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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1963
Page
1
An open house for the handicapped Franklin County Opportunities School in Preston will be held January 18 from 10 am to 11 am and 1 pm to 4 pm. The school recently opened in a renovated home on South First Street. For details see Page one Section 2.
Preston high school gears up for the annual musical Annie Get Your Gun with February 8 and 9 show dates. Tickets go on sale January 28 from 8 30 am to 4 15 pm. Directors are Lyle Shipley Delmer Derricott and John Manning. Lead roles feature Kathleen Carter and Mary Ann Hull as Annie with doubles cast for Frank Butler Mike Kunz and Ronald Sharp.
The Oneida Stake quarterly conference cited foreordination for youth and backed the LDS missionary program. Bishop Robert Simpson led talks, named Fremon Jepsen and Dean Abrams to the high council, and sustained a new YMMIA superintendent. Elders Child and Olson spoke on service, genealogy, welfare, and growth.
J. Walter Ross co publisher of The Preston Citizen was named vice president of the Idaho Newspaper Advertising Service during the Idaho Press association winter convention in Boise He had served on the INAS board and other directors include Theron Gough of Parma Review and Robert Hammes of St Maries Gazette Record
The Valley experienced frigid temperatures with record lows and ongoing snowfall. Local weatherman C M Crabtree notes the unusual late January snow, with readings near 21 below and occasional inches accumulating through Thursday and possibly Friday.
Preston man Les Brown, 61, was cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian after his northbound car struck Erma G Rawlings, 64, and Merlin Rawlings, 67, in the pedestrian lane near the Johnson Hotel on North State. The couple, crossing from west to east, suffered a broken leg and cuts and bruises. Erma Rawlings was sent to Franklin County Hospital then to a Salt Lake City hospital, while Merlin Rawlings was treated and released.
Reed Brenchley principal of Preston high school was named vice president of the Idaho High School Interscholastic Activities association at a Boise meeting. He reported on the National Federation of High School Athletics gathering in Chicago and noted a rule change for football equipment and ball stands to standardize contests for music and athletics.
Weston family mourns the death of nine year old Roanna Stone daughter of Argel and Thelma Page Stone who died Wednesday morning from leukemia They are former Weston residents now living in Ogden Funeral services have not been arranged.
The Preston Chamber of Commerce holds its 45th annual meeting Monday with Dr Donald E. Walker Idaho State College president as guest speaker. Clyde Checketts chairs the event and Keith Christensen outlines 1963 plans as new officers are installed.
Kermit Shumway is sustained as bishop of the Treasureton ward with Von R. Atkin and DeRalph Perry as his counselors. Donald Barger, LeRoy Perry, and Fred Hess serve as ward officers. Outgoing bishop Raymond Sant ends a five year tenure. All new bishopric members are farmers. Shumway previously led Sunday school. Atkin and Perry bring prior leadership roles from Oneida Stake high council and ward organizations.
The Fairview Farm Bureau under Merlin Rawlings will host a Bear River project meeting. Dr Evan Kackley, Russell Stoker, and Wallace Transtrum oppose the project and will present at the Franklin County Courthouse basement on January 23 at 7 30 p m.
Today is the final day for buying car license plates. Traffic officers will cite owners using 1982 plates, and about 2200 plates have been sold so far. County assessor Marvin Regerson notes 800 truck plates sold.
The Federal Land Bank association of Preston was named the largest of 61 land bank groups in the 12th district covering Idaho Montana Oregon Washington and Alaska. Fred A. Knusen of Spokane announced the top status at the Preston annual meeting attended by nearly 300 at Oneida Stakehouse. He praised longtime manager Clifford Warr for growing the association and noted loans leadership. Ballot members Baliff Whitney and Moser were re‑elected to the board with others named to positions in Grace S LeRoy Salvesin Downey and Robert Corbett.
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