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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1960
Page
3
Mr and Mrs Robert Hemmert attended funeral services for an aunt of Mrs Hemmert in Logan on Wednesday. Alfred Keetch and family traveled to Salt Lake City for the wedding of Carol McGuire of Ashton Idaho. D U P met at Reva Bunderson home with lesson by Ruth Pugmire and plans for a quilt sale project next month.
Mrs. Julia Trump, owner of a South Africa based bookshop, claims she is the oldest active businesswoman at 92. She opens daily at 8 39 a.m. and has kept the shop open for seven years after returning to business following retirement, saying there were many older people around her.
The speaker muses on a growing waistline and jokes about fat in middle age. He considers dieting but keeps eating, noting the personal tug between desire and restraint while joking about pants becoming tighter.
A short verse contrasts the sedentary hen who works by staying put with the nervous wren who flits about. The hen eats sleeps cackles and resumes knitting while the wren darts around. The lines celebrate steady sitting over constant motion.
The Young Married Women's Club enjoyed a sociable evening hosted by LaRne Paulsen. Refreshments were served by the hostess to a list of members including Gloria Parker, Carol Wilcox, Joan Eborn, Elaine Carlsen, and others. Paris Post.
The Pocatello social security office urges claimants to bring proof of earnings for 1959 to speed first retirement checks. Birth and age proofs such as birth certificates or church records help when missing. Bring dependent documents if claiming for relatives. The Montpelier office meets the public the fourth Wednesday each month at City Hall from 10 30 a.m. to noon.
Army Private Wayne O. Stock of Fish Haven is in the first eight weeks of basic infantry training at Fort Ord California. He is assigned to Company A 1st Battle Group 1st Brigade and will study general military subjects chemical biological radiological defense rifle marksmanship infantry tactics first aid military justice maintenance and supply economy. Stock entered the Army November 16 1959 and is a 1954 Fielding High School graduate.
Barbara Nelson and Claudia Stock report a busy eighth grade week. Chum's Ball decorations filled the gym on February 11 followed by a Valentine dance February 12 with boxes opened and refreshments served. Students face tests and homework amid activities.
In arithmetic we reviewed two tests returns last week with maximum scores of 33 and 21. The class studies Rocky Mountain states in social studies and requests information on different states. Next week reports will be given on these topics. In science heights and weights were measured and on Friday Mr. Johnson started a health club. A president, vice president, secretary and reporter were elected. The club name chosen is The Happy Health Club.
A long list of admissions at Bear Lake Memorial Hospital states multiple patients admitted from February 15 to 22 1960 for medical major surgery accidents and a few births. Names include Mrs J C Lindsay Mrs Maurice Weber Roxine Pugmire and others with towns Dingle Montpelier Cokeville Paris St Charles Garden City Raymond Ovid Georgetown and more. Two births reported: a baby boy to Mr and Mrs Michael J Moore of Soda Springs and a baby girl to Mr and Mrs Reed Bird of Dingle.
Charmaine Thornock notes outdoor play in snow and dancing, plus study of Idaho history and biographies like Lewis and Clark and Jed Smith. She mentions making books, reading about mining iron and petroleum products, drawing with chalk, and singing songs Heath’n and Little Tom Tinkey.
Two stone tablets from a Spanish Fort once guarding the St Marks and Wakulla rivers were discovered mounted at Whitehall in Palm Beach. Brought to light by Charles G. Hayes and Governor LeRoy Collins, they were tied to the Governor's mansion in Tallahassee since 1885 and later acquired by Henry Morrison Flagler. In February Whitehall becomes a museum and will display the relics along with other historical artifacts.
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