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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1948
Page
9
Scouts from troop No. 32 of the third ward honor Scout Week with a good turn led by Scoutmaster LaVor Smith and assistant Calvin Cole. They chop wood at the ward house to aid widows, then meet at the courthouse to join county troops for a district assembly and stunt demonstrations.
Several parcels listed including 400 acres irrigated with a good home and outbuildings seven miles north east of Preston. Ten acres with a good home walking distance from town and well located. Twenty five acres with a modern home about two miles north of town. Several building lots near the ward church. New business establishment doing splendidly with new well constructed buildings. Located near Preston and priced to sell as a money making proposition.
Troop 32 schedules knot-trying at the sacrament meeting in the third ward with Dr. L. V. Merrill speaking on scouting and its meaning to local youth. A Sunday evening broadcast of a troop play will air on the Logan radio station and invites all district scouts to participate.
L Floyd Keller son of Leslie Keller of Mink Creek moves from Petrified Forest Arizona to Death Valley National Monument California as park naturalist. He is executive secretary of the Petrified Forest Museum Association and has held 13 years of government service with assignments across Yellowstone Zion Bryce Canyon and Cedar Breaks in Utah Glacier Yellowstone Yosemite and more. He and his wife have three children Lynn Myrna and RaNae.
Jefferson and high school PTA study groups met at the reverser building last Thursday to discuss Our Children's Recreation. Mayor Ernest Eberhard gave a survey on motion picture films and police chief Durwood Hull spoke on juvenile delinquency in recreation. Principal Elmo Keller joined the discussion.
Glencoe ward announces a reunion for all former members hosted by Deward Carver. The event begins with a Sweetheart ball on February 13 at the ward hall, followed by a program at 11 a.m. on February 14 and a communal dinner.
Members of the David Jensen family plan a Saturday evening social in the second ward chapel to honor Greg Jensen of Rexburg, son of Mr and Mrs Wilford Jensen, who is leaving for a mission term. All Jensen family members are invited.
Mr and Mrs Glen Cox welcomed a baby girl Monday in Preston hospital, their third child joining two boys. Dan Roberts of Preston screened a polio film Monday evening. Several local families shared Sunday dinner and visiting, including Cox and Backer relatives. The Young Mothers Sewing club met at Verdis Cox home with demonstrations by Lucy Redington. Gary and Douglas Fisher were reported ill with mumps. Leon Fisher and Seattle fiancé visited from Saturday with plans for marriage in the Idaho Falls temple.
Little Marie Coburn remains confined to bed with rheumatic fever but shows weekly improvement. Nearby families including Jack Fisher Glen Cox and Dave Reese visit, sharing ice cream and cake with O. F. Cox. Annie Redington visits Preston with Robert Bricker and family. Wendell Jolly of Pocatello visits with Jo Fowler family and Fred Gould family of Winder.
Mr and Mrs Karl Kendall have been remodeling their Clifton area home the past weeks with carpentry and new cabinets by Theron Kendall of Preston. A banquet for West Side High School district employees and trustees was held in Clifton last week.
A Detroit showroom highlights a new Pontiac praised for its beauty luxury and dependability. The feature model offers GM Hydra Matic Drive as an optional upgrade and is currently on display inviting public inspection.
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