Iron County property taxes pass million dollar mark
Iron County taxes for 1953 top one million dollars for the first time in history, rising to 1,326,014 from 971,072 in 1952. The increase stems from higher State Levy and a near nine million dollar rise in assessed public utilities value. About 67.85 percent, roughly 900,000, funds State and County school and other county needs. the rest supports four cities, towns, and special funds. Tax notices will be mailed by the County Treasurer in November. November is the delinquent payment date.
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Iron County
W. Blair Rowley
Granddaughter of Local Couple Wins Honors at Dixie College
Patricia Adams of Murray Utah, granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Will Adams Parowan, earned a scholarship for the top freshman at Dixie Junior College. The journalism major became editor of the Dixie Sun and wrote scripts for college radio. Her mother Edith Adams and other relatives joined her en route to St George for her second year enrollment.
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Parowan
St. George
Dixie Junior College
Patricia Adams
Murray
Utah
Edith Adams
Bronson Adams
Pat
Dixie Sun
Will L. Adams
Church Doings Parowan Ward Relief Society Work Meeting
Parowan Third Ward Relief Society officers call a post noon meeting in church rooms. Quilts needing completion are a priority and any offers of help are welcomed. Mrs Marve Munford becomes president of the Parowan First Ward Primary, replacing Mrs Louise Mortensen who resigned to return to school.
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Parowan Third Ward Relief Society
Marve Munford
Parowan First Ward
Louise Mortensen
Munford
Mortensen
Sarah Dean Smith
Florence Miller
Carma Hulet
Parowan Stake Dinner Party Set For Fun
Parowan Stake hosts a 5 p.m. dinner with adults in the Home Economics room and children under 12 in the lunch room at Parowan High School. A picture show, program, floor show, dancing, and entertainment tickets will fund welfare farm costs. Senior High Council members lead the event.
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Parowan
Parowan Stake
Parowan High School
Welfare Farm
Parwwan Stake High Council
Iron County Board Seeks Drought Relief Area Inclusion
Iron County Commissioners in Cedar City at their monthly meeting urged adding Iron County to the drought relief area alongside neighboring counties. They approved 379.28 from the drought fund to reduce a 2104.57 balance for the 1952 53 program, with no firm promise of further relief. The board also appointed Myron F. Higbee to replace Lyman Levy on the real estate reappraisal committee and sought state road fund formulas and Iron County's secondary road account. They urged influence with Garfield County to complete the Bone Hollow road to Highway 89, noting Garfield had deprioritized the project after an agreement. A bid from 8 DeMaine Jones to install a boiler and stoker in the county courthouse was accepted, and 2277.10 was authorized for grasshopper control by Park Air Flying Service in New Castle and Paragonah, to be reimbursed by property owners. Commissioners Douglas Clark, Warren Bulloch, and Jess Guyman attended with most county officers.
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Board of
Iron County Commissioners
Drough
E. Ray Lyman
Drouth
Myron F. Higbee
Cedar City
Lyman Levy
State Road Commission
Iron County
Garfield County
Bone Hollow
DeMaine Jones
Co. Court House
Park Air Flying Service
New Castle
Paragonah
Newlyweds Bud Halterman and Lucille Maltby wed in Verona NY
Newlyweds Bud Halterman and Lucille Ruth Maltby were married Sunday August 16 in Verona New York. They now reside at 87 Congress Street Pasadena California with Bud employed locally and Lucille a nurse at a Southern California hospital. The couple traveled cross country by air after the ceremony and visited Parowan briefly with relatives before heading to the coast.
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Congress St
Pasadena
California
Joseph Bud Halterman
Verona
New York
Parowan
Talent Show Participation Urged in Parowan Stake
Youth talent show for 14 and under in Parowan Stake set for October 1 seeks entries by September 21. Prizes funded by local businesses, multiple age groups judged impartially, proceeds support church building. Application forms available from Ward Primary or Mutual officers. send to Mrs. Della Gurr in Parowan.
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Parowan Stake
Parowan Third Ward
Farewean School
Della Gurr
Parowan
Publishel
Firstborn Son Born to Donald and Arlene Partner Warren
Donald and Arlene Partner Warren welcomed their firstborn son last Saturday Sept 12 at Aron County Hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds four ounces. Grandparents are Eugene Warren Parowan Cyril Partner Paragonah and great grandparents John C Barton Paragonah Etta Averill Parowan.
