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Newspaper

Parowan Times

Location

Parowan, Utah, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1940

Page

8

Baby Boy Born to Mr and Mrs Robb at Iron County Hospital

Mr and Mrs James Robb of Cedar City welcomed a baby boy born Tuesday September 10 at Iron County hospital. Their grandchild cements pride for S Walter Robb family as noted. Mutual Improvement Association opened social with five Stake MIA board members present. Regular class work starts next Tuesday at 8. Paragonal Ward Relief Society reorganized with Cassie Robb as president and Leona Stones Bertha Topham as councillors. Outgoing president Hannah Robinson and Edith Davenport along with Jane Adams served as counselors. Mrs Tamson E Bingham and sister Marie Edwards visit from California. M A will present program Sunday afternoon in Sacrament meeting.

James Robb Cedar City Iron County Hospital S. Walter Robb Mutual Improvement Associations Stake M. LA Blanche Jones Miles Aubrey Lawrence Cox Paragonal Ward Relief Society Cassie Robb Leona Stones Bertha Topham Hannah Robinson Edith Davenport Jane Adams

Summit News Busy Week Sees Visits and Scout Changes

Mr Nelson Dalley visits Summit with his son 39n Ronald in Eseslante while Jack Parrow makes a business trip to Delemar Nevada. Mr and Mrs Lawett Morris return from Baltimore where they visited Mrs Morris parents. Mersts Lyle and Ray Farrow from Telemar Nevada visit their father John Farrow. Mrs Merle Radford suffers a bruise when a stick of wood she chopped flies up. Mrs Claude Mitchell of Ogden Utah visits Summit. Allan Orton named scoutmaster of Summit ward replacing Aubrey Lawrence who will assist district work this winter. The opening social of the Summit ward M I 4 is held Tuesday night in the ward chapel with a large crowd. Mrs J FB Dalley has been …

Allan Orton Summit Aubrey Lawrence

Last Registration Day Before Run-Off Election September 1713

September 17 is the last day for unregistered voters from the September 3 Primary to register before the Run-Off on October 1. Eligible voters who register Tuesday may vote in the Run-Off and in November’s general election without re registering. Ballots are split by party and must be single ticket voting. Ballots from the primary that had both parties marked were discarded. County costs for the Primary were about $1.00 per vote, with Harlin Valley and Beryl districts costing $250 per vote in some cases.

Maii Eppo Tron County W. Clair Rowley Harlin Valley Beryl

Visiting her daughters in Los Angeles for some time

A brief item notes a woman visiting her daughters in Los Angeles for a period before returning home earlier this week. It mentions receipt books for sale at Tunes Office.

Los Angeles

Where is 47 in a French village exchange

A British party billeted in a French village barbed with a language gaffe. One soldier loudly mispronounces a phrase and asks, where is 47. The Frenchman replies in swift, voluble French. A bystander quips, Bill, you heard. The moment ends with the embarrassed soldier admitting the mistake.

Monshcot Bill Bell

Talking Parrot Sparks Dinner Mix Up In Comical Tale

Time to Speak Jones buys a clever parrot from a bird shop and brings it home. His wife orders a chicken for dinner and the cook misinterprets. Jones erupts in rage when the parrot remains silent in nine languages, prompting a humorous exchange.

Jones

Just Like Nations Landlord Proposes Half Debt Forgiveness

A landlord tells a tenant with overdue rent that he will meet halfway and forgive half the debt. The tenant gratefully agrees and adds a twist by proposing to forget the remaining half as well, highlighting a humorous exchange about debt and mercy.

Made Good Bet Goes Unpaid in Local Bar

A man entered a local beer bar and asked for a drink. He told the barkeep he bet a fellow he could obtain a free drink, but the attendant offered it for nothing and questioned the idea. The exchange ended with the man supplied a drink at no charge.

Patience and Perseverance in a Railway Carriage

A talkative man claims patience and perseverance achieve all. his fellow counters with a water in a sieve joke. The exchange centers on waiting for water to freeze as a silly demonstration of delayed results in travel.

Suited Her Brown Responds to Dinner Delay

A fragment shows a quarrel over dinner timing and a man threatening to leave for a restaurant. The piece then shifts to a warden revealing a man is held as a material witness after witnessing a murder. Additional bits include a joke about mothers, marriage, and a professor’s remark about knowledge.

