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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1946
Page
2
The speaker reflects on national pride and the strain of leadership from Roosevelt to Truman. Critics label presidents harshly while defending the office, noting harsh scrutiny, political attacks, and the personal cost of duty. The piece questions the ideal of rising to power and the grit required to lead.
A gala planned in Franklin to mark the 86th anniversary of Idaho’s first white settlement with a Saturday program led by William Robinson and a citizens committee. Preston supports the event with business firms closing to allow county and valley residents to attend.
The article argues the public bears the cost of strikes in railroad coal and steel disputes. It urges non political mechanisms to settle labor disagreements without endangering national welfare and contemplates constitutional amendments to limit group conflicts. The piece closes with a call to consider peaceful dispute resolution.
Several local residents are noted for graduations and marriages. Miss Helen Geddes Miss Selma Hawkes Davis McEntire and others from Preston and Clifton are listed among graduates. Reed Halverson and Luana Packer wed June 1 in the Logan Temple. Mrs Hellen Keller Merrill married May 4 in Los Angeles. Miss Clara Dean Hawkes wed Oliver Morrison in Salt Lake Temple. The Melody Weavers Miss Lillian Regina Weaver and Tyra Hall entertain at Yellow stone Park this season.
Mrs. Anna Pautz of Vancouver Washington says she suffered for years with rheumatism and arthritis and found relief. She offers to answer inquiries for information and provides her P O Box in Vancouver.
Clifton and nearby residents are noted for visits over Decoration Day and Sunday, including Doris Hendricks and JaNa from Emmett, Vern Wright from Pocatello, Wesley Hawkes, and Ralph Hadfield families. A baby girl was born to Bishop and Mrs B W Winward Jr, totaling twelve children in the family. Ada Bailey and others traveled to Moscow for a ten day course, while John Willis returns home from the Navy.
Navy release allows Wallis Van Leuven to visit relatives including sister in law Margaret Van Leuven and Elly Wallis in Logan. Edna Kofoed accompanied Singing Mothers at the Logan Temple opening session with Janet Davis conducting. Talks by P M Condie and Miss JoAnn Henderson and Miss Marilyn Call. Lauana Barson played piano. Blain Rawlins offered closing prayer. LaRee Elmers from Salt Lake City and her four children visited Dwaine Jessup’s home. Mrs Elmers plans to stay a few more days.
A collage of brief quips and anecdotes spans Royalty to military life and romance. It includes a British soldier toasting the King, an American sailor jeering the King and Babe Ruth, student quips about mathematics and pigeons, a Hollywood director remark, and a WWII Solomons line about a seaman’s misfired pants. The piece ends with parlay voo and a true story fragment.
A fragmentary page item mixes sharp humor and local color with scenes of neighborhood gossip, a misuse of a dope joke, a private bank visit where the banker snores, and a secretary’s quip about a weekly tax day. It also recalls a brief exchange between Henry Clay and a woman who hints at recognition.
A hungry looking seal at Philadelphia Zoo drew attention from a special policeman who detained the animal. A search of the suspect’s pockets uncovered, among other items, a book by an Arctic explorer with a chapter titled The proper way to eat a seal.
Anton Tony Horn an extension horticulturist praised Franklin county victory garden growers. Home gardeners insure nutritious vegetables for their households and help release food to needy countries. He said it is not too late to plan a garden and the time is right to plant certain vegetables.
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