Overland Invitational Softball Meet in Montpelier
The third annual Overland Invitational Softball Meet will be held in Montpelier on August 6 to 8. Sams were defeated in their first game, with consolation games to follow between the losers. Matches include Soda Springs Lions versus local teams, and games featuring C Anderson of Logan Dingle, Grant Bike of Logan versus Barn of Pocatello, and Ovid versus Godfrey Hardware Preston.
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Hird
Invitarnament
Overland Ontpeliér
Sams
Be & T
Soda Springs Lions
Anderson
Logan Dingle
Grant Bike
Logan
Barn of
Howell Purchases 7 Acres of State Land at Public Auction
Wanda Howell of Fish Haven bid 14 500 for 257 acres of dry state land offered at a Monday auction with deputy Crystal reporting the high bid. The scene included several attendees from nearby communities and a funeral in Twin Falls for G Briggs.
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Anda Howell
Wanda Howell
Fish Haven
Crystal. Ng
Howell Vo
Local families host visitors and relatives this week in Green River area
Mrs Ray Negus and three children from Green River stayed with Jack Negus from Friday to Sunday. Mrs Mabel Negus joined them in Logan for part of their visit. Nedra Arnell from Noonan visited grandparents and others, with several relatives from Georgetown and Logan stopping by. The Hemmert family reunion occurred at Fish Haven with many locals attending. FEAell accompanied Ruby Bolton to Twin Falls for the funeral of BL G. S88, with return trips on Saturday and Sunday.
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Bolton
Ruby
Edanon
Ed Arnell
8&T
Jes
Twin Falls
toreut G_Briggs
Jennie On Briggs
Ray Negus
Green River
Jack Negus
Mabel Negus
Logan
Fea Ell
Ruby Bolton
Paria
Falla
Bear Lake Records One Casualty In Korea War End
With the war ending Bear Lake county reports one casualty 1st Lt Lloyd Pug mire Bowman listed as missing in action in Korea April 1 1953. He was a flight navigator with the 90th Bombardment Squadron and son of Mr and Mrs Ernest J Bowman of St Charles. Local Board No 4 notes several separations and transfers to reserve including Ezra C Budge Edward K Arnell Arthur L Jones the latter a long serving Army recipient of Bronze Service Medal United Nations Service Medal and Korean Service Medal.
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Bear Lake County
Lloyd Pugmire Bowman
Korea
Bowman
90Th
Ernest J Bowman
St. Charles
St. Bowman
Reserve Corp
Ezra C. Budge
Cyril S. Budge
Paris
Edward K.arnell
Edward Arnell
St Charles
Arthur L. Jones
Delbert Jones
Montpelier
Stake Fun Night at Fielding High School August 4
Bear Lake hosts a Tuesday evening event at 6 30 p m on the Fielding High School field. Scouts and Bee Hive girls open with flags, then league softball playoffs. A trophy is awarded to the winner followed by relay races weigh lifting exhibition floor show dancing and a food fair inviting all residents.
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Bear Lake
Fielding
Maron Schwab
Smaill
Pioneer Day celebration visits across Utah and Idaho
Mr and Mrs Charles Innes spent the weekend in Pocatello and Blackfoot. Mr and Mrs Clifford Price Gary Douglas and Francine and Miss Ls Ree Rich of Montpelier spent July 24 at the Duaine Satterthwaite home in Ogden and enjoyed the Pioneer Day celebration.
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Mrs
Charles Innes
Pocatello
Blackfoot
Clifford Price
Gary
Douglas
Francine
Ls- Ree Rich
Montpelier
Ogden
Duaine Satterthwaite
Sargent Rich Family Weeklong Visit to Parker Home
Mr and Mrs Sargent Rich and their daughter visited Geldon Parker and other friends Sunday. Sargent returned to Salt Lake City that day while Mrs Rich and daughter stayed for a week.
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Mrs. Sargent Rich and Daughter
Geldon Parker Home
Sargent
Salt Lake
Mrs. Rich
Jenks Party of Chicago Visits Relatives in Area
Mr. and Mrs. Desmond Jenks of Chicago spent the past week visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. Lucy Poulsen of Bountiful Utah joined them to see her grandchildren, accompanied by Mrs. Wilford Michel and Mrs. Oleen Talbot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desmond Jenks
Chicago
Lucy Poulsen
Bountiful
Utah
Wilford Michel
Oleen Talbot
Garden City visitation draws extended local turnout
LAKETOWN NEWS notes the Grant Lamborn family visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Cook in Garden City last Sunday. A group of English visitors from Salt Lake vacationing at deal Beach attended a local meeting over the weekend, joining friends of the Robinsons and Norman Weston.
