Historical
Summary
Historical
Summary
| 1928 | Jul 1: | Born to Percy Smart & Ida Weyerman Hawkes at Logan, Utah. |
| Aug 2: | Blessed by Percy Smart Hawkes at Logan, Utah. | |
| 1929 | Springtime: | Came with parents to Horseshoe Flat farm near Drummond, Idaho. |
| 1934 | Sep: | Started first grade Elementary School at (6) Drummond, Idaho, attended there four years. |
| 1936 | Jul 6: | Baptized by Percy Smart Hawkes in Fall River, Farnum, Idaho, by Hans Nielsen’s farm. (8) |
| Jul 12: | Confirmed by Percy Smart Hawkes. | |
| 1938 | Dec 15: | Father and Mother moved family to Farnum farm. |
| Attended school at Farnum the next four years. (10) | ||
| 1940 | Jul 21: | Ordained a Deacon by Percy Smart Hawkes. |
| Installed as secretary of Deacons Quorum. (12) | ||
| 1941 | July | Received a testimony of the Godhead, & the Gospel on top of Table Rock Mountain while on a Boy Scout hike. |
| 1941 | Aug 10: | Received Patriarchal blessing from Abraham B. Hillam. (13) |
| 1942 | Apr 17: | Graduated from Farnum Public School, eight grade. |
| Sep: | Started Ashton High School then transferred to Madison High School in Rexburg after Dec. (15) | |
| 1944 | Installed as President of the Teachers Quorum until July 15, 1945. (16) | |
| Second counselor in YM Presidency in Farnum ward. (16) | ||
| 1945 | May 21: | Graduated from LDS Seminary at Rexburg, Idaho. |
| Jul 15: | Ordained a Priest by Percy Smart Hawkes. (17) | |
| 1946 | May 24: | Graduated from Madison High School. |
| June 12: | My father, Percy S. Hawkes, passed away. (18) | |
| Sep: | Started Ricks College. (18) | |
| Dec: | First met Bonnie Marie Clark in a Ricks class. | |
| 1947 | Jan 25: | Ordained an Elder by Ivan Crouch. (18) |
| Sustained as Young Men’s President of the Farnum Ward Young Mens Mutual until Jan. 11, 1948, when the ward was dissolved, then resustained in Marysville Ward, & served until 1953. Attended SLC June MIA Conference. | ||
| 1947-1948: | Bonnie and I sang in stake choir, under E. O. Rich. | |
| Rural Route U.S. Mail carrier substitute 1947 to 1953 and 1958 to 1959, Drummond, Idaho route. | ||
| 1948 | Jul 1: | I had an appendectomy at Ashton, Dr. Kruger. (20) |
| Jul 21: | Received Temple Endowments & married Bonnie Marie Clark in Idaho Falls Temple. (20) | |
| Sep: | My mother & family moved to Logan, Utah, and Bonnie & I started living in the farm home and renting the farm from my mother. (20) | |
| Nov: | We moved to Bonnie’s folks place in St. Anthony so I could work for Ray Brown driving trucks. | |
| 1949 | Sep 13: | First child was born. (21) |
| 1950 | Apr 17: | Purchased RD4 tractor from Walter Clark. |
| Aug 15: | Second child was born. (22) | |
| 1951 | Fall: | Purchased 1951 Ford Victoria hardtop convertable car. |
| Started singing in quartet with Lewis King, Z.J., Rulon | ||
| 1952 | Feb 14: | Third child born. (23) |
| Spring: | Marysville churchhouse, organ, etc. dedicated. | |
| 1953 | Feb 26: | Forth child was born. (24) |
| Jul 19: | Sustained as first counselor in Marysville Ward Bishopric served until Feb. 9, 1958. (25) | |
| Sep 27: | Ordained a High Priest by George Q. Morris. | |
| 1954 | Spring: | Took first trip to California in Ford Victoria. |
| Apr 14: | Fifth child was born. (25) | |
| Fall months: | Worked for the Census Bureau as enumerator. | |
