Gray's Lake Wild Refuge Plan Debated at Soda Springs Meeting
Idaho officials and local residents convened to discuss a proposed Gray's Lake wildlife refuge. The plan would potentially redraw water usage, reducing land available for grazing and hay, and draw opposition from farmers and landowners. A permanent committee was formed with State Senator chosen as chair to liaise with federal agencies and the Fish and Game Department.
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Yountlemen
Bilow
Congress
Perment
Theederal Agency
Fish and Time Department
Gray's Lake Land
Hospital Admission Log From Bear Lake Memorial
Bear Lake Memorial Hospital lists multiple admissions on May 5 to May 12 for medical and major or minor surgeries. Names include Mrs. Ernest Gordes Cokeville Mrs. Ross Thornock and others from Cokeville Dingle Laketown Montpelier and Georgetown. A newborn boy to Mr and Mrs Wayne Irons of Montpelier is noted with birth on May 7.
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Ernest Gordes
Kemmerer, YO
Ross Thornock
Cokeville
Surg
Karen
Lewis Dayton
Cokeile
Omer Glover
Niel Lewis
Noman
LaRae Hoge
Lanark
William Sparks
Dingle
John H. Weston
Laketown
J. Warren Sirrine
Raymond Roberta
Jefferson Dunford
Blooming- R
Walter Sarbach
Montpelier
Nancy
Arnold Oshrlein
Montpel T
Beal to Address Fielding High Graduates
Prof M D Beal of Idaho State College Pocatello will deliver the address at Fielding High School exercises Friday evening May 22. Eldon Morgan is valedictorian and Della Pope salutatorian.
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M. D. Beal
Idaho State College
Pocatello
Eldon Morgan
Della Pope
Mayor Grady Announces City Official and Committee Appointments
At the May meeting Mayor Weldon E. Weldon listed official appointees including Clerk & Police Judge Fred J. Price Prester Edwin T. Shepherd Marshall Lester Alfred Attorney Haddock Physician Dr S H Rich and members of the Finance Water & Sewer Street & Walks and other committees with chairs and members named.
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Weldon E. Weldon
Fred J. Price
Edwin T. Shepherd
Lester Alfred
Haddock
S. H. Rich
William S. Lauritzen
Keith Varner
Chas. Crawford
Taft Budge
Smith Gertsch
J Vivian Ny
6th Army Starts Recovery at Plane Crash Site
The 6th Army began recovering bodies from the January 7 crash in the mountains about 25 miles southwest, where 40 returned Korean War veterans and the crew perished.
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6Th Army
Here
Bear Lake Seminary Elects Officers in Class Vote
Bear Lake Stake Seminary held its class election naming Wendell Shepherd president and Lorraine Nye vice president. Carolyn Piggott became treasurer, Ruth Hulme secretary, and reporter. Mary Rogers and Marlene Piggott were selected Church History and New Testament representatives respectively. Outgoing officers include Kay Smith president and others.
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Wendell Shepherd
Bear Lake Stake Seminary
Lorraine Nye
Carolyn Piggott
Ruth Hulme
Mary Rogers
Marlene Piggott
Kay Smith
Patricia Benson
Genrce Morgan
Ann Hymas
Glenn Rich
Gail Matthews
Rhea Hulme
Alumni Ball Set for May 22 at Paris Pavilion
The annual Alumni Ball will follow Fielding High School Commencement on May 22 in the Paris pavilion. Alumni and general public are urged to attend with no charge for 1953 graduates. The Joe Rowsell orchestra will furnish music.
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Paris
Fielding High School
Joe Rowsell
Junior Softball League Set to Begin May 5
Dale Austin the athletic director announced the Junior Softball League will start play Monday May 5 with a schedule to be printed next week.
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Dale Austin
Local Socials Highlight Weekend Family Visits
Mr and Mrs Delford Webb and daughter Marcia spent Saturday and Sunday in Logan and Ogden. Mr and Mrs Raymond Esterholdt and June visited Hyrum Esterholdt in Pegram. Milton B Weston from Blackfoot visited over the week due to his mother ill.
