| Show ©Resort Becomes A Community t 4 i t I ” A - J f By Gra ce Hoster w park VILLAGE is the story of a IDA—The story of Island Park community that pulled itself into being by its own bootstraps considered active only Primarily a resort area that was reSidenand th Islan to come regard have who owners a number of cabin center their Park as their second home are now establishing what overcome to as a vigorous community strong enoughof winter cold used to be the paralyzing snow and street in the Island Park Village ‘‘the Jongest mam 1947 It had a hpn of world” was incorporated in the spring sects alterwhere various time denominational church at the m the Snake down from nated services and young couples of 1948 river valley liked to get married Now m the fall the Idaho reorganization plan it has its first school underHirshi of St Anthony Fremont Edwin L superintended by county superintendent of schools The late W H “Doc” Mack built the church Church in the Pines stipulated that the “Little and a sufficiently large parcel of the memory of his wife community ground should remainwhofor the the surrounding A1 Balch bought perpetuity” of condream doesn’t and idea the likes property testing it byTtfXrrSomrof' -- f ' 1v :- -- The unique “Little Church in the Pines’ at Island Park Village Ida belongs to the community It will soon acquire a new belt -- ' ! Acquiring and equipping a school was community project for Island Park Village Teachers were engaged and schoof has now opened for the children of the village Buses bring many children RECENTLY the church acquired a belfry and Balch relates the it will soon have a bell As Mr event Paul Clowes of Salt Lake City an artist on the Thursday before Labor day looked out of the window of his cabin" and remarked inThat the church needs a stqpple” Next day early so word fast the had spread morning the grapevine that a crew of men was on hand to begin aoncomthe munity project in which nearly everybody street has contributed time Or money or both Initial work was done by the Kennedy Brothers log worker and builders in the region 25-mi- le many years Mrs Douglas Scalley of Salt the contributions to the fund to finance the bell which it is expected will be installed soon Paul Clowes designed the belfry Church and school are centrally located on the beBig Springs road off the Yellowstone highwaj) fore it crosses the north fork of the Snake r ver the church about 300 yards off the highway and the school another 100 yard farther on Acquisition of the school is a: tale of enterprise swift and sure as any told of the old days Classes had been held for children of the “snowed-i- n winters” but too many families wanted to stay in provided proper school could be available A committee on school was appointed for the village composed of members from every section of (the -- “street” Frank Kuck of the LastuChance fishing the village area represented the southern end-o- f and Chet Elicott of the Slash-- ranch the Henry’s lake area to the 'north Between the extremities E there were Horace Pond 'of Pond’s lodge ‘Cyrus Andrews of the Mack’s inn area and Emmett Robins of Robin’s roost in the section now ' being developed for summer home sites by Danny McGee and Pete Piersant As THE COMMITTEE worked school will the Early in the season village profit by about 25 pupils were expected and one teacher was engaged Buses were arranged for one to work from the south and one from the north Thirty-fiv- e were in attendance this week and two teachers are engaged Miss Josephine Cooper and Mrs Lida Kuck wife of John Kuck partner of jbrother Frank at the Last Chance But their work had been cut mittee before school opened on Sept 13 A building was located first It sat on hill jnear Warm River some 40 miles to the south and had been used as a school for about two years before Jit was abandoned about 10 years ago Site and building were located and bought from the state by the school board of Fremont- county An Idaho Falls jhouse mover was engaged to move the building to its present site washes everything WHITER near the church It had to be remodeled and the interior was ready by the opening date A stoker has been installed and last week linemen were busy hooking up electric service there and elsewhere on the “street” The outer walls were id process of “log siding” last week end the purpose harmony with the landscape and added insulatibn' School had to shut down for a week as half a dozen carpenters hammered away but it opened again Monday and will go on as the exterior is finished GETS WHITE WASH COLORS BRIGHTER! 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