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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1950
Page
9
Mrs Vera Nielson stayed at the home of Mr and Mrs Don Panter with the Panter children while they were in Pocatello on business.
Mr and Mrs Ray Wilker and Carrie Harris visited Jerome to see Mr and Mrs Herd Carrie Harris daughter of Mrs Herd. The MIA presented a one act play Tuesday night. Thanksgiving visited by Mr and Mrs Russell Wright in Pocatello with Leslie Wright. Panter and Behlé families traveled to Logan to visit Deloy Panter at the LDS hospital. Temple excursion attended by Lorin Panter and Vernon Harris. Edith Hubbard stake Relief Society president visited the society meeting here Tuesday.
Idaho schools will receive 284379 dollars in federal funds to buy local foods for hot lunch programs for 1950. Extension nutritionist Mildred Haberly of the University of Idaho notes this is an increase of over 37000 dollars from last year and cites allocations by the U S department of agriculture.
Idaho beneficiaries cover about 37000 of 119000 schoolchildren as national program funds totaling 35.7 million dollars are allocated across nine western states plus Alaska. Idaho schools receive bulk surplus foods from USDA including potatoes butter cheese dried milk and eggs with about 38000 pounds of turkey added this year from the 1949 price support program.
Three Preston students at Idaho State College have been selected for the 69 voice a cappella choir. Katherine Bickmore, Paul Hollingsworth and E Eugene Larson, all with distinct majors, were announced by Director Wesley M Harris. The choir rehearses for two Christmas concerts with a college performance on Tuesday December 12 at 11 AM in Frazier Auditorium and a church concert December 14 at 8 PM at the Pocatello Congregational Church under the Pocatello Music Club.
Lucretia Maughan notes turkey time peaks during Thanksgiving and Christmas with turkeys near 250 000 in Idaho. Reid Merrill says good growth under favorable conditions and winter market timing, while a shift to year round turkey eating grows. Prices expected similar to last year as turkey becomes a common affordable meat.
The article discusses selecting large tom turkeys for value and smaller hens for dining needs. It suggests buying a lower priced tom for special occasions and roasting a 12 pound bird in about five hours at 275 degrees. It notes halves or quarters fit smaller gatherings and promotes a county extension booklet titled Turkey on the Table the Year Around.
DeWitt Emery argues that Illinois bears a high share of federal costs, with per capita figures showing costly government stateside. He urges drastic reductions in non-defense spending to avert bankruptcy, urging citizens to pressure Congress to cut non-defense outlays by ten billion dollars.
A speaker urges citizens to stay engaged between elections. They call for continued expression of views to influence those in office and defend the republic, urging readers to voice their opinions today.
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