Parowan Race Meet Dates Set By Legion Post Masons
A Parowan meeting of Legion Post 90 officials outlined staging a Big Race Meet with arrangements to involve all Utah communities. July 15 to 17 were discussed with preferred dates to rotate among towns. Officials named Commander Albert Arrangements will direct gate upkeep and track preparation to ensure fair distribution of limited rifle permits. Further notices will publish race meet details and govern rifle distribution.
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Neeting
Legion
Parowan Key
Albert
Utah
Fillmore
Zitat
Commander Adams
Jas Cartwright
Sam Pritchard
Homer Adams
Parowan
Sig
Governifor Rifles
Parowan High backs 1948 Red Drive fund appeal led by Principal A Hitech
Principal A Hitech of Parowan High heads the 1948 Red Drive fundraising effort in Parowan. Hatch and corps workers start with a morning fast at Taylors Cafe to receive instructions and materials. Local businesses will be visited throughout town to urge contributions. A volunteer group led by Fae N Benson and others will assist in the humanitarian drive.
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Paro
A. Hitech
Parowan High
Hatch
Taylors Cafe
Maity
Fae N. Benson
Jean Nckson
Hazel Pendleton
Ian Adams
Barbara Adams
Rulan Dalton
le Lyman
Fionia Cartwright
May Mitchell
Max Dalley
Topham
Marvin Graff
R. Taylor Miller
Claude Burton
Rulan Lyman
Do Winter
West Ward Society Expresses Gratitude for Support
The West Ward Relief Society thanks all who contributed to their recent banquet and the outpouring of loyalty orders. Volunteers organized the event with a delicious dinner, food donation, and preparation, while honoring the Upstanding program and auction sale.
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West Ward
Stanfementy and
F F A Banquet Highlights Community Support and Awards
The F F A dance and banquet at Paragonah P H S gym drew 115 to 120 guests. Thomas Robinson of Paragonah won a new Dodge, later gift to his grandson Myron Abbott. Jay Benson won a radio, Darwin Marshall a blanket. Brent Talbot received the Union Pacific Carl Raymond Gray scholarship for Iron County, a $190 award for agriculture studies. Kudos to sponsors Lunt Motor Company and Parowan Merc, and thanks to Jaycees for ticket sales.
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Little Barbara Sayles
Thomas Robinson
Paragonah
Jay Benson
Parowan
Darwin Marshall
Minersville
Lunt Motor Company
Mr. King
Parowan Merc
Jaycees
Aell
Brent Talbot
James Arson A. Talbot
Union Pacific
Carl Raymond Gray
Iron County
Region Music Festival Set for Parowan on May First
Plans for region six festival in Parowan bring together bands orchestras and choirs from Delta Hinckley Fillmore Beaver Milford Parowan Cedar City Enterprise St George Hurricane Kanab and Orderville. About 1500 students are expected with support from P T A Band Mothers Chamber of Commerce American Legion Jaycees and other groups. Committees will handle lunch programs registration and judging with further details to follow.
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Delta
Hinckley
Fillmore
Beaver
Milford
Parowan
Cedar City
Enterprise
St. George
Hurricane
Kanab
Orderville
Band Mothers
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Jaycees
Personal News Notes Highlights Local Families
Local notes report two new grandchildren for Mr and Mrs Jos E Ward with a baby girl and a son to Page and Zola Ward Knell. Several relatives travel for medical care and recoveries in Salt Lake City and Payson. A Civic Opera feature in Payson Chronicle centers on Larry Burton, while residents visit from Enterprise and St George. Continued on back page.
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Jos. E. Ward
Mrs. Parker Ward
This City
Page
Zola Ward Knell
Cedar City
Local Sportsmen Win Cedar Challengers In Rabbit Hunt
Eleven Parowan Gun and Red Club members teamed with 28 Cedar Wildlife Federation hunters for a rabbit hunt at Grimshaw Farms Midvalley. They bagged 872 rabbits before shells ran out, led by Saunders Clark with 46 tails. Norman Day urges a $1 assessment to members.
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Parowan Gun
Red Club
Cedar Wild Life Federation
Cedar Challengers
Grimshaw Farms
Midvalley
Cedar City
Claude Macfarlane
Arnold Anderson
Saunders Clark
Norman Day
Gun and Red Club
Former Parowan Couple To Observe Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Enoch L. Mortensen will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary with an open house on Sunday March 14 at 2785 South 13th East Salt Lake City. Married March 8 1903 in Parowan Utah they spent early years in Wyoming then returned to Parowan and later moved to Salt Lake City. They raised eleven children and were active in church and civic groups with Mortensen as a Ward Teacher and Mrs Mortensen in U S M I A and D U P activities.
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Enoch L. Mortensen
Salt Lake City
Parowan
Utah
Wyoming
Big Horn Basin
Mortensen
Cedar City
Relief Society
Lora Gore
Mra
Marian McMullin
Phyllis Lister
Kathleen
Claudia
Har
Paulina Camp D. U. P. To Meet March 11th
Mrs Ida P Smith announces the Paulina Camp of the D U P will meet Thursday March 11 at 2 p m at Clara Benson home. The lesson changes this month with pioneer histories by those who wish to share. All are invited to attend.