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Donald
Arlene Partner Warren
Aron County Hospital
Eugene Warren
Parowan
Cyril Partner
Paragonah
John C. Barton
Etta Averill
Social News G O Club Hosts Semi Monthly Meeting
G O Club members gathered at Mrs. Boyd Mitchell s home for their regular semi monthly meeting Thursday night. Visiting sewing and refreshments were enjoyed. The ladies and their partners joined a supper at Five Mile recreation camp Saturday evening with Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Mort Mitchell and Mrs. Gene Orton as hostesses.
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G.O. Club
Boyd Mitchell
Mitchell
Mort Mitchell
Gene Orton
Local Student Graduates From L. B. School
Miss Evadene Lowder daughter of Mr and Mrs M Edgar Lowder of Parowan was among thirty two graduates of Polytechnic High School Long Beach California who wore caps and gowns for commencement exercises August 13 She completed six weeks summer school at the Long Beach school to finish requirements for her high school diploma The family joined in Parowan for Labor Day weekend with relatives from Santa Ana Richfield Provo Cedar and others after a dinner at the Five Mile Sunday afternoon.
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Evadene Lowder
M. Edgar Lowder
Parowan
Polytechnic High School
Long Beach
Cal
Miss Lowder
Parowan High School
Los Angeles
Frank and
Glenna Mutter
Santa Ana
Utah
Lowder
Bishop
Marion Lowder
Richfield
Dean
Lynette Robison
Provo
LaPreal Anderson
Lawrence Lowders
Cedar
Five-Mile
Local Couple to Fill Six Month Mission in the South
Mr and Mrs Harley W Dalton of Paurowan have been called by General Authorities of the LDS Church to fulfill a six month mission in the Central Atlantic States covering North Carolina Virginia and part of West Virginia The Daltons have been active in Ward and Stake church affairs Mrs Dalton as historian of the County Camp officer in Daughters of Utah Pioneers and in the Helier Society Sunday School She has served as historian for years Mr Dalton is a member of the Parowan Stake High Council and has served as a counselor in the West Ward Bishopric He was a former Stake President of the Mutual Improvement Association and a member of the Stake Sunday School Board They plan to leave for Salt Lake City around October 1 spending a week with daughters Josephine and Caroline before beginning the mission.
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Harley W. Dalton
Paurowan
LDS Church
Central Atlantic States
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Dalton
Helier Society
Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Parowan Stake High Council
West Ward
Mutual Improvement Assocation
Stake Sunday School Board
Mrs. Dalton
Salt Lake City
Josephine
Caroline
Parowan youth injured by tractor mishap near work site
Gary Rummier eighteen suffered bruises and burns when a tractor front wheel ran over his chest and dragged him along an oiled highway near Parowan. He work at a rock crushing plant east of Parowan driven by Hoy Benson. X rays showed no internal injuries but burns and friction injuries delayed his BYU enrollment plans by weeks.
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Gary Rummier
Parowan
of & Company
Hoy Benson
First North Street
BYU
Entry at Mission Home on October 7th
A brief note records an entry or visit to the mission home on October 7th. Details are sparse but confirm the action occurred on that date.
Parowan Personal News Notes Snapshot
Mrs kt L Halterman traveled to Los Angeles to be near her polio patient son Ralph. Frank Matheson and family vacationed in Parowan during the Iron County Fair with Smith relatives. Eldon Orton is back home after a four year Air Force enlistment ending as Staff Sergeant at Amarillo Texas. Cleo Bess convalesces after surgery. James C Robinson remains seriously ill at Salt Lake General with the Capitol City at his side. Jay Moore sustains a broken foot stepping on floor at a Ced ar City Square Dance Jamboree. Lucy Hyatt marks 88th birthday and announces her first great great grandchild. Warren Coutts visits Parowan from Santa Rosa with parents the Sidney Pritchards. Frank Ward visits from Montana to see Ortell Rasmussen. John Stewart of Long Beach and family travel through Parowan with grandson Clinton Bentley. Elvin Gurr visits Parowan with William J Gurrs family. Continued on back page.
