Fielding Spartans in District Tournament Elimination
Fielding tried to stay in contention as the Suh District tournament began with two opening losses for the Spartans. Aberdeen and Sancroft lead undefeated, while Fielding, Soda Springs, North and Rockland faced early elimination, with Bancroft and Aberdeen still undefeated heading into the weekend rematches at Aberdeen. The winner advances to Lewiston for the late March district meet.
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Cam
Suh
Spartans
Aberdeen
Sancroft
Fielding
Soda Springs
North
Rockland
Grace
Erican Falls
Bancroft Andberdeen
Aberaan
Lewiston
Bear Lake March Weather Brings Snow and Overcast Skies
An inch of snow fell in Bear Lake last Sunday with a brisk wind. Monday showed similar conditions and the region remained overcast. Temperatures stayed cold for March as weather persisted.
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Bear Lake
Local Social News Highlights From Salt Lake and Montpelier
Ralph Rich visited Salt Lake City last Thursday on business. Agnes Peterson spent the weekend with her sister in St. Charles. David and a Mrs. Butler moved to Canyon Street this week. Bill Nye and others visited Saturday. Wesley Weston of Laketown stayed at Chauncey Main’s home Friday. Fenton Allred visited daughter Reed Jenior in Montpelier Tuesday. Delbert Parker of Ocate Ho and family hosted Irwin Parker’s guests last weekend. A W Shepherd and wife left for a San Francisco trip for business and pleasure. Mrs. Charles Wyler hosted Cathy's 12th birthday party with 16 classmates and friends dancing and refreshments before the show. Darrell Beck, Donna Monson and Montpelier visitors returned from Salt Lake City business. Clyde Randall and Peggy Jo of Blackfoot joined Harold Claris of More for a weekend with Jemima Parker’s home. Mrs. Ances Bunn and Henry Tandy with others attended. A musical gathering featured Ann Ruth Lowe, Helen Lar, Iane Wilcox and Lois Lee Hulme. Beers and refreshments were served during the event.
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Cera
Jemima Parker
Ann Ruth Lowe
Helen the Lar
Iane Wilcox
Lois Lee Hulme
Beck
Vara Cheney Appointed Temporary Postmistress in Laketown
Mrs Vara Cheney appointed temporary postmaster at Laketown Utah due to retirement of Mr and Mrs George N Weston. The post office moves into her store this week as the Westons depart Laketown for Logan after fifteen years in the role.
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Vara Cheney
Laketown
Utah
George N. Weston
Weston
Logan
Mary Hunt Place
Young Women Urged to Investigate Navy Opportunities
Advertisement urges women ages 18 to 25 with a high school education to explore Navy benefits as WAVE recruits. It highlights training on modern professional lines, regular pay with allowances, medical and dental care, life insurance, and equal advancement, with contact points in Pocatello and Montpelier for more information.
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Navy
Pocatello
Burgoyne Hotel
Montpelier
Golden Anniversary Club Organized at Utah State
The Golden Anniversary Club formed by alumni of Utah State Agricultural College 50 years out of school invites all graduates and former students from 1903 or earlier to join. Members will share school-day memories and renew old ties, with a membership fee proposed. Send names to David Tarbet, 169 South 4th West, Logan, Utah.
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Utah State Agricultural College
David Tarbet
South 4Th West
Logan
Utah
Red Cross Fund Drive Under Way in Paris Chapter
A drive to raise 566 dollars for the Paris Chapter of the American Red Cross began February 2 with a Fielding High School program of Red Cross service films. Myrtle Lytle outlined ARC aims as ward bishops read messages from church leaders urging support. Door to door canvassing starts in several wards with quotas and chairmen listed for Bloomington Lanark Fish Haven Liberty Ovid Paris 1st Paris 2nd Taft Sharon St Charles and others.
