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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1918
Page
1
Pvt Jay D Keifer writes from the front in France describing life with the 2nd Army trains. He details crowded damp barracks, scarce blankets, and gear like the steel Stetson, gas masks, and hardships of trench living, contrasting conditions with home comforts and wartime duties.
F Lark, once taken from Fruitland to Filer Idaho due to mental illness, died suddenly at the breakfast table on June 22. Funeral services were held in Filer the following Tuesday. he had lived near Fruitland about a year ago and was well known locally.
A funeral eulogy letter from First Baptist Church Hempstead honors Elmer Edson a Camp Mill casualty. Pastor William W Barker extols Edson’s Christian character and service to soldiers, requests prayers for his family, and reflects on sacrifice and faith amid war.
The Ellison White Chautauqua program delighted residents with four weeks of music and lectures. War lectures by Lincoln L. Wirt and Sergeant Major Smith clarified the fighting’s meaning for soldiers and the nation. H. V. Adams spoke on Grapes of Gold, deemed instructive and inspiring, with plans announced for next year’s event.
Emma Theatre management announces Nay Bros Famous Alabama Troubadors for a one night stand Tuesday July 9. A fifteen member company with Jazz Band and creole dancers offers colorful costumes, music, comedy and top show numbers. A band parade at 430 pm precedes an 8 pm concert. Also notes Methodist Church events and Oregon harvest wage decisions plus farming tips on oiling tools hay slings and reporting crop pests to the Farm Bureau. United community notices close with contact details.
A wedding at the bride’s parents home in Hermeston Oregon on June 18 united Miss Corless Agnew and Mr. Thomas G. Heslup. The groom, a Payette Oregon slope resident, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Heslup. The couple returned from a Portland wedding trip and attended the Episcopal Church. A Red Cross fundraising list follows with multiple donors totaling 131.80. Voters must register for the upcoming Primary and General Elections. west of the railroad register with Mrs. J. B. Jennings. Also offered: a new No. 6 Underwood Typewriter with stand by Carl Korupp.
Private Merrill Hayward of the 362nd Ambulance Co writes from June 28 1913 about stopping near Payette Idaho and Ontario Ontario recalling a prior stay near his father's land. He mentions his mother Flora Hayward of Burr Oak Kansas and lists his unit and address as he travels to France. He also notes sale items and a missing sheep.
A recipe from the Food Administration County Home Economics committee for a no wheat cake and barley flour biscuit. Ingredients include fat, sugar, cinnamon, sirup, chocolate, eggs, vanilla, milk, salt, and baking powder with method steps to cream, mix, bake as a loaf, then bake biscuits from a corn and barley flour mix.
Personal items from Payette recount visits, births, moves, and wartime activity. Mentions Miss Mery Burns visiting Payette, Buckley of Gresler and Buckley in Boise, a Norris child born last Friday, tax collection by Payette County treasurer Hollenbeck, travel between Payette and American Falls, and various Mrs. Ervin, Mrs. Satoris, and Mrs. Sims movements. Notes troop trains passing through, Uncle Sam’s war effort, housing moves, hospital recoveries, and locals headed to Camp Lewis or awaiting return. Also references Lieut Col Patch photo, Ronald and Garde Wood hospital stays, and residents relocating to Half Way, Oregon.
Payette County reports War Savings Stamps sales from January 1 to July 1 totaling 37 978 25 dollars and a per capita of 36 329. The county预测ed to exceed 120 000 dollars with city and outlying districts pledging substantial sums including Payette basin and North of Payette areas. Also notes births, visits, and local events including a boy born to Mr and Mrs Earl Kirk and residents Clara Raymond Dorothy Dee of Boise visiting Mrs Homer Settle. Dr G E Shawhan and wife return from Chicago. Woman’s National Defense Council committee to meet monthly at the Y M C A.
Memorial services planned to honor Lieut Bhoags with a one hour Independence Day meditation on the care of our first soldier to wake the complete sacrifice to world Liberty. Delays in Rhoads death report delayed the arrangement, but the event will feature his deed as the Independence Day theme. The morning service will begin at 11 o clock in the school grounds.
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