Seminary Enrollments Hit Record High at Parowan High
Parowan High School reports 195 students or 96 percent enrolled in weekday Seminary training led by Principal Alton Merrill and acting principal John Pendleton. The program, now in its second year, uses class scheduling to accommodate all eligible students and includes facility upgrades like new desks and lighting.
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Parowan High School
Alton Merrill
John H Pendleton
Amoc C. Hatch
Seminary
Iele
Alton D. Merrill
Youth of Zion
Quotas for Victory Bond Drive Set by Cedar County Officials
County Finance Chairman L N Amarenden announced Victory Bond quotas for cities in Cedar County. Parowan is asked to raise 3000 dollars from E bonds, while Cedar City leads with 130650 dollars. Other towns set smaller targets including Kan-ta 4500 and Enoch 3000 with chairmen listed. Individual bonds also count toward the county total to fund returning soldiers and postwar efforts.
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Ion County Finance
L. N. Amarenden
Cedar City
Parowan
Thisme
Marlo Topham
Joseph
Clifton Taylor
Marsden
Mr. Topham
Bank of South
Utah
Rulon Well
Paragonah
Arvey E. Dunton
Ward announcements set Sunday services and biesthood times
Op W Leonard Evans announces Sunday ward sessions at 10 30 a m and biesthood meetings at 9 30 a m marking changes from prior times Mrs L W Gurr reports birth of a baby boy born Wednesday Oct 31 in a Salt Lake City hospital
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W. Leonard Evans
L. W. Gurr
Salt Lake City
Marvin Graff
Parowan Wards to Furnish Music for LDS Conference
The Parowan West ward choir will provide music for the LDS stake quarterly conference on Sunday November 18 in Cedar City. East ward members are invited to join to form a choir of about fifty under Newell B Weight with practices starting Sunday at 7 pm in the West ward chapel.
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Stake
Cedar City
Parowan
West Ward
East Ward
W. Leonard Evans
Newell B. Weight
Paragonah Young Man Dies Of Heart Trouble
Sheldon Edward a Paragonah resident aged 24 died at Iron County Hospital on Sunday October 28 from chronic heart trouble. Funeral services were held Thursday at the Paragonah ward chapel with Dixie College president Glenn E Snow and Parowan Stake president D L Sargent among speakers. He was a Dixie College student and valedictorian of his Seminary class with multiple honors and strong scholastic record. Survived by his parents and two sisters Flossie Harris and (name truncated).
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Paragonah Ward
Sheldon Edward
Iron County Hospital
J. L. Topham
Doyle Robinson
Ivan Decker
Newell Weight
Ray Lyman
Clair Rowley
Wm. P. Barton
Thomas Robinson
Paragonah
Glenn E. Snow
Dixie College
D. L. Sargent
Parowan Stake
T. Wendell Bayles
Mr. Woodbury
Dixie Colleg
St. George
Garden of Tomorrow
Mr. Weight
Will Macfarlane
Ray Cossler
Cedar City
Mrs. Scott Day
Ray Cosslett
Still Waters
David B. Edwards
Parowan High School
Seminary
Tyree
Ralph L. Richards
A. M. Okelberry
Salt Lake City
Ward
Flossie Harris
Service members rejoin civilian life in Utah area
Fraser Mitchell of this city was released from the Navy on October 16 in San Francisco after twenty two months of service spent at Farragut Idaho and Navy hospitals in California. He and his wife and three children live in Cedar City. Gerald Mitchell, recently in China, is expected home soon. Set R M Lee, husband of Lois Benson Lee, released from the Army October 12 after fifty five months in the Army Medical Corps with two years in the Asiatic Pacific. He plans dental training in California and resides in Watsonville. Sarah Dean Smith travels to Salt Lake City to meet her husband Orton Smith released from the Army after March 1941 National Guard service and 18 months overseas. Sherman Dalton, BM first class, Navy, arrived home on 32 day leave then to Salt Lake City for duty until year end. served in Solomons and earned Iwo Jima citation. Merril M Mickelson released after 32 months in Navy. visiting his mother after 27 months in South Pacific. Ensign Jerry J Halterman and wife home after discharge from Naval Air Corps. Halterman, a fighter pilot, served three years in the Navy Air Forces.
