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December 28 2003 — C3 r Anniversaries i s : ' 7 Hales’s 52nd Bakers’ 50th H Lee Hales Jr and Bar-bare McGregor were married Dec 31 1951 Six months later they were sealed in the Logan LDS Temple We their children invite' friends and loved ones to celebrate in ' heart since they are once again in wanner climates this time pf year Heber Lee Jr was born July 7 1928 in Logan and grew up here the third of eight chil- dren Hi's parents were Lpe Hales Senior aiul Lais Vernon William Lamar Baker and Vivian Jones Baker were mar- ' tied Jan 1 1954 in Logan ' Utah and were later sealed on May 17 1965 iri die Logan ' 7 LDS Temple ' Bill and Vivian were blessed with nine children: Allen (Jone) Baker Millville ' Bruce (Kaye) Baker Florida Deanne (Jimmy) Clark Idaho Carrie (Wood) Vancott New 'York: Cari (Suzette) Baker Smitnfield Marvin (Stacey) : il 35 : : ' -- Jack and Charlotte : r ' Nixon Paid announcements where he made many friends 'and developed many long last- Baker FloridaJeff (Jean) Baker Wash Dennis (Larisa) Baker Smithfield and Kent : (Jeanette) Baker Providence Vivian was fortunate and Y blessed to be able to stay at "Y home and raise their children while Bill served in the Navy ' for four years and worked at Hill Air Force Base where he William Lamar and Vivian 'Baker- ’ He attended Logan schools Jones H L0e arid Barbara McGrejgor ' ' ' in football basketball '7 Hales': ly men's fast pitch softball Brad Brian Tracjne and ' and ranked No 1 at Lezlee USU in tennis v Their church callings are ' Barbara was bom Dec1 13 kx numerous to list Their ' 1928 in Thatcher Idaho the “calling of the heart” contin--' ' youngest of 10 children bom 7 ues from what started about to Ruth Curtis and James 1992 (after Barbara retired) and still goes on today as long McGregor She earned a ' as Lee can haul the boxes of' teaching certificate from ISU and then a BS and masters ' books and Barb can continue' from USU in eleirentary eduinventorying them Their curcation and speech correction rent “mission" is to get more Lee arid Barb met at USU : books into the homes where they have been devout ' of children who might not otherwise afford them They “Aggies” ever since volun-- " seek out greiu deals on good :: teering time talents and means to help students books buy them and' (hen sell " Lee worked for almost 30 them for the same price or years as a corporate lawyer for less ft has been estimated that ' Thiokol while helping count- in the past eleven years they Y less' widows and others with have moved through some 1 their financial matters free of 0000 quality books to ' Charge-- ' homes Barbara taught at USU for There are thousands who ' 25 years She has passed on' have been and still are her love for arid of quality ' Y V touched by their lives sense 'children's literature to thou-- : of purpose and desire to serve sands of (now) teachers across We inyite friends and loved the country ones to send notes or Cards of ’ ' They reared four children: 'appreciation and later excelled exceptional- - both so much Each year when Bill and Vivian spend three ' j weeks of the summer in West relationships ing The children of Jack and ' Dad has spent many years Yellowstone Mont Daisy Charlotte Nixon are celebrat- -' : in real estate and eventually : greatly misses' them and can’t ing their parents 50th wedding land into wait for them to come home develop expanded anniversary on Monday Dec ment and home construction - later retired She won’t leave their side Y' 29 2003 at the Coppermill in where he is still heavily ' worked Bill While and V When in West Yellowstone : Logan between the hours of 5 involved on a daily basis As Bill and Vivian enjoy the slow ' Vivian the family and 8 pm All friends and relhis children we feel honored and sweet smell of their ' some pace extracurricular enjoyed atives are invited and encourto be able to work closely air They have a small cabin' v activities such as coaching aged to attend A light buffet with him in our business yen- - 'softball Vivian loved coach - : they stay in every year Every will be served No gifts tures day you can hear the squirrels ing they were honored to take ' Mom is please ' always supportive One several