Mormon Battalion Pioneered Westward Road Through Desert
The text recalls the Mormon Battalion organized to build a direct road from Santa Fe to the West. It describes 1290 members marching about 200 miles to Salt Lake City, its role in mapping routes, moving war supplies, and later shaping land claims and fortifications along the Pacific Coast.
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Salt Lake City
Santa Fe
Desert
Cal
Mormon Battalion
P Coast
Hill
Los Angeles
Notable social visits and family gatherings listed
The column records assorted social calls and family visits from Kendall to Heber, Tacoma, and Los Angeles. Names include Dallan Athay, Rich, Jeanairs, Mra Louisa, Dale Dunn, Arch ti, Tyan Beck, and Mrs. Dallas family, with mentions of Paris and other relatives visiting or hosting over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vet Howell
Los Angeles
Mra
Louisa Iy
Bear Lake Ranger rodeo draws fair crowds over two days
The Bear Lake Ranger's Horse and Rodeo attracted fair crowds Saturday and Monday with a good show. July 4th Main Street parade drew many spectators, cars lined the four blocks, floats and Fielding band provided music, a strong wind gusted during the parade, and last minute fireworks were set off at the fair grounds Monday evening.
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Bear Lake
Main Street
Fielding Band
Fair Grounds
Producers to Vote on Wool and Lamb Program by August 19
The U S Department of Agriculture announces a referendum by August 19 on adopting a marketing development program for wool and lambs under the National Wool Act of 1954. Producers meeting voting eligibility may approve deductions from incentive payments to fund advertising and promotion.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
American Sheep Producer Council
Secretary of Agriculture
American Sheep Producers Council
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Offices
Act
USDA
National ‘Wool Marketing Corporation
The
Pacific Wool Growers
Ohio Wool Growers Cooperative Association
Weekend visit by Chase family and friends
Mr and Mia, Keith Chase and family arrived Friday to spend the weekend with relatives. Beth Woat returned to Paria after visiting Bountiful, Gary Chese remained for a visit with Garry and Danny Rich.
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Lloyd Passey
Don Johnnie
Children's Hospital
Galt Lake
Mia
Passey
Keith Chase
Bountiful
Beth Woat
Paria
Vigit
Gary Chese
Garry
Danny Rich
Farm Homes Now Under GI Loan Program
The VA extends direct loan authority through June 30 1957 and broadens eligibility to buy or repair a farm home. The Treasury may advance up to 150 million dollars annually for two years to fund direct loans in areas lacking private financing. The change allows veterans to use remaining VA loan entitlement and directs program support via quarterly allotments. Local outreach notes supervisor L Crawford will visit Bear Lake county on Thursday July 14. Community mentions include visits by Ogden and Roy residents to Grimmett and Budge families and Fourth of July festivities with Nutt and Taft families.
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Veterans Administration
Treasury
Home Mortgage Credit Program
VHMCP
L. ©. Crawford
Farmers Home Administration
Preston
Bear Lake County
Shepherd Family Celebrate Fourth With Utah Kin
Mr and Mrs Dexter Shepherd and family of Salt Lake spent July 4 with Mr and Mrs E H Shepherd. Mrs Dexter Shepherd and family remained for a week long visit.
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Dexter Shepherd
Salt Lake
E. H. Shepherd
Local families visit relatives during Fourth of July weekend
Lt and Mrs Kenneth Myers and family from Moffett Field California arrived midweek with Mrs Myers and children staying with her parents Mr and Mrs Alfred Rogers. Fourth of July visitors to Mrs Lena Caldwell included multiple families from Salt Lake Ogden and California.
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James Whinham
Ogden
O. H. Grimmett
Kenneth Myers
Moffett Field
Calif
Myers
Alfred Rogers
Lena Caldwell
Glen Caldwell
Sharron Christensen
Salt Lake
Charles Linberg
Warren Caldwell
Lola Jensen
California
Bernice Brown Tours Alaska by Air
Bernice Brown former Lake resident daughter of Dr and Mrs W W Brown of Liberty and Nampa Bureau Chief for Statesman Newspapers Boise travels Seattle to Fairbanks by Pan American Airlines. She tours Mt McKinley Park Alaska Airlines Arctic Circle stops Fort Yukon and Arctic Circle Hot Springs and Tanana River river boat trip returning to Seattle with stopovers in Anchorage and Juneau.
