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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1943
Page
5
The M I A opened its social last Wednesday with a program of games and a social gathering. Willis Johnson of Ovid and Fern Derricott of Liberty were in town hauling grain from Pete Shepherd ranch to market.
Mr and Mrs L C Vallentine drove to Utah Sunday September 26 bringing their daughter RaNae and Miss LaDonna Parker back from Syracuse where they were working in a canning factory. Mrs William Jensen of Paris visited her mother Mrs B H Findlay this week.
Sept 25 dimick returns to Fort Douglas after furlough with friends and relatives. Sept 28 Payne arrives from Camp Bell California for two weeks furlough with parents. Various residents visit Salt Lake City Pocatello Logan and Cokeville with family updates and school positions filled by Parker Barkdull and others.
Nerill Thornock honored at a grand party before leaving work and friends to serve in the U S. The community notes busy fall farming threshing lumbering spud picking and a Home Arts club event. Families, neighbors and local firms are mentioned with brief updates.
Logan and nearby towns saw a series of visits and trips Saturday and Sunday. Families such as the Lamborns Weston Robison and Cheney hosted visitors from Salt Lake City and Kemmerer. The community also notes a high school Cleanups Paintups event improving school grounds.
Maria Roberts returns to St Charles for a week of rest as Alfred Peterson and Clinton Hill prepare to join the armed forces. Families gather in town including Windley and Bus and Clea Gibbons visiting relatives.
New York Curb Exchange led by Fred C. Moffatt sold over a million dollars in Treasury Bonds in ninety minutes. Mel Ott and Alice Marble joined the drive with Nat Tate, a World War II hero, among participants. The plan allowed employees to buy bonds with Exchange funds repaid by weekly salary deductions.
Harold V. Reese, a Mormon missionary in Waco Texas, writes to the editor expressing views on citizens with sons in the armed services. He contrasts serving God with military service and reflects on his experiences from cotton fields in Louisiana to the Texas desert.
A letter from Elder Harold V. Reese urges families to support service members from Mormon wards in camps. He emphasizes prayer, home values, and keeping youth engaged with church while soldiers face temptations and separation. He recalls Sunday schools, priesthood, and MIA themes guiding courage and perseverance.
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