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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1955
Page
2
The Preston Rotary Club reflects on international understanding and the high cost of conflict. The essay imagines a universal wage bonus to pay for peace while warning that atomic war could devastate lives and erase progress. It argues that resolving tensions could unleash energy for better living.
The piece argues individuals should see nations as people with shared needs. It notes that news fuels anger and distrust and proposes focusing on common human experiences to reduce war risk. It acknowledges limited personal ability to influence international relations directly.
The senate approved a pay raise to 23 500 a year for congressmen and 7 500 for senators after conference. Five extra trips home per year were added at public expense. The piece notes 22 000 salary and 1 125 tax free for office expenses.
Banida, left from last week, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Geddes and daughters Cheryl and Joan, join Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Christensen for a three week Florida visit to see Lt. James Geddes and Lynn Geddes in Atlanta. They plan visits in Charleston, S C and Preston hospital welcomed a new granddaughter born Feb 19 to Valene Geddes Plemmer of Salt Lake City. Wade M. Christensen and daughters of Provo visited over the weekend.
Easy guide for home craftsman to build a set of six large blocks and about ten small blocks. Finished lumber 8 by 8 inches is used with minimal sawing. Blocks have hand holes, are glued and nailed, edges rounded, and surfaces finished with enamel or varnish.
Community greetings header lists church members and relatives visiting from Soda Springs and Bendavid with attendances at a temple session. It records talks and sacraments led by various members, priesthood awards, visitors from Layton Preston and Preston events, and upcoming marriage of Roma Bergquist.
Glencoe Sunday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Grant Jones and family and Mr and Mrs Julius Jepsen of Preston, while funeral services for John Blauer drew attendees from River Heights. Ann Merrill hosted a kitchen shower for Roma Bergquist with friends present, and many locals attended visits and a ward reunion program led by Hugh Hansen with songs and a boy scouts skit.
Mrs Bergquist hosts a Feb 23 trousseau tea from 2 to 5 at her home for her daughter where Douglas Dockstader, son of Mr and Mrs Grant Dockstader, is mentioned among attending families and friends. Guests include Jensens Jepsens Hansen Jepsens and others from Preston High and local households. Cpl Clynn Dockstader and wife visit with Grant Dockstader family. Clynn recently released after 17 months in Korea. Mrs Dockstader and baby previously resided in Fresno California with her mother.
A special temple session drew attendees including Henry Hatch, Russell Keller, Thompson Hatch, Ernest Olson, Harold Fisher, Henry A Hatch, Jack Coburn, and the Hatch and Coburn families. Ernest Olson and his spouse spent Tuesday in Logan and attended two temple sessions.
A sequence of local church and school events is listed. Attendance includes Mr and Mrs Curtis Cox at Smithfield, Stanley Fisher at the temple, and a PTA meeting in Dayton. A temple wedding for Val Helmandollar and Edith Crookston is noted, with related receptions and a variety of attendees from local families.
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