Local notes from Montpelier and nearby towns
Loyal Lauritzen was too ill to return to the Army hospital in Washington. A string of visits and travel records from Grace, Montpelier, Soda Springs, Paris, Logan, Pocatello, and Salt Lake City detail guests, family news, and errands. Notable items include a February 20–23 eye examination event in Montpelier, a wedding at Bancroft on Feb 5, and multiple trips for residents including Bunns, Petersons, and Lauritzens amid local social rounds.
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Lauritzen
Army Hospital
Washington
H. H. Scarborough
Salt Lake City
Burgoyne Hotel
Montpelier
Local and Personal News Highlights
Lowell Shepherd and Don Lewis headed to Logan and Salt Lake to explore advanced schooling opportunities. Mr and Mrs Calvin Smedley returned from a two week visit to Ontario and Nyssa Oregon to see relatives. Wilford Lewis and family of Conda visited with the Lewis and Rogers families. Jay Buck of Kemmerer stayed with his aunt Ida Smedley. Charles Stock and wife visited the Ivans Beck for dinner. Wayne W Hymas returns from 30 day leave after 18 months in New Guinea East Dutch Indies and the Philippines. S G Sleight rushed to Salt Lake after word his son was struck by a car. Bear Lake reports continuous frigid mornings with temperatures often below zero.
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Calvin Smedley
Ontario
Nyessa
Oregon
Wayne W. Hymas
New Guinea
East Dutch Indies
Philippines
Six Months of Daylight in Polar Regions
The polar areas near latitude 66 degrees north experience midnight sun on midsummer day with the sun above the horizon for about 72 hours. As latitude rises the continuous daylight period lengthens to two months at 70 degrees, four months at 80 degrees, and six months at 80 degrees, with similar dark periods in midwinter.
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Polar
Wheat, Gift From Heaven Through Ancient Ages
Wheat has long been a staple from ancient Egypt and Palestine to prehistoric caves and early China. By 2700 B C the Chinese cultivated wheat and called it a direct gift from heaven.
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Egypt
Palestine
Aspic dish named by French cooks from jelly and snake term
Aspic, used in salads and with entrées, likely named by French cooks who set game or fish in calvesfoot jelly. They called it aspic because it feels cold like a snake, a term also linked to the African venomous snake known as asp.
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Africa
USO Plans 1946 Campaign to Meet 1947 Needs
President Lindsley F. Kimball announced a fall 1946 USO fund drive to cover minimum service needs through 1947 at a New York Fifth Anniversary luncheon on February 4. USO, started February 4 1941, has raised about 200 million from the public and operates nearly 2,000 units worldwide.
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USO
Lindsley F. Kimball
New York
J. Lawtonsons
War Department
Louis E. Denfeld
Navy
Garden City Notes Honorably Discharged Veterans and Local Visits
Calvin Sims has returned home after honorable discharge from the Army in the Europe theater. Laver Hangen underwent a major operation at Bear Lake hospital. Mrs. Leda Eastman of Salt Lake visited her mother Edith Whittington and daughter Sharon Eastman. Grant Freeman visiting prior to Navy discharge. Frank and Montell Whittington, Idaho Falls workers, spent the weekend here. Byrna Dustin remodeling her home. Robert V. Calder returned from Salt Lake visiting wife and newborn son. Marion Freeman and family were Logan visitors. Merrill Sprouse traveled to Logan to buy a truck. LeRoy Pope and daughter Della shopped in Logan.
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Calvin Sims
Everett Sims
Leda Eastman
Salt Lake
Edith Whittington
Sharon Eastman
Grant Freeman
Marion Freeman
Navy
Prevent Piano Moths With Paradichloride Bag Inside Case
A remedy for piano moth damage suggests placing a four ounce paradichloride bag inside the piano case to prevent moths from feeding on the felt covering the key hammers during warm months when pianos are most vulnerable.
USO Report Highlights Wartime Reach and Giving
The USO served up to 1,000,000 men daily at peak and 1.1 billion total in five years from 1941 to 1945. It ran 3,035 operations with peak monthly expenditures of 5.8 million dollars, supported 178 overseas units, and attracted 4,900 entertainers for 700 daily shows worldwide. American public donations reached 200.9 million dollars aiding 14 million service members and families.
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USO
United States
USO Faces Postwar Role As War Ends
Mr Kimball reports postwar US must differ from prewar United States with armed forces numbering in the millions. The USO's wartime mission ends December 31 1947 and member agencies will reassess peace time obligations under future national armed forces plans.
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Dwight W. Eisenhower
USO
Chester W Nimitz
Naval Operations
USC
Kimball
United States
WSO
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2Nd Ward
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