Bear River Project critique label sparks political clash
A memo circulated by the Bear River Coordinating Committee defends Dr. J Robert Bright’s independent review of the Bear River Project amid Utah and Idaho opposition. Lloyd Dunn accuses Governor Clyde of framing opposition as erroneous. he questions the memo’s accuracy and Bright’s qualifications while noting historical earthquake activity and geological concerns near Oneida Narrows Dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah Water and Power Board
Bear River Coordinating Committee
Bear River
J. Robert Bright
Clyde
Utah
Idaho
Lloyd Dunn
Bright
Oneida Narrows
Oneida Narrows Canyon
Red Rock
Dunn
Oneida Narrows Dam
Cache Valley
Tremonton - Brigham
Hebgen Lake
Oneida
Legion Auxiliary Leaders Meet at Wilks Home
The Bear Lake American Legion Auxiliary Unit 84 met on Friday March 6 at 2 00 p m at the home of Unit president Mrs Lucille Wilks Visiting officers included Mrs Nellie V Johnson Auxiliary president Dept of Idaho rs Jennie Norcutt Dept Sargeant at Arms Mrs Sylvia Nelson president Sixth Dist and Mrs Bob Knudsen secretary Sixth Dist Current Auxiliary business was discussed The group decided to send a girl to the 1964 Girls State A corsage was presented to each visitor Gold Star Mother and the president Luncheon followed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Lake
American Legion Auxiliary Unit
Lucille Wilks
Nellie V. Johnson
Dept. of
Emerson School News Brief Highlights Student Performances
Emerson School hosted a film titled Sheep Man last Thursday. An 8th Grade assembly Friday featured an accordion solo by Lindon Parks a pantomime Eldena Griffiths poems by Karlene Gambling guitar solo Rita Gleed and Clair Rich vocal and instrumental numbers Jolene Rich Nancy Hulme Sandra Michel Colleen Johnson plus two band selections. This week the 7th grade led the assembly with Beth Spencer Carla Lewis and Arcia Ward in a play Carla Lewis piano solo Joan Hulme Lurlene Roberts piano duet Terry Smith Kenneth Howell saxophone duet with Nora lyn Olsen and a skit by Sheryl Orr Kathy Howell Noralyn Olsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson School News
Emerson School
Lindon Parks
Eldena Griffiths
Karlene Gambling
Rita Gleed
Clair Rich
Jolene Rich
Nancy Hulme
Sandra Michel
Colleen Johnson
Beth Spencer
Carla Lewis
Arcia Ward
Joan Hulme
Lurlene Roberts
Terry Smith
Kenneth Howell
Noralyn Olsen
Sheryl Orr
Kathy Howell
Emma A Orchard Dies at Tooele Utah
Emma A Bird Orchard 88 of Tooele Utah died Saturday evening from infirmities of old age. Born Paris November 13 1875 she married Francis Henry Orchard in Montpelier November 10 1897. Funeral services were held Thursday at Tate Mortuary Tooele with interment in Tooele City Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Amelia Orchard
Tooele
Utah
Aga Rest Home
John
Mary Jane Whitehead Bird
Paris
Francis Henry Orchard
Montpelier
Orchard
Reed
Houston
Tex
J. E. (Milderd) Sheehan
San Antonio
Tate Mortuary
Tooele City Cemetery
Lyle Taggart Receives Ten Year Kraft Service Award
Lyle J. Taggart Plant Manager at the Kraft Plant in Paris received a ten year service award on March 1. The gold Kraft emblem tie bar was presented in an office ceremony with fellow workers and executives. The program began in 1946 and includes a service citation by Gordon Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle J. Taggart
Kraft Food
Paris
Kraft
Gordon Edwards
Freshmen Participate in National Educational Development Tests
Forty seven freshmen took part in the NEDT program aimed at helping students identify educational strengths and weaknesses. The initiative encourages early awareness to set goals for future education and achievement in their high school careers.
