County Eighth Grade Graduation May 17th
The County Eighth Grade Graduation Exercises will be held Friday May 17 at 2 p.m. in the Bear Lake Stake tabernacle with the program including March of Graduates a piano duet by Paul and Wendell Kunz of Bern invocation by Merrill Widmer of Geneva Girls Chorus Highth Grade Paris short talks by Karl Thurber of Dingle trumpet solo Bryce Rich Georgetown and Lois Athay of Paris then a Girls Quartet featuring Marilyn Clayton LaMoyne Nate Donetta Dayton and others continuing the program with additional performances and remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle
Paul and
Wendell Kunz
Bern
Merrill Widmer
Geneva
Paris
Karl Thurber
Dingle
Bryce Rich
Georgestown
Lois Athay
Marilyn Clayton
LaMoyne Nate
Donetta Dayton
Graduation Day Programs and Music Recitals Noted
Diploma presentation by D C Rich followed by a piano duet by Lou Jean Morgan and Bing Elaine Brown at Liberty. Lloyd Sleight speaks to graduates from Georgetown. Instrumental group performance by Montpelier Schoola. Benediction by J Wilmer Rigby of Wardboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Jean Morgan
Bing Elaine Brown
Liberty
Lloyd Sleight
Georgetown
Montpelier Schoola
J. Wilmer Rigby
Wardboro
60 Piece Band to Present Concert at Fielding High
The 60 piece band from Utah State Agricultural College at Logan will present a concert at Fielding High School on Monday May 13 at 11 00 a m. The public is cordially invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C
Fielding High
Bonham
Utah State Agricultural College
Logan
Salt Lake Visitors Spend Weekend With Family
Mra Ning Pearson and her son Dean of Salt Lake City visited from Thursday to Sunday with her mother Mra Jamea Dunn, staying for a short family visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Ning Pearson
Dean
Salt Lake
Jamea Dunn
Funeral Services For Mrs. John Scheidegger
Funeral services for Mrs. John Scheidegger were held last Thursday afternoon in the Bear Lake Stake tabernacle with Bishop Clarence M. Rich officiating. The program featured hymns by a quartet and duets, sermons by local church members, remarks by leaders, and a grave dedication by President EB W. Stuck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Scheidegger
Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle
Clarence M. Rich
Rock of Ages
Leonora Stucki
Danlene Rich
John Spencer
Ray Reeder
J. Henry Humpherys
1St Ward Relief Society
Madge Hoge
Whitney Transtrum
A. W. Shepherd
Darlene Rich
Alfred A. Hart
My Father
John W Spencer
Pres
EB. W. Stuck
Russell Innes Receives Army Discharge in Utah
Dt. Douglas Utah May 27 4 Hu Russell Innes son of Mrs W Innes of Paris Idaho and husband of Phebe Weston Innes of Salt Lake City has been discharged from the Army at the Separation center here He served 16 months overseas as a Storekeeper with the Quartermaster Corps and is authorized to wear the European theatre ribbon Asiatic-Pacific theatre ribbon 2 Battle Stars Good Conduct medal American theatre ribbon and the Victory ribbon He entered service December 9 1943 and was a printer in Salt Lake City before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dt. Douglas
Utah
Hu Russell Innes
W. Innes
Paris
Idaho
Phebe Weston Innes
Salt Lake City
Army
Innes
Quartermaster Corps
Card of Thanks for Family Support
The Scheidegger family thanks all who assisted them during the illness and death of their wife and mother. They note heartfelt floral offerings and kind words of sympathy from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Scheidegger
LDS Church Column Recites Poems and May 5 Services
The Paris 1st Ward program lists testimonies by Sister Eirza B Cook and Sister Emily MM Rich with excerpts on prayer and duty. May 5 services in Liberty Ward include songs prayers and blessings for babies and members with various speakers and a continued note on the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris 1St. Ward
Eirza B. Cook
Emily MM. Rich
LDS Church
Gister
Cook
Sister Rich
Benjamin Franklin
Sidney Hyden
P. A. Spence
Norman Perkins
Lavoy Hildt
