Wagon Train Pioneer Anniversary Planned in Bear Lake
The Bear Lake Stake Presidency forms a Centennial committee to organize a Fourth of July celebration marking Idaho Territory’s 100th year and the Bear Lake valley settlement by Charles C. Rich and others. Orson H. Grimmett leads a nine-ward team crafting a wagon train from Preston to Paris with events July 1 to 4 including pioneer programs and a parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Lake
Prestom
Paris
Preston
Mink Creek
Emigration Canyon
Bear Lake Valley
Forest
E.c
Paris Fairgrounds
Idaho
Rich and Bear Lake D U P convention held in Garden City
The Rich and Bear Lake units of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers gathered in Garden City on Tuesday June 18 with President Kate B. Carter and Harriett Cousifis of Central Camp Salt Lake in attendance. County officers reported progress in local camps and Sherry Telford of Montpelier spoke about her queen experience at the Salt Lake event. Eighteen members from Camp Elizabeth Passey Paris joined the meeting and a plate luncheon followed served by the Gardens City Relief Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rich and Bear Lake
Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Garden City
Kate B. Carter
Harriett Cousifis
Salt Lake
Sherry Telford
Montpelier
Galt Lake
Elizabeth Passey
Paris
Gardens City
Emerson PTA Plans Float For July Fourth Parade
Emerson P T A executive committee met at LaRue Sorenson home to discuss a parade float balloon sale or hamburger stand at the Paris rodeo grounds on July Fourth. Present were Connie Jensen president LaRae Sorenson vice president Leon Howell second vice president Norma Nye secretary and treasurer Velma Hansen hospitality chairman Mary Ellen Bolton publicity chairman and Arline Taylor budget and finance chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Pta
Emerson P.T.A
LaRue Sorenson
Rodeo
Paris
Connie Jensen
LaRae Sorenson
Leon Howell
Norma Nye
Velma Hansen
Mary Ellen Bolton
Arline Taylor
Old Wives Tales About Milk Debunked by UI Specialist
During June Daily Month University of Idaho Extension nutrition specialist Esther Wilson debunks three old wives tales about milk and dairy. She explains that digestion of mixed meals aids absorption when foods are digestible alone. Hippocrates favored milk for illness 6,000 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. OF Idaho
Esther Wilson
University of Idaho
Appaloosa Show and Sale to Open Boise Centennial Week
The National Appaloosa Horse Club stages its 16th annual show sale and convention at Boise June 26 to 30 drawing as many as 800 horses. Halter and performance classes run at Western Idaho State Fairgrounds with finals on Boise track. Centennial parade June 29 features Appaloosas in Indian and frontier costumes.
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National Appaloosa Horse Club
Boise
United States
Idaho
Palouse Empire Appaloosa Club
Idaho - Oregon - Nevada Club
Intermountain Club
Connie Baldsvin
Sherry Lynn Jenkins
Idaho Falls
Swimming Classes Prove Success At Hot Springs Pool
Red Cross course at Bear Lake Hot Springs sponsored by Paris Lions Club drew 241 students from the westside for two weeks June 3 to June 14. Certificates were earned in Beginning 25, advanced beginners 65, intermediates 16, swimmers 14, and Boy Scout life saving merit badges 12. Instructors were Mr and Mrs Cleneth Arnell of St Charles Mrs Effie Stock of Fish Haven and Carol Thomas of Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Bear Lake Hot Springs
Paris Lions Club
Westside
Cleneth Arnell
St. Charles
Effie Stock
Fish Haven
Carol Thomas
Bloomington
Paris Postmaster Receives French Father’s Day Greeting
Taft Budge, the congenial Paris post master, got a unique Father’s Day card from his daughter in law Janet Budge, a Kansas college student. The message was entirely in French and required a resident fluent in the language to translate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft Budge
Paris
Janet Budge
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Kan
Benson urges MIA leaders to study for youth’s future
Ezra Taft Benson, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Council of Twelve, challenged 8,000 MIA leaders at the Salt Lake Tabernacle to study diligently to understand the organization’s purposes and potentials. He urged preparation, perseverance, and prayerfulness to strengthen youth, noting MIA’s role in spiritual growth, recreation, and culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Improvement Association
Ezra Taft Benson
Council of Twelve Apostles
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Salt Lake Tabernacle
Benson
T Hus
MIA
Joseph Smith
David O. McKay
McKay
Tabernacle
Leaves for teaching post at LDS college in New Zealand
Mrs. Melinda Sparks, longtime Bear Lake area English teacher, flew from Salt Lake City to Temple View New Zealand to take a teaching post at an LDS college joining two former Bear Lake teachers Mr and Mrs Morris Athay who have been there five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melinda Sparks
Paris
Salt Lake
Temple View
New Zealand
LDS
Udder
Bear Lake
Morris Athay
Sparks
Bear Lake County
Pocatello
Mesa
Aziz
Fielding High School
Paris Man Named Associate Dean at Wisconsin U
Paris native Prof. Bryant E. Kearl, longtime head of agricultural journalism at the University of Wisconsin Madison, will join the Graduate School as associate dean for social sciences research programs. Appointment begins July 1. he holds a PhD from Minnesota and has taught at Bonn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Graduate School
Madison
U.W
Bryant E. Kearl
Kearl
Chase Kearl
Bear Lake County
Logan
Utah Gbate University
University of Minnesota
Plans for Portneuf River flood control move to action stage
Two US Army Corps of Engineers investigators surveyed the Portneuf watershed to assess storage options and check dams near Bancroft Lava Hot Springs and Pocatello. The study follows a 1950 report and aims to guide 1986 budget planning with flood control designs for Eyperott Pocatello and upstream and downstream barriers.
