Local residents share visits and travels across states
A compilation of notes shows residents visiting relatives in Salt Lake City Ogden and Preston. Mentions include Lillian Weaver and Clair Weaver in Salt Lake City, Emma R Jacobs and Sue Merrill in Ogden, Navy enlistee Wilbur Jensen at BYU, and Rex Connell stationed at Ft Lewis. Other visits span Mink Creek Salem Oregon Seaside and Boise with family and school connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Weaver
Clair Weaver
Salt Lake City
Sue Merrill
Emma R. Jacobs
Ogden
Jacobs
Ogden on _hospital
Preston and Cornish Residents Share Easter News
Mr and Mrs Dale Bergeson and baby Susan of Los Angeles are visiting the Evans home and plan to live in Cornish Utah. Mrs Pearl Gayman has improved and visits with son Pvt Harold Dean Gayman who wears an expert shooting badge. Miss Ruth Bell vacationed in Salt Lake City with sister Rayona. Leslie Keller leads a Mink Creek bond drive to meet the quota. Miss Marcella Head has joined the WAVES and heads to initial instructions after working at Remington Arms in Salt Lake City. Mrs C I Goff and Mrs Joe Goff visited Salt Lake City weekend. Mrs Roma Perry and Cathryn Dayd plan to join husband Cpl Clarice C Perry in Adeline Texas. Mrs Nettie Nielsen and children Easter with Mr and Mrs Clarence Neeley in Cornish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Bergeson
Susan
Los Angeles
P. J. Evans
Cornish
Utah
Pearl Gayman
Pvt
Harold Dean Gayman
Gayman
Leslie Keller
Mink Creek
Marcella Head
W. D. Head
The
WAVES
Salt Lake City
Preston
Remington Arms Plant
Preston High School
C. I. Goff
Joe Goff
William Evans
Myra
Goff
Salt Lake
Gud
Roma Perry
Cathryn Dayd
Howard,Johnson
Adeline
Texas
Cpl
Clarice C. Perry
Army Base
Nettie Nielsen
Clarence Neeley
Easter Events Highlight Mink Creek Community
Mink Creek residents hosted a birthday surprise party at Leeral Jensen’s home with a pot luck supper. Marion Jensen entertained young children with a movie and sweets, while a swimming party at Maple Grove Hot Springs formed part of the week’s activities. An Easter program featured talks, readings, solos, and a guitar duet, with Congregational singing led by Christine Hausner. Esther Crowther’s funeral in Mink Creek drew remarks from S. W. Cook, Bishop Hyrum Bell, and others, with interment in Logan cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer Keller
Salt Lake
Beulah Beckstead
Ogden
Mildred Keller
Mink Creek
Leeral Jensen
Marion Jensen
Gary
Shari Oliverson
Betty Jo Nelson
Sandra
Devon Keller
Kathryn
Warren Wilde
Ollie Jean Haworth
Lorin Smith
Urias Keller
Maple Grove Hot Springs
Helen Keller
Keith Crane
Donna Jensen
Guy Smith
Edna Nelson
Marco Keller
Lenna Christensen
Rhoda
Harriet Christensen
Ruth Nelson
Christine Hausner
Kane
Esther Crowther
Esther R. T. Crowther
Savanna Robinson
Margaret Keller
Redeemer
Ezra Larson
Internment
Logan Cemetery
Jeeps Bond Drive Reaches Preston Schools
The Preston junior and senior high schools completed jeep bond and stamp campaigns to equip U S troops. Since March the junior high raised part of the total and the senior high about 1025. the drive ended with a special assembly in the junior high and a final push at the senior high adding roughly 300 more. Names listed include Jas G Gaw Rose Metz Calvin H Gaugh Mario Pilotti Frank A Hawn Mary Dixon Nathaniel Golightly Estel Frances Roger Durward J Barhurst Dorothy Silas Jarvis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Preston
Stuents
L. E B. Hirschi
Jas. G. Gaw
Brooklyn
Rose Metz
New York
Calvin H. Gaugh
Ogden
Mario Pilotti
Frank A. Hawn
San Diego
Mary Dixon
Logan
Plymouth Nathaniel Golightly
Estel Frances Roger
Long Beach
Calif
Durward J. Barhurst
Salt Lake City
Dorothy Silas Jarvis
Brothers in Service Home on Furlough at Preston
First Class Private Lorenzo Jones and Private William Ralph Jones Jr. are on a three week furlough at home in Preston while stationed at Ft. Sill Oklahoma. The brothers left last October and were first stationed at Camp Robinson Arkansas. Their sister Ruth Jones from Hill Field Ogden Utah is also visiting. A family dinner and greetings followed services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo Jones
William Ralph Jones, Jr
Ft. Sill
Oklahoma
Preston
William Ralph Jones
Camp Robinson
Arkansas
Ruth Jones
Hill Field
Ogden
Utah
Typewriter ribbons carried in stock at the Citizen
