Del Monte Factory Wins High Honors
Franklin County praise flows for Del Monte plant workers and volunteers who boosted wartime food production. Mr Geary notes the A Award reflects shared effort from employees growers service clubs schools churches and U S Employment Service across Franklin and nearby Utah communities. ceremonies will honor workers and management with flags pins and officials from Army Navy War Food Administration and employee representatives.
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United
U. S
Axis
Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Employment Service
Utah
Geary
Femal
Army
Navy
War Food ‘Administration
Community leaders and guests gather for annual dinner
County chamber board members and dignitaries attended a year start dinner. Guests included R H Ashworth of Utah Power Salt Lake City E L Dale of Pocatello chamber and George Kerr of Pocatello chamber G St Gables Idaho Falls chamber secretary. R R Rowell gave farewell remarks and Dr Leo Hawkes named president opened the year.
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Chamber Board of Directors
R. H. Ashworth
Utah Power of
Salt Lake City
E. L. Dale
Pocatello Chamber
George Kerr
G. St. Gables
Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce
P. H. Edgley
R. R. Rowell
Clint
Grand Opening Of Implement Slated For Saturday
Dean Jersen manager of Jen gen Implement announces the grand opening of the new implement store in Preston and Franklin county next Saturday February 26 The program includes a free noon luncheon for county farmers motion picture films by International Harvester and other features open to farmers of the valley and back country The parts department is open and ready to service patrons The firm is official representative for International Harvester and McCormick Deering products
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Jen
Gen Implement
Implement
Preston
Franklin County
International Harvester
McCormick Deering Products
Seventy Three Take Draft Physical Exams List
A long roster lists individuals including Webster Rolen Vern Bastian Dale Earl Talbot Melvin Clarence Sharp Louis Victor Christensen Bland C Phillips Gordon Anderson Vaughn Howell Jenkins Darwin Lee Feller Calvin Eli Forsgren Russell Maughan Hall Demar Smart Theo Line Erland Don Page Keith Edward Bergquist Denton Joseph Hall DeRay George Crockett Herman Ralph Keller Robert Henry Straley Merlin Austin George Woodhouse Davis Dewey Field Conlin John Thomas Roeder Nylan B Nelson Elmo J Hodges LeRoy Alvah Doney Leonard Rose Keith Packer Taylor Elvin Oliver Amerson Perry Manford Winger Eldon C Taylor John Montgomery Sampson Leland Norman Day Delbert Jensen Lowell Welker Ray George Taylor Robert Eli Lee LaVon Webster Bowman Alfred Glen Stowell Edward Kross Sylvan Taylor DeVon Humphreys Albert Parkinson Ben Johnson Willard Thompson John Millington George Hobbs Walter Stowell John Webber Rex Jensen Weldon Hurd Rheal Monson Donald Hurd Irvin Rigby Lloyd Dockstader George States Raymond Jensen Harold Winn Elvin Jensen Harold Bosworth Jack Wood Norman Carlson Lyman Buttars Reed Crockett Howard Shrives Ivins Barrington Spencer Condie Dean Pickett Max Hansen Blaine Gamble.
Mexican Labor To Aid Growers In Fields In 1944
The county labor board plans to recruit 250 Mexican nationals for farming work in 1944 aided by school students. Benefits include improved labor camps west of Preston and a new camp on the valley’s west side. Members include A G Condie chair, Jared Lewis, S R Bjorkman, I Geary, L D Crawford, Tom Boyle, and W Craner.
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Boyle
USBS
Labor Committee
Preston
Labor Board
A. G. Condie
Jared Lewis
A. Meek
S. Robert
Beet outlook bright this year for beet growers
Sugar company officials say favorable beet prices justify planting every available acre. Milk and beef prices support using pulp and beet tops for livestock feed, supplementing other feeds. Labor being recruited.
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Sugar Company
Franklin Sugar letter urges growers on Mexican labor and seed use
A Franklin Sugar company letter to county growers reports 250 Mexican nationals are being recruited for next year’s farm labor. Fieldmen solicit contracts and urge prompt action to ease labor planning. The letter notes seenented seed reduces thinning time by 25 to 50 percent and early bedding is urged to improve tonnage per acre.
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Franklin Sugar Company
Tabor
J C Penney Manager Ralph Strub Returns From East Visit
Manager Ralph Strub of the J C Penney store and Mrs Strub returned from a trip to the east visiting relatives in Sandusky Ohio. They found the weather pleasant until a snow storm in the eastern state delayed them.
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Ralph, Strub
J. C. Penney
Reunion After Navy Man Tracks Down His Son
A Navy sailor, seventeen, reunited Sunday with his eight month old son after years apart. The child had been raised by his grandparents near Shelley. The father, stationed as a fireman at the San Diego navy airfield, planned to continue his leave and hoped to return Tuesday to spend more time with the boy.
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R. C. Mitchell
Navy
San _ Delgo
Lockers To Be Built At Preston Store
Bill Davis of the O P Skaggs store in Preston announces more cold storage lockers will be constructed in the rear of the store. There are several hundred lockers in use and the demand has led to plans for another block, with applications open to anyone desiring a food storage vault.
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Bill Davis
O. P. Skaggs
Preston
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