Parade's Grand Marshall Ezra Taft Benson Named
Preston Idaho hosts a Bicentennial Grand Parade with Ezra Taft Benson as Grand Marshal. Benson, born 1899 in Whitney Franklin County, rose from pioneer roots to lead cooperative movements and public service, including roles in the Church, state ExtensionService and national agricultural advisory boards.
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Idaho
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Salt Lake Valley
Brigham Young
Flora Smith Amussen
Oneida Stake
Utah State Agricultural College
Utah State University
Logan
Utah
British Isles
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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University of Idaho Extension Service
University of Idaho
Church leader long service in European Mission noted
The piece recalls a church administrator who served as President of the European Mission from 1946 to 1946 and again in 1963, overseeing reorganizations across 14 European countries and the Near East, distributing Welfare aid, and traveling over 60,000 miles during wartime. It also mentions President Spencer W. Kimball and Mrs. Benson as Homemaker of the Year in 1955 and Mother of the Year in 1969.
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Whitney
London
England
South Africa
Near East
European Mission of the Church
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Ricks College
LDS Church
Sunday School
Y.M.M.I.A
Boise
Boise Stake
Idaho
Washington District Council
Washington
Washington, D.C
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Council of the Twelve
L.D.S. European Mission
L.D.S. Asian Missions
General Church Board of Education
Brigham Young University
Comprehensive profile of a Civic Leader and Educator
Chronicle of a lifelong public service figure detailing a career in farming, extension work in Idaho and nationwide agricultural leadership from 1920s to 1960s. Highlights include roles with the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Farm Foundation, Roosevelt advisory work, and multiple organizational presidencies and honors.
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Brigham Young University
Provo
Utah
Iowa State College
Iowa State University
Ames
Iowa
Gamma Sigma Delta
Honor Society of Agriculture
University of California
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National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
American Institute of Cooperation
Farm Foundation
Franklin D Roostvelt
National Agricultural Advisory Committee
National Farm Credit Committee
United States
First International
Idaho
Roosevelt
U.S
International Conference of Farm Organizations
London
England
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Copenhagen
Denmark
United States Secretary of Agriculture
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Madison
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Honolulu
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