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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1951
Page
1
Fielding High Spartans defeated Montpelier Bears 35 to 33 in the Montpelier gym Wednesday night. The Jr Varsity also won 138 to 26. In Bancroft on Friday the Spartans beat Bancroft 60 to 41, securing fifth place in the league standings.
Rich High presents a line of evening shows including Chicken Every Sun at 7 30 pm Belle Starrs Dan Her at 7 30 pm It Happens Every Ping at 7 30 pm and Down to the Goa ffships at 7 20 pm Details showtimes and venues for each performance.
Don Grimes of Pocatello succeeds W. R. Horning as Game Conservation Officer for the Bear Lake territory. Horning has been transferred to Burley and expects to leave for the new headquarters about March 1.
Bear Lake county farmers may sign up for the 1951 Agricultural Conservation Program to improve soil and water resources. Chairman Wesley Dodge says participation involves no obligation but grants program assistance. past year about 200 farmers used ACP and helped secure food supplies for defense and civilians. Farmers share out of pocket costs while benefiting from erosion control and land improvement.
St Charles soldiers stationed at Fort Lewis Washington joined servicemen friends from Ovid Paria Bloomington and St Charles for a daylong gathering at the barracks. Notable attendees included Darwin Arnell Oral Arnell Kay Arnell Orval Anderson Don Hem mert Arhn Swenson Jay Allred and Lund Arnell son of Oscar and Mrs Arnell, formerly of St Charles now of Dingle.
Pairings for the Fifth District Class B basketball tournament open tonight with Fielding vs Aberdeen and American Falls vs North Marsh at American Falls. In Bancroft Grace faces Inkom and Bancroft meets Rockland. Losers meet losers, winners meet winners to trim field toward finalists.
Montpelier Bears travel to Montpelier to face the Preston Indians in their second league basketball game. Reports say the Bears open the class A tournament in Pocatello next Monday and meet Preston again in their first tournament game Tuesday afternoon.
Funeral services were held for Mary Jacobsen Dunford 76 formerly of Bloomington Idaho died Friday at her daughter’s home in Logan Utah due to age. Born June 4 1874 she moved to Logan in 1915 and was a nurse active in the church serving 25 years in Idaho as YWMIA president and Relief Society teacher. Survivors include seven children 16 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren along with siblings and extended family.
Milford Law and family extend an invitation to Bear Lake friends to visit their 200 acre farm four miles south of Columbia Falls Montana. They describe the area as beautiful pine covered country near Glacier National Park and within 120 miles of the Cardston Temple in Canada. They invite old Bear Lake friends to look them up and stay overnight or longer.
Funeral held in Richfield Idaho for Miss Sorenson 52 former Georgetown resident born in Georgetown Idaho. He married Eva Wyler in Salt Lake Temple. ten children born to the union nine survive. Relatives from Georgetown listed among attendees. Mentions of local visits and community club activities follow with several names and towns. Ronald Bird appointment to Finance Division noted with planned move to Washington DC in March.
Local Board No. 4 Bear Lake County announces March induction and physical exam calls. Eight men will be sent to Boise on March 5 for induction on March 6. Nine men will go to Boise for examinations on March 7.
Delano Findlay of Fielding FFA won second in the Southeastern Idaho FFA Public Speaking contest at Malad with six high schools in attendance. Marine Clegg of Grace won first. Findlay received a silver engraved medal and a Sheaffer pen and pencil set.
Kent Poulsen was judged winner of the oratorical contest sponsored by the American Legion Monday morning at the HS auditorium. Other contestants were Karen Stock, Ravenna Foyld and Daniel Hymas. Kent will represent Fielding High School in the District contest at Pocatello March 17.
Mrs DeEsta Windlay presents her pupils in a dance review on Saturday evening at 8 o clock in the Paris 1st ward chapel. Admission is free and the public is invited.
