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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1959
Page
2
The Paris Post reports its weekly edition published in Paris Idaho with standard mail distribution under federal act. The issue is Vol 79 No 11 dated Thursday April 16 1959 and edited by Walther C Dye.
National Library Week highlights Idaho's library origins from mining camps to farming towns. Reported 1958 data show over half the population without direct library service and wide rural gaps. Expenditure per capita lagged, with major share of funds spent by few large cities. early 1900s legislation and Carnegie grants shaped library growth amid ongoing funding challenges.
A long list of local visitors and family events fills a Brigham area column. Names include Blaine and Russell Rich, James Cleveland injured in California, Pugmire families, Rathbone, and Bundersons, with temple trips, baptisms, confirmations, and weekend visits across Utah and Idaho.
The polio problem persists in Idaho and nationwide as Dr Terrell Carver urges higher polio vaccination rates. He notes Salk vaccine effectiveness but low uptake among young children in lower income groups, risking more paralytic cases in 1959. Parents are advised to contact physicians now to build immunity before the summer polio season. Presidential Page section recalls White House receptions and Nobel Prize history.
The passage discusses the 1955 Library District Enabling Act allowing rural areas and small municipalities to form library districts funded by taxes up to two mills. It notes flexibility to include districts, counties, or multiple counties and supports branches, stations, and community centers. It ends with a poetic declaration: I am your library, a doorway to knowledge.
Mr and Mrs Rollin Findlay visited Paris on Monday and Mrs Paul Cornia called on in Paris and Montpelier. The Relief Society meeting featured visiting teacher Elva Satterthwaite and theology lesson by Theora Hodges with Ivy Jobsen of Ovid addressing the group. Dinner guests at Bob Holders included her sister and family. Leslie Kimball shopped in Logan. Della McKinno and Donna Groll visited Mrs Bob Holders. LeRoy Sedrenson visited Montpelier. Milford Loveland and bishop attended a LegionAuxiliary meeting in Laketown where Phyllis Findlay became first vice president. LeRoy Sorenson spent weekend in Bancroft. Loveland and family traveled to Evanston for a testimonial for their nephew Beryl Loveland who will serve a LDS mission in Northern California.
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