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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1944
Page
2
Weather favors field work as beet thinning and haying race ahead. Labor shortage prompts adults to contact employment offices for daily help. USES aid sought. Franklin plant recruits for pea run. visitors Elsie Knight and daughter Sylvia join Wheeler and Wickham in Ogden for two weeks.
The summer program is underway with crafts classes at 10:30 and 3 to 4 p m in the city library basement. Viola Weibell oversees activities with Joe Johnson assisting. Opera house games run 9:30 to noon and 2 to 5 p m with a children s hour 2 to 3 pm. Special events include a pet show Friday Indian Day Monday and Treasure Hunt Friday at 2 pm.
Mink Creek and Winder Linrose plan ward programs with a ring ceremony and dancing at the ward hall. Miss Shirley Adams has been chosen to reign as Goddess of Li- touch in continuing notes from page one.
The Linrose area hosts a Fourth celebration with a ten o clock parade followed by a ward hall program. Afternoon events include children's races, a Weston versus Linrose softball game at 2, bicycle and horse races, plus horse pulling contests with prizes. Nearby Logan hosts fireworks while Preston observes a two day holiday. Stores stay open Saturday till 5 pm to serve out of town shoppers. A later note contrasts June 1948 and June 1944 food prices, showing a per family saving and presenting Safeway as coordinating with government to curb inflation.
Franklin county shoppers faced a large Safeway advertisement last week highlighting June 1943 food savings. The emphasis was on low prices and special deals to attract customers to the local store.
Mrs F I Thompson of Richmond Utah spent Wednesday visiting in Preston with her daughter Mrs Willard Wanner.
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