Curious Savage Play Set For May 2 At FHS
The FHS Thespian Society announces a school play Curious Savage to be staged May 2 in the high school gym. Directed by Nikki Monson the cast includes May played by Anita Haicup and John Thomas played by Thomas. The plot centers on Mrs Savage who refuses to reveal the location of 10 million dollars in her late husband’s estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curious Savage
John Patrick
FHS
Ecealthy
Say
Nikki Monson
Chil- Tite
Samuel
Lily Belle
Larry Jaussi
Morgan
Cleveland
Savage Estate
May
Anita Haicup
John Thomas
Hannibal
Glenerga
Tion
Conrad Michaelson
Colleen Bird
Wilhelmina
Marlene Piga
Emmett
Yon Hirachi
Udell Williamson
Wallentine
Gary Shuftliff
Dennla Talbot
Hulme
Charlenegate
Bear Lake County Fair Book Sponsored by ELDING FFA News
Fiedding Chapter sponsors the Bear Lake County Fair Book and seeks support. An annual FFA and FHA party is planned at Lava Hot Springs with a bus trip and swimming followed by a FHA meal. Judging teams prep for Utah State contests in Logan while FFA Junior Livestock events target April 30.
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Bear Lake County
FFA
FHA
Lava Hot Springs
Logan
Restoring Rich Family Homes: A Paria City Historical Vision
Ezra J. Poulsen recalls the Paria City Proceedings and Charles C Rich legacy. The piece suggests preserving four brick Rich homes as a town showpiece and possible meeting place, to attract visitors and honor local history.
Bloomington PTA Elect Officers For New Year
The Edison School PTA met on April 16 for election and installation of officers. President Gladys Jacobsen, 1st Vice Edith Ward, 2nd Vice Patterson, 2nd Vice Jon Patterson, Secretary and Treasurer Cleone Payne. An accordion solo by Kathleen Hart and a vocal by Anne Haddock accompanied by Anna Marie Ward were features. Seventeen members attended.
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Edison School Pta
Gladys Jacobsen
Edith Ward
Jon Patterson
Cleone Payne
Kathleen Hart
Anne Haddock
Anna Marie Ward
Teen-age Gold and Green Ball Draws Large Crowd
About 150 Scouts Bee Hive girls leaders and parents attended the Teen-Age Gold and Green Ball last Friday evening. A fine floor show during intermission and several parent child dances were featured. Leaders thank the participants for making it one of the year's outstanding events and for their good conduct.
Pugmire Eborn Couple Wed in Logan Temple Ceremony
Joan Pugmire daughter of Preston and Mrs Pugmire Cokeville Wyoming and Max Eborn son of Willard Eborn Paris were joined in marriage Friday April 20 at the Logan Temple. Hyrum Bell performed the double ring ceremony. The couple planned a short Utah honeymoon.
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Joan Pugmire
Preston Pugmire
Cokevile
Max Eborn
Willard Eborn
Paris
Logan Temple
Hyrum Bell
Dick's Cafe
Logan
Utah
Shower honors Mr. and Mrs Curtis Austin at Liberty-Saron
A Saturday evening shower for Curtis and Mrs Austin featured two vocal duets, solos, readings, and jokes. About 75 guests attended with gifts and refreshments. Out of town visitors included numerous relatives from Pocatello Ogden Garden City and Burley. A surprise party for Sherman Bartschi occurred midweek with 17 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Austin
Terrell
Karen Hymas
Verla Morgan
Idell Matthews
Norma Jean Austin
Albert Miller
Mona Hill
Coleen Matthews
H. H. Clarke
Pocatello
Helen Hymas
Gerald
David
Eric Hymas
Sim Hyman
Grace
Hans Hansen
Edna Shepherd
Montpelier
Lynn Austin
Ogden
Ruth Kimball
Garden City
Wm. Matthews
Burley
Bill Wheeler
Idaho Falls
Stanley Hansen
Ruth
Marion
War) Sessiona
Julie Ann
Bountiful
A. H. Matthews
Cavin Hymas
Logan
Paris
Bernard Brown
Soda Springs
Frank Brown
Sherman Bartschi
Calvin Hymes
Volunteer Fire Dept Public Meeting Aims to Organize Paris
A public meeting is set for Thursday evening April 26 at City Hall to plan forming a volunteer fire department for the City of Paris. A Paris Lions Club committee will work with the City Council to start the effort and gain interest for the benefit of property owners. The meeting is scheduled for 7 30 o clock.