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Grant Lamborn
Mrs. Jos. Cook
Garden City
Salt Lake
Ddeal Beach
the Robinsons
Norman Weston
Five Year Old Boy Hospitalized After Car Collision
Kenneth Silva, five, son of Mr and Mrs Ed Silva of Las Vegas Nevada, suffered a skull fracture when he ran into the side of a car on Main Street last Monday evening. He remains unconscious at Bear Lake Hospital as witnesses report the Lincoln car driven by Robert Lee Morrell of Ogden was traveling 20 to 25 mph.
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Kenneth
Ed Silva
Bear Lake
Silva
Las Vegas
Nevada
Orval Jensen
Jensen
Robert Lee Morrell
Ogden
Rich
Morrell
Local and Personal: Area Social Visits and Travel
Local residents report weekend visits and trips. Mra Norman Gambling and Steven join Mrs Jess Scheidegger in Preston. Dugway guests Wayne and Mrs Collings. Russell Arnell from Blackfoot visits grandmother in Innes home. Doctrinal gathering at Price home and others visit poles of family events.
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Norman Gambling
Steven
Jess Scheidegger
Preston
Russell Arnell
Blackfoot
Catherine Innes
Youth recaptured after brief jail escape from Paris jail
A 16 year old Montpelier youth awaiting transfer to the State Industrial School escaped from Paris county jail Tuesday night. He was found Thursday in Cokeville Wyoming after registering at a hotel. The escape involved prying a ceiling section and forcing a room door. $80 from the driver’s license fund disappeared. The youth was returned to St Anthony that morning.
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Montpeler
State Industrial School
St. Anthony
Paris
Cokeville
Wyo
Wheat allotments to be mailed out soon
Wheat farmers will receive their allotments in the next few weeks ahead of the August 14 referendum. County and farm allocations will be based on tillable acres, rotation, soil type, and land slope, with 62 million acres nationally allotted by the Secretary of Agriculture on July 16.
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Wesley Dodge
County Production and Marketing Administration Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Rich Family Reunion Set At Dakota Resort August 1 2
Chas C Rich family reunion planned for August 1 and 2 at Dakota Resort. Haddock of Salt Lake called at the Darwin Haddock home Monday. Several relatives visited Blooming ton Montpelier and Paris during the period. Grace remains here for a week of vacation. Women’s Camp attendees from Paris at Fish Haven Resort named Eirza Cook Emily Rich Leonora Stucki Edith Rich Maude Humpherys Susie Orr Lena Fox Rose Grandy Della Scheidegger Adeline Tueller. Paris Ward members plan activities and the Relief Society met July 21 with Mrs Rosalie Hansen honored for service. The program featured impersonations piano solo reading and refreshments for 35. Weekend guests at Collings Hawkes homes included Clifford Collings Linda Ronnie J L Petersen Thomas Collings Brigham City and Florida visitors. Irving Jones of Garfield Utah also present.
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Paris
Fish Haven
Mesdames Eirza B. Cook
Emily M. Rich
Leonora Stucki
Edith Rich
Maude Humpherys
Susie Orr
Lena Fox
Rose Grandy
Della Scheideg-ger
Adeline Tueller
M. M. Collings
James Hawkes
Mra
Clifford R.collings
Linda
Ronnie
J. L. Petersen
Salt Lake
Thomas Collings
Brigham Eea Eerie Field
Mra C Ollings
Betty
St. Petersburg
Florida
Irving Jones
Garfield
Utah
Salt Lake Youth Drowns at Bear Lake
Blaine Leland Openshaw a 19 year old Salt Lake City youth drowned at Bear Lake near the spillway Friday afternoon after cramps while swimming with companions. Rescue efforts continued about 90 minutes and he was pronounced dead at 2 45 pm. He was a South High School graduate and had attended Utah University.