The Bloomington Ward Old Folks Party will be held on Saturday February 24 at the ward amusement hall. The program starts at 1:30 PM and a hot turkey dinner will follow. All married people are invited to attend the evening program and dance at 7:30 PM.
Comparative report of Endowment work in the Logan Temple for January by wards of Bear Lake Stake with totals from Liberty Bloomington St Charles Paris second Fish Haven Laketown Paris first Garden City Ovid Lanark Sharon and others. Stake day planned for March 1 with transportation through the genealogical committee. Bishop James Olsen presiding Alvin Beck conducting.
The Paris Pavilion lists events from March to May including Stake Gold and Green Ball on March 2 and dances at the Red and Gun Club on March 9. Fielding High School appearances occur March 23 and April 18 with additional open dates and a Bear Lake Rangera event on March 31.
Conservation officer Pete Hornung announces full Bear Lake fishing will begin Saturday March 8 with Utah portion opening then. The Idaho portion opened February 1, bag limit seven pounds plus one fish or twelve fish, and no fish under seven inches in possession. Live baits and salmon eggs are illegal. Closures include Idaho mouth of St Charles creek and Utah Swan creek mouth through July 1 plus a South Eden ranch area closed October 15 to December 15 for Mackinaw spawning.
The Fielding High School Freshman class presents a benefit program for the March of Dimes tonight at 8 p.m. in the auditorium. The theme is Forward March of Democracy with a television show feel and comic novelty numbers. Directed by Melinda Sparks. All contributions go to the polio fund.
Utah Power & Light reports 1950 construction expenditure surpassing 500000 dollars in southeastern Idaho and Cache Valley. Key project was a 23 mile high voltage line from Oneida hydro plant to Montpelier at 350000 dollars, plus 150000 for distribution upgrades. The five year program aims to add 185000 kilowatts by 1952 and improve transmission and service. The year added 5700 customers to reach 159000 with over a billion kilowatt hours used and residential use rising 129 kilowatt hours per customer. Average home consumption was 2707 kWh in 1950, about 70 percent higher than 1945, with rates among the nation’s lowest. Rural electrification also advanced as Utah Power neared completion of farm electrification efforts.
At a monthly meeting the Rainbow Rod and Gun Club voted to continue a magpie bounty if a feasible financial plan can be arranged. The state had paid 7 cents of a 12 cent bounty previously, but the program was halted in favor of trappers. If an arrangement is made, the club will proceed with a reduced per bird payout, with a committee to study the proposal.
Farmers must register workers and pay payroll tax under a new law effective January 1. The three percent rate is split between worker and employer, with funds credited to the worker for retirement at 65 and benefits. Workers must meet quarterly work and earnings requirements. penalties apply for nonpayment.
Bear Lake has not frozen this winter, according to Utah Power & Light Co. records from Camp Lifton. This is only the fifth time in 29 years that the lake stayed open all season, with prior open winters in 1934 35, 1938 39, 1940 41, 1945 46, and 1950 51.
The Fielding High School PTA will hold its regular meeting February 26 at the high school auditorium. A patriotic program includes a talk “Brotherhood for Peace and Freedom,” vocal numbers by Burdette Pug mire Emery Welling Kent Poulsen and Karen Stock who placed first and second in the American Legion Oratorical contest. Public invited.
He said the effort in extending rural distribution lines keeps pace with national utilities and that better than 97 percent of farms in the service area now have electricity or have it available.
Cyril Budge, Paris Chapter fund drive chair, lists ward chairmen and quotas totaling 725.00, up from last year. Projects include swimming instruction for 282 children and several first aid, home nursing, and Junior Red Cross programs.
Dr and Mrs J Hansen of Montpelier invite their married friends and all valley bachelors and maids to a birthday dance Monday Feb 26 at 8 pm in the aris.pas pavilion. They celebrate Dr Bansex onchie's sixth birthday with a short program and dancing afterward. No gifts requested.
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