Martin Blau Family Remembers Son and Brother Leon
The Martin Blau Family thanks relatives and friends for their thoughtfulness during the passing of their son and brother Leon.
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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1962
Page
10
The Martin Blau Family thanks relatives and friends for their thoughtfulness during the passing of their son and brother Leon.
Ferrel Larsen thanked many friends who assisted as rising water formed a lake around his home. Ward residents sandbagged his yard to hold back floodwater and prevent entry to the house.
Mr and Mrs Lee Prescott were called to Bountiful on February 7 when a baby girl born to their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Grant Freeman died. Funeral services for baby Mark Ann were held Saturday at Bountiful. Attending from Logan were Mr and Mrs Prescott, Mr and Mrs Lyman Prescott and Mr and Mrs Merlin Griffin.
The report details severe flooding across Franklin County after thawed topsoil and heavy runoff. Weston Creek reached record highs while Five Mile dam near Dayton rapidly filled, flooding potato pits and cellars. Farmers fear crop shortages and await water for summer, with widespread property damage and no known livestock losses.
Colleen Kirby and Rex Rasmussen wed in a Friday ceremony attended by Mr and Mrs George Kofoed and other relatives. A reception followed at their home with family present. The couple plans a California honeymoon as Rex begins engineering studies with IBM.
William R. Baker aged 88 died Tuesday in a Pocatello hospital after a long illness. Born November 23, 1873 in Oxford he married Kate Robinson in 1903. she died in 1948. He left 11 children and 24 grandchildren with seven great grandchildren. Surviving siblings include Emma Larson George Baker Ruby Bright Susan Fisher Merl Baker. Funeral arrangements were pending.
Safeway meat representative discusses lamb market economics at a no host dinner in the courthouse. The final session at Knudson Packing Co will show graded lamb carcasses by US meat grading service inspectors Ogden C Wood and Dan Hall. Bear Lake Caribou and Franklin counties sponsors invite wool growers and others to attend.
Jay Kent Petterborg has been called to serve in the Argentina mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He will enter the mission home in Salt Lake City next Monday before departure. Kent graduated from seminary in 1959 and Preston High School in 1960, served six months in the National Guard, and attended USA for one year. His testimonial will be at the eighth ward chapel at 5 p.m. next Sunday.
A missionary testimonial for Elder Gordon Earl Wold will be held next Sunday at 30 pm in the Riverdale ward chapel. Wold, son of Mr and Mrs Darrel Wold of Bountiful Utah, a former Riverdale resident, will serve a mission for the LDS church in northern Mexico.
Letters from readers express appreciation for the paper and its coverage. Mrs. G. F. McDermott thanks the publication for reminders and enjoyment, while another reader says they read the paper from cover to cover. A check mix up caused a missing signature in the compiled notes.
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