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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1963
Page
2
A compact meditation on happiness from Norman Vincent Peale. A man lists misfortunes but is guided to rewrite the notes as positives. The doctor urges counting blessings, not troubles, and promotes practice of joy adding over gloom.
A newspaper opinion contrasts Eleanor Roosevelt with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis highlighting Eleanor's global humanitarian work and criticism of Jackie’s Mediterranean yacht cruise. The piece condemns the first lady's apparent pursuit of Riviera society and suggests Eleanor offers better lessons for public life.
At the Idaho State Chamber of Commerce annual meeting on November 4 Harry W Morrison will be honored as the state’s first Distinguished Citizen of Idaho. Morrison co founded Morrison Knudsen Co Inc with Morris Hans Knudsen in 1912.
Preston voters see a rare high stake contest in North Cache Valley with three mayoral candidates and a few council hopefuls. The campaign scene has heated up with strategy and shifting alliances as residents weigh the race.
In a humorous update Ted Larsen loses a watch during a rattlesnake encounter on a hillside while a church dinner scene features his alarm buzzing. A classified note seeks Levi’s for kids and a missing pair. Marie Stuart Widow Stuart, once in Preston, is profiled as a humorous MIA general board visitor now teaching in Salt Lake City. Brig L Young, Wesley Hubbard, and Titus Coombs depart Thatcher by train for Omaha to sell cattle.
A collage of everyday life items appears with neighbors in informal notes. People include Glen Godfrey with children on a front lawn Jeff Anderson showing a trout at Palisades Ray mond and Margaret Hobbs visiting a doctor weekly and Mel's Drug staff seeking a mayoral name.
A long list of names appears in a birthday acknowledgments page, including Reo Newbold Jr, Kurt Archibald, Ronnie Keller, Dennis Ballif, Brent Godfrey, Guy Rollison, Scotty Hart, and many others from Enid, Clarinda, and nearby areas. The item reads as a social-mocion style roster celebrating birthdays without additional event details.
A poem by Mark Hart from Franklin County celebrates autumn’s colors and nature near an apple tree with children’s swing and blooming morning glories. The column notes a new grandson to the Hawkes family in Franklin and reflects on memory, family, and the valley’s tranquil scenes.
A garbled collage of humorous vignettes and misheard dialogues unfolds from farm life to a hair grower pitch, including an elderly farmer’s air conditioning surprise, Scotsman horse rental, a candy and ice cream diet, and a soap opera of family missteps as strangers and neighbors share odd encounters and light pranks.
Paul Harvey recalls his early shotgun hobby and the hunt for a universal gun. He links personal trial with Pentagon practice where civilian and military judgments clash over the best weapon.
Weston notices list local residents and visitors. Bishop Rolen V Bastian injured his left hand in a hay baler. Funeral services for Alton Campbell attended by Tiff Campbell of Ogden. Various relatives and friends visit Salt Lake City and Logan Temple for temple activities and family gatherings.
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