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Paris
Paris Lions Club
Bride-to-be Honored at Trousseau Tea April 20
Mrs Maurice Beck of Ovid hosted a trousseau tea on April 20 for her daughter Arlene. Beverly Weston and Anita Beck provided music. Darlene Weston handled gifts. Inez Phelps and June Weston showed the trousseau room. Ozella Beck took moving pictures. Delores Weston and Mary Lynn Beck served guests with Ozella Beck in the kitchen. About ninety friends and relatives attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Beck
Ovid
Arlene Music
Beverly Weston
Anita Beck
Darlene Weston
Arlene
Inez Phelps
June Weston
Laketown
Delores Weston
Mary Lynn Beck
Ozella Beck
Loren Weston
Local and Personal Notes From Pocatello and Nearby
Glen Grimmett was a business visitor in Pocatello Monday. Mr and Mrs John Hoge and family spent the weekend in Salt Lake City. Mrs Vinnie Price left Tuesday for Ogden to visit with her son and other relatives. The Paris 1st Ward Relief Society met Tuesday with Mrs Inez Phelps of Ovid giving the literary lesson. A group of friends enjoyed a lawn party at the Bob Kerns home Saturday evening. Lyle Gertsch of Blackfoot spent the weekend with his parents, Mr and Mrs Smith Gertsch. Mr and Mrs Bobbie Dean Wilcox and family are visiting this week at the Elmer Wilcox home. Mr and Mrs Lindon Grandy and sons of Ogden visited recently at the Henry Grandy home. Mr and Mrs Ray Johnson and two sons of Ovid visited Sunday at the George Parker home. Mr and Mrs Owen Shepherd spent Sunday evening at the Ira Peterson home in Montpelier. Miss Gwen Collings of Rexburg spent the weekend with her parents, Mr and Mrs Joseph Collings. Mr and Mrs John F Davis of Orem Utah spent three days the past week at the Leon J Taylor home. Mrs Ivan Beck accompanied Mrs Frank Jensen of Garden City to Evanston Thursday to spend the day with Mrs Henry Shirley. Glen Ward accompanied by Hol Passey left Friday for the east where they will drive home and a new truck for Mr Ward.
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Pocatello
John Hoge
Salt Lake City
Vinnie Price
Ogden
Paris 1St Ward Relief Society
Inez Phelps
Ovid
Bob Kerns
Lyle Gertsch
Blackfoot
Smith Gertsch
Bobbie Dean Wilcox
Elmer Wilcox
Ivan Beck
Frank Jensen
Garden City
Evanston
Henry Shirley Glen Ward
Hol Passey
Ward
Arthur Bloorn
Keith Warner and Sons
Logan
Hugh Shepherd
Junior Sommers
Eldon Webb
Wm. Bateman
Brigham City
Paris
George Parker
St Charles Creek
Charles Stuck
Montpellier
Andrew Barfuss
Mary Anderson
Alva
Grover
Wyo
Jos. Collings
Chris Tueller
Glen Ward
Oakley
Milford Passey
Salt Lake
Carrie Passey
Mary E. Lewis
KR. R. Stevens
G. B. Hulme
Earl Gessions
Cogan
E. Hulme
Bountiful
R. R. Stevens
Pink and blue shower honors Mrs Sorenson in Russell home
Mrs Darrell Sorenson's baby shower was held at the Russell Sorenson home with 33 ladies present. Gifts for Elna Gay were exchanged and refreshment served. Attendees included Irene Beck and other out of town guests. A tea by Mrs Rice Beck followed.
