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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1955
Page
8
In Idaho early spring reports indicate a moderate grasshopper and cricket outbreak this year. Insect men credit interrupted cycles to vigorous bait campaigns reducing future swarms.
Glendale residents hosted two church social events this week. The MIA officers met at Verl Auger home with bishopric members Percey Larsen Maurice Owen and Auger present along with YIMMA and young women members. A high priests party followed at Herbert Owen home with songs piano solos and slides.
Banida Lar son and Harold A Larson visited Salt Lake City with Gene Larson and family relatives on Sunday March 27. They called on Scott Geddes and family Shirley Allen and newborn and Glen Larson and family. Harry Miles visited Salt Lake City and Tooele Utah with relatives.
The article explains constructing a simple bicycle rack by forming two side pieces B and B-1 from 1 by 8 inch lumber each 72 inches long with a rounded end. It instructs cutting a 2 by 4 for the base D with a notch to fit the sides and a rounded top, plus bottom members E and E-1 shaved to fit between B and A-1 with about two inches. Supports A and A-1 are cut to fit.
Notch A at center 3 3/4 inches wide and 6 inches deep. Use No 10 flathead wood screws countersunk to fasten. Test with bicycle to place braces C and C 1 so they clear the front axle. Cut braces to fit and attach to D and E. Bevel or round all exposed edges and paint to match the bicycle.
The report notes numerous visits and conferences from March 27 to the weekend, including Mrs. Blaine Olsen and children, Mrs. Geddes, Bishop Geddes, and families attending primary conferences in Salt Lake City and Provo. Ward events include a Banida genealogical committee meeting, a Seventies party in Preston, and a Grace High School basketball banquet with city leaders and coaches in Grace.
Mary Neeley and Randy DeLos Bell stayed with grandparents in Mink Creek over the weekend while Mary attended a Primary conference in Salt Lake City. Andrea sen and his wife spent much of the week in Salt Lake City for a conference. The Wilkers and Dennis Wilker family visited Vernon Harris. Dennis Wilker moved to Williams ward for work. LaVerda Harris visits parents Evrin and wife for spring vacation while Rexburg student.
Mink Creek Tuesday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Wilde included Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Nelson of Cleveland. Mrs. Marinus Hansen visited with Tremonton and Ogden area relatives. Mink Creek teachers and parents conduct pupil interviews. principal Vilaar Ransom and teachers John Olsen Blaine Westerberg and Sarah Westerberg noted. A new daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. John G. Olsen.
The column lists family news from Preston including Pvt Oral Bud Keller’s orders to leave for Germany on April 23 from Fort Ord California. It notes MIA service speech festival with narrators and performers, illness and recovery of Mrs Delmer Keller, visits of Jensen and Nelson families, a promotion of Boyd Crane in Japan, and social events in Mink Creek ward with an elders’ panty and program.
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