Citizens Nominate Ticket for City Election April
About 22 citizens attended a mass meeting to nominate candidates for the April 2 election. Weldon Grandy received the largest vote and was declared party nominee for mayor. Citizens ticket listed Grandy mayor for two years and ward officers Arch Wallentine S., Glen Grimmett S., and other council nominees. Mayor Grandy reported on city finances and thanked council and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nty
Candy
Vention
Weldon
Grandy
Cyril S&s
Glen Grimmett
Citizens
Clifford Minson
Arch Wallentine Ivard
Chas. Crawford
S. G. Sleight
Smith Gertsch
Press Vallentine
Fred J
Fielding Chapter Wins Gem State Master Award At State FFA
Fielding Chapter delegates gathered Saturday night as Fielding earned the Gem State Master Award among 66 Idaho chapters for meeting all state FFA requirements. Montpelier and Fielding also earned awards along with state level winners in speaking and parliamentary procedure contests. Hal Holk of Bancroft won the speaking contest and advances to regional Phoenix Arizona, then national Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gem
FFA
Bancroft
Hal Holk
Phoenix
Arizona
Kansas City
Oth Wallentine
Joe Dun
Booth
Ment
Joe
Anal Foundation
Compliance With 54 Wheat Program High
Farmers who did not comply with 1954 wheat allotments accounted for less than 1 percent of total wheat farms. The Commodity Stabilization Service reports 1 516 000 farm allotments for the 1954 crop and excess wheat totaled 14 709. Most excess cases were settled by marketing quota penalty payments, with only 142 advanced to U S District Attorneys for court action as of December 31, 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodity Stabilization Service
U S
1954 Crop Re sale Program Announced
The 1954 crop re sale program aims to let farmers store on farm with extended price support loans. Idaho areas may re seal 1954 barley oats and wheat to shift older stocks and qualify for storage payments under Uniform Grain Storage rates. Farmers must apply through their County ASC Committee the month before the 1954 crop maturity date. The note also mentions Thelma Browning moving residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J Crea
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
ASC
Idaho
Wool incentive payments urged for 1955 clip sales
Idaho growers urged by W J Crea chairman of the Idaho Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee to keep all sales slips for 1955 clip wool sold April 1 1955 through March 31 1956 to establish eligibility for an incentive payment. Payments are a fixed percentage of the wool price with a $3 minimum, covering wool and eligible lambs and yearlings. Ownership rules apply for slaughter sales and payments will be issued after March 31 1956 to reach 62 cents per pound grease basis or 106 percent of parity as of September 15 1954 depending on funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W J Crea
Idaho Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Two Cokeville Men Die In Plane Crash Near Rock Springs
Lester Zerlin and Ted Thompson of Cokeville were killed when their Piper Cub crashed about five miles west of Rock Springs after departing from a sheep camp. The plane refueled at Rock Springs around 3 pm Wednesday and did not return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cokeville
Lester Zerlin
Ted Thompson
Rock Springs
Funeral Services For Royal Pope Held Friday
Large and impressive funeral services for Royal R. Pope were held Friday April 1 at 1 p m in the Garden City ward chapel. The service included prayers, vocal duets, solos, obituaries, tributes, and remarks by church leaders. Interment followed in Garden City cemetery with grandsons serving as pallbearers and Matthews Mortuary of Montpelier in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal R. Pope
Garden City Ward
Mitchell Sims
Clive A. Pope
Logan
Daddy
Ruth
Carrie Pugmire
Maurine Welling
St. Charles
Norman Weston
John H. Weston
Laketown
Pres. L. Burdette Pugmire
LaFond P. Hall
Evanston
Laurence B Johnson
Randolph
Leonard Perkins
Fish Haven
Dadies
Dorothea Wicker
Richard I. Pope
Salt Lake
Garden City
Sid Hyden
Lynn Lutz
Wayne Stock
Robert Pope
Robert Satterthwaite
Dale Weston
Evan, Mardell
Laurel Pope
Matthews Mortuary
Montpelier
Card of Thanks for Bereavement
The Royal Pope Family expresses gratitude for the kindness shown during their bereavement for their father. John R. Price and family visited the parents Fred J. Price in Lincoln Nebraska where John, a U S Department of Agriculture statistician, was transferred from Helena Montana. He left by car Friday for the new post and Mrs Price and sons will follow by train after securing living quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Zollinger
Roberts
Met Rigby
Peston
Frank Hirschi
Montpelier
Fred Price
Taft
John Pe
Lancoln
John R. Price
Fred J. Price
Lincoln
Nebr
John
Helena
Mont John
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Fielding High shines at regional speech festival
Fielding High School excelled at the Regional Speech Festival in Pocatello last Saturday with four entries earning Superior ratings and two earning Good. Gail Matthews won Superior in Extemporaneous speaking. Nikki Johnson Superior in Dramatic Reading. Beth Geerts ch Good in Poetry Reading. Pat Benson Good in Humorous Reading. Several other speech class members and director Melinda Sparks attended.
