William James Cannon II
William James Cannon Jr. was born in Salmon, Idaho on March 6, 1917, to William J. Cannon Sr. and Bessie Moore. The family was increased by five more brothers. The family lived in many places; Ulysses, Gibbonsville, Gilmore, Leadore, Butte, Montana and Salmon. Most of Bill's grade school years were spent in Gilmore. Their summers were spent at the homestead in Swan Basin on Timber Creek.
In 1929 the Depression hit. The mines closed and the family moved to Leadore where Bill attended the eighth grade. The next year they moved to Salmon, still spending summers in Swan Basin. During high school, Bill worked at the Saveway Store. He then went to work for T. R. Benedict on the truck line. He attended Idaho State University for two years and worked in Benedict's Pocatello office.
The summer of 1936 he spent on the Forest Service Short Creek Lookout, on the west side of the Middle Fork near the Crandall Ranch, which is now Harrah's Flying B. In the fall he was back in Salmon again working for T. R. until 1939 when he started working at the Home Lumber Company.
Bill and Billie Furey were married on July 6, 1941 at the Furey Ranch in the Pahsimeroi.
Helen Grace (Billie) Furey was born on the Lizard Ranch near Leslie on November 17, 1915. She grew up in Lost River Valley and Mackay until she attended high school in Pocatello. While in Pocatello she studied violin with Llewellyn Roubidoux. After a year in Pahsimeroi, she went two years to University of California at Los Angeles with a Music Major. Then a year at University of Idaho, Southern Branch in Pocatello, getting an Elementary Teacher's Certificate.
Two years were spent teaching in a one room school at Ellis. She would walk through the Burstedt field to school, start the fire, sweep the floor, teach the children, play with them at recess and noon and take care of bruises and fights. The children either walked or rode horseback to school. Three of the children, one a first grade girl, lived on the Salmon River and they walked seven miles through the mountains to Ellis. The only time they missed was the week it was forty-five degrees below zero.
A summer session at U.C.L.A. was attended before teaching first grade in Salmon. In 1939-1940 she attended the University of Idaho at Moscow and then Billie returned to Salmon. The depression was nearing an end, but married teachers were not allowed to teach in Salmon, therefore, she taught another one room school at Sandy Creek. Rules relaxed and she went back to the Salmon schools.
In 1943 William (Bill) Cannon was off to World War II at Camp Shelby in Mississippi, Officers training and Europe. Billie continued teaching until 1946 when Bill returned from the Army.
The Cannons had four children: Patricia, born in 1942, received a Masters Degree in Flute Performance from the University of Idaho; William James III, born in 1946, attended the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis with a fifth year at Pensacola, becoming a pilot; Richard Sherman, born in 1949, attended University of Idaho and Idaho State University; Kelly Kathleen, born 1952, attended University of Idaho earning a B.S. in Recreation.
After not teaching for ten years, a need for a music teacher in Salmon took Billie back to school. With a need for a degree, Billie, with Patricia, Dick and Kelly headed for University of Idaho for eight weeks of summer school, getting a B.S. degree with Majors in Music and English. She went back to teaching Grade School and Junior High Music and High School Chorus. Highlights were many Grade School and Junior High programs. In High School, Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. The Mikado, Pinafore and the Gondoliers and several performances of the Messiah were given plus many other programs. Many regional and state superior awards were won. Many students performed in state and regional meetings.
The Cannons bought the Home Lumber Yard in 1970 and continued there until 1987 when they closed due to Bill's health. Through the years Bill was on the City Council and was Mayor for seventeen years. He was Worshipful Master of Blue Lodge #11, A.F & A.M., and Grand High Priest of the Royal Arch Masons of Idaho. Billie was Worthy Matron of Eastern Star, President of P.E.O. and attended Supreme Convention in Columbus, Ohio. The Episcopal Church is an important part of her life. Skiing was a wonderful pass time for the whole Cannon family.
