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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1943
Page
3
Officials outline when and how to obtain War Ration Book Two and how point values will be displayed. One family member may apply for all by presenting copies of War Ration Book One and a consumer declaration for canned goods and coffee. Stamps are removed for excess cans, with penalties for false declarations. Restaurants and institutions register in March, retailers in April.
Atile Perkins educational representative of the state AAA office visited the Preston schools’ agriculture department Thursday. He reviewed the agriculture adjustment act, noting its aim to set up machinery to adjust farming under any circumstance and its role toward United Nations goals. Parkins outlined AAA’s war board programs in track rationing farm labor and food for victory, urging farmers and rural residents to cooperate.
Thatcher High School with 63 students conducted a bond drive on Lincoln's birthday to raise money to renovate the cruiser Boise and return her to active duty. The drive yielded $765.00 in bonds and stamps sold by the small school community.
Riverdale ward held a reunion featuring Major Bowes show with James Woolf as announcer. Acts included Gracie Allen, Gay Nineties quartet, Bing Crosby group, Tizzie Lish reading, and Oneida Station Harmonica Band. A chicken dinner and dance followed. locals from Oneida Station joined, and many Riverdale residents were noted visiting relatives in nearby towns.
Thatcher Hornets defeated Grace Red Devils 48 to 37 in a basketball game Wednesday evening. Nearby, Thatcher and Soda Springs high schools played Saturday with Soda Springs losing 33 to Thatcher's 29 as local fans filled the Soda Springs gym.
The Lowe family expresses sincere thanks to all who called and were generous during the illness and death of husband and father Mrs. John A Lowe and family.
Franklin community notes recount 500 club and Jolly Neighbors meetings with dinner small tables and bridge. Hawkes and Gibson pairs won scores, Mrs Doris Aitkins Leone Olsen Eleanor Hobbs attended as guests. Joe Wickham Harold Bradford drove to Ogden, A R Creer arrived from Spanish Fork to visit Blamires family.
Mrs Edson Stewart reports the arrival of a granddaughter born February at St Josephs Mercy Hospital in Waverly Iowa to Mr and Mrs Dear Hunnington formerly Nadine Cole This is the couple s first child.
A new era in sugar beet farming promises major gains as mechanization speeds work. After trials from California to the field, 12,000 acres proved successful last year and 800,000 acres are planned this year for sheared seed. Lifters toppers and loaders reach production, signaling one worker may replace two or three in the near future.
The passage argues for swift federal action to guarantee a fair beet sugar price as a new revolution reduces stoop labor in beet cultivation. It states full effects won’t occur this year or next and urges growers to plan to increase beet planting once price guarantees are in place.
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