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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1962
Page
12
Fragmentary note reflects a weekly society gathering titled Dayton Thursday with women involved in work and social activities, noting themes of efficiency and communal bliss.
The column lists quilting demonstrations and craft activities, bus trips to a Montpelier music festival, and social visits among families including the Griffiths, Binghams, and Seamons. It mentions a Girls and Daughters of Pioneers gathering, a Ghost Wanted play, a Scouts fundraiser, and a film on communism shown to a Farm Bureau group. A church or temple errand, a funeral in Cleveland, and several birthdays and dinners are noted, with birth of Peter Rabbitt III announced.
Franklin county soil tests since 1946 show over 5 000 samples analyzed. Daniel Roberts warns nitrogen phosphate and potash balance governs yields with nitrogen from organic matter or commercial sources. He notes phosphate depletion from continuous cropping and advises soil testing before fertilizer use. Instructions for sampling underscore careful site selection and avoiding straw or plant material.
Mr and Mrs Joseph A Chris tensen attended the funeral for Mrs Thomas Farnworth in Cleveland. The Logan group vacationed at Lake Mead over the weekend. Sunday school talks were led by Nathan Casperson Kip Christensen and Dale Casperson. Gerald Lowe visited from Idaho Falls and spoke at Sunday school. Mark Hart spoke at the sacrament meeting and Warren Lin i gave a brief talk and was ordained a deacon. A fireside gathered the M Men and Gleaners. Cecil Miles and family visited Howard Youngs family in Thatcher. High J Geddes daughter Carole Geddes spent the weekend at home and works at Sperry Rand as a secretary. Cecil Miles plowed gardens in Logan.
The article notes Theodore Roosevelt as the first president to ride in an automobile up Hartford Connecticut in a purple-lined Columbia Electric Victoria. It also recalls his pioneering flight in St Louis in 1910 marking him as an early aviation figure.
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