Knowledge Is Effective Weapon Against Cancer

Dr I Millan of Mexico City writes that knowledge defeats cancer and dispels myths. He says cancer stems from prolonged irritation and that causes include decayed teeth, tobacco use, and occupational exposures. Surgery can remove growth when localized, and cancer is not contagious.

I. Millan Mexico City Millan

Jay Walkers and Jayhawkers differ in meaning and origin

The term Jayhawker emerged in the 1880s disputes over Kansas statehood, used for free-state advocates. Earlier, 1849 gold seekers from Galesburg who briefly rode with Lewis Manley were also called Jayhawkers, but they were not the same as the Death Valley era group that later lent its name to Death Valley National Monument.

Tempotest Kansas Galesburg Ill California Death Valley National Monument Lewis Manley Manley Death Valley

Women Film Editors Prove Equal Sense in Craft Across Major Studios

Article argues women in top editor roles at Parc, Twentieth Century Fox, MGM, Columbia and Cecil De Mille studios bring equal or greater sensibilities to film editing. It notes editors must blend drama, literature, music and humor, shaping scenes, rhythm, and overall entertainment value, with women already excelling in this pivotal craft.

Parcamount Twentieth Century-Fox Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Columbia Cecil de Mille

Salary for Wives and the Case for Fair Wages

A social argument advocates paying wives a share of their husband’s income based on competence and workload. Proposals suggest about 25 percent, aiming to empower women, align value with effort, and allow self-expression and financial independence while avoiding compelled work.

Mechanical Hay Curing Demonstrated At Western Washington Field Day

More than 1,000 western Washington farmers attended the second annual field day in Puyallup to study horticultural experiments poultry feeding grass plots berry fields and dairy herds. Chimney topped paystacks illustrated a new hay curing method with early results suggesting success. The mechanical vegetable tasters were shown in the frozen foods labs as part of tenderness testing by machinery.

Western Washington Puyallup Wash

Inscription Rock Autographs Highlight Vargas and Conquistadors

Swordpoint Records notes an inscription by General Diego de Vargas from 1692 on Inscription Rock at El Morro National Monument. The panel, inked by early Spanish governors and later joined by Lieut. J. H. Simpson and R. H. Kern in 1848, includes Manuel DeSilva Nieto and Vargas buried beneath Santa Fe’s old church altar.

Don Diego de Vargas New Mexico el Morro National Monument J. H. Simpson General Simpson R. H. Kern Manuel DeSilva Nieto Onate Santa Fe

Hardened Lenses Protect Workers From Hazards

The Better Vision institute reports hardened lenses widely used in safety goggles for workers facing visual hazards. A 15 gram steel ball dropped on a lens 144 inches away 50,000 times did not break the lens, totaling 2,295 foot-pounds of impact. The glasses can drive a nail into pine, acting as a hammer. Clayton Dalton of Los Angeles is visiting with his parents and relatives.

Better Vision Institute

California Trip News From Southern California Visitors

Roy Benson returned to Southern California to shear sheen during the week after a week or two at home. He and Mrs. Benson had been down there a few weeks before where Mrs. Benson visited with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Geo R Gunn and other relatives of San Diego. Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Bradford and family left for Spanish Fork last week where Mrs. Bradford and the family remained. Dan Evans spent this week home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cleford Evans, from San Clemente, California where he has been employed for several months.

Roy Benson California Sheen Mrs. Benson Mrg. Geo, R. Gunn San Diego Wendell Bradford Spanish Furg Mrs. Bradford Dan Evans Clefford Evans San Clemente

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Tamson E Bingham Marie Edwards Edward Ederards M. A Summit News Nelson Dalley Ronald Eseslante Jack Parrow Delemar Nevada Mrs. Lawett Morris Baltimore Maryland Morris Mersts Lyle and Ray Farrow Telemar John Farrow Merle Radford Claude Mitchell Ogden Utah J. FB. Dalley GMC Parowan Service Co Parowan Utahs Wilford Day Reggie Dzudi Bjones Clayton Dalton Mrs John 8 Dalton H. C. Parcetts Intermountain Title Guaranty Co Offce Court House Parswan Alladin Parowan Sun. Mon Tues Darryl F. Zanuck Brigham Young Tyrone Power Dean Jagger Ay Lie Wes Man Dakota Wallace Berry Delores del Rio Comedy & News Hne FBI & Sat Viva Cisco Kid Ceaser Romero Jean Rogert Ford Enterprise Oakland Qor Parowan. Merc. Co
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