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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1956
Page
8
The column lists visits among residents and families from Idaho Falls Franklin Pocatello Preston Grace and Ogden. People called on kin in Ward Hess Olson Denton Workman Paskins Atkinson Carver McCarrel Perry Jensen Rasmu ssen and others. Weddings births graduations and temple trips are noted along with a high school Agathon day attendance and FHA banquet.
The column records gatherings and trips among Glendale residents. Families including the Mendenhall, Owen, Petterborg, Rasmussen, and Larsen clans visited relatives in California, Idaho, and Utah. Attendees share square dancing, camping, and college family weekends while others toured Ogden and Soda Springs.
Four H members are urged to survey farm safety this spring. County 4 H club agent Plenny explains benefits including avoiding injuries and costs. University of Idaho agricultural engineer Everett Davis outlines steps: use guards and safety switches on equipment, keep work areas clean by good housekeeping.
A concise guide urges sharp lookout for equipment needing repair and steps to prevent hazards. It advises replacing unsafe lighting with approved fixtures and using slip resistant floors or grit cement mixes. Simple white painted metal reflectors can be made for farm buildings to improve visibility.
The text details 72 Tonic columns for the United States Treasury building in Washington. Each column stands 36 feet 9 inches high and 12 feet 6 3/4 inches in diameter, weighing 852 tons. The blocks are carved from single granite blocks according to the National Geographic Society.
Sunday guests at the Christen Hansen home included Mrs. Glen Jensen and her Ogden children. Anna Hurst visited River Heights with her mother Selma Bergquist on Friday. Wanda Jensen and daughter Zina joined Barbara Jensen of Preston for a bus trip to Pocatello on Saturday. Russell Westerberg and family visited Howard Seamons and Dorothy Butterfield in Hyde Park Utah. Verdon Hansen and daughters dined with his mother Emma Hansen of Preston. Christen Hansen and Dorothy Packer of Riverdale called on Mrs. M. W. Mink Creek Wednesday.
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