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Newspaper

Preston Citizen

Location

Preston, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1947

Page

15

Golden Wedding Continued From Page One

Mr and Mrs Thomas Mendenhall celebrate a golden wedding anniversary. They are long time residents near Preston with seven children and many grandchildren. The couple request no gifts.

Thomas Louisa Smart Mendenhall Irene Anderson Tremonton Thomas A. Mendenhall Ogden Russell Mendenhall Clearfield Ida Britenbeker Veda Diderickson William D. Mendenhall Preston

Card of Thanks for Sympathy and Floral Offerings

Richard Povey and family express gratitude for help during wife and mother’s illness and death. They thank everyone for floral offerings and expressions of sympathy.

Richard Povey

Adventurous railway man and war journalist Meik settles in Salt Lake

Vivian Meik, once traffic chief in Nagpur and Europe, journeys from Africa to Rome and back to India, reports on Mussolini and Hitler, wounds in battle, and a long life of railway study. He becomes a Salt Lake City resident and a front page columnist for The Deseret News after joining the LDS Church in London.

Nagpur Rome Eternal City Meik India Central Africa Livingstone Vasco de Gama Tropics Hitler Goering Rhine Stuttgart Coblenz Mr. Merk Abyssinia Haile Selassie Mussolini Selassie

Turkey ShootEntries to Pay for Each Relay

Turkey Shoot shooters will compete with the high man in each relay receiving a turkey. Entry costs $1 per relay and contestants must supply their own gun and ammunition. Rifle club members run the event and note that winners cannot enter another relay except as listed champions. Rudy Jorgensen will provide hot dogs. If weather prevents the event it will be moved to the following Sunday at 10 am.

Turkey Rifle Club Rudy” Jorgensen

Boxing card set for six rounds with local bouts

Match maker chatterton expects a crowded gym as six round main bout shapes up. Larry Sharp of Logan meets Bob Foster in a four round bout while Newt Merrill faces Joe Bridgewater for three rounds. Carroll Kendall of Lewiston takes on Howard Allred of Logan, with other matches being arranged.

Norm Bridgewater Intermountain Lyle Taylor Dayton American Legion Larry Sharp Logan Bob Foster Salt Lake Newt Merrill Preston Joe Bridgewater Norm Bridgewaters Carroll Kendall Lewiston Howard Allred

Cache County boys pull away after early lead in thriller

South Cache led only at the opening tip as Preston opened scoring with a free throw. South Cache stayed in front briefly before Cache County forged ahead and never relinquished the lead, carrying a 12-8 halftime edge and 16-11 lead to the final period.

South Cache Preston Cache County Boys

Hulls celebrate Thanksgiving with BYU students

Russell and Elia Hull, attending Brigham Young University in Provo, spent the Thanksgiving holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hull.

Russell Elia Hull Byu Provo Mrs A. C. Hull

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