New Plymouth School Board Re-Elects Thompson Couple
Professor and Mrs. H. D. Thompson were retained in their posts at New Plymouth High School for another year. He has served as superintendent for nine years and taught three years prior. Mrs. Thompson, in her eighth year, is praised for efficiency and the students under their guidance have shown strong preparation for higher education.
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H. D. Thompson
New Plymouth High School
Thompson
New Plymouth
Pioneer Favors One Drainage District
Walter Burke of New Plymouth advocates unifying drainage efforts from Farmers ditch to District No 2 and the Payette river. He has a history of community projects and previously helped Nobleditch secure a right of way, facing board opposition Tuesday in Payette during a drainage hearing.
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Payette
Walter Burke
New Plymouth
Farmers Ditch
Nobleditch
Lent Observance and Church Activities at Congregational Church
The pastor urges congregants to follow Federal Council of Churches readings for Lent. Bible school meets at 10 a.m. led by C. E. Miles. worship at 11 a.m. on Bearing our Cross. Juniors at 4 15 p.m.. senior C. E. 7 p.m.. evening service at 7 30 p.m. features a discussion on contradictions in the Bible.
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Federal Council of Churches
Bible School
C. E. Miles
A. I. Ferch
Birthday Party for Leslie Schmidt Given by Family
Mr and Mrs Leo Schmidt hosted about thirty guests at a Wednesday birthday party for their son Leslie. A signet ring was presented to Leslie as gifts. The evening featured dancing games and refreshments.
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Leo Schmidt
Leslie
Coolidge Inaugurated Amid Broadcasted Historic Pageant
President Calvin Coolidge renewed his oath as the thirtieth U S president at the East Portico of the Capitol on March 4 with Chief Justice Taft administering. Vice President Dawes also took the oath as the inaugural address began, broadcast to millions from twenty five stations.
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East Portico
The
Capitol
Washington
Coolidge
United States
Charles G. Dawes
Taft
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Army
Navy
Marines
Lincoln
Grand Army
Grant
Anhalt Explosives Works Hit by Four Blasts Near Huttenwerk
Telegraph dispatch reports four heavy explosions at the Anhalt Explosives Company works near Huttenwerk. Twenty five persons killed and many injured. Building wrecked and Huttenwerk ambulances carried victims. the blast shaken the town and shattered windows.
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London
Berlin
Anhalt Explosives Company
Huttenwerk
Life sentence upheld for Boise man in wife murder
Alfred M. Caviness will serve life in Idaho State Penitentiary after the Idaho Supreme Court sustained a lower court judgment in the murder of his wife.
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Boise
Idaho
Alfred M. Caviness
Idaho State Penitentiary
Supreme Court
Farmers Ditch Board Meets at Regular Session
Farmers Cooperative Company directors convened a Saturday meeting approving the Wheel and Tap committee report. Actions include a $25 right of way payment, concrete wall approval along the Emmett canal, repairs and bridge work, stock handling with Noble Ditch Company, flume removal, bridge condemnation, and delinquent water stock policy decisions.
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Farmers Cooperative Company
N. C. Mortensen
Mortenson
Vanderdossen
Emmat
Main St
Emmett
Darnalls Highway
Ady
Pickett
Wilcox
Noble Ditch Company
Noble Ditch
Farmers Canal
Farmers Cooperative Irrigation Co
Ramey
Grave Yard
Boor
Highway Dist
George M. Darnall Place
Rose
Baptist Church Announces TwoWeek Series of Meetings
The church plans a two week series starting March 30 with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and worship services at 11 a.m and 8 p.m. including sermons Hindrances to Prayer and In the Bible the Word of God. B Y. P. U. groups meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday prayer at 7:30 p.m. Rev Henry Jacobs, pastor, extends a cordial welcome.
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Hilmer Peterson
Gwermon
A. Groat
B. Y
Phoebe Risger
God
Sp. N
Henry Jacobs
Apple Blossom Festival Planned by Portia Club
The Portia Club sponsors plans for the annual Apple Blossom Festival on May 1 at Payette with countywide participation hoped for. Tickets for the May Queen contest will be issued from March 16 to April 15. contestants must be county residents aged 16 to 20. For details call Mrs. L. M Underwood at Bernard Bustman’s Payette home.
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Payette
Portia Club
New Plymouth
Pruitland
L. M Underwood
Bernard Bustman
Surprise Party in Honor of Miss Ruth Mathews
Mrs Elmer Ransom hosted a Saturday evening surprise party for Miss Ruth Mathews of Bunker Hill Kansas visiting New Plymouth. Guests included former sewing class members and letters from absent invitees were read. A kitchen shower using yellow and white colors featured gift hunting for the bride to be.
