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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1961
Page
10
Sealed proposals will be received by the Idaho Board of Highway Directors at the office of the state of Idaho for a highway project. The notice specifies submission procedures and deadline, inviting qualified bids from contractors and suppliers.
The Idaho Department of Highways seeks bids by May 23 1961 for reconditioning the roadbed and constructing a crushed gravel base with a bituminous surface on 62 miles of the Ovid Riverdale Road in Franklin County Idaho Federal Aid Project S-1905(3). Plans and specs available in Boise and Pocatello with a $5 plan set fee. Bids require a 5 percent guaranty and Idaho licensing. federal projects require a licensed bidder.
The American Cancer Society calls the cancer research attack the greatest and most expensive single undertaking in medical history.
A long list of regional social visits and gatherings unfolds from Preston and surrounding towns. Residents include Audene and Jolene in Fort Worth and Los Angeles, the Olson and Lott families visiting Mackay Boise and San Francisco, stake conferences in Preston Ogden and Logan, and several elderly relatives and guests across Idaho Utah and Nevada. The village election brings new board members Boyd Stewart and Sterling Bingham while Oscar Campbell and others maintain town service roles.
Rural community life is sketched with school dances at Nielson gym. Attendants to the queen include Deanna Jepson and Sonya Christensen. Many residents visit kin in Provo, Preston, Logan, Salt Lake City and Grace, with a mix of family gatherings, church talks, and scouting activities noted.
Cleveland and Ogden visits by McGregor and Panter families are listed. PTA election selects Mardene Andresen as president. Grace High School students attend Idaho Falls music festival while the track team competes at North Cache High School. Weekend visitors include Norman Daniels family and Williams family from Salt Lake City and Pocatello respectively.
Keith and Georgia Buttars welcomed a baby boy born April 23 at Preston hospital. Grandparents include Mr and Mrs Earl Buttars of Weston and Mr and Mrs James Lannon of Ogden. Weekend guests at Norman D Fennesbeck home were Mr and Mrs Wallace Galbraith of Richmond. Dewey Campbell visited Oxford with daughter and son-in-law Mrs Kaye Thayne and family in California. Ronald Coburn attended a Smithfield party to honor Elder Jerry Cronquist and Kaye Thayne, with Cronquist heading to Georgia mission. The Coburns also spoke with sister Ruth Griffin of Newton. William and Dahle returned home after wintering in California and Texas.
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