Preston Faces Housing Crisis Amid War Veterans Return
City officials and residents cite housing as the most serious need as veterans return from wars. OPA ceilings and export favored lumber impact construction, delaying repairs and new builds. A lumber dealer notes mills export lumber at higher prices, while domestic yards lack materials, risking closures and inflationary crisis warnings. John Dewey philosophy quoted on shared heritage and common faith.
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Preston
OPA
Northwest Mills
I Want Spring and All Its Bright Promise
The narrator longs for spring after a long winter of bleakness. They crave green blades, blooms of varied colors, and warmth to awaken nature’s dormant beauty with a renewed sense of love and renewal.
No Butter On Either Side
Butter has nearly vanished from the market as price ceilings curb production. The OPA rules cap butter but not butter fat, driving producers to sell fat at higher prices for other uses. Consumers are told the ceiling keeps butter affordable, yet no butter remains.
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OPA
Pruning Fruit Trees Now Warned By County Agent
County Agent Daniel Roberts urged Franklin County farmers to prune fruit trees during dormancy. Plan cuts to open the canopy and keep trees low for easy picking. Severely prune old orchards, ensure sunlight reaches all parts, and note spray equipment available to improve fruit quality.
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Daniel Roberts
Franklin County
No 1946 Grower Supports Processed Vegetables
The Department of Agriculture announced that grower prices for vegetables for processing will not be supported in 1946. Area average prices have been issued and will serve as the raw material cost basis for computing ceiling prices for the 1946 packs of canned and frozen vegetables.
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Department of Agriculture
House of the Future Exhibit Draws Crowd at Courthouse Square
A construction firm staged a display called the house of the future in the courthouse square drawing a crowd. Women admired the kitchen and insulation while Ollie Mapes, after visiting, returns home to his old Dutch fireplace and a beer. He reflects that living heaps more into a home than modern gadgets.
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Gotit
Ollie Mapes
Ollie
1946 vegetable prices and subsidies under price controls
The 1946 schedules raise lima beans by five dollars per ton from 1945. Sweet corn, green peas for canning and freezing, and canning tomatoes match 1945 area average prices. No 1946 price for snap beans as packs suspend from controls. USDA and OPA keep the same gross maximum price for subsidized vegetables with subsidies tied to Congressional action.
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USDA
OPA
Weeklong cafeteria menu for March 4 to 8
The menu lists daily meals for March 4 to 8. Monday features sausage in macaroni with carrot apple raisin salad and bread. Tuesday offers boiled eggs mashed potatoes carrots peaches. Wednesday serves beef and noodles cabbage salad muffins jam apple bread butter milk. Thursday presents bean stew lettuce salad pumpkin pudding bread and milk. Friday ends with hot barbecue sandwich tomato noodle soup fruit salad and milk.
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Inc
Prankish Fragments From A Quirky Column
A jumble of notes comments and quoted lines riffs on cigars prejudice and wartime secrecy. It references a Dayton mayor Big Three secrets Churchill and a remark about a woman sau sage and hog content.
Girth Control Center Visit Sparks Large Family Comment
A mountain woman at a Blacksburg Virginia center obtained ration books for her 12 children. The registrar told her to move books to another table for stamping and literature on the point system. The woman replied she does not want literature and prefers a large family.
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Blacksburg
Virginia
Glencoe Families Welcome New Baby and Social News
Glencoe families report the birth of a daughter at Holy Cross hospital in Salt Lake City Utah to Mr and Mrs Paul Hansen on February 14. Mr Hansen works for Power and Light in Ashton. Mrs Selma Bergquist visited Preston with sister Mrs Esther Westerberg to attend the Farm Institute. Ann Bergquist and Freddie Hansen spent a weekend in Logan visiting Mr and Mrs Lee Batdman. Guests at Bergquist home included Mr and Mrs Bill Wallgren and Freddie Hansen. Gus Olson returned from a month in Mesa Arizona with his son and family Mr and Mrs LeGrande Olson. Other guests at the Keller Santue home in Mink Creek included Mr and Mrs Delbert Keller and others.
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Paul Hansen
Holy Cross Hospital
Salt Lake City
Utah
Hansen
The
Power and Light Company
Ashton
Selma Bergquist
Preston
Esther Westerberg
Farm Institute
Ann Bergquist
Freddie Hansen
Logan
Lee Batdman
Bergquist
Bill Wallgren
Gus Olson
LeGrande Olson
Mesa
Arizona
Sangue
Delbert Keller
Mink Creek
Navy mentor Grant Exley returns home on 13 day leave
Mrs. Bill Wallgren and Mr and Mrs Delmer Olson hosted a party on Friday evening February 22. Grant Exley son of Geo F Egley arrived home from two years in the Navy including over two years in the Pacific theatre for a 13 day leave.
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Bill Wallgren
Delmer Olson
Grant Exley
Geo. F. Egley
Navy
Pacific
Card of Thanks from the Gilbert Bright family
The Gilbert Bright family thanks all who helped during their father’s sickness and death, and for the floral offerings and kindness.
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Igned
Gilbert-Bright Family
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