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Blaine Leland Openshaw
Salt Lake City
Bear Lake
Ke Ntly
Camp Léfton
Monson
Eugene Roberts
EB. P. Cleveland
Up&l
Young Openshaw
Bernie Bills
Pearce Shelton
Bob Jefferson
Nancy Ivina
Mary Siggard
Laniece Keet
Loreen Holland
Salt Lake
Blaine
Leland N. Openshaw
South High School
Utah University
Commercial Equipment Co
Paris Lions Enjoy Picnic In St Charles Canyon
The Paris Lions Club with wives and guests shared a pot luck supper at the Upper Park in St. Charles Canyon on Monday evening. Before the meal several members toured Minnetonka Cave.
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Paris Lions Club
Upper Park
St. Charles Canyon
Minnetonka Cave
Thomas Ward reunion draws about forty at Paris Park
Social roundup lists forty attendees at the Thomas Ward reunion held Saturday at Paris Park. Several local residents and visitors from Logan and nearby towns are noted visiting relatives and attending events across multiple households.
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Thomas Ward
Paris Park
Bear Lake Farmers to Vote on 1954 Crop Quotas
Wheat growers in Bear Lake county will vote on 1954 crop marketing quotas after a proclamation by Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson. The referendum, required when wheat supply exceeds normal by over 20 percent, will be held August 14 with acreage allotments set to align with market needs.
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Bear Lake County
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Irrigation Demonstrations Aiding Bear Lake Farmers
Irrigation specialists Hyrum J. Woodward and Art Bever n of the Soil Conservation Service gave a demonstration at the R. K. Nelson ranch near Montpelier on proper water use. They covered soil water holding capacity root habits water logging drainage alkali and saline soil remedies with five concrete headgates supplied by Idaho Concrete Products Co.
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Hyrum J. Woodward
Art Beven
Soil Conservation Service
Bear Lake County
R. K. Nelson Ranch
Montpelier
Idaho Concrete Prodects,Co
Pocatello
Local Families Attend Reunions and Visits Across Utah and Idaho
Mr and Mrs Ivan Reese and Dixie and Mary Jane Reese spent the weekend in Heber City. Arthur Payne of Midvale Utah stayed with Ernest Payne and others. The Ward family held a reunion at Paris Park with 41 at dinner. Dozens of relatives from Logan Burlington Perry Montpelier and Bancroft gathered at Cyril Jacobson home and other visits occurred in Canada and Idaho.
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Ivan Reese
Dixie and
Mary Jane Reese
Heber City
Arthur Payne
Midvale
Utah
Ernest Payne
Mroalid
Milford Murphy
Thayne
Wyo
Kunz
Lloyd Derricott
Steven
Bancroft
Wesley Osmond
Perry
Roy Jacobson
Montpelier
Julia Nelson
Cyril Jacobson
Laketown Girl Recovers From Snake Bite
Nancy Adams a 13 year old Laketown resident was bitten on the leg by a rattlesnake last Friday morning at the family ranch in South Eden. Her father applied a tourniquet and serum was flown from Logan and Salt Lake City to Bear Lake Hospital in Montpelier for treatment.
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Nancy Adams
Allan Adams
Laketown
South Eden
Nancy
Nebeker
Adams
Bear Lake
Montpelier
Logan
Salt Lake City
Robert Kerns to Take Over as Bear Lake County Agent
Robert Kerns of Twin Falls will assume duties as Bear Lake County Extension Agent. He previously served as Twin Falls County Club Agent since December 1950 and as an assistant county agent. Duane A. Hansen, Bear Lake County Agent, resigned to join a Montana products company and left for his new location with his wife.
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Robert Kerns
Bear Lake County
Twin Falls
Sweek
Kerns
Twin ‘Falls
Asalat
Ant
Duane Hansen
Montana
Duane A. Hansen
Bear Lake Memorial Hospital Patient Admissions and Births
Admissions list from Bear Lake Memorial Hospital for July includes Mrs Ben Bunderson, Mrs J L Clark, Miss Karen Payne, and others with medical or major surgeries. Children David Rich and 4 year old Kay Rich undergo major surgery. births include a boy to Victor Hymus and a girl to Roger Burgoyne of Montpelier.
