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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1953
Page
1
Franklin County reports a 1953 March of Dimes total of 6 057 09 with half locally kept, leaving a deficit to be covered in 1954. Funds were exhausted by March, prompting a request for aid from the national foundation after generous disbursements in 1953.
Gov Len Jordan asked THE PRESTON CITIZEN to aid Korea fire victims in Pusan and urged immediate response following a wire from Gen James A Van Fleet of the American Korean foundation. The first mercy ship leaves San Francisco Jan 15 with relief cargo of food medicine and clothing as thousands suffer winter hardship.
A local drive to aid South Korea collects clothing for winter relief. A. C. Hansen offers his Hansen Glass shop at 61 North State Street as the central donations HQ and will transport items to Salt Lake City at no charge. Governor Len Jordan urges Idaho residents to contribute now.
The annual high school opera cast is announced by director Lyle Shipley. Rehearsals begin for The Fortune Teller with performers Fresco Dawayne Winn Gordon Beckstead Count Berezowski Klane Forsgren Lt Timai Fordon Oliver son Lt Alma Blaine Seamons Wanda Carolyn Chagwick Vera Ruth Olson Irate Ruth Smith Captain Ladislaus Robert Seeley Sandor Larry Winger Musette Peggy Fellows Boys Larry Smith Vaninka Jane Mathews Miggs Merrill Mme Pompon Gloria Wight Collette Eberhard first agent Darrell Jepson third agent Gary Merrill
Robert Lee Witin of La Mesa California receives a three year scholarship to Stanford University School of Law in Palo Alto. The LDS elder has served a mission in California near San Diego and was supervising elder of the south coast and the orange district. He is active in La Mesa ward and attends San Diego State College as a debate team member.
Thom Ditton, British-born adventurer and Episcopal clergyman now in Nebraska, will address the Preston Knife and Fork club on January 6 at the courthouse. A former world traveler with brushes with danger, he will present under the title Roast Lion or Milk Toast, recounting escapes and exploits from four corners of the earth.
Rex Hebdon son of Mr and Mrs Ed Hebdon returned last week from the Great Lakes LDS mission. On returning they visited in Camp Poke La with brother Harold Hebdon and visited temples in Arizona St George Manti and Salt Lake. They spent a few days with his parents and then went to Chesterfield to their home.
Ezra Taft Benson secretary of agriculture and Franklin County native received a seven minute standing ovation at the Civic auditorium in Chicago on December 17 as Allan Kline Farm Bureau national president led his entry. Frank Gilbert and wife attended with Mr and Mrs Gilbert.
Miss Lola Henderson and her parents visited the Elks Convalescent hospital in Boise over Christmas weekend to see their son Harvey who has been in the hospital since New Year's Day recovering from polio. He has received many gifts and letters from Franklin County residents and enjoys home letters and visits while using an iron lung and respirator.
About 87 Christmas baskets were delivered by the Preston Elks Lodge on December 23 and 24 to residents across Franklin County and nearby areas. Each basket valued 25 to 30 dollars contained clothing for children and food staples with many donors supplying items at cost.
Homemaking classes at Preston High select committees for a January 14 fashion show in the school auditorium. Lynn Bodily and Margaret Hall wrote the script. Barbara Doney, Ja Neen Dunkley handle publicity. Diane Hebdon and Gloria Lu Larson direct music with their string quartet.
Social security administration thanks Preston Citizen editor Don E. Smith for publishing public information materials over the past year. Readers reportedly contacted the agency due to the paper's coverage. The letter wishes a successful year in 1954 from C Ben Reavis, manager.
The sugar section of the United States Department of Agriculture will impose marketing allotments on all beet sugar processors for 1954 to curb overproduction. The 1953 legal quota is 1,800,000 tons, but about 1,820,000 tons were produced, signaling tight controls are needed. Allocations limit sales to the calendar year, and excess production would curb 1955 plantings. Thomas Heath will attend a January 18 hearing in Chicago as processors canvass 1954 acreage.
The Preston American Legion post will sponsor Utah-Idaho cutter races at Preston airport Friday and Saturday this week. The event drew a large crowd and many contestants last year.
Roger W Babson, renowned business commentator and investment adviser, is highlighted for his life of courage and faith in business. The feature notes his Massachusetts Institute of Technology education, battle with tuberculosis, and how convalescence spurred his development of business forecasting, with his weekly releases praised by readers.
Babson argues against a 10 percent 1954 downturn, predicting a fairly good first half aided by higher research, advertising, credit, and labor cooperation. He cites a survey of 970 publishers showing mixed sentiment and lists 25 forecasts for January through June 1954 covering markets, taxes, inflation, and policy, with a follow-up piece slated for June.
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