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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1947
Page
5
A large turnout for Bloomington’s annual ward reunion featured a 2 PM children's dance, a banquet for under twelve, fried chicken dinner, a program with a one act play, and dancing into the evening. Local and out of town visitors converged at bishop and family homes for Christmas visits.
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The notice details Mrs Forest Pugmire slipping and injuring her ankle on Dec 24 while Mrs Hortense Rich suffered a wrist injury and flu, with others visiting hospitals and homes. It lists numerous Christmas visits, dinners, and family gatherings among the Pugmire and Rich families including locales such as Salt Lake Logan Paris Laketown and Provo with multiple relatives and guests from Garden City Ashton and Chester Idaho.
Willis Kearl and son Gordon, and Morton Kearl were visitors in Evanston. Mr and Mrs Leslie Webb traveled to Ogden to spend Christmas with their children. Frank Siddoway and Gail Siddoway visited relatives in Oakley Salt Lake Coalville and returned home. Gerald Alley and family visited Herbert Geaman in Logan and Hyde Park. LaVon Biller and Hida Aston Weston spent Christmas away from DS Business College and Salt Lake beauty course. Kathleen Price of Salt Lake spent Christmas with her parents Frank and Mrs Price. Clarence Peterson and family spent Christmas at Oliver Wahlstrom’s home.
Mrs Edith Whittington hosted a Christmas dinner with relatives from Garden City including De Vere Whittington Laurel and family, and others from Idaho Falls Logan Laketown Beaver Dam and Mantua. Numerous households across the area shared meals and holiday moments with extended families and friends.
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