Pearl Hyden
C. W. Pope
Nina Sorenson
Everett Sims
Lydia Gibbona
Beatrice Hansen
Rex Cook
Fielding High School Should Continue Vocational Agriculture
Van Ness Wal lentine argues against a tax levy increase without preserving the Vocational Agriculture and Home Economics programs at Fielding High School. He asserts these programs drive community farming education, club participation, and student growth, urging continued Smith Hughes work and cautioning that cutting to nine units would harm future farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fielding High School
Hughes
Smith-Hughes
Tommy
Smith- Hughes
van Ness Wallentine
Mr and Mrs Millage Becker Move to Rupert
Mr and Mrs Millage Becker depart for a new home in Rupert. Mrs Becker was formerly Miss Ethel Nutt of Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millage Becker
Rupert
Mrs. Becker
Ethel Nutt
Paris
Fielding High to Hold May 16 Commencement Dance
The Fielding High School Alumni Association sponsors a commencement dance on Thursday evening May 16 in the pavilion. Music will be provided by Jack McLaughlin’s Orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fielding High School
Jack McLaughlin
S &Piece Orchestra
A E Jacobson to Speak at Fielding High Commencement
Dean E Jacobson of the Education Department at Utah State Agricultural College will speaker at Fielding High School commencement in the tabernacle on Thursday May 16 at 8 PM. The program includes processional Ruby Bolton organ preludes, salutatory by Afton Hborn, and diplomas presented by O H Grimmett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean E . Jacobson
Department of Education
Utah State Agricultural College
Fielding High School
Tabernacle
Army films to be shown to public in Paris May 16
Mr. Leslie Bolton announces arrangements with Capt. W H Bammer to show the Army film West ward is Bataan at the Novelty theatre in Paris May 16 at 8 oclock. No admission charge and the public is urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Bolton
American Legion
Orphan Jacques Schuld Adopted by Legion Auxiliary Post 84
The Auxiliary of American Legion Post 84 adopted an orphan aged one at St Die France. About eleven pounds of clothing dried milk and vitamins were sent to the boy last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auxiliary of American Legion Post 84
Jacques Schuld
St. Die
France
Bulls to be inspected by Idaho extension staff at Bear Lake
Mr F Rinehart Extension Animal Husbandman University of Idaho will inspect the bears Lake Cattle and Horse association bulls on May 14 and 15 accompanied by Jay Hann Willard Kunz and interested stockmen. The inspection will start Tuesday morning at Fish Haven and work north to Paris the first day and finish from there the second day. Cattle men are asked to have their bulls ready for inspection on these dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Rinehart
University of Idaho
Bear Lake Cattle & Horse Association
Jay Hann
Willard Kunz
Fish Haven
Paris
Cpl Merl J Passey Honorable Discharge After 41 Months
Cpl Merl J Passey received an honorable discharge from the Army after 41 months of service including an eight month Pacific duty with the 7th Air Force in Hawaii. He earned the Asiatic Pacific, Good Conduct, Victory and ATO ribbons and studied political science before enlisting at the University of Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort George Wright
Wash
Merl J Passey
Army
Pacific Theatre
Carpenter
7Th Air Force
Hawaii
Cp Passey
University of Idaho
AAR
Cpl Passey
Melvin Passey
Lanar
Norma Long
Sharon
Tien
Veterans Register Discharge Papers Filed with Auditor
The April discharge list records 31 veterans placed on file with County Auditor Laurel T. Pugmire, with names spanning Army and Navy service from Montpelier, Paris, St. Charles, Fish Haven, Lanark, Montpelier and more. Auditor Tunks notes the total on record now stands at 431 veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel T Pugmire
Army
St. Charles
M. Smith Passey
Navy
Lanark
Irwin S Parker
Fred G Klinke
Paris
