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Show Ulf 177 IRON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS School Board Plans Trek To National Meet Final plans for the attendance of members of the Iron County Board of Education at of National Convention the School Boards in Kansas City next week, were made at the Monday night meeting of the Board. Members will leave by train Tuesday to attend the convention there on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Among other matters taken up at the- meeting Monday were plans for future school building needs. Included in these was the enlarging of the present Cedar City Junior High School and remodeling of the present interior. Superintendent Ianthus Wright reported that a meeting would be called in March to go over the plans so that bids may be called and work commenced this spring. for the Enrollment figures Parowan Elmentary school were examined by the board members with a view to providing additional space for the increasing enrollment in the school. They also ordered a call for bids for the northeast wing of the Parowan Elementary School building and granted permission for the Parowan High to schedule a basketball game in Las Vegas next December. Herman E. Bayles of the Board was appointed to represent the group on a county conservation committee composed of agencies concerned with conservation in the county. They also took preliminary steps toward setting up a local committee to work a State commitee from the State Boards Association and j the State Text Book Commission. its nod of The Board gave the for approval proposed Aquanlante program in the pubJ lic schools of the County. - pre-seas- that of road improvement at the east end of Little Creek Fields in Paragonah. After they were described as impassible by Scott Barton, the matter was referred to Commissioner Sevy and road supervisor Jack Pace for further investigation and details concerning their improvement. The Commissioners also received a delegation from Escalante Valley consisting of John C. McGarry, Tony Alberto, Otto Fife and Alfred Pederson. The group were seeking assistance on the flood control dam at Shoal Creek Wash which is threatening damage to some of the Valley and roads in the area. Inasmuch as the County has no funds for flood control they agreed to use their influence with the State Road. Commission to obtain aid in improving the dam. A meeting with them at Salt Lake City Thursday was arranged to take up that and other road matters pertaining to Iron County. A sum of $300 had been budgeted for purchase of a County Law Library and was ordered to be applied toward purchase j DEFEAT MILFORD Jim Miller The Parowan Rams, over the past week, have made one more big step toward the ever elusive Class B basketball The Rams, on 12, traveled to Richfield to down the Richfield team by a score of 54 45. , -- boys. Then on Wednesday of this week the team downed a visiting team from Milford by a score of 74 to 42. This is the greatest spread which has existed in any game Parowan has played this year. The first quarter of this game, however, was very fast and showed the Rams behind y in the Milford 9 - 6 was one of the This quarter. few times the Rams have been behind in a ball game but the situation was soon remedied. The score of the 1st period ended 22 - 14 in favor-othe Rams. The second stanza was very fast, as was the floor game all evening, but the Rams were very good on their shots, both from the field and the foul line, and they pulled away to a 33 - 23 half time edge. The third and fourth quarters showed the Rams gradually pulling away and the Tigers were unable to get back in the ball game. The score at the close of the third stanza was 53 - 32 and the final score was 74 to 42. During the third and fourth periods Coach Decker substituted quite freely and a complete new lineup finished the mid-wa- - j J j -- 74-4-2 AT STAKE CONFERENCE 87, retired The Parowan Literary Club held its annual Valentine social Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Herman E. Bayles where Mrs. Thales Brown, Anna and Eva Adams assisted as Other members present for a delightful supper and an evening of 500 were Mrs. E. J. King. Mrs. A. Hills Orton. Mrs. Gilbert Barton. Mrs. Jess Guymon, Mrs. Clair Hulet, Mrs. E. Ray Lyman, Pendleton, Mrs. Mrs. John Claude Lister, Mrs. Arch Ben- son, Mrs. Charles F. Bentley. and Mrs. William Boardman, Mrs. J. Harold Mitchell. Mrs. Bart W. Dalton was a special guest. Prizes were won by Mrs. Benson and Mrs. Pendleton. First-Secon- 3rd Ward Stresses Family Attendance At Sae. Meetings In of the support Bishoprics drive to attain a 50 attendance at Sacrament meetings during the month of February, members of the Parow-aThird Ward Relief Society will present a special program Sunday, Feb. 27th. The theme of the meeting will be, The Place of the Family Unit in the Eternal Plan of j j ; Legion Auxiliary ff Banquet Next Wednesday The Parowan