Oneida Sends First Missionary to Field
Joan McQueen daughter of Mr and Mrs James McQueen has accepted a mission call for the northern California mission of the LDS church. She leaves for Salt Lake City this week to begin a two year field assignment after studying at the mission home and is one of the first from Oneida stake in some time. The Fourth ward member is a Preston High School graduate class of 1942 and has served as secretary in J N Larson’s office. She departs Salt Lake City January 19 for the California area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan McQueen
James McQueen
LDS Church
Cafornia
Wilford’ Waddoups
Victor Waddoups
Lewiston
Harold Egbert
Preston
Rob Woodward
Logan
Ivan Waddoups
Mildred Waddoups
Dayton
San Francisco
Calif
Bessie
Mendenhall
Salt Lake
D. W. Buttars
Ogden
Reuben Archibald
William Archibald
Joyce Atkinson
Ruby Schwartz
Colege
Provo
Dorothy
Emma Robbins
Salt Lake City
Mark Archibald
LeRoy McBride
Bernard Godfrey
Daytona
John Mickelson
Reese Mickelson
Oil Painting Gift To Oxford Ward
An original 1936 oil titled Oxford Village by Mrs. Nell K. Klinge was presented to Oxford Ward members by Hart Music Shop of Preston. Bishop Ernest Olsen unveiled it. it will hang in the new chapel and depict the village church and school with surrounding hills. Newell Hart called the work a faithful portrayal of intermountain country scenery and the ward’s remodeled chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Village
Oxford Lds Ward
Hart Music Shop
Preston
Nell K. Klinge
Oxford Ward
Ernest Olsen
New Ward
Ward
Oxford
Newell Hart
Boise farmer named director of Farm Credit Administration
William J. Holman of Boise Idaho, a dairy cattle and hog farmer, is named director at large of the Farm Credit Administration in Spokane. Appointed by Governor A G Black, he succeeds Neil F Boyle of Blackfoot Idaho. Holman also holds leadership roles in Ada County National Farm Loan and other dairy cooperatives. He will begin duties at the FCA board meeting January 17 18 19 with other board members listed.
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William J. Holman
Boise
Ida
Farmer and Stockman
Farm Credit Administration of
Spokane
R.E. Brown
Holman
A. G. Black
The
Farm Credit Administration
Ada County National Farm Loan Association
Dairymen’s_Cooperative_Creamery of
Boise Valley
Caldwell
Challenge Cream and Butter Association of
Los Angeles
Spokane Fca
William‘a. Schoenfeld
Corvalls
Ora
W. H. Ragsdale
the Dalles
Ore
Walter J. Robinson
Pomeroy
Washington
Henry Sheffels
Great Falls
Mont
Harvey -R.shoulets
Chehualis
Wash
John A. Wilson
Stanford
Cliff Warr
Dayton Couple Wed in January I Do
Miss Laura Hansen wed Farrell Larsen of Preston on Saturday January 8 in Dayton. Local residents and relatives shared holidays together. extended family visits included the Waddups, Egbert, Woodward, and Coddington families.
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Laura Hansen
Farrell Larsen
Preston
Harold Coddington
Rupert
Dayton
T. H. Godfrey
Pocatello
Bloxham
Dayton families and students spend holidays and recall town history
The article lists local residents visiting relatives in Utah and elsewhere, including the Archibalds in Dayton and their kin in Ogden Logan Daytona and San Francisco. It notes trips by the Godfreys Mickelsons and others and records a Dayton school task on early locality history given by Nancy Jones who has been ill with the flu.
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Dayton
Nancy Jones
Republican luncheon set in Boise with guest speaker
The Republican State Central Committee schedules the regular monthly luncheon for January 12 at the Owyhee Hotel. Milton L. Horsley of Soda Springs will speak. he has served as speaker of the House and on key committees. There will be no luncheon in February due to the Lincoln Day Banquet and State Central Committee meeting on February 12.
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Republican State Central Committee
Owyhee
Milton-—L.__Horsley
Soda Springs
Horsley
State Central Committee
Bethlehem Exceeds Ship-A-Day Promise in 1943 Output
Bethlehem reports a record year 1943 with over 300 000 workers producing ships for war. The program included battleships aircraft carriers destroyers cargo ships and many Liberty and Victory ships, with repairs and conversions totaling over 7 000 vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Yards
Marines Remember Tarawa Battle Courage and Cost
A fragmentary note recalls United States Marines paying a heavy price at Tarawa in the Pacific campaign. It notes fierce beach fighting and high casualties, describing the ordeal as kill or be killed and referencing the brutal firepower faced by troops.
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United States
Tarawa
Pacific
Gilbert
Erin Lin
Van Nuys Couple Welcome Baby Boy at Preston Home
Mr and Mrs Myrl Klippert of Van Nuys California welcomed a baby boy born January 6 at the home of Mrs Klippert’s parents Mr and Mrs W E Kendall of Preston. Mr Klippert is employed at Lockheed Aircraft and had recently returned home after holidays with friends and relatives in Preston.
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An &Pound
Myrl Klippert
van Nuys
California
Sergeant Mockli Wins Good Conduct Citation in Italy
Staff Sergeant Leon A. Mockli of Preston receives the Good Conduct Medal for exemplary behavior and fidelity while serving with a fighter group in Italy during World War II. He fought from the desert to Tunisia and Sicily, then Italy, serving with allied forces and praising his duty under harsh conditions. Also note changes in 1944 farm machinery rationing lifting pur chase certificates for unsharpening feed grinders and removing pressure cookers from certain rationed items with committee approval.
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A. A. F. Air
Italy
Leon A. Mockli
Preston
Alexandria
States
Mockli
Cairo
Suez
Mersa Matruh
Halfaya Pass
Tripoli
Mareth Line
Wadi Akarit
Kairouan
Tunis
Bizerte
Libyan
Tunisia
Moscow lad promoted to corporal and aerial gunner wings
Bern O Spencer son of Mrs Edna Spencer of Moscow was promoted to corporal and received the silver gunner wings after completing the flexible gunnery course for radio men at Ruma Army Air Field He trained in aerial gunnery after graduating from the Radio Operators and Mechanics’ school Sioux Falls South Dakota His wife Sarah Spencer resides in Thatcher He attended Preston High and the University of Idaho earning a BS in 1940
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Bern O. Spencer
Edna Spencer
Moscow
Ruma Army Airfield
Cpl
Spencer
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Sarah ‘Spencer
Thatcher
Preston
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Boise Farmer
Farm Credit
Her
Aramount
the Grond
Will
Boise- Meeting
Aq. Se
Basil. Rathbone
Asoman
Owen Snapshots
Bob Haymes
Lymh
Merrick
the Vagabonds
Janis Carter
Tim Ryan
Joyce Compton
Sugar Mouse
Sergeant Mockli
State
Union
Preston's. Family Theatre
Prn An
Sean Parker
Larry Parks
Warren Ashe
Wanda Harry
Yvonne de Carlo
Rendova
Serial
Don Winslow
Coast Guard
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