County Commission Faces Tax Issues and Land Deals
County commissioners held a regular session addressing equalization and tax matters. They discussed land sales, road repairs, and a proposed $1500 operating fund for county machinery. A new constable was appointed in Summit while Cedar precinct faced staffing questions. A condolence resolution was drafted for local residents, and notices covered a recent Cedar area marriage and a newborn in Iron County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flere
Cedar Livestock Ass
Drn
Smith
Summit
Nyy War
J. Lane Barton Eilinuy
Pargonah
Shay
Wm. Lund
Eait
Iron County
One Day Left to Register for Canning Sugar
The local Rationing Board sets Thursday as a final registration day for canning sugar. Office hours run 1 PM to 9 PM, urging unregistered residents to come early and to bring stamp books. If needed, a brief Para genah office will operate to finish registrations. after next week, registration occurs at the regular Monday night meeting in the city building. Up to last evening only a minority of families had registered, leaving many unable to can fruit this summer.
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Tale
Para
Genah
Condit to Face New Execution Date in Iron County
Donald Lawson Condit, convicted of the 1941 murder of Harold Thorne, will receive a new execution date next Monday in Iron County District Court. Judge Will TL Hoyt will set the date after Condit’s failed appeal to the Utah Supreme Court and pending clemency options with the Governor and the Board of Pardons. Also on the docket is J D Palfreyman versus Cedar City Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court For
Iron County
Donald Lawson Condit
Harold Thorne
Will TL. Hoyt
Supreme Court
Board of Pansons
Salt Lake City
Hoyt
S.C. Lamb
Parowan
Pardons Board
J.D. Palfreyman
Cedar City Corporation
Forest Fire Prevention Urged By Dixie Supervisor
Albert Albertson, Dixie National Forest supervisor, urges continued vigilance as recreational season opens and hundreds of fishermen visit lakes and streams. He warns most losses are man caused and calls for public cooperation and careful fire practices to prevent fires this season. Also notes arrival of Claren Smith, a registered pharmacist from Pocatello, Idaho, who is here to work at Fenton Pharmacy. marital and family status unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Albertson
Dixie National Forest
Claren Smith
Pocatello
Idaho
Fenton Pharmacy
Smith
Utah Goes Over Quota In May Bond Drive
Utah surpassed its May quota for War Savings Bonds and Stamps by about 10 percent, state officials report. Federal data show national May sales 5.7 percent above quota. Utah counties varied, with Beaver, Millard and Washington exceeding targets while Iron, Garfield and Kane fell short. Plans call for continued effort toward June quota and a July Retailers for Victory Month to boost stamp sales.
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Utah
America
Charles R. Mabey
Federal Treasury Department
Mabey
D. Howe Moffat
United States
Iron County
Beaver
Millard
Washington
Garfield
Kane
Dalton Son’s Marriage Reported by Postcard
Mr and Mrs Hurley W Dalton announce the marriage of their son Donald to Miss Quenx Sherratt of Cedar City. The only word is a postcard from Nevada. date and place unknown. Donald, a P arowan High School graduate, attended B A C and the U of U. They met at the Parks last summer. both work at a Salt Lake defense plant. LaMar Orton visited from Salt Lake City with the Ellis family. they have a new baby and plan to return to California. Florence Marsden has gone to Salt Lake City for new employment.
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Ind
Philip Benson
Na'i
Rae Clark
Cedar
Vis
Byron Bunker
Boulder City
Nate
Timter
EL the
Hurley W. Dalton
Donald
Quenx Sherratt
Cedar City
Nevada
Parowan High School
B. A.C
U. of U
Miss Sherratt
Joth
Salt Lake Area
LaMar Orton
Salt Lake City
Ellis Orton
California
Fishing Season Opens Sunday Morning Statewide
The 1942 fishing season starts Sunday at 5 am with reports of high waters and flood stages across the state. The Fish and Game Commission launches a large stocking plan, though few fish have been planted in focal reservoirs yet. In Parowan area streams recover and Panguitch Lake runs high after dam modification, while Yankee and Panguitch Lake impose 1000 and 2600 foot closed zones respectively. wardens will enforce restrictions and a guard will supervise dam safety.