Chamber Commerce Our Americanism closing on February 18th and an assembly honoring the winners will be held in the school auditorium on Washingtons Birthday at Albert M. County Attorney Marsden will be our featured Our American on speaker 3pm.' HIGH SCHOOL OPERETTA Heritage." Our School Music Dept, will present two numbers. Mrs. Mary Topham will sing a Without a solo. The Flag Stain. The First Ward Scout Patrol on will give a demonstration Flag etiquette. We especially invite all auxiliary members as well as the general public to attend this assembly. Almost two complete casts have been selected for the Parowan to be presented here m Gypsy Rover, High School operetta, the near future. The characters who have been announced to date are as follows: Rob Constance pummler and Jim Miller Pat Uric and Susan Benson Joan Lamoreaux and Mary Etta Stubbs Jackie Ward and Rose Ann Barton Roy . Meg Zara Nelson Taylor and Budd Matheson Sanford Topham and Scotty Haycock Barbara Bayles and Sandra Robb Melvin Orton and Oriand Halterman Marto Sinfo Nina Lord Craven Sir George John V. Benson Stars In BYU Games of Banquet will d Ward ban- jje hed jn the room quet Wednesday night February 23, at 8 p.m. Tj,e stake Relief Society have prornjsed a very fine dinner for the low price of $1.25 per pateArrangements have been made for j)r Braithewaite, newly appoinited Director of the College of Southern Utah to give the main address. Musical numbers will be furnished by the C.S.U. including a vocal solo by Prof-BlaiJohnson. Another treat for those attending will be a short talk poncern-in- g the atomic tests going on at Frenchmans Flat north of Las Vegas, by Dr. Samuel A. EC. Radiation Ingroham, Monitor for this district. The membership drive committee has been collecting C of c membership dues, but if you havent been contacted come and brin? partner anyway. The dues for 1955 may be paid at tbe door, AH who plan to attend the banquet should make reservations with Principal Max Dailey, Secretary D. Watson Adams, or President Ivan Decker by I Monday February 21. Kick-of- f lst-2n- - most valuable players on the floor. His basket in the last few seconds of an over-tim- e period in Fridays game gave the flashy Cougars a 2 point victory. The Provo Heralds sports editor stated that John V. was the Hero of both games. In talking with a good number of sport fans around Utah County on Sunday and Monwas day nearly everyone most in fact, praising John, of them were saying that John was the smoothest ball player in the entire conference and in their estimation before will rate he graduates. Crowned At Sweetheart Ball F.H.A. girls presented a foor show during the dance which included a modem version of The Flirtation Waltz,- - by Kathy Smith, Maxine Joseph, Susan Benson, LoRen Orton and Rose Ann Barton. LaReta Decker, F.H.A. president, sang, Let Me Call You whicn Sweetheart, was the theme for the occasion. Fire Department Third Ward Friosts Gets Midnight 15 VI-Attend U Of U Ball Game number of members of the Priests Quorum of the Parowan A Workout Early discovery of a fire in the feed yards at the Harold Mitchell field Monday night prevented a possible heavy loss of hay, buildings and other equipment stored there. A fire left around a frozen water tap had spread to dried out debris in the vicinity when it was sighted Elmer watchman, by Night Green during one of his routine checks about the streets in the north end of town. Third Ward were able to attend the memorable basketball game between the Brigham Young University and the University of Utah at Provo last Friday night through the untiring efforts of Bishop Howard M Adams. The trip had been offered as a stimulus to the boys attendance at their Church meetings. The fellows who accompanied the Bishop and Saunders M. Clark summoned fire He hastily to Provo were Bcnald Mortensen. Scotty Haycock, Donald chief. S. M. Clark, and with one Gurr, Carhle Railing, Donald blast of the siren, most of the volunteer crew were on hand Halterman. Tom Dobrusky, Wayne Benson, Eric Clark and Ross to man the truck and quickly extinguish the blaze. Birch. ciinics the of end for this County have been announced by Mrs. Alice H. County Health Barton, Iron for one held typhoid imnursf, munization here Friday. A clinic for tick fever shots will be held in the Parowan elementary school building Friday, Feb. 25 at 9:a.m. she announces. While on Wednesday morning a clinic for both typhoid and tick fever immunizations will be held in the Paragonah school building commencing at 9:30 a.m. Clinics in both communities are being sponsored P.T.A. organizations. by the Both school students and townspeople are urged to take advantage of the clinics for their future protection. Further immunization King & Queen Mary Etta Stubbs and Lyle Mortensen were crowned queen and king at the F.H.A. Sweethearts Ball held in the school gymnasium last Thursday night. Winners were selected by vote of those attending the affair. Other