Draft boards urged to protect farms in Idaho crisis
A reprint from the Idaho Daily Statesman warns that a farming crisis looms in Idaho as draft policies threaten productive labor. It argues local boards must balance quotas without stripping farms and notes that essential farmers aged 18 to 25 may be deferred if they meet the Tydings amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Daily Statesman
Boise
the Statesman
Idaho
Washington
Europe
Gen. Hershey
Tydings
Annual Dairy Herd Meet Set For Tuesday at 2 PM
Franklin County Dairy Herd Improvement Association will hold its annual meeting Tuesday January 30 at 2 p.m. in the courthouse basement. Alma Choules president announces a year end report and records review. Three new directors will be elected for two year terms. H. C. Anderson extension dairyman of Boise will explain testing programs and their value to dairymen.
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Franklin County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Court House
Alma Choules
H. C. Anderson
Extension Dairyman of
Boise
Bushnell Captain Praises Venereal Disease Control
Preston Club hears Bushnell Captain E Mortenson discuss wartime venereal disease efforts. He predicts remarkable progress with soldiers and foresees possible cure and elimination in a few years via penicillin and proper public health restrictions.
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E. Mortenson
Bush
Hospital Notes and New Arrivals Listed
Hospital notes show Mrs. Orson Rasmussen Of Oneida undergoing surgery along with Mrs. Donald Baker and baby daughter and a Wilde of Mink Creek. New arrivals include Desmond Durney Clifton girl January 21 Willis Palmer Riverdale boy January 19 Sherman Woolf Riverdale boy January 20 Russell Keller Oxford girl January 21 Nathan Gordon girl January 20 Phillip Sonntag Cleveland girl January 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orson Rasmussen
Oneida
Surgical
Donald Baker
A Wilde
Mink Creek
Desmond Durney
Clifton
Willis Palmer
Sherman Woolf
Riverdale
Russell Keller
Oxford
Nathan Gordon
Phillip Sonntag
Cleveland
Idaho Inducts 818 Men for February Draft
Idaho will induct 818 men into the armed forces and 1566 will be called for pre-induction in February. Brig. Gen. M G McConnel says local boards should 1 A men aged 27 to 37 in least essential occupations for potential March and April calls. Inductions: 696 Boise and Pocatello area men at Fort Douglas February 19 24 and 122 from north Idaho counties at Fort Lewis February 26 27. Pre induction exams set for February 6 9 at Fort Douglas for Eastern Idaho 512 men February 13 17 at Boise Western Idaho 700 men excluding Japanese and February 16 17 at Spokane North Idaho.
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Boise
Idaho
Armed Forces
M. G. McConnel
State Selective Service
McConnel
McConnell
Pocatello
Fort Douglas
Utah
Fort Lewis
Power
North Idaho
Spokane
Annual Scout Banquet Saturday in Cache Valley
Dr H W Hurt of New York will address the Cache Valley Boy Scout Council annual meeting at Utah State Agricultural College on January 27 at 7 30 p m in the Commons building. Silver beaver and scoutmaster key awards will be presented to several leaders with training and health safety honors also announced. Tickets available in Preston from David G Eames or David E Davis.
