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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1953
Page
1
A wartime guidance excerpt explains whyRegistrants are deferred rather than exempt under the Universal Military Training and Service Act. It covers two main reasons: current induction pacing and individuals’ roles in national health and other critical needs, plus the ongoing obligation to serve.
Two parties appear on the Montpelier city ballot for April 28 Citizens ticket lists Eugene P Shepherd Emil Glauser and precinct candidates Frank Knutti Ferris Hess. Progressive ticket lists Wesley Baker Clair Barrett and precinct candidates A J Powell Rex L Jones.
Betty Day of Downey Idaho became the bride of Bobbie Dean Wilcox son of Salt Lake Wilcox in a Bat Lake Temple ceremony officiated by President Robert D. Young. The groom, a Paris native, attended Fielding High and Henager Business College and will soon enter LDS training. The bride is a Downey Idaho daughter and Henager graduate employed in Church work.
Bear Lake County Fair Board proposes to use half of the 1953 premium funds for building construction at the fair grounds. Other appropriated monies will cover the rest. An additional exhibit building will be constructed similar to the one built last year.
Mr and Mrs Julian Thornocke announce the engagement of their son Jay to Marge Andreason of Magna Utah. Jay works at Hill Field Air Base and Miss Andreason attends school in Salt Lake City.
YWMIA reports to the Stake secretary by Monday evening earned wards a spot on the Honor Roll listed in order received Paris 1st Bloomington Haven Garden City St. Charles Laketown Liberty Paris 2nd. Mr. Chauncey Mattson and son Paul spent days in Salt Lake Paul enlisted in the Air Corp Easter guests at the Wm Jensen home included De Win Anderson and family Central Pocatello and Blake Jensen families Paris Arch ie Shepherd home visited by Mr. and Mrs. Dunn of Wen dell. Mrs. Lizzie Nye sent word of birth of a ten pound girl to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Austin of Washington Terrace Ogden on April 1. The child was greeted by two brothers and one sister.
The speaker asserts that citizens deferred from service will eventually serve and that the timing may be uncertain. He stresses that Congress placed responsibility on these individuals and that public awareness of their eventual service will ease concern about current deferrals.
The 1953 Paris Chapter American Red Cross drive surpassed its $566 goal by 20 dollars and may set a four year high. Quotas met or exceeded include Fish Haven, St. Charles, Paris 1st, Paris 2nd, and Liberty, with detailed ward contributions and fund chairmen named.
Kenneth Orin Thornock 58 long time Bear Lake valley resident died Wednesday night of a heart attack while watching the Layne Charles fight on television at Leslie Rasmussen home in Montpelier. He served in World War I, married Bardella Rasmussen in 1926, and lived in Hazelton and Bloomington before moving to Montpelier 22 years ago. He leaves widow five sons and daughters five sisters a brother and three grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 1 p.m. in Montpelier 4th ward chapel. Interment in Montpelier cemetery.
Rex Cole son of the late Charles W. Cole and Laura M. Coles were married in the Salt Lake Temple on March 30. A reception followed April 4 in Sunnyside Washington. The couple plans to reside in Montana where Rex has farmed for years. Also noted an Easter Sunday dinner at Carson Taylor home with guests from Franklin and Montpelier.
Mr and Mrs John Price and family from Montana spent Friday night with Fred J Price and his wife. They traveled to Salt Lake City for a conference and then to Arizona to visit her parents. Numerous relatives including Mrs Darwin Haddock Mrs Anna Grandy Mrs Melinda Gibbons and others attended the Primary conference in Salt Lake City.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Bowman of St Charles report their son Lt Lloyd Bowman is missing in action since April 1 over Korea. A 28 year old navigator for a B 26 crew, he rejoined the Army Air Corps last summer after schooling in the east and left for duty in the Far East at Christmas time. The Bowman family and friends regret the misfortune.
The Ambassadors of Song, a mixed quartet coached by Olga Sac erodte, will perform at Fielding High School auditorium on April 18 at 8 pm. The event, sponsored by the Fielding High School PTA, raises funds for the hot lunch program and features folk melodies and selections from Oklahoma New Moon and The Desert Song. Highlights include a costumed carnival in sunny Italy with accompanist LaVerge Grosick and offerings by Ann Carney Betty Rae Thomas Hd Pennigton and Ronald Jordan, under Hans Schwieger’s conducting.
