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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1970
Page
7
For rent a furnished house suitable for a couple or single person. Call 852-0140 for inquiries. Location listed as 244 West Oneida. Also an ad for a 1967 4 160 Honda in good condition $195. Call 852-0147 at 3404.
The Neuenswander family thanks friends for support after Mary Anne Neuenswander passing. California visitors Me and Mrs Fred Walters visit Mr and Mrs LeRoy Hendrickson and Mrs Lotte Covert. They toured Craters of The Moon Yankee Fork fishing and then returned to California Thursday. Mendenhall Reunion set for August 2 at Franklin Park with potluck lunch and games.
Cecilia Johnson and Vaughan Benson wed July 15 in the Idaho Falls Temple in a ceremony conducted by the bride’s uncle. Attended by about 50 relatives, the couple spent two weeks touring and plan to reside in Denver where Vaughan resumes work with Arthur Andersen and Cecilia pursues RN studies at Denver Hospital.
Preston, Idaho. Mark Hammond, a local insurance man, was named chairman of the Franklin County Heart Fund. The announcement came from Richard Conner, field director for the Idaho Heart Association. Robert Stone was named business driven chairman for the county drive. Dell R Stanger’s driver license was reinstated by the state department of law enforcement.
The weekly Citizen Publishing Co bulletin lists publication frequency as weekly on Thursdays. It notes second class postage at Preston Idaho and price of $4.50 per year within listed counties and $5.50 outside. It covers Franklin Caribou Bannock Idaho and Cache Utah counties.
Peggy Lyn Christensen joined a western United States touring band departing Friday. The article lists local visitors and events including sacraments, reunions, and weddings with names such as Virs Rhea Maughan Cora Johnston Dorothy Miles and other Banida area residents during the period around August.
Four Franklin County students join the School Band of America and School Chorus of America on a western United States tour. Peggy Christensen from Banida plays B flat clarinet, Kristine Beckstead and Lois Jean Griffeth from Preston sing soprano, Gordon Chase Dayton sings bass. Mrs Enid Johnston chaperones. Harry Davis hosts and handles business. The tour ends with benefits in the Salt Lake Tabernacle and a concert at the USA Fine Arts building. Karen and Sherilyn Manning of Smithfield also participate.
Mr and Mrs Stanley Hunt of Granger visited in a sacrament meeting. Tacoma residents Paul Beck stead and Paul Charles and Alan came to spend time with Charles Bailey’s family. Other Sunday visitors included Steven and Betty Bailey and baby from Dayton and Mrs Lester Owen and Glendale family.
Leona Medora Farnsworth Forsgren 79 died in Riverdale after an extended LDS church life as Relief Society president and Genealogical Library missionary. Born March 27 1891 in Mant married Eli Smith Forsgren May 31 1917. Survived by husband and six children Curtis Norma Wadsworth Yvonne Nelson Marjory Hart Calvin E Vernon Forsgren Milo Luella Jensen Cecil Nadine Jensen, one sister Elmira Hepler, 33 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 1 pm Oneida Stake center with Bishop Ray C Barrington. burial Riverdale cemetery.
The fair features dairy, beef, sheep, and hog judging in arenas from morning to afternoon. Horse exhibitors may move into horse barns Friday from 3 pm to 6 pm. Friday includes pony and draft horse registrations and a horse show. Farm Bureau plans prize draws and community booths with food stands and local volunteers hosting events and races.
At a joint meeting Monday night with petitioners for consolidation, Franklin County districts report no bonded indebtedness now or within a year. West Side has none. Eastside will be debt free in a year with a 75000 reserve for a new elementary school. Eastside owes 51000 on high school addition bonds. 31000 is in this year’s payment fund and funds cover next year’s levy. The board plans to retire all bonded debt by July 1, 1971. The Eastside reserve stems from a 10 mill plant facilities fund dedicated to a new elementary school.
Eastside district votes to cut high school activity fee to 10 dollars and elementary fee to 2 dollars, with middle school at 5 dollars. High school pre registration set for next week to pay early. Senior through freshman attendance day plan outlined. Paper reports note other policy changes and community dress standards. Child born to Chris tensen couple. eighth grandchild for the family. Funeral attendance listed for local resident Charles Ashbaker.
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