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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1955
Page
6
Local residents and visitors are listed with travel, family events, and health matters. Wayne Spencer receives a corporal rating while stationed in Korea with the 563rd Military Police. Multiple family visits occur across Paris, Provo, Garden City, and Salt Lake, with surgeries and funerals noted for several acquaintances.
The Paris Variety Store announces closing sales with big discounts on stock including toys. A toy layaway plan is offered and daily hours 1 pm to 5 pm for closeout sales, with staff available to meet public convenience at any time. Fred J. Price, Owner.
The Board of Trustees announces a budget hearing at Montpelier High School auditorium on Wednesday March 2 1955 at 7:30 p.m. The hearing covers the proposed 1955 56 budget for Bear Lake County schools.
Mrs LaRae Nielson hosted a February 24 Valentine gathering for Shirley Johnson Ina Peterson Audrey Nielson Hazel Nielson Carma Jensen Nina Sorenson and others from Montpelier with games prizes and refreshments. Local DUP and sewing group activities including bingo birthdays and Sunday School class party are noted with attendees and a pot luck lunch.
Sunday visits and family casuals across Bloomington include Mr and Mrs Frank Payne visiting, Bonnie Haddock in Paris, and several Ward families attending temple events. Hospitalization for Sandra Payne and various local social calls mark a typical week in the community.
Mr and Mrs Robert Schmid received word that a son was born to Mr and Mrs Eugene Bridges of Salt Lake. He is welcomed by two sisters and a brother. Attending relatives include Zenna Mae Schmid and multiple Kunz and Sorenson family members. Local visits followed with Soderman and Relief Society mentions.
A visitor went to Soda Springs on Wednesday and Sunday to see Lewis Stoor, who remains seriously ill in the hospital.
The Bear Lake Memorial Hospital in St. Charles and surrounding areas reports numerous admissions and discharges from February 15 to 21, including patients from Montpelier Cokeville Paris Geneva and Bloomington. Several births are listed with new boys born February 16 to Cokeville James Gruenig Montpelier Daren Tueler Cokeville and Richard Perkins Cokeville.
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