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Preston Citizen

Location

Preston, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1954

Page

7

Birthday dinner honors Areta Doney at Franklin party

Franklin guests gathered for a 76th birthday dinner for Mrs Areta Doney with Mr and Mrs Malcolm Watson Mr and Mrs Eldred Bergeson and other families from Salt Lake City Lewiston and Franklin attending. Nearby social notes mention births visits and houseguest exchanges across area families.

Areta Doney Phil Malcolm Watson Eldred Bergeson Frank Swallow Salt Lake City Conrad Doney Barbara Shirlene Ann Ronald Doney Craig LaDawn Hendricks RoxAnn Phil Bergeson

Jest n Fun New Eyebrows Jokes

A humor item bundles multiple jokes about hair styles and a mule trainer. A barber miscuts a man with bangs front and back and a punch line about sun in eyes. A mule trainer uses a 2x4 to focus a mule. A Soviet scientist implies Adam and Eve were Russians in a curious exchange.

Paradise

Fragmented dialogue from a vintage text on satire and miscommunication

A pastiche scene features a scientist and a mother teasing a child about education and Nonsense phrases about Adam and Eve, Russians, and war with an exchange about H bombs. The dialogue includes a comic phone exchange with names Perkins Parkins Peckham Potts and Pincham ending with a lunch plan.

Mr. Pincham Mr. Perkins Perkins Parkins Peckham

Pause and Laughter Mark Courtroom Exchange

A defendant admits no talk with his wife for five years as the judge asks for a reason. The husband quips he did not want to interrupt her. A humorous exchange follows with remarks about holidays and work, ending with a proverb on words and their consequences.

Pinpoint Diagnosis in Doctor Visit Raises Milk Inquiry

A father brings his young daughter to a physician expressing health concerns. The doctor asks if the child drinks milk before bedtime, prompting discussion of dietary factors and potential diagnoses.

Nocturnal feeding riddle linked to a child’s sleep

A tangential dialogue traces how feeding a child milk before bed leads to a chain reaction. Milk becomes cheese then butter and fat then sugar and finally alcohol, ending with the child waking with a hangover.

Christmas Party For Beehive Girls At Church

Clifton Ruby Ralphs and her second year Beehive girls held a Christmas event Monday evening at the church. The gathering featured games and a scavenger hunt with gifts exchanged among the girls, who had wrapped presents for their mothers. Mrs. Ralphs then served lunch to the attendees.

Ann Ruby Ralphs Mrs. Ralphs

Public invited as Mrs Sears visits relatives in Logan

Mrs Lester Sears visited relatives in Logan last Sunday and the public is invited to note the visit.

Lester Sears Logan

Newspaper depends on local ads and business support

Community readers are urged to support Franklin County advertisers who help sustain this newspaper and keep neighbors informed about local people and events.

Franklin County

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