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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1946
Page
2
An Easter editorial contrasts the Christian claim of resurrection with other beliefs, praising Jesus as the living symbol of justice and kindness. It notes the goal of happiness through unselfish living and rejects political or clever religious schemes, while criticizing deceptive advertising traps.
Mr and Mrs Lorenzo Johnson announce the marriage of their daughter Julia to Donald P Hobbs to be held April 12. Cloyd Hansen and Mrs Sylvia Tallman depart April 18 as missionaries to the Northwestern and Western States fields. Mr and Mrs C J Hawkes left for Salt Lake City to meet their son Pratt returning from a Central states mission. Woodmen of the World plan a Preston circus dance. Franklin county teachers form an association with officers Shipley president Cragan vice president Perry Lee secretary and others. A windstorm hits Preston at the north end of Cache Valley disrupting power lines and communication.
Alton Hatch returns from Northeastern Mission field after three years of service. Two Whitney 4 H clubs formed by Mrs Richard Blake and Mrs Neva Swainston with Doris Swanston leading sewing and cooking. Owen J Hakkila, Brueggemann School of music graduate, moves to Preston to instruct string instruments and will open a studio in Logan. Gilbert Lowe named counselor to the bishop in the Santa Ana ward California.
Idaho range feed conditions were good in April with favorable prospects for new feed. March precipitation and temperatures ran above normal. Hay and home-grown supplies appeared adequate, but stockmen faced difficulty in obtaining corn and protein concentrates. Cattle and sheep wintered in good shape and early lambs progressed well. Stock were turned out on early ranges in the Southwest around March 15.
Excellent cardboard sheets 32 by 44 inches touted as ideal lining for chicken coops this spring. Offered by The Citizen at 40 cents per sheet, sold by the dozen.
Two WAVES recall shipboard humor and a night city encounter as witty sayings on money health and friendship are quoted. The piece weaves maxims about initiative, work, and ideals with a brief incident of two sailors tailing two women in a large city late on a Saturday night.
A fragmentary page includes quips about health and a joke exchange between a man and a woman with lines about strength and creeping baby fingers. The text also notes a service member named Fife authorized to wear multiple military ribbons and medals, with prior employment as a construction superintendent in Logan Utah before enlisting on March 13 1944.
T/Sgt Douglas J Fife son of J A Fife of Preston and husband of Geneva Hillman Fife of Salt Lake City Utah has been discharged from the army at Fort Douglas Separation Center. Fife served ten months overseas as a motor sergeant with the 1635th Engineer Construction unit.
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