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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1958
Page
2
Local residents attend funerals and grave dedications as Lyman Balls and Irvin Page lead services. Education milestones appear with Ann Hansen earning a master's from USA and Aileen completing nursing at the U of U. Family travels span Oregon to California with reunions, graduations, and summer plans as multiple households share news from Dayton and nearby communities.
A collage of brief items notes Ace Beck burned in an Ames Iowa cabin camp water heater blast en route to Cleveland. It recalls C Ben Ross’s 1936 Idaho governor bid and Preston Lions club delegates to Oakland. Cadet Keith Hall at West Point trains at Mitchell Field. Roosevelt’s spending bill aims four billion for make work. Franklin county courthouse proposed at 1000000 cost. Yellowstone highway work progresses between McCammon and Pocatello with road oiling. Local ads tout broadcloth shirts at Harley Greaves and new births: Beckstead and Thomas families.
Dayton boxer Lyle Taylor led on points before a deep cut forced his retirement in the San Francisco trials. In Franklin County news, Herman and Mary Keller report three missionaries from their family in six months. Local marriages include Dorothy Tanner and William Dunkley, Dorothy Cooper and John Swainston, Frances Reeder and Irvin Butler Jr., and Marilyn Whitehead and Dennis Lowe Jr. Advertised prices feature a new automatic washer at 199 dollars, oranges 29 cents a dozen, eggs 45 cents a dozen, and sugar ten pounds for 94 cents.
Mrs Mary Jones returned from Chicago after visiting her brother and family for two weeks. She was joined by two sisters and brother in law including Agnes Price of Idaho Falls and Ezra Wickham of Logan. Additional relatives from Salt Lake City and Ogden visited in Dayton and Logan as funeral services were held in the 19th ward Logan.
The First Marine battalion landed in Cuba in June 1808 as the first U S unit to land in the Spanish American War. They engaged in the first land battle at Cuzco near Guantanamo Bay. U S submarines took part in every major operation and sea battle in the Pacific in World War II.
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