Montpelier Creek Diverted For Dam Construction Work
Montpelier Creek is diverted through the outlet conduit of the dam to allow Rogers Construction Co. to finish cut-off excavation and fill above the pipe. Backfilling proceeds at about 60 cubic yards daily with completion targeted in 35 days. Dam and reservoir operations for flood control and irrigation are planned to begin this fall.
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Montpelier
Montpelier Creek
Eldon Cook
Rogers Construction Co
Legion Auxiliary Meeting Names New Officers
Legion Auxiliary Unit 84 met at LaPriel Athay home Monday evening. Miss Linda Parker shared details of her Girls State experience. New officers installed were Vera Dunford president Jeannine Parker vice president Lillian Beck secretary Lauriel Athay chaplain and Fern Reese sergeant at arms. Refreshments followed.
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Unit 84
American Legion Auxiliary
LaPriel Athay
Linda Parker
Girls State
Vera Dunford
Jeannine Parker
Lillian Beck
Lauriel Athay
Fern Reese
Blood drive falls short of Montpelier quota
Narfety two pints of blood were donated at the semi annual Red Cross blood drawing held at A. J. Winters School in Montpelier last Thursday. The area quota was 150 pints and only 10 donors from west side communities participated. The county total for the year lagged behind the 800 pint goal by 11 pints. A three gallon pin was given to Ed Chadwell of Idaho State Police and gallons awarded to Nel Dean Williamson Carolyn Larsen and Keith Martindale.
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Red Cross
A. J. Winters
Montpelier
West Side
Ed Chadwell
Idaho State Police
Nel Dean Williamson
Carolyn Larsen
Keith Martindale
Red Cros Blood Program
Marian Nield
Ada Stucki
Jay-C-Ettes
Montpelier Mother’s Club
Eagle Scout Lavoy D Shepherd earns highest rank
Lavoy D Shepherd son of Sgt and Mrs Lavoy D Shepherd earned the Eagle Scout rank at a June 10 court of honor after earning 25 merit badges. The Shepherd family, then stationed on Okinawa, plans to travel to Mesa Arizona to visit relatives and arrive in Paris around July 15 for time with kin before Sgt Shepherd’s next duty station in Rome New York following four years on Okinawa.
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Lavoy D. Shepherd
Sgt. Shepherd
Rome
N.Y
Okinawa
Named to head Mormon Pioneer Trail Foundation
Wallentine C Booth Wallentine former Paris resident named president of the Mormon Pioneer Trail Foundation at Nauvoo Illinois annual meeting. He is Des Moines Iowa based director of radio and TV for the Iowa Farm Bureau and son of Van Ness Wallentine. The group aims to research develop and preserve the Mormon trek history and may seek national monument status. Bear Lake residents are invited to share local records with Wallentine at 521 Gist St West Des Moines Iowa 50265.
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C. Booth Wallentine
Paris
Mormon Pioneer Trail Foundation
Nauvoo
Ill
van Ness Wallentine
Logan
Utah
Wallentine
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau
Raeda McCammon
Georgetown
Pioneer Trail Foundation
Mountain West
Chambers of Commerce
Vallentine
Ilinois
Nebraska
Gist St
West Des Moines
Accident Totals Two Vehicles
An auto crash on U S 89 west of Montpelier involved Jack Stock and Vyrin K Orr. No injuries reported. Stock cited for driving under the influence. Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Department investigated.
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Jack Stock
Montpelier
Vyrin K. Orr
Paris
U.S. 89
Orr
Bear Lake County
Vernon G Robinson Dies After Long Illness at Laketown
Vernon G. Robinson 68 died after a long illness at his Laketown home. Born November 26, 1900, he wed Berlin Garrett July 27, 1932 in the Logan LDS Temple. He taught school, led Swan Creek Electric, and served as LDS bishop and missioner to the British Isles. Survived by widow, son W Garrett, daughters Verna Ferguson and Georgia Prince, Jeannette, four grandchildren, and several siblings. Funeral today at the Laketown Ward Chapel with burial in Laketown Cemetery. Trail, the Mormon Battalion.
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Vernon G. Robinson
Laketown
George Henry
Lucy Barker Robinson
Berlin Garrett
Logan
LDS Temple
University of Utah
University of California
Swan Creek Electric Co
Robinson
LDS Church
British Isles
W. Garrett
Los Angeles
Roger
Verna) Ferguson
Iowa City
Iowa
Donald
Georgia) Prince
Canoga Park
Calif
Jeannette Robinson
Wilford
Amos
Ella Harringston
Salt Lake City
Hazel Martin
Homewood
Ill
Grace Jasperson
Goshen
Lucille Robinson
Washington, D. C
LDS Ward
Trail
Mormon Battalion
Funeral Services Held for Craig Hansen Vietnam War Victim
Funeral services were held for Craig Hayes Hansen 24 of Soda Springs at the Soda Springs Stake Center. He died in action near the Cambodian border on June 20 while serving with U S forces. Hansen was a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints member and had served a mission in the northern states from 1963 to 1965. He graduated Fielding High School in 1962 and attended BYU before entering the armed forces. Survivors include his widow and parents, a brother on LDS mission in Los Angeles and a sister in Wayan.
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Pfe
Craig Hayes
Hansen
Viet Ee
Temple
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Paris
Bear Lake
Fielding High School
Pet ‘Young University
Pie Armed Service
Craig
National Honor Society
BYU
Boy Scouts of America
Soda Springs
Kirk L
Los Angeles
Calif
Sid
Cheryl) Thompson
Wayan
Soda Springs Stake Center
Ernest Payne Dies in Logan at 83
Ernest Payne 83 of Bloomington died June 25 in a Logan hospital of natural causes. Born September 18, 1885 in Bloomington, he was a farmer and retired Idaho State Dept. of Highways employee. Survived by wife Mildred and children James N. E., Aland S., Myrna Treese, Ruby Godfrey, 17 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren, and brothers Lott George town and Ascel. Funeral services were held at the Bloomington LDS Ward Chapel with interment in Bloomington Cemetery.
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Ernest Payne
Bloomington
Logan
Samuel
Lydia Kelsey Payne
Mildred Aland
Salt Lake
LDS Temple
Payne
Idaho State Dept. of Highways
Jamesne
Aland S
Richard
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Conduit
Legion Auxiliary Meets
ANG II
West Side Dipping Association
Ovid
Dipping Ass’n
Farrell Nielson
Dale Austin
La-Thair Peterson
Dave Parker
Darwin Vallentine
Boyd Woolstenhulme
Post Photo
Congress
V. G. Robinson
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