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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1946
Page
2
The piece criticizes Governor Williams for omitting liquor policy in a special legislative call. It notes controversy over the locker system and Idaho’s method, and recalls a city flood hero who supposedly saved Louisville by triggering a quick dry election.
Franklin county dairy farmers form a cooperative with 600 members to cancel existing contracts and supply local demand at 53 cents per pound for cream processed into butter. The plan aims to beat OPA price ceilings and keep butter available, with a local retailer selling at 55 cents to consumers. The move weighs on large regional creameries and signals local support amid supply concerns.
Idaho Power Co. assumed ownership of the Boise basin system on February 1 and promised rate cuts of 10 to 47 percent for homes and businesses. The firm will pay the RFC debt of $200,000 and refund $5 membership fees to REA subscribers, restoring service to Garden Valley and area.
Pages of Time reports the American Legion production Aunt Lucia drew full houses. Charles Eline starred as Aunt Lucia with strong support from Mrs. Millie C. Maughan. The piece highlighted local talent and enthusiastic community reception.
Beloved church president Anthony Lund is reported dead at 10 30 Wednesday. Ranger station notes about 4 percent feet of snow on the level while Dr Evans and Harley Greaves cabins show four feet of snow on the roof.
Mink Creek brief notes Zola Jensen and her son Denny moving from her parents in Mink Creek to Sahara Village Ogden Utah. Ray Dean Jensen discharged from the Navy as CM2c after eight months in France and a year at Okinawa. Jonnsen returns to civil service carpentry. Rayona Brenden visits from Snoqualmie Falls Washington. she is widowed by marriage to Kermit E Brenden, recently discharged from the Army Air Corps. Captain's route home from Wright Field.
Ledger inquiry prompts property owners to file farm or ranch ledgers at Citizen. Public notice urges timely self report in pro per condition.
A string of humorous vignettes and oddities from Preston and nearby scenes. Includes a duckling and his pants, Floyd Didrickson buying arch supports, archery club members waiting on a car, a stenographer marrying rather than working, seagulls at the river, a Harvard California boat race bet, a weather bureau joke, a soldier on leave, a sailor caller, a kiss joke with government issues, a second lieutenant’s helmet, a girl aging, post explosion whistle drill, hotel dinners and odors, a GI haircut as a talking brush, and a note on words in the Lord's Prayer and cabbage seed pricing.
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