Youths Barely Escape Death in Auto Accident
In Garden City Utah two Montpelier youths Edward Sutter and Alfred Parker escaped serious harm after their car swerved to avoid oncoming traffic and crashed in a ditch. Sutter suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries while Parker endured skull fracture a broken arm pelvic fractures and other internal injuries. Both were rushed to Bear Lake hospital in Montpelier.
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Garden City
Utah
Edward Sutter
Alfred Parker
Montpelier
Ideal Beach Resort
Bear Lake Hospital
Sutter
License Plate Sales Mixed as August Totals Rise
County Assessor James Transtrum reports license plate sales ahead of last year with most types sold, but total revenue lower at 11,323 versus 24,002.20 in 1938. As of August 1, 1,403 passenger plates sold, compared to 12,847 in 1938. Transtrum asks locating owners to return stray plates to the assessor’s office for rightful ownership.
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James
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Transtrum
Ed Bissigger Dies Sunday in Montpelier
Edward H. Bissigger, 49, of Montpelier, after a year long illness from a stomach ailment, died Sunday July 31. Survived by widow Lottie, daughter Jeanne of Holbrook, and parents Adolph and Mrs Bissigger. Funeral held Wednesday at First Ward Chapel in Montpelier.
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Edward H. Bissigger
Montpelier
Moose
Lottie Bissigger
Jeanne
Holbrook
Arizona
Adolph Bissigger
First Ward
Singing Mothers Program at Bear Creek Tabernacle
The Bear Take Stake Singing Mothers with valley musicians present a Sunday program at the tabernacle. Dedication O Bread of Life Singing Mothers reading Alice S Christensen cornet solo Archie C Shepherd By The Bend of the River Annie Laurie Xylo phone solos Mary N Johnson organ solo Ruby Bolton violin solos Shirl E Cook Sanctua The program starts at three o'clock Sunday afternoon and admission is free to the public.
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Tabernacle
The
Bear Take Stake Singing Mothers Organization
O Bread of Life
Reading
Alice S Christensen
Archie C. Shepherd
Bend of the River
Annie Laurie
Mary N. Johnson
Ruby Bolton
Shirl E. Cook
Dingle Woman Called By Death
Funeral services held in Dingle for Sarah Jane Sparks who died at her daughter’s home in Cokeville. Born May 23 1856 in Utah, she was the last surviving Grimmett child and widow of Fred Sparks. Surviving children include Bertram Dayton George Alice Nate Charles Nelson Alpert Lewtin and others. interment in local cemetery.
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Dingle
Sarah Jane Sparks
Elmo Dayton
Cokeville
Utah
John
Sarah Passey Grimmett
Fred Sparks
Bertram Sparks
George Sparks
Alice Nate
Charles Nelson
Homecoming Planned for Fielding Alumni by Bear Lake Stake
On September 2 the Bear Lake Stake M I A sponsors a Homecoming for Fielding Academy and Fielding High School alumni. Class reunions and renewing friendships fill the day, ending with a sunset pageant on the academy ruins. A alumni organization will be formed and a grand feast closes the celebration.
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Bear Lake Stake M. I. A
Fielding Academy
Fielding High School
White and Yellow Lines Mark Highway Dangers
Ida ho highways will replace double yellow markings with white and yellow lines to indicate danger on hills and curves. Director H R Flint says the white line beside the yellow center stripe warns drivers not to cross into opposite lanes. The change starts on main roads and will extend statewide for clearer danger signaling. Mr and Mrs Chase Pond are visiting Ketchum Jidzho for a teachers conference.
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Idaho
H. R. Flint
Flint
Haei
Chase Pond
Ketchum Jidzho
Mr.Pond
4-H Club Exhibit at Bear Lake County Fair Montpelier
Bear Lake county 4-H members prepare exhibits for the county fair in Montpelier August 24 25 26 with girls showcasing clothing and sewing livestock judging and demonstrations on August 23 7 30 p m The boys' clubs compete in livestock judging demonstrations and an add wing and fitting contest on August 25 Forestry and garden projects are planned with seeds twigs and leaves collected next week The 4-H program aims to teach practical and scientific home and ranch management skills to youth and receive community support
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4-H Club
Bear Lake County
Montpelier
Scouts Camp at Ideal Beach Draws King County Boys
The Boy Scouts plan a beach camp with about 200 boys expected to attend. Lou Roberts of Pocatello leads the event as tents go up on the shore and activities include boating bow and arrow target shooting campfire work and other scout duties.
