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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1956
Page
4
Local residents from Oxford and surrounding towns host and visit relatives in Soda Springs Pocatello Ogden and Salt Lake City. Guests include the Hatch family numerous kin gatherings priesthood meeting and a centennial poetry event with Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.
The document lists multiple 4-H clubs meeting at various homes during June and July. It notes leaders, officers, ongoing projects including sewing, plant presses, cooking, and pajama sewing, plus demonstrations, pledges, and refreshments served by hosts. Members named include Louise Rawlings, Marian Bodily, Delwyn Hobbs, Jay Sparrow, Don Hobbs, Gail Bingham, Cheryl Griffeth, Rosanne Schwartz, Marianna Winward, Peggy Sue Olsen, and Sharon Dunkley.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Alder and Mrs Myrtle Anderson of Preston were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Verdon Hansen. Albert Jensen and Ernest Jensen motored to Montpelier Sunday.
The board records continued from page 3 listing residents across multiple towns including Mae B e Larson Wilma Swann Riverdale Joseph S Tanmier Buna W Tate Clotilda S Pack er Orville Neeley Leona Forsgren Irene Carter Thatcher Lovell J J Menden hall Beatrice Wright Clyde JT Condie Ruth Stephenson Ida Belle Wright Mrs Titus Coombs Treasureton T J Barger Leona Kirby Wanda Hess Weston Alice I Bastian Ruby J Tanner Ruben Buttars Felix Feller Bry Bergesen Arley Dewey Whitney Neva P Swain ston James E Keller Bernell F Dunkley Ella M Hull Aimee D Foster Ida Prescott Winder Ernest Ws Carter Gustave C Hedin Myrtle C Swainston Barbara Bennett Erma B Winn Ed Talbot There being no further business before the board at this time the meeting recessed D Ariel Nash Chairman ATTEST Co L Swenson Clerk
The Preston Citizen reports a brief local item referenced as No. 8, noting a small entry in the newspaper issue. Entities and specifics are minimal in the readable fragment.
The article traces Clyde Packer as a pivotal figure at Oneida Stake Academy from 1907 onward, shaping early baseball and basketball programs. It chronicles coaching stints by Joseph R. Jensen Joseph A. Geddes and George Rynearson and notes Packer’s All American status at Utah and his return to implement physical education including wrestling boxing swimming and tennis. The piece highlights early outdoor games, progression to indoor play, and the program’s growth through 1916 with regional and church championships.
The house became the first indoor court and the academy’s top floor was turned into a court. Completion of Nielsen gymnasium in 1914 gave the academy the finest gym in the area and envy from neighboring schools.
Mrs Clara Hall of McCammon and Mrs Vern Burke of Logan visited last Thursday with cousin Mrs Virgin Hansen. Donna Neeley of Whitehall Montana visiting here with her sister and family. Visitors of Mrs Virgin Hansen include Mrs Olga Anderson of Preston and Mrs Myrtle Dashwood of Salt Lake City. Mr and Mrs Verdon Hansen had a son blessed in sacrament meeting named Jay Verdon. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Baird of Lewiston Utah visited with Delmer Olsen and family. Dennis Byben and daughter Donna of Albuquerque New Mexico are visiting at the Christensen home. Orville McKenzie of Logan visiting with Christian Jensen and family. Douglas Palmer and family of Ogden visited with Melroy Larsen. Dennis Egley of Los Angeles and Connia Whittle of Brawley California visited with Verdon Hansen. Christian Jensen and family spent Saturday in Logan on business and visited Gerald McKenzie and family.
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