Air Medal for Roy Beyeler in Pacific combat mission
Tech. Sgt. Roy F. Beyeler of Fish Haven Idaho receives the Air Medal for meritorious achievement on a long and hazardous Pacific mission as waist gunner and radio operator with the Air Force aboard the bomber Rapid Robin. He credits the Wake Island mission for his first aerial victory and notes the mental hazards of combat. Beyeler trained at Sheppard and Scott Fields and Harlington, served in Hawaii since 1942, and is supported by his wife Wilma Lou and brothers Lynn and Earl in the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Tech
Roy F. Beyeler
Charles R. Beyeler
Fish Haven
Idaho
Beyeler
Hawaiian Islands
Ft. Dougles
Utah
Sheppard Field
Texas
Scott Field
Illinois
Harlington
Hawaii
Wake Island
Fielding High School
Paris
Ricks College
Rexburg
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Blackfoot
Lynn C. Beyeler
Marines
Earl R. Beyeler
Air Corps
Sgt. Beyeler
Wilma Lou Beyeler
Grade 1 Passenger Car Tires Rationing Changes Announced
The OPA announced new rationing rules restricting Grade 1 new passenger car tires to OC book drivers with at least 01 miles monthly. B and some C book holders will get only used or recapped tires. October quota drops one fifth from September, and farm tractor tires rise to 59,800.
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OPA
Fielding High to Meet Montpelier in Classic Friday
Fielding High Spartans travel to Montpelier to face the Bears in the annual football classic. Fielding enters as underdog with a 1 win 2 loss record, while Montpelier has won all three starts against Kemmerer Downey and Aston. Fielding recently lost 13 to 0 to Soda Springs on Soda Springs field.
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Fielding High Spartans
Montpelier Bears
Montpelier
Grace
Soda Springs
Kemmerer
Downey
Aston
Fielding
Ralph Lewis Take Over Haddock Grocery and Station
Mr and Mrs Ralph Lewis completed negotiations and now operate the Haddock grocery store and filling station formerly run by Judge and Mrs Don C Haddock They will carry Covey products in the service station and continue groceries fresh produce lunch meats and smoked meats Coal delivery will continue as usual with Mr Lewis handling deliveries.
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Raroh Lewis
Don C. Haddock
Haddock
Lewis
Statea
Fiat
Kunz and Howell Tie In Salt Lake Temple Marriage
Carol Kunz and Donavan Howell were united in marriage on Thursday September 30 at the Salt Lake temple with officiant Richard R. Lyman. The bride, daughter of Bishop Parley Kunz, hails from Bern and is a Montpelier High School alumna. the groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. W Alfred Howell of Fish Haven, is a Fielding High School graduate from 1940. The ceremony was attended by family and the couple planned to live in Fish Haven where Howell operates a farm.
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Carol Kunz
Donavan Howell
Salt Lake Temple
Richard R. Lyman
Daugher
Bishop
Parley Kunz
Bern
Montpelier High School
W. Alfred Howell
Fish Haven
Fielding High School
Parney Kunz
Wedding of Olga Hoge to Fred G. Klinke at family home
The Hoge family home hosted a candlelight wedding for Olga Louise Hoge and T/Sgt. Fred G. Klinke of Hinsdale Illinois now at Pocatello Army Air Base. The ceremony featured a pink and yellow decor, a ivory satin gown, and a reception for 250 guests with elaborate cakes and floral arrangements. The couple planned a post nuptial reception in Chicago Hinsdale and will reside in Pocatello after the honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Smith Hoge
Olga Louise Hoge
Fred G. Klinke
Hinsdale
Illinois
Pocatello Army Air Base
Anna Ruth Rogers
Max T. Haddock
Ruth Spencer
Helen Rae Eborn
Jane Shepherd
Stanford E. Rich
John B. Hoge
Anna Grimmett
Helen Rae Bborn
Chicago
Pocatello
Kenneth
Bill Flower
Salt Lake City
Ogden
James B. Bruce
Dee Ann Clark
Montpelier
Vernon Rich
Ashton
Idaho
Earl Grimmett
California
Arlin Pugmire
St. Charles
J. H. Grimmett
Bride
O. H. Grimmett
Marilyn
Ration stamp validity extended for meats foods gas sugar and shoes
Ration notices extend brown meat stamps C and D to October 30 and update C stamps from October 10 to October 39. Blue stamps U W expire October 20 while X Y Z run through November 20. A-6 and A-8 gasoline coupons now valid in eastern and non eastern shortage areas. Sugar stamps 14 cover 5 pounds through October with 16s through October 31. Shoes stamp 18 good for one pair with indefinite extension.
