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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1946
Page
8
Sunday visits filled week as Barclay and Paskins families hosted relatives. Local residents traveled to Hagelton for medical care and to Preston for visits, while several received furloughs and shared in family gatherings.
Local church records note the baptism and confirmation of Norman Harris Ferral Porter and Larry Harris. Infant Thomas Arthur named at Sacrament meeting. Family visits include Blaine Williams with Wayne Clegg at Grace.
The Grace Black and White Fair set for August 16 and 17 drew excitement about exhibitor recruitment. Ann Anderson Nancy McGregor and Roman Anderson visited Wendell to see relatives, while Panter Harris families toured Salt Lake City. Local Sunday School meetings and X cell Nutrition club activities accompanied prep for the fair with posters and exhibit work.
The Citizen advertises Ideal System bookkeeping sets in two sizes suitable for service stations beauty shops garages restaurants and other businesses ready for immediate use.
Friends of Sam Merrill are pleased he is back at Preston Airport. H Nielson earned a commercial flight certificate after a rigorous exam, totaling 215 solo hours with dual instruction. Garth Eames and Leo Harris passed private pilot tests, with a Yellowstone trip in the club airplane. Albert Moser of Dayton completed his first solo flight, and Wayne Hanson nears private pilot test completion.
Lydia Josephine Nielson Pearson, 60, died at 6 10 Sunday evening at her Weston home from carcinoma after illness. Born December 13 1885 in Millville Utah she was a daughter of Oka and Hannah Nielson. She married Mauritz Pearson November 30 1905 at Logan. Surviving are four sons Reynold E Cornish Utah Ivar A Lewiston Utah Otto R Roy Utah and daughters Iris Beckstead and Irene Johnson of Preston and Arnold W Pearson.
The obituary notes Weston resident with 15 grandchildren and siblings Alvin Neilson of Weston William Nielsen of Cornish Utah Emma Pearson of Millville Utah Selma Koller of Weston Annie Borgstrom of Brigham City Utah Ida Peterson of Thatcher Utah. Funeral services were held at the Weston ward chapel on Wednesday at 1 pm with Bishop Maurice Tingey presiding. Burial followed in the Weston cemetery under Richards and Son mortuary direction.
A sheriff Lee and deputy Danny are thanked for teaching riding at night and forming the Ladies' Posse. Signatories include Eleanor Swainston Jerry Hawes Nada Fredrickson Flora Maughan and many others expressing joy and ambition to grow next year.
Joan Davis portrays a math instructor who impersonates the author of a risqué novel in Universal’s She Wrote The Book at the Grand Theater Friday. Jack Oakie co stars with Mischa Auer in a mistaken identity plot filled with comic amnesia and outrageous scenes.
Two sizes of bookkeeping sets designed for business sale records including Service I restaurants and related ventures. The items aim to streamline financial tracking during transactions and inventory changes for selling operations.
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