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Newspaper

Parowan Times

Location

Parowan, Utah, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1939

Page

8

Paragonal Notes On Local Healthcare And Social

Richard N Lund lies in teals condition at the To come ry hospital with heart trouble and a blood clot causing leg amputation above the knee. Latest bulletin marks critical status. Lowe Barton returns home after three weeks in L. D. hospital following gall bladder removal surgery. Mr and Mrs Mu B Edwards and daughter Donna visited with relatives. Sambel Hanks stayed with sister Mrs Sarah A Barton. The Paragonah ward Mother A monthly social was held Sept 13 in Ward Chapel with programs from each department and refreshments. attendance was very good.

Richard N. Lund Toh Comery Bia Jeg Paragonah Ward

Pranch College Class Officers Elected

Branch Agricultural College elected class officers in separate meetings after a short program in the auditorium. Incumbents include Joe Lambert as student body president and Ruth McDonough as vice president, with Elsa Vansem as secretary and Grant Bethers as council member. New picks for sophomore and first year groups are named. junior selections postponed pending registration. John B Davenport has been ill but is improving at home under care of Ben Robinson.

Branch Agricultural College Joe Lambert Lehi Mr. Lambert Ruth McDonough Cedar City Elsa Vansem Richfield Grant Bethers Heber City Vamum Sophia Parry Urie Mary Macfarlane Cedar Daly Ruth Robinson Hincxley Sec'ly Craig ‘Crabb Len Louise Manning Milton Jolley Mary Jane Mitchell Parowan Winona Hunter Paul Lunt Audrey Houchen Hlas Iron Co John B Davenport Ben Robinson

Dixie Forest Doings CCC Camp Heads to Vega for Winter Work

The Duck Creek CCC Camp, active in Sevier Division forest conservation this spring and summer, will transfer October 5 to Vega Utah for winter duties on the Dixie Division. Enrollees worked on range fencing, watering developments, reseeding, willow planting, fire fighting, road and trail building, campground and winter sports area projects, and more. A 51-enrollee stub camp near Panguitch aided accessibility. Camp Superintendent Hyrum Kunz and staff led substantial progress. The program emphasizes training, on the job learning, and regular classes under the Camp Educational Committee. After transfer, a winter program will begin on the Dixie Division.

Duck Creek Coc Sevier Division Dixie National Forest Vego Utah Dixie Division Forest Blaine Bettengen Navajo Lake Duck Creek Panguitch Hyrum& Kunz CCC

Utah reports rise in communicable disease cases

The Utah State Board of Health released figures for the week ending September 15 showing 106 reported cases, up from 83 the prior year. Key totals include chickenpox 12, infantile paralysis 4, measles 7, mumps 13, pneumonia 4, scarlet fever 15, tuberculosis 3, tularemia 3, undulum fever 2, and whooping cough 44, with no diphtheria, smallpox, or typhoid reported.

Utah State Board of Hearts Carbon County U. S. Public Health Service United States New York State Michigan Minnesota California

Freshmen Welcome Weeks At University Of Utah

The 1999 40 Freshman class at the University of Utah begins with tests on September 20 and an 9 00 A M assembly September 21 led by President George Thomas. Freshmen will attend advisor meetings, a social reception, and group registration before regular classes start September 26. The adviser system and sponsor program aim to help newcomers integrate socially and academically throughout four years. A second freshman period with dances occurs in late October, followed by weekly orientation assemblies and class officer elections.

University of Class George Thomas Union Dean Ballif University of Utah

Stray Stories notes and local pharmacist change

The column reports Stray Stories by Mr. Dean Anderson a Logan pharmacist who has joined Jenton's Pharmacy after graduating from the University of Idaho Southern Branch. It also mentions Mrs Blanche Hammond visiting with the R E Dalton family and Mark Hammond of Monticello recently completing admission for the I B S church in England and traveling via New York on his way home.

Dean Anderson Logan Ulan Enton’s Anderson University of Idaho, Southern Branch Poratella Blanche Hammond Neeble R. E. Dalton Mark Hammond Monticetto England New York

Illumination’s spark from Argand and Miles in 1780s era

The article notes Aimee Argend and John Miles revolutionized household lighting in the 1780s with vertical wick and closed reservoir lamps. It traces prior open oil lamps and early US efforts like John Love’s 1798 tallow lamp, plus a Franklin Institute Journal claim about pre-1810 “lamp for burning tava.”

Aimee Argend John Miles Howard G. Hubbard Argand Miles Rome Atlantic John Love South Carolina United States Thomas P. Jones Journal of the Franklin Institute Patent Office

Blue Hole of Castalia Shapes Puzzling Limestone Cave

Ohio explorers describe the Blue Hole near Castalia as a limestone cavern where a subterranean stream emerges to the surface and runs to Lake Erie's shore. The Cold Creek water, rich in lime and magnesia, petrifies objects it touches and stays cold, preventing lake ice at its entry.

Ohio Blue Hole Castalia Lake Erie Henry Howe

Superstition Mountain Legend and Snowbeard the Dutchman

A Detroit News correspondent recounts legends around the east Phoenix peak nicknamed Superstition Mountain. The tale centers on a Dutch miner known as Snowbeard who murdered heirs to a Sonora mine, hid its site for years, killed his nephew who learned the secret, and died in 1892 without revealing the location after eight others were shot trying to end the affair. A bronze tablet marks Snowbeard's grave on the mountain.