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Boy Scouts
Utah
Lou Roberts
Pocatello
Inspecting Rapidly Maturing Experimental Pea Crop
A field man from Pacific Produce Distributors of San Jose, California, will arrive in Paris this Saturday to inspect rapidly maturing experimental pea plots in the valley. Local cooperation and farmer input have improved planting and cultivation. Peas are heavy and nearing harvest with potential profits from several hundred acres.
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Pacific Produce Distributors
San Jose
Califoria
Paris
General Rains End Six-Week Drought in Bear Lake Valley
General rains broke a six week drought in Bear Lake valley after a string of dry weeks. The heaviest rainfall fell Sunday afternoon through Monday morning, aiding grain and hay crops that suffered from the dry spell. Light showers occurred Monday with partial clearing by Tuesday.
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Bear Lake Valley
Passey Family Reunion Held at Fish Haven Resort
Fifty six Passey family members gathered at Stock Brothers Resort in Fish Haven on Monday for the annual Passey reunion. The event coincides with an upcoming July 31 celebration of Mrs. Passey's birthday.
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John Passey
Stock Brothers Resort
Fish Haven
Logan Woman Dies After Logan Hospital Stay
Mrs. Wilhelmina Charlotte Johnson Peterson 77 died Friday in Logan after illness. She had lived in the United States for 44 years and was married to Carl T. Peterson, who preceded her in death, in the Logan Temple in 1887.
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Logan
Wilhelmina Charlotte Johnson Peterson
Logan Hospital
Sweden
U. S
Carl T. Peterson
Logan Temple
Funeral services held for Augusta Fairchild of Oakley Idaho
Funeral services were held last Wednesday for Augusta Fredrica Fairchild 7 widow of Mosiah M. Fairchild Cassia county pioneer. Born in Denmark she died at her Oakley Idaho home after a lingering illness.
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Augusta Fredrica Fairchild
Oakley
Idaho
Mosiah M. Fairchild
Cassia County
Denmark
Haystack Fall Injures Paris Youth at Lanark Ranch
Harlan Eborn son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Eborn of Paris is hospitalized in Soda Springs with a broken hip and pelvis from a fall while stacking hay at the Cave Orr ranch in Lanark on Saturday.
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Harlan Eborn
Arthur Eborn
Paris
Soda Springs
Cave Orr Ranch
Lanark
Rich Family Reunion Plans at Fish Haven This Weekend
One of the region’s largest family reunions, the Rich family, invites members to gather at Fish Haven over the weekend. Wm. Scogings, former operator of Scoging's Auto Service in Paris, left last week for Idaho Falls where he will reside for the time being.
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Fish Haven
Wm. Scogings
Scoging
Paris
Idaho Falls
Radio Address Highlights Bear Lake Valley History
A. W. Shepherd’s KVNU log addresses Bear Lake Valley origins with a history of settlement led by Brigham Young and Charles Rich. He details the valley’s geography from Bear Lake to Paris and notes early industries and schools forming in 1863.
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Bear River Valley
Round Valley
Bear River
Idaho
Hal
Bear Lake Valley
Galt Lake City
Brigtom Young
Charles. O. Rich
Rich
Cache Valley
Franklin
Ache County
Mink Creek
Wasatch Range
Lib‘arty
Fish Haven
Paris
Ogden City
Tueller Family Hold Reunion
The seventh annual Tueller descendants reunion gathered about 224 members from five western states at Fish Haven Resort over three days. Activities included games, swimming, a bonfire program, family sheets exhibit, and a Sunday program with a loving cup awarded to the Gottlebb Tueller family of Smithfield. Officers elected: Abthold Tueller, president. Lewis Tueller, vice president. Helen Tueller Buhler, secretary. Visitors included Mrs. Wallace Teuscher and family of Kemmerer, Wyoming.
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Jacob Tueller
Fish Haven Resort
Gottlebb Tueller
Smithfield
Gramt
Lewis Tueller
Geneva
Abthold Tuelleer
Montpelier
Helen Tu
Ivor Price Sails For Home From New Zealand Mission
The Post receives a letter from Ivor Price son of Mr and Mrs J S Price Bloomington saying please stop sending the paper as he returns home soon after a two and a half year mission in New Zealand He will be met in Honolulu by his sister Miss Gwen Price Salt Lake City and they will spend time in Honolulu and at the San Francisco fair before returning home.
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Ivor Price
J. S. Price
Bloomington
New Zealand
Price
Honolulu
Gwen Price
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
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