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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1951
Page
9
Fragmentary text shows Miss June E. Manighani daughter of Mr and Mrs H J Maughan of 3152 East Oneida, accepted as a student at Woodbury College in California. She began studies with interior decoration as her major.
The fragment notes Miss Maughan at Preston High School in 1948 was active in the orchestra and served as a student director of plays and leader of a school club.
Chatterton named temporary manager of the USAC Union Building in Devon. He will oversee low cost food and recreation for USAC students and use the facility as a lab for building practices for the million dollar student union. He is a junior USAC student, ROTC cadet, and Sigma Nu member with a background in boxing and music at Preston High School.
County Agent Daniel Roberts warns porcupine numbers are rising near forest lands and public areas as methods shift from strychnine traps to new approaches. Farmers seek help from the Preston office to secure nine blocks of material to place on trees where damage occurs. An AAA release notes contests and a Stan Van Horn driven by an ins glewood, California, team won Class B on a ton mile basis.
Capt. Leon A Miller son of Mr and Mrs Henry W Miller Weston has reported for duty as a pilot with flight C 4th air resc u e squadron at McChord Air Force Base Washington Col T Alan Bennett base commander announced Before reporting Miller was stationed at Rautrate La0ee base Florida Miller a Weston High School graduate Before U S Air Force service he worked Civil Service Hill Field Ogden Utah During World War II Miller spent 24 months in the South Pacific theater as a pilot Mrs Miller former Dorothy Louise aia of Wester and son Wayne age 8 and daughter Sika ade Sipenilse are Parkland 5 Wash
Ronald W Palmer a seaman apprentice from Preston recently completed recruit training in San Diego. He underwent intensive drill in signaling navigation basic ordnance and seamanship and was indoctrinated into navy customs. He is now available for assignment to a fleet unit or to a navy specialized training school.
A local Studebaker dealer touts the 1951 models Champion Commander and Land Cruiser as thrifty in gasoline use. Dean Palmer and Leo Palmer of Palmer Motor Implement Co. report three cars led a mobilgas economy run to the Grand Canyon with top actual fuel mileage among 26 standard-class vehicles.
Agriculture notes a novel use for rice hulls as a carrier to help distribute grass seed evenly in fields. A farmer reports mixing cleaned rice hulls with grass seed to improve flow through drills, enabling uniform seeding of Brome grass at about 160 pounds of barley per acre, reducing planting problems.
County agent Daniel Roberts reports that about five farmers in Bacati County are exploring grass seed production as a cash crop. He lists key questions on investment, soil, weed control, equipment, irrigation, and certification, and notes a mock air attack drill in Payette offering civil defense training.
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