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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1962
Page
2
In Our Opinion Louise Shadduck of the Idaho Commerce and Development Department says Idaho’s economy shows a strong upturn. She cites 7 percent rise in personal income through July, record construction, tourism growth, rising manufacturing, and a booming retail market.
Idaho politics turn on two former presidents campaigns Ralph Harding invites Harry Truman to speak at a Sept 14 banquet in Pocatello for Democrats Eisenhower commits to campaign for Republicans in the state Both parties sense high stakes as national figures campaign for Idaho races in a year of heated contest.
A reader laments a chronic budget shortfall for the 1962 fiscal year, arguing a six billion gap and comparing billions to daily coffee. He cites Senator Cotten's line about a “riot of colors along the Potomac” and jokes about fertilizer subsidies and political blame while critiquing Washington reporting.
The report notes Demar Merrill eating Ross Rasmussen candy bars while Doc Blaser claims patients halt his airplane talks and fails to stop the discussion. Gus Mink pushes phone sales as Wallace Jensen schemes for a Lions club program. Russ Cranney promotes the Bear River Project as Harold Pinson fears another city council panel assignment.
A fragmented local column notes a misrouted advertisement postcard from Greenwell and Wicker in Ogden mailed Oct 12 1955. It also recalls a light diet pitch and family news including a baby born the day of a quake, plus a humorous exchange about a gas engine order and a bizarre weekly menu.
A string of humorous vignettes depicts a golfer’s home dinner with a joking father and wife remarks about Willie, a Sunday School teacher quips on Good Friday, and a family meal where the husband jokes about the housework. Other bits feature a Scottish pair trading witticisms about money and a man claiming his wife’s teeth weigh down his pockets.
Miss Blanche Ken nail Thomas returns to Preston Friday September 28 as a member of the Forrest Taylor Company in The Man She Loved. Oneida Academy touts its strength with a $110 060 campus plan a landscape architect drawn park setting and an expected class of fifty graduates in 1918.
Supt Harland Simmons warns parents and students under a new state law approved March 13 1917 prohibiting membership in secret organizations by students in public schools. Doyle Tanner and Preston Pilots members traveled to West Yellowstone for cattle fishing returning after a rapid five hour trip.
A 1927 item notes Franklin county Scandinavians importing an industries film on Denmark and its possessions. Theft is cited in Preston as paid prices apply. Crockett’s son reports a truck crash near Rocky Canyon injuring no one.
Keith Morgan phon ed from Medford announces the birth of a baby girl, adding a new sister to the family. The birth brings the tally to two girls and two boys in the household.
Mr and Mrs Viehwer and family moved last Monday to Soda Springs where Mr Viehweg will be teaching school. The Viehwegs taught at Soda Springs last winter but moved back to Clifton to their home and farm for the summer.
Word arrives that a baby boy was born August 24 to Lt and Mrs Robert Kjar Vickie, stationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, bringing joy to the Dan Robinsons.
A list of crossword style clues covering social division of India to birds with hints like Rhode Island abbr and Seoul capital city. Includes terms for grading readers marks and projecting church end among others.
Readers are invited to submit birthday notices for friends and relatives. The column lists names grouped by date from September 13 to September 19, including Douglas Webb Iiunda Hinck ley Berkeley Palmer Stephen Meek Max Olson Tim Hull Alan Beckstead Jule Auver Floyd Burnett Stanley Hawkes Evra J Cor bridge Sheryle Meek Clayton Allen Peggy Nelson Clair L Hansen Wells Mce Entire Willis Henrie Dixie Lee Hall Anna Hull Lynn Womack Ed Nuffler Jr Tyra Lyn Hall Blanche Alder Keith Christensen Auraul Christensen James Drury Elmo Keller Linda Checketta Ronnie Sharp Rand Greaves Charles W Peterson LaBella S Larsen Genevieve Hawkes Shirley Golightly Jane Keller Alan Kirkbride Norma Crabtree Brad Johnson Roland Hull Jr.
The Wilde family of Preston hosted a reunion at Preston park on Monday. Attending were Cloyd Wilde and Mink Creek relatives, Reo Wilde and Pocatello family, Alma Austin and Salt Lake City relatives, Bettvy Frramouspe and Blackfoot kin, plus Wayne Bennett Owen Casperson and their families with Mr and Mrs Oscar Wilde in Preston.
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