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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1915
Page
1
The Portia Club presents the first public Home Products Week banquet in years on Saturday April 17 at the 15018, YALCA, Banquet Hall. Doors open at 6 PM for hundreds of attendees with Idaho grown foods and local crafts featured.
Seattle and Tacoma handled the S68 Washington relief shipment assembled from Alaska Washington Idaho and Montana. It arrived in Holland for disbursement under the American Commission for Relief in Belgium supervised by Seattle Chamber of Commerce. The Washington faced delays at the Panama Canal and Halifax before delivery.
A proclamation urges April 12 to 17 as Clean-Up Week in Payette with Sunday services and a morning sermon. Mrs Blair conducts a musical event Monday and Tuesday to support the effort. The aim is a healthier city and civic participation through baptism and choir activities.
Uncle Charlie Guild a Payette resident who died April 3 at his adopted daughter’s home aged 80 years, 1 month, 25 days. He crossed the plains as a boy with his father, helped found Portland, Oregon, later settled in Little Willow and Payette, and and cared for many foster children. He was a Christian Church member valued for kindness, honesty, and peaceable nature.
Priday Eve April 16 1915 at Methodist Church Fruitland presents a varied program by seventh and sixth graders. Admission 10 15 25 cents includes choruses piano solos and orchestra pieces by Strauss Von Suppe Gounod Brahms and Schumann plus soloists Josephine Pardunn Bernice Hill Gladys McKeown Marion Stetiler and the Jolly Students chorus and ensembles.
The Van Petten Lumber Co purchases the A-B Wright and Sons yard in Payette effective April 1. A. T. Clinkscales from Pendleton becomes manager and plans sheds and yard upgrades. Vern Wright moves to Pendleton to fill Clinkscales' former post as Payette manager.
April foil pranks at Hue High amuse the faculty as three gags are thwarted by Mr Tweedy. Easter events at Methodist Church include Queen Esther Circle turnout and an Easter program by the Sunday School. A Payette merchants backed prize contest and a Benefit Dance at Woodward Hall is planned with tickets 260.
Pr Thomas E Green to speak next Tuesday night April 12 at the Boma Theatre on War Causes and peace, hailed as a strong, thought provoking presentation. The talk links to past Chautauqua topics and features testimonials from Theodore Whiting W A Sterling E Green and Stanford University’s Leland Stanford. Tickets 50 cents at Rezacs.
A newly formed Businessmen club and local farmers met at the Commercial Club to discuss establishing a cash market for all kinds of produce. The next regular meeting is scheduled for Wednesday night with plans for another session soon to boost attendance and finalize methods. The gathering included a band and discussions on water content in rocks and related topics.
We the committee urge all farmers to attend the meeting at 2 PM on Saturday April 10 1915 at the Tar ette City Hall. The gathering aims to discuss stock ownership in a cooperative creamery to improve dairy cattle, ensure fair returns, and boost local profits. The notice notes the band and a Portland trip death of Mrs. Bevins and funeral plans in Payette.
Burt Venable turned the post office over to his successor T Bowman on Wednesday evening after serving as postmaster for more than a dozen years. The office records show growth in receipts from 4185.65 in 1903 to 10949.88 in 1915.
Recent library additions include Rothko in Naples and on the Atlantic and Christmas Stories. A note on utility concerns reports Idaho Electric Companies plan consolidation. Caldwell notes James A. Dement candidate for city council first ward and praises local youth development and public service.
Personal mentions list visitors and trips in Ontario and Payette Idaho, including Calvin Keller and J P Orr. Meetings of fruit grower groups, library benefit dance in Woodwind Hall, and various travel updates show a bustling community scene with several residents planning summer stays and District officials licensing game.
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