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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1959
Page
5
A lighthearted column recalls typographical slips from past issues and magazines. It notes a punning exchange about Christmas gifts a baby and a parakeet, and highlights misprints such as For Sale lines and job notices.
No. 1 Humorist, known for satire, also worked as a tobacco auctioneer writer newspaper man and retailer. He now runs an insurance agency and recently vacationed in Europe, where he mined archives for funny stories noting prewar German actions in Czechoslovakia about 20 years earlier.
The Corinth Canal separates Greece's mainland from the Peloponnesus and saves ships 150 miles. It has been blocked three times in the last years, once by retreating Nazis and twice by earthquakes.
The award program explains six years of grants from First Security Bank of Utah and First Security Bank of Idaho to back educational scientific religious and charitable projects. George S Eccles presides with trustees J L Driscoll Marriner L Eccles Marriner A Browning and Willard L Eccles. Grants aim to build character and leadership among youth in the intermountain region.
Apparent low bidder on project S-1778(7) of nine bids received was Gerner Abbott and Waldron of Tremonton Utah with a bid of 270908.65.
Army Pvt LaVern G Hollingsworth 23 son of Mr and Mrs Marvin Hollingsworth Route 3 Preston is en route to Germany with the 37th artillery unit. The artillery is being reassigned from Fort Sill Oklahoma to Dachau. He entered the Army last May and completed basic at Fort Ord California.
A 1954 graduate of Preston High School, he attended Ricks College and was formerly employed by Barton Furniture Co in Rexburg.
The National Geographic Magazine notes Gibraltar as Britain's smallest colony and a key hub for communications trade and sea power in the Mediterranean. Ancient observers viewed the rock as an African promontory forming part of the Pillars of Hercules.
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