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Delford Webb
Marcia
Logan and
Ogden
Raymond Esterholdt
Pegram
Hyrum Esterholdt
Milton B. Weston
Blackfoot
Lowell A. Wells
Galt Lake
Willis B.kearl
Round
Valley
Amos Barker
Dedhan Barker
Arnold Barker
Glendon Barker
Evanston
Wyo
Almy Barker
St. Charles
Garth Carlsen to Open Phillips Station and Grocery
Mr and Mrs Garth Carlsen prepare to open a Phillips 66 service station and grocery on May 23 and 24. Carlsen bought the former Booth Service and redecorated the station to carry Phillips 66 products.
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Garth Carlsen
Phillips Station
Mr. Carlsen
Phillips 66
Water Supply Outlook For Cache Valley Improves
A month of cooler weather and above normal precipitation has improved the Cache Valley water outlook. May 1 snow surveys show high elevation snow did not melt as fast, boosting late season runoff. The Dry-Bread Pond snow course at Little Bear and Blacksmith Fork headwaters fell only 3.3 inches in April, less than the usual 9 inches, keeping river flow higher than predicted.
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Cache Valley
Soil Conservation Service
Bread Pond
Little Bear
Blacksmith Fork
Local Visits and Mothers Day Parties Around the Area
Provo visitor Lloyd Drury spent the weekend here while Mrs Elwood Parker and children visited Bancroft. Ogden’s Warren Caldwell joined his mother for Mothers Day, with other residents traveling to Salt Lake City St Charles St George and Ogden for family gatherings. Several Provo and Montpelier residents hosted relatives including the Grimmett and Rich families while Dan Rich’s home welcomed Sunday callers. Local families from Lund Idaho Falls Soda Springs Logan and Dugway marked the holiday with kin and neighborly visits.
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Lloyd Drury
Provo
Elwood Parker
Bancroft
Warren Caldwell
Ogden
Lena Caldwell
Ezra Hoge
Pocatello
Janet Grimmett
O. H. Grimmett
John Hoge
Burnell Whittington
Spencer H. Rich
Salt Lake City
Keith Chase
Bountiful
Dc, Rich
Pete Grandy
St. Charles
Lee Bunderson
Kay Rich
Montpelier
Dan Rich
Russell Price
Galt Lake
Heber Price
Darrell
Jimmie Smedley
Lund
Nevada
Calvin Smedley
Ruel Poulsen
Idaho Falls
C. L. Mattson
Wm. Stell
Logan
A. W. Shepherd
Wayne Haddock
Dugway
Utah
H. H. Collings
D. E. Haddock
Carl Finch
Soda Springs
Morsday
Russell Athay
Owen Shepherd
Morris Athay
L. C. Vallentine
Junior
Darlene
Detroit
Mich
Chester Parker
Twin Falls
George Parker
James Whinham
Clifford Price
Clifford Minson
Floyd Lewis
Pegram
Paris First Ward
Logan Temple
Angus Porter
Christian
Adeline Tueller
E. W. Stucks
Lester Allred
Madge Hoge
Otto Bucher
W.W. Becker
Hasel Trantham
Gorden Nutt
Paris 2Nd Ward
Bill Nye
Lizzie Nye
Frank Nye
Si ¥A G. Hoge
Blackfoot
Paris
Ford Jaussi
Clarence Rich
Heber Hart
Thelma Browning
D. C
Andrew Barfussa
Victor Barfuss
Strewell
Idaho
Milan Jensen
Millville
Eliza S. Johnson
Novelty Theatre
Charlie Rogers
E. D. Hymas
Jimmy
U. S. Navy
Keith Warner
Bridge—Club
Marieta Varner
Ethel Jensen
Edna Shepherd
Mrs Ernest Egli Dies at 70 in Montpelier
Mrs. Ernest Rosen Egli, 70, died Friday at her Montpelier home after a long illness. Born May 27, 1882 in Bern Switzerland, she came to the U S with her parents and settled in Paris Idaho. She married Ernest Egli in 1900 in the Logan Temple and lived in Lanark before moving to Montpelier four years ago. She was active in church work until illness limited activity. Surviving husband eight sons and daughters, numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren, and a half brother Henry Rosen Idaho Falls. Funeral Monday at 1 p m in Montpelier 4th ward chapel with Bishop Lyman Berrett presiding. Interment in Montpelier cemetery.
