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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1966
Page
1
A Franklin County survey shows 141 bachelors per 100 single women locally while national figures run 124 to 100. The report notes 27.7 percent of county men over 14 are never married and 19.7 percent of women over 14 are single, with postwar births swelling marriage-age cohorts and prompting a prospective brides shortage.
Preston High will host a debate meet featuring Bear River Sky View and Marsh Valley on December 20. It is the squad’s second meet this year and a prep for the Ricks College Invitational in mid January. Seven Preston teams will enter with debaters Dennis Bosworth Phil Owen Anna Owen Susan Ransbottom Kelly Beckstead Brad Merrill Jan Johnson Kathy Gregersen Sharon Ainscough Beverly Larsen Quentin Casperson Steve Norton Robert Poole David Hull.
Preston Rotary Club will present its 36th annual Christmas Musical December 21 at 8 pm in the Franklin steak house. More than 60 voices will perform this holiday program as Rotary's gift to the area with a large general committee and a full lines of roles, under the direction of Mrs Elda Carlson Osterloh and accompaniment by Constance Davis and Enid John-A F. The reader will be Del Derracotta. The program includes O Holy Night Greensleeves Old Carols Marvelous Are Thy Works Holy City Winter Wonderland Hallelujah In Bethlehem Divine Redeemer No Man Is An Island Silent Night and other pieces performed by soloists and the chorus.
Archie Lott retires from the Weston post office after 22 years of service. Jerry Cornia is appointed acting postmaster to succeed him. Lott moved to Weston in 1927 bringing a barber shop and later built a general store and confectionery before taking the postmaster role in 1945.
Preston Elks Lodge captured the district contest held in Preston and will advance to Nampa to face Twin Falls and Lewiston, with the winner moving on to Chicago for national honors. Judges were Gordon Billings, Harold Batesman, and John Lerner. banquet honored over 15 Elks and partners. mayor David Cutler praised the group.
National Farm Bureau convention in Las Vegas drew 110 Idahoans among 7000 registrants, the largest AFBF gathering. Mr. Hawkes leads Franklin County Farm Bureau, and the event featured all states represented under a theme stressing personal responsibility and preserving freedoms.
Central School students will sing Christmas carols on the steps at 2 p.m. in December. Lyle Shipley, music supervisor of the Eastside School District, directs the program. The event is sponsored by the Central-Ji Parent Teachers Association.
The Continental Singers of Preston High present a Christmas program next week on December 22 at 8 p.m. in the school auditor ium. Organised last year by Carl Hoffmann this group of selected vocalists has gained local popularity performing for civic and church groups. The program includes excerpts from Handel's The Messiah.
The Franklin County Sugar Beet Growers association sets its annual meeting with a business agenda. Directors will be named and terms expire for Virgil Benson Leonard Christensen Jr and Bertie Winward. Eldon Bingham Dayton president will present the year’s report and oversee elections.
Dr. Terrell Carver administrator of the state department of health and his staff will meet with the Franklin County Commissioners and the hospital board to study the local hospital and discuss plans for a future hospital. They discuss extending the temporary license until May to allow another bond election.
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