Blocks Stores Celebrate 50 Years in Preston
Preston marks Blocks 50th anniversary with a week long sale offering $50 Golden gift certificates. Deloy Palmer notes the event features historic displays and a tribute to the company founded in 1914 at Pocatello by Nate Block. The firm now employs 65 people across nine stores including Preston.
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Preston
Idaho
Utah
Deloy Palmer
Franklin County
Pocatello
Nate Block
Palmer
Abraham Linden
Fairview Briefs Former Fairview Family Transferred To Salt Lake
Fairview notices recount transfers and visits across Utah. The Carver family moves from Denver to Salt Lake City, and residents visit relatives in Ogden Preston and Montpelier. Numerous gatherings at homes and trips to fairs, ice follies, and business colleges are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview
Salt Lake
Paul Carver
Denver
Salt Lake City
Desert Knudsen
Henrys Drury
Dick Swainson
Danny
Ogden
Ronde Smith
Smiths
Laura Harris
Meda Robinson
Warryn Henderson
Pocatello
Wesley Hyde
Montpelier
Jon Hyde
Ervin Hatch
Hyrum Ward
Merlin Ward
Logan
Arlo Ward
Carrie Joe
Larry Ward
Bertha Rawlings
Vera Cole
Minnie Cole
Naomi Gilbert
Vic
John Kelley
Brigham City
Orvald Bowles Bret Bodily
Asa Bodily
Ned Stocks
Rupert
Myron Cole
Lynn Burbank
Bert Wheatley
Preston Hospital
Oliver Choules
Henry Drury
Salt Lahke City
Utah
Connie Gardener
Fike Nes
Edwin Dear
Olver Choules
Mildred Harsen
Weston
Norman Roberts
Theron Rawlings
Millie Baird
Edis Rawlings
Idaho Falls
Abe Marell
Clyde Palmer
Letters Defend Ralph Harding’s Church Service Amid Controversy
The letter writer lauds Ralph Harding for defining the boundary between state and church in politics and religion. Palmer recounts a 1913 store location rumor and a prohibition era tale of bootleggers behind a wooden sign. The first Blocks store opened in Pocatello in 1914 and the Preston store joined Franklin Counts business in 1949.
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Ralph Harding
Palmer
Pocatelo
Preston
Franklin Counts
Births in September add four new arrivals in towns
Mr and Mrs Floyd Porter welcome a girl in Lewiston on September 24. Mr and Mrs Reed Kirby announce a girl Grace. Mr and Mrs Keith Battats greet a boy Weston on September 26. Mr and Mrs Clinton Kent share a son Preston, with additional twins a boy and a girl born to Mr and Mrs Wayne Bennett in Winder, and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Kee Nava in Preston, Christenings pending.
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Miroo
Mis Wayne Bennett
Winder Mroo
Kee Nava
Preston
Marriage of David Hoadley and Viola Daley
David Lawrence Hoadley and Viola Ann Daley wed in a union noted amid church controversy. The report discusses tensions between church unity and extremist rhetoric, urging separation of politics from religion and criticizing a misleading political ad cited by readers.
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David Lawrence Hoadley
Pocatello
Viola Ann Daley
Weston
Deseret News
Brigham Young University
McKay
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Block
USC Electric
Blocks
Addiiton
Norma Farnes
Farrell K. Sparks
Arco
Blackfoot
Rigby
St Anthony
Soda Springs
Utah Power and Lightshires
Fairview Briefs
Carlson
Harding
Mr and
Floyd Porter
Lewiston
Mr and Mirs
Reed Kirby Girl
Grace
Mr O and
Keith Battats
Boy Weston
Mir
Clinton Kent
Gary Nelson
Brven Berteson
Hart
State
Senate
Iyountrue
Mark Hart
Ator Mark Hart
J Clifford Forsgren
Franklin
Nacm
F Gilbert
Royal Reductions
Preston, Idaho
McCune Motor
West Oneida
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