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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1950
Page
2
Thanksgiving festivities bring family and friends together across Downey and nearby towns. Residents from Nordick, Criddle, Gibbs, Hadley, Olson, Abbott, Gambles and others hosted dinners in Preston, Pocatello, Salt Lake City and Jerome. Weekend visits included multiple households, with army service plans noted for Douglas Hadley and extensive travel between rural Idaho communities.
Mrs La Fawn Johnson and children did baptismal work at the Logan temple. The Kingsburys spent Thanksgiving at the Allens in Swan Lake. Many neighbors attended stock sale in Pocatello. Families gathered in Preston and Salt Lake City for Thanksgiving meals and kin visits. Miss Mildred Burton returned from a mission in eastern Canada.
The text lists local families and individuals who spent Thanksgiving with relatives and friends. Names include Esther Oxford Davis, Harold Andersons, I. M. Evans, Stanley Fisher and Brenda, Russell Keller, Jesse Hawkes and sons Ward and Arlyn, Toney Jepson and daughters Zola and Maurine, Stewart McDonald and son Lynn, and Joseph Ward, among Preston Richmond Clifton Rigby areas.
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