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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1954
Page
10
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a school area, warnings on highways, a teacher and a science professor asking what happens when a body is immersed in water, and a telephone ringing. Names, places, dates and concrete facts are unreadable.
A jumble of nightclub chatter and sayings fills the page with jokes about bar stools, laundry misunderstandings, fortune telling, marriage changing people, bank visits, a cowboy on a plane, animal group names, etiquette, travel, and a kings throne tale. The tone mimics a light collage of humor and anecdotes.
The piece argues that using more open land and fewer machines improves resilience against weather. It notes practical gains in farming efficiency and risks reduced by simplified equipment.
Cleveland reporters note Vernon Harris and Paul Adams visiting Salt Lake City for the fair and business. Grace High School homecoming wins over West Side. A bridal shower for Shirlee Callahan at Mrs Millen Mendenhall’s Thatcher home. Grant Adams and sons relocate to Grace for cheese factory work. Fred Anderson and family visit Utah fair and relatives in Salt Lake City.
Mrs Fern Condie visited relatives in Grace and attended a family party at Ronald Panter's home honoring her mother Mrs L A Neeley. Elder Marion D Hanks and Elder Worthland from Salt Lake City visited Bannock stake events with local families and grandchildren.
A Ogden weekend gathering included Lonna Ben nett Kandis Coburn Leona Winger Dyon Winn Francine Hedin Joan Sharp Carol Jean Stocksland Roxie Gibson and Clarence Talbots with their children. John Warrick and family hosted guests after a Soda Springs trip and received visits from Devon Warrick Don Reeder Vic Carlson Norman Jensen and families along with Don Wallace and family from Twin Falls.
The report lists guests from North Pocatello Brigham City and Idaho Falls including the Talbots Vails and Kenneth Talbot families. Duane Phippen and two children left for Ohio where he works as a radio technician. Merlin Coburns Beehive class Danes hosted a progressive supper with a peanut hunt and taffy pull.
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