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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1972
Page
6
Eastside Schools menu for next week shows Monday September 11 pizza cole slaw fruit hot rolls and milk. Tuesday September 12 fish sticks creamed potatoes and peas cookies bread and butter. Thursday September 14 chili and crackers fruit salad cinnamon rolls.
Franklin County history details the rise of early sawmills from 1861 including Meservy’s pit saw and Parkinson Smart’s water powered mill, plus Brigham Young’s steam mill. It covers Soda Springs boom, Maple Creek Canyon operations, and mills moved for railroad work, with 1900s closure and remnants. It also notes shingle mills, Gebson and Monson mills, and pioneer home textile craft from hand cards to looms.
Saturday activities at the Franklin County Nursing Home featured a special treat with help from Preston residents Bertha Hobbs and Vera Biggs. A Sunday sacrament meeting directed by the Preston Eighth Ward was also noted, along with a long list of visiting attendees from multiple towns and states.
Four men from Preston enlist in the Army for two year terms or engineer field. John Barrus Theon Rawlings Michael Lopez and Dennis Lund are named with home parents and reassignment details. Sgt Phil Rose of Logan Recruiting Station invites interested locals to contact him for guaranteed station and job before enlistment.
A sequence of gatherings is recorded: Mrs Allie Packer hosted a Ca cienda club luncheon with Vera Hawkes Rae Hobbs Lizzie Weaver Edna Owen Mary Keller Ethel Mock and Lyle Packer assisting. Friendship club hosted by Ethel Mock with salad luncheon for several guests. Pinochle high scores awarded to Mrs Bryar and Mrs Lamont. Preston Study Group met with Elaine Egbert and Lance Garner presenting Japan insights. Re- Clubs welcomed three new members with refreshments. Verlo Petersen hosted bridge with scores for Mrs Martin and Mrs Hale. Gayle Hansen hosted a dessert luncheon with multiple guests and prizes. additional details of attendees listed throughout.
Mrs Lulu Sophia Andreasen celebrated her 85th birthday with sixty one descendants at a park. Born August 30, 1887 in Cleveland to Jens and Mettie Larsen, she married Roy C. Andreasen on March 14, 1907. The couple farmed, lived in Preston from 1943, then Grace, and she has been active in church and teaching roles. Their children include Owen Lavar, Dee L., Maynard, Ruby Katherine Jenkins, Devon Hoggan, Jo loy Sonntag, and Max. Theo died at age eight. She has 43 grandchildren, 78 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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