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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1955
Page
12
Aquatics Day features skiing facilities and waterfront activities for invited bboys. Swimming is excellent at Bear Lake and the camp waterfront is in excellent condition to accommodate an unlimited number of swimmers.
Arnold Sant was chosen as the new chairman of the city recreation league after Horace Baugh moved from Preston. The post previously held by Sant remains vacant, with Nat Edwards in charge of beautification of the park and Eph Johnson supervising the hardball diamond.
The Preston Citizen reports a local item with minimal available details. A brief summary notes a civic or community matter and mentions no individuals or organizations due to partial readability.
The Cache Valley Civic Music association reports its 1955-56 membership drive began with a pre concert dinner for workers in Logan and will close Saturday noon. Mrs. Glen Worthington presides while Elda Carlson and Mr. and Mrs. John Manning assist county residents in joining. Concert plans include Mattiwilla Dobbs and various instrumental acts. tickets must be mailed or purchased in advance, not at the door.
Students at the high school plan a dance in the Preston High gym after the Filer football game. The invitation extends to alumni and all high school students to attend.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a page continuation mentioning managers from Salt Lake City tied to a production theme involving White and education. The legible bits suggest a business or production note, with names and roles partially visible.
Sept 29 30 set for annual re registration of Oneida and Franklin stakes. Sessions begin 8 P M at stakehouses. Ward Scouters invited. Program features leadership talks and relationships. Delmer Olsen and William A Davis lead. Melvin Harris directs re registration. refreshments and attendance prizes.
Four 4-H girls Friedel Gregersen Sherril Geddes Larene Bodily and Evelyn Edgley will present a dance under the direction of Edgley at the Eastern Idaho State Fair in Blackfoot. The group will compete in the talent contest to represent Franklin County 4-H clubs. Arrangements were managed by Bergquist Maughan Leona Heath Thelma Griffeth Hyrum Johnson Sidney Sparrow Owen Gibson Ellen Gibson and Edna Nelson.
In a late game sequence, Robert Hodges of North Cache scooped up a Preston fumble and raced 40 yards for a second touchdown. Hodges added two more rushing TDs of 60 and 65 yards. Cahle notched a 55 yard score, and Dennis Brown scored from one yard out to cap the drive.
Lorin Neeley 64 of Klamath Falls Oregon and former Preston resident died suddenly Monday due to a heart attack. He was born January 22 1891 in Riverdale son of Arimenios and Emma Neeley. Survived by wife Jennie Hymas 1912 marriage in Logan temple and numerous children grandchildren and siblings. Funeral services Friday at 10 p.m. Webb Mortuary Riverdale ward with burial in Riverdale cemetery.
Dr. Wylie D. Goodsell of Weston, an Agriculture Department employee, is loaned to the United Nations to analyze inland fisheries in the Middle and Far East. He will visit Rome, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Israel, India, Thailand, and Indonesia, lecturing Oct 31 to Dec 11, then return via California to Idaho and Washington, D. C.
New arrivals list includes a girl born Sept 10 to Mr and Mrs Billie Singer of Cornish Utah a girl born Sept 12 to Mr and Mrs Wynn Nelson of Dayton and a girl born Sept 13 to Mr and Mrs Ernest Schow of Preston.
Mrs. Dan Howarth and her children Susan and Candy of Burley visited Friday through Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Luther Boyd in Preston.
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