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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1946
Page
2
A note announces a marriage of interest involving members of the Colin family and their circle of friends, highlighting social significance and family connections within the community.
Kenneth Colin married Inez Scott of Yakima in Washington on April 15 at the groom’s parents home in Ogden. Relatives and friends attended the wedding and nearby community members gathered for the celebration and weekend visits followed by updates on local events.
John Webber of Preston was elected leader of the Cache Valley Life Insurance Underwriters association for the coming war at a meeting held in the Eccles hotel Logan. Wallace Galbraith of Richmond is vice president and Marine Cragin of Logan serves as secretary. The group pledges support to GIs in keeping or converting National Life Insurance policies. Next meeting is planned for Logan canyon on June 30.
Many residents share weekend visits and military updates. Wendell McWhorter returned from China after six months with wounds from Okinawa and a Marine discharge. Families hosted dinners in Preston and nearby households including Shumways Workmans and Nielsens.
Mr and Mrs LeRoy Perry and their small son spent Mothers Day with Mrs Perry's parents Mr and Mrs Howard Swainston in Whitney. Mr and Mrs Mack Hymas Mrs Dell Hymas and two sons observed Mothers Day at Preston with their mother Mrs Myrtle Hymas. Families including Marion Denton, Glenn, Stan Nelson, H Warner, Dock Barger, Jack Barger, Ken Panter and others visited relatives in various households including Pocatello and T. J. Barger’s home.
Odgen Utah residents Mr and Mrs Ben Myers visited Mrs Myers parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Talbot. Logan couple Mr and Mrs Howard Byington visited her parents. Trenton Utah pair Mr and Mrs Willard Horood visited Mr and Mrs Edd Talbot. A Mothers Day Sunday School program had LaVon Talbot leading and gifts given to each mother. A May 17 pot luck lunch honored Mrs Dorothy Johnson of Boise at Ruth Nielson’s home.
On offer is the Ideal System bookkeeping set available in two sizes. Suitable for service stations beauty shops garages restaurants and other businesses. An affordable ready to use accounting package designed for varied trades.
Preston Mayor E A Crockett proclaims Poppy Day for May 25 with nationwide observance. Volunteers from the American Legion Auxiliary and Konoma club will distribute poppies to honor war dead and raise funds for disabled veterans and families. Poppies are supplied at no cost. only the disabled veterans earn a wage for making them.
Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 pm in Glencoe ward chapel for Perry Pearson 60 who died Sunday at Preston hospital after a two week illness. He was born June 18 1885 at North Ogden, son of Pehr and Ingrid Pearson, and married June 24, 1915, in the Log-
A funeral notice lists Hanna Nelson as survived by his widow, five sons and three daughters including Carmen Pearson and Mrs Thora Montgomery of Clearfield Utah, Douglas Pearson of Fresno Cecil Pearson in the Marines at San Diego Roy Pearson a missionary Thelma Dean Colleen Pearson of Glencoe one grandchild and a half brother Hyrum Johnson of Fairview Burial was at Mink Creek cemetery under Richards and Sons mortuary Idaho crop report notes April weather generally favorable with above normal temperatures especially south precipitation near normal in north Idaho but low in south causing some fruit damage Winter wheat prospects remain good production forecast at 28 360 000 bushels down 7 from 1945 record but above ten year average
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