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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1962
Page
1
The article notes a planned opening of Christmas lights and decorations for the season, featuring a free movie for children and a visit from Santa Claus. Street lights will be turned on as part of the event.
Flip by the city will be turned at 5 p m Friday November Sepa the stores of Preston will be open until 8 p m He On Saturday December 1 Santa Claus is scheduled to give away free bags of candy and nuts at 1 p m He will make his headquarters In the First Security Bank building and will be there for about one hour Immediately after the children.
Preston merchants set pre Christmas shopping hours with a club sponsored matinee at the Grand Theater. The Lions Club will cover the show costs and the matinee begins at 2 p.m. on the scheduled day.
Ethel Esplin, 84, longtime Franklin County resident, died Wednesday when a tractor he was using to plow tipped into an irrigation canal. His body was found by his son Merl after about three hours. The incident occurred on a farm between Fourth and Eighth North on Second East.
A. N. Wendell, division manager for Utah Power and Light Co., was reelected to the Idaho State Chamber of Commerce board during Monday’s Boise meeting held at the All-Idaho conference. Attending from Preston were Keith Christensen, Rulon Dunn, and Wendell.
A fragmented passage notes sales efforts tied to a local high school, outlining fundraising activity and community involvement. Names and places are unclear due to OCR gaps but the focus remains on boosting school programs through sales.
Two fifth grade essays from Jefferson School share unique takes on gratitude written with childlike voice. They reflect personal thanks and holiday memories, offering a glimpse into classroom life and student perspective.
On the day before Thanksgiving a family prepares pies and a turkey. A noisy clash ends with the turkey escaping the oven and demanding to “not by the hair on my chin chin.” The family resumes prep and muses about chicken next year.
A child finds a large Easter egg and discovers it hatch into a turkey. The turkey grows huge and escapes danger from a dog cat bear and river. A fox offers to help but swallows the turkey mid river journey.
Malad High School and Mongar at Preston schools join for a November 30 concert at 8 30 pm directed by Lyle Shipley and Wesley Baker with guest conductor Lee Fawson from Pocatello. The event marks the first combined choir effort in Preston with students housed nearby.
Four members will be elected to the Preston Chambers board. The ballot lists Floyd Fackwell Jack Garrett Taies Ac Keith Wellson Ru 3 ter John Smedley Mond Sprelec and others. The voting deadline is November 29 with the first office November 30.
Fragmentary text references dates January 18 1563 and January 27 with mentions of license enforcement and expired plates. The readable items show a commissioner and penalties but lack coherent details or identifiable names.
A 27 year old Lewiston farmer aiming to run a 300 cow dairy operation earned second place in Utah’s Outstanding Young Farmer contest and first prize in a Be Cache Valley event. The winner, previously Dorothy Sen, operates eight cattle ventures and plans future expansion.
The Preston school district lists major building repairs including wall and roof work after earthquake damage a flat roof replacement chimney repairs and new brick work. Acoustical tile installed in high school and Jefferson cafeteria a porch added at Whitney with flooring replacement in Whitney gym and new cement walks along the east side of the school block in Preston
A study released this week by the engineering firm R. L An Bail Of Academy Building Pece 2 notes the old Oseld a Stake necaeery building deteriorating rapidly. The report by R K. Watkine of Watkins, Gordon and Rich of Logan cites high deterioration rates and calls for urgent remediation to preserve the structure.
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