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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1941
Page
8
Arthur Clerk of Salt Lake City visits here with the Thomas Davenport family. He lived in the area for a year or two while working for the Forest Service and was later transferred to forests near Salt Lake during that period.
The city council asks residents to water young street trees at least once a week, noting deaths from neglect and stressing civic pride. Some blocks could use waste water with guidance, while others require extra effort. The initiative highlights costly city plantings and the need to protect them. East Ward Association reminds children of a July picnic at 10 30 a m on the Eastward lawn. Myrtle Cochrane of Salt Lake City visited relatives here last week.
Local residents share visits and travels across Nevada Utah and California. Mrs Rue E Dalley of Overton groups with the B L Mortensen family while Etta Lister visits Panguitch and relatives. Merrill Mitchell family return from Las Vegas and plan Wyoming trip. Twin Davis brothers from Circleville visit grandmother in the city. Grant Skougard visits from Long Beach. Luella Adams heads to Palo Alto to stay with Tanner family. Howard Linford leaves UC Davis Cedar City to coach at Kaysville Davis High. succeeds Deb Young at USAC. Several motorists fined inPrecinct Justices court for traffic violations including speeds 70 in 50 zones and running a red light.
The government bought the largest reindeer herd in history, a third of Alaska, to preserve the industry. Charles Burdick, Interior Department agent, says white owners could not sustain their herds and the Eskimos will eventually control the industry, improving living standards for most of their population. Details remain undecided.
Paragonah correspondent reports a July 4th program featuring daybreak salute, a 10 30 a m public meeting in the ward chapel with community singing led by Anisa Stones prayer by Chaplain Amenzo Topham talks on independence declaration by Mrs Ethel Stones Robb a series of songs and speeches by local residents and a general committee overseeing arrangements. The morning includes a heavy schedule of music, speeches, and patriotic readings with subcommittees handling program, sports and decorations.
Three automobile accidents occurred near Parowan and Pinevalley with one driver, Lorraine Adams, sustaining a broken left shoulder after her car overturned following a tire blowout. Kenneth Mitchell and Hugh Burt had minor injuries. the other two incidents involved moving vans and a car owned by nurse Helen Kennedy, her vehicle overturning on a damaged road with no serious injuries. A new electric Tazer and a seed sorter were noted among new devices.
The Indy whose death was reported by drowning in the daily press earlier this week, Mrs Anna Jarvis Van Orden, is remembered by many older residents as the wife of Wm F Ward former B Y A professor and longtime resident. She remarried after Ward’s death in 1923. They had four children two sons Wm F Ir and Clarence who run a dairy in St George and two daughters Katherine and Emelte.
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