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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1959
Page
2
Walter C. Dye becomes manager of the Paris Post as LIN BENSON departs for health reasons. Dye has served as assistant since the purchase last autumn and is well known in Paris and Bear Lake County.
A mimeographed Washington Exclusive news release circulates widely raising questions about the exclusivity claim. The document mirrors a standard brief release but its broad mailing suggests little or no true exclusivity.
Idaho Highway officials last week posted a 30 mph speed limit for buses on US 30 from the Wyoming line south and west of the lake to the Cassia county line near Burley. The rule aims to protect roads during spring thaw and curb heavy-vehicle damage amid Idaho's poor 1958 traffic record, with supporters calling changes favorable.
The piece notes unseasonably warm days in Paris and nearby, with snowdrifts melting and bright sun. It coyly jokes about tempting fate and mentions spring harbingers like marble and baseball games, while predicting older boys buying and trading automobiles as a sign of coming warmth.
Bloomington residents share visits to see relatives in Pocatello Ogden and Logan. The Junior Prom is planned for March 6 at the school gym with a floor show. Graveside services were held at Hyrum cemetery for infant Jay Claren Allen and several local families hosted gatherings and prayers.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Robinson of Evanston Wyoming spent the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Robinson. Wayne Willis son of Mr. and Mrs. Cheney Willis has just returned home from an L D S mission. Mrs. Ross Cheney and her son
Ovid News records a Relief Society lesson led by LaRae Nielson with 15 attendees and Ruth Pugmire as stake visitor. A Mutual social hour followed. A temple excursion included Mr and Mrs Sleight Beck Sorenson Burt liff Olsen Sorenson Peterson. Peter Nielson and Dewey Johnson received hospital care.
Keith Pugmire underwent a tonsillectomy and had seven teeth removed at a Montpelier hospital on Thursday. The item lists light social news, travel to Logan, visits from relatives, baby birth, bless ing, and community church testimonies across St. Charles with multiple residents mentioned.
Ward classes featured a play Dont Darken My Door with youth, while Daughters of the Utah Pioneers gathered at Mildred Arnell’s home. Local residents visited Logan, Soda Springs, and Ogden for family and church events, surgeries recovery, and funerals.
The Holstein Freisian Club of Bear Lake County hosted Ed Soper National Holstein Fieldman Bill Stevens Idaho State Sales manager and Wilmer Brown Bear Lake official. The Friday February 20 1959 meeting at the Bear Lake County Courthouse invited all interested in Holsteins with emphasis on Junior membership. A Saturday tour visited several farms including Fesse Matthews Wittowdale Farm and Archie Parker’s Marvin Hymas and Lake Hymas. Ed Soper selected registered Holsteins for the Idaho State Holstein sale May 2 at Idaho Falls.
Public notice announces a name change petition for Ellsmore B TaylOr born April 21 1893 in Willard Utah with residence in Montpelier Bear Lake Idaho. Petitioner seeks Ellis B Taylor to align legal name with social usage and records. Objections may be filed. hearing will be scheduled by the court.
Mrs. Ross Pope and Mrs. Clinton Tremelling spent Monday in Logan visiting the hospitalized Lamont Scofield. Leone Loveland hosted a Relief Society event and Thuesday evening the MJGA presented two one act plays. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Spence at Bear Lake Memorial hospital.
Administratrix May S LaRocco publishes a notice in Bear Lake County Idaho to creditors and claimants of Alice M Cook deceased to present claims with vouchers within four months from first publication. Claims should be filed with attorney D E Haddock in the Hawkes Building Paris Idaho. Notice dated February 9 1969 with publication dates February 12 19 26 March 5 12 1959
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