| 1955 | Sep 11: | Sixth child was born. (27) |
| 1957 | Apr 16: | Seventh child was born. (28) |
| 1958 | Feb 16: | Installed as Boy Scout Master for lst time, served in Marysville ward until 1960. (30) |
| Jun 9: | Eighth child was born. (30) | |
| 1959 | Feb 14: | Became secretary of Ashton American Dog Musher Club. (31) |
| Feb 19: | Dad of the Year Award BSA Ashton, Idaho. | |
| Sep: | Moved family into Mother’s house in Providence, UT. Started sophomore year to earn elementary education degree. Called as YM Explorer leader in Providence Ward. | |
| The Mark Albertson family wintered in our farm home. | ||
| 1960 | Mar 1: | Ninth child was born. (32) |
| May: | Finished one year of college at Logan, Utah. (32) | |
| Called to Stake Young Men’s Presidency 1st counselor with Pres. Richard Clark, served until 1963 | ||
| Aug: | Started teaching 6th grade at Central School St. Anthony, Idaho. (taught there for the next 29 years) | |
| 1961 | Spring: | Started the Happy Hustlers 4-H club, till fall 1963. |
| 1962 | May 6: | Tenth child was born. (34) |
| 1963 | Aug: | We moved our family to St. Anthony. We rented the Henderson home to live in. Bonnie started RicksCollege as a freshman toward becoming a teacher. |
| The Leonard Hull family moved into the farm home. | ||
| 1964 | Called to serve in Ricks College Stake Sunday School Presidency, served until 1966. (36) | |
| Aug: | Moved into Elmer Nelson home to rent it for one year. | |
| 1965 | Aug: | Bonnie started teaching at Parker Elementary. |
| A new South Fremont High School was under construction north of town. | ||
| Oct 6: | We purchased our 249 West 4th North, St. Anthony home and lots from Leona Nelson Wild for $10,000.00. Robert Smith helped us with notes from the bank. | |
| 1966 | Summer: | School at Moscow, ID, trip to Calif. to see David. |
| Called as Boy Scoutmaster for 2nd time, served until March 17, 1968. (38) | ||
| Aug: | Billy started his Senior class year at the new SFHS. | |
| 1967 | Jan 8: | My brother, David Weyerman Hawkes, passed away. |
| Oct 3: | Mark Albertson purchased farm home and 7 acres. | |
| 1968 | Mar 17: | Installed as Bishop of St. Anthony Fourth Ward, served for six years. Released March 24, 1974. (40) |
| Apr 6: | Set apart and ordained a Bishop by James A. Cullimore | |
| Aug 23: | Received Bachelor of Science Degree from BYU, later earned 40 plus graduate credit hours. (40) | |
| Oct 9: | Sold machinery and 240 acre farm lease for ten years to F. W. Bratt. This ended our farming career. | |
| 1969 | Feb 26: | F. W. Bratt purchased the East 80 acres $12,000. |
| Mar 19: | Steve fractured his neck high jumping. | |
| Bonnie attended summer school at Logan, Utah. | ||
| Summer: | We constructed the root cellar north of home. | |
| Dick Roseborough moved onto our north lots. | ||
| 1970 | Owned and operated the Fremont Outdoor Education & Recreation, Inc. until 1990. (42) | |
| Bonnie attended summer school at Logan, Utah. | ||
| Steve worked on BSA summer camp staff. | ||
| 1972 | Steve called on LDS Mission to Texas. | |
| 1974 | Dec 3: | Hernia operation in St. Anthony, ID. |
| Mar 24: | Released as 4th Ward Bishop, sustained as Boy Scout Master for 3rd time. Served until May 18, 1975. | |
