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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1960
Page
6
Riverdale residents and guests gathered throughout the week in Ogden Logan Price Mink Creek and Salt Lake City. Attendees included Mrs Waterlaus Mr and Mrs Gelsler Mr Ray Peterson and family and Darren Ray, Darren’s two grandchildren Michelle and Dana, the Augers and Packer families, and many local couples visiting relatives and attending MIA meetings and a ward primary gathering.
Community notices describe a no host supper for Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hansen at their Dayton home with neighbors from Dayton and Preston. A Dayton DUP meeting at Mrs. Clarence Nelson’s home featured histories by Marzella Archibald and Sadie Fuller and a lesson by Margaret Nelson with a 19 attendee salad luncheon. Don Kent underwent major surgery at Dee Hospital Ogden, with extended operations and current steady recovery.
Iota chapter held its March meeting at a Soda Springs cafe on Saturday March 19 with twenty members present. Guests included state president Hazel Johnson Rexburg Lenore Bigler Rexburg and Minnie Malock Montpelier. Plans for the state convention June 2 3 in Preston were discussed.
Franklin County marriages list several unions with dates and ages including Marvin Williams and Shirley Atkinson from Lewiston and Preston, Roger F Jordan and Corene LaRue Clark of Idaho Falls and Provo, Tad Ralf Sheen and Adele Sanders of Ogden, and Hugh J Sacco with Sheron Mathie, all in March.
Rawlings Mr and Mrs Vernon Jensen spent Saturday in Salt Lake City. Tuesday visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Walter Rindlisbaker were Mr and Mrs Charles Simpson of Malad. Ray Peterson of Price called at the Rindlisbaker home to fetch his grandchildren. Mrs Della Hawkes of Salt Lake City visits the Jensens. Floyd Woolf broke his shoulder Monday in a PE class but is recovering. Lewis Smith visited relatives in Salt Lake City Monday and Tuesday. Mrs Dwain Tate and Mrs Arland E Sharp of Preston drove to Ogden Wednesday to visit their sisters Mrs Cecil Camp and Mrs Grant E Morgan, with another sister Mrs Earl Mecham of Los Angeles joining to surprise them.
Local readers urged to patronize Franklin County businesses that fund the newspaper through advertising. Support for local ads sustains reporting on neighbors and county events.
Franklin Butterworth four year old son of Mr and Mrs Quentin Butterworth came home Monday from a Salt Lake City hospital where he had been treated for a week. His condition is much improved but he will require doctor care for an indefinite period. Mr and Mrs Samuel Handy visited their daughter and family Mr and Mrs Larry Wright in Clearfield on Tuesday.
Mrs Robrera Elwell hosted a Friendship club gathering last Wednesday night. Members shared quilting activities and enjoyed a plate luncheon together.
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