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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1962
Page
7
The Travel and Hobby club gathered at Emily K Evans home to view slides from a Hawaii trip. Members discussed scenery and shared travel tips while socializing after the presentation.
Thursday at seven p.m. a tray lunch with Easter decorations served to 20 members and guests. Jay Bergquist played four accordion selections and sang. Wayne Brown showed slides of the Hawaiian Islands and mountain and winter scenery. Switzerland slides were also shown. The Thursday pinochle club met last week with Ora Rasmussen as hostess. A hot plate luncheon served to Ethel Mockli, Jean Moser, Bonita Oliverson, Verna Warner, Ione Oliverson, Kate Swainston, Marilyn Henderson and Manilla Herd. Tone Oliverson was high scorer and Bonita Oliverson low. Lizzie Weaver hosted the Cocienda sewing club on Friday April 13 with an afternoon of sewing and a hot dinner at 4:30 for Allie Packer, Adell Larsen, Charity Larsen, Louise Rasmussen, Ethel Mockli, Margaret Peterson, Rae Hobbs, Pearl Oliverson and guest Lida Tippetts.
Mr and Mrs Maurice A Owen announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Iva Lou Owen to Wayne Stoker son of the late Mr and Mrs Wayne Stoker and grandson of Mrs Julia Fellows in Preston. The couple plan a May 26 wedding in Norfolk Virginia. Miss Owen is a Preston High School graduate and Henegar Business College alumna employed at Gerber Baby Food Co. Stoker serves in the US Navy stationed in Norfolk.
Dora Alba becomes Mrs Harold Robertson in a small April 14 wedding at the Woodward home. Bishop Samuel Handy officiated as George H Robertson of Blytheville is the groom’s father. The groom serves as a staff sergeant at Fort Chaffee and they plan to reside there. Mrs Robertson studied at Benito Juarez College in Piedras Negras, Mexico and worked as a schoolteacher before serving two years as a missionary.
The Syringa Camp of DUP met at Martha Scotty April 13. Two vocal solos were performed, and a talk was given by Ann Selicy. Organiz selections were played. lunch served to 17 members and five guests by Alta Palmer and Della Chadwick.
Mrs. LeOra Hafen of St Ceverroe will wed Kay Don Christensen son of Mr and Mrs J Auraul Christensen of Preston. LeOra is a Dixie Junior College graduate and Dixie Hospital secretary. Christensen is a Preston High School graduate who served a church mission in Central America and works for Thiokol at Brigham City. Wedding date to be set at the St George temple.
H C Atkinson of Franklin turned 80 on April 14 as 75 relatives gathered at his home for a plate luncheon and a three tier cake with 80 candles. Born April 12, 1882 in Cove he married Charlotte Dawson in 1904 and raised twelve children on a Treasureton ranch before moving to Franklin in 1934.
Fine Arts Club met April 23 at Eda Smith's home for an evening of sampling and trading favorite recipes. Plants and spring flowers adorned the Smith residence for the social. New officers were elected for the coming year with Grace Gambles as president Donna Noyes as vice president Lucy Tanner as secretary and Fawn Porter as reporter.
Mr and Mrs Verdell Smith announce the engagement of de Hewkes to Will Beckstead son of Mr and Mrs Ace Beckstead of Preston. They set May 11 for the wedding at Logan LDS temple with a reception at Frank Ynward recreation hall later that evening. de Hewkes is a Preston Hitch School graduate and bank employee. Beckstead is a Preston High School and missionary graduate, recently returned from a Hawaiian Islands mission and employed by a gas company in Big Piney Wyoming, where they will reside.
Lynda Lee Knudson was the honored guest at a bridal shower held Saturday at the Palmer home. Co hosts LaDean Palmer and Marian Beveridge arranged games, a bride’s hook, and a salad luncheon while gifts were exchanged.
The Ladies of Elks held their annual spring election party on April 16 with a garden party theme. Prizes included plastic fern stands and wall hanging baskets. officers elected for the coming year were Dorothy Moser president and Mary Bergquist historian, among others. The event noted that 31 of 34 presidents were born in small towns, with remarks on family sizes and presidential marriages.
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