The Citizen reports stock ribbons fitting many machines including Remington L C Smith Underwood Royal and Royal Portable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remington
L. C. Smith
Underwood
Royal
Royal Portable
Friday Funeral for Willis Mendenhall in Clifton
Willis Mecham Mendenhall 48 died at home in Clifton after a weeklong illness. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. in the Clifton chapel directed by Bishop Lawrence McDermott. He was born August 31, 1893 in Dayton and married Natalie Anderson November 15, 1916 in the Logan temple. Surviving are his wife and many children, plus two brothers J W Mendenhall of Burley and Arthur J Mendenhall of Richmond Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Mecham Mendenhall
Clifton
Clifton Chapel
Lawrence McDermott
M Mendenhall
George A
Celestia Ann Mecham Mendenhall
Dayton
Natalie Anderson
Logan Temple
Willis Jones
Thatcher School District No. 61 Commencement Program
Attendance was good at Thatcher School District No. 61 commencement exercises. Valedictorian named was Roma Bennett. Remarks by Keith Barthlome and Dée Combs described the Logan trip. Performances included clarinet by Jean Covert, cornet by Dee Mar Barthlome, and trumpet by Ted Wright. Graduates: Roma Bennett, Clarice Mendenhall, Jean Covert, Adelaide Weaver, Dee Mar Barthlome, Keith Barthlome, Dee Coombs, Joe Nelson, Ray and Kay Wiseman. Keith Bergquist visited family in Preston. Quarterly Bannock stake conference announced for Sunday May 2 at the stake house in Grace. Dale Bennett noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thatcher
Keith Barthlome
Roma Bennett
Logan
Dée Combs
Jean Covert
Dee Mar Barthlome
Clarice Mendenhall
Adelaide Weaver
Ted Wright
Thatcher District Finds Way Through Easter Week
Easter visiting highlights include Mrs Bennetts mother at Mink Creek and Mrs Rasmussen. Mr and Mrs McGregor traveled to Logan Utah on business. Thatcher reports mumps still active with 14 absences including the teacher. District 61 holds picnic and hill hike while Thatcher graduates prepare for commencement on April 30 with 16 students listed by name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Harris
Betty Wireman
Eileen Coombs
Jenn Ransom
Geraldine Mendenhall
June Hoops
Alice Barthlome
Edith Anderson
Margaret Smith
Farrel Jensen
Ladell Walton
Edwin Nelson
Nathan Smith
Lloyd Gray
Blaine Barthlome
Wayne Neilson
Open Forum praise for Idaho agriculture official Schwendiman
A reader from Homedale endorses Harvey Schwendiman as Idaho agriculture commissioner. The writer praises his practical farming background, cooperation with farmers, and warns against New Deal politicians. He urges farmers to seek expert advice from someone with real plow experience and notes spring planting is nearing completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Schwendiman
Idaho
Schwendiman
BE. P. Edwards
Homedale
Ida
BYU Graduate Dr Merrill Nominated for Plastics Prize
Dr Harrison J Merrill son of the late Harrison Merrill and BYU alumnus has a Celanese Corporation national nomination for the $1000 annual plastics advancement prize. He is named chief of the meteorological sound and light section at Fort Monmouth New Jersey and is noted as the youngest chief in the laboratories. He earned a BA in 1933 MA in 1935 and a PhD in 1941 after Columbia training. His mother Edna Merrill resides at 386 North Fourth East and serves as matron of the BYU dormitory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison J. Merrill
Brigham Young University
Harrison R. Merrill
BYU Journalism Department
Celanese Corporation of America
United States
Merrill
Signal Corps Laboratories
Fort Monmouth
New Jersey
Columbia University
Edna Merrill
North Fourth East
BYU
Petterborg Transferred to Marine Air Corps Cadet Training
John Petterborg son of Mr and Mrs Theo Petterborg is transferred from Navy Air corps to Marine Air corps. He will complete officer training at Corpus Christi Texas in June and be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marines air arm. He will be a qualified pilot and dive bomber. A brother Wesley visited Preston on a six day furlough from Camp Barkley Texas and is a corporal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Petterborg
Theo Petterborg
Navy Air Corps
Marine Air Corps
Corpus Christi
Texas
Air Arm of Marines
Wesley
Preston
Camp Barkley
Speeding Brings Fine To Young Man