candidates for the crowns were Donald Stubbs and Annette Thornton, Roy Orton and Luella Phillips, Reed Thornton and Vanda Mitchell and Jimmie Robinson and Barbara Ann Graff. the program and that it will be emphasized during one SacraIt ment meeting this month. will also be the topic of 2' i minute talks in Sunday School, in the opening exercises of MIA; and by special messages in l;e- lief Society, Pnmnry and Sun- in ary. , PROJECT COM Ml nEE ANNOUNCED A Stake Committee selected to publicize the project includes Mrs. Elton Richardson, Enoch; Mrs. Pauline Hulet, Summit; Mrs. Edna Hatch, Parowan 1st ; Hoy Hatch. Parowan 2nd ; Mr. Adams, Parowan 3rd.; and Leon ard Tophain,' Paragonah. During the meeting the damages wrought by telling false stories about our neighbors were emphasized and illustrated. It was also brought out by Mr. Adams and other speakers that we should not repeat stories which are not about others even though they might pleasant be true. FOR PARENTS COOPERATION President W. Clair Rowley, in his statistical report at the opening general session Sunday, informed members that the Stake Continued on Back Page ASKS Medical Society Meet In Additional St. George Dr. L. W. Sorenson of ParoImmunization wan along with other members Clinics Scheduled of the Southern Utah Medical Larry King Lyman M unford Captain Jerome Sir Toby Lyon Steve Orton Donald Stubbs McCorkle . Gary Rollins Lackey Also included in the cast is a large chorus of both boys and girls. This well known comedy operetta by May ITewes Dodge and John Wilson Dodge, will be presented in Parowan on two evenings, each with a different cast, according to LeNoir Asay, High School music instructor who is directing the production. Mr. Asay is the directing of the the Operetta by Mrs. Jean being assisted Hendrickson. Exact dates will be announced in the near future. p Kick-o- 22 Assembly Feb. contest is TWO CASTS NAMED FOR John played outstanding, On that particular Sunday, ball in both games families are encouraged to at heads-utend the Sacrament meeting as and proved to be one of the C. of C. Americanism Utah's two Jtopublicon Cangrosimon, William A. Dowton, Second District (ttffl and Honry Aldoui Dixon, First District (contort or sworn In as "Aqvalantoi" by Curtis Holding, roprosontativo of this organisation. Tho "Aquolantos" is tho action group of tho Uppor Colorado Gross Roots, Inc., a voluntary group of workors dedicated to protecting tho londs and waters of tho Upper Colorado River upon which tho future of tho four states- - Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming depends. Mrs. Mary 0. Topham will speak to that theme during the Last week-en- d we had the services it has been announced R.S. j pleasure of witnessing John by Mrs. Alice Haycock, President. A trio from the Sing- - V. Benson and his teammates, ing Mothers Group will sing two the B.Y.U. Cougars, play the U of U at the fieldhouse at The Lords Prayer numbers, Provo. and 0, My Father. a j Sunday. The project was discussed by D. Watson Adams of the Stake High Council who said that all Ward Bishopries have endorsed . ne i Let's Increase Our Spirituality by Observance of the Lords Commandment, 'Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbor," was announced a a special project for members of Parowan Stake at Quarterly Confcrenee here Saturday and r person-Satucda- Social News SIXTEEN for Samuel Salvation. 54-4- 5 NUMBER 17, 1935 SPECIAL PROJECT ANNOUNCED DAWSOIl DIX0IJ BECOME "AQUALANTES' and native of held Wedwere this community, Ward d in the nesday of direction the under Chapel the Bishopric. died at his Mr. Mortensen of afternoon home here Sunday ill been had He causes. natural for quite some time and had been cared for by the various members of his family? He was born in Parowan Sept Neils Otto 11, 1867, a son of and Elizabeth Carson Morten sen, early converts to the LDS Church. He was the last surviving member of his fathers fam ily. He had been preeeeded in death by Neils 0. Mortensen Jr., Ed. L. Mortensen and Olive M. Ward, his full brothers and sisters; and by the following half brothers and sisters: Peter Mortensen Mortensen, Mary Wardell. Margaret M. Guymon. Eliza Fish. Annie Whitney, Will and Ben Lewis and a sister who died at Winter Quarters. Samuel C. grew up in Paroattended the wan where he local schools. He early engaged in freighting and in 1887 went with a group to work on the canal which carried water to the ranches in the San Bern-ardi- o district of California. He told that it took him 21 days to make the trip by team and wagon. He was married to Sarah Sophrona Hansen at Parowan, March 14, 1889. They were the first couple in Iron County to Continued on back page stockman-farme- se game. All of the boys played very fine ball, but Rod Bentley with 20 points and Eric Clark with 18 looked very good. y Clark, who had three al , fouls early in the game, played only three quarters and got most of his counters in the first half. Connell