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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1960
Page
1
Local column lists visits and family happenings across Lanark Paris Montpelier and surrounding towns. Residents attend hospital trips birthday gatherings religious events and social visits with extended families including Rich Porter Nye Hess family and several BYU USA Paris and Bear Lake Memorial references.
Judi Parker daughter of Mr and Mrs David Parker of Lanark was named one of ten winners to attend the national Youth Power Congress in Chicago February 11 13. Her poster theme Better Breakfasts Make Better People was selected along with nine others from a January 30 contest featuring Elder Marion D Hanks as guest speaker on Developing Youth Power.
Funeral services for Nels Peter Hairup were conducted Thursday at 1 p m with Bishop LaVoll Booth presiding and Arlo Rasmussen conducting. The ceremony included choral and vocal performances, remarks by Arlo Rasmussen and Fred J Price, and interment at the 65th Street cemetery with Matthews mortuary managing arrangements.
The Bear Lake Jaycees sponsor an eight bell amateur boxing card at Montpelier High School gym with boxers from Montpelier Paris and Murray Utah Police Boys Club. Murray club founded January 28 1959 and now has 1475 members and a $20000 equipment total.
The Paris First Ward Primary Home Builder Girls hosted a Daddy’s Day Date on Friday January 29 at the amusement hall. Teachers Ada Stucki Thressa Rich and Rhea Stucki served hot supper. Dads danced with the girls and several square dances delighted attendees. Bishopric and grandpas filled in for some partners. Stake visitors were Bishop Claire Jenson and husband.
Lt. Col. Milford J. Rogers and his family will move from Chicago to the Far East where he is assigned as Chief Clinician of a dental clinic near Seoul, Korea for a thirteen month term. Mrs. Rogers and the children will reside in Provo Utah and their son Kenneth serves on a mission in Guatemala City returning to BYU next fall as a senior in electrical engineering.
Miss Joan Toland and DeVerl F. Passey were united in marriage January 30 in the Auburn Ward L D S church. The ceremony was conducted by Bishop Orson E. Johnson with a three tier cake decor and blue floral arrangements. The couple left for a honeymoon after a reception attended by most of both families.
Keith B Sleight age 9 months son of Ralph H and Beatrice Butler Sleight died during brain surgery at L D S hospital Salt Lake City on January 30 He was born April 27 1959 Survived by parents brothers and sisters Reed Daryl Glen Lee Thomas Emily maternal grandfather David Butler paternal grandmother Mrs Emily Sleight All of Paris Funeral services were held January 31 at 1 00 p m in the First Ward Burial in Paris Cemetery arrangements by local funeral home
Chairman Tiegs of the State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee reminds wool growers that the marketing year for the 1959 wool program ends March 31. Payments will be made this summer after national average price data from 1950 is used. conditions include title passage to buyer and delivery of wool. Applications for 1958 program payments must be filed with the county ASC office by April 30, 1960.
The Sewing Club held a meeting at Ruby Lewis’s home for Twila Lewis last Wednesday evening. Each member quilted a small item, and refreshments were served by the hostess. Attendees included Jo Hern Eborn Ruby Swig Clethen Ward Beetty Shephard Gladys Mingon Velma Hansen Claire Bolton and Edna Passey.
Idaho reports early lambing with guidance on colostrum milk and feeding schedules for orphan lambs, plus approvals of five new crop varieties for 1960 certification by the University of Idaho College of Agriculture and the Idaho Crop Improvement Association. The list includes Lakeland red clover Alpine barley Koral barley Cheyenne 57 wheat and UI-74 beans, with notes on eligibility and performance in trials.
Mr and Mrs C E Monson of St Charles Idaho announce the engagement of their daughter Nikki to William L Zollinger son of Mr and Mrs L Zollinger of Logan Utah. Nikki attended University of Utah and was active in Alpha Delta Pi Zeta Phi Eta theatre and Student Players. Zollinger attended Utah State University and has recently returned from a Swiss Austrian mission. A May wedding is planned.
The Paris First Ward Relief Society held a January 28 event at the Recreation Hall. President Darlene Rich welcomed guests, a ham dinner was served, and the program featured duets, a comic number, a hillbilly act, and a trumpet trio, followed by dancing and closing prayers.
Senator Frank Church announces plans to survey 50 000 Idaho residents on proposed dam construction ban for Salmon River and a feasibility study for Sawtooth Wilderness National Park. He will mail a detailed questionnaire to a representative statewide group and to affected areas, with replies requested by a three cent stamp.
In a light column James Sullivan and family in Costa Mesa share sunny days while nostalgia for winter blossoms and English gardeners like John Norton and L. T. Shepherd inspire thoughts of beautifying surroundings. The writer jokes about climate, fashion, and a wish for milder winters.
Yeaders faced difficulty with last week's riddles and answers are offered. Four clues listed: 1 propagate, 2 cannot enjoy it without crackers, 3 one is dirty the other tidy, 4 because it is not felt.
The era saw 183 million acres granted to railroads at no charge, a tract larger than Texas and nearly as large as the original thirteen colonies. Homestead acts then assigned land to settlers, totaling about seven times Pennsylvania’s size. The excerpt closes with a family kitchen exchange about biscuits and toil.
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