Men in service from Preston area aid war effort
A roundup of Preston residents serving in World War II includes Private First Class George R. Heath a former Preston semi pro player manager who trained at Camp Elliott and is now assigned to a combat infantry battalion. Captains Kearl and Litton of Idaho and Mississippi, with air service credits and overseas campaigns, are noted along with two Petterborg brothers serving in the South Pacific and a group of aviation cadets and pilots. Helen Maughan, Preston native, enters basic training at Camp Lejeune with a Salt Lake Marine recruitment notice highlighting openings for qualified women aged 20 to 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Heath
Preston
Kas
Jobsen
Marine Corps Infantry School
Camp Eliott
San Diego
California
Pfc
Heath
Siire
15Th Army Air Force
Spencer L. Kears
Idaho
15Th Aaf
Italy
Kearl
Mediterranean
Chase Kearl
Clemens
Michigan
Franklin County Sugar Company
Utah State University
Air Force Service Command
England
Segt
Homer L. Nielson
Catherine B. Nielson
Cleveland
States
18Th Aaf
South Pacific
Theo Petterborg
Wesley Petterborg
John Petterborg
Petterborg
Petterberg
138Th Aaf Service Command
Fort Douglas
Utah
Camp Crowder
Missouri
Preston High School
Utah Agricultural College
Logan
Sigma Alpha
Lucille W. Petterborg
North State Street
Salt Lake City
Marine Corps
Corpus Christi
Texas
Brigham Young University
Provo
Rior
Southern Pacific Railway
Helen Maughan
U. S. Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Howard J. Maughan
Los Angeles
Henry N. Hale
Salt Lake District
Marine Office
Federal Building
Local social notes highlight visits and club meetings in Preston area
Mound Valley visitors include Mrs Walt Barthiome and Dee Mar with friends, Shirley Panter from Cleveland, and Florene Harris with Barbara McGregor leading X-Cello Health Club meetings. Numerous trips, family visits, and church talks appear alongside a local sale on ledgers and accounting books at The Citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Barthiome & Son
Dee Mar
Preston
Shirley Panter
Cleveland
Fiorene Harris
X-Cello Health Club
Barbara McGregor
Florene Harris
Jaylene Jensen
Roma Lee McGregor
Gerald Nuffer
J D McGregor
Harriett Williams
Carol Wray
C P Gray
Owen D Clegg
Mound Valley
Ben Spencer
California
Howard Nelson
Ogden
W C McGregor
Roy Andreasen
Arbara McGregor
Grace
Betty Henderson
Thatcher High
Lorna
Draper
Utah
Sam L Smith & Son
Dean
Riverdale
Reed McGregor
Boyd Forman
Aroet Bennett
C P McGregor
Clyde Anderson
Lee Florence & Son
Stanley
Reo Westover
Nahum Porter
Clawson & Bennett
Pocatello
Carol
Helen Gray
Hervey Nielson
Merlin
X-Cello
Alice Adams
Joelene Jensen
Ddeginnera
Electricity Aids War Effort At Home Never Too Late
Utah Power and Light dealers in Logan heard call to continue electrification postwar. Speakers outlined plans for postwar growth, citing 17 percent of homes with automatic coal stokers, 90,000 homes with electric refrigeration, 665,000 families cooking with electricity, and forecasts for 6,800 refrigerators per year, 19,000 radios, 7,000 vacuum cleaners, and 10,000 electric washers annually after the war. R R Rowell presided. social dancing followed in Preston with guests from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Utah Power & Light Company
Logan
W. A. Huckins
M. L. Cummings
J. F. McAllister
J. Homer Shaw
Glen B. Walker
R. R. Rowell
Evans Receives Medical Degree From University of Utah
Grant R Hughes Evans son of Dr and Mrs 8 S Evans of Preston will graduate from the University of Utah with a B S degree in medicine at the 65th annual commencement exercises Tuesday June 6 at 10 30 a m in Kingsbury Hall Dr Harvey Fletcher Bell Telephone Laboratory New York City will deliver the commencement address to the class of 3808 students Baccalaureate services will be held Sunday June 4 at 4 00 p m with speaker Bishop Duane G Hunt of the Salt Lake City Catholic diocese