Phoenix Aziz Detroit News Sonora Mexico Jacob Walz Snowbeard

Pilots Reach Billion Miles In Licensed Flight Record

Commerce department aeronautics records show licensed pilots have flown about 1.054 billion miles. Transportation pilots, the highest license type, account for roughly eleven twelfths of the total, with private, limited commercial and industrial pilots sharing the remaining twelfth.

Commerce Department Department Aeronautics Branch

New Dye In Use Replaces Older Dyes In Printing Inks

A brilliant blue dye from a new class of blue to green pigments is showing strong fastness properties and is replacing older dyes used in printing inks paints lacquers rubber wallpaper and linoleum. Phthalocyanines resemble chlorophyll in structure but researchers find no natural occurrence.

Geography Lesson Turns On China Question

Teacher asks Johnny to engage with China as part of a geography lesson. Pupil responds with a curt remark, showing inability to process Japan and pivoting to a shy reply.

Johnny Japan China

Too Baa Clock Alarm Confusion at Dawn

The mistress scolds Susan for oversleeping as she asks about the clock. Susan says she winds it but claims the alarm always goes off while she is asleep, prompting a morning dispute.

Susan

Poor Crop of Oats

A young agricultural college student criticizes an old farmer’s modern methods. The farmer mishears and replies that he’d be surprised if the student made $50 from the cats in the field, correcting him that it’s barley, not oats.

Agricultural College

Hunter Shot at Car Sparks Alarm in Ambiguous Exchange

Two hunters discuss safety and confirm wellbeing after one mentions shooting at a car. The fragment shows a tense exchange with no corroborating details about place, time, or consequences. The readable lines imply a hunting incident but lack definitive facts.

Wanted An Introduction

A brief dialogue reveals a planned marriage to the Vanderrocks and a request for an introduction. The snippet hints at social maneuvering as a condition for wedlock, with emphasis on appearances and matchmaking in a domestic scene.

Spilled Milk Prompt Turns To Silly Ink Lesson

A whimsical exchange centers on spilled milk and ink yielding a playful moral about handling mistakes. Two speakers joke about cleanup and consequences, echoing a lighthearted, childlike miscue.

Two of a Kind Sophomore Crack in a Chair Joke

A humorous exchange compares a chair crack to a traffic policeman. The sophomores quip that both would pinch you for improper parking, while the freshman concedes with a shrug, delivering a playful classroom joke.

Forgetful Gramary Encounter with a Lost Boy

A simple dialogue depicts an old man asking a frightened boy if he is lost. The boy confirms he wandered out with his grandmother, who is described as always loving something, hinting at the grandmother's scatterbrained or distracted nature in this compact exchange.

Gramary Sam

Locals News Briefs Include Entries From Several Families

Local notices report Miss Helen Adama entering a beauty school in about two weeks. Pearl Matheson moves to St George to attend Dixie Junior College this winter. Kenneth Joseph returns from Yellowstone National Park where he worked this summer. Mrs Vione Burt and her husband plan an indefinite stay at Lakeview Oregon. Mr and Mrs Doss Walker and sons Jay and Howard attend funeral of John W. Taylor with Mr Wir C. Macfarlane in Cedar City. Long Head residents Ratton and Skougard visit Soload and relatives. Mrs Orilla Abbott of Paragonah takes over bookkeeping at Southern Utsh Dairy Co succeeding Marsden. Dr Wesley L. Bayles and nurse Edith Westerlund operate on three children for tonsil removal Hal and Dale Evans and Hal DeMille. Robert E. Dalton spends days in Salt Lake City with daughters Beatrice Hanis and Myra Dalton. his son William meets J Lowe Barton who had an operation three weeks ago.

Wesley L. Bayles Edith Westerlund Hal and Dale Evans Clereford Evans Hal DeMille Richard. DeMille Robert E. Dalton Salt Lake City Beatrice Hanis Myra Dalton

Also Mentioned on This Page

Lowe Barton L. D Mu B. Edwards Donna Sambel Hanks Sarah A. Barton Pranch College Ney Dixie Forest Doings Wm. J. Gurr L. W. Gur Mises “Provence Roma Norma Boniley Prove Brigham Young University Irene Marsden Florence Mei Hunter Vanderrocks Jimmy Helen Adama Wit Proven Pearl Matheson St George Dixie Junior College Kenneth Joseph Camne Yellowstone National Park Vione Burt Lakeview Oregon Doss Walker Jay and Howerd Wir C. Macfarlane Walkerg John W. Taylor Winard Skougard Lois St Ratton Long Head Cates Soload Orilla Abbott Paragonah Southern’ Utsh Dairy Company Miss Trong Marsden Alladin Theatre Parowan, Utah Sun, Mon Alexander Graham Bell Don Amoche Loretti Young Henry Fonda Comedy & News Sergeant Madden Wallace Beery Tom Brown SAT Lane Jeffry Lynn Gale Page Comedy Southern Utah Dairy Co Parowan, Tah
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