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Newspaper

Preston Citizen

Location

Preston, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1959

Page

9

Virginia Merrill Heads Lady Ellis Officers

The Lady Ellis of Preston held an officers election Monday night. New officers include President Virginia Merrill First vice president Leona Chatterton Second vice president Maurine Crockett Program chairman Lou Jean Baird Secretary Bernadine Smith Treasurer Elaine Belnap Historian Mary Bergquist Corresponding secretary Idella Ransom Auditor Phyllis Anderson and directors Vivian Mink Florence Greaves Dolores Johnson and Deane Auger.

Virginia Merrill Leona Chatterton Maurine Crockett Lou Jean Baird Bernadine Smith Elaine Belnap Mary Bergquist Idella Ran Som Phyllis Anderson Vivian Mink Florence Greaves Dolores Johnson Deane Auger Thella Ware LaVon Evans Clara Auger LaVene Cole Doris Fellows Connie Poage Sarah Bambrough Connie Jean Thomas Elnora Palmer Sylvia Malmberg Connie Jensen Grace Whitehead Fern Larsen Lorna Dunn Marcene Garrett

American Legion Convention Planned at Soda Springs

Soda Springs hosts District No. 6 spring convention of 15 American Legion posts and 15 auxiliary units with about 1 400 Legion members and 800 auxiliaries. They will hold separate sessions, a joint luncheon, and a 6 30 p m banquet with leaders James C Bangs Peter Wilson Lou Babb and Mrs Carl Reuter attending.

Soda Springs Idaho American Legion the Legion Bob Hines Hines Legion Earl Humpherys Firth Frank Reynolds Legion Auxiliary Aberdeen American Falls Bancroft Blackfoot Downey Grace Lava Hot Springs Malad City Montpelier Paris Pocatello Preston Rockland

Local Leaders Meet At Oneida Stakehouse

Oxford residents Mr and Mrs Karl Kendall Mrs Owen Ames Mrs Cluff Kendall Russell Keller and Lavona Hatch attended a MIA leadership meeting at the Oneida stakehouse Thursday evening. Joe Ward was released from the scout committee and Owen Ames sustained as a committeeman at Sunday sacrament meeting.

Karl Kendall Owen Ames Cluff Kendall Russell Keller Lavona Hatch MIA Oneida Stakehouse Wayne Baker Downey Glen Baker Merl Baker Lavern Kendall Keith Hatch Logan Thompson Hatch Joe Tucker Idaho Falls Cecil Fisher Sacrament Joe Ward Scout Committee Gordon Albrecht Robert Focatello William Baker Wayne

Local firm offers free Dowpon grass killer samples

Franklin County Grain Growers of Preston offers free Dowpon grass killer samples to area farmers. Wayne Evans, the manager, urges all growers to try it on their land, noting it controls grasses and roots without wrecking production. Dowpon can be sprayed broadly or spot sprayed and works in fields, ditches, headlands, and farmyards.

Franklin County Preston Wayne Evans Evans Quack Johnson

Allstate Voices Accident Risk Across Driver Types

The Allstate Safety Crusade notes that while the so called accident prone driver causes many incidents, most so called good drivers also misjudge traffic and fail to anticipate conditions. The campaign highlights universal human error in driving.

Allstate

Local social notes from Oneida stakehouse to Draper visits

Franklin and Winston Allen along with Floyd and Rob inson families attended a Seventh Ward elders quorum lunch at Oneida stakehouse Wednesday evening. The Robinsons and their sons Warren and Gary joined Friday banquet for Utah Power and Light at the Utah Motor Lodge in Salt Lake City. They later spent the weekend with Ether Biggs family in Draper. Aunt Dora Aitken is bedridden at Cecil Woodward’s home. Mrs Mel da Smith and her children Kent and Pamela of Logan visited Sunday afternoon.

Winston Allen Floyd Robinson Oneida Stakehouse Seventh Ward Robinson Utah Power & Light Co Utah Motor Lodge Salt Lake City Warren Gary Ether Biggs Ab Draper Dora Aitken Cecil Woodward Melda Smith Kent Pamela of Logan

West Side Students Attend Boise Youth Legislature

West Side High School delegates Rita Keller Renee Mortensen Don Hobbs and DeVere McKay attended the Youth Legislature in Boise April 9 10 and 11 with adviser Leo Williams. They heard the youth governor Robert Tunnicliff of Moscow and watched Senate bill 2405 fail 40 to 10 after a 35 minute debate. The event included a banquet and governor's ball with nine bills taken to the governor of which seven were signed and two vetoed. The West Siders returned home early Sunday exhausted but proud of the experience.

Rita Keller Renee Mortensen Don Hobbs DeVere McKay West Side High School Boise Leo Williams West Side YMCA House Senate Robert Tunnicliff Moscow Tunnicliff Agriculture and State Resources Smylie West Siders

Carter Foss Home On 15 Day Army Reserve Furlough

Carter Foss son of Mr and Mrs Ezra Foss is home on a 15 day furlough from Fort On California with the Army reserve. He will return May 1.

Carter Foss Ezra Foss Fort On Calif Army

Deadline Nears For Allotments On Wheat Farms

A. G. Condie, chair of the county ASC, warns May 1 deadline for owners of wheat farms acquired by eminent domain. Eligible owners displaced Jan 1954 to Aug 28 1958 may file notice to pool and transfer allotments to establish an equitable share on other land. May 1 1959 deadline to ensure 1960 crop effects. tenants not eligible. Owners urged to contact county ASC office promptly.

A. G. Condie County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee ASC Condie

Dinner at Greaves home guests list readied

Suzanne Greaves entertained at a dinner at the home of her parents Friday evening after the girls' day dance. Present were Marsha Benson, Craig Neilsen, Sheryl Geddes, Wayne Shumway, Tamara Hawkes, Nate Olsen, Kent Johnson, Karen Butterworth, Janet Fuhriman, Wayne Elwell, Melanie Poole and Neil Simmons.

Suzanne Greaves Marsha Benson Craig Neilsen Sheryl Geddes Wayne Shumway Tamara Hawkes Nate Olsen Kent Johnson Karen Butterworth Janet Fuhriman Wayne Elwell Melanie Poole Neil Simmons

Prune Roses Soon Says County Agent And Horticulturist

County agent Daniel Roberts and horticulturist Tony Horn urge thorough pruning of roses as growth starts. Remove dead wood and weak canes, cut back strong canes to 18 to 24 inches, and trim to a bud facing outward. Floribundas need thinning. climbers head back to cane length. shrub roses thin old wood after bloom.

Daniel Roberts Idaho Tony Horn University of Idaho Extension Service

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