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Dewey Johnson
Larry
Irene Beck
Pocatello
Darrell Sorenson
Russell Sorenson
Elna Gay
Burdette Pugmre
Carrio Pugmira
Carre
Ida Sorenson
Daugh Boy
Amon
Emerson School Spring Festival At Fielding High
Emerson School presents its annual Spring Festival Friday evening April 27 at 8 o'clock in the Fielding High School auditorium. The program features dancing and singing with public invitation.
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Emerson School
Fielding High School
New Selective Service Rules Change Calls Induction Order
A revised Selective Service regulation outlines a new order for drafting registrants. Priority starts with delinquents aged 19, then volunteers under 26, followed by non-fathers 19 to 26 and fathers 19 to 26, then men over 26 with extended liability, and finally registrants aged 18 years and six months to 19. Idaho officials say current quotas can be met from the non-father group indefinitely.
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Selective Service
Idaho
Bear Lake 89ers Plan Erection of Highway Sign
The Bear Lake Basin 89ers Club met at the Hotel Burgoyne in Montpelier with about fifty attendees to plan a highway sign near the Ovid junction directing traffic through Bear Lake Valley on highway 89. A committee led by Ellis Barnett was named to raise funds from local businesses and coordinate the project with Highway 89 International Association officials present.
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Bear Lake Basin
Hotel Burgoyné
Montpelier
Mark Pugmire
Frank Sorgatz
Ovid
Bear Lake Valley
Ellis Barnett
Garth Carlson
Gus Rich
Jack Ryan
Highway 89 International Association
Roy Stewart
Bentley Mitchell
Martin Cantwell
DeVere Michaelsons Visit as Local News Highlights
The DeVere Michaelsons of Goda Springs visited town last week. The Sunday service in the ward chapel drew a good crowd for children’s words and music. Stake Board members and local residents attended events and visits to Logan and Provo.
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DeVere Michaelsons
Goda Springs
Ward Chapel
Stake Board
Alice Rich
Elva Satterthwaite
Juannita Loveland
Maurine Pulley
Florence Matthews
Gail Rich
Verona Bunderson
Lauriel Hairup
Ruel Monson
Lovell Booth
Doris
Logan
Lids Hospital
Delbert Hymens
Dennis Atkins
Provo
Theodocla
Gladys Cleveland
Ada Pugmire
Bcgiis
Fielding High School
Billie Pugmire
Junior Pugmire
Paris
Barbara Kitchens
C. Andrew Clark
City Declares Clean-Up Day For April Twenty-Eight
The City Council designates Saturday, April 28 as a spring clean-up day with free rubbish haul-away. Residents should place all rubbish in containers at the roadside in front of their homes. a truck will collect and haul them away in the afternoon.
Barfuss Family Adopts Swiss Girl in Midvale Utah
Heidi a 14 month old from a Swiss nursery home joins the Joseph A Barfuss family in Midvale Utah. Adoption negotiations began about 16 months ago when Mrs Barfuss brother George DeVon Barton was on a mission in Switzerland. The Barfuss have another child Larry and Utah law restricts adoption to homes without existing children.
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Heidi
Switzerland
Joseph A. Barfuss
Midvale
Utah
Joseph
Andrew Barfuss
Paris
Local Social and Visiting Notes Amid Weekend Travels
Arthur Bloorn listed among the sickest this week. Logan hosts include Mr and Mrs Keith Warner and sons on Saturday. Ogden and St Charles Creek houses receive multiple visitors as locals travel for business and family calls.
