Idaho Falls LDS Temple Marital Union Joins Kerr and Johnson Families
Utahna Johnson and Larry B Kerr wed at the Idaho Falls LDS temple on August 5 officiated by President William Kil pack. A reception followed in the fifth ward recreation hall. The bride wore a white slipper satin gown with veil and bouquet. bridesmaids included Pat Johnson and Barbara Johnson. The couple plans Salt Lake City as home while pursuing nursing and university studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utahna Johnson
Jesse L. Johnson
Larry B. Kerr
Elmer Kerr
Preston
Idaho Falls
LDS Temple
William Kilpack
Fifth Ward
Pat Johnson
Beatrice Johnson
Barbara Johnson
Mary Kerr
Lynn Johnson
Jesse Johnson, Jr
Allen Kerr
cJeannine Beckstead
Salt Lake City
Kerr
LDS Hospital
Mr. Kerr
University of Utah
Party in Honor of Mr and Mrs Serge Benson
A Tuesday evening gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Woodrow Winward honored Mr and Mrs Serge Benson with a light two course luncheon for seven guests. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Harold Fellstead of Grand Coulee Washington. The evening featured a Kentucky derby Dutch game and table games. Lucille Fredrickson, elementary teacher in the West Side district, resigned to accept the position of assistant superintendent in the Huntington school system after several years in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serge Benson
Woodrow Winward
Harold Fellstead
Grand Coulee
Wash
Lucille Fredrickson
West Side
Huntington
Young Newlyweds Honored at Dance
Wednesday evening at 9 o clock a wedding reception and dance will honor Mr and Mrs Joe Christensen Jr The event takes place in the Banida ward recreation hall and all acquaintances are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Christensen, Jr
Banida Ward
Former Resident Frank Atkinson Dies in Los Angeles
Funeral services for Frank Walter Atkinson a 62 year old Dayton native will be held in Los Angeles at the Latter day Saints church. He died Monday evening after an extended illness at his home in Los Angeles. A World War I veteran born May 4 1890 he spent his youth in Dayton then traveled widely before returning to Dayton and later moving to Los Angeles 16 years ago. He is survived by his widow and brothers and sisters Sam Atkinson Ogden Earl J Atkinson Dayton Mrs Nora Boden Spokane Mrs Mae E Perkins Twin Falls and Mrs Pearl A Frew Los Angeles. Burial will be in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Walter Atkinson
Dayton
Los Angeles
Latter-day Saints
Mr. Atkinson
Frederick Henry
Matilda Adelaide Sperry Atkinson
Sam Atkinson
Ogden
Earl J. Atkinson
Nora Boden
Spokane
Mae E. Perkins
Twin Falls
Pearl A. Frew
Mountain goat hunt permits issued for Idaho draw
Idaho Fish and Game announced 107 applications for the special mountain goat hunt drawing on August 19. Permits were issued for 54 goats to be taken September 15 to 25, with David H. Smith of Preston the sole Franklin County resident to draw, for unit No. 8 in Lemhi County.
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Idaho Fish and Game Department
Franklin County
David H. Smith
Preston
Horse Creek
Lemhi County
Whitney Team Commended for Sportsmanship at Ogden Tourney
The Whitney boys' 12 to 19 year old softball squad, victor in the Franklin stake championship, traveled to Ogden for an LDS interdivision tournament August 18 to 20. They beat last year's Salt Lake champions in their first game but went 0-2-1, narrowly losing to Butler Ward and Ogden 28th by one run. Reese Alder pitched all three games, and the program praised both Whitney and Butler for exemplary sportsmanship and close, well played matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney
Franklin
Ogden City
Logan
Provo
Salt Lake
Ogden
Butler Ward
Butler
Idaho
Navy Club Display Brings Oddities to Preston Route
The U S Navy Club of America plans a mobile additorium on State street in front of J C Penney from 9 30 am to 9 30 pm next Wednesday. Highlights include a bust of Ripley sculpted by a blind artist a medieval iron maiden and a perpetual motion model. Donations support veterans services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Ripley
Mark Shoesmith
Preston
Navy Club
U.S.A
Nuremburg
State Street
J. C. Penney
National Headquarters
Ships of the Navy Club
THE PRESTON CITIZEN NEWS ITEM REQUEST
A directive asks readers to contact THE PRESTON CITIZEN at phone number 8 for news items. The note emphasizes submitting timely local stories for publication.
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THE
Preston . Citizen
Max Almond Named Secretary of Hawaii Mission
Max Almond son of Mr and Mrs O M Almond has been chosen secretary of the Hawaiian mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. He arrived March 10 1951 and has served on three major islands supervising auxiliaries. His duties include recording finances and statistics for 48 mission branches and mission accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Almond
Church
Hawaii
Islands
Two Indian Girls to Attend School in Dayton
Two Indian girls, Phyllis Moore 17 and Julia Ann Valesquez 14, will live in Dayton and attend West Side High School this coming school year. They come from Parker and Fort Apache, Arizona, and will live with local families while their schooling is funded by the Latter-day Saints south west Indian mission through Calvin Johnson and Bishop H Glenn Bingham.
