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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
2
Idaho veterans organizations the Legion VFW and DAV in Boise issued a joint statement urging action on veterans' housing. They question lumber exports and note building drought with roadhouses rising along highways while mills and dealers are asked to publish their recommendations.
Pal mor Hoyt of the Denver Post urged a foreign policy aligned with atomic age realities in Estes Park Colorado addressing the National Editorial association. He warned Russia aims to spread its ideology globally and called for a UN charter reflecting mankind’s greatest developments and warned of a coming revolutionary crisis in America.
Editorial argues the postwar dream of prosperity collapses due to wartime debt, price-wage distortions, and government pressure. It condemns United Mine Workers leader Lewis, cites coal and fuel shortages, transport tie ups, and warns liberty may be eroded as the dream ends.
Glendale residents and relatives from Utah Idaho Nebraska California gather for weekend visits and social events. Notables include Fay Wheeler Nelsons and the Oneida Stake Sunday School Board members plus a trousseau tea for Mrs Thora Jensen in Preston.
Fairview resident Nada Gilbert, attending Moscow school, spends vacation with parents Mr. and Mrs. Hagen Gilbert. Lynn Larsen backs from a 30 day sick leave and returns to Fort Lewis. Utana Inglet of Seattle visits friends and relatives in Wash.
Elders and partners enjoyed a Wednesday swimming party at Down. Robert Gordon spends part of his summer vacation with Cless Ibackley. Mrs Rue Harding and family enjoyed a canyon outing. Mr and Mrs Doran Barlow of Tremonton visited Mrs Harding. Mrs Connie Rawlings attended sessions at the Idaho Falls temple last Wednesday.
Cleve W Merrill, former Army Air Forces wartime officer and Preston High School graduate, has been appointed to the aircraft maintenance division at Western Air Lines in the Burbank California terminal. He is the son of L C Merrill of Preston.
A satirical snippet from a women's magazine commentary on political shifts. It skewers leftist wealth plans, tax ideas, celebrity coin imagery, and gendered views on money and marriage. A playful quip about a boy and a snake contrasts with a joke about marriage licensing and social mores.
A scrambled collection of quips and jokes recalling a rural column. Bits about marriage ego gossip neighbors and old time jokes reference Adam and Eve a shoe house and a deflated ego. The tone mimics a lighthearted community page offering witty one liners.
A vivid reflection on the French rise from ruin shows freedom as essential as bread, water, clothing, air, and shelter. A sharp exchange about a girl’s reaction to kissing reveals stark social judgments and surviving hardship.
A teacher asks what riches the writer means. Students blankly search for meaning until John blurts Ostriches, revealing a punning misunderstanding of the metaphor and the class reaction.
Lago Mrs Olive Ruud suffered a stroke last Saturday afternoon at her home in Lago. Mr and Mrs Robert Stephen, son of Pocatello, visited Lago with Mrs Nellie Stephenson and Mr and Mrs Harris Stephenson last weekend. Mrs Don McCarthy left for Billings Montana to visit her husband and has been staying in Lago caring for her mother. Mr and Mrs Don Goloish plan to move to the Harry Stele ranch where he will be employed. Mr and Mrs William Harris and family will move soon.
Mrs Allie Thorpe of Salt Lake arrives in Lago to visit her ill mother. Jerry Vandeneffer of Boise visits Lago and Grace with relatives. The plan cites a future for Preston to establish a home and to run the mail route out of Preston to Thatcher.
Grace, stake Primary president Mrs Melvin Christensen and counselors Mrs Leo Christensen and Mrs Glen Jensen attend the conference in Salt Lake City. Bannock stake plans a special temple excursion to Idaho Falls Temple for Monday June 17 with 100 members expected. LeRoy Pond coordinates names. In Salt Lake for the weekend are Mrs Glen Palmer Mrs Eldon Palmer and Miss Beverley Page.
Mr and Mrs Dean Christensen and Mr and Mrs William Stalder left Saturday for a fishing trip to West Yellowstone, planning several days of angling and sightseeing.
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