Monuments Mark Early Parowan Pioneering Sites
An unveiling ceremony at Parowan honors early temple locations and the first county school, with monuments presented by Utah Pioneers, led by Melita B. Fenton and Luella A. Dalton. Dignitaries Mrs. Mickelsen and Mrs. Reb Muller helped dedicate markers near the old Com Hall and Opera House and the Alwin Benson building as part of a yearlong marker program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parowan
U. P. Organizai
Emer
Second West
Qareet
Mickelsen
Reb Muller
R. Taylor
Alwin Benson
Main Street
1St. Geere
News of Utah
Ste
County
Log Council
George Albert Smith
Baroh
Iran
County Pup Press
Melita B. Fenton
Will L
Vane
Prove
Silver
Cornmethyrs
Ralso
Luella A. Dalton
Dalton
Claramon
Eva Bennett
Flor Benson
Big Game Con changes drainage boundaries in hunting unit
The Board of Big Game Con approved two changes in reclamation for unit 12859 dated August 10 1949. The Paragonah Wood special hunting unit will include only drainage from Red Canyon south to Freemont Pia Valley road and the Upper Bear Valley drainages. Details continue on page four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
Big Game Con
Paragonah- Wood
Fre- Pia Valley
Bear Valley
Contributions Still Accepted For Pelio Drive
Mrs. Marvin Graff, Pelio Emergency Drive Chairman, reports every home and business has been contacted and responded generously. She notes many families were not at home during the canvass and invites those wishing to help to send contributions to her home by Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Graff
Pelio
East Ward MIA Plans First Meeting Next Tuesday
East Ward MIA announces its first meeting will be held Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Chapel. Mary Lyman, president, selects Veda Avams as activity counselor and Kathleen Clark as manual counselor. Secretaries, directors, and group leaders are named for Gleaners, Juniors, Bee-Hive, Gathers, Builders, and Explorer Scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Ward
MIA
Chapel
YLMIA
Mary Lyman
Veda Avams
Kathleen Clark
Manuel
Lizzie Wattssy
Jean Hendrickson
Luella Sampson
Mis
Mary Alice Graff
Betty Sorenson
Gleaner
Sarah Mitchell
Aleen Orton
Betty Whitney
Marcella Mitchell
Belle Lemmon
Gathers
LaRue Watson
Thales Brown
Harrell Dalton
Lyle Halterman
Max Dalley
Hugene Orton
Explorer
Hal Mitchell
Lyle Evans
County Commissioners Approve Flood Control and Fire Aid
Parowan meeting actions include signing an easement for Columbia Iron Mining Co to build transmission lines on county land. A flood control project on Ahoa Creek was approved for one third of costs totaling 1247 dollars. Cedar City received 800 dollars to hire a full time fireman for the remainder of 1949, with city to maintain adequate rural fire protection. Earl Anderson to prepare spring orchard spraying. Monthly bills settled or rejected by the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Parowan
Columbia Iron Mining Co
L. M. Vinson
State
Roa Commission
Ahoa Creek
West
Iron County
Cedar City
Gronway R. Parry
Hal Christensen
Frank Milne
Local Lady Suffers Steam Burns
Mrs. Ross Orton sustained second degree burns to the face and neck from steam escaping a pressure cooker after she removed the lid while cooking corn last Friday. The unfastened lid allowed sufficient steam to burn despite lack of other precautions.
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Ross Orton
Amanda J Benson Dies After Long Illness
Amanda J Jensen Benson 58 of Parowan Cedar City died Monday after a six year paralytic stroke. Born February 20 1881 in Cedar City daughter of Andrew and Ingrait Jensen she married J Monroe Benson in 1912. Funeral in Parowan West Ward Chapel burial Parowan City Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda J. Benson
Amanda Jensen Benson
County Rest Home
Mrs. Benson
Cedar City
Andrew
Ingrat Lawrence Jensen
J. Monroe Benson
Parowan
St. George Temple
Church of Jeans Christ
Latter Day Sainte
Ward
MIA
Garden Club
Parowan West Ward
Parowan City Cemetery
Gold Star Mothers Social Scheduled for Sept 24
The American Legion Auxiliary invites Gold Star Mothers and all veterans’ mothers to a social event on Saturday September 24 from 2 to 4 PM in the West Ward Relief Society rooms. Residents of Parowan Summit and adjoining areas welcome. A program and refreshments are planned with Anna M Adams, Auxiliary President, Post No 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
West Ward
Social Security Rep To Visit Cedar City September 20
Sherman H. Ruesch of the Provo Social Security Office will meet at the U S Employment Service in Cedar City on Tuesday September 20 1049 at 9 00 a m to answer questions about Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance and help eligible workers and their families file for benefits. He stresses many over 65 unaware they can receive benefits for months unemployed between jobs in addition to Utah unemployment payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman H. Ruesch
Provo
Social Security Administration
Cedar Cty
U.S. Employment Service
Mr. Ruesch
Utah
Farnsworths welcome first child in Cedar City
