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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1962
Page
4
The Western Livestock Reporter excerpt mocksAmericans as ambivalent and contradictory. It lists habits from budget boasting to fast driving, tobacco spending, and civic gripes, ending with a note that calling someone a real American may be the kindest compliment.
The Franklin County Fair promises a wholesome, festive run with 4H and FFA participants showcasing Hereford steers and Chesshire stock, echoing memories of a bygone movie era while preserving a family friendly harvest celebration atmosphere.
A national survey of 475 papers including 342 weeklies shows over 9 million pictures published last year. About 27,000 cameras are in weekly and small daily use, with an average of 1,027 images per paper annually, a shift from earlier pictureless days.
Uncle Dan writes from Coolie that Democrats praise Congress while Republicans doubt progress. He cites a Washington column noting 54 percent speak a foreign language, 75 percent vacationing abroad at taxpayers’ expense, AES paid 125 dollars daily for five hours a day five days a week, and 579 committees. He urges reducing to 530 and adding a committee to probe committees.
The Citizen lists upcoming birthdays by date. August 30 includes Marsha Webb Dixie Steers Dahn Hatch Mary Lon Jensen Orvald Benson. August 31 lists Vaughn Larsen Goldie Christensen. September 1 features Debra Burton Ella Tufts Lee Bergquist Neldon Jensen Mrs Howard Johnson. September 2 lists Robert Shipley Phillip Jensen Jessie Swann Kimberly Kirkbride Dean Checketts. September 3 includes David Bell Linda Paskins Stan Rallison Marva Womack Verd Metcalf. September 4 shows Marvin Priestley Irene Godfrey Stephen Rallison. September 5 lists Sandra Nielson Aletha Handy Della Jones Eleanor Kirkbride Joan Diderickson Jill Anne Bodily.
Last Saturday Mrs. Barbara Bowles held a birthday party for her son K C with ten attendees. Games were played refreshments served and gifts opened. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Alma Choules with Reed Lews family from Minadoka and Rex Hampton family from Sunset.
Whozinit Royce Fuhriman is home sick while Rulon Owen runs the shop. Judge Duke Robinson hauls trash and kids to the dump. Ted Larsen and son pause for a soda. Rulon Dunn shows Reid Bosworth a putter. Leness Keller and family decorate a house. Keith Neilsen returns to work after pneumonia. Joe Evans and Ray Spreier discuss the power of advertising.
A reflection on old Citizen and Preston Booster clippings, recalling praise for Dr Merrill and a melodrama tale at the Opera House, plus humorous in passing notes and a joking suggestion to dispose of food surpluses by a Kennedy family picnic.
A glance at Franklin county shows Marlowe B Funk elected as new county assessor and the Republican central committee naming a new chairman after a recent meeting. Democrats reorganized at a Friday session with 17 precinct committeemen present. Fenton W Waddoups of Preston named Democratic chairman. A Salt Lake LDS Temple visit notes Sept 15. Other items include Seattle visitors Mr and Mrs W Paul Merrill Jr and family hosting a three month stay in Japan, a 41st wedding anniversary party for Mr and Mrs James A Chadwick, Keith Hull leaving for West Point, and an all electric home display at 140 North First West drawing 1,035 visitors from 10 states and D C.
Fifteen years ago a group of missionaries from several wards of two stakes announce their imminent departure to mission fields. Names include Dell H Bosen Clair Egbert Richard Hendricks Garth Eames Heber Swainston Jr Franklin Nuffer Joyce Atkinson Ernest Eberhard trainee Nolan Nash and others with several family lineages listed. A lesson plan titled Life to Enjoy is prepared for junior girls by Eberhard in Preston. Nash, 17, is assigned as a trainee in the second cycle of the universal military training unit at Fort Knox.
Tyra Moser, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Moser, and Woodruff Willardsen, son of Mr and Mrs W F Willardsen, announce their forthcoming marriage to be held in the near future.
Mr and Mrs Vern Cole traveled to Salt Lake City on Friday to meet Mr and Mrs Gordon Hodges who flew in from Los Angeles to visit her parents the Coles and his parents the Hodges. They attended their high school class reunion during the visit.
In a brief note from August 31 1912 the paper credits P M Condie as the author of a Yellowstone Park trip account praised as a worthy read. The item mentions a Monday wrestling match in McQueen's hall pitting Wallace Alfred against Howard August who reportedly beat Dodge. Bishop Hugh Geddes visited Malad on business last week.
A spring training scene shows a manager guiding rookies with a high pressure baseball situation. A rookie imagines facing Mickey Mantle in a bases loaded ninth inning while the manager nods and uses humor to teach handling pressure.
Ron Laterza asks the Pres ton Citizen to publish his strong ad about a car or truck striking his daughter’s 20 inch bike on a private road to Mr Charles Sparrow’s residence area. He urges accountability and repair of the bike.
Across clues list partial crossword entries with terms like mane deer and angry, interspersed with numbers and fragmented hints, ending with Down Avriver.
A Bridgeport group refutes last week’s Preston paper stating they fly all day. They say model flying lasts three to four hours on Sundays with 15 signatories of a complaint. They mentor boys in building and flight, and note neighbors at a city council meeting misreported the events.
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