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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1961
Page
4
A garbled older newspaper snippet mixes shop talk about refunds with jokes, quips, and vignettes. It includes a salesman debating a refund, a boxing metaphor about marriage, chicken road antics, a yacht interview anecdote, a Philadelphia fountain pen gag, a grieving child with a drowned kitten, and stray moral quips about honesty and opportunity.
Wisconsin farmers join the Pacemaker Club to get university guidance on breeding, feeding, and management. Program aims for 8 pigs per litter, 1500 pound five month litter, and at least 50 percent No 1 pork, with farmers recording results and receiving expert advice from county agents and university specialists.
Martha Lundquist returns from Salt Lake City to Weston after weeks away with the Inglet family and grandchildren. Neuenwanders worked at Thiokol and visited over the weekend. Portland visitors Mervin Whitney came to Leslie Dawson’s home and travels with Archie Lotts to Yellowstone. Other local movements include Brigham visits, Malad trips, and a jet flight to San Francisco for a newborn visit with the Berenbaums.
Town residents share meals and greetings during weekend visits. Local gatherings feature talks by Kathryn Nielsen and music by Eugene Maughan and Ludean Lewis about pioneer history. Members from Ogden and Preston visit, with reports on missions, farm work, and a Weston softball season underway.
Publication details list Preston Idaho as the base with weekly issues on Thursday. It notes traditional postal terms and publisher Don E Smith. Subscriptions require advance payment and the area rate is listed with a price per copy.
A reflective monologue stresses knowing and doing God’s will. It links forgiving spirit to joy and peace, cites a wartime story of choosing love over hatred, and ends by asking if the reader knows Jesus Christ as personal savior and lives in God’s will.
Beckstead family members gather for a reunion this Saturday at Whitney Elementary School. Genealogy historians meet at 11 am with a general session at 2 30 pm. Each family brings lunch. drinks and ice cream provided. Also notes Oneida Stake Academy Class of 1917 reunion event.
Fragmentary text mentions American Legion hall and August. references to Pres ton and Lurich and serving at 0 0 p m. expresses eagerness to see every member with their partner.
The Little League team finished the first half of Summer Play with a 8 to T loss at Newton. The result affects the standings as they enter the final stretch of league play.
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