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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1949
Page
1
Vir. and Mrs. Glenn Halterman were feted at a Saturday night reception hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Carlo Topham. The couple, fresh from a coast honey trip, wore wedding outfits and were showered with gifts as relatives and friends joined in the celebration.
Community annou nces several graduates from varied schools. Leonard Mickelson earned a Master of Biology from the University of Utah at Weeping and will teach in Dubois Idaho next winter. He and his wife Dorothy Hulet and baby Christine just arrived in Parowan for the summer. Craig Ward completed a science degree at the University of Utah and his future plans remain unclear. Boyd Wilfinish will join his wife and children in Alamo Nevada to teach agriculture at the local high school. Lyle Morris and Bennell Evans also graduated from the Parowan BAC and the Juning College respectively, with continued education likely planned. Continued on Back Page.
A tentative schedule for the summer music program lists activities starting June 27. Junior Band daily at 9 am, Beginners woodwinds at 9 am, Beginners strings on Mondays Wednesdays Fridays, Advanced strings on Tuesdays Thursdays at 10 pm, Advanced technique classes for woodwinds Mondays and Wednesdays and brass on Tuesdays and Thursdays, High School Band daily, and a period for vocal study noted ambiguously.
The engagement of Beverly Matheson to Donald Ford of Orem Utah is announced by her parents Miriam Moore of Parowan and Frank Matheson of Kanab. A late summer wedding is planned at the Salt Lake Temple on August 15 with the benedict-elect a son of William Ford of Orem.
Evan Topham of Paragonah married Eliel C Winderson of Springdale in a home ceremony on Saturday June 11 officiated by Bishop Leonard Evang of Parowan. Bride wore a white lace gown with rose and orange blossom accents. Groom is a World War II veteran, formerly with the Army Medical Corps in the Pacific, now employed by Utah Parks.
Seven Primary Guide Boys of the Poarowan East Ward will receive their certificates of graduation from the Primary during Sacrament meeting Sunday afternoon. Qualified for ordination into the Priesthood are Tebbs Adams, Ernc Clark, Donald Gurr, Lyle Mortensen, Ronald Mortensen, Odney Bentley and Charles Adams. Mrs. Della Gurr led the group in Primary Trail Builder work for three years.
Southern Utah Dairy Co has won a Certificate of Mixing Accuracy for 1949 after analysis in St Louis of samples from regular customer mixes. The certificate will be posted at the Southern Utah Dairy Co to show the facility's ability to service farmers with custom mixing, aiding maximum grain production.
Veterans instructors from Washington Iron and Kane counties met in Parowan with Ward Duff as General Chairman for a three day workshop conference. The sessions opened with officer elections and featured a Young Farmer Chapter program, farm and home plan demonstrations, and farm tours at Paragonah and Parowan.
The Legion Auxiliary of Post No 20 selects Anna D Adams as leader with Twila Thornton first vice president Fae Benson second vice president Maude Parcel secretary Belle Lemmon historian Doris Pritchard and Norma Hulet as sergeants at arms and Ada Evans as chaplain They will assume office in August The retiring president is Pearl Russell with Marie Orton Roca Mitchell Golda Guyman Edna Peterson Twila Thornton and Sarah Lowder also listed as retiring officers
Grace Gurr was honored by family on her birthday at a Five-Mile Party Wednesday evening. All her children attended except Kendall and Anna. Local guests included Ira Sherratt Gail Parry and Milton Jones of Cedar City. Clark Mitchell joined Joyce and others after arriving from Zions.
A baby girl weighing 13 ounces and born June 13 at County Hospital is welcomed by parents Cal and Bobbie Lou Morris. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Angus Morris of Parowan and Mr Neils Decker of Clearwater Calif. Great grandparents include Mrs Maude B Parcella of Parowan and David C Barton of Oakland Calif.
Mr Scott Orton was moved from Iron County Hospital to Holy Cross in Salt Lake City for skin grafts after severe burns. Numerous visits and travels by family and friends are noted, including reunions in Tooele and trips to Salt Lake City, Richfield, and Cedar City. Continued on Page Five.
Family of William Coone Mitchell to gather in Parowan for a three day reunion July 1 2 3 chaired by W W Scott Mitchell. Central committee includes representatives from Parkerwan residents with a schedule noting registration Friday evening program and dance. Guider trips to Cedar Breaks Yankee Meadow Iron Mountain and other local sites. An afternoon Five Mile Recreation Camp barbecue and campfire to cap Friday. Sunday includes church services and an Old Rock Church excursion with open house. A sizable turnout is anticipated.
Parowan parents are urged to engage children in summer programs including two dance courses for all ages, a reading class, a summer music course starting June 27 at the school, a kindergarten for first graders, and primaries for younger children. Encouragement from parents aims to curb loitering and delinquency.
The Davenport family and Mrs Thornton were rear impacted in Salt Lake City last week while parked after a Lagoon trip. Davenports and Thornton family members suffered minor injuries and their car was badly damaged. a Tooele youth claimed to have no memory of the crash.
Stake Sunday School in Parowan gathers all wards for a Centennial outing at Five Mile Recreation Camp on Saturday June 25. Stake Superintendent Stanford Jones invites every member, asks families to attend, bring lunches, provide own transport, and participate in a 3 p.m. program at the camp.
A large crowd attended the Breinholt wedding reception at the Paragonal Auditorium Saturday evening. The program featured piano, violin, saxophone, and vocal numbers by Melva Bringhurst, Ruth Huffaker, Dorie Smith, and others, with remarks by the bride’s father A. Terry Lund and presiding officials.
Parowan missionaries Kendall Gurr and Lloyd Greynick were set apart as District presidents within a week. Gurr became president of the Grand Canyon District in Arizona while Greynick was named president of the Rio Grande district in New Mexico. Both Elders spent thirteen months in the Southwest Indian Mission and recently traveled with Elder Spencer W. Kimball during his district visit.
From the County Agricultural Committee comes a notice on wheat quotas under the Agricultural Act of 1949. Chairman Cyr T. Cox says it may be necessary to allocate, with price support, allotments for farms seeded in 1949 and 1950.
Both Camps of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers will hold a work meeting Thursday afternoon in the Old Rock Church basement to sew carpet rags. All members from both Camps are urged to attend.
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