Written by Billie Cannon
William James Cannon Jr. was born in Salmon, Idaho on March 6, 1917, to William J. Cannon Sr. and Bessie Moore. The family was increased by five more brothers. The family lived in many places; Ulysses, Gibbonsville, Gilmore, Leadore, Butte, Montana and Salmon. Most of Bill's grade school years were spent in Gilmore. Their summers were spent at the homestead in Swan Basin on Timber Creek.
In 1929 the Depression hit. The mines closed and the family moved to Leadore where Bill attended the eighth grade. The next year they moved to Salmon, still spending summers in Swan Basin. During high school, Bill worked at the Saveway Store. He then went to work for T. R. Benedict on the truck line. He attended Idaho State University for two years and worked in Benedict's Pocatello office.
The summer of 1936 he spent on the Forest Service Short Creek Lookout, on the west side of the Middle Fork near the Crandall Ranch, which is now Harrah's Flying B. In the fall he was back in Salmon again working for T. R. until 1939 when he started working at the Home Lumber Company.
Bill and Billie Furey were married on July 6, 1941 at the Furey Ranch in the Pahsimeroi.
Helen Grace (Billie) Furey was born on the Lizard Ranch near Leslie on November 17, 1915. She grew up in Lost River Valley and Mackay until she attended high school in Pocatello. While in Pocatello she studied violin with Llewellyn Roubidoux. After a year in Pahsimeroi, she went two years to University of California at Los Angeles with a Music Major. Then a year at University of Idaho, Southern Branch in Pocatello, getting an Elementary Teacher's Certificate.
Two years were spent teaching in a one room school at Ellis. She would walk through the Burstedt field to school, start the fire, sweep the floor, teach the children, play with them at recess and noon and take care of bruises and fights. The children either walked or rode horseback to school. Three of the children, one a first grade girl, lived on the Salmon River and they walked seven miles through the mountains to Ellis. The only time they missed was the week it was forty-five degrees below zero.
A summer session at U.C.L.A. was attended before teaching first grade in Salmon. In 1939-1940 she attended the University of Idaho at Moscow and then Billie returned to Salmon. The depression was nearing an end, but married teachers were not allowed to teach in Salmon, therefore, she taught another one room school at Sandy Creek. Rules relaxed and she went back to the Salmon schools.
In 1943 William (Bill) Cannon was off to World War II at Camp Shelby in Mississippi, Officers training and Europe. Billie continued teaching until 1946 when Bill returned from the Army.
The Cannons had four children: Patricia, born in 1942, received a Masters Degree in Flute Performance from the University of Idaho; William James III, born in 1946, attended the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis with a fifth year at Pensacola, becoming a pilot; Richard Sherman, born in 1949, attended University of Idaho and Idaho State University; Kelly Kathleen, born 1952, attended University of Idaho earning a B.S. in Recreation.
After not teaching for ten years, a need for a music teacher in Salmon took Billie back to school. With a need for a degree, Billie, with Patricia, Dick and Kelly headed for University of Idaho for eight weeks of summer school, getting a B.S. degree with Majors in Music and English. She went back to teaching Grade School and Junior High Music and High School Chorus. Highlights were many Grade School and Junior High programs. In High School, Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. The Mikado, Pinafore and the Gondoliers and several performances of the Messiah were given plus many other programs. Many regional and state superior awards were won. Many students performed in state and regional meetings.
The Cannons bought the Home Lumber Yard in 1970 and continued there until 1987 when they closed due to Bill's health. Through the years Bill was on the City Council and was Mayor for seventeen years. He was Worshipful Master of Blue Lodge #11, A.F & A.M., and Grand High Priest of the Royal Arch Masons of Idaho. Billie was Worthy Matron of Eastern Star, President of P.E.O. and attended Supreme Convention in Columbus, Ohio. The Episcopal Church is an important part of her life. Skiing was a wonderful pass time for the whole Cannon family.
