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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1951
Page
4
Gail Hobbs hosted the NDC club installation at her parents Franklin home. New pledges Carolyn Jepson Eleanor Jepson Marlee Hobbs and Laural Beckstead wore pastel gowns and yellow roses in a candlelight ceremony followed by a lace table luncheon.
Phone your news to No. 8 aae. Local readers urged to share tips and announcements for the next edition. Community members are invited to call or text items of interest for timely publication in the paper.
The Preston Rotary Club held ladies night at Deer Cliff on Wednesday with Sherwin Webb officiating. New officers installed were Cleo Swenson as president Phil West as vice president Gordon Merrill as secretary and A L Kircher as treasurer. Board members include past president Webb Harley Greaves A G Carlson March Hopkins and Ernest Britenbeker. Lenona Edgley sang two songs and O Guy Cardon of Lo spoke.
Gan, past district Rotary governor, presented a president’s pin to Mr. Swenson and a past president’s pin to Mr. Webb. About 35 couples attended the party.
Friendship club met last Thursday at Ruby Palmer's Weston home with pinochle and socializing. prizes to Larue Burrup Bobby Elwell and Myrtle Woodward. Norma Farnes hosted PFF club Friday with pinochle high Nita Cutler and Lorraine Lower all out. Red Cross Knitting held outdoor breakfast at Neff Boothe's. Saturday Bridge Club met in Elks Lounge with Bernadine Smith high and Gwen Collier second. dessert luncheon for members and guests.
Descendants of Mr and Mrs Rasmus Rasmussen gathered at Ross Park in Pocatello for a Sunday reunion with 73 relatives and 18 guests. Fred Seal presided as officers elected for the coming year include President Mrs Martin Christensen Vice President Mrs Rasmussen Rasmussen and Secretary Mrs Torval Wilde.
Mr and Mrs Orson F Cox of Smithfield announce the engagement of their daughter Orthea to Jack H Moser of Dayton son of Mr and Mrs Albert E Moser. The couple are West Side High school graduates with no definite wedding plans.
Preston area residents announce a slate of visits and vacations. Jim Hodges family heads to Granbury Texas for 10 days visiting Hodges relatives. Charles Peterson and LeRoy Anderson families take weeklong trips to Estes Park Loveland Colorado.
Weekend guests included Don Bennett and Wilford Jenks from California at the Conrad Bell home. Estensens’ Tacoma visit, Detroit trip by Stan Rallison and Voris Johnson, new car for Johnson, and visitors from Los Angeles and Portland joining local families.
The article notes several social visits and movements. Zelda Dunkley and family hosted a dinner in Whitney with guests from Idaho Falls Logan and Treasureton. Mr. Taylor transfers to Sacramento, and Kay Dunkley departs Preston for Steamboat Springs theater study.
Miss Ethel Beckstead daughter of Mr and Mrs E G Beckstead of Preston continues studies in Salt Lake City after graduating from Preston High School. She has enrolled in a secretarial training course at the LDS Business College in Salt Lake City. Shirley Moser vacations in Los Angeles for two weeks.
Mr and Mrs Denzil G Talbot of Lewiston welcome a girl born July 4. Mr and Mrs Ralph Mortensen of Preston welcome a girl born July 3.
Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl Johansen were held Saturday in the 14th ward of Pocatello with LD counselor Joseph S Kerr in charge. Speakers included J. Lloyd Christensen and William Hawkes. The Ammon cemetery grave was dedicated by Arley D. Lish. Pallbearers included J Wilford Mitchell and several relatives. Concluding services followed at the Ammon cemetery.
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