Joseph and Louise Benson and the Summit Ward, 1913–1929
Joseph Benson led the Latter-day Saints at the Summit end of Arbon Valley from 1913 to 1924; his wife Louise, her obituary says, kept the ward's records and led its Primary.
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Joseph Benson led the Latter-day Saints at the Summit end of Arbon Valley from 1913 to 1924; his wife Louise, her obituary says, kept the ward's records and led its Primary.
In January 1944 Congressman Henry Dworshak named Frank Blair Smith, son of Chester and Arvilla Smith of the valley, Idaho's principal candidate for the Naval Academy.