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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1968
Page
3
The piece notes Cottonwood Pals with an aging courthouse and abandoned Lyric Theater and C and N Cafe reflecting postwar migration from farms to cities. It cites a WSJ July 11 1968 article discussing the trend, its effects on rural areas and cities, and the need for towns to attract new residents to grow.
Rose Marie and Michele Peterson of Nampa visited the Ray Johnsons and Hazel Peterson among others for several days. Irene Beck stayed with the LeRoy Peterson family in Ogden for two days and Hazel Peterson visited daughter LeLorig West and family in Kaysville Utah.
Alfred Jensen and extended Jensen families along with Arvilla and Hazel Peterson attended an open house in Soda Springs for Maggie Jensen Peterson marking her 80th birthday. Cousins and siblings were present for the celebration.
Mrs Nellie Tarbet and her son Don Ransom of Logan are mentioned in a local note likely noting family ties or a community event. Further details are unreadable in the fragment.
Notes from a local page mention Irene Beck hosting dinner guests last Monday and a person on furlough from service in Vietnam. Junior Pugmires visited relatives in Rendolph Utah last Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Bill Pugmire visited the Marvin Hymns home in Liberty on Sunday afternoon. Other St Charles visitors included Mr and Mrs Vel Garn Mr and Mrs Carl Stuart and daughter Mr and Mrs Lorraine Arnell and family Mr and Mrs Joe Olsen Mrs Joyce Transtrum Marilyn Mike Cook Colleen Piggott Jeanette Weston and Camille Pulley and a friend. The Whiney Transtrums also visited.
Mrs Colleen Wilkes entertained at a birthday party for her son Steven on his birthday. Mrs Beatrice Arnell is receiving medical care at the hospital in Soda Springs. Mr and Mrs Lovell drove to Pocatello to visit their sons and then went to Brigham City Utah. Mrs Lois Skibby, Barbara, Mimi and Troy Danielson, and Nona Jean Sethworth called at the Lila Michaelson home. Mr and Mrs McKay Pugmire of Pocatello were callers in St Charles during the past week.
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