05 Mar 1959
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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1959
Page
1
W H Simmons announces resignation effective July 1 1959 after serving since 1944 as superintendent. He began here as high school principal in 1935 served on the local board and plans to remain in teaching focusing on guidance or social studies. He praises pupil achievement and district programs across bands choruses debate and other activities.
Ray Talbot will depart from Salt Lake City by plane to Washington DC for a 12 week FBI supervised training program. He is Idaho's sole representative chosen for the national school opening March 11 to train local officers who will in turn educate others.
Rafael Mendez, regarded as the world's greatest trumpet virtuoso, is set to perform at Preston High School on Thursday March 12 with an evening show in the gym Friday March 13 at 8 p.m. Arrangements began last September and the Preston band has been practicing to accompany him.
Friendly letters from Harold Swift in Mesa and Ivonne Rigby in Ogden greet The Citizen. Readers renew subscriptions, praise local news, and note community events including Peterson Tractor Service Cat Care Meeting and Modern Farm Equipment Allis-Chalmers Day.
The annual Franklin county fish and game jamboree will be held Saturday March 14 at Preston High School gym. The event runs 7:30 to 10 p m with dancing a carnival and wildlife film to follow. Membership is 1.50 for admission and includes a year in the local fish and game association chaired this year by A L Snowy Stocks. Elections will select new officers for the coming year. Local officers invite all to attend the dinner dancing and games lasting into the evening.
Preston High Indians were eliminated from the district tournament after two losses at Preston last week. Malad defeated Preston 66 46 to end their run, with Ralph Hanson scoring 27 for Preston. Earlier Pocatello beat Montpelier 48 47 in a thriller as Duane Sims led Pocatello with 21 points.
The IDEALS magazine prints a Mark Hart poem Nothing Lovelier from Preston on its Easter pages. Hart flies Monday night to New York City for an institute with the archdiocese school board, then Chicago for another institute and displays his vocabulary workbooks at both venues during a ten day trip. David W. Davis visits his parents and receives an honorable discharge from the U S Air Force after enlisting in 1955. Hyrum Buttars of Clarkston visits Ralph Davis's home Friday.
The annual West Side High School musical Moonlight will be staged March 26 and 27 with Carolyn Griffeth as Kitty and Anna Hildt as Mrs. Ellen Randolph among a large cast. Nathan Smith directs with LaJean Stevenson as student director and Karidis Coburn as dance director. Preston bargain days also announced with 40 50 merchants and no parking meters or sales tax.
The world famous Grand Ole Opry from Nashville will perform at Preston High School auditorium on Wednesday March 11 with two shows at 7 p m and 9 30 p m Porter Wagoner Jean Shepard Hawkshaw Hawkins Marvin Rainwater Red Foley s Jubilee USA Red Rinehart and the Wagonmasters will appear The Opry is NBC carried and broadcast from the Ryman since 1925 and over 160 TV stations nationwide More than five million have attended live shows advance tickets sell out weeks in advance
The Union Pacific's 12th annual agricultural improvement car tours Dayton tomorrow for Franklin County farmers. In cooperation with the University of Idaho extension service, the program will promote quality grain, discuss dryland cereal culture, and show exhibits and films on wheat production and marketing.
Stephen Meek and Brent Gamble passed the district sitting committee to qualify for the state farmer degree. If they advance at Boise on March 27 they will join the top two percent of Idaho FFA members. Meek, a former graduate, helps run a purebred Hereford ranch with his father. Gamble, Preston FFA president, was on Idaho’s winning judging team at Waterloo Iowa earning a gold medal.
The negligent homicide trial of Max Coburn opened with jury selection at 2 p m Wednesday. Coburn is charged in the November auto deaths of Hazel and Donald Baxter, with Judge John A Carver presiding as jury is chosen. Prosecution and defense will present their cases thereafter.
Wallace Hans Olsen 77 died at home Wednesday from a heart attack. Born March 19, 1884 in Franklin to Hans and Annetta Peter son Olsen, he married Manila Cottle. A longtime church and civic leader, he served in Franklin Mutual presidency, Sunday school, elders quorum, and nine years in the bishopric. He held county commissioner terms, a state Legislature seat, and county school board service. Survivors include wife Manila, two sons Wallace Olsen Jr and Max Olsen, daughter Mrs Harold Bradford, ten grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren, and siblings Frank Olsen Lucils Doney Rose Hendricks and Rhoda Neeley. Funeral Saturday at 1 pm in Franklin ward chapel. viewing Friday eve and Saturday morning. burial in Franklin cemetery.
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