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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1916
Page
3
Fruitland and Payette region notes report Mrs J M Royston and Charley visiting Clifford Barnes in Washer and various relatives arriving home from Iowa and Washington. Residents attend Bible meetings, move homes, care for the sick, and note gatherings with Payette, Caldwell, and New Plymouth connections. A public sale, family illnesses, and minor accidents are also recorded alongside travel and visits.
Mrs Henry Relns returns from a Nebraska trip while Mrs R G Wilson reports from Washington and Oregon on her journey. Sunday evening sightings include Mia O A Sargent and Gladyer enjoying a La ripe gathering.
A long roster of social events and local meetings unfolds from Ontario to Payette. sleighing parties, oyster suppers, dances, birthdays, and church gatherings are reported, along with bank stockholders, football and glee club surprises, and a state grange meeting outcome with officer elections and future state discussions.
The W C T U meets Friday afternoon now with Mrs Fisher replacing Thursday. Methodist Ladies Aid sets February 3 at J L Rich home. Baptist Ladies Aid hosts Feb 5 cook sale at HB A Stegner. Sunday services proceed. Methodist church topics include Sainthood as a Calling and Disregarded Signals. Parents may enter baby names for the Better Babies contest Feb 1–19 at Mrs Ross Kennedy's home.
In Whitley Bottom last Friday a surprise gathering at C. B. Stewart’s home welcomed Ben Jones and his bride Mrs. S. M. Patterson. Jones had met his former childhood sweetheart in Ontario, and the couple wed Friday at Welser by Rev. Ashley. They visit Jones’s brother Henry in Crystal this week as neighbors note the festive turnout. Also mentioned are visits by Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Channer, Clyde Hurd’s Payette trip, and a local turkey sale listing Mrs. D. L. Wilour’s ad for stock with contact Phon e 3013.
Residents report winter homesteads being prepared with wells drilled from Ontario equipment. Visits include Currin, Williams, and Thornton households. snow in Pad/dock Valley noted. A surprise 68th birthday for W R Shimp drew 75 guests. local social at Pleasant Valley school raised funds for lamps and oil.
The Payette Beach Melon Growers' Association will hold its annual meeting at Payette Idaho City Hall at 1 30 p m on the first Saturday in February to elect a board of directors B B Sargent Secretary. Government land open for entry in this county offers vacant tracts and township plats via Inter Mountain Map Co Boise Idaho. A probate hearing is set for February 25 1915 at Caldwell Idaho on the estate of Elmer E Hunter with The Payette National Bank requesting conveyance of land described as half interest in the NE quarter of the NE quarter of the SE quarter Section 35 Township North Range 5 West Boise Meridian minus railroad right of way and a sugar beet dump. Frank Be Meek Clerk. First Jan 27 1916 Last Feb 17 1916. Dr W G Howe has moved his dental office to the wat FOR SALE A few tons of third son building Dreamland theatre alfalfa and clover hay at 8 00 per ton N J Garman 412
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