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Boise
Alaska
All
Bernice Brown
W W. Brown
Liberty
Nampa
Statesman Newspapers
Arctic Circle Hot Springs
Tanana River
Seattle
Pan American Airlines
Fairbanks
Anchorage
Juneau
Married Sheldon Johnson and Shirley Walker wed in Salt Lake Temple
Sheldon Johnson and Shirley Walker, married June 2 in the Salt Lake Temple, with families visiting from Union Utah Logan and Salt Lake City. Sheldon attends summer school at the University of Utah, and Shirley is employed in Salt Lake City.
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Sheldon Johnson
Paris
Johnson
Fielding
Sheldon
Shirley Walker
Salt Lake Temple
Austin Walker
Union
Utah
Lyman Anderson
Logan
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
Reporting Income Important for VA Pension Recipients
Veterans and widows or children of deceased veterans receiving VA pensions must report any rise in income that would push annual income above legal limits. VA checks income yearly. failure to report can cause retroactive discontinuation and overpayments. Camp uses free space and invites youth groups to reserve dates through Bud Woodall at the Caribou County Courthouse in Soda Springs.
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Caribou County
Veterans Administration
Diamond Creek
Bear Lake County
Bud Woodall
Soda Springs
Unlawful to Burn Debris Without Permit
Unlawful to burn brush stubble or debris without a burning permit from June 1 to September 80 each year during the Closed Fire Season. Permits issued by county sheriffs offices in several counties and by local fire wardens in specified areas.
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Madison
Jefferson
Bonneville
Bingham
Bear Lake
Bannock County
Poca‘tello
Fort Hall
McCammon
Bureau of Land Management
Chink’s Peak
Lava
Perry Gooch
Arimo
Caribou County
Homer Williams
Grace
del Deaton
Soda Springs
9 year old boy, Terry Hymas, nearly loses foot
Terry Hymas, a nine year old of Liberty, stepped into a power mower on Saturday and nearly severed his right foot. Doctors are attempting to save the foot.
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Terry
Ivan Hymas
Liberty
Haddock and Jones Families Visit Paris Over Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Haddock of Tooele and Mr. and Mrs. Irving Jones of Salt Lake were weekend and holiday visitors with relatives and friends in Paris.
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Wayne Haddock
Tooele
Irving Jones
Salt Lake
Paris
Sparks Family Plans Weekend Visit for Fourth in Boise
Mr and Mrs Jim Sparks of Boise arrived by plane Saturday morning to spend the weekend and the Fourth with his father Henry Sparks and other relatives and friends.
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Jim Sparks
Boise
Henry Sparks
Verlene Hansen to wed Rufus Doman in Montcalm wedding
Harley Hansen announces the marriage of his daughter Verlene to Rufus Doman son of Mr and Mrs Vernal Doman of Montpelier. The wedding occurred June 30 and the couple reside in Deer Lodge Montana where Mr Doman is employed.
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Harley Hansen
Verlene
Rufus Doman
Vernal Doman
Montpelier
Deer Lodge
Mont
Mr. Doman
Varner Family to Return From Colorado Visit
Keith Varner left Tuesday night for Denver with two sons who had stayed six weeks with relatives in Colorado and Nebraska. They expect to return home with him Sunday.
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Keith Varner
Denver
Colorado
ifirs—Varner
Nebraska
Mr. Varner
Harold Wallentine Visits Over Fourth With Parents
Harold Wallentine of Larsen Air Force Base Washington traveled home for the Fourth of July with his parents Mr and Mrs Smith Wallentine.
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Harold Wallentine
Larsen Afb Wash
Mrs
Smith Wallentine
Visitors at Julia B Passey home this past week
Callers included Mrs. Hillyard Johnson and daughter Shirley Mrs. Hilmer Johnson of Logan Mr and Mrs Hazen Beck of California Mrs. Joseph Collings and daughter Gwen of Paris Mr and Mrs Delbert Johnson of Salt Lake and A J Passey of Boise.
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Julia B. Passey
Hillyard Johnson
Shirley
Hilmer Johnson
Logan
Hazen Beck
California
Joseph Collings
Gwen
Paris
Delbert Johnson
Salt Lake
A. J. Passey
Boise
Mattson Family Vacation in Paris Details
Mr and Mrs Logan Mattson and family of Cheyenne Wyoming vacationing in Paris with his parents Mr and Mrs Chauncey Mattson and other relatives and friends in a brief society note.
