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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1966
Page
7
Fire chief Kenneth Hebdon reports four fires in June in the area one due to lightning a grass fire and a truck fire. Residents were urged to exercise caution to prevent further fires and report suspicious flames promptly.
Glenn Bingham will become special agent in the Preston office of Farm Bureau Insurance Service to replace Willis Burton who transferred to Soda Springs as associate agency manager. Burton will move soon. Bingham is noted as well qualified, having served in that capacity years ago. The agency aims to expand service for rising insurance business.
Summer activities began for the M Men and Gleaners of the Oneida stake after they voted last Tuesday. Jim Olsen was chosen council chairman, Stanley Packer as assistant, Barbara McBride as Gleaner assistant, Anna Beth Stocks as secretary, and Pam Westerberg as treasurer. Mr and Mrs F Earl Holhngsworth, stake leaders, led the meeting and handed planning to the new officers.
William E Crane and Je mima Keller Crane hosted their annual family reunion at Emigration camp with relatives from Grace Nevada Oregon Fairfield Hazelton Ogden Mink Creek Paris and Hazelton present. Don Niece Whitehead led the event with family reports and genealogical updates while Guida and Keith Crane oversaw an auction and two special toasts marked Cranes 82nd and 780th years.
Tor val Wilde family members gathered Sunday July 3 at Mink Creek recreation park for a reunion. Thirty five attended with twelve absent for a day of picnicking visiting and games. Names include Anna R Wilde Preston Merlin Wilde Dwight Wilde Warren Fay Wilde Neldon Wilde Kaye Reese Wilde Clair Wilde from Salt Lake City Howard Harris Harris daughters Elmo Itshman from Oakville California and other relatives.
Preston and Logan First United Presbyterian join for a July 10 service at 11 am conducted by Rev Bruner. The gathering moves to Mali bu picnic site for an outdoor dinner and games with visiting friends. Cars depart Preston 9:30 am and Logan 10 am. services not at church buildings that day.
Grace resident Mrs Louis Stalker spent a week in Logan attending a special library school course led by a specialist from Washington DC. She has served as Grace High School librarian and English teacher for several years.
There will be a Driver Education meeting on Monday July 11 at 2 pm in the Preston high school auditorium for all 14 years of age and older interested in the program. Classes five and six will be formed if enough students participate. attendance is required to join.
Mrs Owen Andreasen of Cleveland fell in Logan on Wednesday and fractured her left arm near the shoulder. She also sustained skinning and bruises and was taken to a Preston doctor for treatment.
Dean Palmer of Preston Memorial Hospital announced the facility is fully coordinated in the Medicare program and has received its number. Several patients have been admitted under the program while remodeling to meet fire hazard requirements continues. A 90 day extension was granted to complete work before full operation resumes. Medicare premium notices have been mailed to over two million elderly people signing up for supplementary coverage. Starkton S Thompson, district manager at the Pocatella social security office, announced this.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Lloyd Mr and Mrs Virgal Benson and Mr and Mrs Neal Sanders of Grace attended the District 395 Lions club convention held in Sun Valley.
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