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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1957
Page
10
A historic ad touts Lydia Pinkham's Tabs as offering relief from cramps and irritability during the menstrual cycle. It claims stronger effect than aspirin due to a unique combination of medicines and notes availability at drugstores without prescription alongside Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
A string of cartoonish scenes shows well meanings of rural stereotypes. A waiter mocks a traffic officer in a cafe while a pretentious radio host enters a quiet town. The tone skewers manners and vanity with sharp humor.
Sharron Scheline 17 of Donnelly Idaho won the national junior prize in the 10th annual Make It Yourself with Wool contest held in Las Vegas. Valetia Rae Hatley 18 of Moscow Idaho is the senior sewing champion and joined Scheline at the National Fashion Revue.
A wandering eastern man seeks a home in the southwest and learns a tongue in cheek Arizona tale. A village idiot explains a famed marksmanship by joking that he shoots first and draws the circle afterward.
A report details small-town visitors from Heber and Preston joining Mutual stake board members in Lewiston Utah to assist with the Meet Me at Mutual program. Don Burbank travels to Boise for finger surgery as Sadie Crandell visits Denzel Larsen family. A bishop’s farewell party includes Tyra Hull, Beverly Sorensen, Donna Porter and others with readings and musical numbers.
Gregory gave the scripture reading as Mrs Elizabeth Gregory’s Primary class presented a dramatization of what birthday pennies are used for during a sacrament meeting in Salt Lake City. Class members LeAnn Hull Carol Jo Stone RaNae Bowman and Janice Gregory joined the event with Mr and Mrs Howard Glover and Preston family in attendance.
Mink Creek hosted a back to Mutual evening led by Vernon Westerberg with Kathy Carver piano solo Joan Larsen sang and a skit by Betty Jo Nelson LoRee Christensen and Pauline Anderson. Congregational singing followed and Layne and Imogene Erickson led dancing and mixers. Visitors included Oneida stake board members Dr Reid Hawkes and Mr and Mrs Percy Larsen.
Mr and Mrs Gail Brown of Palisades hosted guests at their home including Mr and Mrs Douglas Nelson and Mr and Mrs Norman Larsen. Mr Brown recently returned from the Middle East where he worked on a construction project. Claude Keller hosted a group for supper and games last Monday at their home with attendance by Delmer Keller James H Baird Mildred Keller Trudy Hattaway and Elizabeth Hansen who also attended a Logan temple session Thursday.
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