Port Wins District Class B Championship Over Beavers
Port Wildcat clinched the district title by defeating American Falls Beavers 65 60 last Friday entering the state meet March 6 8. The team’s 17th win of the season with five losses marks its first district crown since 1925 and advances them toward state competition.
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Cowboys
Banth
Bampionship
Beaverserican Falls
Pieldin
Springs
Quar
Eugene
First Grade Rhythm and Rockets at School News
The report highlights first and grade activities with counting by twos, a Virginia Reel dance, rocket projects in reading, and flannel story illustrations. Notes on absences due to measles and colds appear alongside classroom goals in arithmetic and self care.
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Phosphate Land Leased in Caribou County Idaho
The Land Office in Boise advertises sealed bids to lease 480 acres of government owned phosphate land two miles east of Conda. Bids open April 19 at 1 p.m. in the Federal Building. Minimum bid is $1.00 per acre. Lease forms may be obtained from the Manager, Land Office, Room 327, Federal Building Boise.
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Boise
Conda
Federal Building
Idaho
Garden City Couple Feted on Golden Wedding
The children and grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Wamsley hosted an open house at their Garden City home on Sunday afternoon March 4 to honor the couple on their golden wedding anniversary. Relatives and friends called to offer congratulations.
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Isaac Wamsley
Garden City
Glen Longhurst
Logan
Second Ward Relief Society Party Planned for March 16
The Paris 2nd Ward Relief Society hosts a Friday event at the Meeting House at 7:30 PM with a dinner and program. Afterward attendees will dance in the Emerson School gym to close the evening.
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2Nd Ward Relief Society
Paris
Pariatat Ward Relief Society
Eight Paris area workers to receive safety awards from UP&L
Eight Paris area residents will be honored March 12 for at least a decade of safe work in hazardous jobs with no lost time injuries. The Preston banquet will cite Leon J Taylor Henry Humpherys Kurt R Anderson Oscar H Anderson Eugene R Arnell Ellsworth P Cleveland Grover B Cleveland Vivian Pugmire.
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Paris Area
Utah Power & Light Co
Franklin County Court House
Preston
Leon J Taylor
Henry Humpherys
Paris
Kurt R. Anderson
Oscar H. Anderson
Eugene R. Arnell
Ellsworth P Cleveland
Grover
Cleveland
Vivian
Pugmire
St Charles
Ap&l
Geo M. Gadsby
Qontpelier
E. B Taylor
Montpelier
Lifton
E. W Roberts
Red Cross Fund Drive Sets 730 Goal for Paris Chapter
The Paris Chapter aims to raise 73000 this March under fund chairman Norman Roberts of Liberty and co chair Mrs Margaret Passey of Lanark. The 1956 target is 16000 more than 1955 to meet increased disaster relief needs from west coast floods. Community fund captains include Myrtle Cottle Fish Haven William Hill St Charles Ben Bateman Bloomington Luanna Nelson Paris Cyril Budge Paris Archie Parker Lanark and Mrs Charles Parker Ovid.
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Paris
Norman Roberts
Liberty
Margaret Passey
Lanark
Myrtle Cottle Fish Haven
William Hill St. Charles
Ben Bateman
Bloomington
Luanna Nelson
Cyril S Budge
Archie Parker
Charles Parker Ovid
Hulme Matthews
Sharon
Mary H Swensen Dies at Montpelier Age 89
Mary Jane Hogensen Swensen aged 89 died at her Montpelier home last Thursday of causes incident to age. Born December 9 1866 in Montpelier she was married October 21 1886 to Ole Swensen in the Logan Temple. Surviving children include Clarence Winslow Marriner Swensen Edna O Swensen Silas Swensen and Iris Hancock. Funeral services were held Monday in Montpelier.
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Mary Jane Hogensen Swensen
Montpelier
Christian and
Patra Larsen Hogensen
Ole Swensen
Logan Temple
Clarence OQ
Winslow Swensen
Marriner Swensen
Oakland
Calif
Edna O Swensen
Proclamation designates Red Cross month by Eisenhower
President Eisenhower proclaims 1956 as Red Cross month and urges Americans to support the organization with funds and active membership. He notes Red Cross long service in peace and war, aiding the U S government and disaster relief, and serving the armed forces under congressional authority.
