Idaho potato industry faces seed shortages and expansion
The executive desk notes Idaho leads in potato production by quantity and quality. It warns disease and seed shortages may cut output, urges preservation of standards and yields, and highlights starch plants dehydration and infantile paralysis funds. It also mentions Lava Hot Springs potential spa, rural fire districts under 1943 law, and fire insurance rate reductions for rural areas.
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Idaho
Oae
Tdaho
Sweetheart Dance in Winder Honors Pvt Arthur Taylor
A Friday February 4 Sweetheart dance in Winder honors Pvt Arthur Taylor who is home on furlough from Davis California. He visits with parents Mr and Mrs James C Taylor and family as Sacrament talk given by Zetta and Roma Taylor and Wayne Bennett. A Gold and Green ball is planned for Friday February 18 by Mr and Mrs Devon Warrick and children of Burley visiting Warrick family.
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Arthur Taylor
Davis
California
James C. Taylor
Wayne Bennett
Zetta
Roma Taylor
Carma Talbot
Clyde Taylor
Devon Warrick
Burley
Mr. Warrick
John Warrick
Lightning seize seventh grade Hit-Pin tournament title
The Lightning captained by Norma Condie won six of eight games to take the seventh grade gym class Hit-Pin tournament. Teammates included Blanche Cutler Clarice Cole Dena Eames Dorothy Day Marlene Beckstead La Rae Dockstader and Geraldine Crockett. Other teams and captains were Pinpups Floy Ransom Glamor Girls Marilyn Page Fleetfooted Fawns Glenda Swann Pinball Flyers Sherlene Griffeth and Butterflies Joyce Coburn.
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Lightning
Norma Condie
Blanche Cutler
Clarice Cole
Dena Eames
Dorothy Day
Marlene Beckstead
la Rae Dockstader
Geraldine Crockett
Pinpups
Floy Ransom
Glamor Girls
Marilyn Page
Glenda Swann
Sherlene Griffeth
Joyce Coburn
Semester Ends At Preston Junior High
The first semester has ended at Preston Junior High with students relieved after exams. Teachers may also be breathing easier. Exams were given on January 29 after the last semester closed on January 28. Some students feel the year is passing quickly.
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Preston Junior High
Franklin Idaho’s Oldest Community Dances and Births Report
Officers of the Franklin ward MIA host the annual Gold and Green ball in the new ward chapel recreation hall with a floor show and queen crowning Miss Fern Shumway and attendants Shirley Lowe Fawneen Olsen Camille Robinson. A 9 pound baby boy was born Monday at the Preston maternity home to Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Wright. mother and child are doing well.
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Franklin Ward Mia
New Ward Chapel
Fern Shumway
Shirley Lowe
Fawneen Olsen
Camille Robinson
Bluebird Orchestra
Douglas Wright
Preston
Preston High Annual Sweetheart Ball Planned for Friday
Preston high school schedules the annual Sweetheart Ball for Friday February 11 in Neilson Gymnasium. Four top vote getters in homerooms will compete for Sweetheart honors during the dance. Admission is 30 cents per couple with an orchestra and Pep Club organized event plans led by Miss Margaret Bingham and adviser Miss Norma Sanders.
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Neilson Gymnasium
Margaret Bingham
Norma Sanders
Community Notes From Mink Creek And Nearby
Mrs Ruth Nelson of Ogden visits Mink Creek at the Leeral Jensen home. The Larsen child recovers from flux and pneumonia. The Mink Creek Junior Choir will sing at Glencoe next Sunday under Clara Larsen. Dwight Wilde hosts a house warming after moving to a new home. Anna B Larsen and her daughter Benpie drive to Salt Lake City with Mads Anderson for army duty friend news. Laveda Christenson visits her parents and works in Salt Lake. Ada Oliverson hosts a gathering after the Gold and Green ball, which featured Miss Marco Keller and attendants with flags. The Gold and Green ball and MIA dances drew 16 couples despite snow. Phil Bell and family visit Idaho Falls. Mink Creek schools dismissed for Preston teacher convention. Blanche Nelson returns with a baby boy. Voss Cole returns with a baby girl. President’s Ball in Preston on January 29 draws couples from Mink Creek. Harvey Hansen and Rex Crane join U S Navy. Aaron Jensen and Curtiss Nelson to be inducted next Sunday. Ivonne Jensen, Boise WAVES recruit, leaves February 14. Louie Hopkins visits daughter Shirley Larsen in Preston and leaves Mink Creek school for health reasons.
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Mink Creek
Clara Larsen
Glencoe
Dwight Wilde
Anna B Larsen
Benpie
Salt Lake City
Mads Anderson
Laveda Christenson
Calleen Oliverson
Virginia Seamons
Harriet Christenson
Denefee Crane
Lloyd Christenson
Phil Bell
Idaho Falls
Preston
Blanche’ Nelson
Voss Cole
Harvey Hansen
Rex Crane
U. S. Navy
Aaron Jensen
Curtiss Nelson
Army
Ivonne Jensen
Boise
the Waves
Louie Hopkins
Shirley Larsen
Bottolfsen Honored on Union Pacific Radio Show
Omaha dated report notes Governor Bottolfsen will appear as a guest on the NBC Your America coast-to-coast program airing February 5. The show features Narrator Virgil Sharpe scenic tour of Idaho, interview segments with Frank Smuth and Ray Clark, plus music by the Union Pacific orchestra and chorus.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific Railroad
State of
Idaho
America
C. A. Bottolfsen
NBC
Virgil Sharpe
Gem State
Nelson Olmsted
Story of America
Richard Hillary
Ray Clark
U. P
Frank
Smuth
Grace Nelson”McTennan
Ciprano
March of Dimes Drive Aids Children Across Nation
Mrs Hazel Holman spent a week with her parents in Mink Creek and has joined her husband Max Holman in Palm Springs California. The drive ended with every Junior High student donating a dime and honors President Roosevelt who started the Infantile Paralysis effort on his birthday January 30.
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Hazel Holman
Henry Christenson
Mink Creek
Holman
Max Holman
Rmy
Palm Springs
California
Roosevelt
United States
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Rathdrum Prairie
Winder
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Calvin Jonas
Richmond
Gerald Wright
600
Grace Robinson
Alfonda Hawkes
Kay Wright
Ruby Johnson
Jolly Neighbors Club
Eleanor Hobbs
Iestelle Wright
Blanche Cooke
Nellie Hurd Robinson
G. L. Wright
Grant Lewis
P. L. Robinson
Willian Robinson
Cecil Woodward
Robert D. Lowe
E. E. Hendricks
Lewiston
Sheldon Doney
R. P. Talbot
Pfe
Kenneth Woodward
Purdue University
Indiana
Milton Woodward
Preston High School
Risite del Sherwin-Williams
Suenwin-WiLliams
Williames Mar
Preston Lumber
Sleepy Hollow
Suzanna
Wright
Alaska
Cabbane
Arizona
Texas
Calavo
Saist
Enschede
Westag
Edwards
Silk
Buffalo
Kelloggs
Brain
Nancy Lee
Eve
Schilling’s
Pman Westag
Ruth Nelson
Ogden
Leeral Jensen
Emil Larsen
Hazen Gilbert
Fairview
Bottolfsen
GOV
March of Dimes Drive
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