Partans End Gue Play With 55 47 Victory
The Partans won 55 to 47 ending Gue's participation in the game. Final score favors Partans as the season’s play continues.
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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1953
Page
1
The Partans won 55 to 47 ending Gue's participation in the game. Final score favors Partans as the season’s play continues.
Artans have earned their 14th victory of a 20 game schedule and sit third in the 9am league as Schwab’s Fielding High rans eye continued success this season.
The Emerson PTA honored founding leaders at a Founders program on Wednesday at Emerson gym. The Emerson Band performed under Amond Webb, prizes from magazine subscriptions were awarded to Warner and Harvey Mat ons, and Ralph Roghaar received a life membership in the Congress of Parent-Teacher Association. The PTA gifted $110 for a Vic projector payment to Fourth Grade and bought an electric clock for their room.
The 5th District Class B basketball tournament starts Thursday at Grace and Aberdeen. Aberdeen Tigers defend title with North Gem Cowboys Bancroft as top threat. both teams have one league loss to each other. Schedule shows Feb 26 games at Grace and Aberdeen with matchups including Soda Springs Fielding Grace Bancroft and Aberdeen Rockland North Marsh Amer Falls Final standings list North Gem Bancroft 15 1 and Aberdeen 15 as leaders.
Mr. and Mrs. Parnell Johnson of Laketown announce the engagement of their daughter Janet to Dee Hodges, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hodges of Garden City. No definite plans for the future have been made.
The article outlines the need to recruit about 130 000 new farmers annually to replace those leaving the profession. It stresses that likely candidates are young men with early farming experience and training, and credits Vocational Agriculture and the FFA as key in preparing them for successful farming careers, with National FFA Week highlighting current students.
The Bloomington Old Folks party will be held Saturday February 28 starting at 1 p.m. The evening program will be at 7330 to which all married folks are invited.
Local and personal notes list visits and events across Rupert Pocatello Logan Montpelier Bern and Ogden. residents visiting relatives traveling for illnesses showers family gatherings and new homes. Names include Armatage Beck Peterson Stuck Price Ward Wallentine Tueller Kunz Bird Allred and others.
The Red Cross invites the community to a Feb 26 meeting at Fielding High School from 7 to 8 p.m. Mrs Myrtle Lytle from the Area office will speak. Three short films on Red Cross activities will be shown. Refreshments will be served by the chapter chairman and secretary.
Mrs. Delina Willis, Laketown's Grand Old Lady, celebrated her 92nd birthday on February 16 with a family dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs. Elijah C. Willis. Attending were Claude G. Willis, Mrs. John Dolson of Ogden, Austin Willis and family, American Fort Utah relatives, and Cheney family members from Clifton Idaho and Logan.
Funeral services for John T Barker were held February 13 at 1 p.m. in the St Charles ward chapel. The service featured opening song Jesus Lover of My Soul with choir, invocation, speaker Lothair Rich, duet Beyond the Sunset by Laurel and Norma Pugmire, speaker Fred J Price, Come Come Ye Saints by Bloomington quartet, Pres. L Burdette Pugmire, Abide With Me, and benediction by Chester Transtrum. Interment followed at St Charles cemetery with Stanley Mattson dedicating the grave.
The Barker family expresses heartfelt thanks to all who aided them during the long illness and death of their husband and father, Mrs. John T. Barker and Family.
The Cache National Forest Advisory Council met at the Logan Forest Service offices on February 19 to discuss national forest work. They reviewed the High Creek forest boundary extension, noted congressional approval is needed, and considered the Mt Naomi Wild Area proposal and funding for recreational improvements. Members present included Robert H. Stewart and others from Brigham City Ogden Logan Mantua.
Air Force officers from Paris St Charles Fish Haven Montpelier Bennington Geneva and Pegram explained the Ground Observer Corps in the U S Air Defense system at St. Charles ward hall last Tuesday. Attendees received a plastic altitude distance finder and viewed a military film One Plane plus plane slides. Local Observation Post supervisors in Fish Haven St Charles Paris Montpellier Bennington Geneva and Pegram were named.