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Ernest Rosen Egli
Montpelier
John and
Margaretha Stegman Rosen
Bern
Switzerland
United States
Paris
Idaho
Ernest Egi
Logan Temple
Lanark
Egli
Herman
Albert Egli
Joe Egli
Tremonton
Utah
Ernest Beutler
Lyle Hayes
Rosy Clark
Bob Rudd
Richmond
Garth Whiting
Rupert
Henry Rosen
Idaho Falls
Montpelier 4Th Ward
Lyman Berrett
Montpelier Cemetery
Montpelier Stake Relief Society to Sponsor May Concert
The Montpelier Stake Relief Society will sponsor a concert presented by the Meistersingers and Chansonettes, a select vocal group from the USAC at Logan under Prof. Walter Welti. Bear Lake county residents may attend Wednesday May 20 at 8 p.m. in the Montpelier Stake Tabernacle for special musical entertainment.
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Montpelier Stake Relief Society
USAC
Logan
Walter Welti
Bear Lake County
Montpelier Stake Tabernacle
Wheat allotments likely for Bear Lake 1954
Bear Lake county PMA chairman Wesley Dodge urges all farmers to bring 1951 52 and 53 wheat and summer fallow acreage to the PMA office in Montpelier. Data must be compiled by May 25, 1953 to determine 1954 allotments for fall plowing and announced accordingly.
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Wesley Dodge
Bear Lake County
PMA
Montpelier
City to Hold Spring Clean-Up Day in Paris
The City Council designates Saturday May 16 for the annual spring clean-up in Paris. Residents are urged to tidy their premises and place rubbish in containers at the roadside for free pickup by the town truck.
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Paris
Youth Conference at Paris Tabernacle May 24
The annual MIA Stake Youth Conference will be held in the Paris tabernacle Sunday evening May 24 at 8 o'clock. The program includes musical numbers and an address by Bro. Carl W. Buehner of the Salt Lake City Bishopric. All ages welcome. teens and Bear Lake Stake urged to attend following last year's success with Ezra Taft Benson's notable talk.
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MIA Stake
Tabernacle
Paris
Carl W. Buehner
Salt Lake City
Bear Lake Stake
Ezra Taft Benson
Big Brother and Sister Day at Emerson School
Emerson School to host Big Brother and Sister Day on Monday May 18 for first graders entering next fall. Children arrive at 1 p.m. and should bring a lunch.
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Emerson School
Emerson
Student Body President Opening Trials Amid Pageant of Names
A long list of student leaders and staff appears for the yearbook like event. Janet Sprouse Wallace presides with Van Ness Wallentine and a slate including organist Gwen Collings and chorister Janice Stock. The roster covers numerous graduates and faculty names across roles from pianist Merlyn Pugmire to director Ethel Hymas.
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Janet Sprouse
Wallace H. Grandy
van Ness Wallentine
Janice Stock
Softball League Opens May 25 in Montpelier
Softball at Overland Park in Montpelier starts Monday May 25 with an eight team league. Teams include American Legion Georgetown Dingle Liberty Ovid Lanark Montpelier Lions and Montpelier 8th Ward.
