iS AWARD CE FRIDAY
Friday night marks the close of fundraising for the Playground project. The Lions Club and local groups have sponsored raffles and prizes from firms like Kaiser-Frazier, General Electric, and others. Citizens praise the effort and urge continued support for safer play facilities for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dent Glen Grimmett
Lions Club
Nunitizens
Cub
Paris
Ouse
Kaiser-Frazier Corp
Bower & Light
Local Visitors and Travel Notes From Montana to Utah
A string of social visits and travel mentions across towns including Montpelier Paris Logan Lehi and Ogden. The record notes Mra Frank Nye Jothy Tueller Mrs Clifford Pearce Lara Mrs Milford Passey Conda Nedra and Janice Finch Mrs Oman Mrs Ira Law Marian Parker and Sargent Rich visiting or traveling, with Loyal and family and Duane H Hansen tied to Weber College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Nye
Wm. Nye
Montpelier
Jothy Tueller
Paris
Clifford Pearce
Lara
Johnger
Dorothy Tueller
Monday
T L. Varner
Soda Springs
Milford Passey
Conda
Nedra
Janice Finch
Beck and Daughters
Jean
Oman
Logan
Ira Law
Montalled
Charles d
Marian Parker
J. Rich
Salt Lake
Hls
Sargent Rich
Mrs. Laura Parker Dies in Ovid After Illness
Laura Marie Parker 55 wife of Charles Parker of Ovid died Friday after several months illness. Funeral held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Ovid ward chapel with Bishop James Olsen presiding. Born May 10 1834 at Ovid she taught in Bear Lake valley schools for 27 years and in the Ovid schools. Active in church and civic affairs she served in Relief Society Primary boards ULMIA and legion auxiliary. Surviving: her husband and two sons Verlyn Parker of Ovid and DeRay Parker of Salt Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Marie Parker
Charles Parker
Ovid
Ovid Ward
James Olsen
Parker
Carolyn Neilsen
Census Takers Near May 1 Finish for Bear Lake Caribou
Census canvassing in Bear Lake and Caribou counties for the 1950 count nears completion under crew leader Phil Tunks. Population housing and agriculture censuses mostly finished. only callbacks and tough-area information remain. Final totals await May release with urban areas potentially growing and rural declines noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Lake
Carbon
Phil Tunks
Tunks
Caribou
Bear Lake County
Caribou County
Washington
Bureau of the Cenana
Fielding High shines at Fifth District Music Festival
Fielding High School music department earned solid results at the Fifth District Music Festival in Prenton. Soprano soloists Marion Lyon and Elna Brown rated I, mezzo soprano Mattie Hildt and Joleen Roberts rated II, baritone Kent Poulsen I, Elwin Roberts II, trumpet Lynn Budge I, girls trio Elna Brown Ruth Ann Smart Marilyn Grimmett I, boys and girls glee and band entries earned various ratings with Division I required for state event in Pocatello May 4-6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fielding High School
Prenton
Webb
Marion Lyon
Elna Brown
Mattie Hildt
Joleen Roberts
Kent Poulsen
Elwin Roberts
Lynn Budge
Ruth Ann Smart
Marilyn Grimmett
Pocatello
Fielding High School Band and Chorus Concert
Laketown welcomed Fielding High School music groups led by Raymond Webb on April 20. The band delivered an excellent performance and the choir impressed attendees including many northern villagers and Webb's Laketown neighbors. Elaine Woffendin of Garden City is Webb's wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laketown
Raymond Webb
Fielding High School
Laketown Recreation Hall
Raymond
Social notes from Bloomington area personalities and visits
Bloominton residents record a flurry of visits and small gatherings. Dwendel Peterson seeks medical care in Salt Lake while Thomas Cheney visits from Provo with family. Several locals travel to Logan Preston and Grace. Rook club meets at Peter Ward's. Fielding High School Music members tour Preston. various hosts welcome guests from Montpelier Randolph Paria and Law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwendel Peterson
Salt Lake
Peterson
Thomas Cheney
Provo
Ben Bateman
Vera Haddock
Hilma Bateman
Ruth Pugmire
Ssr Charles
Hattie Vallentine
Carol Ward
Paris
Betty Spencer
Garden City
Louis Peterson
Georgetown
Fred Briscoe
Lucille Hulme
Logan
Lloyd Derricott
Julia Nelson
George Piggott
Grace
Arden Bunderson
Glen Ward
Paria
William Bee
Laketown
Ralph Findlay
Rook Club
Peter Ward
Ida Ward
Violet Nelson
Otis Bateman
George Painter
Victor Reese
Bryan Haddock
Alma Findlay
Jefferson Dunford
Delorn Nelson
Ward
