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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1938
Page
10
A report notes people pausing at a news stand to read headlines then leaving without paying. A neighbor uses an electric appliance weekly, talks on the phone, then slips out the back door promising to return next week.
Hyrum Hill justice of the peace of Fish Haven precinct visited Paris last week and ordered 120 black locust trees for planting on his lake view farm. Local notices list services and moves including hay baling livestock hauling and a phone contact in Montpelier.
The Liberty Relief Society held a March 17 gathering with a 745 p.m. meal and an evening program followed by old time dancing until midnight. Grants Derricott returned from three months at home with an injured knee from a horse kick. Wess Jensen of Ovid visited Liberty parents O W Hymas. Mrs Joseph Hymas visited Snake River. O W Hymas and wife visited daughter Mrs Nate Barkdull in Georgetown. Jack Hayes and Fred Derricott with son Gordon visited J T Derricott and others. they spent the day hauling hay. Bir and Mrs Elmo Morgan of
Salt Lake City spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. John Morgan. Numerous locals and travelers are noted visiting Paris and surrounding towns from Garden City to Magna. The period mentions business visits, hospital recoveries, and family trips across Utah and Idaho.
LAKETOWN LOCALS reports the Relief Society anniversary on St Patrick's day with an afternoon bazaar and a three act mav The Fiddler performed well The cast included Elaine Passey Norma Willis Verne Orvin Noreene Wahlistrom Marlowe Wooten Earl Passey Vernon Taylor and Grant Tamborn Beautiful articles were sold Mr and Mrs Benjamin Weston visited their daughter Barbara in Salt Lake City and brought her back for a visit Simeon Weston Paul Lamborn and Harmon Cheney UA SAC students spent the weekend with family Simeon stays on F Williamson of Logan Utah visited Sunday
Four month old Garey Warren of North Ogden enjoys attention from seven grandmothers great grandmothers and great great grandmothers. Seated left to right are Mrs. Viola Warren grandmother Mrs Warren mother Mrs Louise Ellis grandmother and standing Mrs Susan Brown mother of Mrs Ellis and great grandmother of Garey. Mrs Edith Stevens of Ogden mother of Mrs Warren and great grandmother of Mrs Angélina Norton of Ogden formerly of Paris mother of Mrs Stevens and great great grandmother of Garey. Mrs Susan Ellis mother of Charles W Ellis and great grandmother of Garey Mrs Allace Warren mother of Floyd Warren and great grandmother of Garey. Link Tiffany photo.
A strong Sunday wind tore through town breaking trees and windows while a local group led by George Nelson from U S A C journeyed from Logan on skis amid a blizzard. Rich County students Dick Jackson Norman Wahlstrom and Orla Weston joined the trip, with host hosts John H Weston and others accompanying them to Meadowville before continuing home via the old route.
Montpelier residents host and visit, with Mrs Stephen Sharpe returning to Los Angeles and expressions of high bridge scores. Several families entertain guests at home, at dinners, or during weekends, with young people attending schools in Logan and Salt Lake City and visitors from Oakley Grace and Pocatello joining in social events.
Mrs. John Schiaid Mrs. Harold Hess Mrs. Herschel Robinson Mrs. George Naussbaum Mrs. Ralph King Mrs. Hugh Benfer Mrs. Lola Carter attended the event. High score went to Mrs. Harold Hess with second place to Mrs. Herschel Robinson. Miss Iva Sutton of Oakley visits sister Mrs. M. M. Shepherd.
Word comes from St Charles that Greta Rich at the A C Logan Utah was elected to Phi Kappa Phi national scholarship fraternity. Funeral at Garden City last Sunday for Thomas Calder.
A national push to set daylight speed limits at 50 mph with 35 to 45 mph at night spreads through legislatures and motor agencies. Idaho and Pennsylvania enforce new limits and penalties. New York Kansas Mississippi Kentucky Massachusetts Connecticut adopt 50 mph day limits. enforcement includes patrol cars and statewide campaigns.
A Golden Wedding celebration hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Quinton featured readings including Learning to Stride by Mrs. Pearl Bateman and a song by Lowell Thornock and company. The evening continued with dancing, with more than a hundred attendees. Mrs. Delths Painter played piano throughout the day.
A fragmented ledger lists payments to individuals and firms for labor plowing fuel repairs and supplies. Names include John H. Boehme Alvinus Arnell Steven Bateman and many Esterholdt and Layland family members, with a total itemized expense of several hundred dollars.
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