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Paris
American Red Cross
Fielding High School
Red Cross
Myrtle Lytle
ARC
Church
Bloomington
Alma Findlay
Lanark
Archie Parker
Fish Haven
Grant Findlay
Liberty
Alfred Humpherys
Ralph Jurgensmeiré
Ovid
Grant Sorenson
Paria
John Spencer
Taft Budge
Sharon
Ray Hymas
St. Charles
Louis T. Pugmire
Lions Cage Tournament Opens With Six Teams
Six teams are lined up for the Paris Lions Club Annual Basketball tournament chaired by Morris Athay. Registered teams include Randolph Mien Georgetown Montpelier 4th Ward Laketown Kraft Cheese and Fielding High School Seniors. Play begins Wednesday night March 11 at Fielding High School gym with a 7 pm opener and runs through four more nights. The committee will meet Friday to arrange the schedule and work toward a two game elimination format.
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Paris Lions Club
Morris Athay
Howard Willoughby
Eugene Roberts
Keith Warner
Randolph Mien
Georgetown
Montpelier 4Th Ward
Laketown
Kraft Cheese
Fielding High School
Fielding PTA Observes Founders Day at Meeting
An active Fielding PTA Founders Day program drew many despite illness and conflicting events. Edna Law led the meeting in president Maurine Well ing’s absence. Bloomington’s Letha D. Madsen gave the Founders Day address as Fielding students under Raymond Webb performed musical selections. Ambr Goebel awarded past president pins to Vera Haddock and Effie Stock. Refreshments were served by Liberty and Sharon-area volunteers. The event, chaired by Norma Sprouse, was considered a success and the National Foundation collection was generous.
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Fielding Pta
Edna Law
Pres
Maurine Welling
Letha D. Madsen
Bloomington
Fielding
Raymond Webb
Ann Lane
Verla Mae Morgan
Ann Hymas
Janet Sprouse
Farm and Home Institute to Meet March 21 in Montpelier
The annual Farm and Home Institute for Bear Lake county will be held March 21 in the Montpelier 2nd ward chapel. Speeches and entertainment numbers will be presented. The program is sponsored by the County Farm Bureau the County Agent and the Extension Service. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Farm and Home Institute
Bear Lake County
Montpelier 2Nd Ward
County Farm Bureau
Extension Service
Bloomington Ward Honors Old Folks Party Highlights
The Bloomington ward held its annual Old Folks party with the Spring theme. Thomas Piggott chaired the event featuring speeches, musical numbers by Meltha Painter and others, a 4 pm chicken dinner for 123, and an evening program led by Oleen Talbot with dancing to the Lond Ringer orchestra.
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Bloomington
Thomas_ Piggott
A. O. Christensen
Meltha Painter
Otis Bateman
Thomas Piggott
Ormi Talbot
Anona Grandy
Paris
Melinda Gibbons
Garden City
Alaire Hart
Nadine Nelson
Hattie Vallentine
Blanche Piggott
Reading
Alfred A. Hart
Deltha Painter
J. W. Patterson
Deltha
Ramona Ward
Montpelier
Talk
Jay Nelson
Hulme Dunford
Paul Haddock
Dean Ward
Burdette Pugmire
Oleen Talbot
Jefferson Dunford
Fish Haven Ward
Ben Bunderson
Bennington
Fish Haven Sward
Bryan Haddock
Lond Ringer Orchestra
Benediction
Gene Findlay
Mrs Angus Porter Visits Ogdn To Help Care For Grandson
Mrs Angus Porter is visiting Ogdn to assist with care for her grandson born last week to Mr and Mrs Gordon Nutt.
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Angus Porter
Ogdn
Myr
Mra Gordon Nutt
Boy Scout Training Session At FHS In Paris March 7
The Boy Scout Training program continues at Fielding High School Paris with three sessions for Scoutmasters Explorer Leaders and Troop Committees. Schedule begins 10 a.m. then 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Leaders urged to attend multiple sessions.
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FHS
Fielding High School
Paris
Georgetown Boy Injured In Truck Overturn Near Georgetown
Bruce Kunz of Georgetown is hospitalized at Bear Lake with a fractured skull after a GMC pickup driven by Wel don Hoff left the road and overturned three miles east of Georgetown in a borrow pit. The truck sustained extensive damage.
