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Newspaper

Preston Citizen

Location

Preston, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1950

Page

14

Te teenagers and subscription boosts aid contest votes

A fragment from a newspaper item notes teenagers in a student contest receiving help through subscriptions. Calls to home prompt tips on where new subscriptions may be secured. Renewals count for votes and extra cash prizes are offered for new subscribers with Rudy Charles and Dixie McComb cited as recent winners.

Kent Benson Stourtt Taicille Jensen Seer Acean Gust Jevery Rudy Charles Dixie’ McComb

Festival highlights from Ayer event with student choirs

Festival notes list performers including sopranos Jey Workman Lehona Edgley and Lila Foster mezzo sopranos Marilyn Date tenor Don Workman and Lavel Lloyd baritone Bob Moore bass Ewen Griffeth girls trio Pat Maughan Barbara Olsen Beth Olsen violin Paul Nuffery piano Kenneth Cutler sax Blaine Dunn and another girls trio Luetta Rallison Marion Meek Elnor Allen West Side 2 high school seconds in the mixed chorus and band event.

Jey Don Workman Lehona Edgley Lila Foster Marilyn da Don Workman Lavel Lloyd Bob Moore Ewen Griffeth Pat Maughan Barbara Beth Olsen Paul Nuffery Kenneth Cutler Blaine Dunn Luetta Rallison Marion Meek Elnor Allen

Preston bowlers compete for year’s best individual title

Continue from a weekly feature detailing the Preston bowling scene. Next Sunday at 7 o'clock will see seven bowlers of the week compete in a six game total pins test for the title of best individual bowler of the year.

Postal Economy Update Prompts Earlier Mail Dispatch

Post office officials urge local firms to mail before 5 PM to ease evening congestion. Incoming mail will arrive by 6 7 AM and outgoing mail dispatched 5 AM and 6 10 PM daily, with last pickups by 8 10 PM for evening outgoings.

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Senior Leaders Highlight McDermott Binggeli At Commencement

Lorna McDermott and Miss Binggeli were praised during the commencement address for outstanding high school achievement. Both daughters of local parents, they maintained strong averages and active involvement in dramatics and student government.

Lorna “McDermott Miss Binggeli Joe Binggeli Weston Miss .McDermott L. E. McDermott Clifton Pee Wo Peter

Art contest at Randall's cafe hosts local club meeting

The Lions club art event at Randall's cafe drew guests including Miss LeFevre and Mrs Abner Larson. Committee leaders Weldon Nash Harold Olsen Ariel Neeley and Lyle Shipley directed the gathering as part of regular club activities.

Cobiiing Base Ego Yn Lions's Randall’s Miss Larson Abner Larson LeFevre Oliverson Weldon Nash Harold .Olsen Ariel Neeley Lyle’ ‘Shipley elvinsWesterbere Rer Omar - But

Pick Wick Club Elects Officers At Ladies’ Event

The Pick Wick Club held a guest ladies event last week at Mrs. Glenn Jensen’s home. Mrs. Porter presided as hostess and a salad lunch was served to 16 members after viewing a curtain display.

Pleke Wick Ciup Cweek Wth Glenn Jensen Sete Porter Ae Reaves Elchion

Birthday Party Honors Carel Corbridge

A Saturday afternoon birthday party for Carel Corbridge was hosted by her mother Mrs. Marie Corbridge. The event featured games and a lunch, with a beautifully decorated cake topped by eight candles. Guests included Aphrodell Mitchell, Maxine Fellows, Judy Kjar, Joan Bosworth, Linda Rae Nash, Glenda, Rhonda Corbridge, Margaret Swainston, Carlene Sparrow, and Tona Ruth Johnsote.

Carol Aphrodell “Mitchell Maxine

Mrs Arthur Moser Elected President Of Fine Arts Club

Mrs Arthur Moser was elected president of the Fine Arts club for the coming year. Assisting her are vice president Asael E Bell and secretary Dewey Olson, with Angus Condie chosen as reporter. The meeting featured a piano solo by Sharon Beckstead and a Jane Eyre review by Mrs Dewey Olson. Refreshments followed for members and guests.

Farrell Beckstead the Fine Arts ’Literary Organization Merlin’ Smith Arthur Moser Asael E. Bell Dewey" Olson Angus’ Condie Sharon Beckstead Dewey. Olsen

Atlas mix up prompts call for new edition in India

A chaotic scene unfolds as a Hindu clerk searches a battered atlas in Mumbai headquarters to confirm Weiser Bridge in the United States. The old atlas, torn and thumbed through, prompts the query Is it Weiser Bridge U S A with a noted name change in 1880. Somebody needs a new atlas.

U.S Weiser

Services Held for Mrs Ada McCann in Preston

Ada McCann died Monday morning from heart ailment in Preston. She was born January 25 1874 in Smithfield a daughter of Peter and Sophronia Hatch Tidwell. Survived by husband Joseph S McCann three children Gwen Noble Joseph T McCann and George T McCann twelve grandchildren and two great grandchildren two sisters Julia Lewis and Melinda Mickle. Burial in Smithfield cemetery under Richards and Son mortuary supervision.

Smithfield Peter Sophronia A. ‘Hatch Tidwell Joseph S. “McCann Logan’ Temple Preston Relief Society Capeton Hee Gwen Noble T McCann San Jose Calif George T.' McCann Salt Lake City Sinters Julia Lewis Price Melinda, Mickle Ini Inder Richards Son

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