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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1913
Page
3
Fruitland gossip covers visitors from Albion, Payette, and Boise. Teachers and students travel for summer school, kin visit, and many plan extended stays. cherry growers report frost damage yet high quality fruit. Local families move, auction planned, and church projects advance as summer begins.
Local farmer H T Lewis experiments with shipping young chicks by express for breeding pens. First shipments failed with nearly all dead, a later batch of 25 shipped safely, while 10 of another dozen died. Fischer of Hope Indiana reports success shipping to California and Texas, though delays at Nampa caused issues locally. Apple thinning underway despite last spring calamity. hay cutting hindered by rains across southern Idaho with many fields in shock. L G Prestel moves to Payette after a year on the bench.
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church meets July 10 at Epworth hall with a 10 cent tea after business. W C T U gathers July 8 at Mrs. J Bowers home to study Purity in Literature led by Mrs. S J Kenepp. Rev J J Ticknor outlines Sunday morning Grapes theme and evening Organized Plan at the Baptist church. July 4 Sabbath school plans include a joint picnic with Fruitland and Payette Brethren at J A Bowers/Toole orchard, program in the forenoon, basket dinner, afternoon entertainments led by Elder Keltner, and ice cream and cake. Baptist Ladies Aid meets July 11 with Mrs Li. By Lurber. good attendance desired. For Sale: Four good lots for Fruivand area.
Payette society notes report a Presbyterian ladies meeting at Mrs N W Lewis home with attendees from town and Fruitland. A 15th birthday party for Adra Vestal and Dewey Shearer drew friends for games and ice cream cake. Mr Colwell celebrated a career milestone with a Robinson Orchestra and refreshments. Grange picnic plans were dampened by rain but guests enjoyed a hospitable gathering at N W Lewis home. Local families hosted dinners and birthday celebrations with neighbors from Payette and Parma. Friendship notes recount a 70 strong birthday surprise for Mrs Harry Taylor and visits by Carl Bates and the Walker family.
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