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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1947
Page
8
Local column lists church groups meetings and social visits in Paris Utah and nearby towns. Names include Stuck, Price, Athay, Hoge, Rich, Howell, Candor communities in Bear Lake area with travels to Salt Lake City and Montpelier. A Bear Lake Club basketball win and a Logan mattress factory notice are noted amid varied social updates.
A batch of quotes covers fashion shifts with Mrs Barnes praising girdles for men, James Stewart praising corsets, and Harvey Firestone urging utilization of local resources. Economic professor Haney criticizes wage demands tied to profits, William Pyle admits vandalism against women, and Officer Lynne praises policewomen over male officers.
L D 8 church column reports Bro Tim Matthews urging inventory of duties to strengthen church life. Bro John Morgan quotes Chin Up, calls for better planning and leisure time use. Visitors Jeasie Cottle and Alton Kearl share housing and life stories. Centennial goal encouraged by Bishop office.
The M-Men and Gleaners held a fireside chat at Mrs Fay Thomas’s home Sunday evening. Bishop Amos B Robinson and Mrs Robinson with Alice and twins returned from Salt Lake where he attended the legislature and resumed duties. John H Weston and wife left for a short term mission in California. Della Cheney of North Ogden and sister Blanche Whitlock of Monrovia came from Logan with Ivan Weston to visit, dining with J Cheney Willis and E C Willis. They stay with Mrs Clarence B Cheney while Blanche prepares to be near her son before his mission in the Central States.
In St. Charles a Saturday scouts outing included Lynn Booth whose name was unintentionally omitted from the printed group list. He enjoyed the day in Logan Canyon.
The treasurer announces all warrants up to number 2670 in Bear Lake County Idaho are called and payable on presentation. Interest stops ten days after this call. Dated January 23, 1947 by Chancey Mattson.
Want ads offer Morris B. Athay for plumbing installation and repair with phone 2478. Also an ad for a Kresky oil furnace as practically new, with inquiry through David Parker in Lanark.
The report notes a Tuesday quilting by the Relief Society sisters and visits by Alvin Parker and other locals from Paris Montpelier and Ovid. Naomi Passey Mis Hess and Marjean Vallentine visited family during the weekend. Church events included a Welfare meeting after Sacrament and an Elders dancing party in Ovid. About 3,000 veterans were in VA hospitals in the Pacific Northwest at year end 1946.
Weekend visitors at Nellie Jacobson's home included Mr and Mrs Idaho Falls and their son, plus Mr and Mrs Robert McCauley and son David of Salt Lake City, and Mr and Mrs Robert Bishop of Logan.
Bear Lake County Idaho officers including Assessor J N Transtrum Clerk of District Court Sam V Tunks Treasurer Juanita W Smart Sheriff Gilbert Parnell and Probate Judge William B Hoge will ask the County Commissioners at the February meeting in 1947 for authority to hire deputies and clerical assistants and to set their compensation.
In Bern and nearby towns residents made numerous trips and visits Wednesday through Sunday. Local names include Biens Nielsen Hunzaker Johnson Christensen Schmidt Sorenson Roberts Kunz Maughan Minig Sorenson Bee Hoffman Parker and Williams funeral services in Montpelier.
By 1946 end, 19,659 Pacific Northwest veterans had secured guaranteed loans totaling $86,355,719. The figure reflects widespread postwar housing and home financing support amid veterans programs and regional economic recovery efforts.
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