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Preston Citizen

Location

Preston, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1945

Page

16

Farm and Government Heads Urge Record Beet Planting

Three Idaho agricultural leaders urged farmers to plant more sugar beets in 1945. They reassured growers that labor will be available and noted Idaho’s dairy and sugar beet crops as critical. They cited goals of 70 000 acres for beets and a 102 percent dairy output, with worker and prisoner of war labor planned to meet the target.

Idaho Milford J. Vaught R. X K. Pierson Roy C. Lane War Food Administration Vaught United States Pierson Farmers Extension Service Lane

Local Social and Civic Notes From Various Idaho Towns

Thatch er Mr and Mrs Kenneth Wright spent last Saturday in Pocatello. Mrs Ruben Covert was taken to the Carbon hospital last Sunday. She has been ill for some time and got much worse last Sunday. Mr and Mrs Lovell Mendenhall and Mr and Mrs Millen Mendenhall were business visitors in Preston last Saturday. Martha Olivér was a weekend guest at the home of Mrs Lavera Swenson. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Emil Hansen last Sunday in the Caribou hospital. This is their third child. Mr and Mrs Guy Harris were business visitors in Logan on Wednesday of last week. The Lago Mutual held their Gold and Green ball last Friday evening. The hall was beautifully decorated and a large crowd attended. Wilma Oleranshaw, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Oleranshaw, was the queen. Mr and Mrs LeRoy Pond, Mr and Mrs Millen Mendenhall, Mr and Mrs Willis Wright, W H Mendenhall, Mr and Mrs Leslie Wright, and Mr and Mrs Vernon Mendenhall attended the banquet held in Cleveland last Friday evening. A very delicious banquet was served and a splendid program rendered. The funds from this will be used to help finish the Cleveland ward new church house and amusement hall. Mr and Mrs Melvin Mickelson spent last Saturday and Sunday in Ogden visiting Mrs Mickelson's father, Joe Banks, who is very ill in the hospital in Ogden. Mrs Nellie Stephenson received a telegram from her son, Ried, who has been in the European area of war, that he had

Kenneth Wright Pocatello Ruben Covert Carbon Hospital Lovell Mendenhall Millen Mendenhall Preston Martha Olivér Lavera Swenson Emil Hansen Caribou Guy

Time To Stop Advertising In A Community Dystopia

A chilling ad copy warns that monopolized commerce suffocates society. It imagines a community where no one shops elsewhere and social life collapses including birth, death, marriage, and migration.

Local Notes on Visits and Moves in Lago and Ogden

Readable items show Reid wounded in action and awarded the Purple Heart. Mrs Woodrow Bullock and son returned from Salt Lake City while her husband heads overseas. Bitton family held a birthday party in Soda Springs. Lago roads impassable due to mud as county trucks work the area.

United States Reid Louis Bitton Soda Springs Tena Davis Shirley Brown Woodrow Bullock

Grocery Price List From Local Store

List of canned goods and pantry items with unit prices. Items include peas, pumpkin, beans, tomatoes, mixed vegetables, beets, spinach, peanut butter, salad dressing, mayonnaise, cheese spread, catsup, noodles, cereal, tissue, corn, and nibblets, with brands such as Libby’s Del Monte Kraft Skippy Heart of Utah Lynden Kellogg’s Sansord and Durkees. Prices range from 15 to 37 cents per item.

del Monte Heart of Utah Kellogg's Sansord Roll del Maiz

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