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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1955
Page
2
The eighteenth birthday marks mandatory Selective Service registration for all male US residents unless exempted. Those who fail to register breach the law, may be processed for inducement or prosecuted with a maximum $10,000 fine and up to five years in prison. aiding violators carries the same penalties.
City Council meets with Mayor Weldon Grandy and nine councilmen. Actions include road keeping in Wm Wallentine lane, hiring Alfred Rogers for snow clearance, and considering revising city ordinances to align with state traffic laws.
Liberty-Sharon residents attend Stake MIA event in Paris and a FIFA social last Thursday. Locals travel to Salt Lake City Logan and Pocatello for visits and events. Attendees include Reed Hymas Ferris Hymas Albert Miller Taft Miller and many more.
Ledger style record lists payments including Alfred Rogers for snow removal 48.00 and laborings by multiple workers such as Jos. Lt. Collings 9.50 Seymour Jaussi 14.00 Max Eborn 13.0 and City Hall insurance plus street light charges to Utah Power 20.73 and Fred J. Price as agent and clerk for related items.
Hilda Frederick of the University of Idaho Extension Service offers tips to keep a Christmas tree fresh and safe. Use a bucket as a water reservoir with a base, anchor tall trees, and place away from fire hazards and main traffic. Dress guests in fireproof clothing if needed and plan to prevent haste and accidents during the holidays.
County home agent Barbara Kitchens advises that Christmas cookies can be nutritious as well as tasty. The Big Seven cookie mix features whole wheat oats and dry milk for value, with carrots, raisins and spices. Recipe yields five dozen cookies from standard ingredients and steps include creaming shortening with sugar, adding molasses, folding in dry ingredients, and baking at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.
The quote likens building a dictionary to a marital quarrel where one word triggers another. It underscores wordplay and semantic drift as a natural part of lexicography.
One of two women on a bus realizes she hasn’t paid and plans to pay. Her companion argues it’s pointless since she already got away with it. The other woman insists that honesty pays and goes to the driver.
Logan shoppers list Ora Ed Szatt and Mrs Grant Find Lay and Diane, Mr and Mrs Don ovan Howell, Mr and Mrs Evan Bhcirley and Effie Stock. A wedding shower for Mr and Mrs Russell Thornock was held in the ward hall. Russell will attend school in Salt Lake. Lovelands and Wilkes visit. J L Cottle returns from California. Paragraph ends with a joke about a widow cremating her husband.
Montpelier visitor Lidford stayed with grandparents while his mother was away Edith Williamson returned home after visiting relatives in Coeur dAlene and Canada with a 30 year reunion trip Bear Lake couples wed in Virginia City Nevada Dwight Hemmert Joyce Bagley and Dean Michaelson Maxine Teuscher exchanged vows A Relief Society gathering, pot luck, and a rainbow themed Gold and Green Ball filled the week with community activity Local ties include Bear Lake residents Mesa Arizona travel and a Star Valley orchestra performance
A boss berates Watkins for lateness and cites inheritance as the reason. The exchange hinges on wit about timing and fate, contrasting promises of public service with a joke about marriage and money.
An elderly town item notes Ivy Jensen fell on ice and injured her back. A sewing group met at Lucille Jensen’s home last Friday with attendees including Mae Sorensen Eva John Jensen Hazel Peterson Alice Oleon Marietta Sorensen and Hele Parker and a lunch was served. Throat specialists link smoking to harsher female voices.
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