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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1946
Page
10
The Peterson Sisters Birthday Club met at Dorothy Crockett's home last Wednesday to honor three members with gifts. Thurma Crockett and Zepha Peterson hosted a late afternoon luncheon.
The Fine Arts club held two April programs with Mrs Barbara Howells recounting her mother Elsie Brandley life excerpts and Mrs Valera Nash hosting. Guest Lucretia Maughan and Stirling Hixon spoke on Europe Asia experiences with pictures and crafts.
President Wm A Davis and President elect Harold Swift will lead 35 Rotary clubs from Utah Idaho and Wyoming to the 110th district conference in Ogden Utah May 13 and 14. The event features J Ed McLaughlin Rolls Texas as keynote and Bishop Hunt Salt Lake City as main speaker with awards for farthest traveling club and largest membership representation. Roy C Davidson Boise chairs the local On to Ogden committee.
The Ladies Literary Club of Pres s hosted a spring afternoon tea at the Greaves home with Mrs Ben Johnson as hostess. Ogden performer Howdey read a recent pro play and Minnie Davies sang before and after. Awards went to Sylvia Malmberg and Nagmi Lloyd. The event featured candles, narcissus, a Madeira cloth table, roses and carnations, and a buffet service for about fifty five members.
Miss Colleen Geddes of Preston High and U S A C student E Stuart Campbell, son of Mr and Mrs Elgin S Campbell of Boise, announce their engagement. Geddes and Campbell are former Preston High students. Campbell is a Navy veteran with 37 months service, 23 overseas. Also noted, Mrs Karma P Parkinson of Franklin becomes life member of Utah State Agricultural College Alumni Association. she graduated 1919 with home economics and was Sigma Theta Phi Chi Omega and Alpha Sigma Nu member.
Announcement shows Tra H. Masters seeking a second term as Idaho secretary of state after two years in office and Ernest G. Hansen filing for the state auditor position. Masters, a former Idaho newspaperman, argues for penitentiary modernization and moving juvenile delinquency work to public welfare. Hansen, first-term state auditor, previously served as chief accountant after a 1944 election win. educated at Paul, the University of Arizona, and the University of California.
Twin Falls businessman and World War II veteran Robert L. Summerfield filed with the secretary of state his declaration of candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor in the June 11 primary. He said his aim is an economical and efficient state operation.
The article discusses opposition at the city edge to a proposed site for a fair 4-H show and rodeo with no permanent facilities. It notes the rodeo committee has spent about $20,000 on the present location over the past decade or more without achieving permanence. The stake presidency stance is summarized.
A City official argues that spending on the current project yields no lasting results. The park's location blocks expansion and restricts ideal residential lots. Moving the park a few blocks would free land of lesser value for the same purpose and repurpose valuable property more effectively.
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