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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1968
Page
4
Preston schedules a Friday game versus Marsh Valley and a Saturday home match with American Falls. Coming in with one loss and five wins, the squad defeated West Side Pirates 78 47 and edged Box Elder 72 70 after trailing late in the third quarter.
The notice specifies second class matter at the Preston Post Office with subscription rates set at $4.00 per year for Franklin, Caribou and Bannocks counties and $5.00 outside the counties.
The West Side Pirates host the Grace Devils Friday to start league play. Coach Alan Thorne says the team aims for its first win after a 60 50 loss to Bear Lake last Friday. Top scorers were Paul Campbell with 12 points and Larry Benson with 11. The halftime score was Bear Lake 29 West Side 27.
Mr and Mrs Lee Prescott visited with their children in the Logan and Salt Lake City areas over the holidays. They celebrated the 21st grandchild a girl born to Mr and Mrs Lyle Cressall of Sandy Dee 14. Mr and Mrs Farrell Beckstead hosted Mr and Mrs Neil Beckstead and their four children from San Francisco and Gaile Beckstead who attends BYU as guests. Neil Boothe attended funeral services for a brother O M Belnap at Moreland. Christmas gaiety and adornments lent a seasonal spirit to the Social Arts club party at the Workman home with 29 attendees and buffet supper plus games assisted by Mrs Geraldine Inglet Mrs Ivan Davis and Mrs George West.
Sociable citizens hosted relatives from Blackfoot Salt Lake City and Boise over Christmas. The Olson Biggs Winn Cole Crane Dunkley and Sharp families joined in travel and holiday meals while Steven Sharp prepared for a mission in Northern California.
Rozanr and Lisa Crane stayed with cousins Rochelle and Lynette Crane in Pan. Mr and Mrs Keith Crane visited Bill Crane and the girls joined them. Floyd Erickson spent Saturday in Ogden. The Bundys of Hanna Wyoming visited the Ericksons. Peterson and family from Pocatello visited Wilford Nelson for Christmas. Jerry Adams and children from Brigham City visited Delbert Kellers. Hansen and Qualman families visited Lava and then Don Jewett’s with Arlo Wilson and others from Twin Falls and Bountiful. Roger Wilson, on a mission in Louisiana, called. Clifford Welch and family shopped in Pocatello.
Community notes describe multiple holiday gatherings in Preston and surrounding areas. Families such as Fellows Kennington Winn and Keller share birthdays and festive meals, with hosts including Mrs Harold Winn and Dr Mack Kennington. Visits connect Wendell Salt Lake City Ogden and Ames Iowa households as Christmas celebrations continue.
More than 500 dairy farmers in Idaho mainly Franklin County received cash equities totaling 257000 from the Cache Valley Dairy Association. Officials, including Thedford Roper and Earl Shumway, said about 42 percent of Cache Valley dairy farms were paid. The earnings supplement monthly milk checks and reflect high cheese milk prices driven by top cheese makers.
WANTED TO BUY an old-fashioned round pedestal table and four ladder-back chairs. FOR SALE a reconditioned four-drawer National Cash Register with tax and charge terms. FOR RENT a comfortable one bedroom apartment with private outside entrance and heat. NOTICE auto body and fender repair and wrecker service offered by Paul Wilkinson at the former Corbett Garage Grace.
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