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H. W. Hurt
New York
National Boy Scout Council
Cache Valley Boy Scout Council
Preston W. Pond
Utah State Agricultural College
Eee
Onaes
Salisbury
Alvin W. Hess
Logan
John A. Israelsen
Hyrum
Orion Jensen
Preston
Joseph I. Williams
Evanston
Wyom
Ormer
Silver Beaver City
Marvin Neeley
Franklin
Robert Thalman
Logan Twelfth Ward
Parley N. Winn
Smithfield
Carl N. Fennesbeck
Seymour Rindlisbacher
Amalga
Utah
Mark L. Checketts
Preston Second
H. F. Bernhisel
Benson
Ernest Eberhard
Franklin District
Saula W. Allen
Council
John C. Carlisle
Ona A. Harrison
Bateman
Lecton W. Pond
J. A. Watts
H. B. Hunsaker
Frank Fullmer
H. Parley Kilburn
Ray Wilson
James England
Bill MacKnight
David G. Eames
David E. Davis
Relief Society
Lions Initiate Ten New Members Wednesday
Ten new members were inducted into the Preston Lions club this Wednesday under administering officer Sumner Pond of Grace. After a ceremonial program, members accepted included Dale Thompson Elden Tanner Leg Palmer Don Greaves Newell Stevens Orson Baugh Ralph Estes and Dan Roberts. Mrs Wayne Hansen sang two numbers with Mrs Howard Swainston accompanying. Lt Johnson brother of Joe Johnsen high school coach made remarks. Committee chair Bud Young Oneida Station led the program with Bob Gibson Wayne Hansen and Weldon Nash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Lions Club
Sumner Pond
Grace
Dale Thompson
Elden Tanner
Leg Palmer
Don Greaves
Newell Stevens
Orson Baugh
Ralph Estes
Dan Roberts
Wayne Hansen
Howard Swainston
Johnson
Joe Johnsen
Bud Young
Oneida Station
Bob Gibson
Weldon Nash
Twenty nine Franklin county men join January draft
Twenty nine men left for the induction center at Fort Douglas in a Wednesday move, with four transfers in for induction. An additional 86 men will go for pre induction examinations this Friday in a three bus group, the largest pre inductees from the county. Inductees listed include Leonard Maulet and Ralph Lundgreen among others. Transferred in for induction are Thomas Carver Charles Carpenter Sadeo Ichikawa Lynn Checketts.
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Franklin County
Fort Douglas
Army Post
Leonard Dean Maulet
Ralph Coleman Lundgreen
Maurice Anderson—Owen
Arthur Abel Stevenson
Joseph Dilworth Morrison
Wallace Batt Adams
Mack Webb Alder
Donald M. Cole
Merl Hardy Esplin
Ruel Smith Keller
Woodrow Gilbert Porter
Theodore Louis Johnson
LaVon B. Johnson
Paul Bodily Ransom
Max “‘DeRoss Atkinson
Dallas Hazen Gilbert
Melvin Jepsen Seamons
Stephen Oe Miller
Sidney Eugene Tanner
Donald Watson Jepsen
Albert Keith Nielsen
Delmar Reed
Jamison
Ray Phillip Petterberg
LeRoy Edwin Bodily
Marlow ‘H. Smart
Thomas Odell Carver
Charles C. Carpenter
Sadeo Ichikawa
Lynn Checketts
New Cow Tester Chosen for Franklin County Dairy Herd
Richard Jones of Weston was selected Friday January 19 to succeed Elmo Beckstead as cow tester for the Franklin County Dairy Herd Improvement Association. The executive committee praised Beckstead’s work and urged dairymen to cooperate with Jones, one of the committee members for the 1945 testing program.
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Richard Jones
Weston
Elmo Beckstead
Franklin County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Alma - Choules
Arthur
Preston Chamber Names Six New Directors After Ballot
Six members were elected as Preston Chamber of Commerce directors after Monday evening’s vote. R B Gibson will serve a one year term, the others Al Kircher Deg Sego Milk manager Dean Jensen Joe Goff Dr Allen Cutler Sr and Cliff Warr start two year terms. The holdover directors are R W Geddes Joe Oborn and Ernest Eberhard. An annual meeting is set for February 15 when officers and a secretary will be chosen.