Joseph A Dalrymple
Montpelier
Leslie R. Cook
Clarence W Boehme
Geneva
Verl J Mumford
Dean F Kanz
Eugene E Erickson
Fish Haven
Homer V. Tunks
Paria
Gerald A. Hulme
Moroni Whittaker
Frank Sakamoto
Weldon E. Johnson
Ovid
Bryant M. Robison
Bennington
Roger D. Burgoyne
Dewayne S. Welker
John O. Grimmett
Dwight L. Cochran
Pegram
Wayne B. Perking
Russell B. Rich
Arnell C. Bailey
Lester B. Munk
Grant F. Lewis
James E. Linford
Vern D. Eschler
Raymond
Bruce Wilhelmsen
Geren V Howell
John H. Sarbach
Walter P. Rohner
Gerald D. Pugmire
Tunks
V. A. Specialists to Hold Meeting in Montpelier
Four Veterans Administration specialists from the Boise office will deliver talks and answer questions at a Montpelier meeting on Thursday evening May 23. Colonel Leon Fields announces the state wide effort to inform Idaho veterans about their rights and benefits. Local service officers, American Red Cross officials and other interested parties are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Leon Fields
Veterans Administration
Veteran Administration
Boise
Montpelier
American Red Cross
Robert Rosen Admitted to Salt Lake Veteran's Hospital
Robert Rosen entered the Veteran's hospital at Salt Lake last week with his condition reported as very serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Rosen
Veteran's Hospital
Salt Lake
Bob
Delta Delt Bridge Club Event at Paris Hotel
Mrs Dorothy Tueller hosted the Delta Delt Bridge club at the Paris Hotel on Wednesday evening. Clara Budge won high score and traveling prizes. Refreshments were served to Ruth Bunderson Clara Budge Fern Beck Audrey Monson Orlean Innes Dorothy Varner and the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Tueller
Delta Delt Bridge Club
Paris Hotel
Clara Budge
Ruth Bunderson
Fern Beck
Audrey Monson
Orlean Innes
Dorothy Varner
Vivian Donelan
Deardorffs Return From California Vacation
Mr and Mrs L L Deardorff of Camp Lifton with son Don concluded a two week California trip. They visited San Diego with Mrs Deardorff’s sister and Dr and Mrs John S Martin, then San Francisco to see daughter Beverly as she wed Lieutenant Commander Wm Wilkin gon. Son Robert, recently discharged from the Navy, joined them to San Francisco but returned to San Diego for employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Deardorff
Camp Lifton
Don
California
San Diego
Navy
Lifton
San Francisco
Captain Bammer Addresses Fielding High on Army Enlistment
Captain W H Bammer and Sgt John Balyer from Ogden Recruiting spoke at Fielding High on May 1 detailing 18 and 36 month enlistment benefits. Government pays up to 500 per year for tuition and up to 65 a month living allowance with extra for marriage. an Army Recruiting Service rep will visit Paris Draft Board on May 17 to answer questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Bonham
Fielding High School
W H Bammer
John Balyer
Ogden Recruiting Office
Bammer
Army
Oo Ee
Army Recruiting Service
Parla
Regular Army
Mrs. Esther Nye Dies at 69 in Montpelier
Mrs Esther Chugg Nye aged 69 wife of William C Nye died at her Montpelier home on Thursday morning. Born February 14 1877 she was the first white girl born in Noonan and daughter of the late Phillip and Joan Chugg. Survived by husband daughter Irene Campbell of Wilmington California brother David Chugg of Modesto California two grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services were held in Montpelier Monday with burial in Parla cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Chugg Nye
Wiliam C Nye
Montpelier
Noonan
Phillip
Joan Chugg
Montpellier
James Lindsay
Nye
Irene Campbell
Wilmington
Calif
David Chugg
Modesto
LDS Church
Parla
Ex Wave Officer Marries Navy Lieutenant Commander
Beverly Ann Deardorff and William C Wilkerson wed at Treasure Island Navy chapel in San Francisco with Chaplain Gatlin officiating. The bride, a Utah State Agricultural College graduate and Waves veteran, was given in marriage by her father. The groom, a UC alumnus, served three years in the South Pacific. The couple will reside in San Francisco after a Carmel By The Sea honeymoon.
