Spartans Eliminate From Dist Meet In Final Games
Fielding Spartans drop two early games in the 5th District tournament ending their 1956 57 season. Montpelier game saw Fielding trail at half and 67 59 final. Soda at Bancroft sparked a late rally as David Hayes hit a long shot to seal a 38 37 region win.
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Spartans
Montpelier
Stocker
Duni
Jaussi
Grace Ithe
Missi
Panford
Ieice
Bocker
Ichaelson
Soda ‘S
Bancroft
Aints
Pepegnout
Paesiwe
Crea
Soda
David Hayes
Banda Rockland
Falls
Grace
Soda Springs
Local Cancer Training School to Hear Beadle in Pocatello
The twelfth annual area training school for key cancer workers will convene in Pocatello March 1 and 2 with George W Beadle, a California Institute of Technology biologist, as speaker. Idaho Division head Philip Dufford notes Beadle chairs the ACS Biology Division and its research advisory council. Public health official L. J Peterson will discuss cancer control programs.
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George W Beadle
Pasadena
Pocatello
Philip A Dufford
Idaho
American Cancer Society
Beadle
California Institute of Technology
O . Parker
Bear Lake County
Charles Parker
J B. Walton
L. A Price
Wesley Baker
Mirs Millie Crockett
H .A. Robinson
George A. Schoper
Jay P Merkley
Merrill J Sharp
Dean Packer
Blackfoot
Joseph F Mabey
Malad
O ' Call Pocatello
Aldon Tall
Rigby
L. J Peterson
Boise
State Board of Health
National Board
Dufford
OT Parker
Robinson
Schoper
Montpelier
Army of Cancer Workers
Grant ‘Hess
Marjorie Schlotterbeck
Finals set for Bear Lake explorers basketball meet Thursday
Final rounds of the Bear Lake Stake Division tournament head to Fielding High School gym at 7 30 pm. Paris 2nd faces Liberty Sharon in the title game while Garden City meets Paris 1st in the consolation. Earlier scores show Paris 2nd 48 Paris 1st 33 and Liberty Sharon 42 Bloomington 32.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fielding High School
Paris
Liberty Sharon
Garden City
Liberty
Paris Area Activity Calendar 1956 57 Highlights
A compact run of events including Stake Primary Preparations Leadership meetings and numerous club activities in Paris and surrounding areas from March to June. Notable items feature Lions Club parties Farm Bureau dances PTA events and student gatherings across Paris Lanark and St Charles.
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Stake
Paris Lions Club
High Priests
Paris
R.S
Farm Bureau
Lanark
R. S
St. Charles
Seminary
MTA
April Paria Lions Club
Dmerson Pta
MIA
Paris 2nd Ward Sponsors Evening of Basketball and Tumbling
The Paris 2nd Ward hosts an evening of basketball and entertainment at Fielding High School gym on Friday March 1 at 7 30 p m. A girls game features teams from Paris wards and a humorous fat men vs thin men contest is planned. Miss Patricia Robb’s Freshman girls PE class will perform fifteen minutes of tumbling supervised by Miss Robb and Darwin Vallentine. Proceeds go to the Second Ward Building Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris 2Nd Ward
Fielding High School
Paris
Patricia Robb
Miss Robb
Darwin Vallentine
Second Ward
Representative Grimmett Reports Busy Week at Legislature
O H Grimmett describes long days at the Idaho House, with bills debated and passed or killed. He notes candy and apples shared from associations during sessions, arrests of two reps, and key measures including a crime publication ban, a hotel tax proposal, a new Twelveth District, and a Veterans Welfare Commission approval.
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Banking Association of
Gem County
Higer
Idaho
Senate
Clark
Fremont
Jefferson
Madison
Teton
Veterans Welfare Commission
Fine Arts Club Hosts Review at Hart Home
Mrs Alfred B Hart hosted the Fine Arts Club at Mrs Sarah Hart’s Bloomington residence on Friday February 22. Kathryn Hulme’s The Nun's Story was reviewed by Mrs Arlin R Pugmire with many members and guests in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred B. Hart
Sarah Hart
Bloomington
Kathryn Hulme
Arlin R. Pugmire
Grant W Bateman
Bryan L. Booth
B. Crawford
Paul J Haddock
Bidon Mattson
Howard A. Mecham
T. Jay Nelson
Lothair
Red Cross Month Proclaimed by Mayor in Paris Idaho
Proclamation designates March 1957 as Red Cross Month urging citizens to contribute to the 1957 Red Cross campaign. Mayor Weldon E. Grady appeals to join the fellowship of good will and support Red Cross services for armed forces and disaster relief locally and worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Forces
Red Cross
United States
American Red Cross
Weldon E. Grandy
Paris
Idaho
Red Cross Drive Calls for 732 Dollar Local Quota
Local chapter reports total contributions of 50 dollars to Hungarian relief 45 dollars to flood aid and 30 dollars for Christmas gifts for servicemen while requesting a 732 dollar Paris Chapter quota for the coming drive March continues. Sharp Matthews is fund chairman and Margaret Passey cochairman with listed captains across several towns.
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RED Cross
National American Red Cross
United States
National Arc
High Seas
Paris
Sharp Matthews
Margaret Passey
Cochairman
Rex Mattson Elected New Ranger President at Gear Lake
Rex Mattson was elected the new president of the Gear Lake Rangers at a recent meeting. Other officers for the year include Walter Ward as Vice President Aldon Webb as Secretary Van Nelson as Captain Rex Vallentine as Lieutenant Vivian Nye and Ir Nye as Directors.