Gordon and Carol Farnsworth became parents for the first time last week when a nine pound baby girl was born at Cedar City hospital. The birth marks a second grandchild within a month for Mr and Mrs Lewis Davenport. Mrs Iras Jones submitted to Continued on Back Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Carol Farnsworth
Cedar City
Lewis Davenport
Personal News Notes Highlight Parowan Visit And Local Ties
Mrs. Frankie Dalley Coutta of Oakland and her daughter Helen visited Parowan with the Sidney Pritchard family, reuniting kin after six years. Helen, known to film fans as Mesias McClure, is rising in Hollywood with husband Marvin Finch. The party also spent time in Salt Lake City with Nellie Marie Dalley and Beatrice Bringhurst. Local events include alfalfa seed deliveries to Salt Lake, a sprained ankle for Mrs. Clair Stevens, and Supt. Wright inspecting a new Cyclone fence around the High School athletic field.Several residents, including Lois Jean Heaps after a highway crash, are recovering. Other visitors include Morris Rowley, Mesquite Nev., and Byron Adams of Mesa, Ariz., with Carl Rasmussen visiting from San Diego. Continued on Sack Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankie Dalley Coutta
Oakland
Oaif
Helen
Sidney Pritchang
Parowan
Opnet
Marvin Finch
Hollywood
Mesiass McClure
Capitol
Salt Lake City
Wright
Cedar City
Cedar
Hoe
Lois Jean Heaps
Lillian L. Heaps
Barrow Pit
Highway 91
Martin Merrill
Miss Heaps
Fifth Judicial District Court Holds September Session
The Fifth Judicial District Court opened a September session with State of Utah versus Clifford Jake set for trial on October 6 in Parowan before Judge Will T. Hoyt. Patrek H. Fenton appointed to represent the defendant who pleaded not guilty to a morals charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Clifford Jake
Parowan
Will T. Hoyt
Fifth Judicial Court
Patrek H. Fenton
Columbia Iron Mining Company
Va. Iron Co
Elmer R. Matheson
Aston Mortensen Matheson
Plantiff
Sylvia Leigh Rosenberg
Humbert R. Rosenberg
Trucks Collide At Street Intersection
Two trucks collided at an intersection on Sunday afternoon injuring Mr and Mrs John Mitchell and their nine year old daughter Vanda. The Ford driven by Mitchell and a Chevrolet driven by Dee Robinson sustained major damage. Robinson was uninjured and no negligence found. both drivers held responsible for not seeing the other vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parowan
John 3. Mitchell
Vanda
Mitchell
Dee Robinson
North Field Lane
Thing North
Robinson
Wrest
Ray H. Adams
Cedar School Building Bid Awarded to Moron Perry
Moron Perry of Cedar City won the lowest bid among seven for the Cedar School elementary project. The $227,579 bid covers construction except plumbing, electrical, furniture, and cabinet work. a contract may be signed this week with work starting soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moron Perry
Cedar City
Perr
Perry
Parowan High Faces Kanab In First Seven Man League Test
Parowan High School football aims for its first seven man league game Friday at Kanab at 2 pm. Coach Waiters Plus has dozens practicing, with many sophomores and juniors. Veterans Clair Murrin and Ralph Halterman return to anchor the lineup and scoring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parowan High School
Wall
Kanab
Kane County
Asnow
Waiters
Clair Murrin
Ralph Halterman
Priesthood Temple Excursion Scheduled at St George Temple
The Parowan Stake announced a Priesthood Temple excursion for 6 p m on September 20 at the St George LDS Temple. Session reserved for Priesthood members. attendance urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. George
Stake
Prudent
W. Clair Rowley
Legion Auxiliary Plans Membership Drive
Anna Adams Unit President announces a campaign to boost Auxiliary enrollment through the year. Fae Benson leads, with a committee including Mabel Wilcox Belle Lemmon and Pearl Naladgell to recruit eligible women in the city, especially wives mothers sisters and daughters of veterans from World Wars I and II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plana
American Legion Aunxiary
Anna Adams
Campaig
We Tre
Fae Benson
Chiaiman
Mabel Wilcox
Belle Lemmon
Pearl Naladgell
Tone Orton
Lallie Ward
Caren Topham
Ethel Bayles
Zliona Dalton
Edna Peterson
Minnie Lowder
Bess Miller
Dean Orion
Franaiss Cartwright
Ada Evans
Benson
American Legion
Legion
Auxiliary
Newborn Pink Bundle Blesses Rogerson Family At Hospital
Harold and Audeny Mitchell Rogerson welcomed a daughter at County Hospital on Wednesday. The baby weighed 6 pounds and a few ounces. Three year old Johnnie awaits with grandparents Joan and Harold Mitchell. Ir and Mrs John Rogerson of Fillmore are the paternal grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Audeny Mitchell Rogerson
Johnnie
Joan S. Mitchell
John Rogerson
Fillmore
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Ani
Dora Rollins
Camp Fire Girls
Erty
Earl Anderson
Austin Benson
Colleen Clark
Carne Nicolls
Mountain View
California
Anna M. Adams
Paragonah News
S. A. Hallerman
Arvel
Salt Lake
Clair Stevens
Morris Rowley
Pargowan
Morris
Mesquite
Nev
Byron M. Adams
Mesa
Arizona
Harvey
Melinda Morris
Carl Rasmussen
Clayton .Rasmussen
San Delgo
Calif
Burton Banks
Grant Mortensen
Hher
Rexburg
Idaho
Fiftth Judical District Court
Legion Auxiliary
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