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Dayton
West Side High School
Phyllis Moore
Julia Ann Valesquez
Miss Moore
Ernest Moore
Parker, Ariz
Reuben Archibald
Miss Valesques
George W Valesquez
Fort Apache
Ariz
Orewe Johnson
Southwest Indian Mission
Latter-day Saints Church
Calvin Johnson
Parker
H. Glenn Bingham
New Dental Office Opening in Preston by Dr. E L Cox
Preston welcomes a new dentist as Dr. E L Cox, ex St George Utah, announces he'll open offices this week in the First Security Bank building once occupied by Dr S P Packer. A USC College of Dentistry graduate, he did pre dental work at BYU and married Adell Ransbottom of Whitney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
E. L. Cox
St. George
Five Mile Project Receives $1000 Chamber Donation
The Preston Chamber of Commerce voted in a special session to donate $1000 to the Five Mile erosion project in Franklin county. The funds will aid protection of land along the Five Mile creek drainage area from further costly losses.
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Five Mile
Franklin County
Preston Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Five Mile Creek
Preston Couple Welcome Daughter and Clifton Couple Welcomes Son
Mr and Mrs Ronald Baird of Preston announce a girl born August 24 and Mr and Mrs Lew McDermott of Clifton report a son born August 24 celebrating the new arrivals.
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Ronald Baird
Preston
Lew McDermott
Clifton
Ashcroft Sits In Japan Army Role In Amphibious Battalion
Sgt Clyde Ashcroft son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Ashcroft 278 West Oneida Preston has arrived in Japan and is stationed at Camp McGill as an amphibious tractor commander in company C of the 56th amphibious tank and tractor battalion. The battalion took part in Korea including Inchon and the Han river crossings. He joined the army in January 1951. A grain field fire at Ariel Hawkes farm north of Preston destroyed about 50 bushels believed started by Hawkes’ young son. firemen said mower work kept the blaze under control before they arrived.
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Clyde Ashcroft
Herbert Ashcroft
West Oneida
Preston
Japan
Camp McGill
56Th Amphibious
Korea
Inchon
Han River
Ariel Hawkes
Hawkes
Business Volume Quotas For Franklin County Surged
The article explains a national buying power quota used to measure expected business by city and county. Franklin County is assigned a quota of .0053, representing the share of national business allocated to that region based on income, sales, population and other factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Local business surpasses expectations in national survey
A survey notes the United States now has 44.7 million families with an after tax buying power over 220 billion dollars. More than two thirds of this spending reaches retail stores, pushing retail business above 151 billion dollars.
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United States
Local Officials Named In Preston and Nearby Wards List
Names listed include Fenton Waddoups and Carl Skinner of Preston, plus ward leaders Fielding Win and Whitney. Also named are Lavere Sorenson Mapleton and J. H. Choules Clifton among others in nearby towns and counties.
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Preston
Carl Skinner
Preston Fifth Ward
Fielding Winward
Whitney
Wallace Olsen
Franklin
Lavere _ Sorenson
Mapleton
J. M. Fennesbeck
Weston
Earl Kirkbride
Dayton
J. H. Choules
Clifton
Harold Anderson
Oxford
Joseph Hedin
Winder
Fred Anderson
Gleveland
Harold Larsen
Spanida
Herbert Owen
Glendale
Vernon Jensen
Riverdale
Mortell Rawlings
Fairview
Grant Dockstader
Mink Creek
Malcolm Denton
Treasureton
Hull’s Range Rejuvenation Highlights Statewide Contest
A. C. Hull’s continued range reseeding and stocking 20 years ago is praised by J. H. Choules as a fine example of conservation and grassland farming. The board wishes Hull success in the statewide contest.
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Hull
J.H. Choules
Bus Driver Noted Students List Incomplete
A fragment lists bus drivers and student ages with names and towns including Franklin DeMar Barthiome 15 Fairview Earl Jensen 16 Preston Emory Belnap 17 Winder Floyd Bennett 20 Preston Joe Nuffer 21 Franklin Ben Porter 22 Glendale Whitney Percy Larsen. The text appears as an incomplete roster.
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Franklin
DeMar Barthiome
Fairview
Earl Jensen
Preston
Emory Belnap
Winder
Floyd Bennett
Joe Nuffer
Ben Porter
Glendale-Whitney
Percy Larsen
For Rent Three Room Apartment In City
Three room apartment available for rent furnished or unfurnished. Contact W Paul Merrill at phone 272. Address and full details readable as posted in the notice.
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W. Paul Merrill
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Unite
Miss
Magoxee Richland, Wash
Mt. Radner Park
Yellowstone
Preston High School
BYU
University of Utah College of Nursing
United States Naval Academy At
Annapolis
University of Idaho At
Moscow
Oneida Stake House
Phil West
Fee Arts
de Soto Coupe
Dodge
Chevrolet
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Preston, Idaho
Farmall
Farmall H
Jensen
Amtiernational
At Harvester Farmall Tractors
South State
McCormick
Reese Alder
U. S. Navy Club
Max Almond
Hawaii ‘Mission
Max ,Almond
Mrs. O. M. ‘Almond
West Second ‘South
Sgt
Boise
Fenton Waddoups
A. C. Hull
Farmall. Tractors
Jensen’s
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