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Preston Chamber of Commerce
Leo Hawkes
R. B. Gibson
al Kircher
Sego
Dean Jensen
Jensen Implement
Joe Goff
Utah Power
Allen Cutler
Preston Clinic
Cliff Warr
Federal Farm Loan Association
R. W. Geddes
Joe Oborn
Ernest Eberhard
Hospital Chief Theo Petterberg Undergoes Hernia Operation
Theo Petterberg, manager of the local Chevrolet agency, was operated on at Memorial hospital on Tuesday for a hernia and is recovering. Friends may visit at home or the hospital. His son Lt. John Petterberg of the Marines called from San Francisco to say he will be home this week after 13 months in the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo Petterberg
Chevrolet
Memorial Hospital
Theo
John Petterberg
Marines
San Francisco
John
South Pacific
Preston Boy Killed in War As Three Wounded. Two Prisoners Mourned
A Preston family learns of Seaman 2/c William F Bennett Jr death on January 15 from a marine disaster. Born January 2 1925 he enlisted June 28 1943 while a Preston High student and trained in Seattle and Bremerton. Memorial services are set for Sunday in Preston. Also reported killed in action December 12 on Leyte is Pfc Lonzo S Wheeler native of Preston, who enlisted in August 1942. Survivors include his parents three brothers and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
War Department
Pacific Islands
William Frank Bennett, Jr
William Frank
Marie Gunderson Bennett
Seaman Bennett
Preston High School
Seattle
Bremerton
Washington
Kodiak
Alaska
Bennett
A. Gunderson
Preston First Ward
C. Earl Goaslind
Lonzo S. Wheeler
G. Ray Wheeler
Logan
Leyte
Pfc
Wheeler
Don Wheeler
Army Signal Corps
Raymond Wheeler
Los Angeles
van Wheeler
Zella Dawson
Virginia Mortenson
Franklin Stake Plans Conference
Franklin stake completes conference plans with the welfare speaker to be designated. Spencer Kimball named principal speaker from LDS church Twelve. Youth Conference features Dr Creed Haymond, speaker for joint Oneida and Franklin stakes, with all youth groups to attend.
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Franklin Stake Plans Conference
Spencer Kimball
Franklin Stake
Henry Rawlings
LDS Church
Quorum of the Twelve
Fourth Ward
Oneida
Franklin
Creed Haymond
Salt Lake City
Scout Achievement At Weston Shows Eight Eagle Requirements
Under scout master J Myron Fennesbeck Weston ward Scouts complete eight Eagle requirements with eight more to follow a Court of Honor set for the first Sunday night in February inviting the public to attend and witness Weston’s notable advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Myron Fennesbeck
Weston Ward
Weston
County Sheriffs Confer With Andreasen On Bill
Franklin County official Roy Andreasen met with a statewide sheriff committee to discuss revisions to a drivers license bill. The group aimed to simplify the law and strengthen highway safety, with sheriffs from Ada Bear Lake Shoshone Kootenai and Twin Falls counties attending.
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Roy Andreasen
Franklin County
Andreasen
Lee Hansen
Don Headrick
Ada
Alton P. Bunderson
Bear Lake
Archie J. McPhail
Shoshone
Harry H. Haner
Kootenai
W. W. Lowery
Twin Falls
Safeway Preston Store Adds Staff in Sixth Ward
Safeway in Preston increases staff with La Rue Corbridge joining as assistant under manager Joe Oborn. The Sixth ward store reports improved public service and customer assistance from a growing team of female staff members.
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Safeway
Preston
LaRue Corbridge
Joe Oborn
Subscriptions Double as Citizen Hits All-Time High
The Citizen reports a 104 percent rise in circulation over two years while press run reaches 2283 this week. Advertising rates stay unchanged, highlighting the paper as the county’s cheapest and most effective medium. Nine of ten homes in the county reportedly receive the Citizen.
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Citizen
Preston
Trustees Study New School Bill
Trustees and principals of rural Franklin county schools will meet at the Courthouse Saturday at 1:00 p m to hear and study the Idaho education reorganization program now before the legislature. Supt Welland Smith will conduct a sentiment survey after the explanation to gauge rural public attitude toward the plan.