Grover Cleveland read a life sketch of Shelley Edward Cleveland born June 8 1847 in Buffalo New York. He served in the Civil War at age 11 to 15 aboard the Ticonderoga under Captain Farragut survived a near drowning in the Mediterranean and later worked as a machinist and carpenter. He married Emma Brewer on May 14 1870 at Benton Center NY and moved to Denver Colorado before settling in St. Charles where he helped found the Hirst Old Folks Association and served as LDS chapel janitor until his death February 6 1929. His children included Elmer C Cleveland Stafford Cornell Cleveland and Willie Brewer Cleveland.
A $566 quota is set for the Paris Chapter American Red Cross annual drive starting March 1. Ward chairmen report confidence in reaching goals with varying local figures and most funds staying in the chapter for local disaster relief and community services. The balance goes to the National Red Cross for broader relief efforts.
Funeral services for Mrs. William Clark were conducted February 17 in the St. Charles ward chapel at 1 p.m. The program included songs Oh My Father and Calvary, with speakers James Bunderson Hortense Rich Niel Wilhelmsen and Bryan Booth. The grave was dedicated by Emery Welling and pallbearers named Hemmert Williamson Welling.
The Clark family expresses gratitude to everyone who aided during their recent bereavement and thanks friends for support and sympathy.
Local residents and visitors are listed with brief notes of where they visited or stayed. Names include Mr and Mrs Newel Lewis in Montpelier, Mrs Fenton Allred in Idaho Fats with Kay and wife, Elwin Herrick party at Etna Wye, Walter Bird on business in Montpelier, Mrs Frank Bartrome in Carson Taylor home, Mrs Archie Shepherd returning from California, Reed Jensen in Montpelier visiting her parents, Russell Athay and Don Stucki in Logan, James Whinham and baby from Ogden visiting in Montpelier, Jess Scheidegger and Alvin Curless at a dinner party, Fireside group gathering hosted by Miss Mary Jane Rich, Nile Matthews speaker in Logan, Sowing club at Verona Stevens with attendees Leora Taylor and others.
The Soil Conservation Service will handle field lay-out and practicability determinations for farmers applying for PMA payments. A staff engineer shortage is anticipated in 1953, prompting farmers to contact Jack Kennard or Joe Rowsell for on site inspections mapping and scheduling before field work begins. An irrigation plan with drawings must be prepared this year and on site visits will occur at the Montpelier district office on Mondays and Thursdays mornings.
Elwood Utah announces engagement of Carol Petersen daughter of Mr and Mrs William Petersen to LeRoy H Ward son of Mr and Mrs George Ward of Bloomington. Plans call for a spring wedding.
The Paris 2nd Ward Relief Society event at Emerson gym Friday evening hosted 182 attendees. The program under Evelyn Stucki and Emma Parker featured prayers by Cyril Budge, a dinner, performances by local artists, and a Harmony Hounds dance finale. Enthusiastic decorating by Ruth Vallentine and Ira Lewis complemented the red white and blue tables while families shared weekend visits from Wendell Idaho and Montpelier.
Leroy Wilkes 42 of St Charles died last Thursday morning from a heart attack while at the Eldon Mattson home. Born June 13, 1910, he spent life as a farmer and rancher. Survived by widow Velma, daughters Beverly Bonnie and Norma Webb, two brothers Burnell and Woodrow, half-brother Jack Stock. Funeral held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at St Charles ward chapel with services conducted by Bishop Rich.
Post Office issued guidelines for wedding birth and birthday notices. Handwritten or non date/address data marks mail as first class with 3c per ounce, regardless of seal. Small envelopes under 2 3/4 by 4 inches also require 3c postage. Mrs Ivan Beck and daughters Joyce and Jean visited Garden City with Mrs Henry Shirley and Mrs Frank Jensen.
The bulletin lists multiple admissions at Bear Lake Memorial Hospital from Feb. 17 to Feb. 23, including patients Merrill Brinkerhoff and Jim Toomer with medical and major surgery, Sally Lou Dayton and Kathleen Michaelson with medical and major surgery, plus several children. Birth announcements note three Montpelier births: two girls for Rex Bissegger and Marshall Bateman and a boy for Warren Wright on Feb. 17 and 21.
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