Border youths AWOL from Ft. Yeahs charged with Cokeville store theft
Lincoln County deputies and Sheriff Monson tracked two 17 year olds Harry L. Smith and Richard A. Stow after a late Friday encounter near Border. They allegedly held up the Cokeville area gas service and sport stores, stole rifles and knives, and attempted a getaway toward Jackson Wyoming. Authorities recovered weapons and linked the pair to recent thefts along the creek and at Hart family properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Border ‘ Ours
Ft. Yeahs
Cokeville
Lincoln County
Kemmerer
Harry Lee Smith
Wash
Richard All
Stow
Ohio
Mac Mon- Sand
George Ramey
Sorder
Monson
Ut Po
Geneva
Ing
Raymond
Mac
Ramey
Gam
Hart
Jtudy
Pitt
Camp Ard
Claude Mind
Jackson
Wyo
Personal notices and visitors from a Idaho region
Local notices list visits and contacts among residents of St Charles and nearby towns. Names include Minrday Burdette, Stucki, Michel, Innes, Arnell, Pearce, Hemmert, Grimmett, Long, Stucki, Zobel, and others. Dates reference hospital, travel, and condolence messages with thanks for support during illness and death of a husband and father.
AWOL Soldiers Tied to Wyo Crime Ring Say Sheriff
Sheriff reports AWOL Fort Lewis soldiers linked to cross state thefts and arson. Investigators found 1956 Mercury fire damage with stolen Cokeville store items inside after a Portland Oregon theft and Soda Springs wreck. FBI involvement noted as suspects moved to Kemmerer Wyoming for custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft Lewis
Wash
Monson
George Ramey
Alfred Hirschi
Wardboro
Beaver Dam Canyon
Alton
Cokeville
Portland
Ore
Soda Springs
Jerry Hall
Soda
Wreeng
Jackson
Wyo
Geneva
FBI
Kemmerer
Sign Up Window Opened for Soil Bank Acreage Reserve
Bear Lake county farmers must sign Acreage Reserve agreements with the Department of Agriculture through the local ASC by July 20 to participate in the 1956 Soil Bank program. Eligible farmers include those under planted or destroyed 1956 wheat allotments, or those who will idle part of their allotment. Signing and intent to destroy requires an adjusted yield, with compensation of 107 times the farm’s normal yield per acre involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear ‘Lake County
Department of Agriculture
ASC
Soil Bank
Soul Bank
Bear Lake County
Montpelier
Set
The Living Philosophies by RB F Cottle
A 1956 homemaker’s essay collection quotes Louise Browning Stock on aging and living well. It advocates following Christ’s path, avoiding envy and resentment, and turning to prayer love and service for a meaningful life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Louise Browning Stock
Glen Teuscher Killed in Car Accident Sunday
Glen O Teuscher 40 of Geneva and Delmar C Blanchard of Ogden were killed in a two car head on collision on US Highway 30 about 20 miles east of CokevilleSunday morning. Delmar Blanchard Jr 23 died two days later of injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen O Teuscher
Geneva
Delmar C Blanchard
Ogden
Cokeville
Delmar Blanchard Jr
Fine Arts Club Hosts Meeting at Fish Haven
Mrs Glenn J Stock chaired the Fine Arts Club at Fish Haven on Monday July 16. The review of Nathaniel Norson Weinreb’s The Babylonians was led by Mrs Grant Bateman. Attendees included Mrs Bryan L Booth and many others, with several guests visiting from Paris and various towns for the golden wedding observances and weekend calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn J Stock
Fine Arts
Fish Haven
Nathaniel Norson Weinreb
Grant Bateman
T C Kamala
India
Bryan L. Booth
Paris
Raymnd H Webb
Paul J Haddock
van Ness D Wallentine
Glen P Ward
G B Crawford
Arlin R. Pugmire
Lothair B Rich
Howard A. Mecham
Arthur Strley
T Jay Nelson
Karen and
Janice Stock