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South Pacific
Navy Chapel
Treasure Island
San Francisco
California
Gatlin
L. L. Deardorff
Jeanne Martin
San Diego
Stanford University
Robert Deardorff
Robert E. Wiliams
Oakland
Dinnner
Claremont
Berkely
Carmel-By-The-Sea
Athays Stucks Visit Relatives in Soda Springs
Mr and Mrs Morris Athay and daughter and Mrs Mary P Stucks visited relatives in Soda Springs on Sunday. Miss Nedra Finch returned with them to convalesce for a few weeks after an appendicitis operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Athay
Mary P. Stucks
Soda Springs
Nedra Finch
Mrs Frank Athay Returns Home After Illness
Mrs Frank Athay left confinement at the Montpelier home of Mr and Mrs Ira Peterson after two weeks. She had pneumonia and other complications but is now back at her residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Athay
Ira Peterson
Montpelier
Barretts assume management of Hotel Paris cafe
Mr and Mrs Ralph Barrett of Idaho Falls take over the cafe and dinner room at the Hotel Paris naming it Hotel Paris Coffee Shop Mrs Barrett will run the shop while Mr Barrett remains employed by the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Barrett
Idaho Falls
Hotel Paris
Barrett
Mr Barrett
Railroad
Seminary Graduation Exercises Sunday May 12 1948
The Bear Lake Stake Seminary Graduation will be Sunday evening May 12 at 8 p m in the tabernacle with President ElRay L Christiansen delivering the address. The program includes organ prelude Ruby Bolton scripture reading Gwen Miller invocation Don C Parker girls chorus songs My Mother Taught Me and Home Sweet Home, and diplomas presented by Pres EB Woodruff Stucks with awards to Fred J Price and Ray M Reeder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Lake Stake Seminary
Tabernacle
ElRay L. Christiansen
Logan SD 38 Temple
Ruby Bolton
Gtake
Gwen Miller
Don C. Parker
Lois Matthews
Diane Rich
Darleen TS Delma
Ratherthin
Dunford
Nina Budge
Jane Stucki
Joyce Nelson
Fred J. Price
Ray M. Reeder
Doris Hodg
Army Commendation Ribbon Awarded Bernice Brown
Ex-WAC Sgt Bernice Brown received the Army Commendation Ribbon for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the Public Relations Office of Seventh U S Army. The citation from Lt General Geoffrey Keyes commends her as Reporter and Writer at Seventh Army Headquarters from August 31 1945 to February 1 1946 for initiative judgment courtesy and tact reflecting credit on herself and the WAC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAC
Bernice Brown
Geoffrey Keyes
Seventh U. S. Army
Heidelberg
Germany
Miss Brown
Seventh United States Army
Seventh Army
Women’s Army Corps
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. C. Rich
Russell Innes
L. D. S. Church Column
Bear Lake
Liberty Ward
Frank Brown
Idell Matthews
James A. Hymas
Sweet
Bruce Humpherys
Deamon
Curtin Austin
Wilmer Brown
Torrey L. Austin
Harold Pugmire
Jesse R. Matthews
Olive K. Rich
Luella Hyman
Charles Ward
Transtrum Presiding
Swan Arnell
A. E. Jacobson
Gene Paissey
Afton
Hborn
America
Delma Satterthwaite
Darleen Pugmire
Lilian Budge
Leah Dunford
Esther Law
Oley
Jane Shepherd
Max Haddock
Dean E A. Jacobson
Whispering Hope
Earl C. Bonham
O. H. Grimmett
Helen Poulsen
Lelg Parker
Benediction
Norma Hart
Gayle Beck
Maxine Beck
Evra Budge
Glen Caldwe
Eborn
Norme Hart
Doris Hodges
Leon Howell Fern Hymas
Don Jensen
Fred Lewis
Mark Madsen
Joyce Nelson Verlag
Nye Verne O'Dell
Lela Parker
Bruce Passey
Gene Passey
Helen Poulse Blaine Rich Jane Stucki
Aduates
LaRee Jensen
Dale Sorenson
Eldon Sorenson
Carma Mattson
Bonnie Jean Krogue
Lola Deane Lewis
Norma Lee Nielson
Margean Vallentine
Yvonne Valentine Veneda Shepherd
Sarah Jane Olsen
Carmena Parker
Barbara Linford Dorthy Twitchell
Ramona Nielson
Sharp Matthews
Betty Bateman
Preston Thomas
Louis Barfuss
Ted Stock
Cpl
Merl J. Passey
Veterans Register
V. A
Garden City
Lyle W. Ni Delma Lattaite
Phyllis Atchell
Ted G. Stock
Orval K. Anderson
Beverley Arnell
Elaine Bunderson
Maralyn K. Bunderson
Theodocia K. Hymas
Qynn McKay Peterson
Darleen Pugmire Blaine B
Rich Arlen C. Wilkes
Bloomington
Mark A. Madsen Paris
June Humpherys
Verla Nye
George Wayne Porter Paris
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