Quarter Horse Clinic at BYU in Provo
Intermountain Quarter Horse Association officials announce a free Quarter Horse performance clinic at BYU in Provo on March 21. The program at 8 30 a m features four performance classes led by D T Williams with demonstrations using green horses and experts on horse wounds nutrition and breeding in a full campus briefing and audience Q A session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Albert Smith
Brigham Young University
Provo
Intermountain
Ass'n
Ronald T. Pace
BYU Animal Husbandry Department
BYU
Pace
IQHA
D. T
Williams
Arbon
Ida
William F. Green
Salt Lake City
Ralph L. Jones
Salt Lake
Robert B. Wilson
Max Vallentine
Max M. Nicholes
DVM
Fielding High School Students Take 1964 NMSQ Test
Twenty eight students at Fielding High School took the 1964 National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test at 9 00 a m Tuesday March 10 according to Principal Ralph Roghaar The test opens the 10th annual Merit Scholarship program funded by the National Merit Scholarship Corp and sponsors Scholarships awarded vary by sponsor participation In 1963 1528 scholarships were awarded with 951 from 179 sponsors and 577 by the Erit Corporation There are 4118 Merit Scholars at 425 colleges this year Scores are sent to schools by March 15 for counselor use The test helps students learn about strengths and weaknesses and to plan college study The minimum scholarship is 100 and the maximum 1500 annually Merit Scholars may receive supplementary college grants The 1968 freshman stipend was 796 annually or 8184 for four years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fielding High School
Ralph Roghaar
National Merit Scholarship Corp
Erit Corporation
Semi Truck Tips 16 Cattle Lost in Canyon Snow
A semi truck carrying 113 cattle tipped into a snow bank in Emigration Canyon during a meeting with another truck on a narrow road. Sixteen cattle were killed as the aluminum deck provided no footing. The driver moved cattle to the Wards home to rest before the rest were loaded and sent to Nebraska.
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Emigration Canyon
Quartet to Sing on Television on Talent Showcase
Garden City group The Tune Twisters comprising Joan Negus Sue Negus Merle Spence and Mattie Price will perform on Channel 2 Eugene Jelesnik's Talent Showcase at 1 30 p m Sunday. Audience voting determines the winner who earns a Ted Mack Show tryout. Vote to Talent Showcase Box 19013 Granger Hunter Utah.
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Garden City
Tune Twisters
Joan Negus
Sue Negus
Merle Spence
Mattie Price
Channel 2
Eugene Jelesnik
Granger-Hunter
Utah
Delegation Attends Class A District 38 School Board Meeting
Montpelier City Hall hosted the regular meeting of the Class A District 38 School Board with all members the clerk and the superintendent present. About 50 county citizens attended led by Donovan Howell seeking transfer of school property to Fish Haven village for transfer to the LDS Church. The board will seek legal advice and prepare documents.
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Dist
Montpelier City Hall
Donovan Howell
Fishaven
Illage
Fish Haven
LDS Church
Marriage Licenses and Fielding High School vote debate
February marriage licenses list includes Cleve land Showalter Lyon Crane Romans and Renken with spouses from Denver Bennington Sioux City Yangton and Akron among others. A petition from Fielding High School area residents asks the Bear Lake County Idaho trustees to submit Fielding High School status change to a vote. Board members answer questions on budgets school costs and bus needs as Superintendent Nelson reports on 6 3 8 plan feasibility. The next school budget hearing is April 18 with county voters approving the budget. trustee elections are May 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie I. Cleveland
Denver
Beverly J. Showalter
Max Edward Lyon
Ovid
Mable Maria Crane
Bennington
Robert Romans
Sioux City
Neb
Marilyn Johnson
Akron
Towa
Wendell Renken
Yangton
Mary Flint
Jim Hawkes
Ayor
Paris
Fielding High School
Fielding
Board of Trustees
Bear Lake County
Idaho
Supt
Nelson
Montpelier High School
Paris man named to Cache National Forest Advisory Board
Glen Grimmett of Paris is appointed to the Cache Forest Advisory Council by Forest Supervisor Ted Koskella. The council met in Logan for its first session with members from nearby communities and a charter adopted to guide policy, programs and procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Grimmett
Cache National Forest Advisory Board
Paris
Cache Forest
Ted Koskella
Logan
Allen Adams
Randolph
Reed Bullen
Jay Howell
Whitney Floyd
Edith Shaw
Jen Patterson
Linn Baker
Ogden
Frank Reeder
Edward Nauman
Brigham City
Russell Cranney
Preston
Koskella
Forest Supervisor
Cache National Forest
Hallie Cox
Allegro Chorus to Appear March 15 at St Charles
The Allegro Ladies Chorus from Salt Lake City will perform March 15 at 2 00 PM at St Charles Ward and later at 6 00 PM in Montpelier. The 70 member group led by Burt A Keddington has won praise for church civic and club work in Utah. It recently auditioned and was accepted by WRUL for two broadcasts to 90 countries. Norma Pugmire of St Charles is president.