Local Socials Highlight Idaho Utah Visits and Model UN Trip
Mr and Mrs Carl Norris and family visited Soda Springs and Dean Pugmire and Glenn Price homes. Frank Earley and party called on Beaver Dam residents Thomas Weston. North Rich High School delegates Dale Weston Conrad Irwin Brent Weston Laurel Whittington and McKay Weston attended the Model United Nations Assembly in Salt Lake City in April 2021. The event offered a rich learning experience on Cyprus and Arab Israeli issues with benefit to Utah students. Howard Lamborn supervised the boys with Mrs Lamborn joining the city trip.
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Carl Norris
Soda Springs
Idaho
Dean Pugmire
Glenn Price
Frank Earley
Beaver Dam
Utah
Thomas Westons
Joseph Harley
Dale Weston
Conrad Irwin
Brent Weston
Laurel Whittington
McKay Weston
North Rich High School
Galt Lake
Elizabeth Loertscher dies in Montpelier after fifty five years
Mrs Elizabeth Zmutt Loertscher a longtime Montpelier resident died Monday in a local hospital Born August 6 1878 in Switzerland she married Gottlieb Loertscher May 7 1897 they moved to America in 1901 and joined the LDS Church Surviving children include Mra G W H Berg Salt Lake Mra H A Peters Downey Calif and Gottlieb Loertscher Salt Lake among many grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p.m. in the Montpelier ward chapel
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Elizabeth Zmutt Loertscher
Montpelier
Switzerland
Christian and
Ellizabeth Ischer Zmutt
Gottlieb Loertscher
America
Loertscher
Fred
Ernest Loertscher
Eugene Loertscher
Long Beach
Calif
John Loertscher
Geneva
Fred Bergen
Grass Valley
Magdalene Hermann
Montpelier Yard Ward Chapel
Powelson Allred Wedding in Montpelier Utah
On April 14 at the home of Mr and Mrs Reed Jensen in Montpelier ay J Allred and Beth Powelson united in marriage performed by Bishop Frank Allrsoni The groom is son of Fenton R Allred Paris and the bride daughter of EK Faddis American Fork Utah Attendants included the couple’s families and local relatives After a short honeymoon they will reside in American Fork Utah where Mr Allred is employed Also noted a separate item about Miss Beatrice Bell dislocating her elbow and a bridge club gathering hosted by Mrs Orlean Innes with prize winners.
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Reed Jensen
Montpelier
Ay J. Allred
Beth Powelson
Frank Allrsoni
Fenton R. Allred
Paris
EK. Faddis
American Fork
Utah
Jack Young
Lyman 8. Sparks
Idaho
Alfred
Local Happenings in Fish Haven Community
Mr and Mrs Raymond Roberts visited in town Saturday calling on Mr and Mrs Alfred Howell. Montpelier shoppers included Dell Loveland Carol Howell and others. Families traveled to Ogden Logan Fielding and Pleasant Grove Utah for visits and events. Primary conference Sunday featured talks by Dave Malcolm June Loveland and Clores Jensen with the theme That Ye May Bring Souls Unto Me.
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Raymond Roberts
Alfred Howell
Montpelier
Dell Loveland
Carol Howell
Geraldine Shirley
June W. Loveland
Drucilla Wilkes
Ray Stock
Reuben Stock
Ogden
Earl Pugmire
LaMont Scofield
Logan
Arthur Shirley
Heber Stock
Prof Roy Shires Headlines Montpelier Wrestling Card
Prof Roy Shires from New York City, booking out of Salt Lake City, headlines a Montpelier High School wrestling card on Monday night April 30 under the American Legion Post. He faces Vern Taft in a 2 out of 8 falls one hour bout, with Henry Lenz meeting Yvonne Que met in a second heavyweight contest. Wrestling starts 8:30 p.m. admission is 125 for adults with no reserved seats.
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Roy Shires
New York City
Salt Ake City
Montpelier
American Legion Post
Shires
Montpellier
Vern Taft
Salt Lake City
Henry Lenz
Alaska
Yvonne Quemet
Fine Arts Club Hostess Receives Meeting at Paris Home
Mrs Allen Stephens hosted the Fine Arts Club at her Paris residence on April 16. Rex Haddock presented a travelogue with colored slides after two months touring Europe. The event was sponsored by Mrs Morris B Athay with numerous members in attendance.
