Doings at School Elks Award and Senior Party
The Elks Edge Cedar City presented Floran Matheson with a Meri t Award and $15 for her essay What Uncle Sam Means to Be at the May 14 meeting. Seniors and faculty were treated to a large party by the juniors in the gym with games and lunch in the Homemaking Department. The Seniors hosted a Five Jewel breakfast last Saturday with oranges grapes fruit Canadian bacon eggs olives pickles bread doughnuts hot chocolate and pastum before whitewashing the letter P.
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the Elks
Edge St
Cedar City
Floran Matheson
Uncle Sam
Jeff
Local teachers plan varied summer outings across towns
Mrs Orill Lister travels to Lut ogas Nevada for her husband’s employment while Katherine Dunton faces gall bladder and appendix surgery at County hospital. Teachers debate summer plans with many undecided figures like Principal L B Bennett Ormen Weight Fay Garner and John H Pendleton staying in Patowan.
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Orill Lister
Lutogas
Nevada
Katherine Dunton
L. B. Benentt
Ormen Weight
Fay D. Garner
John H. Pendleton
Patowan
Roy Morris
Aurora
Sevier County
Eardley Madsen
Ephraim
Colorado
T Wendell Bayles
Berkley
Orville Isom
Cedar City
Dorthea Ryan
Ott
Salt Lake City
Ward
Ada Carpenter
Teasdale
Cronquist
Idaho
Lewis
Logan
Parowan
Miss Arnold
Miss Mortensen
Wyoming
Benson
Class of 41 Faces a Changed World at Graduation
A 1911 class graduates into a tense era with unemployment easing as defense and skilled trades rise. Jobs await graduates in military service and industry while they confront global turmoil. The essay urges graduates to use their hands and hearts to rebuild a new America and world, pursuing high human ideals toward success.
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Defense
Ak. Hed
America
Utah Safety Rating Improves During Quarter
Utah’s accident death rate fell 3 percent in the first quarter of 1941 from the same period in 1940, per R Whitney Groo of the State Highway Patrol. National Safety Council figures show Utah among the lowest rates. Oregon and Colorado lower, Wyoming equal, others higher. US average rose 18 percent to 13.5. Groo credits added patrolmen and stronger enforcement for better highway safety.
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Utah
R. Whitney Groo
Highway Patrol
National Safety Council
United States
Oregon
Colorado
Wyoming
California
Idaho
Washington
Montana
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
Groo
Utah Voters To Decide Store Tax Referendum In 1942
Utah Secretary of State E. E. Monson certified 61 997 valid signatures for a petition seeking to suspend Senate Bill 44 a heavy tax on chain stores. The referendum will appear on the November 1942 ballot as Attorney General Giles drafts the title. The measure targets chains with 10 or more Utah stores and sets licenses taxes from 50 to 500 annually per store with higher rates for stores opened after the act.
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E. E. Monson
Utah
Monson
United States
Grover A. Giles
Amelia Earhart Lighthouse on Howland Island memorialized in 1938
The article notes a memorial lighthouse built in 1938 on Howland Island 1,600 miles southwest of Honolulu. It sits atop the island’s highest point, 25 feet above sea level, with a secondary structure rising to 20 feet. It references other items from the era, including weather, car maintenance guidance, and local notices.
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Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart Lighthouse
Howland Island
Honolulu
Howland
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Alladin Theatre
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SAT
Annie
Marjorie
Allen Hale
Edgar Lister
Oklahoma
Mitt
la Grande Rabb
Times Office
GMC
Union
Parowan Service Co
Hi Pte No
Suhening Dillane Corp
U.S
Massachusetts
Schohs
Melville Mucklestone
National Consumers Tax Commission
Alabama
Z. J. Clayton
Boaz
Alas
American Automobile Club
Andes Mountains
Isthmus
Panama
Tierra de Fuego
Keith Gurr
Las
Ogden
Glenna Holyoak
Glenn Holyoak
Ughter
Roy Bony
San di
Roy
Shirley D. Mercer
John S. Dalton Family
Bing
Hanzon Floral
Mitchell Variety Store
Parowan Merc
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