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Newspaper

Preston Citizen

Location

Preston, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1948

Page

6

Community Notes Highlight Local Weddings and Events

A wedding reception at Whitney gym honored Mr and Mrs Max Corburn with gifts and refreshments. Mrs Margaret Nelson hosted a quilting gathering and a large group shared a hot dinner. Various visits, temple trips, confirmations, and meals are listed with names and places including Preston, Montpelier, Logan, and Salt Lake. The column closes with a statistical note on farm productivity from the 1920s to 1940s.

Leslie White Eldon Larsen G. Schwartz Mattie Atkinson Ia Coburn George Coburn Max .J. Coburn Whitney Gym Margaret Nelson Mines Norma Farnes Martha Kirkbride Annie Merrill Della Crockett Preston Sarah Eppick Cornish Edna Nelson Ada Taylor Gladys Healer Estella Hill Vera Feller Bobbie Fern Larsen Sarah Meyers Montpelier Leslie Jensen Clarence Nelson Ogden Don Gould Helen Page Melba Capner Dennis Winward Ethel Beutler Richard ‘Stuart E. O. Bergenson Travis Tyra Mesa Ariz Harold Galloway Kent Elizabeth Valene Eden Garth Galloway Herman—Coburn Pocatello Salt Lake Galloway William Mendenhall Katheryn Naef Dorothy Bergensen Menden- Dale Panter Wnaef Blanche Beutler Cloma USAC Logan Robert D. Atwood Joseph Hansen Farrell Larsen R. D. Atwood Idaho Falls LaVere Melba Seamons Wallace Johnson Forsgren Stake zen=ealogical society Allen Schwartz Bonnie Winward Melvin Balls W. J. Thompson Weston Cleo B. Thompson Josephine Crookston Sesson Logan Temple F. E. Nelson Lynn Skabalund Linda Carol Paul Naef Dan Salt Lake Temple Myrna Phillips le Grande Price Dennis Jones Jack Garner Joe Eleanor Joe Sam Atkinson Gary Reed Olsen Elmer Taylor Garland, Ut Irvin Taylor

Local notices and voices from April 1928 chamber events

A mixed report lists lectures to chamber members and friends by Edwards Westfield Engineering on business growth. It notes Harold Lloyd film showings at Isis theater, veteran benefits outreach by J E Harter in Preston, and local family updates including the Lowe brothers and Paul Larson.

Chamber of Commerce Edwards-Westfield Engineering Corporation J. E. Harter Veteran’s Bureau Idaho Preston American Legion

Mink Creek road project funding announced

Word reached Idemocratic County Chairman Elmer Merrill that $20,000 was allotted for surfacing and grading the Mink Creek road from the east forest boundary toward Preston and connecting with the Grace Preston highway. The O P Skaggs store celebrated its 12th birthday in Preston. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was billed for the Grand.

Idemocratic County Elmer Merrill Mink Creek East Forest Preston Grace- Preston O. P." Skaggs Snow ,White and the Seven Dwarfs

Death of Harlow Bassett Noted in San Francisco

The notice reports the death of Harlow SF Bassett, 69, at his home due to heart trouble after a long illness. Hale Hart, postmaster, announced air mail week plans with Floyd Hansen expected to fly the first air mail out to Cache valley. In sports Preston high school finalists emerge in the fifth district boxing tournament with Struve and Trausdahl winning, while Peterson loses. A Preston golf club meeting aims to revive golf this season for stock holders in the chamber of commerce.

Weston Harlow Bassett Hale ‘Hart Floyd Hansen Cache Valley Valley Logan Salt Lake Preston McCammon Preston Struve Ed Trausdahl Joel Peterson E. Scott Blackfoot Charles G. Olsen Preston Golf Club Preston Chamber of Commerce

Standard Oil Publishes Free Baseball Guide

Timed with the opening of the baseball season Standard Oil Company of California announces a new guide titled Batter Up to be distributed free throughout the West by Standard Stations Inc and Chevron gas stations. Written by Bert Dunne noted.

Standard Oil Company of California Standard Stations, Inc Chevron Gas Stations

Baseball guidebook previews coaching for young players

A 48 page illustrated special features Clarence Rowland Pacific Coast League president Lefty O'Doul San Francisco Seals Joe Cronin Boston Red Sox and more. The book covers fundamental techniques in fielding pitching and batting and includes softball history. Distribution begins April 1.

Baseball All Authority Clarence “Rowland Pacific Coast Frank “Lefty O'Doul The San Francisco Seals Joe Cronis Boston Ted “Sox

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