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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1956
Page
3
A community meeting exposes tensions over renovating a junior high and raising salaries. An officer argues teachers may leave if pay falls behind. critics warn against treating education as mere cost. The piece questions school conditions, educator status, and funding priorities.
County agricultural agent Bob Kerns announces soil sample testing to guide farm decisions. Best sampling time is after harvest with wheat and early potatoes in that window. Idaho soil testing offers standard Ph and quality tests at the county office, with full analysis available via Moscow.
The Bear Lake County Idaho Treasurer declares delinquent 1953 taxes on multiple parcels, with redemption due by January 4 1957. If not redeemed in full, the county will receive a tax deed conveying absolute title to the described South Range land, including mineral rights and various sections and lots. The notice lists extensive parcel descriptions and names Guy F Carle, Benjamin A Brooks Jr, and others as owners or lessees.
The speaker praises cooperation among people with diverse backgrounds and viewpoints and urges more inclusive, neighborly acts. They describe everyday differences in habits and preferences and advocate ignoring divisions to foster pleasant community interactions.
The 1956 meeting notes show Mayor Weldon Grandy and councilors discussing cooperation with the High Priests of Paria wards on a city beautification program. They consider improving Main Street vacant lots and cemetery plots, with labor donations possible, plus installing incinerators to keep the highway clean. Wall Clean-up Day is set for Saturday Oct 13, and delinquent youth enforcement is to be stepped up. The Streets & Walks Committee would pursue concrete sidewalk approaches on Main Street intersections if feasible, with graveling to meet blacktop at intersections and near churches and Emerson School. A building permit for a service station on Main Street at 2nd South is approved, and the Marshall authorized to buy water intake screens. Several local labor and supply bills are listed for payment.
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