Thompson family and friends attend regional events and travels
Thatcher Vernon Mendenhall and Mrs. Garbett seek medical care in Salt Lake for her son. John Webb sails to Chicago as Idaho delegate to the National Farm Bureau convention. Rod and Gun Club hosts Dutch Banquet at Grace High School. A boy born to Lloyd Welker at Caribou Hospital. Roland Hogan returns from four and a half years service in Germany. Harry and Mrs. Sanders visit Shaker and Lago. W H Mendenhall returns from Ogden. Nathan Smith heads to base in California. McGee Harris undergoes appendectomy at Caribou Hospital. Thatcher Relief Society hosts party honoring returning officers Hattie and Janie Hogan. Christmas party for Thatcher Literary Club features gifts and games. Ward Harris, McGee Harris, and Mendenhall family travel for various gatherings and fireside events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Mendenhall
Richard Garbett
Salt Lake
Caribou
Roland (Curley) Hogan
Germany
Ira Hogan
Harry Sanders
Ogden
Shaker and
Lago
W H. Mendenhall
Lowell Mendenhall
Thatcher Relief Society
Hattie Hogan
Janie Hogan
Vera Young
Thatcher Literary Club
Della Mendenhall
Kenneth Wright
Jennie Callahan
Connie McGregor
Clee Barthlome
Lulahall
Irene Young
Roma Anderson
Weekend births and visits around Preston area families
Glencoe Mrs Erna Rasmussen spent the weekend with her relatives in Preston and nearby towns as new sons arrived at Preston hospital. Other residents, including Cecil Pearson, Anthony Montgomery and Ivan Rasmussen, were noted visiting relatives or reporting to duty in San Diego. The article also mentions funeral attendees in Salt Lake City and social events among area households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erna Rasmussen
Smithfield
Ernest Jensen
Melroy Larsen
Raymond Jensen
Preston Hospital
Larsen
Jensens
Cecil Pearson
Perry Pearson
San Diego
California
Anthony Montgomery
Clear Field
Utah
Ivan Rasmussa
Woodrow
Rasmussen
Preston Isl
Delmer Olson
Lewiston
Hyde Park
Logan
Selma Bergquist
Allen
Lee Bateman
River Heights
Emma Hansen
Verdon and
DeLoy
Pocatello
Freddie Hansen
Nephi Hansen
Golden Jenks
Jack Randall
Hyrum Jepsen
Chris Hansen
Soldiers in Japan and Philippines share frontier posts
Cpl Eugene Tanner writes from Sapposo Japan after duty in Cebu and Leyte. He recalls cratered cities, thousands of surrenders, and guarding Japs amid a modernizing port city. He notes traveling on USS Santa Monica and USS Harris before landing at Otaru and venturing inland 22 miles. Meredith Golightly receives discharge papers after three years in the Army Air Corps with overseas service in Guam Tinian Saipan. Corporal Bowcut, assigned 38 months as a sheet metal worker, transfers to Lowry Field for discharge with 47 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Stoneman
California
Cpl
Sidney Eugene Tanner
Japan
77Th Infantry Division
Sapposo
Santa Monica
Cebu Island
Leyte
Philippnes
Harris
Pacific
Otaru
Merl Golightly
Army Air Corps
el Paso
Texas
Golightly
Guam
Tinian
Saipan
Kathryn Alden
Eugene G. Bowcut
Pueblo
Colo) Army Air Base
Lowry Field
Denver
Colo
Army Air Forces
Social Gatherings Highlight Week in Preston Ward
Mrs Selma Bergquist hosted a dinner for Dennis Egley Bryce Edgly and Allen Bergquist while Mr and Mrs Vernon Westerborg entertained G E Olson and Emma Hansen at a waffle supper. Ward ladies met for a Christmas social with a literature lesson and a short program with gifts and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Westerborg
Selma Bergquist
Allen
Russell Westerborg
Emma Hansen
G. E. Olson
Delmer Olson
Verl Fellows
Preston
Dennis Egley
Bryce Edgly
Allen Bergquist
Jessie Westerberg
Relief Society
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thatcher
Shonor
Nathan Smith
Ray Smith
Cleveland
Millen Mendenhall
Nathan
McGee Harris
Guy Harris
Bannock
Stake
M. Men
Martell Weaver
Reno Weaver
Emil Hansen
Raymond Swensen
Gale Ruad
Glen Ruud
Leon Turner
Henry Turner
Harvard Thomas
Idaho Falls
Ardell Mickelson
Moscow
Harris Mickelson
St.nicholas
St. Nicholas
Preston Bike Shop
Ernest Britenbeker
Prop
Glencoe
Sweden
Switzerland
Netherlands
England
Eugene Tanner
Philippines
Preston Citizen
Eugene
Byron Tanner
Riverdale
Mexico City
Mexico
Osborn Golightly
Allen's
Texaco
Ethelyn
McCune Motor Co
Ford
Franklin County
the Board of County Commissioners
Cleo Swenson Clerk
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