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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1956
Page
1
The roster lists 4 juniors 10 sophomores and freshmen vying for the backfield and line positions with Merrill Boothe at end and fullback. Coach notes good edge, speed and weight with practice including Saturdays and upcoming games against North Charleston Paris and Soda Springs.
A diary style note recalls a bear fair trip with harvest hopes and chores before frost. The writer chats with Mrs Hansen and visits a resort, then mentions a Valentine line to Mrs Vinnie Price and praise for a girl noted for charm and steadiness within a family album.
Clerk Sam V. Tunks reports the Georgetown Woman road contract for oil surfacing was let this week for $59,920.52 to Olaf Nielson Construction Company of Logan. The award came in about 20 percent under the state estimate and work will begin next spring with some preliminary work this fall. The project covers about five miles of oil surfacing. Auditor Tunks noted a slight decrease in the 1956 tax levies at the County Commissioners meeting, with State 35c and County 2.27 per $100 value totaling 2.62.
County Clerk and Auditor Sam W. Tunks reports levies across the county remain about the same for 1956 as 1955. Montpelier rises from 3.00 to 3.29 per 100 valuation while School District 33 keeps 3.20. County valuations are up slightly with listed city figures showing minor changes.
Montpelier leader Jack Contor director of Idaho Public Assistance for Bear Lake and Caribou counties will depart Saturday for Chicago Illinois to enter the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. He will pursue a nine month master’s degree and his wife and three children will relocate to Chicago for the year.
Lovell Booth family spent Saturday in Pocatello with Booth relatives. Bundersons from Montpelier visited Nephi Bundersons. Noel Linford and wife delivered an able Sacrament meeting talk. Georgia Monson played accordion. Marilyn Mattson led Sunday School music in Noreen Crossley’s absence. Vivien Wahlstrom Jensen of Ogden to Democratic convention in Chicago last month with husband W C Jensen. They visited daughter Maybel in Maryland. Arlene Hemmert and Arnell family noted.
A brief note reports a young man expressing interest in one of my business applications. He plans to start the venture in the coming year.
The 10 mile Highway 89 from St Charles to Paris nears completion. W W Clyde Construction crews finished the 4 inch top coat on Main Street through Paris. The $880000 project is to be done by Sept 15 with final surfacing this week and side streets later.
Joe Rowsell of the Soil Conservation Service in Montpelier says overnight storage reservoirs are growing popular in southeastern Idaho. The small reservoirs let farmers store irrigation water overnight and use larger daylight streams, boosting efficiency. SCS technicians will assist Bear Lake county farmers with planning and design.
Daily hospital notices list admissions and releases at Bear Lake Memorial Hospital. Patients include Khailil Hansen Montpelier admitted Sept 3 and released Sept 3, and Miss Linda Miller Pocatello admitted Sept 6 released Sept ? Births announced: a girl to Glenn Rich of St Charles Sept 7, a boy to Wayne Larsen Cokeville Sept 7, a girl to Virgil Boehme Geneva Sept 10, and a girl to Douglas Perkins Montpelier Sept 10.
Gerald Hess Smith of Georgetown leaves Paris for induction into the Armed Forces at Boise on Aug 12. Roger G R Jensen of Montpelier departs for Boise to take physical examinations for military duty.
The Bear Lake Valley Dairymen's Cooperative announces Cream o' Weber will distribute dairy products in Bear Lake valley. Milk will be filled at Weber Central Dairy in Ogden, ending Bear Lake Dairy's processing of Grade A products at Montpelier.
On Friday September 7 in the Paris First Ward Recreation Hall a reception honoring Mr and Mrs Verlyn Parker was hosted by Mrs Beth Weston. The bride wore a lace and tulle ballerina gown with a tiara and pink roses bouquet. Attendants included Miss Louann Athay and DeRay Parker served as best man.