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Logan Mattson
Cheyenne
Wye R
Paris
Chauncey Mattson
Navy Ens. Gilbert M. Lindsay Joins Advanced Training Unit
News of boys in service lists Navy Ens. Gilbert M. Lindsay, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lindsay of Dingle Idaho, headed for advance training in all weather fighter and jet pilot programs. He attended Idaho State College in Pocatello before enlistment. Kingsville near the Gulf of Mexico is noted as a center for naval air jet training with weather flight and anti submarine warfare instruction.
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Navy Ens
Gilbert M. Lindsay
J. C. Lindsay
Dingle
Idaho
Navy
Idaho State College
Pocatello
Kingsville
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Naval Air Jet Training
Patient seeks quarter removed from stomach
A patient asks a doctor to remove a quarter swallowed about 15 years ago. The doctor questions the delay as the patient explains money motivated the original swallowing.
Hunters Panic in Woods Over Lost After Hours
Two men drifted in the woods for hours, one growing uneasy until he cried they were lost. The companion urged calm and quipped that they should shoot an extra deer to attract the game warden, who would arrive in a quint a half.
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Atos
Steavy
Prominent Rich County Man Nebeker Dies in Logan
Hyrum Nebeker 89 a Laketown rancher and stock raiser died Wednesday of age related causes at his Logan home. A Farmington native born May 3 1866 he helped cattle drives to Wyoming and worked on Bear Lake Valley lands. He served a LDS mission in 1897 and is survived by wife Louise, one son A H Nebeker two daughters, 17 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren. Funeral held Saturday at Laketown Word Chapel.
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Hyrum Nebeker
Laketown
Logan
Farmington
Utah
Ira
Della Lane Nebeker
Bear Lake Valley
Salt Lake Valley
Wind River Mountains
Wyoming
Brigham Young College
Provo
Bear Lake
Rich Country
LDS Church
Mr. Nebeker
Phebe Almira Hulme
Ghe
Louise Keetch
St. Charles
A. H. Nebeker
Orval Adams
Salt Lake
E. G. Petergon
Folowing
Frank K. Nebeker
Washington, D. C
William Terry
Ogden
Harry Parker
Los Angeles
Effie Jardine
San Antonio
Texas
Clara Hulme
Laura Torgesen
Guy Cardon
Illness in Bear Lake Hospital as Mrs Bunn is reported serious
Local notes report Mrs. John Bunn is very ill at Bear Lake Hospital. Numerous visitors drop by homes in Montpelier Paris Logan Ogden and Bear Lake areas including the Price and Bird families. Several relatives travel or visit California Utah and nearby towns with updates on health and social calls.
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John Bunn
Bear Lake Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pueblo
Mississippi
Young
Kendall
Dallan Athay
rChence Rich
cdl Nes_Russell
Jeanairs
Heber Price
Pater
Tacoma
Wash
sReady
Porter
Dale Dunn
Fam
Arch
Tyan
Beck
Rho
Dallas
Sargent Rich
Reg
Rela
Rangers
Newell Budge
Roy, Utah
Ada Budge
Taft
Cyril Budge
Gordon Nutt
Angus Porter
Otto Bucher
Vernon Rich
Wm. Thomas
Shelley
Scott Nutt
Bobby Dean Wilcox
Dean Cox
Elmer Wilcox
Ruth Spencer
Ours
Dale Munn
Montpelier Canyon
LaRae Larsen
Reed Lowe
Walter Bird
Than Bird
Weldon Grandy
Weyn Bird
Rayford Stevens
Lyman Bunn
J V. Bunn
Ettie Bird
LaRue
Stevens Lake Hospital
George Palmer
West Coast
Kinr
Reno
Virginia City
Nevada
Lake Tahoe
Redwoods
Stockton
Antioch
Tarrel
Wilma Woffington
Layton
Raymond Webb
Miss Woffington
Canada
Bloomington
Civix_Defense Administration
FCDA
Laud Ringel of
Robert Lee of
Bancroft
Vivian Nya
Beatrice C. Price
Park City, Utah
Fred Price
Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon ‘Wilks
Hottman
Ramtorph
Jesse Lewis
Jeanette Allred
Wilmer Rigby
Price, Utah
Weldon Hess
M. M. Collings
Vinnie Price
Evanston
Randolph
Wallace Grandy
Emil Grandy
Rudolph Sutter
Chris Boeman
Otto Qu Ucher
John Fox
L. W. C Clement
Lower Lake, Galif
Roy Cornia
Christie Wheelock
St. George
3 GI
Collings
Rico
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