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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1948
Page
4
A church column lists counts and activities for Aaronic Priesthood members. It outlines upcoming duties, timelines, and organizational tasks in a structured schedule likely for local church groups. The item documents church program planning and member assignments.
Mr and Mrs Ebner Jensen and friends from Pocatello near Logan visit relatives in Laketown. Kenneth Myers pilots a Siddoway plane to Afton for repairs. A series of church and sporting schedules show Class A and B events, kid activities, and Ward Scores with Laketown, Bloomington, Paris, Garden City, Liberty, Ovid, Fish Haven, and St Charles.
A special meeting and election of Rural High School District No. 1 voters will be held June 30 1948 at 2 p.m. in each precinct to decide on levies up to nine mills plus an optional 1.1 mill for playgrounds and gymnasiums. The district reports a 1947 assessed value of 1 443 434 and estimates operating needs for the next year at 47 189.92 with existing and proposed levies totaling about 39 or more thousand. Qualifications include Idaho residents and taxpayers or guardians of district children. The election will use secret ballots. Dated June 1 1948.
The text notes one of America's earliest lovers who, though reserved, did not court openly and arrived in the New World aboard the Mayflower. It frames him as a pioneer in romance and colonial migration.
Garden City residents record visits and activities across multiple towns. Names include Morris Hodges N J Hodges Isaac Wamsley and families from Logan Ogden Mantina Randolph Torrington and Montpelier with trips to Yellow stone Park and Pocatello. Several shoppers and a Relief Society event are noted.
The Independent School District No. 2 of Bear Lake County Idaho schedules a special meeting and election for June 26 at Emerson School to approve levies. Voters must be district residents and meet poll tax or wife of taxpayer eligibility. Estimated current expense levy 22 percent mills and playground gymnasium levy 1 mill. Assessed valuation listed as 537 106 dollars with projected revenues of about 4 296 84 and 9 130 79 for current and playground costs respectively. Dated June 6 1948 signed G Albert Spencer Clerk.
Week of May 30 reports Bishop Amos Robinson's family planning a Logan visit for Hyde Dunn's USA graduation but a fall by Melvin Robinson caused a skull fracture. North Rich High School capped with May 27 graduation and Blue Skies themed dance. Nearby visits include Salt Lake trips and Idaho weather remark noting Craters of the Moon monument size.
Ed Haroldson reports on former polio patient Dr Lyle Stanford turning to watercolor after hospitalization and recovery. Major General Specks the dog in the McCarty yard guards the home. Idaho plans strict coal bids with 15000 tons needing chemist tests to judge moisture ash sulfur and BTU. Swan Olson Hammer returns to Sweden after 41 years. Boise police puzzled by a multi-car fender bender involving Mrs William Bowen and two children. Idaho leads the nation in silver and zinc production. Bear hunting potential centers in Chamberlain Basin. Fort Hall site now submerged by American Falls Reservoir along the Oregon Trail.
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