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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1959
Page
3
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Strongarm Reservoir Irrigation District will be held Monday November 30 1959 at PM in the Banida Church House. Gustave C Hedin secretary. Published November 26 1959.
Election to fill one director seat for Joseph C Hediri term ending January 2 1960. Voters in District 1 vote at M Lavern Hollingsworth residence District 2 at Gustave C Hedin residence and 3 at Hugh J Geddes residence. Polls open 1 PM to 6 PM on December 8 1959. Gustave C Hedin secretary.
The narrator recalls a brief border visit to Old Mexico, feeling like an unwelcome foreigner amid the stark poverty and petty exploitation. He notes a postal sting and a rush of workers toward American farms, then returns home to see a billboard praising American life with ironic resonance.
A flurry of visits and events in Grace, Preston, Ogden, and surrounding towns. Notables include the Gem Valley Grain Growers banquet in Grace, stockholders meeting at the Grace theater, and Relief Society activities led by Barb Panter. Families from Lago to Logan share hospital, burial, and Thanksgiving plans while locals report road trips, new trucks, and construction projects.
Preston residents hosted family and friends for Thanksgiving dinner with guests including Dan Haworth and family Hallie Boyd of Burley William Nash and family of Weston John M Meyer and family of Preston John Meyer and children of Buhl Lester Jensen family of Dayton Clair Merrill family Gilbert Jensen Salt Lake City Jerry Lower Mylen Annie Merrill Prestom and Robert Claytom family Montpelier Minnie Tripp and Leslie Johnson accompanied by their children to Ketchum to visit Spencer Merrill and family.
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