Preston Brief Notes from Lempore and Area
The Preston notices list weekend visits by Roma Fullmer of Richfield Utah and Anna Mae Palmer, Mrs Ellen Talbot of Winder, Mrs Don Sheldon and family, Mrs Giles Green, Alvin Harris, Amelia Crockett, J B Jensen family and son George B now overseas, Relia Mikesell and sons, Virginia Garr and Bonnie Leigh, Pvt Ray Johnson leaving for Ft Ord, Lt Thomas Taylor and family dinner guests, Kay Carver en route to Kelly Field, and G Crookston family update from Dayton. Aviation Cadet Cecil Ailey Cherry completed basic flight training at Lemoore and proceeds to Advanced Flying Training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Richfield
Utah
USAC
J. M. Palmer
Anna Mae Palmer
Lemoore
Calif
Cecil
Ailey
Cherry
Ailey Cherry
Route 1
Preston
Lemoore Army Air Field
Army Air Forces
Fifth Daughter Born to Banida Fred Gregerson Family
Banida Mr and Mrs Fred Gregerson welcomed their fifth daughter born in Preston hospital on April 15. Clarice Cole and Betty Bell led 214 minutes of Sunday School talks while High Councilmen Reese Davis and Ray Taylor spoke in Sacrament meeting. Mr and Mrs Golden Geddes visited in Pocatello. Christensen family attended a funeral in Smithfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gregerson
Preston Hospital
Clarice Cole
Betty Bell
Reese Davis
Ray Taylor
Golden Geddes
Pocatello
Joseph Christensen
Smithfield
Jos
Christensen
Jed Miles
Hisse
Inter class track meet at Preston Senior High
Seniors win the inter class track meet held Tuesday at Preston Senior High School. Seniors score highest with 68 points, Sophomores 45, Juniors 14, and another tally 15 percent noted. Competition featured events from 100 yard dash to broad jump with multiple place finishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Senior
Joe Johnson
Elvin
Cutler
Merrill
Pickett
Johnson
Rogers
Bowles
Nash
Hendricks
Larson
Floyd
Oliverson
Aller
Anderson
Gibbons
Condie
Carlson
Moser
Charters
Gregerson
Nagh
Alder
Chapman Services Held In Third Ward
Funeral services in the Third ward chapel honored Mrs. Emma Chapman. Bishop Alfred Kern led the service with opening prayer by Thomas Palmer and a choir singalong. Speakers included Joseph Candle Heber Winn and Bishop Kern. A duet by Lucillet and Dorma Chapman and a Horace Baugh solo followed. Burial in Preston cemetery with graveside dedication by Joseph Oborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Ward
Lfe
Emma Chapman
Alfred Kern
Thomas Palmer
Joseph Candle
Heber Winn
Kern
Chapman
Lucillet
Dorma Chapman
Horace Baugh
John McQueen
Oklahoma Sergeant Ray Perry Returns From Fur Lough
Sergeant Ray M Perry son of Mrs Eleanor Perry returned from furlough visiting relatives in Utah and Salt Lake City. He serves as a radio technician at Fort Bragg North Carolina after training at Camp Roberts and Camp Shelby enlisted November 1942. His mother and two sisters accompanied him part way home and relatives in Salt Lake City hosted them. His brothers Lyman and Wayne are also in service with Lyman training at Farragut Idaho and Norman Oklahoma and Wayne recently in the Aleutians and Marshal Islands amid Pacific duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray’ M. Perry
U. Prestoff
Eleanor Perry
Inw
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Camp Roberts
California
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
Dell Hymas
H. Yates Perry
Morgan Hames
Stanley Fisher
Fisher
Local Delinquency Improvements Sought at Community Meeting
Community discussion favors a full time director and youth center similar to TennAge Canteens. The Boy Scouts program is praised with hopes to maximize its use by Franklin stake scouts and Chamber Youth Committee members. A second meeting is planned to organize youth activities and consider a curfew ordinance for Preston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bjorkman
TennAge
Boy Scouts
David B Davis
Franklin Stake
Chamber of Commerce
Elty
Preston
Commendation for Rescue by Sgt John B Long Paratroopers
A tribute honors Sgt John B Long and his battalion for gallant rescue efforts during a training night parachute jump at McCall North Carolina. Eight paratroopers died in the same incident on February 10. The commendation to Longs parents notes the losses and urges training refinements to prevent future sacrifices while recognizing others who worked in icy waters to aid teammates. Long joined in 1942 and served in campaigns from the Aleutians to New Guinea before returning to the U S for further training prior to another embarkation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Long
Franklin
McCall
North Carolina
Long
ASB
Alputiqns
New Guinea
Largest Audience Ever at Franklin Stake Conference
Bishop Melvin G. Laarsen urged home training as the base for leadership while Miss Nada Gilbert and others highlighted parental influence. Return missionaries reports, home life emphasis, and Primary session songs and color display filled the Franklin Stake conference with youth focus and community praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin G. Laarsen
Ernest Wberhard, Jr
Wirthlin
Fairview
Linrose
Whitney
Preston
Tom
Missionaaries
Paul Woodward
Milo /Chatterton
California
Antession
Ray
N. — Taylor
Western States
Jed
Jed*.Hart
William K. Dunkey
New England
Harland Timmons
Lucy Tanner
MIA Stake
Stake
Lorin Johnson
Dewitt Swainston
Franklin
Necessary Farm Gas Available If Applications Are Filed
Franklin county farmers are advised not to fear gasoline shortages as supplies stay tight. Wilford Stokes, chair of the county Farm Transportation committee, notes that A coupons are down and non highway R coupons require special authorization. He urges farmers to request only needed amounts and offers committee help to estimate season needs for planting, growing, and harvesting, with War Price and Rationing board issuing the allocations after committee recommendations.
