Caribou County Fair Proves Great Success
The Caribou County Fair drew large crowds and featured numerous prizewinners across divisions. Winners included Mrs. Glen Jensen as chair with many entries in sewing, crafts, produce, and photography, highlighting a bustling county event and its record turnout.
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Caribou County
Grace
Caribou
Glen Jensen
Vinnie Panter
Mardline Lloyd
Iresen Young
Vinnie ‘Panter
June Hansen
Barbara Olsen
John Lloyd
Ethel Mendenhall
Mary Mickelsen
Stella Hansen
Larene Corbett
Nathalie Burton
Louette Mickelsen
Ruby Williams
Leona Tarbett
Louette Mickelson
Margret Roper
Mary Mickelson
Betty Gorton
Irene Young
Marjorie Panter
Ada Lloyd
Viola Smith
Ruby Wiliams
Hazel Osburn
Grace Akin
Canning Dept
Cora Palmer
Eliza Balls
Arvilla Fraser
Conserve
Beatrice Wright
D. E. Rompel
Helen Burton
Mark Stevens
Roetta Smith
Norma Taylor
Beatrice Bennett
J. D. McGregor
Roeta Smith
Hazel Clark
Vinne Panter
Ellis Wright
Vennie Panter
Anna Page
Leora Tarbett
Zina Balls
Melva Stoddard
Enid Hale
Joyce Bennett
Explorers Post Scouts Return From Salmon River Trek
Eighteen boy scouts and advisor Glen Tolman of Rupert completed a 200 mile trip into the Middle Fork of the Salmon with the Snake River council. Food and gear were supplied by the U S forestry service and the group paid with 40 hours of trail work at Loon Creek. They cut short the expedition on August 5 due to fire hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert
Snake River Council
Salmon River
Explorers’ Post
Shoshone
Middle Fork of the
Salmon
Glen Tolman
Snake’ River
Advisor Tolman
Kenneth Shimmin
Minidoka County Receives 1950 Wheat Acreage Allocation
Minidoka county is allotted 7407 acres of the 68 900 000 acre national wheat allotment for the 1950 crop. County committee chair Carl Merz says notices were mailed August 5 and requests for reconsideration must be in writing by August 20 noon. Producers should check with the county office if not informed and storage protections hinge on complying with allotments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert—Minidoka County
County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Minidoka
Carl Merz
Conservation Committee
Merz
Grange Opposes Unripe Potato Shipments in Idaho
Burley-Cassia County Pomoni grange at Claremont hall passes a resolution opposing shipment of unripe early potatoes from Idaho. It calls for a law barring shipments unless 75 percent mature and skin removal not exceeding 25 percent. Members from Albion, Burley, Raft River, Claremont, and Walcott attend and next meet on October 11 at Albion.
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Burley
Cassia County
Pomoni Grange
Claremont Hall
Idaho
Grange
Chamber of Commerce
13Th and
Oakley
Fire Department
Herschel Heilig
Claremont Grange
Magnalia
Albion
Raft River
Claremont
Walcott
New Marriage Trend Confuses Kidnapping Versus Elopement
In several states a rising marriage trend complicates police work as authorities wrestle with whether a missing baby situation signals a kidnapping or an elopement. Authorities caution that legal definitions and varied circumstances hinder swift classification and action.
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States
Rupert Students Present Recital at Heyburn LDS Chapel
Mrs. Madsen and Robert Civils guided Rupert music students in a recital at the Heyburn LDS Chapel. Performances featured piano solos by Shirley Lounsbury through LaNell Hough, plus piano duets, a guitar solo, vocal and saxophone pieces with various student musicians.
