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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1952
Page
3
Mr and Mrs Merlin Farnes and daughter from Blackfoot visited Thursday with Mr and Mrs William Dunkley. Farnes family then went to Provo while daughter stayed with Grandparents. Mr and Mrs Keith Keller of MidvaleUt visited over the weekend with Mr and Mrs Janeus Keller.
Fireside Sunday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Fielding Winward featured Reed Brenchley as guest speaker with films. Refreshments were served to a large crowd.
A string of local visits spans Ogden to Logan as families share time with a hospitalized Swainston and announce others travel and new arrivals. Mrs Chadwick and family visit Salt Lake City and Provo friends bid farewell, while Tyra Eckert greets a newborn daughter in Logan.
Readers recount a busy week of visits through Swan Lake, Clifton, and nearby towns. Guests include the Lewis, Abbott, Gambles, Hadley, and Jorgensen families with birthday celebrations, dinners, Christmas parties, hospital trips, and a Santa visit for local children.
A large number of elk were brought in to the checking station at Franklin City hall during the elk hunt. The report notes community activity around holiday gatherings, quilting, and social visits as Franklin residents share events and travel updates.
Friday evening social at the I. E. Hillman home in Clifton celebrated Mr. Hillman on his birthday anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Cluff Petty spent the weekend in Malad visiting her father, W. H. Palmer. Edgar Merrill visited his parents in Lewiston Utah on Friday.
Mrs Vella Woodward taught an accordion class in Preston and presented pupils at a Franklin church recital Friday evening. Performers included Kent and Steven Johnson Lorenzo Nielson Keith Wright Joan Griffeth Russell and Steven Westerberg and John Layne. The Franklin ward conference featured Weldon Nash and Dean Palmer with music by the church choir under Mrs Woodward and organists Mrs Grace Robinson and Mrs Margaret Woodward. Short talks followed by Bishop Marlow Woodward Conrad Doney Thomas Durrant Douglas Corbridge and Lester Atkinson, with Mr Nash and Mr Palmer closing.
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