dropping pine cones bn the championships Mom and Dad were married of Dad in his many business ' metal roof letting them know Vivian stressed more thing on Pec 18 1953 in' the Mesa ventures but the majority of are there Some of their than anything whs good they ’Arizona LDS Temple They ' her time was spent raising favorite things to do while in sportsmanship Other things both attended Brigham Young their five children Mom is a West Yellowstone are fishing Vivian enjoyed doing was University but neyer officially wonderful cook and loves to and spending time with their:' helping take Care of their l they both served in entertain she writes the best ' grandchildren Y family Bill and Viyianhave the Spanish American Mission talks gives the best lessons avid fishermen for years been have 38grandchiidreii They for the Church of Jesus Christ '" can help anyone with and Y They have ciiught many 15 j and Saints Of Latter-da-y their homework There is " All of the grandchildren and “whoppers” on the Madison' :: Dad was inducted in the nothing die likes better than love run- - - and Gallatin Rivers When not army immediately following ' ning and playing in Grandma - ' reeling in the big one they planning the next tripafter the return of his mission all she is the best travel agent spend most of their time at andCrandpa’s big back yard Their courtship consisted' of around' home but occasionally the and their dog teasing chasing four months of letter writing Mom and Dad are both very Daisy warm tropic air of the Pacific They were married and went active in their community and calls them to Hawaii Though is just like one of 0 Daisy j immediately to San Francisco church serving wherever they - their children She loves them ' they have only visited a few' where they were stationed at ! are asked to serve and giving' times they really enjoy the Presidio oftheir time generously They of the islands and the ‘ beauty c While living man Francis- v v : friends their its people of many enj0y 'hospitality " co they suffered- the loss of a : associates dinner dubs and Bill and Vivian have been The Herald Journal publishes announcements of people's 5()th son John Race and a daugh- with “The knitters” a lot over the last 50 especially (or more) wedding anniversaries each Sunday! through ' ter Nadine After two years w£oJ!j they've associated for The cost for anniversary announcements is $35 Pay mentis but there is one thing years j they returned to BYU where oVer 40 that' has neyer changed: their V "due when the announcement is brought to the office no billing ' The Bookmobile will he ' D finished his degree v Most of all they love to kind loving hearts and will- 7 orcharging is permitted: week for the holiclosed this Following graduation they : information and a gcxxl quality phtito preferably to help anyone any Spend time with their children : Anniversary ingness moved to Roosevelt Utah day 5- and grandchildren Their chil-wmust be delivered to The Herald Journal officeby way they can: : ? Books can be returned to the they went into business nlue Rueiihda (Brad) 75 W 300 North Logan' no later than ndon Wednesday “Soft ' We love you both so veiy with Grandpa NixonTwo the bookmobile - bookmobile Beamsoh Providence Utah focus’’ photos dp: not reproduce well Articles should be no '! 'much Thank you for every- -' later they moved to the box in' front of Wal-Ma- rt y Ezra John Nixon III (Tres) -do r longer than 350 words thing you Cache VaUcy where they 8 J Scott Nixon (Shiree) book drop west of Macey’s or ! Love Y For more information call Meredith Pgrintuh at752'-212- r Logan anniversary! Happy owned and operated Zanavoo at the Providence Library at : ' : am to 4 pm Mpiiday through Friday Sao Paulo Brazil Daniel P : : your family! 