Students Conclude Paris War Bond Drive with Strong Sales
Fielding High School reports robust participation in the Third Victory Bond drive. Kay Rich led with over six thousand dollars in bonds, Brute Stuckl won ten dollars in War Stamps, and Marjesin Vallentine placed third with three thousand dollars. Community totals and award ceremony noted. initiative paired with a school Jeep campaign to fund 20 000 Jeeps.
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Fielding High School
al Thiel
County War Finance Committee
Kay Rich
Paris Lions Lub
Brute’ Stuckl
Marjesin Vallentine
Paris
Sharon
Liberty
Bloomington
Lanark
Ovid
St. Charles
Fish Haven
Montpellier
Jean Rich Hart Honored At Tea
Jean Rich Hart was feted at a tea on September 29 at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rich. Mrs. Charles Innes and several others hosted a pink and white theme with fall flowers, a wedding cake centerpiece, and crystal candlesticks. About 125 guests attended and offered gifts as the bride wore a white gown with a pink rose corsage.
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Jean Rich Hart
Charles Innes
William Jensen
Derwin Anderson
Gaylen Wilkes
Lucille‘Shepherd
Ann Crawford
Clarence Rich
C. M. Rich
A. A. Hart
George Johnson
Wm. L. Rich
Jane’ Shepherd
Joyce Poulsen
Norma Hart
Groom Kiinke Bride Ramona Shepherd Adams Wed
Miss Ramona Shepherd Adams, a University of Idaho graduate with a BA, taught English and Speech at Sugar Salem High School and is in her second year at Pocatello High School. Technical Sergeant Klinke, a Northwestern University School of Commerce alumnus, worked seven years at Continental Bank of Chicago and has been stationed in Pocatello since last November.
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Kiinke
Ramona Shepherd Adams
Berkley
California
University of Idaho At Moscow
Alpha
Phi’ Social
Lamda Delta Sigma
Sugar Salem High
Pocatello High School
Klinke
Northwestern University School of Commerce
Continental Bank of Chicago
Beten
Pocatello
Paris Couple to Celebrate Golden Wedding
Mr and Mrs Robert W Vallentine longtime Bear Lake valley residents will mark their golden wedding anniversary Sunday October 10 with a reception at their Paria home. The pair married October 11 1898 in the Logan LDS temple. Vallentine born Paris Utah October 21 1871 and Wallentine born Cedar City Utah June 2 1873 have 10 children seven living, 22 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Robert W. Vallentine
Bear Lake Valley
Ives
Paria
Logan
Mr.Wallentine
Paris
Christian Peter
Elizabeth Caldwell Wallentine
California
Vallentine
Emily Davis
Cedar City
Utah
James
Mary Fretnel Davis
San Juan County
LDS
G. I. Passey
Salt Lake City
Karl Skinner
Preston
G. H. Peterson
Grace
van Ness
Davis Wallentine
J. C. Vallentine
Stanley Brewer
Ogden
Duck and pheasant seasons announced across Idaho
Duck season opens October 15 and runs to December 23 at Bear Lake. Pheasant seasons vary by region with dates from October 17 to November 25 in northern Idaho and October 24 to November 21 in southwest and southcentral Idaho, plus county specific windows including October 24 to November 7 in several counties.
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Bear Lake
Idaho
Butte County
Custer County
Madison
Jefferson
Fremont
Bonneville
Bingham
Bannock
Oneida
Franklin
Power
Mail Christmas Packages Overseas Before October 15
The War Department urges all who have not mailed their packages to soldiers overseas to do so immediately. Deadline for mailing Christmas packages is October 15.
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The
War Department
County Exceeds Bond Quota By Ten Thousand Dollars
Reports from Al Thiel show Bear Lake county surpassed its $275,000 bond quota in the Third drive by at least $10,000. Paris is thought to be near its $25,000 target as tabulations remain incomplete.
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al Thiel
Bear Lake County
Truck Driver Pays $100 Fine for Drunken Driving
Andrew Kovatch of Salt Lake City was arrested last Thursday by Sheriff Alton Bunderson for drunken driving. County Judge Don C. Haddock found him guilty and sentenced him to three months, but suspended the jail term after Kovatch paid a $100 fine. he reportedly ran a large truck off the road into a ditch while intoxicated and was employed on the airport project.