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Bruce Kunz
Georgetown
Bear Lake Hospital
Kunz
Weldon Hoff
Borrow Pit
Weldon
Bear Lake Memorial Hospital Admission Log Summary
Medical and surgical admissions across Bear Lake Memorial Hospital list patients from towns including Pegram Dingle Montpelier and Georgetown. Entries cover Feb 24 to March 3 with multiple major surgeries minor surgeries accidents and births. several patients released by Feb 26 to March 3. Notable names include Elmer Williams Nancy Lee Cheryl Hamburg and Miss Carolyn Teuscher. Sunday dinner guests were Norman Gambling and wife at the Scheidegger home.
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Elmer Williams
Pegram
Jacqueline
Aaron Lewis
Dingle
Roger Mouritsen
Montpelier
Co. L. Mattson
Paris
Walter Rhoner
Vern Rhinehart
Soda Springs
van French
Wayne Pool
Ivan Rigby
Nancy Lee
Dean Pugmire
Laketown
LeRoy Hayes
Georgetown
Cheryl Hamburg
Harold Miles
June Warren
Pauline
Oney Quintana
Cokeville
Henry Tippetts
Carolyn Teuscher
Geneva
William Stump
Smoot
Wyo
Bruce Kunz
Bern
Dee Morgan
Liberty
Darwin Jensen
Ovid
Floyd Clark
Robert Danks
Jess Scheidegger
Mrs. Norman Gambling and Son
March activity calendar with school events and dates
The calendar lists events from March to May including Stake Gold and Green on March 6 and March 13, a Paris Old Folks Party, parties at Lanark R, and Seminary events. Open April 10 Fielding Junior Prom, April 16 Father and Son Banquet, April 17 MIA Chastity Meeting, April 18 Ambassadors of Song, April 23-24 FHS Play, May 5 MIA Male and Dance Festival, Seminary Commencement May 22 and FHS Commencement May 22.
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Stake Gold & Green
Paris
Peteene Sharon R
Prete Lanark R
the Seminary
Fielding
Father & Son
MIA
Harold B. Lee to Attend Church Conference March 7 8
Harold B Lee of the Council of Twelve and T C Stayner representing General Welfare will attend the quarterly conference on Saturday and Sunday The Welfare meeting is in the Seminary building at 6 30 PM Saturday followed by a Priesthood Leadership meeting in the tabernacle All Priesthood Leadership are expected to attend Regular conference sessions are set for 10 AM and 2 PM Sunday March 8
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Harold B. Lee
Council of Twelve
T. C. Stayner
General Welfare
Tabernacle
Breeders Association Holds Annual Meeting in Hyde Park Utah
The Cache Valley Breeders Association met at Hyde Park with officers Jack R. Crane chairman and Duane Hansen secretary. Members from Bear Lake and St. Charles attended, noting cow births rising from 6,956 in 1949 to 34,203 in 1952. Patronage dividends were declared for 1950 and stock certificates issued for 1951. total assets stood at 141,300 dollars as of January 1. Crane was reelected director.
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Cache Valley ‘Breeders Association
Hyde Park
Utah
Jack R. Crane
Duane Hansen
R. K. Nelson
Montpelier
Noel Linford
St. Charles
Jefferson Dunford
Bloomington
Bear Lake
Frank Linford
William Rich
Ernest Bowman
Leon Swenson
Clarence Rich
Paris
Crane
CVBA
Farmers urged to follow up on conservation work
Farmers in Oar Lake County are urged by Wesley Dodge to complete approved 1953 ACP conservation practices and other conservation work planned for the year. He stresses preparation for equipment use and cooperative scheduling to ensure practices are completed and land protected from erosion amid population growth.
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Lake County
Wesley Dodge
PMA
ACP
Dodge
Public Notice: Crawford Schedule Changes March 12 19
Date L. D. Crawford of the Farmers Home Administration will not be in his Paris courthouse office on March 12 as scheduled. He will be in his office here a week later on March 19.
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L. D. Crawford
Farmers Home Administration
Court House
Paris
Lewis Family Home Visit Following Coast Trip
After Lewis home Wednesday and Thursday of last week were Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Milford Lewis and Mrs. James Payne and son Rex. The Lewises were en route to their Iowa Idaho home after spending three weeks in California where they met Milford who is home on furlough from the Navy. He just returned from Korea.