Veil Beecher of Lewiston Utah appeared before Justice of the Peace Charles Gilbert and was fined 25 dollars for speeding. He was picked up by Sheriff Lee Hansen on the night of April 17 while traveling through the village of Fairview at an excessive rate of speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veil Beecher
Lewiston
Utah
Charles Gilbert
Mr. Beecher
Lee Hansen
Fairview
Bakery Undergoing Spring Clean at The Quality Bakery
The Quality Bakery in Preston owned by G A Johnson is being renovated with a spring clean up. Ivan Cordingly is applying paint, new linoleum is being laid, and the shop will be spick and span for spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G_A. Johnson
Preston
Ivan Cordingly
Baptismal Service Planned at Oneida Stake Chapel
Baptismal services for Oneida stake will be held in the nearby Chapel. Bishop Firneat Carter of the Winder Ward will be the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oneida
Reer Maynard
Firneat Carter
Winder Ward
Marriages Listed For Various Couples Across Cities
A list of marriage notices names numerous couples from Ogden Logan Layton Seattle Wellsville Preston Preston Green Valley and Salt Lake City. Individuals include William B Boyer 26 and Helen Mitchell 26. William L Marshall 28 and Gwendolyn Laird 28. Lynn James Doolittle 19 and Dorothy Osborn 18. Aaron Miller Price 21 and Thora Buttars 18. Lynn Van Noy 22 and Marie Izatt 22. Lloyd Collins 16 and Donna Christensen 16. Henry Haz 52 and Lena Johnson 43. Willie Inman 21 and Leah Rolls 18. Lester Wyatt and Ruth Conlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. B. Boyer
Helen Annette Mitchell
Ogden
Leo Marshall
Gwendolyn E. Laird
Layton
Lynn James Doolittle
Logan
Dorothy Maude Osborn
Seattle
Aaron Miller Price
Wellsville
Thora Mae ‘Buttars
Lynn Christensen van Noy
Marie -Porter Izatt
Preston
Lloyd Caird Collins
Army To Take More Men In May Quota
Idaho will see a May selective service call about one and a half times April figures, still the smallest monthly total since April 1942. Lt. Col. Norman B. Adkinson said the May quota fell 14.2 percent from plan and June is expected to dip slightly below May. Inductees report in Boise May 11 to 14, Pocatello May 17 to 20, and Spokane May 27 to 31. single men comprise most calls through July with some boards drafting married men without children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Norman B. Adkinson
Selective Service
Boise
Pocatello
Spokane
Adkison
Funeral Services for Weldon Taylor in Winder
Funeral services conducted at the Fourth Ward chapel under Bishop Ernest Carter for Weldon Taylor born May 22 1933 son of Mr and Mrs Hidon Taylor of Winder. Speakers included Leander Boyce Orville L Talbot T C Palmer and Bishop Carter. Weldon died Monday from measles complications. He survives his parents siblings Leola Anna Milton and Harlan and grandparents Joseph Taylor and Mr and Mrs Owen Kendall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Carter
Weldon Taylor Young
Hidon Taylor
Winder
Fourth Ward
Gustave Hedin
Jesus
George Bennett
Fern Wells
Vera Martin
Leander Boyce
Oxford
Orville L. Talbot
T. C. Palmer
Bishop Carter
Ned Stocks
John N. Follett
Joseph T. Taylor
Weldon
Leola
Anna
Milton
Harlan
Joseph Taylor
Owen E. Kendall
Aberdeen
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Wilbur Jensen
Navy
Orion Jensen
Gladys Beckstead
Norvell Wardle
Weldon Nash
Rex W. Connell
Connell
Alvin Petrson
Mr. Connell
Army Medical Division
Ft. Lewis, Wash
Richard Hayworth
Leonard Nelson
Haworth
Sioux City
Iowa
Army Air Corps
Beatrice Swainston
Downey, Idaho
Orson Jensen
Jesse Packard
Joan
Rodney Simonson
Salem
Oregon
Washington
Portland
Donald Merrill
Roberts
Iréne Wynn
Provo
Anna Palmer
Pacific Northwest
Robert Bunker
Seaside
Milton Goff
Blackfoot
Jay Bramwell
Tia
Levi-Strauss Shirets
Gabardine
Levi Strauss Gaberdine
Wolverine
Work Sox E. &F
Tanners
Ruth Bell
Rayona
Willis Mendenhall
Fairview Cor
Berdean Bodily
Vilate Ransom
R. H. Bodily
Ross Talbot
Robert C. Bodily
Billy Kerr
Elmer Kerr
Naida Fryer
Kerr
P. F. C. Cecil Cherry
Adey Cherry
Camp Adair
Ore
Arival
Rose Talbot
Katie Talbot
Thatcher School
Open Forum
the Citizen
H. J. Merrill
Aploiighton Ainers Day
Mother's
Hendricks Floral
Riteways
Ballons
Everon
Glidden
Reed's Riteway
Utah Power & Light CO
Reddy Kilowatt
Tihe
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