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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1960
Page
2
Reader note stresses that the newspaper is made possible largely by advertising from local businesses and urges support for firms that fund the publication. It highlights coverage of Franklin County people and neighbors.
Riv erdale youths and relatives participate in a high school choir variety show at Marsh Valley and West Side High Schools. Residents join trips to Salt Lake City for a football game and attend Primary convention activities, temple sessions, and weekend visits across multiple Idaho and Utah locales.
Mrs. and Mrs. David Jensen and son Eric visited Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Smith in Montpelier. Primary groups demonstrated work under Joyce Smith and Ruth B. Smith with 18 members, followed by a Seagull group event hosted by Karen Henrie. Several relatives and guests attended, with refreshments for 56. Additional reports cover Thanksgiving travel, stake meetings, a birth announcement for Errol Henderson’s son, a U of U game trip, a farewell for Stephen Meek, and visits from relatives and out of town guests.
The National Geographic notes a colossal steam plant near Kingston Tennessee supplying electricity to Oak Ridge nuclear installations. Its pumps move about a million gallons of water per minute, more than enough for New York City’s needs.
A long parish social and farewell event honors Elder Neldon Frandsen with music prayers and speakers. Local families and out of town guests attend in Preston and nearby areas while others visit relatives in Ogden Tremonton and Salt Lake City. Neldon Frandsen heads to the eastern states mission and other members participate in memorials and Bee Hive activities.
The notice records quilting parties at Mrs. Hazel Mendenhall’s home with attendees including Laura Chatterton and Fern Porter. It notes a Young Folks club gathering at Phyllis Moser’s, with prizes won by Fern Porter and Zelma Comish. Visits to Rexburg and Salt Lake City are listed, along with a jet practice pilot visiting family, and a winter trip to Mesa. It ends with a birding note on osprey nests and nesting behavior.
Health Information Foundation notes admissions grew from 150000 in 1950 to 219000 in 1959 while the number of residents in such hospitals has fallen in recent years as medical advances allow earlier releases.
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