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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1960
Page
3
The writer questions a 39 cent per hour steel wage increase claiming it costs $800 yearly per worker with 14 cents net pay, notes 116 days of pay loss totaling nearly $3,000, and argues higher costs will be passed to workers and prices rise, urging a strike on strikes to avoid catastrophe.
Idaho's game department reports 1959 fines amounted to 39860.10 with half staying in the counties of offense. December penalties reached 3038.50. A major offender received 500 for multiple violations including two deer two elk and unlawful possession of a moose.
More than 50 000 anglers took 163 860 fishing trips or 279 000 fishing days in 1959 to harvest 49 000 chinook salmon and 60 000 steelhead in Idaho waters. The fisheries division seeks this data to manage resources via a mail survey sent to a representative sample. recipients must respond, even if they did not fish.
Junior Sunday school talks were given by Peggy Christensen and Kay Miles led the gem while Goldie Christensen spoke in senior Sunday school. Milo Hobbs attended with Elder Owen Harris at sacrament meeting in Banida on Jan 10. Shanna Lee Lowe performed an organ solo. Funeral services were held Monday in Logan for Phoebe Wood, aunt of Mrs. Cecil Miles. Temple attendees included Geddes and Geddes families, Goldie Christensen, Ada Bell, Esther Cole and Ellen Larson. New church officers were sustained for Sunday school and Primary groups, with Dement Bell as superintendent and Dorothy Miles as secretary.
A sequence of visits and genealogy gatherings among the Hatch family and friends in Logan, including Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hatch and several relatives from Selma, Franklin, Ogden, and Swan Lake. Attendees travel to temple sessions, stakehouse meetings, and share meals and home visits.
The World Book Encyclopedia notes that in 1685 the French colonial governor of Canada failed to receive funds from France to pay troops. When threats of desertion arose, he seized playing cards and declared them valid currency bearing his signature.
The town records visitors as Mr and Mrs John Sharp and Mrs Elizabeth Glenn spent Saturday evening together. Mr and Mrs DeMar Day and children visited from Brighamity. Sam Hobbs family joined for holidays including Shardbat Hobbs of Los Angeles and Palmer Christensen with three children from Seattle. Frank Sessions family traveled from Seattle to Pocatello to visit O R Cutler parents. Shenna Lee born Dec 30 to David Winter and Valenee Kofoed. seven pounds three ounces. David Clayton of Billings and Melvin Clayton attended weekend at their son’s home.
Mr and Mrs John Davis of River Heights Utah were Sunday callers at the Fred Davis home.
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