Mrs. Earl Satterthwaite of Lake Town announces the coming marriage of her sister Miss Fern Johnson of Cedar City to Antone Hunter, both of Cedar City. The wedding set for October 1 at the Logan LDS Temple. Fern, Woman's Program Director at KSUB Cedar City, has a background in Home Economics and has worked on radio programs Woman's Window and The Treasure Chest.
President L Burdette Pugmire announces Bear Lake Stake quarterly conference convening here Saturday evening and Sunday. William T. Lawrence of Salt Lake City will lead a welfare meeting Saturday at 7 30 in the Seminary building. Stake and Ward Welfare Committees are to attend with general sessions Sunday at 10 am and 2 pm.
Introduction of new teachers in county schools lists Sarah Naomi Weller at Lincoln, LaVell Ward at Central, Margaret Hasterholdt at Central, Grace Wilcox at Central, Rae Lindsay at Dingle, Cloyd Moser at Geneva, Sarah Rigby at Geneva, Florence Jenson at Pegram, Lark Bateman at Fielding High, plus staff and family travel notes. Several entries mention prior schooling, degrees, and teaching assignments across Idaho and Utah communities.
Delbert Hansen of Garden City is hospitalized after being struck from behind by Harvey Smith of Providence Utah while walking near the Holiday Inn south of Garden City Sunday around 7 pm. Hansen suffers a fractured arm severe head injuries and multiple cuts. Smith is jailed on bond awaiting a Saturday hearing before Justice David Dahlholm.
A meet-the-bride tea honors Mr. and Mrs. Kent Farrell Smith who wed Aug 22 in the Galt Lake Temple. The Dean Smith home in Fish Heaven hosts the gathering Saturday Sept 165 from 4 to 7 p.m. All are invited.
The Preferred Mutual Insurance Company appoints Jim Weaver of Bancroft as agent for Caribou and Bear Lake counties. He has lived in Bancroft six years and will keep his office there. Preferred risk insurance targets nondrinkers of alcoholic beverages.
Tommy Petterberg 17 of Preston tops Idaho in a nationwide livestock judging contest and will compete with 46 state winners in Kansas City on Oct. 19. Wayne G Johnson 17 and Richard H Bodily 16, both of Preston, take second and third. Pfizer awards 20000 dollars in prizes in this fourth year of the event.
Dr and Mrs John Grimmett and two daughters left Sunday for Salt Lake City where he joins the Veterans Hospital staff. Henry Humpherys and Verola drove to Logan to visit son Bernnar of California for a two week vacation. Spencer H Rich and family spent a week in Denver, returning home with Nona ill and hospitalized in Salt Lake City.
The Lake Town News reports the lightning strike death of Curtiss Pugmire and his young son in St Charles. Families from Salt Lake and Wyoming arrive to handle affairs and visits, with local residents attending birthday open houses and extended family gatherings around the loss.
In St Charles Saturday noon a lightning bolt struck a haystack killing Curtiss Pugmire 45 and his son Richard 3 who sought shelter from a thunder shower. The pair were found burned and the haystack on fire by LeRoy Girschi. Funeral services were held for Curtiss and burial proceeded for Richard in St Charles Cemetery.
The piece profiles Ezra Taft Benson, his six talented children, and weekly family gatherings at home. It highlights religious devotion, the value of family life, and quotes the secretary on happiness as life’s chief aim.
Bill Bird of Paris is among forty football candidates vying for Snow College positions at Hohriam Utah. The Badgers meet Mesa College in Grand Junction Colorado on Friday then host Weber on September 21 for their first league game. Also noted are visits from Agnes Montgomery of California with sister Henry Humpherys and Mr. and Mrs. James H. Gilbert of Bancroft visiting Elwood Parker’s family.
Mrs Lucile Crawford hosted a Friday bridge event with Dorothy Watterson winning high score and Lynn Kerns taking all-out prizes. Refreshments were served to Mesdames Orlean Innes Dorothy Watterson Lynn Shernz Mathel Jensen Winnie Stevens Aaa Long and Melinda Sparks.
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