Parowan City Plans Independence Day Celebration
The Parowan City Council met Saturday night to outline July 4 activities. The American Legion Post No 20 will run a morning program. Ladies Clubs organize a miniature parade. Legion Auxiliary hosts a youth sports program. The Red Hill Wranglers saddle club stage an amateur rodeo and race meet at the City race track, continuing the Memorial day event. Further details will follow.
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Parowan
American Legion
Stake Relief Society Sets Teachers Confab in Parowan
The Parowan Stake Relief Society visiting teachers convention is set for Tuesday afternoon at 2 pm in the Parowan First Second Ward Chapel. All visiting teachers from every ward and stake officers are urged to attend for the July message, followed by a social in the Relief Society rooms.
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Stake Relief Society
Parowan Stake Relief Society
Parowan First
Knight
Former Resident Arrives From Korea On Emergency Leave
Alpine N. Decker, Warrant Officer U S Army, arrived in Parawan Tuesday from Korea where he was granted emergency leave due to his sister Florence D. Corry of Cedar City being seriously ill. A 13 year veteran, Decker has served three Far East assignments and will transfer to a Stateside post soon. His wife from Louisville Kentucky has aided in care of Mrs Corry for two weeks and will return home at week’s end.
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Alpine N. Decker
United States Army
Parawan
Korea
Florence D. Corry
Cedar City
Decker
Far East
Louisville
Kentucky
Utah
Frank Patten
Springville
Hildreth
Lena Benson
Frank
Milford Sets Two Day Jubilee for June Twenty Fifth Sixteenth
Milford hosts a two day celebration on June 25 and 26 featuring a bathing beauty contest judged by Don Valentine of the Salt Lake Tribune and emceed by Don Marlowe. The event also includes two Hollywood style revues, Miss Beaver County contests, and acts by Carol LeVeque Barbara Lang and others in Milford High gym.
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Don Valentine
Salt Lake Tribune
Hollywood
Milford
Milford High Gymnasium
Beaver County
Mr. Marlowe
Carol LeVeque
R. E.0
Miss LeVeque
Groucho Marx
Ted Myers
Kfi-Tv
Lovelies
Marlowe
Barbara Lang
Ted Weem
College Inn
Chicago
Earl Carroll Vanities
Harry James
Jimmy and
Tommy Dorsey
Local Couple Called To Mission Field
Elder and Mrs. Joseph E Ward of Parowan are called by Church authorities for a long term mission in the Southern States. They will reside in Salt Lake City before heading to mission headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. They have long service in ward YMMIA, Sunday School, Primary and Relief Society, with Mrs Ward active in the genealogical committee and ward leadership roles. They depart Sept 8 for the mission home and Sept 15 for Atlanta.
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Joseph E Ward
W. Clair Rowley
Parowan Stake
Elder Ward
Parowan Second Ward
Ward Ymmia
Swimmers to Meet Saturday Morning at Cedar City Pool
The school plans a Saturday morning swim meet at 9 00 AM at the Cedar City pool. All boys and girls will be transported to the pool for split instruction time. A bus is now provided by the school board for a small fee. participants should bring their own suit and towel. Meet in front of the high school at 9 00 AM.
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Cedar City
State to Use Red and White Stop Signs
Utah's highway commission officially adopts red stop signs as the state standard replacing yellow and black. All future signs will be red with white lettering and reflectorized. existing signs will be replaced as worn or damaged. Twenty five new red signs will be placed at busy intersections within two weeks.
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Utah
Utah State Highway Commission
Commission
Department of Traffic Engineering
Keen Interest Shown In Local Baseball Leagues
After two weeks the Pury League and Little League squads shift from unsettled to cohesive units. Early games featured high scores like 41 to 23 with many walks and errors, but now most contests are close with solid pitching. Fans are invited to a big showdown Wednesday at 6 pm on the high school diamond.
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Pury League
Personal News Notes From Iron County and Nearby
Bank of Iron County and Bank of Southern Utah send representatives to the State Bankers Convention in Salt Lake City Monday and Tuesday. Local residents attend regional meetings and family visits, including Frank Stevens and Rae Clark in New Mexico, Jim Hyatt’s homecoming, and MIA conference attendance in Salt Lake City. Florence Decker Corry moves to Iron County Hospital in Cedar City in critical condition. Tooele and Layton visitors spend time with local relatives, as families travel and reconnect in this period.
