Year’s Events In Franklin County 1944 Highlights
Chronology of Franklin County events from December 7 1944 to September 20 1944 includes Pfc Leon ard Brostrom killed on Leyte, Pfc Richard Henderson missing, six wounded. Rotarians donate to Preston High School Band. six hundred voices participate in Rotary yule program. Obituaries Rosel James Hyde 178 dies. December 14 P J Evans named assistant state Attorney General. Farm values exceed 6 million dollars. County war efforts and local civic actions noted throughout. Funeral services for Carl J Nelson 71. December 21 Stewart Geddes named Franklin County State Senator. East side school fire causes 10000 loss. Political appointments and budget details follow through 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Brostrom
Leyte
Richard Henderson
Preston High School
Rotary
Rosel James Hyde
P. J. Evans
Franklin County
Preston Post
American Legion
Carl J. Nelson
Bottolfsen
Stewart Geddes
Homer Johnson
Eastside
Baltzar Peterson
Vinnie Hawkes
Clifton
Lonetta Packer
Susie Hawkes Nelson
Mary Field Cole
Joseph C. Wickham
Franklin
Germany
E. R. Spilsbury
U. S. Gypsum Company
I. H. Nash
Jed Lewis
George Crockett
Wm. Beckstead
T. R. Bowden
Carl Nielson
County Farms Bureau
Alfred J. Alder
Angus Condie
Fifth Ward
J. Myron Fonnesbeck
Weston Ward
Chamber of Commerce
William Frank Bennett, Jr
R. B. Gibson
Ben Spencer
Biak Island
Ernest Eberhard, Jr
First Ward
C. Earl Goaslind
Preston City
Idaho
Arthur Moser
Franklin County Dairy Herd Improvement Ass’n
Alma Choules
Wm. C. Hall
Elmer D. Handy
Clifton Wills
Belgium
Richard M. Merrill
Wayne Evans
Franklin County Fish and Game Ass'n
Red Cross
Weston
Arimo
Henry Larsen
Cleveland
Wallace Collins
Holland
Mindanao
Jared Larsen
March
P.T. A
Thatcher
Oxford
Clinton Hendricks
Clint
Pfc
Boyd Lewis
Lloyd Lewis
Iwo Jima
Preston
Pocatello
Franklin County Trustees Ass’n
Merchants Bureau
Preston Chamber of Commerce
Crockett
Arlo V. Morgan
James Thomas Lannan
Iwo Jimas
Dan Swainston
Preston Boots and Saddle Club
Ellen Bennett
Charles Ludwig Bergquist
Glencoe
Marvin David Hollingsworth
Los Angeles
Abe Whitehead
Kenneth Coburn
Max Choules
Fairview
Mayor Crockett
Jesse Wheeler
Mary Jane Handy
Ray Eck
Dayton
Dean Coburn
Lonsdal B. Roe
Ogden
Dell Grover Hymas
Treasureton
Elden F. Schenk
Okinawa
Farnsworth Brothers
Keith
Netherland East Indies
Everet
Rhea Griffeths
Franklin Pioneer Day
Fannie
Vernon Rawlings
Glenn W. Jabbs
Wm. A. Davis
Preston Rotary Club
Charles Simpson
New Jointé Independent
Tom Heath
U. S. Beet Sugar Ass’n
Salt Lake City
Varsel Lavell Christensen
Mary Elizabeth Bench
Third Ward
Hanna Roberts Keller
Mink Creek
Christian Nielson
Joyce Keller
Shirley Whitehead
Harriet Gilbert
Gilbert
Harland Simmons
R. R. Rowell
Utah
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Also Mentioned on This Page
Andrew Keith Farnsworth
South Pacific
Eugene Purser
I. M. Evans
New
Board of County Commssioners
Wallace Olsen
D. Ariel Nash
Heber J. Grant
Franklin County Seminary
Stake Tabernacle
Neff Boothe
Preston Lions Club
Christopher R. Bodily
Cache Valey
Logan
George C. Campbell
Inette Wilson
Errol Wayne Robinson
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Maryland
Utah Power and Light Company
Joseph Cushman
Eustatia D. Kingsford
Eugene Roberts
Lars Christian Larsen
Glendale
Melvin Clayton
North Central States Mission Field
Joseph Kunicki
Boklyn
New York
Catherine McClun
University of Idaho
Hyrum Taylor
Mapleton
Norman L. Steele
Preston Post No. 34
The
Sanitone
Lee
Jevree
DRY Cleaners
Gante Claus
Hannas
Russell Crockett
Weston J. Smith
Bottling Company OF
Logan, Utah