Written by Billie Cannon
William James Cannon II
William James Cannon Jr. was born in Salmon, Idaho on March 6, 1917, to William J. Cannon Sr. and Bessie Moore. The family was increased by five more brothers. The family lived in many places; Ulysses, Gibbonsville, Gilmore, Leadore, Butte, Montana and Salmon. Most of Bill's grade school years were spent in Gilmore. Their summers were spent at the homestead in Swan Basin on Timber Creek.
In 1929 the Depression hit. The mines closed and the family moved to Leadore where Bill attended the eighth grade. The next year they moved to Salmon, still spending summers in Swan Basin. During high school, Bill worked at the Saveway Store. He then went to work for T. R. Benedict on the truck line. He attended Idaho State University for two years and worked in Benedict's Pocatello office.
The summer of 1936 he spent on the Forest Service Short Creek Lookout, on the west side of the Middle Fork near the Crandall Ranch, which is now Harrah's Flying B. In the fall he was back in Salmon again working for T. R. until 1939 when he started working at the Home Lumber Company.
Bill and Billie Furey were married on July 6, 1941 at the Furey Ranch in the Pahsimeroi.
Helen Grace (Billie) Furey was born on the Lizard Ranch near Leslie on November 17, 1915. She grew up in Lost River Valley and Mackay until she attended high school in Pocatello. While in Pocatello she studied violin with Llewellyn Roubidoux. After a year in Pahsimeroi, she went two years to University of California at Los Angeles with a Music Major. Then a year at University of Idaho, Southern Branch in Pocatello, getting an Elementary Teacher's Certificate.
Two years were spent teaching in a one room school at Ellis. She would walk through the Burstedt field to school, start the fire, sweep the floor, teach the children, play with them at recess and noon and take care of bruises and fights. The children either walked or rode horseback to school. Three of the children, one a first grade girl, lived on the Salmon River and they walked seven miles through the mountains to Ellis. The only time they missed was the week it was forty-five degrees below zero.
A summer session at U.C.L.A. was attended before teaching first grade in Salmon. In 1939-1940 she attended the University of Idaho at Moscow and then Billie returned to Salmon. The depression was nearing an end, but married teachers were not allowed to teach in Salmon, therefore, she taught another one room school at Sandy Creek. Rules relaxed and she went back to the Salmon schools.
In 1943 William (Bill) Cannon was off to World War II at Camp Shelby in Mississippi, Officers training and Europe. Billie continued teaching until 1946 when Bill returned from the Army.
The Cannons had four children: Patricia, born in 1942, received a Masters Degree in Flute Performance from the University of Idaho; William James III, born in 1946, attended the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis with a fifth year at Pensacola, becoming a pilot; Richard Sherman, born in 1949, attended University of Idaho and Idaho State University; Kelly Kathleen, born 1952, attended University of Idaho earning a B.S. in Recreation.
After not teaching for ten years, a need for a music teacher in Salmon took Billie back to school. With a need for a degree, Billie, with Patricia, Dick and Kelly headed for University of Idaho for eight weeks of summer school, getting a B.S. degree with Majors in Music and English. She went back to teaching Grade School and Junior High Music and High School Chorus. Highlights were many Grade School and Junior High programs. In High School, Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. The Mikado, Pinafore and the Gondoliers and several performances of the Messiah were given plus many other programs. Many regional and state superior awards were won. Many students performed in state and regional meetings.
The Cannons bought the Home Lumber Yard in 1970 and continued there until 1987 when they closed due to Bill's health. Through the years Bill was on the City Council and was Mayor for seventeen years. He was Worshipful Master of Blue Lodge #11, A.F & A.M., and Grand High Priest of the Royal Arch Masons of Idaho. Billie was Worthy Matron of Eastern Star, President of P.E.O. and attended Supreme Convention in Columbus, Ohio. The Episcopal Church is an important part of her life. Skiing was a wonderful pass time for the whole Cannon family.
