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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1962
Page
1
The Preston High Indians were defeated by the Blackfoot Broncos 60-47 in Blackfoot after a rescheduled game. In Preston on Saturday night the Montpelier Bears edged the Indians 63-58 in overtime.
A 22 year old Maurice Christensen of Preston was found crushed beneath a car in an alley behind Palmer Implement Co on North State street. He likely died from suffocation after the vehicle toppled off a bumper jack. Police, sheriff and coroner investigated. body found after residents reported hearing noises. Funeral services were held Tuesday.
The LDS seminary pin ceremony for 62 graduating students was held February 14 at Franklin stake house with theme Integrity the Art of Living. President Jon Jepsen led the program under faculty, featuring talks by Marcia Howells Billy Norton and a musical reading by Mike Kunz Clixie Hull Lyn ette Vallentine illustrated by a painter silhouette. Guest speaker Jack Kidd, associate director at USU Institute of Religion, urged personal and communal integrity as pins were presented by bishops to 88 students.
Catherine McKinney Butler of Oklahoma City will address Preston Knife and Fork club members Saturday Feb 7 at the courthouse. She has returned from three Near and Middle East investigations and will discuss religion as the key factor in regional peace, not politics or power.
A Reston High School dance event is planned with a charity focus. The invitation lists a student band and emphasizes teen participation and safety, inviting the community to join the event.
The Citizens column transports reader letters from Riverdale and surrounding as towns discuss campus politics, a public critique of candidates, and community life. Zera Wold explains relocation to Bountiful Utah while expressing love for Riverdale and plans to visit for Gordon Wold's LDS mission testimonial on February 18.
Fragmentary OCR text references a person named Kenneth Bair and Massey Ferguson in Detroit, mentioning a service representative and a training or technical school context. The readable parts imply a dealer arranging training or education for an individual in a technical field.
A local meeting is urged to discuss seeking disaster aid as the Franklin county heart fund drive enters final lap. Heart Sunday marks the drive’s end this weekend, with Forsgren noting funds support research rehabilitation and education against heart disease. In Idaho last year grants totaling $6 000 supported research and three colleges plus two individuals.
Rulon Dunn on behalf of Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey presented the Preston American Legion post with a certificate of appreciation for the local selective service board’s twentieth anniversary work. Ten current and former board members were honored for their uncompensated hours and tough decisions at the February Legion meeting.
Janet K. Lewis, daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl N. Lewis of Franklin, served on the committee for Stevens Henager College's annual sweetheart ball. The event, the college's outstanding social function of the year, was held Friday February 16 at Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City.
Four local men attended a Pocatello meeting to press for disaster financial help as Franklin County had not yet been declared a disaster area. State Senator Heath county commissioner Cleo Swenson and others urged swift action and possible federal or state loans to repair homes roads and damaged property from recent floods.
Preston High School debaters Charia Ann Bell and Alenda Poulsen won the women's division at the Weber College Invitational, part of a 500-team field from Utah, Idaho and Nevada. The squad, led by Quentin Casperson, also notes prior strong showings and upcoming district meet in Pocafello on March 9.
Jay Ransom is vice president of the Preston volunteer fire department with Owen Wahlstrom as president and Lowell Neeley as secretary after a recent reorganization. The department answered 50 calls in 1961, 20 in the city and 30 in the county, preventing losses of $100,000 county and $5,650 city while county losses were estimated at $790,000 with $83,800 prevented. Only three homes were complete losses and there were no buries plus one false alarm.
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