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Ben Bunderson
Bennington
J. L. Clark
Montpelier
Karen Payne
David
Kay Rich
Rhea C. Ward
Bloomington
Michele
Willis Clayton
Nancy
Allen Adams
Laketown
Sherman Rigby
Klye Phelps
Merlin Nelson
Nick
Nick Sanchez
Cokeville
S. E. Widmer
Geneva
Gladys Stephens
Kenneth
Ed Silva
Las Vegas
Nevada
Cleone Silva
James
Russell Irving
Montpélier
Victor Hymus
Suzy
Roger Burgoyne
Community notices at the Wyler home gathering
Tuesday evening a group met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wyler to enjoy home movies and a potluck supper. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Armatage, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Truel Passey, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Hannen, Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Eborn, Mrs. Emma Parker and Mrs. Yvonne Palmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wyler
Ernest Armatage
Floyd Lewis
Truel Passey
Willard Haneen
Weldon Eborn
Emma Parker
Yvonne Palmer
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Hontpelier
C. L. Kline
Dauer Nancy
Oenix
Ariz
Ivan Beck
Chas. O'Neal Rich and Family
Dr. Rich
Hismily
Isit
Charles News
Nedra Arnell
Noonan
Carmena Hoff
Rgetown
A. Arnell S
Ida Thornock
la Dunn
Georgetown
Delbert Ferguson
Lake
Easen
Hir
Preston Pugmire
Daugh
Evelyn
Leefe
Turday
Giry Pugmire
Ezra Budge
In Spencer
Our
Ay School
David Orrof K
Kent Etteworth
Richard Burghout and
Ughters
Galt Lake
Shirlene Ch Nye
Inez Bingham
Channy Wilks
Grace
Linda Kay
Hemmert
Gibert Arnell
Red
Trice
Kent Ellsworth
Anda Kay Kearl
L. T. Pugmires
Sil
Elaine Pugmire
Delperemire
Bait Lake
Mrs. Inset
Richmond
Louis Pugmire
Florence Croft
Pleasant Grove
Nephi
Mra. Erreladerson
Oth
STAKE
Laketown News
Ober J. Irwin
Letha Johnson
Spencer
Areatha Kearl Jengen
Duape
Cleveland
Mia
Walter Harley
Lanark
Annie Moss
Bigie
Louis T. Pugmire
Milton Weston
Jos. Hodges
Russell Innes
Lehi
Rufun Humphreys
Esther Barker
Jane Lamb
Herbert Seamdens
Mir
Denzi
Thelma Joy
Nola Ann Seamons
Ralph Stephenson
Joe Dumphrey
Fromtryde Park
Wella
Orval W. Adamd
Hermon Cheney
Wisa Jo Dell
Mrs. Wayne Collings of
Dugway
D. E. Paddock
J. R. Pugmire
G. B. Crawford
Ezra Hoge
Moscow
American Legion
George Hemmert
Peterc Hemmert
Mra. Clifford’ Price
Doctrine and Covenants
Clifford ‘Price
Mra. Lynn Austin
Heber Price
Carl Thompson
Wilford Michel Home
Howard Willoughby
Island Park
Ed Palenck
Mary Ann
Rock Springs
Hari Hemmert
Gonda
Peter Hemmert
Aond
Wilford Lewin
Conds
Great Lakes Region
Don Stucks
Great Falls
LeRae Patterson
Sharon Murray
LeRae
Mrs. Win-Jensen
Keith Chase
Chase
Darlene Rich
Mr. Chase
Chas. C. Rich
Dakota Resort
Haddock
Darwin
LaVaughn Barfuss
Louis Barfuss
Andrew Barfuss
Louis
Arch Shepherd
Bill Nye
Joe Nye
Frank Nye
Viola Lauritzen
Franklin
Wm. Lauritzen
F. H. Briscoe
Clifford Price Hone
Wallace Grandy
Afton
Henry Buebler of
Dean Sanders
Johnny Passey
Ashton
Jesse Lewis
Lena Caldwell
Fred Hunzeker
Beverly Scheel
Kent Michel
J. P. Vallentine Ranch
John Hoge
Blaka Jensen
Grays River
Wyoming
Hoitor
Cassie Innes
Dever, Bird and Daughter
Dubois, Idaho
Deverl
Kyle Gertsch
Norfolk
Mrs. Smith Gertsch
DéWin ‘Anderson
Grant Caldwell
Frank Rigby
Kathy Ackels
Jay
E.D. Hymas
Lene Caldwell
Bernart Humpherys
San Diego
Calif
Henry Humpherys
Los Angeles
Russell Athay
Mr. Athay
Otis Bateman
Samos
Mrs. Jay Haddock of
Leah and
Ann Marie Dunford
Canada
Roy Hererra
Iddho Falla
James Payne
Bear Lake Memorial Hospital
Keith Warner
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