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Portneuf
Bancroft
Lava Hot Springs
Pocatello
US Army Corps of Engineers
Niel F Meadowcroft
Walla Walla
Wash
Dallas E. Phillips
Corps
Meadowcroft
Inkom
Marsh Creek
Bannock County
Emmette Spraker
Eyperott
Yellowstone Park Travel Drops 13 Percent From 1962 Figures
Yellowstone Park visitation this year totals 72,967 through May 31, down 18.4 percent from a year ago. West Entrance leads with 24,844 visitors, South 20,129, East 13,086, North 14,552, and Northeast 856. rainy weather is cited as a factor.
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Yellowstone Park
Park
Annual Bear Lake Valley Home Tour Planned
The Bear Lake Home Demonstration Council sponsors an annual home tour on Tuesday June 25 at 1 30 p m starting at Montpelier city hall. Four homes in Montpelier Paris and Fish Haven will be visited. A tea follows at the Fish Haven LDS church.
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Bear Lake Valley
Bear Lake
Fish Haven
Edwin H. Shepherd
Paris
LDS Church
Ruth Skinner
Liberty
Three B L Students to Graduate at Salt Lake College
Three Bear Lake county students will graduate at Steven Henager College in Salt Lake Saturday June 22. Jean Beck Lorena Mattson and Linda Pugmire will receive diplomas finishing secretarial and stenographic courses with Governor Clyde presiding at Kingsbury Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Lake County
Steven Henager College
Jean Beck
Ivan H Beck
Paris
Lorena Mattson
Lorenzo Hemmert
St. Charles
Linda Pugmire
James Pugmire
St Charles
Kingsbury Hall
George D. Clyde
Utah
Proma
Salt Lake
Mattson
Miss Pugmire
Ogden School
Bennington Man Serves With Navy at San Diego
Richard J Dunn aviation machinist’s mate second class, U S N, son of Mr and Mrs Rowel Dunn of Bennington, serves with Utility Squadron Seven based at North Island Naval Air Station San Diego California The squadron services Pacific Fleet units by providing targets for air to air and surface to air gunnery practice and conducts extensive serial photography Dunn a Montpelier High School graduate entered the Navy in June 1956.
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Bennington
NAVY
San Diego
Calif
Richard J Dunn
U.S.N
Rowel Dunn
Seven
North Island Naval Air Station
Montpelier
Dunn
Bolton announce engagement of Starlene Bolton
Mr and Mrs Gordon Bolton of Paris announce the engagement of their daughter Starlene to Larry Passey son of Mr and Mrs McKay Passey of Lanark No definite wedding date has been set.
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Gordon Bolton
Paris
Starlene
Larry Passey
McKay Passey
Lanark
Raymond Boy Wins U P 4 H Scholarship
Gregory Hymas, 18, son of Glen and Glenna Hymas of Raymond, earned the Union Pacific railroad college scholarship. A 4 H member for eight years, he excelled in dairy, tractor maintenance, cooking and sheep projects, served as a junior leader, and earned Grand Champion and Reserve Champion at Bear Lake County Fair. He won 4 H judging high point honors and attended 4 H Club Congress at the University of Idaho Moscow, planning to attend the University of Wyoming next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory Hymas
Glen Hymas
Raymond
Union Pacific Railroad College
Gregory
Raymond Livestock Club
Bear Lake
Blackfoot
University of Idaho At
Moscow
University of Wyoming
City Officials Urge Cleanup Before July Fourth Centennial
Mayor James R Hawkes urges a community cleanup ahead of the 1963 Centennial in Paris from July 1 to 4. City committees will assist residents and the city will provide transport to the dump for grass, branches, and debris to ensure homes businesses and churches look their best.
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Paris
James R Hawkes
No Acreage Limit on Sugar Beets in Idaho Next Year
Idaho will not impose acreage restrictions on the 1965 sugar beet crop. The Department of Agriculture announced this follows a March 14 notice about the 1964 plantings. Officials said beet sugar production must exceed marketings enough to ensure safe stock levels before any restrictions could be reapplied.
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Idaho
Department of Agriculture
Celebration plans outlined for Bear Lake Rangers Fourth
Paris Utah preparatory committees map a Centennial Fourth of July with events from a Ranger Chuckwagon Breakfast at Emerson School to a noon parade and a Western street dance on Main Street. Queen of the Bear Lake Rangers contest details, Wagon Train treks, and flag display efforts are emphasized along with a Ranger Horse Show on July 5 and a larger fireworks display.
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Bear Lake Rangers
Daughters of the Pioneers
Wagon Train
Paris
Queen of the Bear Lake Rangers
Pans Fairgrounds
Vernon Bateman
Bloomington
The
Legion
P.T.A
Main St
Paris Fairgrounds
Idaho
Paris Delegation Plays Key Role at M I A Dance Festival
A group from Paris joined the M I A conference and danced at the festival on Friday and Saturday nights at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Attendees included Jennette Parker Phyllis Ward Judy Pugmare Kathleen Eborn Edith Orr with chaperones Mr and Mrs LaMar Price Mrs Louise Pinson Mrs Joan Eborn and Mrs Jeanine Parker. The group toured Salt Lake City from Thursday to Sunday with Starlene Bolton Maxine Hansen and Helen Ramey also among attendees.
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Mia
University of Utah
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Ezra Benson
LDS College
Germany
University of Bonn
American Association of Agricultural College
Portneuf River
Minnetonka
Intermountain
Forest Service
B. L
Salt Lake Business College
Raymond Boy
U. P
Salt Lake City
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