Georgetown Plans Pioneer Day Celebration July 21
Georgetown hosts a full day of events on Saturday July 21 including a chuck wagon breakfast at 6 am a children's parade at 10 am a ward hall program at 11 am a ball game at noon an amateur rodeo at 2 pm with bronco bareback riding calf roping and related events. Contestants should contact Don Clark before 10 am July 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Ward Hall
Don Clark
Separate Deadline For Wheat Price Support and Soil Bank
Wheat farmers in Rich County Utah face two compliance deadlines for 1956 programs. July 20 sets the deadline to adjust wheat acreage to meet allotments for price support, with a second July 31 deadline to enter the Acreage Reserve by reducing wheat below allotment. County ASC offices in Randolph issue application blanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph
Utah
Soil Bank
Kay Thornock
Rich Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Rich County
ASC
James Poulsen Family Reunion at Fish Haven
About seventy five members of the James Poulsen family met July 7 at Fish Haven for an annual reunion. A noon meal and an informal program followed, with Hyrum Poulsen giving the welcome and stories of pioneer life. Afternoon activities included boating and swimming at Dr T B Poulsen’s lakeside home and a lake cruise aboard his cabin craft. Next reunion set for July 13, 1957 with officers retained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Poulsen
Fish Haven
Fish Haven Ward
Pres
Eugene Shepherd
Montpelier
Hyrum Poulsen
Garfield
America
T. 8
County Farm Bureau Stage Talent Contest in Bear Lake area
Bear Lake County Farm Bureau held an annual Talent Find and Talk Meet in Montpelier on July 13. Winners include under 12 baton group, piano solo Marian Munk, and over 12 piano solo Anna Marie Ward plus vocal solo Beth Widmer and ventriloquist Robert Trussell. Talk Meet winner Owen Clark. Queen Claudia Wiggington with attendants Carolyn Hoskins Beth Widmer. Entrants to county fair parade. Local notices and visits follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear “Lake
Robert Trussell
Paulette Smith
Owen Clark
Joan Ream
Bear Lake County
Talent Fund
Montpelier
Claudia Wiggington
Harriet Kunz
Geneva
Melia Price
Beth Widmer
Georgetown
Delores Bee
Karolyn Hoskins
Paris
Barbara Taylor
Genice Morgan
St. Charles
Dorothy Myman
Anna Marie Ward
Claudia Wig
Eligibility to Vote on Wheat Quotas Explained to Growers
Kay Thornock, chair of Rich County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation, explains who may vote in the July 20 wheat quota referendum. Eligible voters include owners, operators, cash tenants, standing rent, fixed rent tenants, and share tenants or sharecroppers who will produce 1957 wheat and harvest more than 15 acres. landlords of a share tenant or standing rent tenant cannot vote. Each spouse's right to vote depends on their own qualifications, not their partner's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Thornock
Rich County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Bear Lake Memorial Hospital Patient Admissions and Births
List of admissions and releases at Bear Lake Memorial Hospital covering July admissions across multiple towns including Montpelier Cokeville Laketown and Kemmerer. Includes minor surgeries and major surgeries with patient names and dates. Birth announcements note several newborns with parental names and hometowns and dates in July.
Meats and crafts ideas for Paris plan outreach
From a notebook column, ideas surfaced for a Paris meat curing plant serving surrounding communities, an upholstering service expanding to fifty miles, cast stone and woodcraft ventures, and wood products for farm and home use. Community organization and skilled salesmanship are urged.
