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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1955
Page
9
Numerous Idaho Utah and Montana visitors are noted as weekend guests or travelers. Families including the Tarsens Merrills Gagssmans Gibsons Stevens Wells and Warr attend fairs ice follies or visit kin in Salt Lake City Brigham City Rexburg and other towns.
A busy weeklong timeline of visits and guest stays across Twin Falls Gooding and neighboring towns. Barbara Olsen spends a week with the Virgil Knudson home while families travel to Blackfoot for the fair and relatives visit in Boise Rupert Nyssa and Salt Lake City. Numerous hospitality events and kinship gatherings are noted including bridal showers and wedding-related activities.
Bridge luncheon hosted Saturday afternoon by Mrs. Frank Foss drew members including Mrs. Lin Hale Mrs. Don Smith Mrs. G W McCune Mrs. Virgil Knudson Mrs. Howard Johnson Mrs. O D Robinson and Mrs. Earl Nelson. Mrs Knudson won high score with Mrs Foss in second place.
The Syringa camp of the DUP held its fall meeting at Capt. Emma H. Callan’s home. A sketch of Mary Elizabeth Dalley Hulet’s life was read, Gary Greaves sang, Eldora Maughan led a lesson and a questions game. Refreshments were provided by Alice Merrill and Emma Callan.
Dayton residents heard Nile Hansen recount 17 months in Europe with color slides and films showing Germany France Italy Belgium Switzerland and Denmark. He described rebuilt cities war devastation and daily life while noting language lessons and his U S Army service ending with specialist second class.
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Funeral services were held in the Franklin ward chapel for Glen N Allen 63 of Franklin who died Saturday at Logan hospital from a heart attack. He was born July 15 1892 in Hyrum Utah son of Andrew A and Rebecca Nielsen Allen. He married Reta Scarborough March 3 1920 in Salt Lake Temple later married Ann Cox Daley January 21 1948 in Salt Lake City. He served a LDS church mission in the central states and was a World War I veteran and elder at death. He also served as justice of the peace for several years. Survived by wife of Franklin two daughters and a son Mrs Harold Mecham Beth of Idaho Falls Mrs Ray Garn ey Gweneth of Denver Colorado and Lyle Allen of Idaho Falls one grandchild and sisters and brother Mrs Lauretta Hansen Mrs Margaret Clawsen Mrs Esther Nielsen of Hyrum Mrs Elva Perry Brigham City Mrs Bessie Cox and Hollis Allen Ogden. Funeral in Franklin ward chapel with Bishop Marlow Woodward in charge burial in Franklin cemetery Webb Mortuary directed. Phone your news to No 8.
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