Iron County Seeks License Plate Fund Grants
Iron County commissioners apply for a $300,000 secondary roads fund from license plate revenues. Counties keep 70 percent, cities 30 percent. projects include construction and maintenance across Parowan, Cedar City, Kane Spring area, and Kanarra. Funds cover grade work, culverts, side roads, and equipment purchases for road work and maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron
Pia
Road Commission
I Grand
Kanarra
Parowan
Para
Cedar City
Paragonah
Kane Springs
Parwan Canyon
Dry Lakes
Bur Road
Yankee Meadows
Cedar Mountains
Kane County
Iron Springs
Cedar
Kanara
Ute Road Commission
Parowan Canyon
Little Crack Canyon
Oe Toad
Independence Day Plans Outlined by Committee in Para
Independence Day observance plans for July 4 in Para were outlined by the General committee. The program includes sunrise flag salute, parade, patriotic meeting, sports for all ages, a softball game, and a dance with time to be set. Committees and chairpersons for each part were named, including Daybreak salute S J Whitney and Parade A B Matheson W Clair Howley Clair Julet W L Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parawar
S. J. Whitney
A. B. Matheson
W. Clair Howley
Clair Julet
W. L. Adams
Alice Richards
Beth Matheson
Margaret Pendleton
S. M. Clark
Captain Hatch Honored for Fort Warren Service
Captain A C Hatch earned multiple special citations in Fort Warren s Quartermasters division since February. He helped judge ROTC exercises for Cheyenne High School, wrote a winning skit for a weekly regiment broadcast, and led a diverse company admired for efficiency and personal leadership before most personnel moved to Texas in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nolte
Veniceé Decker
Hatch
Fort Warren
Flint
Michigan
A. C. Hatch
R.O.T.C
Cheyenne High School
Hatcis
Texas
Utah Selective Service to conduct second July 1 registration
Utah local boards prepare for the second Selective Service registration on July 1 with about four thousand men expected. Acting State Director H A Rich says most registrants will report to their local board, though crowded counties may use other public buildings. For those temporarily outside Utah, provide a Utah address at registration to be assigned to Utah boards. Registrations run 7 to 9 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
Utah
H. A. Rich
Bureau of the Census
Washington, D. C
Major Rich
Best
Rich
Ccober
Utah Rosn
Bgtate
United States
Weekend storms bring 1.43 inches of moisture to valley
Several rainstorms in the first week of June added 1.43 inches of moisture to the valley, aiding farms and ranges though sheep herds suffered some losses. The totals by date were 0.0, 1.2, 4.2, 5.5, and 3.0 inches, with notable snowfall in the higher mountains and canyon streams held up briefly. Mrs. Owen Hultinger of Roosevelt visited with the Joseph Stevens family and Violey after school duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Skougard
Owen Hultinger
Roosevelt
Joseph Stevens
Violey
Tatter
Four Thousand Fish Planted In Yankee Reservoir
Approximately four thousand fish were planted in the Yankee reservoir on Tuesday afternoon. Fish from the State hatchery at Beaver arrived, with about two thousand planned for planting that day, delayed by muddy roads. Additional fish were placed in Paragenah and Panguitch lakes as access improves later in the season. Local officials and Hatchery staff assisted, noting high water and ongoing road conditions affecting further planting and access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankee Reservoir
Beaver
Yankee Road
Paragenah
Pangultch Lake
Bill Sorenson
Glenwood Hatchery
Murray Bohn
Beaver Hatchery
Claud Macfarlane
Panguiltch Lake
Cedar Canyon
Duck Creek
Dry Valley
Bear Valley
Pangultch
Navajo Lake
Yankees Park
Parowen Main Canyon
Paragonah Reservoir
Bennett Receives Degree at USC Commencement Day
Leeman Bell Bennett of Parowan earned a Master of Science in Education as USC conferred degrees on about 1600 graduates at the Coliseum’s eighth annual Commencement Day on Saturday at 2 30 p m The class included students from 42 states plus territories and several countries in a week of Senior Week events led by President Rufus B von KleinSmid The baccalaureate was held the previous Sunday with Dr Daniel J Marsh of Boston University as speaker Gordon Whitney received a Utah Parks Company call to begin work likely at Grand Canyon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeman Bell Bennett
Parowan
University of Southern California
Los Angeles Coliseum
Bennett
Los Angeles
Hawaii
Alaska
District of Columbia
Panama
Plans Forming for District Legion Meet at Vermilion Castle Forest Camp
Plans are under way for the District Convention of the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary to be held at Vermilion Castle Forest camp on Friday July 29. A. B. Matheson chairs the organizing committee with W. Clair Rowley and Lorin Orton. Delegates will gather after noon for a 2 pm general meeting, then departmental meetings, banquet service from 4 to 6:30, and a camp fire program. State Legion and Auxiliary officers will attend and participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Vermilion Castle Forest
A. B. Matheson
W. Clair Rowley
Lorin Orton
Legion
Legion and Auxiliary
State Department of the Legion and Auxiliary
Road Commission Plants 100000 Willows For Erosion Control
The State Road Commission plants one hundred thousand black willows along streams in Southern Utah to slow water, trap silt, and rebuild banks. Areas include Virgin River near Virgin, Circleville Canyon, Beaver Canyon, and washes crossing highways in Carbon Grand Duchesne and Uintah counties. Trees cost about seven cents each, total seven thousand dollars, with earlier plantings last year and a second project ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Road Commission
Afan
Grant R. Bowen
Commission
Utah
Virgin River
Virgin
Circleville Canyon
Beaver Canyon
Beaver
Putters Lake
Moab
Carbon
Grand
Duchesne
Uintah
Condit Found Guilty Of First Degree Murder
Donald Lawter Condit, ex-convict of California, was found guilty of murder in the first degree in the case State of Utah vs Condit. The nine day trial concluded with a four hour forty five minute deliberation and sentencing set for June 20. Judge Will L. Hoyt presided as jurors weighed premeditation and potential life imprisonment alternatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will L. Hoyt
First Judicial District
Ray H. Adama
State of Utah
Donald Lawter Condit
Californis
Harold Arthur Thorne
Salt Lake
Gondit
Iron County
Condit
W. M. Duitton
C. Lamb
Salt Lake City
Ellis J. Pickets
Vedict
R. J. Shay
Hoyt
Kired
Harald Arthur Thorne
Thorne
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ounty
Featon Peat
Fenton
West States Association of Game Commissioners
Bentons Xarry Son
Pat
U. S
Fort Dowgle
Fort Sill, Oham
Capt. Hatch
Thomas James Haycock
Parowail
University of Utah
Oy" Ag
Haycock
Betsy Haycock
Mary Trobrusky
Moreing
U. of U
Gordon Whitney
Utah Parks Company
Grand Canyon
District Legion
Ray D. Garner
John H. Pendleton
Logan
Shay
California
San Bernardino
Las Vegas
Orville Isom
John Int
Williams
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!