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Gear Lake Rangers
Rex Mattson
Reed Hymas
Walter Ward
Aldon Webb
van Nelson
Rex Vallentine
Vivian Nye
Ir Nye
Bear Lake County Seeks Farmers for Conservation Reserve
Farmers may sign contracts to place cropland in the Conservation Reserve through March 15 1957. Eligible land must not be in crops, and acreage reductions apply. Contracts run 8 to 5 years for existing cover, 5 to 10 years for new cover, or 10 years if trees are planted. Initial payment up to 80 percent plus $8.50 per acre annually.
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Bear Lake County
Conover Wright
Bear Lake Hospital Admits Group For February Listings
The Bear Lake hospital records show multiple admissions from February 19 to February 25 for medical and surgical cases. Names include Mrs. Kenneth Dimick Cokeville. Mrs. Stanley Wahlstrom Lake Town. Fred McKee Montpelier. DeAnn Booth Paris. Sharlene Brooks Cokeville. Mrs. Eugene Birch Cokeville. Mrs. Dean Perkins Montpelier. Samuel C Hall Gennington and Bennington. Tom Kvarne Bennington. Rev G K Kelley Montpelier. James Albert Payne Bloomington. Trudy Dayton Cokeville. Dixie Lloyd Alton. Mrs. Lewis Munk Georgetown. Mrs. Millard Rodeback Georgetown. Karla Stoddard Montpelier. Ernest Ray Hunter Montpelier. Mrs. Ben Bunderson Bennington. Ernest Waterlaus Montpelier. Several entries note medical or minor surgery with release dates in late February.
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Stanley Wahlstrom
Laketown
Fred McKee
Montpelier
DeAnn
Bryan Booth
Paris
Sharlene
Wilford Brooks
Cokeville
Eugene Birch
Dean Perkins
Samuel C Hall
Gennington
Bennington
Tom Kvarne
G@ KE. Kelley
James Albert Payne
Bloomington
Trudy
Milo Dayton
Dixie Lloyd
Alton
Lewis Munk
Georgetown
Millard Rodeback
Karla
Roger Stoddard
Bear Lake County Farm and Home Institute March 8
The Bear Lake County Farm and Home Institute will meet Friday March 8 at 1 30 p m in Montpelier First Ward. A joint meeting for men and women precedes separate department sessions with door prizes for both and a main prize in the opening department. Details to follow next week. Plan to attend the afternoon event.
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Bear Lake County Farm and Home Institute
Montpelier
Understanding 1957 Acreage Reserve Payment Rates for Wheat
Farmers learn how per acre payments are set by multiplying the county base unit rate of 1.07 dollars by each farm's normal wheat yield, with adjustments for county check yields and land productivity. The March 8 1957 deadline to sign Acreage Reserve agreements is noted.
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Bear Lake
Bear Lake County
United States
ASC
Births and hospital admissions list for Montpelier area
Multiple individuals from Montpelier and nearby towns are recorded as admitted to hospitals in February for medical or surgical reasons. Names include Crystal Hicks and Leo Jensen, with others from Georgetown, Soda Springs, Geneva, and St. Charles. Births: two boys and one girl reported in Kemmerer, Lanark, and Montpelier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Noland
Kemmerer
Wyo
Vyrin Orr
Lanark
Scott Tueller
Montpelier
Bear Lake Conference Schedule Saturday Sunday
The Bear Lake Stake quarterly conference convenes Saturday and Sunday March 2 and 8. A Welfare meeting for all Stake and Ward Welfare committee members and the Stake High Council is set for Saturday evening at 7 30 in the Paris Ward Chapel. General sessions are at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Stake Tabernacle. Public attendance urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Lake
Stake
Stake High Council
Paris 2Nd Ward
Stake Tabernacle
Fielding FFA Chapter Honors At Parents And Sons Banquet
The Fielding Chapter of the PRA held its third annual Parents and Sons Banquet February 20 in the high school gym with a baked ham dinner served by the Home Economics department. Glen Ward and James Transtrum received Honorary Chapter Farmer degrees with pins and weights. Talks were given by W. K. Matthews and Van Ness Wallentine. Wallentine had previously earned Honorary Chapter Farmer and Honorary State Farmer degrees. President Robert Transtrum presided with chapter officers assisting.
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Fielding Chapter
PRA
Parents and Sons
Robb
Glen- Ward
James’ Transtrum
W. K. Matthews
van Ness Wallentine
Wallentine
Fielding
Robert Transtrum
Paris Students Enroll at Idaho State College
Three Paris area students join Idaho State College in Pocatello for the second semester. Enrollment runs through March 4, bringing total registrants to 2024. Names listed include Jeanine Lewis from Paris Samuel M Matthews from Ovid and Ivan Sleight.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Paris
Idaho State College
Jeanine Lewis
Ovid
Samuel M. Matthews
Ivan Sleight
Remembering Alf Shepherd and a Town’s Educational Vibe
Ezra J. Poulsen reflects on Alf oldtown leader Alfred Shepherd who traveled Europe and Washington DC. He honors Alf at his funeral and praises Bear Lake’s culture and future educational plans while noting visiting brothers David and Harold Shepherd of California.
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Alfred Shepherd
Alf
Paris
Idaho
Europe
Washington, DC
David
Harold Shepherd
California
Alfred
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