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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1958
Page
1
Ezra J. Poulsen recounts rapid happenings and near misses from daily life. He recalls bee incidents, a safety belt mishap, a Salt Lake coffee misadventure, and a string of nostalgic, memory-filled outings across Idaho and varied landscapes.
Paris Lions Club ladies night at Camp Lifton honored Betty Low Pugmire who left for Mesa Arizona with her husband. Von Tippets presided as newly elected president. Mark Grimmett highlighted perfect attendance. Gracious table decor featured sweet peas and a chicken dinner preceded by bingo prizes won by Mr Johnston.
The official count of the August 12 nominating primary totals shows small changes. Absentee ballots in Eight Mile precinct give Arch Vallentine two more votes over Walter Ward, now Ward 592 Vallentine 583 for First District commissioner. Bear Lake county shifts favor Hanson for governor, Hanson 455 Glasby 453, raising Hanson's total by 22 and narrowing Derr's lead. final state canvass awaited.
Jackie Wallentine of Paris was chosen 1958 Queen of the Bear Lake County Fair and Rodeo in Montpelier. First Attendant Sandra Bentsen and Second Attendant Barbara Otteson also named. parade and grand entry events scheduled for August 29 and 30.
Miss Gloria Jean Bateman daughter of Mr and Mrs Marshall Bateman Montpelier and Eudell Parker son of Mr and Mrs Ronald Parker Paris were married at the Idaho Falls temple on Tuesday August 12. Accompanying the couple were their parents and other near relatives.
Series E and H bonds purchases in Idaho for the first seven months reached 5 141 869 dollars, a 6 percent rise from the prior year. July sales totaled 740 604 dollars, up 136 percent from July 1957, with Bear Lake county contributing 4 090 dollars. Thiel noted that 675 percent of the 1958 sales goal of 8 100 000 dollars had been reached.
The Bear Lake County Farm Bureau Talent Fund crowned winners in two age groups, earning spots for district and state contests. August 30 winners included Anna Marie Ward of Bloomington for piano, with Georgetown entrants sweeping minor acts and vocals. The Boise state winner advances to the National Farm Bureau convention in Chicago in December.
Bear Lake county residents may join the 1959 Soil Bank program at the Agricultural Stabilization office in Montpelier. Chairman Harley Cochran notes the conservation reserve pays annual rent and assists with establishing practices. Average rate is 11 dollars per acre per year with higher rates for productive farms. Deadline to apply is October 24 with a prior visit encouraged before October 10.
The Bear Lake Stake Guide Patrol skill show will be held in the St Charles ward hall this Friday evening August 22 at 7 30. The guides will demonstrate scout skills, followed by games awards and a campfire. Parents teachers and church officials are invited as are guides who have recently graduated.
Yellowstone National Park will again stage the Campfire Day pageant marking the 1870 Washburn Party that helped establish the park. Superintendent Lemuel A. Garrison announced the event for Monday August 25, noting the reenactment last occurred in 1957 and the 42nd anniversary of the National Park Service creation will be honored the following day.
The Montpelier Board of Trustees failed to attract any bids for a 436000 school bond issue to fund two new buildings. Legal questions about absentee voting in school elections and a cautious state bidding stance deterred underwriting firms, prompting consideration of a resubmission or a new election.
The Gertsch Market softball squad, largely Fielding High School players, finished in second place in last week’s Montpelier league playoffs. B and K of Ovid won the tournament.
Raynold H. and Betty Shepherd formerly of Los Angeles assumed ownership of Mark's Chevron Service of Paris on August 15 and are now running the station and grocery with help from LaPrael Athay and Paul Goebel. The Shepherds are Paris natives with deep local connections and return to the hometown business.
Funeral services for Mrs. Rosa Egli Hemmert 81 wife of Peter Hemmert were held at the Paris Second Ward chapel with Bishop Clifford G Price presiding. Born 1877 in Langnau Switzerland she came to the United States in 1889 and married 1903. Surviving are her husband and ten children plus 37 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren and a sister Marie Beck. Interment was in Paris cemetery. pallbearers named.
Mr and Mrs Louis Belli hosted a steak fry at Allred Flats last Saturday with 78 guests including people from California Boise Pocatello and nearby cities near Paris. The Bellis were chefs for the occasion. The afternoon featured baseball and other games with everyone enjoying the activities.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Roghaar hosted a steak dinner at Paris Canyon Park for friends before the Mark Pugmire family departed for Mesa Arizona. Also in attendance were the Glen Grimets and the Louis Belli families.
Twenty three members of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers enjoyed a potluck dinner at the Emigration Canyon picnic grounds on Thursday.
Russell Wallentine Vallentine, 15, helped with hay at the Paris ranch of Dave and Elmer Becks. The boy’s belt and a limb of a tree were involved in his death, which sheriff officials deem an accidental hanging after a long search by about 385 residents. Funeral set for 2 PM Saturday in Paris Second Ward chapel.
The State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee announced that recent rail freight rate reductions across Idaho counties raise price supports under the price support program. Grain producers delivering to the Commodity Credit Corporation will receive a payment reflecting the difference between county average rail freight costs and county averages, applying to barley flaxseed grain sorghums rye and wheat.
Miss Gayle Eborn daughter of Harlan and Mrs Eborn of Lanark wed Keith Sorenson son of Spencer and Mrs Sorenson of Ovid at the Idaho Falls L D S temple on Friday August 8. The couple were accompanied by family members and a reception followed at the Eborn home on Saturday August 16 featuring vocal selections by Gary and Craig Roberts and Reed Eborn.
Specialist Third Class Cody W. Lutz son of Sidney R. Lutz of Garden City fires with the Fifth Army pistol team in the National Rifle and Pistol Matches at Camp Perry Ohio. After September 6 he returns to Fort Riley Kansas. He joined the Army in 1946 and was last stationed at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. He is a North Rich High School graduate from Laketown and previously worked for a Ogden construction company.
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