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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1945
Page
11
Mink Creek ranchers and horse enthusiasts sponsor an annual Fourth of July program and rodeo. Public response grows each year with more bronce riding horse show and new concessions. Organizers pledge extra effort to welcome residents of Franklin County and Preston for a bigger and better celebration.
The writer portrays General Dwight Eisenhower returning from European command to be welcomed home with acclaim and suggests he could serve as a made-to-order secretary of state if not needed in the Pacific, lauding his diplomatic promise.
The West Side district vote shows almost unanimous support for merging seven independent and common districts with one Bannock County district into a single administrative school unit. Leaders praise the harmony and persuasive argument behind the consolidation plan.
An Idaho Daily Statesman column argues that small cigarette tax increases progressively expanded federal revenue. It traces tax shares from 4 percent in 1860 to an estimated 33 percent of national income by 1945, labeling the rises as trivial yet cumulatively transformative.
Supt. C. C. Eddy praised the merging of many small Idaho districts into one large unit as the biggest advancement in state school development. He cited cost and inefficiency from fragmentation, while Dayton village donated land and a water right for a new high school, signaling unity and future success.
Five generations gathered at the Whitney home of John Hull for a Lowe family reunion with Mrs. Eliza G. Lowe as guest of honor. Also noted are births, weddings, and local notices including a theater farewell, an accident, and fishing milestones.
Winder Pvt Theodore Johnson son of Mr and Mrs Louis Johnson recently finished training in California and is home on furlough. Speakers at the Sacrament meeting Sunday included Pvt Theodore Johnson Willis McKay and Shirley Palmer Mrs Leo Winn and daughter and Mrs Winns mother spent much of last week visiting Mr and Mrs M A Winn. Mrs Karl Shuldberg and children of Terreton are visiting with her parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Carter.
Muriel Hollingsworth visiting Salt Lake City Cadet Nurse Training. Mr and Mrs James C Taylor host. Willis McKay and son of Centerville Utah visit. A S Calvin Taylor, recently trained at Pocatello, moves to new base. Delia Lloyd of California visits the Taylors. Delia is Mrs Taylor's niece. Rulon Winger injured after a horse fall and bedridden most of the week.
Alan Hal Thatcher son of M H Thatcher of Preston will receive the doctor of medicine degree at Washington University School of Medicine commencement in Graham Memorial Chapel. Dr Arthur Holley Compton will confer the degrees with Dr Evarts A Graham delivering the address. Eighty nine of one hundred candidates will take the oath. commissions go to sixty five in the Army and twenty four in the Navy.
A collection of light vignettes and puns from a small town. Jokes about local characters, dating, fashion, and a safety mishap with a mayor's son finger injury, plus humorous misreads about stolen chickens later retracted. The tone mimics a late 19th or early 20th century community page.
Funeral services for Hans Jensen were held Friday afternoon June 22 at the Dayton ward chapel under Bishop V. D. Smart. Speakers highlighted Jensen as a good citizen and trusted friend while community neighborliness and family values were praised. The service included musical tributes and a Weston cemetery burial officiated by Bishop L. W. Haut.
The War Food Administration announced price supports for the 1945 crop dry edible smooth peas. The program mirrors last year but lowers rates and eliminates non-recourse loans. Supported varieties include Alaska Bluebell Scotch Green First Best Marrowfat White Canada and Colorado white with grades US No. 1 and No. 2.
Several families and individuals are listed as visiting relatives or traveling: Dayton Mrs Paul Naef goes to Stockton to join her husband, paratrooper Gerald Roholt is home on furlough, Norrel Checketts and Floyd Sparrow families visit here, Miss Dorothy Robbins visits Hyde Park, Frank Pratt of Clearfield visits Griffeths and their sister Mrs Van Orden, Alta Lee Johnson of Hyrum visits relatives, Clyde Checketts and Harold Coddington families visit Rupert, T A Berryessa and daughter Kathy visit Waldo Peterson, Mrs Farrel Larsen welcomes a new baby born June 21, and many others including Mrs Alma L Jensen and family, Mrs Merrill visiting Waldo Peterson, Mrs Nora Boden and others from Portland and Saltese spending time here, and local residents returning from trips in Logan and Ogden.
Almira Ghter of Pocatello visited Mr and Mrs Harold Gallo and family last Sunday. Ellen Hyde visited the home of her daughter and son in law, Bishop and Mrs V D Smart, and family.
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