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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1941
Page
1
Readies for August 28 to 30 Montpelier event with principal displays in baking art and flowers. Flower prize money totals 100 with judges from Salt Lake City to assess entries. 4-H plans involve 275 members in boys and girls divisions across beef dairy sheep grain garden and nutrition categories.
Descendants of Siuni and Charsty Bunderson gathered with Bear Lake Bundersons at St. Charles canyon park Tuesday evening. Sixty two attendees shared a chicken dinner and campfire program with Alton Bunderson as toastmaster. The reunion will become an annual event on August 19 to honor Uncle Nels' birthday. Officers elected for the coming year include Nels Bunderson as honorary president Jim Bunderson of Pocatello Mrs Inez Findler of the Boor Bunderson family Curtiss Pugmire of the Emma Pugmire family Lester Bunderson of the Nephi Bunderson family Aton Bunderson of the Joe Bunderson family LaVelt G Ward secretary.
The Stake Sea Gull Girl's Day occurred last Friday at the tabernacle grounds in Paris with four participating Wards. Stake officers present included Mrs. Vera Budge and others. Primary Ward presidents from St. Charles Bloomington Paris attended along with Sea Gull leaders from several Wards. The afternoon featured a program, games, and refreshments, with all reporting a splendid time.
Club members should consult the premium book and lead ers about standard exhibit requirements. Record books for boys and girls must be complete and correct before contests begin on schedule. Each girl’s exhibit gets a wide number code. Clothing items require labeling with a white cloth backing and a Dennison sticker is suitable for most exhibits.
Idaho Fish and Game Department mails application blanks to license vendors for nine special big game hunts this fall. Each hunt requires a separate application planit and only one event per hunter. Public drawings occur 15 days prior at Boise offices. applications must be filed 30 days before each drawing.
Mr and Mrs George Hoge and daughters Jane and Afton attended the funeral of Mrs Hazel Peterson in Pocatello on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Walter Lewis and Mr and Mrs Harold Baker and families returned from a visit with relatives in the upper Snake River Valley and a Yellowstone trip. Mrs William G Smith and daughter of Pleasant Grove Utah visited at the Cook ranch and with Eliza Cook and the Shephard family in Paris. Beth Kelsey Yvonne Wallentine and Shirley Wallentine hosted a party for Marie Pendry leaving with her parents for Logan around September first.
Montpelier Bear Lake County Fair next week invites Fielding High School agriculture students to exhibit crops poultry and livestock. Interested students should contact Mr Chase Pond before August 26.
Idaho state draft officials estimate about 10,000 men will be in the armed forces by September 1. More than 6000 have been drafted since last October, with the remainder already in the army navy marines Idaho National Guard or active reservists.
Harvesting of the pea crop in the valley has begun after delays from rain. Only small portions were picked earlier. a first carload was shipped to Omaha. With improving weather, fields totaling 160 acres are set to yield heavily and keep pickers busy.
The Nehemish Weston family reunion met August 11 at Ideal Beach Resort. About two hundred descendants attended a morning program, noon lunch, afternoon sports, and a sociable dance. New officers were Edward N. Crowther, president. H. R. Weston, vice president. Jane Robinson, secretary treasurer.
The second Bear Lake County lamb pool was shipped Tuesday August nineteenth with 359 lambs pooled for 28 operators. Future pools will occur once enough lambs are listed at the County Agent's office and operators must list their lambs at least a week before marketing.
Fielding High School Band will rehearse Wednesday August 27 at 7 p m. On August 28 the band will participate in the parade at the County Fair in Montpelier.
Utah Power & Light filed new rate schedules with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to take effect September 13. The plans promise immediate annual savings of $10 000 for commercial and municipal customers, potentially rising to $20 000 if all eligible users adopt them. The all service commercial schedule consolidates meters and rates, aiding street lighting and reducing labor and accounting costs.
Two Arab Mohammedan missionaries, David Yussuf and Kadr Hussein, arrived from Jerusalem to southern Idaho, reporting a Muslim presence among locals including Syrians Egyptians and Palestinians. They say Palestinians aim to preserve Islam, oppose British rule due to Jewish arrivals, prefer Arab self rule, and favor British over French or German governance.
The Payne family reunion was held Sunday at Paris Park with a long table serving 66 attendees. Notable delegates traveled from Idaho Falls, Midvale, Salt Lake, Ogden, Logan and Bear Lake, as officers led by Ascel Payne president, Ernest Payne vice president, Emma Payne secretary, with a 2 pm amphitheatre program.
Market notes for August 18 1941 list top hog prices Ogden 12.00 12.10 Omaha 11.35 Denver 12.80. Cattle Ogden beef steers 9.25 10.50 fed heifers 10.60. Omaha fat steers 12.10 heifers 11.75 11.85. Denver feeders 9.00 11.50 heifers 6.00. Sheep Ogden spring lambs 9.75 good springs 10.05 Omaha range lambs 11.00 11.50 Denver fat spring lambs 11.65. Contributed by DeVere Tovey County Ext Agent.
The Educational Department exhibit at Bear Lake County Fair will feature free hand art and hobbies. All county students in grades 1 to 12 may enter. Entries are to be brought to the exhibit building on Wednesday August 27 from 1 to 5 pm or Thursday August 28 from 9 to 12 am.
Stake and ward officers of MEA and priesthood authorities attended the M I A convention in Park for Montpelier and Bear Lake Stakes. Joseph J. Cannon presided. Verna Goddard Elmer Christenson and Virginia Walker led department sessions. Theme urged members to plant a testimony of the gospel and uphold standards and Sabbath observance. Meetings begin Sept 16 with Bear Lake Stake urging “Let’s Go To Mutual.”
Idaho officials studied reports that the U S Army is surveying sites to train ski troops this winter. Officers scouted Mt Sawtell near Henrys Lake with deep winter snow and Bogus Basin twenty miles north of Boise, noted for long skiing seasons. The Basin area has been developed by the forestry department and civic groups with CCC labor aiding road work into the basin.
Idaho will introduce a new Americanism course across the state under State Superintendent C. E. Roberts. The curriculum, developed at the University of Idaho, covers democracy principles, the constitution and its preamble, and their meaning for Americans, with vocational and moral guidance for students.
Boise special reports Democrats from across Idaho plan to attend the Seventh Annual Convention of the Young Democratic clubs of Idaho in Pocatello August 29 30 31. State President William F. Galloway says the program is fast moving with registration tea and card parties golf tournament banquets and entertainment. Saturday includes a business session luncheon air show at the new airport and dances while Sunday offers a breakfast for officers and a Yellowstone Park tour. Attendees are urged to reserve hotels immediately.
Governor Clark plans a road 25 miles from Idaho Falls to Twin Buttes for B M Rogers to build a 5 million dollar custom smelter. The facility would handle lead silver zinc with aims for cadmium tungsten molybdenum antimony, easing ore transport costs that eat 60 percent of mining profits.
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