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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1943
Page
5
Local residents share weekend visits and extended trips across Idaho Utah and Nevada. Families and service members, including Captain Robert E. Bunker and Sgt. LaVan Hendricks, visit Preston, with relatives in Salt Lake City Boise Pocatello and Logan.
Preston man Sam Evans, son of Dr and Mrs 8 8 Evans, has been awarded a commission as second lieutenant after completing the Officer's Separate Course at Yale University. Evans, who spent leave with relatives in Preston, departs Monday for Geiger Field Spokane Wash to serve as a flight officer. He has held ranks from private to sergeant since enlisting in January 1942, with prior postings at Lowry Field and Buckley Field Denver Colorado before Officer Training at Yale.
Banida residents recount a Logan trip for Mr. and Mrs. Hyrum Larson’s 50th wedding anniversary and a Cottonwood Canyon reunion for Jed Miles family. Out of town guests from Fort Hall Lava Hot Springs and Salt Lake City joined Banida families in multiple gatherings with swimming picnics and wiener roasts.
A reader denounces the Internal Revenue Service for fining many motorists up to the amount of the $5 use tax for small delinquencies. The letter accuses officers of selective notice and harsh penalties and questions the fairness of levying fines for minor offenses.
Preston residents hosted visitors including Mr and Mrs Edward Maughan and Mr and Mrs Willard Manning. Norvel Wardle urged farm youth on project work while hay farmers anticipate the season end. Several families and relatives traveled, with Elsa McQueen and Lucille Clarke among those staying with local kin.
Mrs Beth Peterson and twin daughters Joan and Jane of Rexburg visit her parents Mr and Mrs Hans Nielsen. Several relatives travel to Salt Lake City for visits medical care and family events including A B Nielsen and Ruth Gyser from Idaho Falls. Families gather at Malad and Salt Lake City for Holidays and furloughs with Navy sailors Farrell and Sheldon Lewis.
Mr and Mrs Melvin Allen and family visit with parents Mr and Mrs Oliver Allen. Mr and Mrs Charles Simpson spend the weekend with their parents Mr and Mrs Henry Simpson.
Isis Theatre schedules a two film bill this weekend with Murder in Times Square a Columbia mystery thriller starring Chester Morris Jean Parker and Barry Sullivan followed by High Explosive a war prop nitro tale about two men delivering dynamite to plants and a love triangle involving Parker and Sullivan with Brooks as Parker's brother in peril
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