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Ida P. Smith
Paulina
Clara Benson
Local Sheepmen Sell 48s Wool Clip in Nevada to Boston Buyer
Randall and Howard Adama, two Parowan sheepmen, sold 3200 fleeces of 64s wool valued at 425c each to Milo S. Marsden of Hallowell Jones and Donald of Boston. Wool ships April 1 from Caliente, Nevada to an eastern mill. The sale reflects high local prices since 1926, while Parowan’s sheep numbers have fallen from about 80,000 in 1926 to around 16,000 today due to labor, grazing, policy, and import issues. President Pauley noted U S sheep population fell from 52,000,000 in 1939 to 31,000,000 by year end 1947. all-time high was 60,000,000 in 1931. The column notes strong wool and lamb sales and the enduring value of the sheep industry.
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Randall
Howard Adama
Milo S. Marsden
Hallowell, Jones and Donald
Boston
Mass
Caliente
Nevada
Parowan
Sylvan Pauley
National Wool Grower Association
Salt Lake City
United States
Al's Garage Opens with Gala March 11 in Parowan Canyon
Al Dobrusky announces a formal grand opening for Al's Garage on the Parowan Canyon Highway between 2nd and 3rd East. Contractor Howard R. Kessler of Cedar City oversaw construction. The new shop features cinder block walls, ample light and ventilation, modern equipment, and years of Dobrusky’s service. A gala event with refreshments and old time dancing is planned for Thursday evening March 11, inviting Parowan and nearby communities.
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Parowan Canyon Highway
al Dobrusky
Howard R. Kessler
Cedar City
Utah
Hurricane Tops Division Race and Parowan Music Festival
Hurricane wins top honors in the division race as Parowan high students compete in Millard County region six music festival in Fillmore. The school counts 16 adjudicators from senior and junior departments among 11 area schools, with vocal solos, girls strip group, and multiple instrumental solos. Parowan eyes a state tournament bid but ends third in division after key late-season losses, with coach and players reflecting on performance and officiating.
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Fillmore
Millard County
Parowan High School
John Manning
Millard
Beaver
Iron
Washington
Kane Counties
Jo Ann Mitchell
Adelle Holyoak
Mary Dawn Orton
Mary Joan Bayles
Katrine Taylor
Janet Mortensen
Veon Macfarlane
Instrum
State & Clues
P. H. S. Rama
Rams
Robinson
Parowan
Hurricane
Kanab
Orderville
Parawan
Cedar
Adams
Stevens
Birthday greetings and family visits mark local celebrations
Mrs. Malo Rollins hosted callers after church on Sunday to celebrate her birthday with tea and desserts. Neighbors also honored Mrs. Silas T. Orton on March 2 with visits and well wishes while her husband provided refreshments during her health confinement. Family members travelled from Las Vegas, Boulder City, Cedar City and beyond to spend the day. Other birthday gatherings included Gloria Smith and Beverly Matheson hosting at Miriam Moore’s home with several out-of-town relatives in attendance.
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Malo Rollins
Silas T. Orton
Orton
Vernill
Las Vegas
Gardello
Boulder City
Elmo
Leo
LaMar Orton Rosko
Cedar City
Gloria Smith
Beverly Matheson
Miriam Moore
Moore Home
Helen Siegfus
San Francisco
Fionia Cartwright
Augusta Adams
Sarah Lowder
Lorna Mitchell
Roca Mit
Milne Truck Line Starts Daily Parowan Cedar City Run
Milne Freight Line schedules a daily service between Parowan and Cedar City. Trucks leave Cedar City at 8:00 a.m. each day to deliver and pick up freight at customers' doors. Frank Milne cites local banking as a facilitating factor for the new service.
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Parowan
Milne
Cedar City
Cedar
Frank Milne
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Ely
Scola Reece
T. Hatch
West Ward Society
Myron Abbott
Mr. Robinson
Paient and Sons
Orland Evans
Ramona Mitchell
Elna Haiterman
Shirley Rowley Evans
June Decker
Karl Mitchell
Collins Mitchell
Mr. Brown
Sam Abbott
Dalton
UNION
Pacific
Parowan F. F. A
Brent Hae
John Bayles
Clifton Mortensen
Emma Holyoak
Salt Lake General Hospital
Virw. Thos. K. Holyoak
Alice Barton
Tecele
Merrill
Bob) Mickelson
Veterans’ Hospital
J. Melvin
Melvin and
Sharlatt Eyre Webb
Castle Gate
Sarah Ann Stevens
Matilda Bettridge
The
Payson Chronicle
Civic Opera
Firefly
Larry Burton
Jack Travers
Larry
H. F. Burton
Payson
Wm. H. Lyman
Jay Holt
Herman Adams
Orrin H. Snow
Mr. Snow
Mary Adams
L. D. S. Temple
Raymond Alberta
Canada
Laurel Lowder Specht
Long Beach
Wm. J. Lowder
Parowan Rams
Randall and Howard
Wan
Mances
Owan
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