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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1943
Page
7
The Preston General Memorial Hospital issued precautionary measures for visitors amid staff shortages. Visitors are allowed daily from 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 8 pm, with one visitor per patient. Children under sixteen are banned, and anyone with colds or infections is not allowed to visit.
A full resume appears in the Citizen this week and will be posted in the hospital halls for public viewing. The move aims to provide accessible information on local personnel and affiliations to visitors and staff.
Chico Field Calif announces Blaine Whittle 25 of Preston Idaho promoted from Private First Class to Corporal at basic flying school. He entered the army September 1 1942 and is among vital ground crew helping to keep aviation cadets flying. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Don P Whittle.
The Aaronic Priesthood of the Glendale ward sponsors a Friday evening dance on July 30 starting at 9:30 p m to raise funds for the new ward chapel. Everyone is invited. A column of local residents and visitors follows, noting family visits, illnesses, and social rounds across Tremonton, Preston, Huntsville, and Riverdale with multiple Auger, Jensen, Nelson, Wheeler, and Webster families mentioned.
Bonneville power administrator Paul J Raver will fly to Boise with three assistants for a 10 a m Wednesday conference with Governor Bottolfsen on the Albeni Falls storage dam. They aim for a compromise to avoid flooding farms while storing irrigation water in north Idaho. The dam would flood Clark Fork and Lake Pend Oreille waters to feed storage for Grand Coulee and Bonneville power needs with BPA proposing 2069 feet elevation, the governor favoring 2064 feet.
FFA and 4-H members will showcase livestock at the county fair in a Junior Fair format on Saturday August 7 at the local fair grounds. County Agent Wm Craner says exhibits should rival or exceed last year as more 4-H clubs participate and youths continue strong animal care, with FRA boys also showing in beef dairy swine poultry and possibly sheep.
Gowen field officers announced a recruitment drive August 16 to 21 for army air cadet training in Idaho Boise. State education figures show 10 000 eligible youths aged 17 to 26 with 7591 aged 17 and 18 in high school and the army aims to contact them. Lieutenant William E. Mealer said Idaho’s health rate is above average and the service hopes to enlist thousands of aviation cadets.
Three Franklin county alumni Kendrick Hawkes Douglas Nielson and Merrill Gee formed the male quartette for the Pocatello Lions Club at the Cleveland Ohio national convention. They placed fourth in the nation earning a $100 cash prize after competing against ten groups some with forty years of experience. Hawkes and his wife visited family in Preston and Ogden during the trip while Merrill Gee and his wife visited relatives near Preston.
Franklin county farmers are urged to inspect farm trucks now and place emergency repair orders if needed. If parts are unavailable, orders should extend to distributors or manufacturers with priority given to emergency requests. Recapping tires now prevents harvest season delays and capacity strain.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ema Coburn LaPray 68 lifelong Weston resident who died Friday in Logan Utah were held Tuesday July 27 with Bishop Maurice Tingley presiding. Speakers included Charles Mickelsen Vaughan Taylor Thomas Preston and Thomas Rose. Internment followed in Weston cemetery with grave dedication by Peter D Maughan. Mrs LaPray born August 7 1874 in Weston was married to David LaPray August 25 1895 in Fairview. Surviving Clyde LaPray Los Angeles Claude LaPray Logan Utah five grandchildren three brothers Earl Coburn Weston John Coburn Oyden Laurence Coburn address unknown and Mrs Annie Jones Salt Lake City.
Wilton D. Stokes age 22 husband of Jean Stokes of 239 So 1st Lt Preston has finished a month long refresher course at the Navys Pre Radio school in Chicago Ill He now will be transferred to a primary radio material school for further training Selected to attend after high grades in aptitude tests during recruit training he has studied mathematics basic electricity and naval indoctrination
Ledger, journal, day book, and cash book records advertised for sale by The Citizen. Includes ledgers and account books, record books and related financial logging supplies. Local ad emphasizes pricing and availability for buyers of bookkeeping materials.
Thirty-eight members from the Utah Power & Light service and lines departments earned official Bureau of Mines first aid certificates this week after mandatory exams. Twenty-nine received Red Cross first aid certificates as voluntary training, with nineteen additional standard Red Cross awards. Emery G. Olsen and Scott Dunlop led the tests. Employees from McCammon, Smithfield, and Preston were included, and Nate Hall of the Grace plant was credited with preventing electrocution using trained safety methods.
A wartime appeal urges putting all excess income into War Bonds via Payroll Savings to support soldiers on the front. The message emphasizes personal initiative and financial discipline as a duty to aid national efforts and loved ones serving abroad.
The quarterly report shows the state liquor dispensary yielding a net divisible profit of 58,460.23 dollars for the second quarter of 1942, close to four years earlier, due to efficient operation and strict business practices. Manager Rawson notes evasion of rationing remains an issue, and a trial system is sought to parcel out limited liquor while avoiding bootlegging. The agency plans a program to assure adequate supply under abnormal wartime conditions.
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