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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1948
Page
6
Preston Pranks presents a quippy column on manners and wit. The piece quips about straight laced crowds, snappy remarks from a wife and husband exchange, and a joke about a millionaire producer trading in his limousine amid full ashtrays.
A mixed page shows jokes and one musty city fiscal record. The Preston City Treasurer Lillie E. Benson reports receipts totaling 101 194.65 and disbursements across funds for the quarter ending January 31, 1948. She certifies the ledger as true and correct.
Notice of sale for a black 300 pound Holstein heifer estray taken up in Mink Creek herd district. Owner must claim and pay costs or it will be sold for cash at the Douglas Nelson ranch Mink Creek Idaho at noon February 24 1948. Dated February 10 1948.
The Trustees of Thatcher School District 61 invite bids on school property including School House and land, the Thatcher furnace and stoker and plumbing fixtures, and the Lago School House and land with furnace and stoker. Bids close February 20, 1948, to be mailed or delivered to the district clerk or Board chairman. the Board reserves the right to accept or reject bids.
Idaho extension poultry specialists Reid Mernll and Pren Moore say eggs should not be washed for top quality as washing removes the bloom and allows bacteria entry. Dirty eggs should stay on the farm and be cleaned only just before use.
Specialists advise cleaning eggs only when weather or conditions cause soil to dirty them. Buff with emery cloth or sandpaper or use steel wool to prevent spread of bacteria from dirty to clean eggs. Keeping eggs clean is cheaper than making dirty eggs marketable. Mrs Amy Kern travelled to Mesa Arizona last week for the funeral of her brother Heber Shipley who had lived in Arizona five years and served as a counselor in the second ward bishopric.
George Barfus and daughters thank friends for acts of sympathy during the illness and death of their wife and mother. They also express appreciation for the floral offerings.
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