| 1975 | May 18: | Yellowstone Stake divided to form the new St. Anthony Idaho Stake. I was sustained as Stake Executive Secretary to Pres. Robert Smith, served 6 yrs., released Sept. 20, 1981. (47) |
| Summer: | Traded cars with Billy in Mexico City. | |
| 1976 | Jun 5: | Teton Dam Flood. |
| 1977 | May 1: | Bill Bishoff purchased the Benson Place $46,000. |
| 1978 | Jun: | Went on church history bus tour with Ken Howell. Relief Society Monuments dedicated in Nauvoo, Illinois. |
| 1979 | Oct 31: | Obtained the 25 acres of waste land we call THE PLACE from Raymond Hawkes. We have improved it to be a family retreat, with cabins and recreational sites. |
| Nov 2: | Mark Albertson purchased the Home 80 for $44,444.44. | |
| 1979 | Dec 15: | Blaine sang solo “Comfort Ye My People” in Messiah. |
| 1981 | May 8: | My brother, Lawrence Weyerman Hawkes, passed away. |
| June/July: | Trip to Puerto Rico, Florida, Niagara, WDC, NC. | |
| Sep 20: | Sustained as lst Counselor in Stake Presidency with Pres. Neil Kunz, served until Sept. 23, 1990. (53) | |
| 1985 | Feb 24: | Six ward boundaries changed, we are now in St. Anthony Third Ward. |
| 1986 | Aug: | Table Rock Hike with St. A. 3rd Ward - 59 people. |
| Oct 24: | Hawkes Mutual Trust Assoc, Inc. organized. (58) | |
| 1987 | Apr: | Gave up the last of many dog teams to Kelly Coburn. |
| Though year | Because Philip was working for an airline we received tickets and went to Mesa, Washington DC, Boston, the state of Washington. | |
| 1988 | Jul: | Participated in BSA Encampment ‘88. (60) |
| Sep 1: | My mother, Ida W. Hawkes passed away, age 81. | |
| 1989 | Jun 1: | Retired from teaching school after 29 years. (61) |
| 1990 | Summer: | We turned the canoe rental business over to Jeffrey. |
| 1991 | Jun 14: | Dr. Donald Doty, SLC, performed a “Aorto-coronary bypass graft x 2”. (63) |
| Co-authored 413 page book HOMESTEADING AND PIONEERING IN THE UPLAND AREA BETWEEN FALL AND TETON RIVERS, with Tressa Murdoch Garrett. (63) | ||
| Aug: | We took a trip to Glacier National Park. | |
| Sep 16: | Entered Missionary Training Center at Provo, Utah, prior to Micronesia Guam (Chuuk/Truk) mission. | |
| 1993 | Mar 31: | Bonnie and I returned home from Leadership Training Mission in Chuuk. (65) |
| May 2: | Called 4th time to be Scout Master/Deacons advisor, served until 4 Sep 94 (65) | |
| 1994 | Feb: | Trip to Mexico ruins, pyramids, markets, gulf, etc. |
| Apr 22: | Egypt tour with Jeff Chadwick. | |
| Apr 27: | Israel/Holy Land tour with George Pace. | |
| Oct 9: | Sustained as St. Anthony 4th Ward Historian. | |
| 1995 | Feb 23: | TURP Prostate operation Dr. Cannon, Idaho Falls. |
| 1996 | Completed Joshua Hawkes history - Centennial Celebration. | |
| 1997 | Jan | Returned from Hawaii/Tahiti trip with Ray & Leahbelle. |
| Aug 1: | Called on an 18 month Family History Center mission in St. Anthony. | |
| 1998 | Jan 13: | MRI/X-Ray evaluation - herniated disc, SLC |
| Feb | Began making miniature model dog sleds. (69) | |
| Completed Percy and Ida Hawkes histories. (69) | ||
| Apr 13: | I retired from riding the Goldwing motorcycle. | |
| Spring: | Updated personal life history. | |
| Jul 1: | 70th Birthday! (70) | |
| Jul 21: | 50th Wedding Anniversary! | |
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If there are any additions or corrections that would make this more complete please send them to P. Blaine Hawkes.