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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
8
Local notes recount holidays and visits across Montpelier and nearby Utah towns. Includes mention of Miss Miriam Clayton, Miss Leah Collings, and Mrs Elzo Humpherys visiting, plus university students home for holidays and local business activity.
Mr H C Smedley has returned from Salt Lake where he has been visiting with his family over Christmas. Mrs Anna Budge and daughter Gene of Logan Utah are here spending the holidays with relatives. E M Walker of Pocatello and court reporter for Judge O R Baum is here spending New Years with County Treasurer Lucile Hall.
J T Derricott of Liberty visited Paris on Wednesday afternoon and called at the office. Several local residents including Percy Shepherd Frank Rosen Russell Passey and Harley Hansen left for work at Sherman Saw Mill with H V Hansen in charge. W B Trowbridge Montpelier secretary of Bear Lake Boosters Club visited Paris Wednesday. Joel Tueller Mountain States Telegraph Driggs was at his mother Annie Tueller's home for Christmas. Taxpayers faced real property taxes on the year’s last day. A reflective note warns that sin is fear driven and innocents are few.
Mrs Anida Shepherd and her two children visit Brigham City Utah for several days. Farmers move produce to market while hay ships from Paris exceed recent rates. Local milling manager Dave Mouriston pays two years subscription. Miss Blanch Lindsay returns home for holidays and new work. The appendix is removed as useless. A light jab at pundits who claim knowledge they lack.
A wife of a dozen years makes effort to be neat and attractive each night as her husband comes home, signaling a true enduring partnership.
Seymour Spencer, Montpelier High School faculty member, spends holidays at home while tending hay and grain from Sleight's Canyon farm. A baby boy arrived Friday for Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Pugmire, their first child, seen as a Christmas present.
A witty wife attracts all gossip while a clever man who marries a foolish woman is overlooked. The commonness of the latter makes it less remarkable to observers.
Mrs Wand Pasgsey and her husband, an employee of Utah Light & Power, are home for the holidays in Calliston. She is visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs R W Wallen tine. Also notices offer a Bear Lake county farm for sale on easy terms, and a lost list for two bay yearling colts and a red yearling heifer with rewards.
In the Fifth Judicial District of Idaho Bear Lake County, H A Clark & Company sues Kate C. Filer. Creditors with claims against Filer contracted before November 19 1920 must present verified claims to the receiver Kate Hoff by January 22 1921. Dated December 29 1920.
Paris reports progress on J R Shepherd’s new store foundation supervised by Joseph Oakey with completion hoped by next week. Local residents A O Rich and family plan return. Rien moves to build a summer residence. Elder Wallentine preaches to large stake congregations. Jim Rich writes from San Pedro about WWI trench service and Xmas boxes.
The Garden City Sunday School hosted holiday exercises with ice cream for attendees and all ages enjoyed the day. Students home from state institutions plan to return soon as mild weather with sleigh riding persists and autos travel north to Montpelier. District teachers head to Salt Lake City for the N E A meeting and will return energized to teach.
Bert Orr completed threshing last Thursday noon, the last of Liberty and Sharon farmers to finish. He ran a threshing machine through fall and winter, helping many local growers. a portrait of his unselfish effort. A district school Christmas program drew a large crowd, with children delivering a strong performance. Elder Charles Hymas returned from New Zealand mission and spoke at ward meeting. Mr and Mrs Hugh Morgan spent Christmas in St Charles. Several relatives from Orton Alberta visited Liberty during the holidays. A Bear Lake blizzard hit Christmas day, leaving cold, clear conditions afterward.
Conductor Hoskinson is at home in Pocatello enjoying time with his family. T. J. South steps in to take his place during the absence and will oversee duties in the interim.
A man asks an editor about upcoming weather gronth and receives a sarcastic reply about his subscription bill. The tale hinges on the editor’s punny remark and the man’s moment of realization as the word unsetted surfaces.
The diary sketches a child’s week with fishing trips, family squabbles, chores, and school notes. Entries describe choking incident with a bone, trading tales, barefoot Sundays, and a plan to chase outdoor freedoms while dodging chores and poetry at school.
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