Written by Billie Cannon
William James Cannon Jr. was born in Salmon, Idaho on March 6, 1917, to William J. Cannon Sr. and Bessie Moore. The family was increased by five more brothers. The family lived in many places; Ulysses, Gibbonsville, Gilmore, Leadore, Butte, Montana and Salmon. Most of Bill's grade school years were spent in Gilmore. Their summers were spent at the homestead in Swan Basin on Timber Creek.
In 1929 the Depression hit. The mines closed and the family moved to Leadore where Bill attended the eighth grade. The next year they moved to Salmon, still spending summers in Swan Basin. During high school, Bill worked at the Saveway Store. He then went to work for T. R. Benedict on the truck line. He attended Idaho State University for two years and worked in Benedict's Pocatello office.
The summer of 1936 he spent on the Forest Service Short Creek Lookout, on the west side of the Middle Fork near the Crandall Ranch, which is now Harrah's Flying B. In the fall he was back in Salmon again working for T. R. until 1939 when he started working at the Home Lumber Company.
Bill and Billie Furey were married on July 6, 1941 at the Furey Ranch in the Pahsimeroi.
Helen Grace (Billie) Furey was born on the Lizard Ranch near Leslie on November 17, 1915. She grew up in Lost River Valley and Mackay until she attended high school in Pocatello. While in Pocatello she studied violin with Llewellyn Roubidoux. After a year in Pahsimeroi, she went two years to University of California at Los Angeles with a Music Major. Then a year at University of Idaho, Southern Branch in Pocatello, getting an Elementary Teacher's Certificate.
Two years were spent teaching in a one room school at Ellis. She would walk through the Burstedt field to school, start the fire, sweep the floor, teach the children, play with them at recess and noon and take care of bruises and fights. The children either walked or rode horseback to school. Three of the children, one a first grade girl, lived on the Salmon River and they walked seven miles through the mountains to Ellis. The only time they missed was the week it was forty-five degrees below zero.
A summer session at U.C.L.A. was attended before teaching first grade in Salmon. In 1939-1940 she attended the University of Idaho at Moscow and then Billie returned to Salmon. The depression was nearing an end, but married teachers were not allowed to teach in Salmon, therefore, she taught another one room school at Sandy Creek. Rules relaxed and she went back to the Salmon schools.
In 1943 William (Bill) Cannon was off to World War II at Camp Shelby in Mississippi, Officers training and Europe. Billie continued teaching until 1946 when Bill returned from the Army.
The Cannons had four children: Patricia, born in 1942, received a Masters Degree in Flute Performance from the University of Idaho; William James III, born in 1946, attended the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis with a fifth year at Pensacola, becoming a pilot; Richard Sherman, born in 1949, attended University of Idaho and Idaho State University; Kelly Kathleen, born 1952, attended University of Idaho earning a B.S. in Recreation.
After not teaching for ten years, a need for a music teacher in Salmon took Billie back to school. With a need for a degree, Billie, with Patricia, Dick and Kelly headed for University of Idaho for eight weeks of summer school, getting a B.S. degree with Majors in Music and English. She went back to teaching Grade School and Junior High Music and High School Chorus. Highlights were many Grade School and Junior High programs. In High School, Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. The Mikado, Pinafore and the Gondoliers and several performances of the Messiah were given plus many other programs. Many regional and state superior awards were won. Many students performed in state and regional meetings.
The Cannons bought the Home Lumber Yard in 1970 and continued there until 1987 when they closed due to Bill's health. Through the years Bill was on the City Council and was Mayor for seventeen years. He was Worshipful Master of Blue Lodge #11, A.F & A.M., and Grand High Priest of the Royal Arch Masons of Idaho. Billie was Worthy Matron of Eastern Star, President of P.E.O. and attended Supreme Convention in Columbus, Ohio. The Episcopal Church is an important part of her life. Skiing was a wonderful pass time for the whole Cannon family.
Written by Billie Cannon
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