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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1959
Page
3
Mrs Packer reports the arrival of her 67th grandchild an eight pound one ounce daughter born to Mr and Mrs William L Bennett of Cleveland She is their sixth child joining four brothers and six sisters Estus Packer family returned from Montana with their son and relatives.
Now arrivals list several new babies with birth dates and hometowns including Preston Clifton Richmond San Diego Weston Thatcher and Riverdale students from Preston High School attended a music clinic in Montpellier featuring Tamera Meek Caralyn Wold Marcia Larsen Duane Keller and Trent Packer.
Chatterton a junior and Caro lyn Poole a sophomore are candidates for the harvest ball queen chosen by the student body. Miles Geddes, chapter president, will announce the queen at the harvest ball. Harvest ball committee chairmen are Richard Baird and LeRoy Johnson with Lorin Burnett as vice president and Steven Johnson as treasurer. Members include Kent Hollingsworth Richard Rawlings Vernon Reeder Kenneth Orme Lynn Shafer Douglas Gamble and Kent Moser.
Help wanted for a permanent service station attendant position. Good opportunity for the right man. Apply West Motor Co. 4Te.
Federal Aid discussion continues as Preston travels from Preston to Pocatello to introduce Sen. Hubert Humphrey at a party rally planned for that evening. The Idaho angle challenges the claim that federal money is simply taxes returned minus overhead.
Checks Mailed sends a difficult problem to the state and agricultural departments in Washington. Plant operations will continue until about Dec. 15. Checks in payment for the 10,000 tons delivered in November will be mailed out early in December. All beets except one single acre were harvested.
Nov. 13 records Buddy L. Chambers 27 of Pocatello and Laura Lee Harris 19 of Fairview. Nov. 14 lists Mike Bell 17 of Pocatello and Monnette Ashton 16 of Idaho Falls.
Riverdale Bradley Hogan of Preston stayed with Mr and Mrs Wenzell Keller over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Keith Smith and children of Pocatello visited with her mother Mrs Carl Facer and family during the weekend. Mrs Milo Woolf left Sunday to spend 10 days in Salt Lake City with her daughter Carma Austin and children. Her grandson Jenny suffered serious knee injuries in a fall from a bicycle recently and underwent surgery. Mrs Woolf will stay to help care for him. There is a new daughter at the Monte Packer home born Nov 12 at 8 40 p m at the Preston hospital weighing seven pounds nine ounces. The Packers have five other children, three boys and two girls. Their grandmother Mrs L M Packer stayed with the family while the mother was in the hospital. The new baby is her 66th grandchild and she has 14 great grandchildren. Mr and Mrs Neil Wold of Logan visited his parents Friday evening for Mr Wold's birthday anniversary.
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