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Andrew Kovatch
Salt Lake City
Alton Bunderson
Mr. Kovatch
Don C. Haddock
Kovatch
Carlsen Leads at Pocatello Ram Sale with High Prices
C N Carlsen of Ovid offered top sheep at Pocatello selling two pens of rams for 93 and 75 dollars each. The sale drew strong attendance with most sheep sold though demand for range rams was weak and mutton rams sold quickly. Bear Lake county showed pride in its high quality mutton-type sheep.
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Pocatello
Bear Lake County
C. N. Carlsen
Ovid
Carlsen
Germany is Far From Collapse Says Genl Strong
Major General George W. Strong Assistant Chief of Staff G 2 stated Germany is far from collapse and now fields nearly three times as many combat divisions as at the start of the Poland campaign. He noted Germany replaced 20 divisions lost at Stalingrad and that the Luftwaffe is larger now than in 1939. He added German weapon production outpaces some Allied output.
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Poland
George W. Strong
G-2
Germany
Japan
Strong
Stalingrad
United Nations
Farragut Navy trainees form football squad picks
Blaine Rich, stationed at Farragut Naval Training School, reports he is among twenty three selected from a group of 750 to play football. He notes privileges include special food, no guard duty, and extra rest hours and believes the old Fielding squad could achieve more.
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Blaine Rich
Naval Training School
Farragut
Bear Lake men report for induction October 18
Twenty five Bear Lake County men have been called for induction into the armed forces and will report October 18 at the induction center in Pocatello. The list includes Arlo Wuthrich Montpelier Bernell Wilks Fish Haven Matthew Thornock Bloomington Thomas Ellis Wilde Georgetown Dean Holmes Aland Montpelier David W Widmer Geneva Standley Parker Montpellier Darrell Transtrum Sr Charles Loran Toomer Dayton Dingle Jefferson Dunford Bloomington David J Gerber Montpelier Tiel Wm Smith Georgetown Weldon HB Johnson Ovid John Rich Price Paris Jay Matthew Price Paris Douglas Bischoff Genera Calvin D Crane Bennington Donald C Hunter Bennington Logan D Haddock Paris Grant F Lewis Paris Ross H Tippetts Georgetown Warren G Wright Bennington James H Sharpe Montpellier Alfred Burnett Paris.
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Bear Lake County
Pocatello
Mars
Grimmett
Paris
Arlo Wuthrich
Montpelier
Bernell Wilks
Fish Haven
Matthew Thornock
Bloomington
Thomas Ellis ‘Wilde
Georgetown
Dean Holmes
Aland
David W. Widmer
Geneva
Standley Parker
Montpellier
Darrell W. Transtrum, Sr
Charles Loran Toomer Dayton
Dingle
Jefferson H.dunford
David J. Gerber
Tiel
Wm. Smith
Georgetown_ Weldon
HB. Johnson
Ovid
John Rich Price
Jay Matthew Price
Douglas Bischoff
Genera
Calvin D. Crane
Bennington
Donald C
Hunter
Logan D. Haddock
Grant F. Lewis
Ross H. Tippetts
Warren
Fielding Future Farmers Get Carload Purebred Ewes
Under the direction of Mr Richard, the ag teacher, a carload of purebred Suffolk ewes was shipped to Fielding Future Farm from J B B Burroughs in New Meadows Idaho. The ewes are leased for three years with the producer receiving the wool and half the lamb crop, three fourths of the ewe lambs, and one fourth of the ram lambs. Participants include Golden Linford Blaine Rich Darwin Vallentine Don Parker J T Bhorn and Charles Hulme with others securing the balance.
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Richard
J. B. B. Burroughs
New Meadows
Idaho
Golden Linford
Blaine Rich
St. Charles
Darwin Vallentine
Don Parker
J. T. Bhorn
Lanark
Charles Hulme
Bloomington
Biggest Idaho Potato to Receive $25 War Bond
Boise Idaho announces a contest for the largest potato grown in Idaho this year. Harvey Schwendiman chairman of the Idaho Advertising Commission offers a $25 War Bond to the winner whose tuber is mailed to the Boise office by November 1. Entries must be free of second growth and well formed for publicity photos. Losers’ spuds will be donated to charitable institutions.
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Boise
Idaho
Harvey Schwendiman
Idaho Advertising Commission
Commission
Schwendiman
Faiho Advertising Commission
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Roy Beyeler
Parie
Sepe
Scracsace
Bancroft
Mr. and
Mrs
Ralph Lewis
Haddock Grocery
Kie, Meievas
AMERY
Olga Hoge
Wira
Pocatello Sale
Genl
BY Leff
Marins Tic
Nicholas Su
Perific
U.S
Tressusy
Deparianis
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