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Allegro
Salt Lake City
St. Charles Ward
Montpelier
Burt A. Keddington
Utah
WRUL
New York
Seattle
Norma Pugmire
St. Charles
Load and Speed Restrictions on State Highways
Effective Friday March 6 sections of State Highways were posted for load and speed restrictions. A weight limit of 350 lb per inch of tire width and 14 000 lb maximum per axle with 10 000 lb on the front axle applies on listed routes. Truck and bus speed is limited to 30 mph on posted sections. Restrictions include U S 95 from Weiser to Council MP 85 to 140 S H 19 Oregon line to Homedale MP 0 to 40 S H 19 Wilder to Caldwell MP 9 to 21 S H 45 Murphy to Nampa MP 0 to 27. Some sections remain restricted but are lifted temporarily to allow maximum legal loads with 380 mph truck and bus speed. Cold temperatures have stabilized the roadway and postings will be restored with warmer weather. S H 39 Aberdeen Blackfoot S H 34 Utah line to Wyoming line.
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U.S. 95
Weiser
Council
S.H
Oregon Line
Homedale
Wilder
Caldwell
Murphy
Nampa
Aberdeen - Blackfoot
Utah Line
Wyoming
Former Liberty resident dies at 70 in Grace
Simpson Evans Hymas 70 died Monday at his Grace home after a lingering illness. Born August 20 1893 in Liberty, he worked for Matthews Bros sheep operation and Union Pacific in Montana. He lived in Grace 16 years, married to Luella Matthews in Logan LDS geeryville in 1918, survived by wife, son Scott in Cleveland, Ohio, daughter Mona Hill Grace, sister Jennie Dore California and seven grandchildren. Funeral 1:00 p.m. at Bannock LDS Stake Tabernacle Grace with viewing at the Tabernacle. Burial in Liberty Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson
Sim’ Evans Hymas
Grace
Liberty
James
Sarah Evans Hymas
Matthews Bros
Union, Pacific Railroad
Montpellier
J. Hymas
Luella Matthews
Logan
Scott
Cleveland
Ohio
Rob’t (Mona) Hill
Arthur
Jennie) Dore
California
Sever
Amas
Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints
Bannock Lds Stake Tabernacle
Tabernacle
Liberry Cemetery
Conservation Camp for Boys Planned
Plans announced by T. J. Chester Extension Agent Pocatello for the 5th Annual University of Idaho Conservation Camp for Boys at Alpine Camp Palisades Lake from June 1 to 6. Open to freshmen year high school graduates from southern Idaho counties. Fee is 25 dollars covering meals lodging insurance and miscellaneous items. Includes fish game forestry watershed timber soils with individual career counseling. Apply through local County Extension Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Chester
Extension Agt
Pocatello
University of Idaho Conservation
Palisades Lake
Idaho
Oys
Locz County
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Legion Auxiliary
Wilks
Emma A. Orchard
Lyle Taggart
FHS
Glen Ward
Nebraska
Charles Reuben Keeling
Mildred Marietta King
Grand Junction
Colo
John Edward Anderson
Jane Alice Oyler
Greeley
David Lane Wilson
Plattsmouth
Margaret B. Dickey
Omaha
Supt. Nelson
Cox
Bullen
Patterson
Howell
Cranney
Grimmett
Shaw
Floyd
Reeder
Baker
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