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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1957
Page
14
A 1957 Idaho appeal thanks The Preston Citizen for polio drive support and outlines AMAs vaccine plan. Howard Alexander, Idaho representative, urges readers to vaccinate up to age 40 by June 1 1957 and pledges $50,000 and manpower for the effort.
Mr and Mrs Ervin Harris visit Thatcher home as he recovers from illness. Audrey Norma named for infant daughter of Horace and Debra Wright. Wright family hosts baptism and confirmation with relatives present. Visitors include Garbett Mendenhall and Nance families. Grace McGregor and McGregor family cited. Silver Gleaner event honors junior Gleaners. Vernon Harris returns from six weeks in Arizona and California. Dinner at Nelson home features multiple local families.
Nancy Haven presents a two-layer Beet Sugar cookie bar recipe with a chocolate-like topping and a jam center. The method uses beet sugar, orange rind, margarine, and shredded coconut, baked in two stages to yield 18 bars. Send for more Beet Sugar Kitchen tips from Western Beet Sugar Producers in Salt Lake City.
In a brief roadside exchange, Elijah learns the speaker is his grandfather Henry Smithers’ grandson. The feller notes the shore appears to rain while Elijah confirms the family link and agrees the weather might turn.
In court, Tom explains a clash after being thrown from a phone booth by a man who allegedly rudely interrupted a conversation with his girlfriend. The judge questions why the assault happened, prompting Tom to recount the confrontation and his anger.
The Cache National Forest logged over one million visits in 1956 with 716000 in campgrounds and picnic areas mainly on the Ogden Logan and Brigham districts in Utah. Hunters and fishermen totaled 116300 as Snow Basin and Beaver Mountain drew winter sports enthusiasts.
In a tense murder movie moment Ol Zeke gropes near the floor and asks a theatergoer about a loss. He jokes about a caramel while claiming his teeth are inside the treat, provoking laughter amid the suspenseful scene.
Mapleton Mr and Mrs Ira Porter who have been staying with their parents purchased a home in Preston Walter Dursteler of Idaho Falls has been staying with his brother Henry Dursteler A quilting was held at the home of Mrs Fred E Porter for Mrs Denzel Larsen Attendees included Mrs George Burbank Mrs Harry Knapp Mrs Elizabeth Gregory Mrs Earl Bowcut Mrs Norman Chatterton Mrs Sadie Porter Miss Elva Larsen and Mrs George R Porter Harry W Knapps Sunday school class held a party in the ward recreation hall and invited Clifford E Sharp's class The Knapp class sponsored refreshments They enjoyed potato salad pickles olives chips and soda pop as well as popping corn and candy pull A program sponsored by Mr Sharp's class featured Georgia Rose Porter poetry Marjoria Knapp accordion Jay Gregory saxophone Joen and Seles Porter songs Keith J Larsen singing with Emma Jean Sharp at the piano Donna Porter reading Earlene Bowcut and LaRue Long pantomime Clifford Sharpfold missionary story and Harry Knapp closing remarks Don C Burbank left Tuesday for Boise on a business trip and returned home late Saturday night
A collage of old time gags and quick quips mixes family plans, hunting missteps, fortune cookie twists, and chatty small town humor. Anecdotes range from chairs and weddings to highway signs and a reporter at a murder scene, all captured in a breezy rural voice.
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