Fielding High School Music Department
Preston
Roy Jacobson
Montpelier
Nellie Jacobson
Merlin Stevens
Alice Reay
Claude Reay
Randolph
William Piggott
Relief Society
Tabernacle
Bessie Jacobson
Lula Reese
Deltha Painter
LaRae Piggott
Pearl Patterson
Lauriel Thornock
Hila Stevens
Mazie Bohi
Clearfield
Bear Lake Opens for Fishing May 1 With Reciprocal Licenses
Wishermen await May 1 opening of Bear Lake fishing. Idaho and Utah licenses honored on the lake by mutual agreement. Ice broke up April 14 after a 73 day freeze. Many boys with motor boats plan trolling the east side for big mackinaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Lake
Idaho
Utah
City proclaims May 6 as Clean-up Day in Paris
The City Council designates Saturday May 6 as Clean-up Day. Rubbish in old containers set by the roadside will be hauled away free of charge. Residents are urged to clean up premises to use the city’s complimentary haul-away service on this day only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Keith Stalder Weds Louisiana Girl in Military Wedding
Keith Stalder and Misa Pauline OCallaghan were married at Fort Warren Air Base Wyoming in a military ceremony. The bride wore navy blue and carried white carnations. Attendants included Pic Marlene Stillitano and Pfe John Leslie Woodcock. The couple honeymooned at Estes Park and returned to base. Keith is a 1948 Fielding High School graduate and Navy WAVES member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fish Hayden
Goff Stalder
Keith
Misa
Pauline “O'Callaghan
J. H. O'Callaghan
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Fort Warren Air Base
Wyoming
Pic
Marlene Stillitano
Air Force
Pfe John Leslie Woodcock
Orange Texas
Marlene
Chaplin Kerhn
WAF
Estes Park
Denver
Colo
Fielding High School
Idaho University, Southern Branch
Pocatello
Pavilion Calendar Dates List
Calendar notes list events from April 28 to May 19 with a Paris Liong Club entry. Mentions May 2 May 6 May 12 and May 19 and a MIA stake. Indicates high school activities and open events in a scattered OCR fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Liong Club
Lanark Lady Emerson PTA Elects Officers
Emerson PTA held its April meeting electing officers led by President Mrs Warren Passey and 1st Vice President Mrs Norman Roberts with Ralph Roghaar as 2nd Vice President and Mrs Letha D Madsen as Secretary Outgoing president Melinda Wyler received a gift for service The school band performed a music program The PTA donated 100 to the Lanark Lions Club for playground equipment and 200 to the school board to aid playground construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Pta
Warren Passey
Norman Roberts
Ralph Roghaar
V. Praf
Letha D. Madsen
Melinda Wyler
Emerson
PTA
Parla Lions Club
Bazaar Postponed to May at Paria Furniture Store
The First Ward Bazaar and Food Sale planned for Friday April 28 is postponed due to conflicting events. The Bazaar and Flood Sale now take place May 12 and 13 at the Paria Furniture Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paria Furniture
Fielding High PTA Formed With New Officers
A PTA was formed at Fielding High School during a meeting of interested parents and teachers. Mrs. Paul Haddock of Bloomington was elected president, Effie Stock of Fish Haven vice president, and Weldon Grandy of Paris secretary-treasurer. A hot lunch program is hoped for next year, with the group meeting on May 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Fielding High School
Paul Haddock
Bloomington S
Effie Stock
Fish Haven
Weldon Grandy
Paris
University of Idaho and Sears Offer 25 Agriculture Scholarships
The University of Idaho and Sears Roebuck will award 25 $100 scholarships for freshmen in the College of Agriculture at Moscow for the 1950-51 year. Scholarships consider agricultural experience, background, scholarship, character, and need. Applications due May 15, 1950, with a handwritten 800 word theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Idaho
Sears, Roebuck and Company
College of Agriculture
Moscow
University
Sears, Roebuck
College of Agriculture, Extension Service
State Department of Vocational Education
Stake Mia Music Dance Festival At Bear Lake Tabernacle
The Bear Lake Stake MIA presents its second annual Music and Dance Festival on Tuesday evening in the tabernacle at 8 p.m. Eleven numbers will be performed with a large MIA chorus finale. Afterward a pavilion exhibition of dances will be shown. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Lake Stake
MIA
Tabernacle