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Elmer Ransom
Uth Mathews
Bunker Hill
Kansas
New Plymouth
Ransom
Miss Mathews
James Tolman
Ruth Joiner
Editha Ackerman
Zella Schmidt
Muriel Fairman
Boise
Francis Stuve
Jerome
Ruth Dotson
New Cases Filed Against Amanda Davis and White Hardware Co
Lemuel Rorabaugh and May R. Rorabaugh sue Amanda Davis for mortgage foreclosure. Winchester Simmons Co. files suit on promissory note against Roy S. White and the White Hardware Co.
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Lemuel Rorabaugh
May R. Rorabaugh
Amanda Davis
Winchester Simmons Co
A Corp
Roy S. White
White Hardware Co
Notice to Automobile Owners 1924 Licenses Void March 15
Notice to automobile owners that 1924 licenses expire March 15 and drivers must apply for 1925 licenses before that date. Signed by O. E. Bossen Assessor of Payetty County.
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O. E. Bossen
Payetty County
High School Notes Honor Students and Faculty Activities
The first six weeks honors list includes seniors Martha Darrah Phoebe Ringer Irvin Slater Benny Hylton and others from juniors to freshmen. Boise High transfers Virginia Curtiss Cassie Becker Onda Gorton Ida Cobb and Chris Fenton entered Fligh School this week. Mr Neabitt attended a coaches conference in Buise and arranged baseball schedules with Weiser H S Weiser In Stute and Emmett H. £& Friday Literary program at 150 p.m. Commercial Class added Cases on Commercial Law by A W Bays to the library. Bookkeeping students work on Controlling Accounts using Twentieth Century Bookkeeping.
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Martha Darrah
Phoebe Ringer
Irvin Slater
Benny Hylton
Maude Slater
Bill Gorton
Alice Reed
Fern Lewis
Harriet Ferech
Walter Eggers
Margaret Scott
Donald Wiseman
Claude Snyder
Thomas Castles
Jessie Philliber
Errol Miles
Henry Good
Mable Ahlborn
Virginia Curtiss
Cassie Becker
Onda Gorton
Ida Cobb
Chris Fenton
Fligh School
Boise High School
Neabitt
Buise
Weiser H. S
Weiser
Emmett H
A. W. Bays
Valley to Honor Rev. H F Knight
The Payette Valley invites the public to a reception for Rev. H F Knight in commemoration of his seventy fifth birthday. The event honors a soldier citizen and Christian gentleman with all old soldiers invited. March 19 1925 New Plymouth Idaho.
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Payette Valley
Knight
W. P. Ackerman
New Plymouth
Idaho
Kellogg Takes Office as Secretary of State in Washington
Frank B Kellogg was sworn in as secretary of state at the state department in Washington. Associate Justice Pierce Butler administered the oath and Kellogg began duties within fifteen minutes after the ceremony. He met President Coolidge for a policy conference to steer U.S. foreign affairs.
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Washington
Frank
Kelloge
Charles Ie Nushes
State Department
Pierce Butler
Supreme Court
Kellogge
Justice Butler
Hughes
Kellogg
Bermuda
Coolidge
Freshmen Weiner Roasting Trip Goes Awry on Bluffs
The Freshmen of the High School staged a snow showers journey by horseback to a weiner roast on Tuesday night. They reached their destination safely but the weiners were forgotten. Two men returned for them amid a later supper of charcoal and rolls. The Sophomores did not appear, nest eggs were provided, and Mr Nesbitt aided several injured riders home in his car. The WCTU will meet Mrs Hinchliff on Friday March 20 at 2 30 with a note on its 600000 member world reach and its good works.
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Bluffs
Drainage hearing waits for expert testimony in district case
Proceedings on forming drainage districts before Judge Varian are halted while expert engineers testify. Federal engineer J C Marr was ordered to California for six to eight weeks work. Debates center on cost sharing and control, with plans showing four to eight main drains and disputes over syphon costs under Noble ditch. Farmers in the west end favor larger district No 8 to avoid fragmentation and ensure efficient drainage.
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Varian
Payette
J.C. Marr
California
Nobleditch
Noble Ditch
New Plymouth
Farmers Ditch
Visit of Commodore Salisbury Arrives from California
Commodore George R. Salisbury of New York, brother of Mr and Mrs Mark Salisbury, is expected to visit their home next Tuesday. Once Guam's governor, he travels here from California after a recent stay in Havana.
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George R. Salisbury
New York
Mark Salisbury
Mr. Salisbury
Guam
California
Havana
Mrs Roosevelt Sails For Italy From New York
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt widow of the former president sails on the Conte Verde bound for Genoa. Archibald Roosevelt aboard to bid his mother goodbye reports indicate she does not plan to join Kermit and Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Jr. on their return from Asia. Kermit Roosevelt and his two sons were also at the pier.
Congressmen Lose Out on Trip to Honolulu
Plans to provide army transport for members of Congress from New York to Honolulu to view army navy maneuvers in Hawaiian waters have been abandoned.
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Washington
New York
Honolulu
Congress
Hawaiian Waters
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Thompsons
Pioneer
Congregational Church
Calvin Coolidge
Baptist Church
Rev
H.F. Knight
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