India Student Kamala Visits Paris Host Family
An Indian exchange student Miss T. C. Kamala aged 26 visits Paris home of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Booth for five days then travels to Salt Lake City Ames Iowa and Washington DC before returning to India. Kamala has degrees in physics chemistry math and taught school eight years. She has eight sisters and three brothers and is proud of her homeland. The program is run by 4 H Club Foundation US and India coop. Dr G Noble will speak at Paris 1st Ward Church on Sunday July 22. Mrs Winnie Stevens hosted her bridge club at Montpelier. high score went to Mrs Verner and all-out prizes to Mrs Tunks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Kamala
India
Bryan Booth
Paris
Kamala
Utah
Salt Lake City
Ames
Iowa
United States
Washington
D. C
Europe
Theron Hatch
Randolph
Lfe
4-H Club Foundation
Agricultural Department of India
Winnie Stevens
Oridge Club
Montpelier
Also Mentioned on This Page
Goh
Minrday
Burdette Pug
Don Stucki
Kathy
Basel Athay
Logan
Michel
Catherine Innes
Stanley Arnell
Cliff Pearce
Lava
He Das
Earl Hemmert
Conda
Pete Hemmert
Sid
HH. Grimmett
Boise and
Buhl
John Long
Pocatello
Wendell Stucki
Sugar City
Kit Pot
Lloyd Zobel
Bolze
Charles 'Hime
Zobel
Mr “Law
Muando P. Rich and Family
RB. F. Cottle
Glen Teuscher
Blanchard Sr
Everett McCullough
Mountain View
Teuscher
Border
Jack Cleveland
Glen
Geneva Ward
Fine Arts Club
Carolyn Porter
Angus Porter
Wallace Grandy
Smithfield
Emil Grandy
Keith Chase
Bountiful
Lloyd Passey
D. C Rich
Larry and
Darrell Ells
Harry Ellis
Ely
Nevada
Walter Bird
Mr. Bird
D c Rich
Rich
Seth Budge
Do C Rich
Warner Kullcke
Baby
Clearfield
Wallace Stuckit
Stone
Bill Mulls
Don Schafer
Chhildren
Hastings
Keith Warner
Northwest
Jim Stevens
Roger
Wla- Thair Peterson
Ovid
Kenneth Myers
Rex Rogers
Salt Lake
Alfred Rogers
Dean Rebentisch
Steven
Marty
Las Vegas
Melinda Sparks
Yellowstone Park
Chas. Law
T. S. Poulsen
Orland
Calif
Royal Woolsteinhulme
Beatrice Law
Ora Parker
Joe Sadie Biles
Misa Adeline Tueller
Mrs. Reed Tueller
S#it
Pake
Mr. and
Mire
Marvin Larsen
Rene
Loo Angeles
Gam Lewis
County Farm Bureau
Margaret Rich
Mrs
Clarence Rich
Rose Smith
June Hoge
Brig. Patterson
Richfield
Idaho
Andrew Barfuss
LaVaughn Barfuss
Kenneth Thompson
Peter Hemmert
Dr. O'Neal Rich
Johnny and
Heber Aldous
Satuday
Jesse Law of
Merdian
Charles Law Home
Iilford Law Home
Montana
A. L. Adams
Galt Lake
the & D. Hymns Home
Adams
Chas. Stucks
Vaughn Barfuss
Montpelier Cay
Dallas Athay
the Lake
Arthur Hess
Carl Trussell
Lyman Bunn
Craig and
Brent
J. W. Bunn
LaMont Bunn
Butte
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
G. 2
Wilkes
Chula—Vista
Clem
Chauncey Wilkes
Gaylen
Japan
Bear Lake Memorial Hospital
George Stock
Lorin Weston
Darlene
Eth
Laketown
Thomas Whittle
Owen Preston
Andrew Layland
Pegram
Edwin Sorenson
Mra. Glayde Erickson
Royal E. Kirkpatrick
Marjean Nelson
Bloomington
Gregg
Tearle Athay
Bill H. Long
Richard
Chauncey Roberts
William Glen
Pete Nielsen
Sarah Ghrany
Terry Lynn
Elwood Arnell
J. C. Moore
Bruce Beck, Jr
Abraham Alleman
Rent R Kunz
Timmie Otero
New Mexico
Michael
J Worthy Beck
Lanark
Redla
Grove Phelps
Bennington
Male Ream
Dingle
Richard Sleight
Douglas Beckwith
Henry Rigby
Medical
Morris Sakizzie
Colorado
Jerry Grouse
Garden City
Keith Koeven
Dale Austin
Liberty
Harry Gay
Airs
Robert Wallace
West Hood
Ezra J. Poulsen
Dan Kelsey
Mazzini
G. Noble
USAC
Paris 1St Ward
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