Community Drives Near Quota as Totals Rise
Local drive chairmen report Arovan and nearby communities nearing their fundraising targets. About $1,100 collected so far with $212 more needed to hit the $1,260 goal for the two towns. Large firms and Cedar City trails behind but show improvement. Final tallies to be released next week.
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Lo Muy
Eme
Parovan
Wale
Orton
Sovan
Cedar City
Salt City
Wiethem
Ilue
High School Contest at Agricultural College Auditorium
Contestants from HH High will speak on Cause and Cure of Juvenile Meney at the Agricultural College auditorium on April 5. The event, under the Office of Defense, will be broadcast locally on KSUB at 9 am with Preston Gledhill as chairman. Burns L. Finlinton of BAC will feed the six minute extemporaneous rounds and judge each speaker on content and delivery. A separate Ward Mutzal meeting features the play New Fires next Thursday at 8:30 pm in Ward’s theater, starring Morris Rowley and Burt, with invited members from other wards attending.
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Tet Agricultural College
Office of di- Defense
Brosh
KSUB
Sam
Preston Gledhill
Eich
Burns L. Finlinton
Seal Science Department
BAC
Shdent
West Ward
Mutzal Tmment Association
Ada
Moris Rowley
Burt
Metthers
Oth
Sionah Plans Hall Induction for Honorary Members
Sionah will host a Friday night induction event at Eonath on April 7 to honor local men for service. A cordial invitation goes to Parowan and the community to join the induction ceremonies and extend welcome to the inductees.
Mutual improvement groups to hear Japan lecture
East and Westward Mutual Improvement Associations will join after the preliminaries next Tuesday evening to hear Burne Finkinson, chairman of the Social Science Department at Branch Agricultural College, discuss Japan. All adults are urged to attend at 8:30 after the opening exercises.
Parowan Seminary Plans Easter Sunrise Service Event
Parowan Latter Day Saint Seminary schedules a combined graduation and Easter service in Parowan West ward on Sunday morning April 9 at 9 o clock. Seminary principal Alton B Merrill announces a program featuring drama music and a visit by a guest speaker. Full details to appear in the next Times issue.
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Parowan Latter Day Saint Seminary
Parowan West Ward
Alton B. Merrill
Puest
The
Times
Schools Return to 9 Oclock Start Time Next Monday
The grade and high schools will resume a wartime schedule with classes at 9 AM from next Monday, replacing 9:30. The Thursday through Friday hours shift includes lunch at 12 and return at 1:15, with daily close at 4 PM. The term ends April 28 and graduation plans are under way for April 23.
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Cammine
L. B. Bennett
Tis
Bennett
Pacints
OPA Rules Bypass Tie In Sales Cited In Clothing Case
An itemized costume suit sale shows OPA bans tying in extra pieces to obtain one garment. A customer sought only a skirt and jacket but was refused when the blouse must be bought. The shopper left empty handed, citing separate pricing. Sgt Leonard Rowley, on leave, visited family from Gowan Field Idaho.
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OPA
O. PA
Navy Selectees Report For Final Induction
Ten men registered in Iron county for selective service left Thursday for U S Navy training. This first call from Iron county in weeks includes Cedar City men Donald M Adams, Dee R Walker, Robert Haze Hunter, Jas H Davenport, Keith Neilson, and others from Summit St George Fillmore Ogden plus transfers from Salt Lake City and California. The final call for the month precedes an Army call on April 12 and a large April 12 physical exam group. local draft board Fisher Clark may have been called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tron County
U. S. Navy
Iron County
Howard Dal ‘Ey
Gordon Cram Chamberlain
Summit
Cedar City
Donald M. Adams
Dee R. Walker
Robert Haze Hunter
Jas. Hf
Davenport
Keith Neilson
Neilson
St. George
California
Geo. Winder Whittaker
Salt Lake City
Lance W. Brunson
Fillmore
Albert E. Newton
Ogden
Army
Selective Service Board
S. M. Clark
Homer Stubbs
Chester Stubbs
Long Beach
Navy
Draft Board
Death of Local Resident Jesse F Lowder Passed Away
Jesse F Lowder, about 70, longtime resident, died of a heart attack after breakfast. Survived by wife Alice Bentley Lowder, married June 4, 1904, and several children including Frank, Wilford, Glenn, Amasa, Carl, Boyd, Emma, LaRee, and Ella Pieldstead, plus four brothers and four sisters. Funeral plans pending word from two sons in Army camps in California and Texas.
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Jess F. Lowder
Cedar City
Alice Bentley, Lowder
Sgt
Frank Lowder
Camp Hoberts
Calif
Wilford Lowder
India
Glenn Lowder
Camp Bowie
Texas
Amasa Lowder
Springville
Carl
Boyd
Emma
LaRee Lowder
Ella Pieldstead
Parowan
Verda Slack
John L
Lewis
Edgar
Will Lowder
This City
Emma Webb
Zipha Guyman
Ida Paxton
Kate Jensen
Piaya
California
Milk subsidy sign up at Southern Ul lah Dairy during week
Milk patrons of the Southern Ul lah Dairy Company may sign for their February milk subsidy payment by calling at the dairy during the week commencing Monday April.