15 N Main: I Lodge for three years Dad's1 Nixon (Kathy) North Ogden next experience was at Utah Y Utah and Shanna Knowles folthe Services will resume State University as the assis- (Darrin) Smithfield Utah: lowing wieek tant director of student activi- -' For more information call They have 15 grandchildren ties- He went oh to manage 752-788- 1 and the first the David O McKay Student will be bom in May Living Center for 13 years : Y’ Nixons’ 50th - - : sup-port- ed : - - : : 1 ’ - : : : met-unti- ' 1 en ' - en ' ‘ : Deadlines explained - Bookmobile - : - - 'Y 1 hf -- : : : - : vU' ’ great-grandch- 6S stiili airaicttBiiiig fans of American history Koiufte V By Smltbnonian magazine AP Weekly Features Back When the Model A Ford' was Americas v ticket toride it must have seemed that'half the ' nation was heading west on Route 66 in fact the late Bobby Troup penned “Get Your Kicks on Route 66’ during his own trip west on that legendary highway just aftet World: War it not onlylaunching a songwriting ' career but also placing the road in the mythos rY' of America 7 ' ' In today’s ajge of major four-an-d thoroughfares to and from just about every" AP photo v VY ': Y where- it’s not' easy to conceive just how pow- coiuld stretch of Bud and Lbrene Jonas erfullyone' highway Antique car tour veterans ' stand next to their 1913 Rambler in Beiding' Mich grip America’s collective imagination 7 : 7 So when Henry Fbrd began producing v" They are among the many travelers who enjoy the’ : America’scars and highways history-oaffordable cars and the JFleral Highway Act of 1921 fed to the linkirig of rural roads' a great school in 7 Y' Y' lot easier Instructors at a convergence toot place The for volunteered section the Oklahoma! and a 7 The Way WesL Once rigorous job dangerous passage by covered wagon wak even in the of highway originally 5Qfeeti was cut into 1 2 age of the Model T not a trip to be taken light- - 7 ' pieces arid loaded onto flatbed trucks then rejoined on $ steel framework in thc Trans- ly But it became far less daunting when Cyrus official state of Tulsa portation Hall at NMAHYl tend to worry Oklaa highway Avery about things that cango wrong” curator and businessman John Woodruff of Spring" Steven Lubar admits “so 1 was thrilled when Mo that there: field got the bright notion the thicks arrived and the road was actually aY catch in t be to Avery’s canny phrase ought here: 7Y “Main Street of America 7 courts” — pre-With its The proposal to merge countless state rpads cursors to motels — restaurants-souveniinto a true national artery was approvedby Y: '' with gleaming ' shops arid trailer' piks (filled Congress in 1926 the project was completed Airstreams) the highway had a'culture all its sixyears later " ' Y own the in the first not Country singers and writers established Tnough paved highway 7 United States Route 66 is the most storied anid the idea of a home away from home for what qijickly became a metapbor for the country’s Y quickly became a nation of drivers Even restless rolling romanticism So if ever a today when fewer and fewer of us have experi- it is in museum a of epced America's Main Street the ghost of the belonged chynk roadway concrete section 'great road lingers Cabaret performers sing its J the glories a beverage company in Chariottesville of Route 66 that js on display as part of the Va markets a root beer called — you guessed “America on die Move” exhibition at the it Root 66V7 h Smithsonian's National Museum of American In'1956 22 which November Congress passed legislation to erc- - 7' History (NMAH) opened ate the Interstate System a vast effipient This piece representing the entire 2448 miles intended to facilitate strategic ofa road — now buried under or bypassed by — once states' connected Interstates that transportation during the Cold War and link the eight nation’s cities By the ’70s Routp 66 was hissection near was taken from a ' ' ’ tory “Not many people'look down as they y Bridgeport Okla Y walk through a museum’’ says Lubar “so I’rri V Moving the Mona Lisa from the Louvre to a curious to see how Visitors respond to finding museum in another country may be more 7 than shipping concrete slabs to " Route 66 under their feet I hope they’ll be sur-Wuhington but logistically it might just beri w prisedJ ' ! singer-songwrit- six-la- ne ! : - two-Jar- ie : v1- truck-driv- er - : ' ' r Y--- Lewiston State Bank of Idaho I) ton - ' ’ JjmstohState'Bani ' UHKIWb net-wo-rk nerve-racki- SlIXuM 1 ’ two-mi- le a season:r a me i' lllCMtar Y Lewiston State Bank of Idaho ! 227 Soutii State r Ur Suite B ' Preston Idaho (Inside Stokes Thriftway) - Anytime Aeceas: (435)258-370- 0 fKemlhbukem '! 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