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Bank of
Iron County
Salt Lake City
Robert L. Fenton
E J. King
W. Scott Mitchell
Eva Adams
Arthur Joseph
Bank of Southern Utah
Frank Stevens
New Mexico
Rae Clark
Cedar City
Claude Matheson
Albuquerque
Jim Hyatt
Roy Hyatts
City
Florence Decker Corry
Salt Lake City Hospital
Iron County Hospital
Parowan Wards Reopen Chapel After Remodeling
The First and Second Ward Bishoprics announce the reopening of their Parowan chapel on Sunday after nearly a year of remodeling. Interior replastering and painting, new lighting, public address system, glassed baby room, new bishop’s office, carpeted aisles, new drapes, and wiring for a pipe organ are completed. A decorative rosy green scheme greets attendees as schedules continue for both wards.
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Parowan
Second Ward
Priesthood Quorum Honors Former Members at Supper
Members of the 69th Quorum of Seventy will honor former members transferred to the High Priests' Quorum at a Five Mile supper Saturday evening. Guests include members their partners and other special attendees. Honorees are Howard M. Adams Grayson Gurr and Marvin I. Graff former officers in the Quorum drawn from the Third Ward Bishopric. Entertainment committee oversees arrangements and supper menu contributions.
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69Th
Quorum of Seventy
Howard M. Adams
Grayson Gurr
Marvin I. Graff
Third Ward
Quorum
New Arrivals at Iron County Hospital
Leon and Louise Hatch welcome daughter Mettie Jane on June 8 weighing seven pounds fourteen ounces among six siblings. Grandparents are Mrs Mettie Robinson and Mr and Mrs A C Hetch of Parowan. Earlier, Frank and Cleone Bess Richards welcomed a son June 9 in Parowan with grandparents Willard Bess and Lovina Alger. Also, Gerald and Seharazede Turnbeaugh Clark announce a granddaughter Cherry Ann born June 10 in Cedar City.
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Leon
Louise Hatch Robinson
Stork
Iron County Hospital
Mary
Wayne
Glenn
Kevin
Mettie Jane
Mettie Robinson
A. C. Hetch
Parowan
Frank
Cleone Bess Richard
Henderson
Nevada
Willard Bess
This City
Lovina Alger
Clarence Richardson
Las Vegas
Edgar Clark
Gerald and
Seharazede Turnbeaugh Clark
Cedar City
Cherry Ann
Parowan to Host Regional Welfare Meet
Parowan will host the Welfare meeting for representatives of nine Stakes in the Virgin River Region on June 2, as announced by President W Clair Rowley. Meetings start at 10 a.m. at the Parowan First-Second World Chapel with lunch served after the session.
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Iron County Commissioners
Parowan
Board of Equalization
Virgin River Region
Pres. W. Clair Rowley
Lancheon
Elder DeMille Returns From Mission Field
Elder DeMille of Parowan First Ward returns after a one year Southern States mission. He served as mission secretary and is a son of Alvin and Mrs. DeMille who recently moved to Cedar City. He also served in Korea and studied at College of Southern Utah before rejoining schooling under GI Training benefits.
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Lloyd DeMille
Parowan First Ward
Elder DeMille
Alvin DeMille
Parowan
Cedar City
Korea
College of Southern Utah
Former Ward Officers Feted At Social
Retiring Bishopric and Ward Clerk of the Perowan Third Ward were honored at a Monday evening social on the library lawn. Bishop Howard Adams presided as activities included group singing, invocations by W. Clair Rowley, musical numbers by Mrs. Boyd Robinson and others, and a reading by Mae Simkins. Each retiring member received a copy of Gospel Ideals from the Ward.
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Perowan Third Ward
Howard Adams
W. Clair Rowley
Boyd Robinson
Paragonah
Wilma Lamoreaux
Mae Simkins
Patricia Urie
Jean Hendrickson
Vanda Mitchell
Pres. David 0. McKay
John W. Bentley
Baby born to Turnbeaugh family with Cedar City ties
A newborn weighing seven pounds three ounces is presented as the child of Mrs. George Turnbeaugh. The maternal grandmother resides in Cedar City. Nellie M. Clark of Parowan is noted as a claim to great grandmother honors.
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George Turnbeaugh
Cedar City
Nellie M. Clark
Parowan
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