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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1941
Page
1
County commissioners consider borrowing 35000 to balance funds for the Cedar City jail and city project. Debts are to be covered by general funds and hospital fund withdrawals. Anticipation notes will cover remaining needs as legal reviews proceed.
A special program honoring the Pioneers will be held in the Eastward Sacrament meeting on Sunday afternoon July 29. The service includes a National Anthem, brief talks, In Memoriam Brigham Young and the Pioneers of 1947, a Pioneer song, and youth appreciation of pioneer work, with several community members presenting flowers to oldest residents. The event is followed by a congregational singing of Come, Come Ye Saints.
The Parowan Post No. 20 announces a nationwide aluminum drive for Parowan and Paragould during July 21 to 29. Volunteers will collect and store aluminum at the public library basement, with strict rules on sorting, guarding, and coordinating with smelters and the National Scrap Aluminum Fund.
Pioneer Day events will be held in Parowan with a morning public meeting at the Old Rock Church and an afternoon camp program at Vermilion Castle. Activities include songs, prayers, dramatizations, and a free dance in the West ward Recreation hall, with transportation and refreshments for seniors. The day also features extensive fish and game stocking by local clubs and state agencies across nearby lakes and streams.
The Andrus Jensen family organization announces a reunion on July 27 in the West ward chapel to reorganize the group with all descendants expected to attend. A gathering at Vermilion Castle Forest cams will follow. Mr. and Mrs. Benson Haycock and family of Prayo have visited relatives here.
Taylor Miler, chair of this year’s Race Meet, calls for community help to prepare the track and build ten new stalls for horse owners. With CCC camp closed and funds tight, volunteers are urged to donate labor and time before the August meet.
More than 150 Rowley descendants gathered for their annual family reunion spanning four days. Attendees traveled from Nevada California Utah and Arizona with events including a business meeting election of officers a temple excursion a Saturday dance and a concluding Sacrament program. The 1960 gathering set Huntington as next year’s reunion site.
The Beaver Race Meet prepares for August 7 8 with ten new stables construction and track cleanup under way. Carnival arrangements with McDermond’s Shows are set, featuring five rides one show and eight booths. Seven daily horse races with over 1000 dollars in purses, plus car race in reverse, and nightly dancing at the Brown Derby. Taylor Miller urges donations of labor to complete the stables.
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