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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1932
Page
4
Weekend visitors from Salt Lake and Ogden. help wanted for live-in housework. Book Review Club discusses Vickie Baum. Brick house for sale near high school. Local visits by multiple Utah residents. teachers and agents in town. trade and service ads appear. A canyon party and snow-fence bids noted. a new baby girl born to Mr and Mrs DeVerge Williams.
Arco village council weighing a municipal power plant at Arco Pass. Estimated cost about 25000 dollars. project would also fund gravity water system. Current power bills run around 450 dollars monthly as service is unsatisfactory. A farmer strike to raise wheat prices to 1 dollar per bushel was launched in Genesee at an American Legion hall meeting with about 200 Farmers Union and Independent members.
Betty Blythe makes her first talking picture appearance in Tiffany Productions Lena Rivers at the Rich Theatre Sunday Monday and Tuesday. She shifts from exotic vampire roles to a motherly part saying the theatre is in her blood and expresses happiness amid spotlight and memories of her orange ranch home with her husband.
County paper appeals to readers to subscribe for two dollars a year. It pledges to cover local government activities, neighbors' actions, and county politics, aiming to lift community information nationwide.
Logan, Utah, adopts a total city levy of 45.81 mills for 1932, up 0.76 from 1931. County officials cite it as the highest city levy in Logan's history, with allocations for city general purposes state and schools county general administration and city schools. The state school levy increases by 0.26 mills and the city schools levy settles at 14.5 mills after a compromise with the county board.
A list of names appears for the 4-H sewing club members who hosted a Tuesday evening dance with light lunch and ice cream sold for the club’s benefit. The report notes the girls are making a good record in the summer work.
Silk trains sprint east with minimal stops guarding a multihundred-thousand dollar cargo. Guards, fast engines, and dispatchers race the clock from Pacific Coast loading to eastern warehouses, driven by a dollar motive and the romance of speed.
A large Logan gathering with family groups visited Bear Lake last Sunday drawing many locals to the pleasure resorts. Notable attendees included M. D. Allen R. S. McQuarrie Louis P. Maughan Leo Higgins A. M. Cramer Frank Baugh A. T. Henson James H. Stewart Eugene Johnson and John Sorenson.
Mrs. George Wilkes and children returned to Salt Lake City after five weeks with Mrs. Roy Hill. Redondo Krogue, employed in Salt Lake, visits parents the Kroguenses for vacation. Almin Bates Deloy Bates and Fay Bateman toured from Brigham to visit Mr and Mrs Steve Bateman. Nellie Jacobson and Alice return from Idaho Falls after visiting Lorenzo Grimmett. Mrs Ermin Stevens recovering from illness. Friday night twenty five youths attended a lawn party for Miss Dorothy Ward with lantern lighting and outdoor games and refreshments. Mrs Libbie Cripp of Hollywood visited sisters Ermin Stevens and George Piggott. A surprise party honored Miss Rosamond Reed of Los Angeles at Miss Ida Dunford’s home with John Payne Theo Nelson Nolan Krogue in attendance.
Local Utah Power and Light officials report strong public cooperation in warnings about hay derricks near power lines. No serious accidents this season. a few minor incidents. With the boom lowered and secured, derricks can pass safely. avoid metal cables and use spot cord. In doubt, contact the nearest office.
A plea stresses prepaid subscriptions for a home newspaper, arguing readers should pay in advance rather than relying on credit or collectors. It contrasts with other periodicals and warns about carrying debt to receive the paper.
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