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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1955
Page
7
Families from North Logan Lewiston Fairview and Boise gather for dinners and weekend visits. Local trips include Salt Lake City Las Vegas Tremonton and Bloomington for funerals. Discharges from the army and new Idaho Falls moves are noted among residents.
Mrs Lamont Allen spent the weekend in Salt Lake City visiting with the Jamisons. The Allen family hosted a dinner for Winston Allen's birthday with relatives from Logan and Preston. Several other families from Salt Lake City Rigby Preston and Hawaaian LDS mission plans are noted alongside military discharge news.
A Chicago businessman recounts a Miami trip with his extravagant wife who insisted on a $100 a day hotel. After she fell from a horse and lay unconscious for two weeks he moved to a cheaper hotel. She says she is too weak for housework and he agrees.
A collection of quips and exchanges about marriage roles dogs and baseball, coffee versus butter, worry about children, self praising officials, and forecasting the future from cards. The pieces mix humor with social norms and family dynamics.
Glencoe hosts Mr and Mrs Elias Jepsen and Vir and Mrs Fremon Jepsen who attended the Utah Poultry convention in Salt Lake City at Hotel Utah. Various local families hosted or joined weekend visits and funeral services across Riverdale Preston Ogden Logan and River Heights with numerous Rasmussen Jensen and Jepsen relatives mentioned.
Social notes detail Bill Shinley visiting Paul Adams in Cleveland. Gladys Williams and several Harris family members visiting Nancy McGregor. Roma Bergquist’s trousseau tea in Preston. McGregor family trip to California. Wilford Panter at a Peterson ranch bull sale in Ogden. Utah Poultry meeting attendees at Hotel Utah including Bennett Harris Kendall Williams and son Gordon. LaMar Panter and daughter visiting Lorin Panter’s home. Maynard Andresen of Soda Springs visiting local families.
Relatives from Preston and Lago visited Cleveland ward families while Gail Turner and family joined Owens Andreasen relatives. The storm halted Sunday meetings and closed roads causing many students to be absent. Boy scouts sold refreshments at Grace cutter races under Scoutmasters Nielsen and Skinner.
Fairview residents visited the Burley family and Mr. and Mrs. Hyrum Johnson over the weekend. A quilting gathering was held at the home of Mrs. Jessie Gilbert on February 18 with Burnetta among attendees.
Miss Karen Hinckley visits Moscow while attending school, and several couples host or attend weekend gatherings. Couples such as Mr. and Mrs. Vern Hinckley, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Wiser, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Larsen, and others share events. A California trip returns, Vera Cole visits Seattle, Merlin Whittle family welcomes a baby girl, and LaRay studies in Provo.
State Senator Thomas Heath writes from Boise that he has received petitions from high school and LDS seminary students about beer and narcotics bills. He notes his support for constituents, outlines anticipated tax and license changes, and warns the state faces financing shortfalls. He hopes county trustees use any school funding increase to ease local taxes.
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