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State Fish and Game Commission
Parowan
Panguitch
Panguiteh
Filande Macfarlane
Panewuitch Lake
Homer Stubbs Raises Choice Hereford Steers
Homer Stubbs, son of Mr and Mrs Chester Stubbs, took two Hereford steers to Salt Lake City for the Junior Fat Stock show. The pair, fed by Homer as a Future Farmer, earned 15 cents a pound totaling about 223 dollars in a sale, though they won no prize money. The steers weighed 720 and 703 pounds, and their trip required a last minute effort to transport them. A pickup trade enabled their arrival and entry, with no prize money but a profitable sale.
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Homer Stubbs
Chester Stubbs
Salt Lake City
Homer
Greers
Iron County
Ray D. Garner
Samuel Abbott
R. L. Felton
Mr. Abbott
Mr. Garner
St Wis
CCC Barracks May Be Used By Harvest Workers
Abolishing all Conservation Camps nationwide led to the local spike camp's abandonment by enrollees. Fifty men resided there for two years performing water development and fence and corral work. Mr. Sorensen of Panguitch will care for the site. Efforts seek to repurpose the defunct Toca1 camp buildings to house harvest workers, about a hundred transients including many Filipinos, to ease housing. Army will receive CCC vehicles and equipment.
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Sorensen
Panguitch
Philippines
CCC
Army
People Asked To Step Up Metal Contributions
Parowan residents are urged to increase scrap metal and rubber donations to match state and national efforts in the Safe Wage for Victory campaign. Chairman Jess Guymon notes trucks are scarce, bids for local truck use have been let, and salvaged materials like iron brass copper aluminum and lead are needed though tin cans are not. Rubber items and wool-containing rags are prioritized, with waste paper storage already strained. John P. Bayles travels to Salt Lake City for his wife’s surgery, while Cora W. Mortensen accompanies him. Willard Skougard and family from Long Beach visit local relatives.
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Parowan
Jess Guymon
United States
Utah
Guyman
War Producetion Board
WPA
County Asked To Furnish 18 Men For July Draft
Iron County was asked to supply eighteen men for the July selective service quota. Five from Parowan, eleven from Cedar City, one from Paragonah, one from Kanarra. Induction in Salt Lake City on June 25 after initial exams, then a fourteen day furlough home. Names listed include Hugh Adams and Joseph Jensen of Parowan and Ellis Lambeth of Cedar City among others. If any cannot go Adell Haslam is next. enlistments shift the queue accordingly.
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Iron County
Paro
Cedar City
Paragonah
Kanara
Salt Lake City
Hugh le Roy Adams
George Frith Rowley
Sheldon R. Clark
Max Clarke Hendrickson
Joseph Elmer Jensen
Parowan
Raymond Charles Prothera
Fred Willis Chenney
Ellis Lambeth
George Armstrong
Marvin
Spendlove
Rex Murie
David Elton Bulloch
DeVon Roundy
Earl Adams
Andrew C. Bender
Adell Haslam
Alo
Exchange Club Ladies Night Postponed to June 22
The Exchange Club announces postponement of the Ladies Night and election meeting at Five Mile to June 22 due to committee members' travel. Regular noon luncheon remains set for Monday at Fenton's on June 15. The club aims to resume normal schedule by July 6.
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Exchange Club
Five Mile
Tyan Decker
Fenton's
Legion Auxiliary Names New Officers At Parowan
Parowan Post of the American Legion Auxiliary elected new officers for the coming year led by President Mable Wilcock and Vice Presidents Merle Rasmussen and Marietta Robinson. Installations occur in September with secretary treasurer Best Miller and other officers listed. Also noted is University of Utah commencement with Robert J Halterman earning a Bachelor’s degree in physical education and a high school certificate, accompanied by his mother Butella Halterman.
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Parawan
American Legion Auxiliary
Avnold Bettridge
Mable Wilcock
Merle Rasmussen
Marietta Robinson
Best Miller
Dean Orton
Golda Guyman
Ama Roberta Rowley
Robert J. Halterman
University of Utah
Robert
Butella Halterman
Salt Lake City
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Margaret Cedar
Thressa Fascar
Julia Stephens
George Wood
George
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Lund
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New Castle
Mary A. ‘Ong
Bob
Tt. Burns
Wete
Conor D. H. Richards
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Thiz Ag
Promier
Cedar Gihl
Las Vegas
Clinton Thornton
Mere Thornton
Ambrose Guyman Fist
Ory Pangamity
Witch St the
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Condit
Iforest
Dalton
Son
Florence Marsden
Hereford
Z. Wendell Bayles
West Ward
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Legion Auxiliary
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