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Franklin County
Wilford Stokes
County Farm Transportation Committee
OPA
County War Price and Rationing Board
Stokes
War Price and Rationing Board
Farm Transportation Committee
Fourth Ward Postpones Tuesday Relief Society Meeting
The Fourth Ward Relief Society will not meet next Tuesday April 25 due to Clean-up Day in Preston. The May meeting will be held on the corresponding Tuesday with Thelma Keller presenting What America Means to Me. The May first Tuesday will focus on Theology and Testimony.
Celling Price Stamps and Display Cards Advertised
Local notice announces rubber stamps and display signage labeled Celling Price available at the Citizen store. Includes indications of sale items and merchandise presentation aids for price labeling.
Koerner Promoted to Captain in Army Airways Service
Karl L. Koerner of Preston receives a captaincy in the Army Airways Communications System Wing. He is stationed at APO 896 New York and has served overseas since August 1943. Koerner previously worked as a sampler for Utah Copper and studied at the University of Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl L. Koerner
Preston
Army Airways Communications System Wing
Army Air Forces
AACS
Army Airways Communications System
APO
New York
N. Y
Koerner
Army
Utah
Copper’ Company
Salt Lake
City
University of Minnesota
Cooper
Miami Beach
Florida
Scott Field
Illinois
American Telephone, and Telegraph Company
Services At Weston For Mrs. Maughan
Funeral services were held in the Weston ward chapel for Agnén Olsen Maughan on Tuesday April 11 at 2 p.m. Bishop Maurice Tingey presided with First Counselor Clive Beal conducting. The service opened with the hymn Slater Thou Was t Mild and Lovely sung by the ward choir directed by Alvin Maughan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston Ward
Agnén Olsen Maughan
Maurice Tingey
Clive Beal
Slater
Alvin Maughan
Bishop "Tingey
Stores Close For George Paull Funeral
All business houses in Preston will close Friday afternoon from 2 to 4 o'clock in respect to George Paull whose funeral services will be conducted at that time in the Franklin Street house.
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Preston
George Paull
Franklin Etake
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Ellen Talbot of
Winder
N. RB. Nelson
Don Sheldon
Ogden
Vand
Giles Green
Sheldon
Alvin Harris
B. H. Sorensen
Logan
Amelia *H. Crockett
Salt—Lake
Reed
J. B. Jensen
Santa Monica
George “B
Navy
Boston
Relia Mikesell
Clarence Corbridge
Fred Corbridge
Virginia Garr
Bonnie Leigh
Salt Lake City
Melvin Smith
Ray Johnson
Ft. Ord
Henry Christensen
Mink Creek
C. H.'Taylor
Thomas Taylor
N. R R. Nelson
Kay B. Carver
Kelly. Field
Texas
Chanute Field
Mra
W. J. Carver
Army Air Corps
G. Crookston
Dayton
Spencer
Ft. Meade
Maryland
Wanda
Grace Nelson
Banida
Peterman
H&h
Lee
Oklahoma
Miss Nada
Gilbert
Fourth Ward
Karl Koerner
Richard Lemmon
Howard Maughan
O. F. Myler
Ella Thompson
Frank Parker
Thomas Preston
Charles Hyde
Peter D.maughan
Thomas E. Rose
Myrlin Bastian
Ezra T. Benson
Weston
Schick
Hart ‘Music Shop
Jogan
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