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Rupert
Melvin Madsen
Robert Civils
Heyburn
Shirley Lounsbury
Helen Hardy
Myrna Hatch
Nadine Uhlrich
Arnold Young
Judythe Meuleman
Jay Snapp
Sherry Meuleman
Goldie Whittle
Joan Croft
Eva Lounsbury
Donnetta Engkraf
Alora Croft
Dale Hardy
Glenna Engkraf
Bonnie Hruza
LaNell Hough
Beaver disrupts Baraga telephone lines
In Baraga Michigan a beaver chewed three trees and felled them across telephone lines, cutting all communication in the area. The incident disrupted local service as crews assessed damage and worked to clear the blockage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraga, Mich
Baraga
Cassia County Fair Parade Plans In Burley
Burley hosts the Cassia county fair with a children's party for about 1000 youngsters. The parade at 11 a.m. August 25 features sections on animals, costumes, vehicles, ponies, and a second parade on August 27. The Burley youth welfare council and merchants back the event with prizes and treats for participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burley
Cassia County
Ren’s
Saul Clark
Fair Board
Truman
Bradley
Warren Lowery
School Opens August 29 With Full Attendance Across Minidoka County
Superintendent Don Dafoe announced the start date for the new year as August 29 at 9 a.m. with a full school day. Bus runs and a teachers’ meeting are scheduled, and a lengthy list of 1940 50 teachers by school and grade is provided for Acequia Heyburn Lincoln Pershing Minidoka Paul Pioneer and Rupert.
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Rupert
Don Dafoe
Minidoka County
Acequia
E. J. Rush
Helen Trovillo
Winifred Mitchell
Harry Dennis
Virginia Hawk
Connie O’donnell
Elizabeth Coons
June Jones
Nellie Ferch
Wells Koyle
Tom Altican
Pioneer
Heyburn
Verna Cole
Gertrude Croft
Verona Ravsten
Genevieve Wodshow
Mary Bronson
Elsa McIntire
Alice Hamilton
Carol Hunt
Vacancy
Lund Christensen
Frank Watson
Alene Litson
Vanda Fairchild
Thead Hanks
Colleen Frandsen
Keith Merrill
Harold Hurst
Wesley Bell
Rupert High School Staffing Readies for Vacancies
Vacancy notices list English teachers Rupert High School and Rupert Junior High. Names include Rupert High principal Carl Huntington and staff such as W Bromensch Enk el, Helen Bullock, Gertrude McGinnis, Wandalee Ospain, Ruby Gilmore, Kay Stone, P E George Hays, Jack Hitt, Thomas Faberly, Wendell Crouch, Twyla Shear, Howard Peck, Neil Frandsen, Earl Griffin, Virginia Hawk, Jess Brown, Rena Inama, and secretary. Rupert Junior High names Robert Briggs as principal alongside Nolan K Burnett, Grover Newman, Bertha Renfro, Jo Spevak, Maureen Stefan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert High School
Carl Huntington
W. Bromenschenkel
Helen Bullock
Gertrude McGinnis
Wandalee Ospain
Ruby Gilmore
Kay Stone
P. E
George Hays
Jack Hitt
Thomas Maberly
Vocational Ag
Wendell Crouch
Twyla Shear
Home Ec
Howard Peck
Neil Frandsen
Earl Griffin
Virginia Hawk
Jess Brown
Rena Inama
English
Rupert Junior High
Robert Briggs
Nolan K. Burnett
Grover Newman
Bertha Renfro
Jo. Spevak
Maureen Stéfan
Judge's 20 inch rainbow trout weighed two and a quarter pounds
Superior Judge Charles Coggins landed a 20 inch rainbow trout weighing two and a quarter pounds at Lake Lure North Carolina. A notary public was present to notarize the catch for friends back home.
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Lake Lure
N. C
U P
Charles Coggins
Firefighters push to halt Payette National Forest blaze
Payette National Forest fire near McCall showed signs of progress Sunday night as crews battled the hotspot that has scorched about 6000 acres of timberland, according to forest dispatcher Harold Slim Vassar.
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McCall
Payette National Forest
Harold (Slim) Vassar
Cascade Range Named for Its Cascading Streams
The Cascade range in Washington Oregon and British Columbia earned its name from the many streams that cascade down its slopes, forming a defining geographic feature of the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade Range of Mountains
Washington, Oregon
British Columbia
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Jennei Harriman
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Aston Gibbs
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Reba Turner
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Verna Merrill
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J. D. Rompel
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Mardene Lloyd
Earline Jorgenson
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Olga Moncher
Dana Cowell
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Harold Peterson
Pershing
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