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Preston Citizen

Location

Preston, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1956

Page

8

Idaho area families gather for LDS Sunday School events

The article lists visits and activities at the home of Mr. and Mrs Golden Geddes in Idaho, including Sunday School lessons led by Peme Ela Geddes and Carole Geddes, talks by Thomas Cattani of California and Glen Briscoe of Sea Falls, and a Pioneer Day parade in Ogden. It notes attendees, reunions, travel to Cheyenne and Yellowstone, and health updates, with several Geddes and Miles families present.

Idaho Tel Mire Carl Webster Provo Golden Guinuta Valerié Miles Sheri“ “Manning Péem Ela Geddes Carole Geddes Jean Gloria“Jean Larson Sacrament Thomas Cattain California Glen Briscoe Sea Falls

Fairview Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits

Mrs Mildred Hall hosted five mothers and children Monday. Pete Hyde and family plus Mardene Hall returned from a Pacific Northwest trip visiting Gilbert Cafferty in Wilder and Grant Hall in Caldwell. Shirley Larsen attended a Salt Lake class reunion. Hyrum Johnson Merlin Rawlings Urwen Larsen Ed Cole Lulu Bodily Udell Gailey were noted attendees.

Mildred ‘Hall Pete Hyde Mardene Hall Pacific Northwest Gilbert Cafferty Wilder Grant Hall Caldwell Shirley C. Larsen Salt Lake Hyrum Johnson

Family News From The Recreation Park Area

Secret bakers Alfred Alder has recently returned home after surgery at the Aksegal in Salt Lake City. Descendants of Robert P. Stokes met at Recreation Park on Sunday. Mrs Caroline Condi Rex returned Tuesday after visiting Rupert and welcomed her 25th grandchild. Attendees included Noel and family, Candie of Blackfoot, W P Petty of Pocatello, Venna Sutton and children of Pocatello with their parents. EY Hansen and WW E Hansen attended the Elwell reunion at Lorin Parr Park in Prinw Ann. Lorna McPherson and children of Elizabeth City North Carolina visited A C Hull in Whitney. McPherson to visit later. Dinner guests at Theo Petterberg’s included Clyde Cox and family of Buhl, Donna Jensen and Brent Jensen with Edward Carlson of Salt Lake City, and Dr James Joyce and family of Cedar Rapids Iowa.

Robert Ps Stokes Recreation Park Caroline Condi Rex Rupert-¢ Cwhere Ray Noel George Candie Blackfoot W.P._Petty Pocatello Theo. Petterberg Clyde E. Cox Pes Gy Cox Vickie Joyce Buhl Donna Jensen Brent Edward Carlson Salt Lake City James N."joyce Jeff Timothy Patty Cedar Rapids Towa

Local families gather for reunions and visits in Idaho towns

Mr and Mrs Frank Gilbert attended the Oneida Stake Academy reunion in Preston on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Leslie Hyde of Twin Falls called on relatives over the weekend. Herschel Hall and family of Ririe visited his parents. Maureen Brown from Idaho Falls visited Mr and Mrs Ed Cole. The Sen and Gleaners held a fireside at the Hall home with Clair Hollingsworth as speaker. Vern Sharp and Mrs Hatch hosted a birthday gathering for Mrs Mable Van Orden in Bancroft. Bertis Hall and family spent time in Bear Lake. Delma Mitchell and children returned to Boise after two weeks with Hazen Gilbert and family.

Frank Gilbert Oneida Stake Academy Preston Leslie Hyde Twin ‘Falls Herschel- Hall Ririe John Hall Maureen Brown Idaho Walls Ed Cole Sen and Gleaners Bertis Hall Pain Bear A Delma Mitchell Boise Hazen Gilbert

Statewide hunting changes mix with water pollution act

Federal action extends the national water pollution control program aiding state cooperation. Idaho adopts a new paper tag for big game hunts to improve kill records, usable on moose antelope mountain goat and bighorn hunts. Deer and elk hunts still use metal tags with no unit subdivisions in applications due Aug 20. Drawings for deer and elk held Sept 1. Sept 15 season details to follow.

Eisenhower Idaho Gameé Commission iIt Salmon Boise Washington Oregon Utah Colorado Missouri

Proposed Taxes Conversation and Office Relocation Talks

Webb urged that tax discussions serve as a mutual exchange of ideas, not a cheap labor program, while the Farm Bureau building committee explored locating a state office building and authorized further investigation into remodeling the old Bannock County Nurses home in Pocatello for offices.

Webb Farm Bureau Building Committee Martin Bannock County Nurses Pocatello

Train Your Steers for the Show Day

Instructions advise three weeks of preparation before showing steers. Keep hair dry and the animal clean. Use a clean halter or rope, carry a show stick for posing, and lead calves with the strap in the right hand and the stick in the left. Stay alert and focus on the judge and key judging moments.

Egypt’s Nile Delta Could Hold Texas Size Population

Read as a clipped report the text notes southern Egypt from Aswan to the Nile Delta is settled and cultivated near the river. It claims Egypt’s borders enclose land equal to Texas and New Mexico combined and a population near 99.99 million within a compact delta region.

Aswan Egypt Nile Delta Texas New Mexico

Fragmented dialogue and jokes from a vintage column

A garbled excerpt shows a psychiatrist exchange with enlistees, a rural insurance chat about a wife and death, and humorous notes from McCall’s magazine about why women buy things. The text wanders through names like McPherson and Ainge with scattered phrases about horses, burros, and social questions.

Tale of Two Boll Weevils In Alabama Cotton Patch

A fragmented comedy fragment recounts two boll weevils in an Alabama cotton patch. One is ambitious and powerful, the other slow and simple. A butterfly flies overhead prompting a joke about riding in the big creature.

Alabama Friely

Farmers battle beaver deforestation near stream

A fragment notes farmers clash with beavers Castor canadensis along a stream, accusing the animal of rapidly felling young fruit trees and threatening land siting. The piece cites National Geographic Society as a source.

Canadensis National” Geographic Society

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