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Preston Citizen

Location

Preston, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1945

Page

5

Weston Women Attend Meeting and Neighborhood News

The Weston Relief Society met Tuesday afternoon at 3 at the home of Mrs Evelyn Maughan with a short program and refreshments. Many local residents attended funerals, visits, and family gatherings across Weston and nearby towns.

Weston Relief Society Evelyn Maughan George Hansen H P Howell Logan Renee Campbell Sal Lake City Laura Fifield Leland Day Brigham Reed Campbell T D Olsen Walter Bassinger Walt Bassinger Weston High School Irvin Larsen Portland Oregon Grover Duff Kathleen Tucson Arizona Alvilda Lundquist Ivan Thompson Lucille Stockton Ogden O Allen LaVor Peterson Hans C Nelson Roger Campbell Oscar Campbell Neema Bateman Hazel Sandy Utah Pfe Orrin Bateman J D Bateman Clive E Beal Lyle Porter Yellowstone Park Alvin Maughan

Donald Rogers Remembers Service Aboard USS Rudyerd Bay

machinist Donald Arthur Rogers of Preston Idaho served aboard the escort carrier known as the Rugged Rudy. The ship supported three major Pacific operations including Okinawa Iwo Jima and the Philippines campaign. Her air crews shot down six enemy planes and protected fleet oil tankers during harsh conditions.

Rudyerd Bay Donald Arthur Rogers USN South First Street Preston Idaho Pacific Okinawa Rudy Espiritu Santo Majuro Islands Marshalls States Iwo Jima Phillipines U. S

Government sugar beet and cane payment plan announced for 1946

The 1946 program provides per ton payments to sugarcane growers in Louisiana Florida Puerto Rico Virgin Islands and Hawaii based on area sugar recovery. Louisiana receives 2.04 per ton of standard cane with 2.10 per ton for frozen salvage. Hawaii Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands receive 1.08 0.90 2.10 per ton equivalents, with 1.60 and 1.21 in 1945 respectively for comparison. Details to be finalized by the Commodity Credit Corporation.

Louisiana Florida Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii Florda Anderson Department of Agriculture Commodity Credit Corporation

Farm Land Prices Show Steady Advance

A University of Idaho extension report notes farm land prices rose about 1 percent monthly for four years and exceed late 1920s levels. For the 12 months to July 1, 1945 pricesadvanced 11 percent, with a record surge in 1919 20 and 1944, signaling a growing boom and increased speculative buying as sales peak and debt rises.

University of Idaho Extension Service

Hopeful signs despite land sale decrease

The report notes land values remain lower in some areas and more farms are bought for cash. Farmers have reduced wartime debts, and many doubt a postwar land boom will recur, believing lessons from World War I will curb risky purchases.

U. 38 Department of Agriculture

Card of Thanks for Father’s Illness and Death

We express gratitude for sympathy and assistance received during our father’s illness and passing. Thanks also for the floral offerings and kind gestures shown by friends and neighbors.

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