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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1944
Page
4
Claude Orton and Lesses Utah State Press Association enter as second class mail matter at Parowan Post Office dated October 27 1915 for official classification and mailing status.
War Information Office cites higher needs due to more service members overseas and calls for 56 percent of lima beans 31 percent of corn 41 percent of peas 96 percent of tomatoes and 64 percent of tomato juice to be set aside for military use. Civilians face about 20 percent less fruit and 15 percent less vegetables than 1943. Promote home gardening with 22 million total gardens 16 million city and 6 million farm.
Local observations predict strong potato acreage with favorable weather boosting harvest readiness. Thomas Fowler adapts hay gear. Page Knell expands with 970 bags of seed and 160 acre pump well farm while Leo Knell adds turkey poults. Surge in fruit tree planting and self sufficiency urged along East townside. American Red Cross funded seed aid for POW camps and ongoing victory garden sustenance.
In Iron County Utah a petition for adoption of Shirley Ann Sattley Skougard by Darrell L. Skougard and Carmen M. Skougard is set for hearing June 27 1944 at 10 am in Parowan Court. Notices will be published in Parowan Times and mailed to the child's parents and relatives and to state welfare. guardianship and probate notices follow for William M. Stubbs estate.
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones urges livestock producers to adjust cattle hogs and poultry numbers to available feed. He cites January 1 population figures and a ten year average to explain shortages and promotes marketing through the year, culling dairy herds to favor efficient cows. The WF A launches a Custom Combine Program to aid harvesting, with gas tires parts and labor support for operators, spanning multiple states and over 100 days of work.
Wool buyers led by L R Anderson of Jeremiah Williams firm attracted most small clips with about four hundred bags at the 35 to 38 cent per pound range. Parowan High School scored in the state meet with Frank Ward second in the mile and fourth in high jump and Almon Orton fifth in broad jump totaling seven points. Various faculty moves followed as teachers depart for Chicago and other locations, with several staff reassigned to Cedar City and others leaving the district.
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