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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1964
Page
2
A Citizen editorial condemns several Eastside district residents for missing last week’s school levy election. It urges action, unity, and a clear education philosophy, proposing a citizen committee to review programs and prevent future voting apathy.
Civic and church leaders in Benson and Franklin districts view Scouting as a necessary commitment. The Cache Valley Council reports strong participation with 29 FEingle scouts, six units at 40 percent first class, and 29 first year groups achieving 100 percent second class status, yet leaders urge broader growth and clear purpose.
A Preston class writes home about a Glendale road bus accident in which Neil, nine, sustained a broken jaw and leg. Driver Tom Peterberg is praised for calming injured children and obtaining help as eight others were hurt.
Not Necessarily News reports Reid Bosworth heading to market while catching the flu in Frisco, causing missed market duties. Elda Carlson criticizes perfume buyers who won’t fund school via a $5 vote. Lyle Porter discusses school building needs while Cluff Kendall recovers and lays on the floor watching TV with spouse helping. El Foss bootlegs golf tickets and TV stickers amid local chatter. Snowy Stocks explains delay in ice cream until later as Mont repairs a machine. Nat Edwards in Hawaii and Max Norton battle a battery charger. Dean Bambrough carries a litre stick to gauge oil tanks as Loy Palmer tries to sell a 13F shoe to a publisher. Jaycees remove the digit 1 from Scotty Wendel while Dale Saxton eyes seasonal work in Arizona.
Paul Harvey exa mines what future archeologists might deduce about our era from ruins and artifacts. He asks how tomorrow’s historians will judge our use of fossil fuels, war, sports injuries, pollution, and social mores from today’s newspapers, films, and toys.
Readable lines show a sequence of names and dates for birthdays labeled January 30 through February 5. Individuals include Martin Abrams Sharon Ainscough Jake Coley Cleve Gibbone Merle Hyer Paul Woodward Stella Clair Reed H Owen Lettie Burbank Gwen Lyon Rebecca Ann Dahle Bert J Malory Max Rawlings Susan Bodly Beverly Johnson De Dell Owens Reed Spackman Ron da Kay Shrives Emma Callan Linda Porter Thela Ware Lyle Perry Kimbal Winn Karma Anderson Robert Barlow Bonnie Sue VicKnight Jed Lewis Mouritsen Jerry Tarsen Dennis Archibald Steven Parry Fred Cow Jerts Tarsen Went Feies la Dean Swanston Terry Facet Mvsit'e S Pond Ina Hyer Arlen Woodward Rhond Hanon Ann Mice Moser Pauline Read Jack Olivettson 3ron Tanner Hal heler Patricia Brenchiley
A domestic vignette portrays Tel life stabled by routine and faith. The poem contrasts grand faith ideals with a couple’s simple acts like gathering wood and caring for a cat, illustrating enduring devotion and memory in a rural home.
A 1999 note recalls Wee Petrie Hunt assigned to the ninth installment squadron at Mountain Home AFB and local officials attending a National School Boards Assn convention in San Francisco. Fifteen years earlier, Tucker Smoot aides and civic leaders were noted. two decades prior feature local milestones in education and business. The column surveys notable people, events, and places tied to Preston from 1934 to 1954, including church leaders, community gatherings, and a major barn fire.
United States Senator MRS WYRTLE FCK offers congratulations to the Idaho paper on a Better Newspapers Contest award. She notes the value of weekly newspapers in Idaho’s communities and hopes to visit this fall to discuss mutual interests with the editor.
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