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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1946
Page
9
Boise dispatch reports Governor Arnold Williams faces mounting pressure to include numerous emergencies in a planned special session of the 28th Idaho legislature. Public sentiment points to a February start as demands for expanded powers and funding rise since his November inauguration.
Idaho leaders discuss a broad special session covering a general fund surplus, funding for a new state mental hospital and tuberculosis hospital, highway revenue, and revived publicity efforts. The plan includes veterans welfare, teachers retirement, liquor by the drink, and stricter enforcement, with irrigation, wool grower policy, and hospital remodeling also on the table. Local notes mention veterans, postwar visits, and community gatherings.
Weston residents recount New Year gatherings at Buttars and Georgeson homes with extended families from Clarkston Ogden and Hazelton. Sacrament speaker Max Godfrey announced duty with Merchant Marines. Volmer Miller bids farewell with a district gym dance before a North Central States mission.
Holiday visitors fill the scene as Mrs. Dee Jensen and Mrs. W. A. Dahle host relatives including Mrs. M. J. Dahle and Mrs. Fife’s sister. Elvin O. Anderson returns from military service in Germany with two combat wounds and discharge papers, joined by brother Earl. Dinner guests at Owen Maughan’s include Mrs. M. H. Stocks, Florien Preece, Mrs. A. K. Jen, and Kay Jen from Compton California.
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