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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1961
Page
5
A compact record of August milestones lists Crater's 1930 disappearance, a 1928 dollar size change, Truman's 1945 surrender announcement, the 1920 19th Amendment operative date, the 1922 WEAF radio first commercial, Cleopatra's 30 BC death by asp bite, and a quote on free enterprise from Edward Dalton Co.
Multiple sale items listed including registration fees with Panama entries, a bargain home with extra lot at 152 East Oneida, a five year old Allis-Chalmers model 66 all crop harvester in good condition, and an almost new International deep furrow drill. Contacts include M D Denton Nelda Thomas George Matkin with phone numbers.
The Birthday club held a summer steak fry at Oneida Station with Darlene Palmer and Rama Jepsen in charge. A ham dinner honored Donna Shipley and Glen Petterberg as hosts Mr and Mrs Glen Petterberg hosted guests including Melvin Burrup Callan Woodward Nat Edwards Lyle Shipley Don Elwell Perce Gibson Keith Christiansen Vaughn Greaves.
The 4-H council hosted their annual lamb bar-b-q in the back yard of Ellen and Owen Gibson on Thursday at 8 00. Hugh and Sara Geddes led as general chairmen with Orson Hansen providing organ music during serving.
Joan Geddes and Mark Dean Hart announce an August 11 wedding at the Logan LDS Temple. The couple, both Utah State students, will live in Banida afterward. Attendants include Cheryl Johnson Karla Cattani Valene Flemmer and Carolyn Hart. James W and Lynn S attended ushers plus Bruce Dursteler. Hart is son of Marcus F Hart Preston. Geddes is daughter of W Stewart Geddes Banida.
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Barbara Purnell Dombrowski 36 who died after a mobile home fire in Anchorage Alaska. Her sons Roger 14 in serious condition and Dan 9 survived. The family had lived in Anchorage two years. She was born August 22 1924 in Salt Lake City and married April 27 1946 in Wattsburg Pa. Burial followed in Preston cemetery.
A columnist vents frustration with community leadership and editors. He recalls a poem about an editor at the Pearly Gates, noting the porter’s reply that editors have long faced judgment and a karmic punishments. The piece parodies criticism of school officials and local councils.
Jerry C. Whitehead of Franklin is called to serve in the Alaskan Canadian mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He will enter the mission home August 14. A testimonial in his honor is set for Sunday July 30 at 7 30 p.m. He is a Preston High School graduate with six months National Guard service.
Robert S Wood receives a call to serve as missionary in Western Canada and will enter the mission home in Salt Lake City August 14, 1961. A testimonial in his honor is set for Sunday July 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Oxford Clifton ward chapel. He is a West Side High School and seminary graduate and has studied at Utah State University. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack J Wood of Clifton.
Mrs Sarah L Corbridge celebrates her 90th birthday with an open house on Sunday July 30 at 3 to 6 p m at the home of son Glenn T Corbridge 57 West 4th South Preston. She was born August 3 1871 and has lived in Franklin county most of her life. She has four sons one daughter 23 grandchildren and 44 great grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Martin joined a neighborhood reunion at Mrs. Nettle Anderson’s Logan Canyon summer home on July 23. Attendees represented numerous East Canyon road families including Pehrson Ellermann Gibbons Bertelson Rowley Johnson Burr Pond and others from Logan Sparks Reno and Idaho Falls.
A damaged puzzle note describes a letter shift method using the word ORIENT and a user’s first name length to derive a key letter then reveal a message. It instructs starting at the upper left to read across and down to form the code, but the fragment is garbled and unreadable in parts.
The Idaho division reports a threefold program of research, public and professional education, and patient service funded by 60 percent for state use and 40 percent for national work. The committee recommends distributing new colon and rectal cancer education materials and uterine cell examination films to promote early detection and save lives.
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