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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1954
Page
9
Harold W. Lanigan continues a series teaching boys proper first baseman play. The article outlines shifts off the bag, holding runners, fielding bunts, and positioning with runners on base, plus notes on left handed advantage and sacrifice plays. It promotes the How to Play Baseball book and related columns from the Sporting News.
Irene Carter Zera Wold Susan Packer Wanda Forsgren Bob and Joyce Smith Orville Neeley Alan Waterlaus Cordell Wold Barbara Meek attended sessions of the MIA conference in Lake City with dance and music festival participation. The Christiansens from Downey, including Eric Rosemary and Teri, visited relatives while their parents were in Salt Lake City.
Mrs L M Packer is released as Primary president and Annie B Tanner becomes president with Elva S Barrington and Susan T Packer. New ward officers include Wavel Smith as speech director, Lella Smith as second Relief Society counselor, and a reorganized genealogical committee led by Dwain Tate and John Vaterlaus. The report lists visiting family members, conference speakers, and several local residents attending events and meetings through the weekend.
Mr and Mrs Stanley Esterholdt of Washington state spent Saturday night with his grandparents Mr and Mrs William Gambles Sr. Their mother Mrs Lula Esterholdt of Ogden spent the week with her relatives.
County agent urges farmers to spray Canada thistle and protect grain with 2,4-D now. Recommendations include two pounds per acre in 50 gallons for irrigated cereals and two pounds in 20 gallons for dryland cereals, with adjustments for infested spots and spray pressure to ensure complete coverage and minimize drift.
Malathion emerges as a general bug killer with support from the county agent and Roland Portman. The chemical is recommended as an all around insect control option amid ongoing pest concerns.
An Idaho University extension entomologist promotes Malathion as effective against many ornamentals vegetables and fruit pests. It knocks down scales aphids lacebugs mealy bugs and other insects and also controls flies in dairy barns and poultry houses. Safe if directions are followed it shares many properties with parathion but is less likely to harm people or livestock.
Mrs Myrtle Waddoups of Dayton announces the engagement of her daughter Barbara of Salt Lake City to Gilbert Reed Crookston of Salt Lake City. Crookston is the son of Mr and Mrs S C Crookston of Dayton. Barbara is training as a nurse at the general hospital in Salt Lake City.
Mr Crookston attends business college in Salt Lake City after three years of army service. He recently returned home and the couple plans an early fall wedding.
The Preston Citizen item notes location and issue number for readers. No further readable details are provided in the fragment.
The article notes the centennial of insect control as a profession. It states two entomologists, the first in the United States, were employed by the federal government in 1854 and mentions Idaho currently has several men engaged in insect research and control problems.
The article charts rapid postwar growth led by General Electric and electronics. It cites expansion in refrigerators, freezers, frozen foods, and a booming electronics sector. It notes GE plants across 13 regions, payrolls at 27 000, and massive investment in new plants totaling over a billion dollars since 1946.
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