The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co began removing utility poles along four blocks of Main street last week. Lines will be carried on poles set halfway through blocks east and west of Main street. Utah Power & Light Co plans to remove power lines later and replace street lights with twelve new vapor style fixtures on two Main street blocks.
A sequence of listed roads shows for Stake Mia visits across Laketown Garden City Fish Haven St Charles Ovid Paria and Bloomington with times from 7:30 to 9:10 and multiple backwards and forwards entrees. The notes include two Paris 2nd and Bloomington 1st and 2nd stops with Liberty Lanark Ovid and Sharon in the schedule.
Maurice Edward O'Brien 23 of San Francisco signed a confession admitting the Montpelier robbery at the O. P. Skaggs Store on February 1 netting about 2800 dollars. He was found with 70 dollars and burglary tools. He named 19 year old Willa Loretta Harris as his accomplice.
The 1953 64 Fielding PTA officers and State representative Amber Goebel met to organize next year’s committees. Chairmen named include Budget and Finance Mr and Mrs J B Hann, Membership Della Hulme, Procedure Book Helen Bird, Magazine Lavern Lewis, Program Pearl Patterson, Hospitality Leora Taylor, Congress Publication Anona Grandy, Publicity Melinda Sparks, Spirituality Wallace Grandy, Music Raymond Webb, Founders Day Amy Athay, Rural Service Maurine Welling, Hot Lunch Zone Humpherys.
A public meeting is set for Wednesday April 15 at 8 p.m. at the Bear Lake Soil Conservation District office 455 North 8th Street Montpelier. Art Bevin SCS engineer will discuss sprinkler irrigation systems their adaptability in Bear Lake county installation and use.
Karl Gilgen of St. Charles retires after 45 years with Utah Power and Light Co. He will receive a diamond-studded pin from UP&L president George M. Gadsby at the 16th annual Veterans club party on April 13 in the Hotel Utah Salt Lake City. He and his wife plan to move to Logan.
The Fielding High School Music department presents a free public program in the high school auditorium Saturday April 11 at 8 p.m. The band performs Semper Fidelis The Traveller Overture Jim Dandies and Overture Brocca while the mixed chorus sings Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho The Ash Grove Madame Jeanette The Survey With the Fringe on Top and The Lord's Prayer. Festival solos and ensembles will add to the program.
Prizes galore will be awarded at the Rainbow Rod and Gun Club Dance on April 10 at Montpellier High School gym. Attendees need not be present to win. The Toon-Toppers of Ogden provide music for the 22nd annual affair.
Fielding High School won third place at the Southern Idaho High School Journalism convention held at Idaho State College. Twenty-one high schools and 230 students attended a full day of panels and lectures. A banquet announced $600 in annual scholarships from the Idaho State Journal with grants of $300, $200, and $100 for Idaho graduates entering ISC journalism programs.
Mr and Mrs Price Taylor announce the engagement of their daughter Lois to Clyde Rigby son of Mr and Mrs Joan Ro Higby of Montpelier. Both are students at Idaho State College in Pocatello. Early fall wedding is being planned.
A list from Bear Lake Memorial Hospital records admissions and discharges from March 31 to April 6 including patients in Montpelier Cokeville Geneva Kemmerer Servalles and Ovid with notes on age and surgery. Births include two boys born to Karel Thomas and Roy Layland.
The mass meeting in the courthouse elected Weldon B. Grandy as Mayor and named ward council candidates Taft P Budge Walter Bird Keith Warner and J Vivian Nye. An executive committee was appointed to fill vacancies if needed before the April 28 city election.
About 137 Boy Scouts and Bee Hive girl leaders attended a misfit themed party sponsored by Stake dad Cleneth Arnell. Arline Peterson directed games with Moroni Schwab, prize winners included Mary Ellen Athay and Joe Dundord, and a family style lunch followed.
The two stores adopted a self service layout with rearranged counters shelves and new equipment this week. Lynn Budge return home for spring vacation from Idaho University at Moscow to stay with his parents Mr and Mrs Taft P Budge. Weather for the past week was unusually March like with rain turning to snow and back as temperatures stayed chilly. Lt and Mrs J R Caldwell and daughter from San Diego visited Wm Jensen home en route to the east. Mrs Caldwell formerly Verla Findlay accompanied her husband.
Activity calendar item shows events from April to May including Father and Son Banquet on April 16, MIA Chastity Meeting April 17, Ambassadors of Song April 18, High School Play April 30, MIA Music and Dance Festival May 5, Seminary Commencement May 17 and FHS Commencement May 22.
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