Paes Association Notice at Parowan Post Office
Postal entry on October 27, 1916 records the Paes Association as not second class matter at Parowan Utah.
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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1939
Page
4
Postal entry on October 27, 1916 records the Paes Association as not second class matter at Parowan Utah.
A discussion on farm safety notes that accidents have causes and many are preventable with first aid kits and prompt care. It cites surveys showing high costs from neglecting cuts and wounds, falls from ladders, sprains from lifting, and injuries from handling animals and machinery, urging constant caution.
A column argues that despite polls showing support for economy the public and officials avoid real cuts. Officials bow to public opinion while demanding more funds for various projects, creating a dual stance that thwarts genuine fiscal restraint. Civic groups and local leaders, while preaching economy, still beg for federal money, endangering national welfare.
The article extols spring clean-up efforts to beautify towns, raise property values, and cut fire hazards. It notes these campaigns require little expense while encouraging house repairs, painting, clearing fire traps, and mowing empty lots to reduce fire plags.
The passage advocates small, widespread campaigns to prevent disasters by encouraging property upkeep. It argues such efforts bolster local business selling paint and materials, foster civic pride, prompt testing resolutions by citizens, and promote sturdy property maintenance for a beautiful and safe town.
The article urges timely spraying of apple and pear trees to secure a good crop, recommending two sprays yearly with a possible third to outpace neighbors who skip treatment. It notes wormy fruit without spraying and highlights the cost effectiveness of a small shared sprayer for several neighbors.
Motion pictures have become a nightly diversion across U S Navy facilities including ships, shore stations, hospitals, and barracks. The Navy operates about 2000 films, circulating to roughly 160000 personnel with a small number of dependents. It acquires 200 to 290 new films yearly, leasing theater equipment for four-year terms from studios. A brief note recalls recruits at the Naval Training Station in San Diego.
This Week's Twenty Years Ago features Parowan events from May 1918. Schools planned to close May 16 with commencement work the week of May 32. junior prom, Lyceum, grades program, high school show, and a grand ball marked the week. Mother's Day observances were planned. Simon A. Matheson led Ward Sun Day School preparations. Iron County ended bounty payments for redents due to funds. Rex Theatre announced Sea Panther with Wm. Desmond and Bond of Fear with May Stewart and Belle Bennett for next week's attractions. Four Parowan soldiers returned home: Claude Harris, Brose Hyatt, Stanley Benson, and John Mitchell. Wool topped at 51 1/2 cents per pound for J. K. Paramore, others down to 45 cents. Three trucks carried freight from Lund and Milford to Parowan. School Board eyed a new four-room addition to the Parowan school. Taylors demolished the old adobe house near the meat market for a new business building.
White, who arrived in America in 1929 with no English, led his company in all honors and entered the Naval School of Photography at Pensacola, graduating number one in a class of eighteen. His perfect electrical and ordnance logs earned Navy praise and a path to advancement. The piece highlights his remarkable rise from immigrant to naval excellence and hints at a Hollywood naval epic.
A humorous courtroom exchange shows a young attorney pressed on contempt. The judge demands a fine of ten dollars and the man offers a dollar, sparking a quick quip about paying and serving thirty days.
An American woman recounts her attempt to say thank you to a waiter in Europe last summer. She began with German then mixed in French and Italian phrases, ending with the waiter complimenting her effort by saying Madame, you're doing swell.
In a succinct exchange, Mr Hardup asks for expense cuts and Mrs Hardup counters that earning more would achieve the same result. The brief dialogue hinges on financial strain and practical humor.
An Atlanta Constitution item recounts two men who had not seen each other in five years discovering they had both married in that interval. One asks about the wives. the reply calls his wife an angel, while the other jokes his wife remains stubborn.
A landlady presents a plate of extremely thin bread and butter to her hungry boarders. A boarder asks if she cut them, and she replies sternly that she did. The boarder quips that he will stuffle and deal.
Nothing Else Little Jeannie observed farm hands spreading a hay stack that was heating and could ignite. She wondered why they would dismantle it after building it, then asked if they were soaking it to needle.
A playful exchange follows a marriage settlement with a humorous split between ideal union and practical needs. The happy man boasts they are “one,” while the practical friend counters that, in practice, they should order dinner for two to celebrate and solidify the union.
The speaker praises progress in abolition of rum trading with “savages in spirits” and notes a shift to abstinence. He reports that “Preserved Fish” has embraced enlightenment and that the previously nighted heathen now learn to make their own from Indian corn.
A wry remark counts the quick as those who move aside in time. The dead are those who fail to react.
Close Enough presents a confused scene as a student quizzes about the king of France during the revolution. The teacher corrects with a humorous insistence on the Fifteenth or Fourteenth, noting the king was in his teens.
A humorous exchange shows a diner asking a waiter to taste a pie to distinguish peach from apple. The waiter admits inability to tell by taste, prompting a wry question about how much difference it should take to tell them apart.
A short fragment depicts a phone call where a voice identifies the law firm Smith, Smith and Smith, Oliver and offers a courteous morning greeting. The scene suggests a formal reception or client contact setting without further details or actions.
A terse domestic scene notes a visitor, the Sarkage man, arriving at the back door as Mrs Newlywed asserts they do not need him. The dialogue implies a dispute over an unwanted caller and a new marriage dynamic in a concise household vignette.
A fragmented note references a summer joke involving Mr. Jones and a line about the ice age spot and Oliver asking when the ice melted.
Utah marks twenty-five years since joining the national extension service under the Smith Lever act. From early leaders like J W Sanborn and Luther Foster to L M Windsor and Elmer G Peterson, the program grew from county contact work to a statewide system. By 1912 extensions expanded with a growing staff, forming a durable network of farm organizations, 4-H clubs, and diverse agricultural programs that shaped rural Utah communities.
The program notes 95 specialists and 35 field agents provide proper home practices through adult and youth programs. Agents make farm visits, hold meetings, and conduct 25 county visits yearly, supporting projects in agriculture, animal husbandry, dairy, crops, horticulture, rural health, and leadership training across communities.
Utah reports 1,206,029 4 H club members in 1,454 clubs nationwide. Dr C Weterbury notes the USDA extension service records showing growth since 1914. More than half a million youths trained in leadership and practical work, with many girls taking active roles in communities.
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