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City S
Undy
Salt Lake City
Grant Rhgbert Evans
S. Evans
Preston
University of Utah
Kingsbury Hall
Harvey Fletcher
Bell Telephone Laboratory
New York City
Duane G. Hunt
Notice of Nominating Election in Franklin County Idaho 1944
Official notice certifies the list of candidates and offices for the June 18 1944 nominating election in Franklin County Idaho. It details polling hours from 12:00 AM to 8:00 PM and lists Republican and Democratic nominees for statewide and local offices including United States Senator Governor Secretary of State State Auditor State Treasurer Attorney General Superintendent of Public Instruction and county positions with candidate names and towns across Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Swenson
District Court
Board of
County Commissioners
Franklin County
State of Idaho
Idaho
State of
Board of County Commissioners
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thervice
Ivan W. Peterson
Ivan B. Peterson
Swan Lake
Rankin Aeronautical Academy
Tulare
J. G. “Tex” Rankin
David Kenneth Merrill
Marana Army Air Field
Tucson
Arizona
Army Air Corps
Merrill
W. Paul Merrill
Air Corps
Lukh Field
Wendell H. Wiser
William H. Wiser
Fairview
AA Training Command School
Wiser
Utah Power & Light Office
Utah Power
Citizen
Lorin Ransom
Scott Wiser
McCammon, Logan
Mink Creek
Preston Sixth Ward
Grant Evans
Pearle Tamia
Harvey Schwendiman
County OF
Franklin
G L. Swenson
the Supremo Court
Charles F. Koelsch
Boise
Hoyt Everett Ray
Idaho Falls
Bert H. Miller
Ben Dunlap
Caldwell
Edwin M. Holden
United States
C. A. Bottelfsex
Arco
Ben Johnson
Congress
Henry Dworshak
Burley
Edwin Nelson
Fenn
W. H. Detweller
Hazelton
Ida
Ho.m. I. Horsley
Soda Springs
Newdale
Donald
Whitehead
John Sanborn
Hagerman
H. @. Peckham
Wilder
Lester F. Albert
W. L. Hendrix
James W. Keating
Harrison
B. F
Bud) Moe
Kellogg
Myrtle R. Davis-Wicks
Co. L. Schoenhut
Cascade, Idaho
N. P. Nielson
Pocatello, Idaho
Stath Trhasurdr
Leth D. Painter
Lucy M. Higgins
Tom Feeney
Lewiston
Robert Alilshie
Superintendent OF Public Instruction
A. H. Chatburn
Inspector OF Mines
J. A. May
Frank Gelskey
Hailey
J. Homer Johnson
W. Stewart Geddes
Banida, Idaho
L. W. Hatch
Isaac M. Evans
G. Hames
Harley Greaves
Ariel Nash
Weston
Ben Buttars
P. M. Condie
BH. L. Hansen
Lucy P. Campbell
Preston, Idaho
Thomas Preston
Welland F. Smith
George L. Hebert
Haho
Moses Wancy
Justice OF the Peach
Preston Fourth
David Davis
Clifton Lewis Hess
Clifton, Idaho
Egypt
Edgar Petterberg
Preston Fifth Ward
Franklin Samuel R. Handy
Franklin, Idaho
Rulon Keller
Douglas Nelson
Oneida H. B. Young
Dan Swainston
Waf
Pratt
Packer
Whitney
Howard Swainston
Winder
Inder, Idaho
Democratic Party
D. Worth Clark
Glen H. Taylor
James H. Hawley
John W. Cornell
Phil J. Oats
Geo. H. Curtis
Charlies C. Gossett
Nampa
Fred Porter
Calvin B. Wright
J. F. Jenny
Cottonwood
Arnold Williams
Rexburg
Ho. J. H. Nell
Moscow
C. van Clark
St. Anthony
Lewis Williams
Ira H. Masters
Brest G. Hansen
Rupert
Co. V. True
Eric G. Osterberg
Coeur d’ Alene
STATH
Ruth Moon
Cora B. Stevens
Twin Falls
B. G. Elliott
Frank Langley
Coeur d'Alene
G. C. Sullivan
Anthony
Arthur Campbell
Mullan
Howard F. Rishew
Kingston
Frank T. Merrill
R. C. Andreasen
Treasureton
B. A. Jensen
Frank Shrives
Arthur W. Hart
Emma H. Callan
J. P. Rasmussen
Charles F. Hawkes
Charles A. Nuffer
Banida
Harold A. Larsen
Bands
Franklin Lavon Wickham
Leonard Hansen
Albert Jenkins
Winder Joseph
Hedin
Winder, Idaho
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