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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1962
Page
1
Thomas Heath announced a payment of 50 cents per ton on all beets delivered in 1961 in addition to the prior November payment. Final 1961 beets payment will occur after sugar is sold on November 15. Heath notes low sugar content last year and cites phosphate shortages as a factor, urging sprinkling to combat drying soil from recent winds.
A 23-year-old Fairview farmer Brooks Telford was killed while clearing an irrigation ditch on the Von Atkinson ranch at Treasureton. He was found dead near a cap overturned backhoe after reportedly working alone. funeral held in Fairview with burial in Lewiston Utah. He leaves a wife and three children.
The 47th annual Black and White Days Holstein show in Richmond starts Friday with cattle assembly at 5 am. Judging of purebred bulls and cows, a judging contest for FFA and 4-H, a chuck wagon supper at 6 pm, and entertainment at 8 pm mark the day with visitors from Franklin county expected. A May 19 horse show is noted for Saturday events.
Light rains over the past week yielded only 0.18 inch of precipitation. Wind dried soils as farmers hoped for a heavier storm. Temperature highs and lows ranged from 77 to 36 degrees with May 10 to May 16 records: 76 41, 77 44, 72 36, 65 40, 07 precip, 62 38, 57 37 and 10 precip, 58 38 and 0.01 precip.
The Preston Jeep Club will sponsor a skeet shoot on Sunday May 27 at a location up Cub River canyon. Spectators and participants are invited with signs guiding the way. Three trophies will be awarded by Wayne Evans Cranney Chevrolet Co and Anderson Lumber Co along with free refreshments for attendees.
West Side High held graduation events on May 25 with Baccalaureate on May 19. Edwin Peterpont was chosen as main speaker for the service. Ronald Ward and Ione Beutler earned top honors with 3.889 and 3.887 GPAs respectively. Ward named brainiest senior. Beutler hardest worker and student body secretary. Other 1962 graduates listed include Stan ley Buxton Janet Tomasi Carol Dalley Ferrell Austin and many more.
A Saturday morning mishap in the business district left three parked cars damaged as two drivers backed into them. Oliver Greaves 1958 model and his son Wendell were aboard one vehicle, while Alton Nash’s 1958 model was scraped along its right side. Estimated damages totaled about 400 dollars with hood bumper grill and fender affected on the Greaves car and front end damage on the Nash vehicle.
Wayne Brown leads Saturday with a low 38 for low gross while Alonzo Handy edges the handicap field with a net 32. Roger Handy ties his father in gross for handicap, Dr. Clair Cutler claims longest putt and hole-in-one. Harry Woolley dominates driving as more players expected with improving weather.
Local column recalls Frederick G Dutton, nephew of a trusted ally, now in the Kennedy era. Chuck Johnson notes Mayor Sher Webb’s golf win over Mark Hammond, jokes about handicaps, and late tee moments. Also mentions used appliances sale by Harry Woolley and Sylvia. Continues on page 5.
Ronald Mink son of Mr and Mrs G L Mink Preston formerly of Preston High School was critically wounded by a revolver shot in a Boise residential district. He told officers two men in a car pulled up and one asked the other “Will he do” before firing. The bullet perforated the stomach and lodged in the back muscle. he walked to a nearby home for help and was taken to a hospital.
Milo Hobbs promotes AG's second anniversary sale at his supermarket starting this Thursday and running through Saturday May 26. He promises a store packed with special values and lists only a few hot items in the ad.
Two trustee seats in zones 3 and 4 will be decided next Tuesday with polls 3 to 8 pm. Incumbents Leon Forsgren and Phenol H. Edgley do not both run. candidates include Joseph A. Christensen and Dean C. Smith for zone 3, and Phenol H. Edgley and J Reld Hoggan for zone 4. Absentee ballots accepted prior to election day.
Anderson Lumber Co. will host a grand opening this Friday and Saturday with prizes favors and refreshments. The new building will be the scene of celebration and community interest.
J Elliott Cameron, Dean of students at USU, will speak at the Preston LDS seminary graduation. Clair Judy, principal, announced the event for Friday evening. The program includes student speakers Claron Durrant, Utahna Shumway, and Owen Cherrington. Diplomas and fourth-year certificates will be presented to 163 students by stake president W Dean Palmer.
West and his team from PHS, including Oscar Almond and Jim Carlson, flew to Boise in a private plane for preliminaries. About 35 teams entered statewide. seven competed in Boise where the group earned fifth place. The event showcased top senior auto mechanics students from Idaho schools.
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