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Franklin County
Idaho
Some Phases Agriculture Deemed Critical By War Manpower Comm
Certain specialized agricultural tasks receive critical industrial deferments under the War Manpower Commission. In this county these include processing of sugar meat eggs and butter. Draft age workers in these activities may obtain deferments ranking above other essential industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Manpower Commission
Chamber Urges Revisions After Farm Draft Opposition
The Preston chamber passed a resolution opposing further farm draft calls and urging a readjusted school system. It forwarded the measure to Selective Service state headquarters and backed state education reorganization. Supt. Welland Smith presented revisions to directors. I. H. Nash reportedly heads a new county reclamation group in Boise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Chamber of
Commierce
Selective Service
Welland Smith
I. H. Nash
Boise
Franklin County Fish and Game nominees named
Nominees for officers of the Franklin County Fish and Game association were named at a meeting last Saturday in the court house. Elections will occur at the annual banquet on February 8 in the court house basement. Wayne Evans Ott Gassman Ben Cazier are vying for president. Van Ness Hansen Dick Tufts for vice president. Directors include Albert Moser Ray Merrill Sam Smith Earl Cole Ivo Sperry Delbert Keller Archie Lott Morris Gordon. Hold-over treasurer Mr Britenbeker, Aless Nash and Gilbert Cafferty remain on the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Fish and Game Association
Court House
Wayne Evans
Ott Gassman
Ben Cazier
van Ness Hansen
Dick Tufts
Albert Moser
Ray Merrill
Sam Smith
Earl Cole
Ivo Sperry
Delbert "Keller
Archie Lott
Morris Gordon
Nets Britenbeker
Secres
Namne
S’apost
Mr.Britenbeker
Aless Nash
Gilbert Cafferty
Annual Meeting Includes Banquet and Guest Speaker
President Wayne Evans announces the annual meeting will feature a banquet and program with an outside speaker. Entertainment acts are being arranged and the event is open to all paid-up 1945 members, dues set at $1.50 per year.
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Wayne Evans
Widows of World War I Eligible For Pensions
World War I widows may receive 35 dollars monthly under existing rules, explained by Howard Johnson, service officer of American Legion Post 34. Some eligible individuals remain unaware. additional amounts are available for children of veterans. Application blanks are obtainable from Mr. Johnson at Preston post office.
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Howard Johnson
American Legion Post
Johnson
Preston Post Office
County commissioners set 1945 budget at 219636 dollars
The county board approved a 1945 budget of 219636 dollars for county administration, noting it is far below last year’s adopted figure while planning higher expenses to cover operations. Last year’s actual expenditures reached 184179.61 against a 336337 budget. Taxpayers may protest any budget aspect before adoption on February 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Court House
Ninety Cent General Admission for Friday Wrestling Bouts
The Lions club announces reduced general admission for Friday wrestling at the high school gym. General with tax is 90 cents, reserved seats 1.50 with tax. Main matches include Jim Baccalis versus Karl Davis, Orville Hullinger versus Glen Nelson, and Greek Goliath against The Green Dragon, with preliminaries at 8 pm and main events at 8 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Jim Baccalis
The
Green Dragon
Karl Davis
Rolland Hullinger
Orville Hullinger
Glen Nelson
Fairview
Franklinstoke appoints two ward clerks in shifts
Two ward clerks are appointed in Franklinstoke with changes in the Sixth ward and Linrose. Van Nelson is released and succeeded by Quinn Crockett in Sixth ward while Wallace Adams steps down in Linrose to be replaced by Jharon Bright. Stake officials announced the changes last week.
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Franklinstoke
van Nelson
Quinn Crockett
New Organization Formed to Combat Bangs Disease
County Agent Daniel Roberts announced a new organization to prevent Bangs disease in local cattle. The plan relies on vaccination of heifers aged 4 to 8 months with oversight by ward leaders every four months to track vaccinations and coordinate with cattle owners due to limited veterinary services. The goal is to eradicate Bangs disease in five years and build resistance in most cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Roberts
U. S. Department of Agriculture
College
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Bushnell
Preston Club
Lions
Dairy Herd Group
Bishop Goaslind
Chamber
Fish & Game
Fox
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