Sixth War Loan Urges Full County Support and Over Subscriptions
County War Bond chairman Al Thiel calls the Sixth War Loan the most critical of the series and urges rapid over-subscription to back soldiers in battle. He warns lag would aid the enemy and stresses that every dollar short delays victory and homecoming. The county has about $200,000 in bonds left to subscribe with community reports through Tuesday.
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Mr. Thiel
Bear Lake County
Thiel
Honda Ee
Local religious instruction class organized at Athay home
Mr a and Mrs Clarence Rich, Mr and Mrs Amos Hulme, Mr and Mrs Thomas Caldwell, Mr and Mrs Van Ness Vallentine, and Mr and Mrs Morris Athay organized a class for religious instruction at the Athay home Sunday evening. They will study Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith and hold meetings at various homes each Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Rich
Amos Hulme
Thomas Caldwell
van Ness’ Vallentine
Morris Athay
Joseph Smith
Joseph Fighting Smith
Freshman Assembly Programs Highlight Nov 22 Events
The Freshman class staged an afternoon program with prayers by Dan C Rich announcements by Ray Reeder and multiple skits songs and solos. Senior gatherings included Thanksgiving visits in Randolph Montpelier Bloomington Provo and Salt Lake with families and friends.
Stake Conference This Week at Bear Lake Tabernacle
Bear Lake Stake Conference will be held in the Tabernacle Saturday and Sunday December 2 and 3. Visiting Brethren from Salt Lake City include Joseph L. Wirthlin of the Presiding Bishopric and Sterling H Nelson of the Church Welfare. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend these meetings.
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Bear Lake Stake
Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Joseph L. Wirthlin
Presiding
Stering H. Nelson
Church -Welfare
Ninth Service Command To Conduct Memorial Services
Memorial services to honor Western families with World War II casualties will be held at all Ninth Service Command installations on Sunday December 3. Major General William Eli Shedd announced at Fort Douglas Utah that services will be non sectarian and open to all creeds and nationalities. Army chaplains will deliver the program and civilians nearby will be invited to arrange similar services for local families. Colonel J L Blakeney NGC Chaplain commented on the plan.
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Ninth Service Command
William
Eli
Shedd
Fort Douglas
Utah
Ninth Service
Army
J. L. Blakeney
NGC
Farewell Dance Honoring Local Men Before Induction
The Sharon orchestra provided music for a farewell dance Monday at the Paris pavilion honoring local men bound for Fort Douglas Induction station. The program featured prayer, a duet by Bruce Stucki and Thelma Lyons, a quartet, and a talk by Dan C. Rich. Paul Stevens, Cloyd Vallentine, Ladell Porter and Don Windley received small appreciation gifts as the evening continued with dancing.
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Sharon Orchestra
Paris Pavilion
Fort Douglas
Orson Grimmett
Bruce Stucki
Thelma Lyons
Robert Dunford
Philip Hulme
Melvin Hulme
Don Windley
Dan C. Rich
Paul Stevens
Cloyd Vallentine
Ladell Porter
Sewing club gathering at Mrs Boehmen’s with ten members
Mrs Bertha Boehmen hosted a Sewing club gathering Wednesday evening last week. Ila Lewis Eva Birch Mildred Jacobsen Thelma Michel Alice Hansen LaVanna Nelson Yvonne Palmer Irene Wyler Velma Hansen and the hostess attended. Light refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Boehmen
Ila Lewis
Eva Birch
Mildred Jacobsen
Thelma Michel
Alice Hansen
LaVanna Nelson
Yvonne Palmer
Irene Wyler
Velma Hansen
Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Meet at Grimmett Home
The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers gathered Friday afternoon at Mrs. Or Grimmett s home. Mrs Heber Hart sang Just a Wearyin For You and Mrs Hugh Shepherd led the lesson. Jane Shepherd performed Into the Night as the final number. Refreshments were served to attendees.
