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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1953
Page
4
Byron Cheney family left for Ogden for a couple of months while Pugmire visited his mother in Bloomington. Several locals travel for sales, military reunions, and family gatherings as illness and births appear in community notices. Weekend visitors came from Ogden Rexburg and Parker Idaho with updates on health and service.
Local notes report weekend visits to Logan Soda Springs Montpelier and Burley Idaho. Major surgery at Logan LDS Hospital and several church meetings including Sacrament services. Discharge from Army in San Francisco. sewing club and visiting relatives noted along with residents hosting guests and a Watkins products contract in Bear Lake Valley.
Mr and Mrs Tearle Athay spent Thursday evening in Logan. Bill Nye was a business visitor in Logan last Friday and Saturday. Mrs Archie Shepherd left the first of last week to visit relatives in California. I reside with Miss Mary Ann West on Sunday evening. Harold Budge was the speaker. Mr and Mrs Bernard Wilkes and daughter and Mrs Smith Gertsch were Logan visitors Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Fenton Allred visited with Mr and Mrs Kay Allred in Idaho Falls Monday. Mr and Mrs Smith Gertsch and Mr and Mrs Bernard Wilks motored to Kemmerer. Dr James Hawkes was listed among the flu victims the first of the week. Mr and Mrs Charles Sorenson of Montpelier were Sunday callers at Lena Caldwell’s home. Mr and Mrs Ivan Beck and family spent Sunday afternoon at the Lee Alleman home in Noonan. Mr and Mrs Wm Jensen returned Monday from Pocatello where Ell had undergone another major operation. Mrs Reed Jensen of Montpelier and Mrs Kay Allred of Idaho Falls spent Tuesday at the Fenton Allred home. Mr and Mrs Heber Price motored to Shelley Sunday returning Monday. They visited at the Williem Thomas home. Mrs H S McCullough and Mrs Harold Donelan left Friday for their homes in Ovid Colorado after spending the past two weeks with the Keith Warner family. Sewing club met at the home of Mrs Ruby Lewis Wednesday evening of last week. Members present were Alvina Shepherd Leora Taylor Verona Stevens Ida Ringel Lucille Rogers Naomi Grandy and Annie Price.
Hazel L Peterson led a social science lesson in a Relief Society gathering on Tuesday of last week. Inez Phelps and Hazel Peterson attended the Jane Davis Camp DUP meeting.
Ray Stock and Earl Pugmire were at home over the weekend. Arlo Weston and Gerald Alley of the High Council were guest speakers at Sacrament meeting Sunday. A fireside meeting was held Sunday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Cottle. Brother Passey of Paris was the speaker, formerly of Logan where he taught in a Seminary.
Mixed listings include a W Smith Hoge residence for sale and trucking services. Also ads seek women workers, remodeling financing with no down payment, and plumbing cabinet suppliers with contact details and prices. Headline style reflects period classifieds and multiple regional business items.
The Bear Lake County Fair Board was reappointed in full by Commissioners T Jefferson Dunford J Clarence Lindsay and C N Carl sen A new member Roy Jewett fills the vacancy caused by the death of Ernest Bartschi Reappointed members include James Olsen chairman Bennett Sneddon secretary Bartschi Marriner Jensen Goff Stalder Able Kunz R K Nelson Tim Matthews A R Linford Jefferson Dunford and Duane A Hansen.
The Festival of Literature at Brigham Young University showcased selections from classics and Western writers. Edward Hart and Richard Pope were the one faculty member and one student represented, both Bear Lake natives. Local social notes mention a Bear Lake Club pot-luck in Provo, plus community illnesses and visits across nearby towns.
Liberty News notes Mr and Mrs Bruce Derricott visited Montpelier with Mr and Mrs Lester Armatage and George Lyons called on John Mc Henry. Mr and Mrs John Morgan returned home after several weeks in New Mexico and Utah. It states 900 pounds of sugar are needed to produce the explosives for one 16 inch battleship gun round.
Wanted reliable man with car to cart on farmers near Bear Lake County. No experience or capital required. Permanent position paying $15 to $20 per day. Write McNess Company Dept B 2423 Magnolia St Oakland Calif y29-5.
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