Mitchell and Don Stubbs looked very good, as did Scotty Haycock, the other member of the starting five. This Saturday the team travels to Delta for whatj promises to be a hard fought game. The Delta team is ti?d for second place in this divi-- . sion with the Millard Eagles who the Rams meet nex. week at Fillmore. Both of these games are the main threat to the Rams, but we are all hoping that the boys can take these games. J - Funeral services Carson Mortensen, concentrated drive for Heart Funds," was to be made in Par- RAMS BEAT RICHFIELD FEBRUARY Mortensen A Continued on back page TIMES, rAROWAN. UTAH, For Samuel C. Heart Drive fcWJiJun: By Last Rites Held Assist In house-to-hou- PAROWAN VOLlMNE THIRTY NINE P.H.S. Ramettes owan this week when the Ram-ett- e Girls of the Parowan High School Pep club made a canvas, it was announced by Mrs. Marvin Graff, local chairman of the Heart Drive. Sunday afternoon was set as the date on which the girls will call at the homes in the community to pick up contributions, Mrs. Graff said. The drive will of the continue for balance month and those who have not already done so are urged to make their contribution. The month of February has appropriately been designated as Heart Month, in the United States. It is the month in which people are asked to contribute to the fund for study and search of causes and prevention of this prevalent disease. Statistics show that heart diseases are the number one killer of the American people MES Published Meelitu For The Interest Of Parotcan In cl VldnKu Continued on back page . 'orprUB, AVE., OWAN HOLD BUSY SESSION MONDAY The Board of Iron County Commissioners put in a busy day here Monday taking crc of many routine matters concerned with the County operations. Commissioners Jess Guymon, Warren II. Bulloch anil Lyman E. Sevy were all present, with most of the County officers and supervisors also in attendance. Among the many items considered al the meeting was r'TII I Marlene Adams Becomes Mrs. Elved Williams The St. George Temple provided the setting Thursday morning for the ceremony which united in marriage Miss Marlene and Elved Adams of Parowan Junior Williams of Cedar City. President Harold S. Snow officiated at the double-rinrites. Mr. & Mrs. T. Randall Adams of Parowan are parents of the bride; the bridegrqom is a son of Mrs. Kathryn Williams of Cedar City and the late Elved Williams. Thursday evening the couple was honored at a reception at the Adams home. For the event the lovely bride donned her wedding gown,' an original model of white slipper satin and French imported lace. A scalinset of loped edged panel the lace extended the entire length of the front of the gown. Its fitted bodice was further enhanced by a stand-u- p collar of the lace and long, pointice sleeves. The gracefully flared skirt fell to floor length and a finger-tiveil of sheerest illusion was caught to a matching lace She carried a bouquet of red roses centered bv a white orchid. Mrs. Jeanenne Dalton attended as matron of honor and Miss Eleanor Adams. the brides sister, was maid of honor. Yvonne Benson. Deon Robinson, Continued on hack page g p ! Society were called to a meeting with representatives of the A. E. C. and Dr. John Bowers, Dean of the University of Utah Medical College, on Saturday February 12th in the dinning room of the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital in St. George at which time the Medical Problems which might develop in with connection antiscipated activity of the A. E. C. in the present operations being undertaken in Nevada, South-Weof St. George, were discussed and the medical problems relative to the fall-oafter an explosion and what may be expectin our own ed or unexpected areas. Representaparticular tives from Nevada and Arizona were also present. After this meeting the Members of the Society with their guests met at Dicks Cafe for a Steak Dinner after which the regular meeting of the Southern Utah Medical Society was called to order by Dr. M. K. McGregor, President. After a short business meeting the time was turned over to Dean Bowers who then introduced Dr. Ely, Pedistrician of the U of U Medical College, the speaker of the evening and discussed the of Management of problems Infant Diarrhea and Principals of Fluid Therapy. st ut Spring Rains Bring Hopes To Farmers quiet, .but rather steady rain night and during Wednesday early Thursday deposited ,32 inch of moisture in this valley, according to Clayton Rasmussen, weather observer. This pre-ci- p tation added to that of the several snow storms lately have gladdened the hearts of local farmers considerably. Showers were continuing throughout the afternoon Thursday. Residents have been able to slow up on the fuel consump-bonne- t. tion since the temperatures jumped from a long spell of zero weather to 56 degrees last Monday. Mild weather has continued here during the w eek. A PS. The temperature fell and so did about 5 of snow Thursday night. |