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Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
Glenn Stock Exhibits Foxes at Denver Salt Lake Shows
Glenn J Stock with wife Louise and father J P Stock returned from Live Fur Animal Exhibits in Salt Lake City and Denver entering 16 foxes of various kinds They won 43 ribbons including 4 championships 2 reserve champions 7 sweepstakes 9 first 8 seconds and 9 thirds Stock claims he has won more championships in six years than any other similar ranch He has accumulated 18 championships across eight shows in Denver Salt Lake City Gandy Logan Blackfoot and Portland He aims to attend the Grand International Fur Animal Exhibit at Grand Rapids Michigan yearly show described as the biggest of its kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn J. Stock
Louise
J. P. Stock
Fish Heven
Salt Lake City
Denver
Stock
Gandy
Logan
Utah
Blackfoot
Idaho
Portland
Ore
Grand Rapide
Michigan
Mr. Stock
Lt. Heber J. Hart Wounded in Pacific
Navy department reports 2nd Lt. Heber J. Hart U G Marine Corps Reserve wounded in action in the South Pacific. Word was released publicly though the wound occurred months ago and he has since returned to active duty. His mother Mrs. Skra Hart lives in Bloomington and his wife Jean Rich Hart teaches at Emerson school in Paris.
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Navy Department
Heber J. Hart
U G. Marine Corps Reserve
South Pacific
Ltt
Hart
Skra Hart
Bloomington
Jean Rich Hart
Emerson School
Paris
Christmas Seals On Sale In Idaho This Week
Idaho anti tuberculosis work sponsors Christmas seal sale starting Monday November 27 in the state. The 1944 seal features a postman in memory of Danish clerk Hinar Holboell who started the idea. Idaho’s goal is 49 000 dollars an 8 percent rise over last year to fund X ray outreach tuberculin testing school programs and patient rehabilitation.
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Idaho
H. ©. Schuppel
Boise
Grade School Notes Basketball Finals Set as Weeklong Tourney
The four upper grades compete in Emerson gym this week with daily games from Monday to Friday. On Monday the 8th grade defeated the 7th grade 36 to 12 and finals are scheduled for Friday.
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Emerson Gym
Family visits and meals in Idaho and Star Valley
Mr and Mrs Roy Jacobson Mrs Jess Lewis and Mrs Hunie Howell visited relatives in Idaho Walls last week and stopped in Star Valley for a turkey dinner at Arthur Clark home with seventeen family members. Mrs Jesse Hitachi and her young son returned home after a three week visit at Idaho Falls.
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Verl Hoffman
Randolph
Jesse Lewis
Montpelier
Roy Jacobson
Jess Lewis
Hunie Howell
Idaho Walls
Star Valley
Arthur Clark
Jacobson
Howell
Jesse Hitachi
Idaho Falls
Fish Planting Halted In St. Charles Creek
Game Conservation officer Dana Messenger checked a Paris Post office report about a truck delivering 17 500 rainbow trout to St. Charles Creek. The fish, 8 to 5 inches long, appear to be the first substantial trout release in the valley streams in many moons.
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Dana Messenger
The
Paris Post
St. Charles Creek
Navy Eddy test urged for Class 1-A men for radio technician training
Chief Clifton F. Spence of the Boise Navy Recruiting station urges Class 1-A men to take the Navy Eddy test for specialized electronics training leading to the Radio Technician rating. Eligible high school graduates or those with radio or electricity training may be inducted later but can secure assignment through testing.
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Navy
Clifton F. Spence
Boise
Twins Falls
Pocadelo
Idaho Falls
Ftes
Capitol Securities
Postoffice
Pocatelo
Twin Falls
Fidelity National Bank
Music Department Presents Program at Fielding High
Under director Thayer Barrus the Music Department staged a program at Fielding High. Trumpet duet by Bruce Stuck and Dale Richards. Band selections included March Bombastic and Over the Alps. Glee Club sang So How a Rose Air Blooming The Desert Song Will You Remember The Crusader's Hymn and Neapolitan Nights.
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Thayer Barrus
Fielding High
Bruce Stuck
Dale Richards
Glee Club
YL MIA Diamond Jubilee Programs in Paris Wards
Two Paris wards held programs Sunday afternoon commemorating the YL MIA founding's 75th year. Speakers included Iria Collings and Sherman Lowe with talks by Merla Nye Janet Collings and Theda Mattson LaWanna Nelson Eliza Cook and Amos Hulme. Music featured Mutual Chorus numbers and solos by Jean Hart Ruby Bolton and others.
