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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1939
Page
8
Twelve men from the WPA rolls work under Forest Service supervision on the Paris Park amphitheatre as part of a New Deal program. Neeham of California visits Pais this week for business. Local social and school events are noted, including plans for an annual dance and various family travels and funerals.
Ahway 89 from Garden City to Logan and Emigration canyon to Preston are open after winter closures. Motorists have traveled the routes in the past week with no difficulty reported.
Last Saturday 200 sacks of poisoned oats entered Bear Lake county with 100 moved to the courthouse and 100 kept by a Montpelier firm. The county covers half the oats cost plus freight while farmers pay 4c per pound for mixes. A cooperative program is cited aiming to save by June 1.
Fragmentary text describes bulletin racks in the county agents office for public displays. A second rack is stated to be elevated at a hardware store, Thel Olen Hardware, with unclear details. The garbled lines mention display races and local agency locations without full context.
The Idaho county agriculture group outlines 1939 flax farming rules for irrigated southern lands. Farmers must keep established legume or grass stands as nurse crops, match acre for acre, and follow with legumes or grasses after flax harvests where feasible. AHW CE Larsen led fertilizer demonstrations at Wardboro and Georgetown plots. Trees planted for windbreaks in Lanark by 44H club members with Rob Roberts overseeing care. Club organized April 18 with officers Marva Beck to Hope Beck. Next meeting date pending.
The Ovid 4-H club organized at the Ovid stockhouse with Helyn Johnson as president and Verla Beck as vice president. Noreen Beck keeps the secretary role as Helen Johnson reports. A party and field day were planned for April with Kay Vif as president and Augustus Jaussi assisting.
The notice states there will be no examinations in Idaho school law or related courses in 1939. Students needing these subjects may take them by correspondence via the University of Idaho course C-55. Applications must be made to obtain certificates, with tests completed before school starts. county certificates possible for compliant applicants.
A Remublean Central Committee gathering convened at the Court House at 8 PM. The committee leadership and members attended the session to discuss upcoming precinct and campaign activities.
A note from historical records describes spinach leaves eaten raw in salads during Queen Elizabeth I’s era. The entry highlights that young spinach greens were valued for their texture and color in courtly meals.
Minne M Gambling administratrix of the estate of John Gambling deceased notifies creditors and claimants to present vouchers within six months after first publication to her home in Charon Bear Lake County Idaho. First published May 4 1939 last June 1 1939.
Traces of ancient Indian life are abundant in the Grand Canyon region and the study notes how the term southpaw arose from baseball diamonds oriented with the pitcher's left side facing south.
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