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Fielding High School
Pocatello
Gail Matthews
Nikki @onson
Beth Geertsch
Pat Benson
Melinda Sparks
Musical Concert Next Wednesday at High School
Sheldon Johnson announces a concert on Wednesday evening April 13 at 8 in the high school auditorium. Instrumental vocal and choral selections will be performed as part of spring contest preparations. Admission is free, donations accepted for a Band Benefit to buy new uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon Johnson
Hulme Wallentine Wedding In Logan Temple Paris Couple
Ruth Hulme and L Junior Wallentine of Paris were married Friday April 1 in the Logan LDS Temple. After a breakfast at the Bluebird Cafe they celebrated with relatives, then traveled to Salt Lake City and Detroit to pick up a new car before continuing to St. Louis to visit missionary friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Hulme
L. Junior Wallenting
Paris
Logan
Amos Hulme
L. C. Vallentine
Bluebird Cafe
Salt Lake City
Detroit
Michigan
St. Louis
Junior
Wool and Mohair Support Plan Aims at 300 Million Pound Output
The program seeks to raise U S wool production to 300 million pounds yearly from about 230 million. It includes tariff income portions on imported wool and payments on mohair to lift growers' average return to 93 percent of parity as of September 15 1954.
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U. S
Engagement of DeEtte Laker to Gary Lyons Announces
Mr and Mrs Joseph Laker of St Charles announce the engagement of their daughter DeEtte to Gary Max Lyons son of Mr and Mrs Max Lyons of Dingle.
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Joseph Laker
St. Charles
DeEtte
Gary Max Lyons
Max 8. Lyons
Dingle
Local trio spends weekend in Logan
Owen Watterson, Jerry and Dennis spent Saturday and Sunday in Logan for unspecified activities.
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Owen Watterson
Jerry and
Dennis
Logan
Turning Point in Bear Lake Milk Industry June 1 1954
The state inspector qualified local dairymen to produce Grade A milk after a tour by Ford Jaussi and Bob Kerns. Facilities at Stucki Dairy, Willowdale Farms, LaGrande Clark Georgetown, and James Smith East Georgetown show modern equipment, sanitation, and cooling to 40 degrees. Regular inspections by association and public health ensure high quality milk for consumers.
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Bear Lake County
Ford Jaussi
Bob Kerns
Idaho
Stucki Dairy
Paris
Willowdale Farms
Liberty
LaGrande Clark
Georgetown
James Smith
Stucks
Stucki
Eugene Stuck
Willowdale Farm i
Dr Brown and Son
Hl.ir
Clark
Smith
Department of Public Health
Teen Gold and Green Ball at Paris Pavilion Saturday
On Saturday evening April 9 from 8 30 to 10 30 Scouts Beehives and families gather at the Paris Pavilion for a Teen Gold and Green Ball with dancing to Four Hits and a Miss. Punch and cookies will be sold and all local leaders and families are urged to attend.
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Paris
Bishop
Partner
Stake
Ward
Pageant to be staged in Montpelier Easter Sunday
The Bryan Ward of Salt Lake City presents the pageant It Could Happen To You at Montpelier High School Auditorium Sunday April 10 at 2 p.m. Bishop Johnson directs a chorus of 40 with scenery from Salt Lake City. No admission fee. public invited.
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Bryan Ward
Salt Lake City
Montpelier High School
Bishop Johnson
Bryan
Relief Society Quilt Completed and Talks Held in Laketown
At a Laketown Relief Society meeting a quilt was finished and a noon lunch served. Helen Wamsley of Randolph spoke at 2 pm on new materials and textures. Attendees head to Salt Lake for a conference, with many from area families noted. Families and educators gathered for school events and PTA programs in Garden City and Randolph, including an IQ testing demonstration and a trumpet solo by Earl Satterthwaite. Funeral services were held in Garden City for Pope with numerous relations attending.