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Paris
The
Ylmaia
Iria Collings
Brigham Young
Biven
Diane Rich
la- Ree Orr
Lilian Budge
June Humpherys
Reta Collings
Ann Bolton
Loween Porter
HE. W. Stucki
Merla Nye
Janet Collings
Mutual
Carol Beck
LaRue Crawford
Paula Smith
Mer
Local social notes and military furloughs reported
Mrs. Otto Bucher visits Logan for a medical checkup. Ggt. Orland Nutt enjoys a fur furlough at home, first in four years. Seaman Ferris Hegi dines with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Bolton. Ferris takes furlough from the Navy. Mr. and Mrs. Owen McCoombs welcome a baby girl born Tuesday at Bear Lake hospital. McCoombs stationed in Hawaii. Paris 1st Ward Mutual holds a social with singing and dancing led by Mrs. Hu gene Stucki, arranged by Mutual presidencies. A Rayford Stevens home social honors Paul Grey with Calvin Stevens and others. games and refreshments follow.
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Ggt
Orland Nutt
Spoen
India
China
Seaman
Ferris Hegi
Leslie Bolton
Ferris
Navy
Owen McCoombs
Beven
Bear Lake Hospital
McCoombs
John Bunn
McC Combs
Hawaiiian Islands
Paris
1St Ward
Hugene Stucki
Loud Ringle
Mutuals
Rayford Stevens
Paul. Grey
Calvin Stevens
Rhiip Hulme
Vance Madsen
Dean Ward
Aileen Ward
Virginia Madsen
Jay Nelson
Elaine Dunford
Nadine Dunford
Robert Dunford
Bear Lake county voters totals for 1944 General Election
County Auditor Sam V. Tyunks reports 3411 ballots cast in Bear Lake during the November 7 1944 general election. Paris led towns with 481 votes and Montpelier total 1966 with 606 absentees. absentee ballots numbered 827 with 650 returned. Service men ballots totaled 875 with 238 returned. Overall turnout 79 percent.
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Bear Lake County
Sam V. Tyunks
Fish Haven
Bloomington
Lanark
Sharon
Bern
Eight Mile
Bennington
Alton
Dingle
Geneva
St. Charles
Montpelier
Paris
Liberty
Ovid
Noonan
Georgetown
Ward
Montpelier City
Soldier Vernon Kunz receives Good Conduct Medal in Pacific service
Sgt Vernon L. Kunz, awarded the Good Conduct Medal, serves in the South Pacific Base Command Headquarters. He joined the Army in 1943, trained at Fort Leonard Wood, and arrived overseas in 1944. His wife, Mrs. Hdna Kunz, is a county home demonstration agent in Panguitch, Utah.
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U. S. Army
New Caledonia
Vernon L. Kunz
Hdna Kunz
Garfield County
Panguitch
Utah
Gaginger
Ogden Arsenal
Ogden
Kunz
Ansportation
South Cific
Allied
Pacific
South Pacific
Frederick Gilbreath
Sgt. Kunz
Army
Engineer Corps
Fort Leonard ‘Wood
Missouri
Robert H. Kunz
Bern
Idaho
Utah State Agriculture College
Logan
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Ceaenee
Charles
Geo. Town
Dan C Rich
Ray Reeder
Lisbastraum
Jennie Lewis
Grandmamma
Dr Jay B. Hann
DeLoris Peterson
Neil Roberts
Gay Thompson
William Jewell
Dick Nelson
Vera King
Vermilla Eborn
Dudley Jenkins
James Wood
Dean Rebentisch
Maybel Peterson
LoAnne Sorenson
Murray Matthews
Betty Jo Beck
Reed Jensen
Elaine Jensen
Larry Poulsen
Jean Stock
Nina Budge
Venna Heap
Nola Matthews
LaRee Orr
Jay B Hann
Amos Hulmes
Lash Laker
Charles Hulmes
Lois Matthews
Jay Brann
Nelson Wrenn
Lee Wedel
L. L. Deardorff
Thelma Bunderegen
Emma Bowen
Mozart
Maria Cole
Weldon Cole
Weldon
Provo
Walter Lewis
Frank Malimen
Cyril Sorensen
Laural
Lorin W Lewis
Salt Lake
Europe
Belgium
George Patton
Omar Bradley
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Courtney Fied
W. B. Keen
C. E. Corlett
J. L. Collins
Glenn
Music Department
Ylmia
Second Ward
Jean Hart
Grace Heap
Golo
Moselle Budge
Chopin
Ruby Bolton
Otto Bucher
Vernon Kunz
EAC
Leon
Boston
Ruther
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