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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1961
Page
8
The piece argues advertising acts as a display window for merchandise and prices, not all ads are bargains, and fresh stock with going prices boosts sales while repeated old goods harm profits. It notes competition, store atmosphere, and clerks’ courtesy influence shopping. Lincoln County Journal in Shoshone.
A letters page laments a linotype error that turned government into GIVERNMENT in a critique of Uncle Sam’s expanding largess and rising debt. The writer questions whether the slip was intentional or a hidden jab at current administration and Congress.
Capt W S Dursteler the Preston native and Air Force veteran joins Atlantic fleet heavy attack setup at Sanford Naval Air Station Florida under the Air Force Navy exchange plan. He flew 100 Korea missions earned the Air Medal and Purple Heart and will train with VAH 3 before joining VAH 5 combat crews.
The Harvest Ball will be held Wednesday evening at 8 in the school gymnasium Dayton. It is billed as one of the year’s biggest events with booths archery a marriage booth penny arcade and many other attractions. Door prizes will be awarded and all are welcome.
A holiday lighting program will be held Friday at 1 30 p m in Franklin county courthouse social hall. Ruby Garrett of Utah Power and Light will present lighting to your way through the holidays with colored slides and in door and outdoor lighting ideas. Lucretia Maughan extension home agent will show how to make and cover gift boxes for Christmas. All are invited to attend.
Two senior students Adelle Viehweg and Christie Morgan of West Side High School are selected to participate in a two day music recital at Whitman College in Walla Walla Washington. A 1600 dollar scholarship will be awarded to the winning musician chosen from students from western states.
The Preston High School FFA announces the Harvest Ball on November 22 at 8:30 p.m. in the gym with coronation of a sweetheart by student vote. Director Robert Bodily leads. Rodney Fisher Rex Coates and Glen Taylor head event chores. an orchestra and carnival feature the Thanksgiving theme.
The Farm Bureau plans a banquet with G Nicholas Ifft of Idaho State Journal as master of ceremonies and Peggy Carlson of Bannock County performing. W Cleon Skousen will give the main address. voting and resolutions will mark Wednesday morning, with tickets at 2.75 available through the local bureau by Saturday.
About three hundred students attended a journalism workshop at Utah State University on Saturday. Participants from Preston High School included four representatives led by adviser J. N Boothe and learned about producing high school newspapers and yearbooks.
Students from West Side high school participated in a special music clinic Saturday evening at Social Springs. The girls chorus and choir performed selections including In the Still of the Night The Hallelujah Chorus and songs from My Fair Lady.
Saturday duplicate bridge social was held at the Preston country club. The Silks lodge hosted an afternoon session with Howell as movement leader. Rae Greger Fon and Lois Petersen earned second high. Betty McCune and Bernadine Smith third. Fae Foss and Elizabeth Boyd fourth. Florence Reeves and Gwen Collier also participated.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Archibald of Dayton announce the engagement of their son Darrell Ames of Clearfield to Miss Archibald of Bremerton Washington. The couple plans a December 16 wedding. she is a West Side High School graduate and beauty school alumna. The groom is a Davis High School graduate and Navy serviceman stationed in Bremerton. An open house is set for December 2 at the Archibald home from 4 to 8 p.m.
Sharlet Stevenson of West Side High placed second in the senior division of the Make It With Wool contest held November 4 at the Preston Elks lodge. She modeled a charcoal gray wool dress with detailed sleeve and bodice work, paired with black patent heels and a magenta hat and gloves. Forty nine contestants from five districts attended the luncheon and tea after the event.
Verlan Schvaneveldt, 46, died Saturday in a hospital after suffering a stroke eight weeks after birth in Weston Idaho. Surviving relatives include his widow, two sons and two daughters of Preston, and multiple brothers and sisters in Idaho Utah California and Nevada. Funeral or memorial arrangements were reported in the Preston area.
Funeral services were held Saturday for Milo Henry Woolf 75 of Riverdale who died Wednesday. He was born September 14 1886 in Hyde Park Utah to James and Emma Woolf. He married Vareta Taylor in 1922 and in the Logan temple of the LDS Church. He was a World War I veteran and member of American Legion Post 34 Preston. Survivors include his widow two daughters Mrs Carma Austin and Mrs Phillip Phyllis Cut right both of Salt Lake City ten grandchildren and brothers James Wright of Preston and Russell Woolf of Oakland Calif.
Boise civic leaders at a Wednesday breakfast urged greater public focus on federal fiscal policy. Max Yost warned that the 1962 federal deficit could reach 6.9 billion dollars with Idaho taxpayers bearing about 18.6 million in added debt, as expenditures rise beyond January estimates.
Prominent figures including Cleon Skousen and Cy Lynn are set to speak at the Idaho Farm Bureau convention in Pocatello from November 20 to 21. Idaho Farmers Bureau executive secretary Lloyd Browning says Skousen’s appearance is a highlight and Kline, a former American Farm Bureau president, will also address attendees. Wayne Tyler of the American Agricultural Marketing Assn. is noted as a speaker in marketing matters. The theme is America Farm Bureau Forward.
Breakfast for committeemen of the Farm Bureau will be held Monday November 20 with Mrs. Van Ness Valentine Idaho Farm Bureau women's chairman in charge. Mrs Martins and Mr Browning will present their annual reports to convention delegates Monday morning. Martin said the convention program is not complete but promises a 1961 program outstanding in many years.
Friday overnight guests at the B G Weaver home included her sister and husband Mr and Mrs Ernest Johnson of Ogden. Sunday the Weavers visited BrigHam City with Mr and Mrs Charles Keller and family. Mrs and Mrs Peck Stevenson of Ogden were weekend guests of her parents Mr and Mrs RuTon Dunn. Mrs Goldie Stack and daughter Judith of Pocatello were Saturday guests of their daughter and sister Mrs Dell Rosen for Steven Rosen’s birthday anniversary. Ann Dunbar and Dewey Olsen attended a testimonial program Sunday night in Salt Lake City for Reid Dunbar prior to his LDS mission. Mr and Mrs James R Bodily left Thursday for Mesa Arizona to spend the winter. Mrs Thomas Mackey of Salt Lake City visited Friday with her daughter and family Mr and Mrs Allen Dunn. Saturday they attended a funeral for Mrs Mackey’s mother Mrs Boehme of Logan.
The Strongarm Reservoir Irrigation District votes $4.00 per share on Oct 25 1961 for maintenance and operation. First half due now and delinquent after the third Monday in December 1961. Payments accepted at the undersigned Gustave C Hedin Second Treasurer dated November 18 1961.
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