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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1957
Page
4
A reader recalls a week of frigid weather with temperatures dipping near 30 below a year ago. The note mentions a business visitor in Pocatello and a brief reference to Toyan Weldon Grandy.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Rich are viewing indefinitely at the Heber Hart home in Bountiful. Mr and Mrs Terry Smith and baby from Lodg Springs visited the Dallas Athay home. Fenton Allred drove to American Fork and returned with Mrs Allred and granddaughter. Mrs Vesta Eborn hosted a quilting gathering with Emma Hymas Vermilla Transtrum Elaine Carlson Leona Bird and Blanche Eborn. A baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Edwin Sommers at Pocatello lived briefly. Mrs Sommers formerly Veon Wallentine whose parents are L C Wallentine. Mrs Wallentine left Tuesday for a visit with daughters in Pocatello and Franklin.
Winter travel is slow but a visit to Montpelier reveals Mrs Ernest Loertscher with five children exploring dry milk powder mix recipes for biscuits pancakes and white sauce. Local 4-H leaders Julia Walters Helen Hymas Sharon Linford and Marsha Hildage discuss plans as Alaire Hart prepares to lead a poultry club. Sewing Machine Demonstration is scheduled for Friday in Montpelier City Hall and Paris 1st Ward in the morning.
A hospital notice lists numerous patients admitted in January and February at Bear Lake Memorial Hospital in Montpelier Georgetown Laketown Paris Sage and nearby towns. It records patient names, family relations, admission dates, medical or surgical procedures, and release dates, plus two births including a boy in Bloomington and a girl in Garden City Utah.
Working parts such as wheels frames and springs for freight cars have been standardized so repairs can be made regardless of the distance from the owner's headquarters. This modernization covers couplers draft gear and brakes to streamline maintenance across regions.
Encyclopaedia Britannica cites a 1933s sale of the Arthur Bind collection where a one cent British Guiana stamp fetched more than 45 000 dollars. The historical note places this as the highest price for a single postage stamp.
Want ads list coal sand or gravel contact Wilford Michel in Paris and two for sale items include a large Oaks Chick Brooder Stove and a licensed electrician Byron Cheney in Montpelier along with sewing help by Leah Williamson in St Charles Idaho and plumbing service contact Grimmett Lumber & Hardware for Dave Malcolm.
A humorous diary notes a dream of a compact wall integrated kitchen with built in appliances to save space. The narrator and Jeff Stuart discuss design ideas and acknowledge RCA Whirlpool built in ranges already exist and the clever idea may be ahead of its time.
Rich County Agricultural Agents office in Randolph Utah offers windbreak or shelter belt trees from Utah State Agricultural College at 2 dollars per hundred. Orders due by March 15 with protection, cultivation, and irrigation commitments for four years. Species include elm, honey locust, olive, walnut, willow, poplar, lilac, and fir. Soil bank benefits possible for plantings over two acres. Instruction on planting available free.
Recreation visits to the Cache National Forest topped one million in 1956 according to Forest Supervisor R. E. Crowell. The Ogden Logan and Brigham districts saw most activity with 716 000 campground and picnic visits, slightly down from 1935 due to road work near Pineview Dam. Hunters and fishermen totaled 116 300 across other forest areas.
Snow conditions at Snow Basin and Beaver Mountain attract many ski enthusiasts as winter sports peak. Pineview Reservoir sees rising boating and swimming use while forest managers emphasize sanitation fire safety and clean drinking water as public recreation grows on Cache National Forest facilities.
Liberty Shar on Mrs Calvin Hymas attend Gold and Green Ball in Ogden. Townsfolk gathered. LaMar Roberts and David Robery families visited Logan. Elza Poulsen and Leater Roberts visited Clifford Birrer in Soda Springs. MIA officers teen group held Leadership meeting in Paris. A baby girl born to Ardean and Elna Watts in Salt Lake City on February 1. Joe Schwartz of Liahgah visited Stanley Morgan home.
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