Pauline Cox and Bernell Whittington Married in Blackfoot
Pauline Cox of Paris and Bernell Whittington of Garden City united in marriage April 1 at Blackfoot. The couple will continue to operate the Hotel Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Cox
Paris
Bernell Whittington
Garden City
Blackfoot
Whittington
Hotel
Gov Robins to Guest at Lions Banquet Friday
Idaho Governor C A Robins will be guest speaker at a Paris Lions Club banquet in the Em erson gym Friday evening at 6 30 as part of a two month appeal for playground equipment. He will attend with Lions District Governor Roland Weiser Rexburg and cabinet members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Robins
Idaho
Bear Lake County
Emerson Gym
Paris Lions Club
Robins
Liong International
Dist
Roland Weiser
Rexburg
Lion
Glen Grimmett
Governor Robins
Burgoyne Hotel
Montpelier
North Rich High School to Present Play May 1
North Rich High School will stage The Charming Intruder in Laketown Ward Hall on Monday May 1. Nancy Siddeway stars as Priscilla with Robert Wood as Martin in a three act comedy of a second wife and a bewildered family. Director Beverly Johansen leads a cast including Alice Robinson LuJean Earley Margaret Willis Aileen Kearl Allan Wahlstrom Leland Wood Carolan Willis Wayne Willis for a full evening of laughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laketown
North Rich High School
Martin Cunningham
Priscilla
Nancy Siddeway
Robert Wood
Martin
Alice Robinson
LuJean Earley
Margaret Willis
Aileen Kearl
Allan Wahlstrom
Leland Wood
Carolan Willis
Wayne Willis
Beverly Johansen
Laketown Ward Hall
Beloved Husband and Father Remembered by Sleight Family
The Sleight family expresses thanks to all who assisted during illness and death, honoring their husband and father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Mra Maria Cole dies in Salt Lake City age 76
Maria Stucks Cole died at 11 p.m. at her daughter’s home in Salt Lake City after a life spent in education and religious service. Born April 22, 1877, in Paris Idaho, she taught school, married Walter C. Cole in 1901, raised six children, and served as a librarian for 83 years. Funeral planned in Paris. Also note: a baby boy born Tuesday to Durward and wife at Bear Lake Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Cole
Russell Nate
Salt Lake City
Maria Stucks Cole
John A
Jane Butler Stuck
Paris
Idaho
Bear Lake Stake Academy
Fielding High School
Raligion
Bear Laks
Heber C. Keetch
Karl G. Maeser
Paris First Ward
Atake
Downey
Preston
Richfield
Utah
Relief Society
Lbrarian
Paris 2Nd Ward
Emma Clayton
Montpelier
Russell Athay
Louann
Logan
John Price
Fred Price
Miranda Rich
Provo
Dale Richards
Myrtle Richards
Soda Springs
Lloyd Passey
Carrie Passey
Irwin Gabler
Salt Lake
Spencer H.rich
Taft Budge
Ads Budge
Cyril Budge
Reed Jensen
Fenton Allred
Charles Law
Scott
Pocatello
Susan
van Nelson
Bear Lake Hospital
LaMar Davis
Blackfoot
Richard L. Williams
Charles Inco
Intade
Leo Minnay- In
Local and Personal News Highlights Arrange Weekend Visits
Reports from the region list numerous Logan and Montpelier visits. Families including the Athay, Price, Rich, Gabler, Budge, Allred, Nelson, Davis, Williams, and Minnay families are noted with weekends, health updates, and a newborn in Pocotello.
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Vanes
Vallentines
Wm. Lauritzen
California
Kenyon Wilkes
Ogden
Emil Grandy
Lam Horlacher
Daughte Ray
Hzra Hoge and Son
Saltty
Duane H. Hansen Brent
Harley Hansen
Ray- Vena
Duane
Weber College
Rollo Nye
Bloomington
Billie Bee
Husband
T. L. Varner
Keith Varner
Wm Vallentine
Earl
Dorothy Jean Smith
Delberth
Stanford BD. Rich
Mr Rich
Montana
Rich
Louisa Grimmett
Sara G. Hoge
Asa Athay
Bettie Spencer
Mexico
Leona
Alice Moats
Lark Bateman
Bertha Hoge
Lillie Lauritzen
Ethel Jensen
Theresa’ Rich
Anona Grandy
Lilias Grimmett
Lucille Rogers
Pauline Whittington
Jean Grimmett
Amy Athay
FHS
Keith Stalder
Bruce Bryner
Cedar City
Laud Ringel
Maurice Barnett
Payson
Barnett
Eliza B. Cook
Lynn Shepherd
Hamily Rich
Naomi
Cook
Bridge Club
Emma Shepherd
Mesdames Orlean Innes
Inez Tunks
Audrey Monson
Edna Shepherd
Lucile Crawford
Parent-Teachers Form Association
Fielding High
O. H. Grimmett
Marilyn
W. Smith Hoge
James Bruce
Stake Mia
Gov. Robins
Lucy Poulsen
Clarence Rasmussen
Laura Findlay
Milin Findlay
D. C. Rich
Beth West
Mary Ann
Aston Chase
Ann Milden
Charles Goebel
Idaho Congress of Parents and Teachers
Bannock Hotel
ST. Charles
Durward Williamson
Bear Lake Memorial Hospital
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