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Southern Ullah Dairy Company
Letters From Soldiers Praise Home Folks Support
Parowan Times prints letters from Bernell Evans and Tommy Abbott praising local readers for thoughtful mail and papers. Evans, in England with Field Artillery, thanks friends for cards books and papers and notes friendships with English hosts. Abbott, with the U S Navy, thanks Parowan for including him on the mailing list and for staying connected with hometown news. Lt James P Dalton in Presque Isle Maine earns Air Medal for navigator duties under hazardous weather while supporting aircraft deliveries.
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Thomas Abbott
Paragonah
U. S. Navy
Atlante
Times
Dalton
Presqué Isle Anny Air Field
Presque Isle
Maine
James P. Dalton
Box 1221
Parowan
Utah
Prom Is Outstanding Spring Social Event
The Junior class of Parowan High School held a spring prom last Friday night described as an outstanding social event of the school year. Despite over two hundred young men in the armed services, many students and patrons from Parowan and Paragonah attended, with Cedar City couples joining. Decorations were modest due to war conditions, but the large, well behaved crowd made the prom successful financially and socially.
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Junio
Parawan 'High School
Farowan
Paragonah
Cedar City
West Ward Primary Conference Held in Ward Chapel
West Ward Primary Association announces a ward conference Sunday evening April 2 at 8 oclock in the ward chapel. The program titled Sermons in Songs features nearly every Primary age child and officers urge strong attendance.
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West Ward Primary Association
Paragonah Matron To Celebrate Birthday
Paragonah matron Mrs. Alice R Topham, oldest lifelong resident, plans an eighty fifth birthday open house at her Paragonah home on Monday April 3 1944 from 2 to 4 pm. She recalls Fort era events, keeps busy with household duties, and has stitched six quilts since January. The family notes a Nevada trip last November, pine nuts gathered, and lists eight children with Betsy Boardman and Bishop J Leonard Topham of Paragonah and Ina L Middleton of Cedar City as survivors plus nine grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. Special to the Times.
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Alice R.topham
Paragonah
Betsy Boardman
J. Leonard Topham
Ina L. Middleton
Cedar City
the Times
Bentleys Announce Marriage of Daughter
Mr and Mrs Elis Bentley announce the marriage of their daughter Janice to F Nicon on Tuesday March 26 at their Parowan home The ceremony was performed by Bishop Scott Day with only immediate family and a few close friends present Janice a Parowan High School graduate has worked in Cedar City for eighteen months and met Mr Nicon a Boise Idaho native employed by Arrowhead Truck Lines recently transferred to Los Angeles They will make their home there Several Parowan High school staff and local educators attended a Southern Utah Teachers Association meeting in Richfield with L Earl Acord and Rulon Manning Also noted are Lena Benson returning from winter in Salt Lake City and Kingman Arizona with updates on family locations.
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Parowan Times
Bernell Evans
Tommy Abbott
Evans
England
March
the Times
Field Artillery
Brigham
Young
Utah
Elso
Ward Lowe
London
Wald de Topham
Elis Bentley
Janice
F. Nicon
Parowan
Bishop Scott Day
Pandewan High School
Cedar City
Mr. Nicon
Boise
Idaho
Arrowhead Truck Lines
Los Angeles
Reschere
Parowan High School
L. B. Bennett
Mes
LeRoy Morris
Owen Davis
Marvin Graff
Richfield
Southern Utah Teachers Association
L. Earl Acord
Utah Education Association
Rulon Manning
Southeern Utah
Iron County Schools Propose Tentative 1945 Calendar
Iron County school officials propose a tentative 1945 calendar to fit state law and community needs. The plan covers 172 required days, September 4 opening, May 9 closing, with Thanksgiving and Christmas recesses, and Saturday sessions to align with crops and funds. Parents urged to review and submit changes promptly for final scheduling.
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Iron County
Tax School
Mare
Notice to Parents and Relatives of Boys in Military Service
A 1944 notice from Cedar City area publishes calls for updating names and addresses of service members for the Iron County Record and Parowan Times. It lists about 850 names, urges reporting address changes, and notes a Parowan State Letter-writing program. Also mentions Parowan Reservoir meeting about Gravel trap reconstruction and Army maneuvers involving a local family.
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Iron County
Cedar City
Kanarra
West End
Parowan Times
Psrowan
Paragonah
Iran County
Parowan
Durham Morris
Parowan Stake
Parowan Reservoir Company
Pahowan Reservoir CO
Phillip Benson
David H. Richards
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Arovan
T Ward M. I. A
Sionah
Parowan Seminary
Leonard Rowley
George 5. Rowley
Gowan Air Field
Holse
Jesse F. Lowder
Armed Services
Lagan
Mor
Dag
Bentleys
Meet OF Sulla
Michfield
Lena Benson
Hildreth
Blaine
Kingman
Arizona
Parowan Reservoir CO
Wr. J. Gurr
Dalsart
Aston Jeanne Booth
Ther
Ton
F. G. Booth
Army Sie Corps
Afton Willeome
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