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Relief Society
Helen Wamsley
Randolph
Salt Lac
Norman EH. Weston
Lydia
Lisi Weston
Amos Hobinson
Afra
Leon Kead
Ruth Petersen
Dennis
Creek
Escalante
Utah
Delford Webb
Ogden
Allison Kearl
Glayde Erickson
Galt Lake
Clayton Wamsley
M. F. Pasley
Earl F. Passey
Oreta
Josephine Lamborn
John H. Weston
Thomas Weston
Rainbow Rod and Gun Club Award Dance at Montpelier High
The Rainbow Rod and Gun Club holds its annual Award Dance on Friday April 22 in the Montpelier High School Auditorium. General chairman H G Nuckola notes many awards to be displayed in Thiel and Olsen Bros windows. Music by the Dee Jay Orchestra from St Anthony. Tickets available at Grimmett Lumber and Hardware in Paris or from club members.
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Rainbow Rod & Gun Club
Montpelier High School
H G. Nuckola
Thiel & Olsen Bros
Bear Lake Memorial Hospital admissions and births list
Patient entries from Bear Lake Memorial Hospital show numerous admissions on March 29 to April 5 for major and minor surgeries and medical care. Names include Duane Langford, Sherry Lynn Wield, Elene Orr, Harold Carraway, Carolyn Nield, LaMar Perkins, and others from Montpelier Cokeville Paris Bloomington Wardboro Goda Springs Raymond Liberty. Births include a girl to Hymas and a boy to Findlay Bloomington and Beck Paris.
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Duane Langford
Montpelier
Michael
Paul W. Wutchinson
Cokeville
Melvin J. Clark
Georgetown
Sherry Lynn
Max Wield
Elene
Vyrin Orr
Paris
Harold L. Carraway
Mary Jane Robinson
Graig
Ly=man Bunn
Carolyn
Floyd Nield
LaMar Perkins
Pocatello
Harold Olsen
LaVere King
Minnie Dray
Alice Mr. Shonk
Sandra
Russell Payne
Bloomington
Roger
Orvil Michaelson
Goda Springs
Jerry
Earl Reese
Jean Modula
Mary Jane
Lowell Aland
Elizabeth
Joe Evans
Raymond
Craig
Roscoe Bischoff
Wardboro
Bruce
Boyd Woolstenhulme
Willis Roberts
Harvey K. Matthews
Liberty
Richard Perkins
Boyd Egbert
Daniel Hymas
John Findlay
Darrell Beck
John Payne
Thomas Windley
Paris Area Activity Calendar Teems With Local Events
April events include Teen Gold and Green Ball on April 9 and Ward Speech Festival on April 10. Road Show runs April 12 through 18, with MIA Speech Training sessions on April 17 and 24. Paris Local Farm Bureau gathers April 18, and Emerson Spring Festival opens April 29. May features multiple MIA Speech Trainings and Paris Local Farm Bureau on May 16 at Lanark. June hosts MIA trainings on the 5th 12th and 19th plus the usual local meetings.
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MIA
Paris
Farm Bureau
Emerson
War & Mia
H. S. iMay
Lanark
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John Spencer
Joey Mattson
Lesle Bolton
D Beck
Charles Law
Ture Farmers OF America
Fielding
Phile
Boise
Laure Sorenson
Dar Lewis
James Poulsen
Booth Vallentine
Jnepford Glen Humpherys
Jay John
Taft Miller
Paul Bolton
Ion Pu
Poulsen
Yon Street
Richard Pope
Hugh Shepha
Lamont the
Thelma Browning
Kastoria
Royal
Pope
HULME
Wallentine
Bear Lake Dairymen
Stuck Dairy
Teen’s
Gold & Green Ball
Lynn Kerns
Tunks
Dna Shepherd
Mona Shepherd
Winnie Stevens
Edna Shepherd
Inez Tunks
Orlean Innes
Ethel Jensen
Dorothy Varner
Elizabeth Passey Daughters of
Utah Pioneers
Iris Collings
Bear Lake
Catherine Innes
aPriel Athay
Lucille Wilks
Edna Sheppherd
Laketown News
Bear Lake Memorial Hospital
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