Grassman of the Year candidate tour set for July 1
Ferris Kunz Grassman, Bear Lake County, is named Idaho Grassman of the Year candidate. The Grassman Tour on July 1 will depart Montpelier City Hall at 9:00 am for Bear Lake Stockmen's Ranch via Georgetown Canyon and Slug Creek to study grass production and management. The event, sponsored by the Idaho Chamber of Commerce and Idaho Power Company, includes a Dutch-oven dinner and discussions led by Ranger Tat Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferris Kunz
Wardboro
Bear Lake County
Idaho
Idaho Chamber of Commerce
Idaho Power Company
Charles Hulme
Slug Creek
Blackfoot River
Montpelier
Bear Lake
Blackfoot
Georgetown Canyon
Forest Service
Diamond Creek
Tat Smith
Grassman
Mr. Hulme
Carl Finch
Cecil Quayle
Lester Skinner
Benton Allred
Clifford Skinner
Hyrum Johnson
Walter Dimond
Gerald Skinner
John Taggart
Applications Open for Idaho Big Game Hunts 1969 Deadlines
Idaho Fish and Game announces 1969 controlled deer elk and antelope hunts. Postmark by midnight July 16, 1969. No more than one application per species. group apps allowed but void if multiple species are submitted. Special antelope elk restrictions apply to prior draw winners. penalties include court action. Use certified or cashier checks or money orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Fish and Game Department
Ifg
Persop
Idaho
Scouts Plant Trees and Fish for Merit Badges in St Charles
Eighteen Scouts from Troop 667 of St Charles planted about 500 trees in Swan Lake area under Forest Ranger Ted Knowles and Scoutmaster Elzo Bunderson to earn Conservation of Natural Resources merit badge. The group followed with planting 3 100 rainbow trout under Idaho Fish and Game direction to meet another merit badge requirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Charles
Swan Lake
Ted Knowles
Elzo Bunderson
Idaho
Ema Game Department
Paige
Forest Service
Fish
Game: Dept
Cost share applications open June 30 for ACP funds
Bear Lake County ASCS announces ACP cost sharing for needed conservation practices will run June 30 to July 15. Applications must be filed before starting the practice and approvals will occur July 15, subject to funds. Information available at 425 Clay St Montpelier or by calling 847-1264.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Passey
Bear Lake County
ASCS
Passey
AISCS
Clay St
Montpelier
Iby
Girl Scouts Paint Main Street Sign Posts in Paris
Eight girls from Troop 585 in Paris painted nine street sign posts on Main St. The Paris Lions Club supplied paint while Becky Caldwell Karen Grandy Donna Hymas Nellie D. Johnson Vickie Nelson Colleen Payne and Pamela and Valerie Preston provided brushes and energy. They were assisted by leader Mrs. Ted Knowles and Mrs. Drue Grandy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Main St
Paris Lions Club
Becky Caldwell
Karen Grandy
Donna Hymas
Nellie D. Johnson
Vickie Nelson
Colleen Payne
Pamela
Valerie Preston
Ted Knowles
Drue Grandy
Leave Fawns Alone In Idaho Hills
Wildlife officials urge campers picnickers and fishermen to avoid handling or possessing fawn deer. It is against Idaho state law to keep wild game. The doe hides the newborn fawn for several days, then returns once danger passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary L. Davidson
Idaho Fish and Game Department
Idaho
Flora S Rich Succumbs To Long Illness
Flora Shepherd Rich 80, former Paris and Montpelier resident, died June 16 in a Pocatello hospital after an extended illness. Born July 31, 1888 in Paris, she married Earl O Rich in 1909. he preceded her. She lived in Pocatello since 1920 and led the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in that city. Survived by three sons Wendell, Donald, and Max, eight grandchildren, three great grandchildren, a brother in Salt Lake City, and three sisters. Funeral services were held at the Sixth Ward Chapel, Pocatello, with graveside rites in Paris Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Shepherd Rich
Paris and Montpelier
Pocatello Hospital
Paris
Lorenzo Tracey
Sarah Elizabeth Clifton Shepherd
Earl O. Rich
Salt Lake
LDS Temple
Wendell O
Salt Lake City
Donalds
Pocatello
Max S
Roy
Utah
Tracy
O. H
Lillias) Grimmett
Apollo
Anniey Hansen
Sai Leandro
Calif
Sand Égter
Alice
Ans Cue
Amy R Crist Illness Victim
Amy Rogers Crist 77 died after a long illness Wednesday in St. Anthony’s Hospital Pocatello Born October 23 1891 in Paris she married George L Crist January 5 1925 in Salt Lake City The couple moved through Utah and Idaho before settling in Pocatello Survivors include her husband two sons a daughter a stepson and step daughter sixteen grandchildren and four sisters Ducted June 13 Fourteenth LDS Ward Chapel interment Mountain View Cemetery
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Amy Rogers Crist
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Pocatello
Paris
Henry N
Elizabeth Norfolk Rogers
George L. Crist
Salt Lake City
Crist
Union Pacific
Utah
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Calif
Alfred Rogers
Franklin Rogers
West Covina
Milford Rogers
Olympia
Wesh
Gladys Bailey
LDS Ward
Peccatello
Mountain Mew
Montpelier Creek Dam Construction Progress Report
Eldon Cook Contracting Officer for the Montpelier Irrigation Company reports Pierhe Dam Rogers Construction resumed work on June 2. Progress is slow due to placing and compacting fill around the outlet conduit. concrete grout pumping into bedrock will begin in early July to finish the west end foundation. The creek will be diverted through the outlet conduit next week to allow storage of irrigation water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers Construction Company
Montpelier Creek
Eldon Cook
Montpelier
Mont. airman wins top defense unit honor
Great Falls Montana radar technician Technical Sergeant Parley E. Hayes of the 779th Radar Squadron at Opheim Air Force Station is part of the 28th Air Division based at Malmstrom AFB. The unit earned the General Fredric H. Smith Trophy as the command’s best ground defense unit. Hayes is the son of Mr and Mrs Leslie E Hayes of Georgetown. He is a 1953 Montpelier High School graduate and is married to Carl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis Thompson of Blackfoot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls, Mont
U. S. Air Force
Parley E. Hayes
Leslie E. Hayes
Georgetown
Aerospace, Defense Command
28Th Air Division
Fredric H. Smith
Malmstrom AB
Mont
United States
Set. Hayes
779Th
Opheim Air Force Station
Montana
the Sergeant
Montpelier High School
Carl
Mrr
M Irs
Lewis Thiempson
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Ferris Kunz Grassman
John Dayton
Gene Hall
Ivan Rigby
Quayle Brothers
T. Jay Nelson
Lester
Kenneth Transtram
Girl Scouts
Flora S. Rich
Amy R. Crist
Pierhe Dam
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