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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1963
Page
9
An evolving U S approach uses city and county welfare departments and federal programs to teach job skills outside traditional schools. The plan aims to reduce welfare rolls by placing youths into productive work, with Chicago leading examples and broader federal adoption underway.
A miscelleanous Preston column recalls a strange letter to the Smith Family Reunion and a bee incident that led to a minor car collision between Alta Priestley and Fielding Winward. It also cites safety statistics from the National Safety Council and local government politics over deputy appointments amid party lines.
Final payments are being issued to Franklin county farmers under the 1963 wheat stabilization and feed grain programs. AG Condie notes advance payments were given to some signed participants to cover production expenses. total county payments reach 90 128.34 as of July 23. Compliance remains mandatory. retired land must be unused through 1963 and may only be grazed after October 1 1963 to avoid penalties.
The premeasurement program is re opening to serve Franklin county farmers. Applications are accepted now through October 31 and again March 1 1964 through May 15 1964 to align with the Feed Grain Program. Farmers may apply at the county office and pay a small fee for the service.
Whozinit Sher Webb seeks the boy’s parents after a child went missing in the city park. Mrs Emerett Wiser stopped by recently. Varlan Clark dined with a customer at Zanavoo Lodge. The Winn Sisters Irene Godfrey Ann Gooch and Laurelia Larsen discussed education with other women. Vocal music heard from the Post Office at 630 am. Gar and Venna Herd shopped for groceries. Bob Hull and Carl Waterlaus prepare Explorers for the BYU Conference. Gene Anderson family and Jack Anderson and wife arrived from Palisades. Cleo Swenson read the biography of Wayne Evans. T C Merrill worked while DeMar is away. Glen Godfrey laid two rows of shingles. Dr David Cutler mowed the street.
Paul Harvey cites Lord Rutherford and 1933 front page claim about atom power. He references Dr Richard Corbett arguing anxiety as energy, urging harnessing inner drive to rebuild national and scientific strength. He warns against narcotizing society and promotes mobilizing energy for progress.
The Citizen notes a September 7 deadline for next week's birthday column. Readers may submit names such as Mary Lou Jensen Burnell Peterson Wendell Ros en Neil Allen Marshall Webb and many others to have birthdays listed in the community notice.
Cadet Glen F Jepsen, son of Mr and Mrs Fremon Jepsen of Preston, participates in the Air Force ROTC summer encampment at Fairchild Air Force Base Washington. He is an AFROTC member from Utah State University observing and taking part in base operations. His wife Betty is daughter of Mr and Mrs Douglas L Nelson of Preston.
Dr and Mrs Taylor Cottle of Pocatello visited Lewiston at the Titensor home leaving their two children there while in Salt Lake City. Guests included Mrs Titensor's parents Mr and Mrs Elton Hatch of Burley. A birthday party for L D Bodily and George Pond was hosted by Mr and Mrs G A Thomson with Ervin Van Orden and Ezra Lundahl among those present.
A 1930 account recalls the 1878 79 construction of a Worm Creek area school and meeting house led by E R Lawrence. Timber came from nearby canyons, with logs hauled by Emil Petterberg J C Lawrence and David Jensen. The 16 by 18 foot square building later served as a community center before relocation and demolition in 1864, and teachers included Mary Heller Eli Lee and others.
A collage of lighthearted vignettes spans home building, modern life, courting, merchant sales, cars, college life, barbering, goats on a film set, and bridge bluffing. Each snippet delivers a quick gag or social observation through dialogue and setup, capturing playful human foibles.
The August 8 Citi zen editorial Idaho's Sales Tax was used on KIDO's Idaho Editorializes program aired August 18 in cooperation with the Idaho Press Association. News director Vern Moore notes the segment.
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