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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1961
Page
4
Clifton Mr and Mrs John Porter and children Kent and Julie traveled to Salt Lake City last Thursday on business. Mrs LaRee Croshaw and daughter RaeLene went to Brigham last Friday on business.
Local residents share family visits and travel updates with relatives in Logan. Dick Viehweg, recently transferred to Burley, lives with Hazelton hosts as he works for Standard Oil. Army furloughs bring Scott Talbot and others home for weekends.
Mr and Mrs Cecil Miles visited Logan last Friday with Mr and Mrs Heber Allen.
A fragmented 1960s style record lists numerous names with ages and towns in Franklin and nearby counties. It records pairs such as Donald Brent Taylor aged 117 from Cove Utah with Gayle Beckstead aged 16 from Preston and other couples including Orval Steven Harris 17 and Fae Sharp 16 from Preston, James A. Carley 25 Ogden with LaRene Buttars 23 Weston, plus Larry M. Young 24 Logan with Doreen Odell Staley 23, John Marvin Priestley 21 Franklin with Brenda Judy Smart 18 Preston, Sidney Dean Noles 22 Brigham City with Eva Carrol Adams 20 Brigham City.
Riverdale residents held a Sunday school class party at Mrs. Ray Barrington’s home with 22 members. The event featured talks by Suelyn Packer and Cathy Tanner, musical numbers by Kathleen Carter and Bruce Palmer, and prayers by Delray Barrington and Floyd Woolf.
The Pickwick club hosted its annual recipe exchange night on March 15 at Ora Greaves's home. Thirteen members were seated at a long table decorated with a shamrock cover as each member shared her favorite recipe and exchanged all the recipes.
Mr and Mrs Larry Young of Preston welcome a boy born March 9. Mr and Mrs DeVerl Cutler of Heber City welcome a boy born March 9. Mr and Mrs Bert Wheatly of Fairview welcome a girl born March 12. Mr and Mrs Verl Wilding of Preston welcome a girl born March 13. Mr and Mrs Delmar Hansen of Preston welcome a boy born March 13. Mr and Mrs Horace Wright of Thatcher welcome a boy born March 13. Mr and Mrs Douglas Soren of Swan Lake welcome a girl born March 16. Mr and Mrs Joseph Swenson of Grace welcome a boy born March 18. Mr and Mrs Wayne Cole of Preston welcome a girl born March 19. Mr and Mrs Don Barger of Treasureton welcome a boy born March 20. Mr and Mrs L J Ward of Preston welcome a boy born March 20. Mr and Mrs Rodney Jensen of Mink Creek welcome a boy born March 22.
Delmar Derricott's Preston High School English class organized a Christmas gift of a radio for Antonio B Tumalak, a leper in Culion Palawan. Tumalak, once in touch with Derricott as a pen pal, received the radio on January 21 and wrote a grateful note.
Preston High School coach Ivan Davis leads a 65 member track squad with returning seniors Reid Carlson Gary Nuffer Jeff Hyde Larry Andra Larry Hodges Ralph Tippets Dee Ward Colen Wheatley Billy Griffith. Junior lettermen include Blair Hawkes Kent Moser Boyd Austin Delbert Rawlings Owen Cherrington. The team aims to match last year’s third place state finish with meets from April 7 to May 19 across South Cache North Cache BYU Provo Idaho State College Idaho Falls Boise.
The fifth district meet held on Friday March 17 at Preston church house featured teams Snake River Blackfoot Marsh Valley Pocatello and Preston. Blackfoot won the men’s division with Pocatello second and Preston third. The women’s division ended in a three way tie among Blackfoot Pocatello and Marsh Valley.
The region debate tournament will be held at Madison High School with the top three teams from the fifth and sixth districts advancing. Quentin Casperson chairs the meet and local residents serve as judges.
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