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Fraser Mitchell
U.S. Navy
San Francisco
John S. Mitchell
Farragut
Idaho
Navy Hospitals
California
Cedar City
Mitchell
Gerald
China
Set. R. M. Lee
Lois Benson Lee
Army
Army Medical Corps
States
Camp McQuade
Mrs. Lee
Watsonville
Sarah Dean Smith
Salt Lake City
Pfc
Orton Smith
Orton
National Guard
Patton
Sherman Dalton
Nellie Dalton
Sherman
Solomons
Iwo Jima
Merril M
Bob) Mickelson
Susie Mickelson
Bob
South Pacific
San Pedro
Jerry J. Halterman
Jerry
Naval Air Corps
Pacific Coast
Hawaiian Island
Navy Air Forces
Dixie Power Co
Southern Utah Power Company
Tak
M I A Officers Set New Tuesday Meeting Time
The two ward Mutual Improvement Associations move weekly meetings to 7 30 PM on Tuesdays from 8 PM. Prayer meeting moves to 7 PM. Mr and Mrs O W Adams of Ogden report son Keith in Japan seeks visit home to Parowan. Maureen's husband discharged and living in Beaver. Miss June Edwards of Salt Lake City also noted.
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Ward Mutual Improvement Associations
O. W. Adams
Ogden
June Edwards
Salt Lake City
Editorial argues power rate rise not election issue
The editorial asserts the city council and hydroelectric committee should bear responsibility for the rate increase, not individual politicians. It explains cost shifts, aging plant inefficiencies, and wage pressures, noting surplus power changes and future supply options while defending the decision as prudent rather than partisan.
Armistice Day Plans By American Legion Post 20
Officers outlined observance plans for Armistice Day in Parowa with a parade at 10 a.m. and a public meeting at 1 p.m. in the school auditorium. A high school auditorium program features the annual Oratorical Contest, while a Friday banquet precedes Monday events. Committees named for parade decorating public meeting and dance.
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American Legion
Lorin Orton
American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Bess Miller
Auxiliary
Legion and Auxiliary
Ross Taylor
Alvin Decker
Max Hendrickson
Orland Ward
Floyd Hyatt
Clayton Rasmussen
Bryce Adams
Bernell Evans
Dee Evans
A.C. Hatch
Webster Bettridge
Clifford Mortensen
Morris
Rasmussen
Albert Adams
Twenty Orton
Times
Fire at Moore Home Causes Minor Damage
A fire at the Jay Moore residence around 1 AM on Wednesday caused slight damage. The blaze started likely from a defective kitchen flue and was extinguished quickly by the fire department and neighbors, limiting damage to about 100 dollars despite water use.
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Parowans
Ste
Jay Momine
Moore
West Ward Sunday School and MLA Officers Named
Since Bishop Evans and councillors took office two weeks ago they have reorganized ward auxiliaries. Sunday School is led by William Marsden with two assistants. Alberta Evans serves as secretary. Young Ladies MLA is headed by Mariam Pendleton with Louise Robinson and Arvilla Mortensen as councillors and Sybil Matheson as secretary. Young Men's MLA is led by Harvey Adams with Warren Pendleton as first councillor and Ralph Benson as secretary. second councillor pending. Gilbert Barton named ward clerk.
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Parowan West Ward
W. Leonard Evans
Joseph E. Ward
Alvin Decker
William Marsden
Clifton Taylor
Carl Crawford
Alberta Evans
M.la
Mariam Pendleton
Louise H. Robinson
Arvilla Mortensen
Sybil Matheson
Young Men's
M_ TLA
Harvey Adams
Warren Pendleton
Ralph Benson
Gilbert Barton
Armistice Day Plans Spark No Swearing Campaign
Committees named in Parowan to lead an anti profanity drive in education and community life. Relief Society will ask families to pledge abstaining from swearing, with posters and weekly articles by leaders, plus talks in meetings. The effort aims to set a precedent for other towns to follow.
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Alton Merrill
Relief Society
Mra
Phoebe Taylor
Times
Della Marsden
Silas Topham
Hurley Dalton
Thomas K. Holyoak
Argrand
Parowan
Little Interest Shown In City Election
Two year city officers election draws little public attention as deer and pheasant hunts occupy residents. Candidates advertise on pages five and eight, with voters urged to choose any three of the six nominees. Polling places are listed in Districts 1, 2 and 3, and civic duty is stressed. Also note births and travel news for local residents.
Chosen Relief Society and Primary Officers Await Announcement
Members of the Relief Society and Primary organizations have been selected for leadership but selections are not yet finalized for public announcement. This stage indicates preliminary appointment while final approval or formal unveiling is pending.
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Relief Society
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OTA
LDS Conference
EL Ray Lyman
City
Howard Ward
Lyman
Parowa
West Ward Sunday School
Roscoe Booth
Aften
Jeanne Booth
Albena Gurr
Fort Douglas
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