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Overland Park
Montpelier
American Legion
Georgetown
Dingle, Liberty
Ovid, Lanark
Montpelier Lions
Montpelier 8Rd Ward
Piano Students to Be Presented in Recital Sunday
Lois Lee Hulme will present her piano students in a recital Sunday May 17 at 4 p m in the Montpelier 1st ward chapel. Participants include Mary Ann Jones Ruth Jones Glenna Lloyd Patricia Bagley Judy Thornock Guy Arnell Hal Arnell Deanna Roderick Myrna Sue Day Joyce Beck Sandra Payne Patricia Patterson Julie Rich Margene Hess Richard Poole Glade Quinney Diane Burgoyne Jin Adams Karerr Stephens Kent Lewis Mary Kaye Grimes Ronnie Jensen Doris Passey Dennis Passey Jeanette Passey Janet Williams Karen Larsen Nikki Monson Janet Sprouse Kristin Payne Nancy Bartschi Don Bartschi Lanny Wilcox Jane Munk Russell Munk Barbara Sharpe Paul Bunderson Dixie Reese Ann Haddock Lois Walton Sue Walton DeAnn Evans Richard Anthony Curtis Jaussi Marian Jaussi Georgia Matthews Ann Reeves Gwen Gollings Joan Haddock Nell Wigington
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Lois Lee Hulme
Montpelier 1St Ward
Mary Ann Jones
Ruth Jones
Glenna Lloyd
Patricia Bagley
Judy Thornock
Guy Arnell
Hal Arnell
Deanna Roderick
Myrna Sue Day
Joyce Beck
Sandra Payne
Patricia Patterson
Julie Rich
Margene Hess
Richard Poole
Glade Quinney
Diane ‘Burgoyne
Jin Adams
Karerr Stephens
Kent Lewis
Mary Kaye Grimes
Ronnie_Jensen
Doris Passey
Dennis Passey
Jeanette Passey
Janet Williams
Karen Larsen
Nikki Monson
Janet Sprouse
Kristin Payne
Nancy Bartschi
Don Bartschi
Lanny Wilcox
Jane Munk
Russell Munk
Barbara Sharpe
Paul Bunderson
Dixie Reese
Ann Haddock
Lois Walton
Sue Walton
DeAnn Evans
Richard Anthony
Curtis Jaussi
Marian Jaussi
Georgia Matthews
Ann Reeves
Gwen Gollings
Joan Haddock
Nell Wigington
Stake Bee Hive Swarm Day in Paris Ward Chapel May 23
Community notices list a Bee Hive Swarm Day event set for May 23 at 1 PM in the Paris 2nd Ward chapel. The piece also records a string of local visitations, funerals, family gatherings, and club meetings across Logan, Paris, and surrounding towns, with several residents named and venues cited.
Eighth Grade Graduation Exercises May 27 at Paris
The forty sixth annual commencement for county eighth graders will be at the Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle in Paris on Wednesday May 27 at 10:30 a.m. Milton Hartvigsen superintendent of Pocatello schools will address the graduates. Members of the class will perform numbers on the program.
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Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle
Paris
Milton Hartvigsen
Supt
Pocatello Schoola
Dr L G Pixler Opens Office in Garden City
Dr L G Pixler, a physician long practicing in Salt Lake City, opens offices in Garden City across from the post office. The community welcomes him and notes his arrival for the valley.
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DR. L. G Pixler
Garden City
L. G. Pixler
Pixler
Salt Lake City
Valley
Poppy Day Observance Highlighted By American Legion Auxiliary
The article explains Poppy Day observed the Saturday before Memorial Day with Red Cross and American Legion Auxiliary members distributing poppies to honor Americans who died in World War I and World War II. It recalls the poppy as a symbol rising from battlefields in France and Belgium and notes its use as a memorial flower for fallen soldiers.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Europe
France
Belgium
North Sea
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Grandy
Bear Lake Seminary
Laketown News
Ernest Egli
Montpelier Stake Relief Sociéty
Student Body
Verlyn Parker
Vaughn Gatterthwaite
Mardell Pope
Ann Marie Dunford
Jesus Savior
Genice Morgan
Delmar Derricott
Hulme—Matthews
George W. Killian
Gwen Collings
Chorister
Merlyn Pugmire
Ethel Hymas
Narcese Athay Lois Arlene Beck
Evelyn Bolton
Ned Budge Lyman K. Bunderson
Gary McKay
Cleveland Delmar
Derricott
Jax Hiborn
Arline Findlay
Hervin Hemmert
Elmoyne Hoge
Ann Marie Hymas
Ethel Keetch Hymns
Grant H Orr Verlyn Parker
Karen Passey
Genean Peterson
Mardell R. Pope
Gary C. Price Merlyn Pugmire
Glenn B. Rich Verdene Roberts Vaughn T. Satterthwaite Kay D. Smith Kent F. Smith
Betty Marlene Stalder
LaRae Stevens
Janice Irene Stock
Wayne O. Stock Myrna Tremelling ——Freedam
Dean Welling Kathryn Gail Welling
Edward H. Wilcox
Beverly Wilkes
Gary Ronald Winterbottom
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