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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1942
Page
1
Government guidance warns war shortages will affect households from music to spices. Scrap silver and tins, rayon now price regulated, ad hoc adhesive tape made from common kitchen ingredients, and sardine supplies expected to tighten amid war needs.
Harold B. Lee of Salt Lake City and a Twelve Apostle of the L D S Church spoke at the stake quarterly conference held here last weekend. A Priesthood session was Saturday evening and general sessions were Sunday morning and afternoon with the largest attendance in years. The MIA session Sunday evening closed the conference.
A Village of Bloomington street improvement program begins March 11 under WPA District Manager Earl Burchem. Project work includes grading, draining, surfacing 14,750 feet of streets, 378 feet of corrugated iron culverts, two mult i plate steel arch bridges, and 4240 feet of sidewalk at an estimated cost of 17 810 dollars. Sponsors supply materials while labor comes from the Work Projects Administration.
The Selective Service Board of Bear Lake county calls up men for induction training. March 15 departures include Clayton 8 Bruce, Forrest Welker, Ray Evans Dimick, Clement Pugmire, John Aégerter, William Eschier, Harold Sparks, Thomas McCammon, Eugene Meacham, Russell Hayes and others from Montpelier Georgetown Paris Fish Haven Dingle.
The article discusses public transportation boosts and staggered work hours as a wartime traffic solution in Washington. It notes busses could run outside peak times to move defense workers and that thousands of sightseers may shift to wartime duties. It also mentions tapioca shortages and substitutes being sought.
The North Cache High basketball team from Richmond Utah will meet the Fielding High Spartans here tonight. The game was moved from Saturday night. A second game will also be played starting at 7 30.
Principal Robert Clayton leads forty-two Liberty school students who purchase 164.05 dollars worth of Defense Savings Stamps and Bonds. Students from Liberty Sharon and Lanark schools, plus residents, may buy stamps from a rural mail carrier at the community level.
Palmer Tuellex Russell and Ivan Beck and Wm Jensen and Blake Jensen attended a meeting at the Stocks Chevrolet Garage Tuesday evening to discuss auto parts and related matters.
Due to lack of willing teams the M Men Basketball tournament slated for Paris is cancelled. Cokeville and Lovell have declared intent to participate the two eligible teams and will play at Cokeville for a spot in the All-Church tournament in Salt Lake City.
Parley O. Peterson a longtime Bear Lake county sheepman was found dead in his trailer house on his Montpelier area ranch after apparently suffering a heart attack while preparing for rest. Sheriff and coroner reported death was instantaneous with survivors including daughters, sons, a sister and several brothers. Funeral services were held in the Ovid LDS ward chapel.
County Clerk Sam V. Tunks has been named explosives licensing agent for Bear Lake county Idaho by R R Sayers of the Bureau of Mines in Washington DC. He will receive applications and issue certificates for the use of explosives for the year starting March 1 to vendors purchasers and foremen under the act passed December 26 by Congress. Every person who purchases explosives or ingredients for resale must obtain a vendor license except foremen who obtain foremen licenses under the act and regulations.
Morris R. Day died Thursday evening in a Montpelier hospital after a heart attack. Born December 16, 1885 in Klemme Iowa, he moved to Montpelier in 1907 and worked as a locomotive engineer for Union Pacific. He was a member of B of L B and King Solomon lodge No 27 AF and AM. Survivors include his widow Wanda Mourtsen Day four daughters two sons two brothers a sister and five grandchildren. Masonic funeral services were held at the Community church in Montpelier.
The Bear Lake County Rationing Board issued purchasing certificates in February for tires and tubes to John H. Parker Paris 1 tire 1 tube truck for plumbing service S G Sleight Paris 1 tire 1 tube transporting coal to consumer Herman O Grunig Nounan 2 tires for U S mail truck Irl C Nye Ovid 2 tires and 2 tubes for truck hauling logs to saw mill and outlet Delora Nelson Bloomington 2 tires 2 tubes truck hauling milk and coal to creamery Roscoe Bischoff Montpelier 1 tube truck hauling milk to creamery Walter Buhler Bern 2 tractor tires and tubes Obsolete tires and tubes were issued earlier to Cecil Thornock Bloomington Alvin Kunz Bern Griffith Roberts Fish Haven Elmert Burgoyne Montpelier Spencer Sorenson Ovid David J Kunz Bern Ethel Young Georgetown Lester Alfred Paris W Phelps Montpelier.
The Stake MIA Gold and Green Ball will be held in the Paris Pavilion Friday evening. The hall is being decorated this week for the occasion and special features are prepared for presentation during intermission. Everyone is invited to attend.
Lawrence Berger an agriculture instructor at Fielding left Paria Saturday for Denver on a supposed weekend visit. Supt Price received a telegram stating Berger is not returning. An instructor will arrive this week to fill the vacancy as procedures proceed. Mr and Mrs Roy Patterson of Blackfoot visited with Mr and Mrs William Fennen. Mrs Jensen and Mrs B H Findlay returned to Blackfoot to visit for two weeks.
Idaho proclaims March 9 to 14 as Plant For Victory Week to mobilize agricultural resources for food production during 1942. Gov. Chase A. Clark announces the drive with support from state civic and farm groups and USDA War Board agencies. Preparations include county repair clinics and a March 9 national broadcast by Roosevelt, Wallace, and Wickard to farmers.
Funeral services for Frank S. Beck were held Saturday afternoon in the Paris First Ward Chapel. Survived by three children Ivan Beck Russell Beck and Mrs Roscoe Nelson and two sisters Julia Passey and Mary Lindsay and four brothers. The service included a mixed quartet a prayer a duet a solo and two speakers followed by interment in Paris cemetery.
Fielding High School presents June Mad as the annual school play. Two showings are planned with a Wednesday evening March 1 and a Monday March 5 for students. adults may attend the Monday performance if they cannot attend the Wednesday. Admission is 15 cents plus tax.
The article discusses a serious sugar shortage in the United States, with rationing planned and warnings about dwindling domestic and international supplies. It cites 1941 and 1942 production figures, explains reductions due to wartime demand, and notes the impact of the Pacific War on Philippines and Hawaii sugar, plus expected consumption cuts and beet sugar capacity increases in Utah and Idaho.
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