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American National Red Cross
United States
International Red Cross
United States of America
Red Cross
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Record Timber Harvest Reaches New Intermountain Peak
Timber operators logged a record 270 190 000 board feet from Intermountain national forests in 1955, with southern Idaho Utah Wyoming regions contributing major shares and 25 percent of net revenue returned to counties for schools and roads. Local notices report community visits and social events in Idaho with several residents traveling or hosting gatherings.
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Intermountain National Forests
C J Olsen
US Treasury
National
Idaho
Utah
Frame Building Destroyed by Fire at L. C. Valentine Ranch
Fire at the L. C. Valentine ranch north of Paris destroyed an 18 by 36 foot pine frame building. Mr Cleneth Arnell raised the alarm around 3 45 am and 35 to 40 firefighters contained the blaze. Loss, including attic equipment and pigs, estimated at about $1000 with no insurance.
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L. C. Valentine Ranch
Paris
Cleneth Arnell
St. Charles
Monpelier
Splendid PTA Program At Fielding High School
Fielding High School PTA met in the auditorium on March 1 with Pres Ila Lewis presiding. Music by Mr Whatcott and Beryl Loveland accompanied patriotic selections and a humorous reading. Officer terms were discussed. the meeting adjourned to April 12 amid praise for student achievements.
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Mr Whatcott
Beryl Loveland
America
Ione Budge
Larry Jausai
Conrad Michaelson
Wayne Budge
Bill Rogers
Ann Marie Ward
Nikki Monson
Merlyn Taylor
Maurine Athay
Rose Prom March 9 at St Charles with Explorers and Mia Maids
The Rose Prom will be held Friday March 9 at St Charles starting at 8 pm. Attending will be Explorers and Mia Maids, leaders and workers of the Bear Lake Stake.
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St. Charles
Bear Lake Stake
Idaho Men Sign Up as Navy Month Here
Governor Smylie proclaims February Navy Sign-up month in Idaho. Forty three men from the state volunteered or enlisted. Sixteen signed up voluntarily through the Pocatello recruiting office as part of the drive.
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Idaho
Robert E. Smylies
Gem State
Pocatello
Fielding School Activity Calendar Highlights
The calendar lists events from Fielding including junior and senior proms, band and chorus concerts, PTA meetings, Farm Bureau and Emerson PTA activities, a high school play, spring dance festival, and commencement. Also shows club meetings and community parties such as Relief Society and Bee Hive events spanning April to June.
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MIA
Fielding
Fielding Band
Farm Bureau
Emerson
St. Charles
Fielding High School
Emerson Pta
Bee
Second Shift Put On At Paris Phosphate Mine
Effective Monday March 5 a second shift was added to Potash Company of America operations at the Paris Canyon mine site Project Engineer J P Hesler announced two new workers Carlyle Gambling and James J Humasa and promotions for John Payne and Smith Passey Driving of the drift entry to intersect the phosphate vein has resumed about 195 feet from the portal and is expected to speed up drive The main haulage belt 25 in by 300 ft is due late this week John W Long remains Leadman on one shift and John Payne on the other
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Potash Company of America
Paris Canyon
J. P. Hesler
Carlyle Gambling
Ovid
James J. Humasa
Montpelier
Esler
John Payne
Smith Passey
John W. Long
How the Draft Board Makes Its Classifications
The article outlines selective service procedures for classifying registrants. It notes the birthday timing for the classification questionnaire, the need to report address changes, and that answers are confidential. It explains board consideration of factors affecting classification and warnings about penalties for disclosure. It also includes local social items and a birth announcement.
Annual Farm and Home Institute Set for March 16
The Bear Lake County Farm Bureau and County Extension Service announce the annual Farm and Home Institute on March 16. The committee urges use of the afternoon and promises a different program with details to follow next week. All residents are welcome to attend.
