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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1953
Page
9
Clifton Hatch and Aston Ralphs host visits while couples share dinner. Ward reunion planned for Feb 28 with activities for under 14 on Feb 27. Deaths of William Carter and Lawrence Johnson noted with services in Idaho Falls. Church meeting speakers and leadership changes reported amid social gatherings and TV viewing socials.
Mink Creel hosts a many guest party at Mr and Mrs James H Bairds home with a dinner and games. A Mutual Tuesday evening program featured Norma Jensen in charge with colors pledge talks duets and choruses. News of Alex Baird s death in Blackfoot is reported with funeral and interment notes.
Oneida Station residents and visitors gathered for a Rex Layne fight watching evening hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Wendel Smith. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Ariel Meek, Monte Packer, Calvin Forsgren, Hyrum Smith, Emma Jean Erickson, and Lois Rasmussen of Glencoe.
A quilting session at Mrs Cecelia Petterborg home produced one completed quilt and meal service. Helpers included Odessa Owen Melva Wheeler Junelia Auger Emma Auger Zetta Auger Eulalia Larsen Cecelia Petterborg Nadine Jensen Tennie Owen Dorothy Owen Chrissie Owen Leota Owen Alice Auger Genevieve Wheeler.
Riverdale reports a Friday gold and green ball sponsored by the MIA with a decorated hall and a theme A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody. Patricia Rindlisbaker was honored with a corsage by Irene Carter as Bonnie Barrington led floor show ceremonies.
Mrs. Vilate Mendenhall and Clarice are living in Salt Lake where both are employed. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Wright spent Wednesday of last week in Pocatello.
Franklin and Mrs Doney dined with the Neeleys in Logan. Weekend guests included Clyde Bowcut and family from Murray with a child. Montpelier visitors were Mr and Mrs Kay Albiston. Donna Rae Robinson left for Salt Lake City for an insurance office job. Mrs Aletha Handy attended a Logan recital with Mary Jane Handy singing. Charles Ralph retrieved granddaughter Vickie Ralph in Logan. Jackie Scarbrough donated blood for Leland Scarbrough in Preston. William Handy ill in Preston. Paul Johnson and Mrs Johnson visited Leland Scarbrough and Mrs Tressia Ralph. Cliff Simpson and Merle Adamson hosted visitors in Smithfield.
Winder and Downey residents gathered for visits and a television social Friday. The couple Winder ward hosted a wedding dance for James Calvin Taylor on Saturday February 21 at the recreation hall. Ray Swainston and other locals plan to attend the Friday reception for Bill Bennett, son of Lee and Mrs Bennett, now of Farmington Utah.
Rene Bennett visited Lewis ton Utah at the home of Lavor Smith. Friday Orville Talbot family went to Salt Lake. Heber Swainston Jr and baby visited Treasureton with W L Bosworth and attended a meeting. Sunday Marvin Gregers son and children visited her mother Edd Talbot. Friday evening Condie family Larson and Swainston watched television at William Swainston. Sunday junior Gleaners and M men held fireside at Marion Bennett with a Book of Mormon talk by LeRoy Balls and Calvin Johnson. 20 guests attended and refreshments were served. Jane Bennett and Fae Swainston hosted. Lynn Hollingsworth dinner guests at Murry Anderson Weston.
The record lists visits and events from February in Ogden area households. Names recurring include Gibson Cluff Shaffer Palmer and Talbot families with social visits, funerals, a Utah Poultry banquet, a baptism of youth scouts, and a seminary meeting led by Lyman Winger. Several residents travel to Tremonton and Salt Lake City for events, with local efforts at the Winder and Banida wards and a 125-person dinner.
Oxford Merl Baker came home Wednesday from a month in the veterans' hospital in Salt Lake City. He will stay a month here before returning to Salt Lake for further treatment. His brother Leland Baker and nephew Dean Bright of Ogden brought him home.
The piece lists many local families visiting, talks given in Sunday school and sacrament meeting, a valentine party in Primary, and birthday honors for Mr and Mrs Hatch. Attendees at priesthood meeting include Ernest Olson Henry Hatch Cluff Kendall Stanley Fisher Garold Fisher Thompson Hatch Keith Hatch Earl Hatch Ray Hatch George Redington Marion Olson.
Howard Hall is recovering at a Logan hospital after undergoing a recent operation.
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