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Eldon Orton
Parowan
United States Air Corps
Amarillo
Texas
Eldon
Sargent
Jay Moore
Miriam
Moore
Cedar City
Lucy Hyatt
H. Smith Hyatt
Sandy
Local Matron Shatters Leg In Acreage Accident
Mrs Alma Evans suffered a broken right tibia after stepping into an irrigation ditch at home while carrying a pan of cucumbers. The injury required surgery and a metal plate to stabilize the break. Her parents Arthur and Dora Cottam of St George and siblings Carl and Della visited. the children were taken to Dixie for care while she recovers.
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Alma Evans
Iron County Hospital
Arthur Cottam
St. George
Carl
Della
Evans
Dixie
District Court Sets Jury Trial for Friday Morning
In a busy session Judge Will L. Kent of the Fifth Judicial Court set a jury trial for Friday morning. The court scheduled proceedings for Friday Sept. 1, in Paravan during thewu’s busy session.
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District Court
Paravan
Will L. Kent
Fifth Judicial Court
Couple Honored At Reception In Cedar City
Newlyweds Mr and Mrs Wallace Glen Lee reside in Cedar City after a brief honeymoon. The bride Joan Adele Adams is the daughter of Claude and Ad am Adams of Parowan and Glen S Lee of Panguitah. A wedding breakfast at Frank Church home in St George preceded a reception at the Adams home in Warawan, with fall flowers. The bride wore a white lace and satin gown with seed pearl crown and red rose bouquet. Attending were matron of honor Mrs Richard Hillerman and bridesmaids Veda Tebbs and Lukee Munford. Best man Arthur Cooper of Panguitah and parents of the couple were present. A later courtroom session addressed several cases and jurors from Cedar City and nearby areas were summoned for Barton case.
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Cedar City
Wallace Glen Lee
St George Temple
Lee
Joan Adele Adams
Claude W Adams
Parowan
Glen S. Lee
Panguiteh
Frank Church
St. George
Adams
Warawan
Richard Hillerman
Veda Tebbs
Lukee Munford
Iron County School Enrollment Rises Markedly in County
Iron County school statistics show 306 first graders this year, up from 190 in 1951 and 248 in 1952, with 162 in Cedar West, 81 in Cedar East, 43 in Parondon and the rest in other district schools. Total county enrollment 2440 across 12 grades, up from 2316. Preschool figures suggest continued growth for next five years. The board urged hiring a second Parowan First Grade teacher and reported Parowan High gym completion within two weeks with folding doors to divide the space for two gyms.
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Iron County
Cedar West
Cedar East
Parondén
Prades
Meet Me at Mutual Tuesday at Boom
The LDS Church urges attendance Tuesday for all 12 and older. Special assembly programs will be offered in each ward and class work in every department. The slogan Meet Me at Mutual promotes cultural development, instruction, and leisure time through planned programs and social opportunities.
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Mutual
LDS Church
Church
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Ward Relief Society
Commissioners Request Iron Co
Douglas Clark
Warren Bulloch
Jess Guyman
Bud Halterman
Lucille Ruth Maltby
Halterman
Leon M. Maltby
Robert L. Halterman
Calif
Bud
U.S. Navy
L. B. School
South
Parowan Youth
Hulda M. Hulet
Kt. L. Halterman
Ralph
Frank Matheson
Kanab
Frank
I-Law
Glade
Gloria Smith
Iron County Fair
Cleo Bess
Marees
James C. Robinson
Salt Lake General Hospital
Aso
Warren Coutts
Frankie Dalley
Santa Rosa
Sidney Pritchards
Frank Ward
Montana
Ortell Rasmussen
John Stewart
Helen Henry
Clinton Bentley
Elvin Gorr
Trona
William J Gurrs
Stanley
Garth Barton
Vernon Leslie Grimm
Chamigeel
Coe of the State
Waoyre Letharous
Theran Bauer
Kimner Smith Jensen
Eldon K Reese
Caw
Barton
Alonva Ahlstrom
Emily Lamoreaux
Rulon Knell
J W Scott
Lawrence T Lowder
DelRoy Hunter
Charles Hallman
Bladen
Paraconah
Herman E. Bayles
McKay Smith
Wimmer Mariensen
Clayton Taylor
Parawan
Board of Education
Janthus Wright
Paroewan High School
Parowsa
Mutuals
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