Christmas Spirit at Country Store Sparks Rural Riff
Uncle Cal from Caribou writes of a small town Christmas gathering where shopkeepers, sober and merry, share laughs on liquor prices and a Texas-sized debate over federal grants. He notes Ed Doolittle recounting HUD head Robert Weaver losing a grant to a YMCA Park, amid talk of religion in public funding.
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Great Society
Ed Doolittle
Bator
Asin
Robert Weaver
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
MCA
Savannah
Georgia
Ymca Park
Herman Talmadge
Washington
Supreme Court
Everbody
Uncle Cal
Williams Ward plans special Christmas program in Sacrament meeting
INTER BENCH News reports Williams Ward preparing for a Christmas Eve Sacrament meeting December 24 with scripture readings solos choir and congregational singing. Visiting Bannock Stake high councilmen John V. Kirby and Parley Lloyd Jr. delivered messages.
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Williams Ward
John V. Kirby
Parley Lloyd Jr
Bannock Stake
Laurel
ULMIA
Peggy Matthews
Beth Clege
DeMar
Lamoine Bennett F
Logan
Lloyd Bennett
Earl Whitehead
Lou's Cafe
Earl
Letha Whitehead
Franklin
Mike
Louise Mickelson
ValGene
Janice Andreasen
David
Wanda Mites
Community Notes From Grays Lake and Nearby
Grays Lake residents visit Montpelier and Salt Lake City for funerals and gatherings. Local families attend church events, quilt for Doris Gentry, and host parties as Christmas decorations go on display. Ricks College student Julia Stoor visits with Stoor family. various residents travel to Afton Wyoming and Raft River for holidays and meetings.
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J. C. Smith
Tremonton
Utah
Relief Society
Doris Gentry
Schniter
Francis Roy
Ray Ostler
Oscar Vias
Clyde
Jay Somsen
Afton
Wyo
Julia Stoor
Ricks College
Odell Stoor
Leith Somsen
G. W. Somsen
Jack Nuffers
Raft River
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Soda Springs
Idaho
E. Lansberry and
J. E. Lansberry Publishers
County of
Caribou
City of
Village of
Bancroft
Cal
Inter Bench
Dia Thomas
Ray Allen
Warren Hendersons
Marvin Prescott
Kathleen
Karla Dawn Peck
Byu
Wayne Pecks
Brenda Hubbard
Utah State
Ethel Mickelson
Ricks
Clark
Helen Mickelson
Lynn
Glenna Rasmussen
ISU
Melvin Christensen
Montpelier
Bill
Jamie Stalder
Harris Mickelson
Glayd Chris
Tensen
Melvin Christensens
Glayd
Helen Christensen
Ian
Grant Clegg
Berry
Julie Christensen
Golda Christensen
Frank
Lydia Thomas
Burley
Grays Lake
Martha Soderman
Dan
Ida Morgan
Backfoot
Leo Olsen
Bernard Lindstrom
Glade Sibbett
Ewart Muir
Leon Bells
Salt Lake City
Jay Samson
John Soderman
Oscar ‘Vias
Mtr
Frank Stoor
Dudy
CAE
Federal Land Bank
Federal Land Bank Association OF
Preston, Idaho
Texas
Western Family
Orange
Tastewell
Lallatin
Luton
Foodtown
Hka
Iks
Nhewep As
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