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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1959
Page
1
A family describes finding and hauling a Christmas tree from the forest. The five year old tends the tree each morning, marking days on the calendar and awaiting adornment, feeling content as the season nears.
Olympia Brewing Company announces Steve T. Collins a well known Idaho horse business figure as the new special Idaho sales representative. A. J. Halgren vice president of sales notes the firm founded in 1896 remains the largest single plant brewer on the Pacific Slope with marketing in Washington Oregon California Idaho Nevada Arizona Montana and Hawaii. The company has long promoted Idaho grown hops and Camas Prairie barley malt.
Mr and Mrs Darrell Smedley depart Bear Lake to spend the winter in Wickenburg Arizona. Darrell will work at the Monta Vista dude ranch and return in spring. They shared Thanksgiving with Darrells sister Claudé Jengen and family in Parwan Utah.
Utah Power and Light will provide free electricity from dusk to midnight in December for holiday light displays on city streets and parks in served communities. Wires will be supplied to connect lights to lines, a tradition that last year used 331,622 kilowatt hours for over 55 000 bulbs in 148 towns.
The Paris Post advertises a Christmas special ending December 31 offering a two year or two one year subscriptions. Gift subscriptions are available with a free gift card and optional extensions for the giver and recipient. The deadline and year 1959 are emphasized for the offer.
A bridal shower was held Saturday afternoon December 5 at the Paria First Ward Recreation Hall for Marlys Athay. Attendees included out of town relatives and friends from Soda Springs Preston Burley Logan Montpelier and other communities, who brought useful gifts.
A reflective piece on eccentricity and perception. It contrasts a shy brilliant student who hides behind a brush pile with a wealthy aging woman, challenging us to see beyond surface behavior and question social sympathy and norms. The essay cites John Stuart Mill and urges deviation from conformity.
Saturday and Sunday gatherings across the valley feature visits by My. and Mrs. William Steeles of Bountiful Mrs. Emma Shepherd and many Paris area residents. Numerous siblings cousins and friends from Logan Montpelier Liberty and Bloomington join Thanksgiving and birthday events and weekend visits.
All Class A schools in Bear Lake County District No 33 will close for Christmas Vacation at 3 00 pm Wednesday December 23 and reopen Monday January 4 1960. The plan aligns with the State Board of Education rule for 177 teaching days and allows the year to end on May 27.
In a note to correspondents the office asks writers to use only one side of the copy paper to avoid inconvenience. It promises supply of paper to prevent this issue if contributors come in for it.
A report states Great Britain covers 93 000 square miles marking a standard geographic measure.
Joe Darrow a 54 year old hunter from Pocatello broke his leg in a hunting accident near Crawley Canyon south of Georgetown. He spent four hours crawling to the canyon floor and hiked out on a primitive litter before being taken to Bear Lake Memorial hospital where the leg was set in a cast. He returned to Pocatello the next Thursday.
Extension classes by Utah State University faculty will start after Christmas with a meeting at Montpelier High School on December 10. Credit may be earned undergraduate or graduate and courses run twice weekly for ten weeks. A registration fee applies. Classes, from the education department, target in service teachers but are open to adults for instruction and culture. Selection of courses will be decided at the December 10 meeting.
Miss Joyce Sheffield and Mr Phillip R Kunz announce plans for an early spring wedding. The engagement is told by Mr and Mrs Kenneth H Sheffield of Kaysville Utah, with the groom a son of Parley P King of Bern.
Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Camp Elizabeth chapter to hold a Christmas party and dinner at Edith Haddock home on Wednesday evening December 16. Dinner served at 6 p.m. Gifts will be exchanged. All members urged to attend.
Students at Emerson and Fielding High watched two traffic safety films in the high school auditorium. The shows are part of a stepped up state and county safety program sponsored by the Bear Lake County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Clifford Skinner.
Members of the Bear Lake Stake gathered for the Stake Quarterly Conference in Paria with sessions led by the Stake Presidency. The program featured opening remarks by Van Ness Vallentine, mission reports by Merlin from Central States and Wendall Shepherd from New England, testimonies from stake officers, and emphasis on preaching the gospel and living the faith.
The post office urges residents to mail Christmas cards and gifts now to avoid a last minute pile up. Air Mail is recommended for distant destinations and all cards should be first class. Hours extend 8 am to 5 pm December 14 through 24 including Saturdays.
Ogden based Gunnery Sergeant Robert W. Wilson will visit Montpelier on December 15, 1959 from 2 30 p m to 5 30 p m to interview youths interested in Marine Corps service. He notes 138 technical schools and that enlistment now can lead to boot training in San Diego after Christmas with advanced leave not counting toward standard twenty day boot leave.
The First and Second Ward Relief Societies sponsor a Christus card project. Donors may sign the giant card to send Christmas greetings to friends in town. Funds used for a shared ward celebration. Every family is invited to participate. Card on display at Relief Society and Bacrament meetings until Christmas.
The Paris First Ward Relief Society held a meeting last Monday evening with a Christmas tribute to mothers with six or more children. Sixteen mothers were honored, twelve door prizes were awarded, and refreshments were served as attendees enjoyed the event.
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