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Allen Stephens
Paris
Rex Haddock
Fielding High School
Haddock
Europe
Morris B Athay
Lothair
Eldon Mattson
Ford K. Jaussi
G . Crawford
Arlin R. Pugmire
Raymond H. Webb
T Jay Nelson
Bert E. Stephens
Athay
Community Socials and Celebrations in Bloomington Area
A recap of gatherings and visits around Bloomington includes Mrs Mary Ann Payne and guests visiting Brigham City and Montpelier, a birthday party for Bobbie Findlay with many friends, medical care for Steven Piggott at Bear Lake Hospital, and multiple visits among families from Clearfield Perry and Thayne. Local clubs like the MIA and Home Arts Club held meetings with readings and book reviews, and Elizabeth Hart celebrated a seventh birthday with a large turnout of classmates and relatives.
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Home Arts Club
Merra Bee
Blanche Piggott
Mary N Miles
Arundel
Nadine Nelson
Vera Dunford
Lois Thomas
Vera Haddock
Margaret Painter
Cleone Payne
Nola Haddock
Lark Bateman
Emma Progue
Darlene Haddock
Alaire Hart
Edyth Ward
Gladys Jacobson
Eugene Hart
Elizabeth
Susan Thomas
Lana Lee Payne
Wayne Painter
Bobbie Findlay
Paula Haddock
Brent
Haddock
Heber Dunford
Susanne Ward
Roger Ward
Max Bunderson
Tonys Reese
Elizabeth Hart
Shirley Jacobson
Libbie Jane Bateman
Elaine Piggott
Karma Hart
Vickie Reese
Mike Stone
Jay Ward
Steven Perkins
Karen Findlay
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Elding
Glen Humpherys
Arvila Patrock
Leon J Taylor
Bear Lake
Bloomchapel
Mildred Cook
Marie Ward
Nadine
LaNae Hirschi
Nora B. Stevens
Ann Haddock
Karen Weston
Mitte
Mrs. Weston
Hat Vallentine
Ruth Pugmire
Ezra J. Poulsen
Mihi
Mount Monticello
Paria City
Morgan Rich
Harriet Rich
Charles C
S Valley
Bear River
Charles C Rich
Apostle Rich
Bloomington
PTA
Pugmire
EBORN
O H Grimmett
Verona Stevens
Alvina Shepherd
Leora Taylor
Ruby Lewis
Lucille Rogers
Annie Price
Naomi Grandy
Grace Smedley
Alfred Parker
Roy, Utah
Dorothy Jean
Alfred Parkers
Colorado
Arizona
California
Liberty
Sharon
Trousseau Tea
Glen Grimmett
Ovid News
Mesdames Leora Taylor
Theressa Rich
Fern Beck
Lillian Beck
Pearl Bateman
St. Charles
Elwood Parker
Willard Hansen
ST. Charles News
Joseph Barfuss
Laketown News
Elizabeth Loertscher
Powelson
Allred
Beverly
Garna Smedley
Margaret Rich
Beatrice Bell
Orlean Innes
Mona Shepherd
Lynn Kerns
Winnie Stevens
Dorothy Watterson
Inez Tunks
Edna Long
Dorothy Varner
Fish Haven News
Fine Arts Club
Mary Ann Payne
Lee
Truman Payne
Raymond Payne
John Findlay
Bobtie
Pawa Haddock
Brent Haddock
Tanya Reese
Steven Piggott
Thomas Piggott
Bear Lake Hospital
Earl Sessions
Julia Ann
Clearfield
T. Jay Wesson
Cyril Jacobson
Wesley Osmond
Rex
Leona
Perry
Thayne
Wescoe Osmond
MIA
Charles Piggott
June Haddock
Blake Hart
Wayne Budge
Larry Jausai
Niel Morgan
Alvin Curleas
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