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Farm and Home Institute
Bear Lake County Farm Bureau
County Extension Service
Garden City Soldier Trains at Ft Hood Texas
Army Private Gordon H. Nicholls 17 son of Drew Cook of Garden City Utah trains with the 4th Armored Division at Fort Hood Texas The division famed for Normandy Bastogne in World War I is undergoing a large training program Nicholls joined the Army last November and completed basic at Fort Carson Colorado
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Ft. Hood
Texas
Gordon H. Nicholls
Drew Cook
Garden City
Utah
4Th Armored Division
Fort Hood
Normandy
Bastigne
Pvt Nicholls
Fort Carson
Cold
Wesley Dodge of Dingle Dies of Heart Attack
Wesley Dodge 65 a Dingle farmer and stockman died Wednesday afternoon of a heart attack he suffered while working at his ranch Tuesday He was born September 27 1890 in Fountain Colorado and lived in Provo Utah before moving to Dingle His wife Cora Shrope Dodge died in 1984 He survived by a stepson Harold Stevens two brothers and two half siblings and three half sisters Funeral services were held Saturday at 1 pm in the Dingle Ward Chapel with burial in Montpelier cemetery
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Wesley Dodge
Dingle
C. L
Lulu Bush Dodge
Fountain
Colorado
Provo
Utah
Andra
M. K. Hopkins
Cora Shrope Dodge
May Hoppert Stevens
Harold Stevens
Orval B. Dodge
C. J. Dodge
Costa Mesa
Calif
Frank
D. C. Dodge
Hotchkiss
Colo
Bessie Johnson
Houston
Texas
Virginia Bensen
Ogden
4 H Week Planned In Pear Lake County March 8
Boys and girls in Pear Lake County prepare for 4 H Week from March 3 to 11 with Bob Kerns noting it reviews past work and plans a brisk season. Last year 249 members formed 91 clubs. Idaho set a state record with 12 684 members in 1887 clubs. The 4 H slogan is Learn by Doing and To Make the Best Better. Emphasis during club week centers on informing the public, attracting new members, recognizing local leaders, and evaluating achievements to plan farm home and community activities.
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Roy
Craig H. Hansen
Idaho
Brenda Eborn
Taden
Mr Rich
Marsh
Joan Hymas
Chums Club
Nn Armatage
Pear Lake County
Bob Kerns
Egent
Snow survey shows higher Snow Water Equivalent on Blackfoot River
Snow surveys by Joe W Rowsell and Arthur Bov an of the Soil Conservation Service on February 28 29 show substantial increases in snow depth and moisture over last year at Samson Ranch Allen Ranch and China Hat snow courses. Readings forwarded to Boise for basin wide forecast aiding flood irrigation and reservoir storage planning on the Columbia River tributaries.
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Blackfoot River
Joe W. Rowsell
Arthur R. Bovan
Soil Conservation Service
Samson Ranch
Graya Lake
Allen Ranch
Soda Springs
Samsen Ranch
Wees
Weeae
8CS
Boise
Idaho
Columbia River Basin
Columbia River
Short Courses at Idaho University Begin March 19
University of Idaho offers two short courses in Moscow in late March. From March 19 to 23 the ice cream course covers mixes, flavoring, freezing, keeping quality and selling with an ice cream clinic for samples. March 26 to 30 follows on dairy plant and farm sanitation with current clean production practices and dairy rations.
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University of Idaho
Bob Kerns
Moscow
Department of Dairy Husbandry
D. L. Fourt
Cattle risk vitamin A shortage in winter months
University of Idaho extension expert Wade Wells warns cattle miss essential vitamin A as winter feeds lack green forage. Signs include joint swelling night blindness and potential convulsions in advanced cases. Small amounts of green hay fish oil alfalfa products can help cover daily needs.
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Wade Wells
University of Idaho Extension Service
Wells
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Draft Board
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Ft. Hood, Texas
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San Diego
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Ronald Parker
Budell
Japan
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Edna Dhorn
Brian Whorn
Vesta Eborn
Bertha Laker
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