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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1962
Page
2
In Our Opinion the Bear River dam plan is pushed by Utah interests and may be built near Preston despite local ambivalence. The story notes public knowledge is scanty and few Preston representatives attended a briefing, urging Idahoans to become informed and engage on the project.
Lyndon B. Johnson, once seen as a potential president, has again receded from the spotlight as the Kennedy tour dominates coverage. He travels in Turkey and the Near East while doubts linger on his long public life.
A 1959 sales pitch letter discusses a coming boom and inflation, urging preparation for high dividends. It recalls hopes for the Soaring Sixties, contrasts with stock and farm downturns, and projects jet age growth, population rise, industrial expansion, and more leisure time affecting Preston in the 1960s.
DEAR MISTER EDITOR Zeke Grubbs, a preacher, stops by the country store Saturday night. He jokes about pastors working seven days a week and laments too many church duties, jokes about in-growed toenails and garbage cans, and comments on needing a vacation possibly to Africa to visit a missionary friend.
A humorous sketch questions national wealth with mock prosperity and jokes about a birthday party cake. It features a mother and son exchange about recipes and cake portions, followed by a quip on a husband keeping promises since courtship days.
Readers are invited to submit birthday items by phone or card. The page lists names and dates including September 6 1982 Michael Saxton David Ransom Lorna Dunn Lucille Roberts Glen R Orme and many others through September 18 1982 Douglas Webb Linda Hinchse Berkely Palmer Stephen Meek Max Olson Tim Hull Alan Beckstead with various residents and dates.
Thirty five driver training students with instructor Alven Hendrickens went by bus to Downata for a swim They enjoyed a lunch and a program The bus driver was Oscar Almond.
Bernadine Smith speaks with Don across the street while Dick Snow talks about good fishing in the Primitive area. Charlie Peterson discusses the West Side Preston football game. Clark Johnson shows his infant. Ross Rasmussen eats Demar Merrill's candy bar. Doc Nichols is cornered by church workers.
A brief dispatch notes how daily life in various regions resembles a continuous struggle or fast paced pace. The piece highlights persistent challenges and resilient routines shaping communities abroad.
A correspondent urges Preston residents to save the Opera House by converting it into a local museum highlighting early photographs, events, and people. They compare to Virginia City Nevada and Montana towns, noting risks from structural decay and proposing a citywide effort with artifacts, wax figures, and regional history displays.
Election night results show Dr David R Cutler winning a three year board of trustees term for East Side School District 201. Also reported a carrier Boxer fighter plane crash on its flight deck caused a fire and ammunition explosion with two local crewmen among the uninjured helpers.
J N Larsen Company hires a first class abstractor to handle land title work on a large scale. A crowd gathered at the Oregon Short Line depot to bid farewell to Karl Cutler and Wilford Peterson, the first draftees from the city, who proceed to Preston en route to encampment in Washington. Mr and Mrs Geo E Crockett visited Bancroft over the weekend.
A reception at Franklin on August 24 celebrated Mr and Mrs George Comish for their golden wedding anniversary. About 160 friends and relatives visited the Comish home, honoring the couple and their family, with distant relatives among the original Franklin pioneers. The Preston Lumber Co. bid $30,000 for Utah-Idaho Central Railroad properties sold at the courthouse by receiver S J Quinney.
Thirty five years ago in September 1927, Veron Thomander and Miss Pauline Romney, once of Preston and now in Provo, were married at the Salt Lake Temple. Also noted, Mr Louis Packer of Riverdale welcomed a baby girl born August 27.
Mr and Mrs Alex Rakisit and three children from LaCrescerta California stayed with Mr and Mrs Floyd Robinson and their sons. Elder Brent Robinson of the Southern California mission is acquainted with the Rakisits. Mrs LaRue Smith and two children from Brigham City visited Mr and Mrs William Robinson. George Mylorie and twin daughters Marlene and Darlene departed Thursday for Oakley where Mr Mylorie will teach school this year.
A compact crossword of clues includes Valley, strike coniferous tree, Shoshonean Indians, similar, beginning, memorandum, Balkan country, Greek letter, obese, letter, bowers, pistols, like ale, distant, sum of money, having tufts, exist, Downing Street, Hawaiian bird, communicate as sage, lump of earth, long claw, without funds slang, weesellike animal, artisan's stand, observe a, pitcher, insect.
A Franklin county letter urges support for Len Jordan to fill Senator Dworshak's vacancy. The writer cites Jordan's Idaho roots, Oregon education, and service as Idaho governor 1951 to 1955, plus national roles, arguing he knows forest, mine, land, water, and business issues.
A reader sends a $3.00 check to renew the Preston Citizen. The note expresses fondness for the hometown paper and mentions Oneida Street road paving and a humorous remark about the reader's grandfather Paul K. Smith.
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