Wednesday
The famous Chocolate Coeds basketball team visits Parowan High Wednesday to meet the Parowan team in a charity game sponsored by the Jaycees to raise funds for new fire fighting equipment. Notable players include Bernice Marshall Kate Bard Helen Smith Janie Mae Watson and Laura Nightingale among others, with Parowan stars also featured.
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Parowan High
Jaycoon 5
Bernice Marshall
Kate Bard
Kate
Helen
Streamline) Smith
Streamline
Janie Mae Watson
Southern University
New Orleans
Junie
Laura
Eva
Skeets) Ambrose
Ira Nightingale
Ola Mitchell
Miss Nightingale
Parowan
Bid Clark
Tobe Adams
Thales Brown
Heber Gurr
Carlyle Hulet
Last Rites Held For Sylvanus Wimmer in Parowan
Funeral services for Sylvanus Vene Wimmer 69 were held in Parowan East Ward Chapel with Gaylord Whitney in charge. He died Saturday at Utah State Hospital Provo from a heart ailment and burial followed at Parowan City cemetery overseen by Fairbanks-Tyne mortuary of Orem. The mixed quartet performed and the service featured The Lord's Prayer, invocation by Samuel J. Whitney, and remarks by R Wallace Hulet Jesse Guyman and Barbara Adams. Cherie Day sang Hold Thou My Hand and Lead Me Gentely Home.
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Sylvanus
Vene) Wimmer
East Ward
Gaylord Whitney
Mr. Wimmer
Utah State Hospital
Provo
Parowan
Parowan City
Fairbankstyne Mortuary
Orem
Ivan Decker
E. Ray Lyman
Cherie Day
Berta Burton
Samuel J. Whitney
R. Wallice Hulet
Jesse Guyman
Barbara M. Adams
Bishop Whitney
Paragonah Couple Honored At Reception
Paragonah Mr and Mrs Bruce Parton were feted Saturday evening Jan 14 in the school house auditorium after their wedding. Over two hundred guests braved bad weather to attend the reception with a program including vocal solos by Mrs June Topham and Mr William Davenport a reading by Mrs Lillis Spencer a saxophone solo by Hazel Jean Davenport and an accordion number by Helen McBride A miniature bride and groom cake topped the refreshment table as the cake was cut and served.
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School House
Bruce Parton
Burrus Barton
June Topham
William T. Davenport
Lillis Spencer
Hazel Jean Davenport
Helen McBride
Scouting Membership Reaches New Peak in Utah Council
Rulon W. Doman, council executive, reports Utah National Parks Council membership at an all time high. As of January 1 1950, 6630 boys in 413 units were enrolled, with 10 new units added in 1949. The council has about 2200 scouters directing the group, making it the largest in Region 12, covering Utah Nevada Arizona California and the Hawaiian Islands, with only Los Angeles council surpassing its Scout membership.
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Utah National Parks Council
Boy Scouts of America
Rulon W. Doman
Doman
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
California
Hawaiian Islands
Los Angeles
Lenard Orton To Head Gun & Rod Club
Leonard Orton former treasurer of the Parowan Gun & Rod Club was elected president for the coming year at the annual elections held Monday night Norman Day was named vice president Ralph Orton reelected secretary Bernarr Stubbs treasurer and Vern Mortensen Roy Benson and Earl Bunn chosen as board members Mortensen former president and Warren Pendleton vice president Several officers will attend the Annual convention of the Utah Wildlife Federation in Salt Lake City this weekend.
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Leonard Orton
Parowan Gun & Rod Club
Norman Day
Ralph Orton
Bernarr Stubbs
Vern Mortensen
Roy Benson
Earl Bunn
Uish Wild Life Federation
Salt Lake City
Open Letter Urges Parowan Talent Show Support
A Parowan community notice invites residents to a talent show sponsored by the East Ward tentatively set for February 9. Adults are urged to participate, with proceeds funding an electric organ for the ward. The exact venue is to be announced, and organizers seek full attendance for a local charitable event.
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East Ward
Howard R. Low
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Parowan Stake
Jaycees
Estella Lamoreaux
Parowan F.F.A. Chapter News
Cpl
Claude Adams
East Ward Gleaners
MIA Leadership Meeting
Milford
Chocolate
Sylvanus Wimmer
Mr. Mortensen
Warren Pendleton
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