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Lewis
Lorenzo Lewis
Milford Lewis
James Payne
Rex
Iowa
Idaho
California
Milford
Navy
Korea
Paris Lions Dinner at Camp Lifton Featured Steaks and Films
Twenty eight Paris Lions Club members and wives attended a steak dinner at Camp Lif ton last Thursday. Lions Morris Athay and Glen Grimmett cooked and served the steaks. Afterward two films were shown, one by the Standard Oil Co depicting a family trip and another titled From the Forest to a Home about lumber.
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Paris Lions Club
Camp Lifton
Morris Athay
Glen Grimmett
Gtandard Old Co
Speed Still Number One Killer on Idaho Highways
Idaho officials report 216 fatal automobile crashes last year with speeding as the leading cause. State Police Officer Mark Wilson notes 103 deaths due to excessive speed for conditions, while wrong side driving and improper turning also contributed. Pedestrian violations and yield-right-of-way failures helped drive the total.
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Idaho
Mark Wilson
Idahotiows
Obituary of George LeRoy Wilkes of St Charles
George LeRoy Wilkes 42 life long St Charles resident died Feb 19 from acute heart attack. Born June 13 1910 oldest son of George and Effie Wilkes he married Velma Mae Lutz Nov 5 1931. Survived by wife three daughters Norma Webb Beverly Bonnie Wilkes Carles and Jack Stock. parents and one son Vern preceded him in death. Funeral Feb 24 St Charles ward chapel with burial in St Charles cemetery.
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George LeRoy Wilkes
St. Charles
LDS Church
Mr. Wilkes
George
Effie Blade Wilkes
Velma Mae Lutz
Noel
Norma) Webb
Ogden
Beverly
Bonnie Wilkes Carles
Éebro
Nell
Woodrow Wilkes
California
Jack
Card of Thanks for Loss of Husband and Father
Velma Wilkes and daughters express gratitude to those who offered kindness during their recent sorrow over the death of their husband and father.
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Velma Wilkes
Man has narrow escape as car strikes hay rack near Paris
Don Warren of Tacoma Washington escaped serious injury Saturday when his 1951 Studebaker struck a hay rack on Highway 89 at Paris. The rack rear struck windshield with a 2 by 4. Warren received only a arm scratch and the car tied up nearly $1000 in damage. The hay rack team was driven by Charles Crawford and Howard Winterbottom. Crawford regained control after the collision.
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Don Warren
Tacoma
Wash
Highway 89
Paris
Mr. Warren
Wyoming
California
Studebaker
ea_hayrack
Warren
Charles Crawford
Howard Winterbottom
Mr. Crawford
Blood for Free Dom Car to Visit Montpelier
The Blood for Freedom car will be in Montpelier on March 14 with 45 donor appointments between 2 30 and 4 p m. The Paris Red Cross chapter seeks 45 volunteers to donate as part of a one day drive aimed at collecting 120 pints for war relief and Gamma Globulin production. A medical screening and doctor present at donation are provided.
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Montpelier
Paris
American Red Cross
Korea
Red Cross
Sheepmen to Meet in Montpelier City Hall
All sheepmen and wool growers are invited to attend a meeting in Montpelier City Hall at 2 p.m. on March 7. Members will discuss forming the pool and actions for the coming year.
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Montpelier City Hall
Local and Personal News From Logan and Nearby Areas
A compilation of visits and family events includes Bernard Wilke and Mrs. Jess Scheidegger in town, Mr. and Mrs. Wm B. Stucks in Salt Lake visiting Louis Poulsen, Lena Caldwell with Chas Sorenson in Logan, and several others attending plays, tournaments, and gatherings. The Paris ward Relief Society met with LaVern Lewis in charge, a Theology Lesson by Gertrude Price followed by a quilt project, and multiple birthday and family visits across Montpelier Logan Ogden and Grace contexts.
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Mrs
Wm B. Stucks
Salt
Louis Poulsen
Paris
2Nd Ward Relief Society
LaVern Lewis
Gertrude Price
Lewis
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Utah State
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Harold B.lee
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Bernard Wilke
Lena Caldwell
Chas. Sorenson
2Nd Ward Mutual
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Clifford Price
Grace and
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Marsha
Smith Gertsch
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Frances Bunn
Henry Grandy
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