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Preston Citizen

Location

Preston, Idaho, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1958

Page

2

Local notes and obituaries from Franklin area happenings

Obituaries report the death of El Williams age 88 in Ogden and funeral services in Preston. Community updates include military advancements for Dr. Spencer Parkinson at El Toro and Roger Griffeth earning a third place medal in shot put at a BYU track meet. Socials note Ellen Wright DUP camp plans May 3 honoring several members and various visits and gatherings in Franklin and Logan areas.

Jand Spencer Parkinson Amedical” Corps el Toro Santa Ana Calif Roger Griffeth Ricks College Rexburg Byu Roger Arden Gritteth Stella Biggs el Williams Walter M. Williams Ogden Biggs Robert Cooley Dinehildren Denver Horace Hawkes Ellen Wright DUP Rose Hawkes Alice Woodward Annie Wilkinson Syrena Lowe Isabella Bradford Cecil Woodward Cache Valley Logan Thelma Doney Aller Preston Bountiful Utah Alfer Terry Jamison Doney Paul Wilkinson J Jr Roman. Brown Hus Baxter Deal Salt Lake City Farold Naef Roy, Utah Logan Temple Samuel R. Handy W. P. Waddoups Bernice Parkinson Marvin Neeley Lester Atkinson Laura Chatterton Ruby Anderson Blanche Kingsford Maud Adamson Mae Handy Estelle Wright Ariel Chatterton Alma Hampton Earl Shumway Marlon Woodward Ben Porter Maggie Jamison W. H. Biggs Nora Durrant Robert Haworth Preston Hospital Walter Hiller Horace Haworth Marilyn Doney Young Folks Club Cove Monta Wickham Aline Jensen Zelma Comish Estelle Smith Phylis Moser Lydia Comish Leone Smith Janet Fuhriman DeAnn Dunkley Karen Shuttesworth Shannon Nash Preston High School Marching Corps Idaho Falls Mrs. Bingham Jerry_ Jensen Arlene David ‘Woodward Kanda ‘Allen Caron Lowe

Traffic signs and traffic engineer urged for safe neighborhoods

Residents urge signs and a traffic engineer to study and recast a city wide traffic control program. A mother pressures for pedestrian signs while urging expert evaluation of intersections to reduce crashes and hazards observed by locals and officials.

U. S. Bureau of Public Roads

Idaho Farmers Raise Spring Wheat Planting by Six Percent

The University of Idaho extension service reports Idaho farmers plant six percent more spring wheat, below the national rise of fourteen percent. Corn and oats acreage stay near last year, barley up four percent, and hay down nationwide. Idaho expects a five percent rise in overall potato acreage with a smaller 1957 crop supporting storage potato strength. prices may stay favorable into midyear. Hog prices look solid for spring pig crop, milk output rising to July with prices likely to ease after the flush period. Idaho milk production in March reached 429 million pounds, up from February and above last year.

Idaho R. Wayne Robinson USDA

Market signals show fat cattle supply and price trends

Large supplies of fat cattle are expected on the market in the next two months, with prices declining. Crops are forecast to be largest in the Midwest, and western markets will also be affected.

Mid-West

Poultry Production Up in Idaho in 1957

Idaho farms produced 18.63 million pounds of chickens and turkeys liveweight in 1957, up from 17.06 million in 1956. Farm chickens and production segments share and egg output reached 299 million eggs, with an annual lay rate of 210 per layer, against 207 in 1956, and total cash receipts for chickens, turkeys, and eggs declined slightly from 1956 totals.

Idaho USDA

Allstate Safety Crusade Warns on Sudden Car Speeds

The Allstate Safety Crusade urges drivers to sound the horn and proceed slowly from alleys or blind spots to warn pedestrians and other road users about fast, smooth accelerating cars.

Allstate Allstate Safety Crusade

Randon Wilson Joins Blue Key Fraternity at Utah State

Randon Wilson of Preston was initiated last week into the Blue Key fraternity at Utah State University. The membership honors scholarship and school activities and recognizes him as an outstanding male student. Wilson serves on the interfraternity council and the constitutional revision committee and is affiliated with Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Randon Wilson Preston Utah State University Inter Council Sigma Alpha Ep Silon

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