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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1946
Page
9
Beula Bell of Preston was chosen secretary for the Tau chapter’s 1946 47 term at Brigham Young University. A 1944 Preston High School graduate, she is a BYU sophomore majoring in sociology.
A typed note mentions a Station hospital typist at Williams Field. Mr and Mrs A B Larson of Salt Lake City visited Preston to spend the weekend with son Gaylord Larson and his wife. Mrs Fred Westenfelder joined them and stayed with her mother Mrs Hattie Thatcher. Mrs John S Campbell, now at home with Ezra Corbridge due to marriage, plans a Hawaii voyage while husband lies aboard USS Brill at Pearl Harbor for eighteen months. she will join him once sailing orders arrive.
Billy Hone arrived home Thursday to spend two days with his parents Mr and Mrs Gene Hone. He has just returned from his second trip to Honolulu where he is assisting in the task of flying the B 29s from the island to Hill.
Johnny Reneaux and his mother Mrs Hazel Rorabaugh visit Fairfield before his return to a naval station near Chicago Tinois Joe Smith leads Public Assistance in Boise convention from April 21 to 25 Clarence Kendrick promotes Preston Electric sales as he adapts to fatherhood. A baby girl born at General Memorial Hospital all are said to be well Fred R Bingham S1c son of Mr and Mrs H R Bingham returns home on two weeks leave assigned to Seabees Club recreational center at Shoemaker with return May 15 to duties there
Safeway Stores Inc President Lingan A Warren outlines 1945 sales of 664.8 million from 2452 stores and net income of 5.08 million, with plans for expanded operations and a long term employee training program including GI Bill alignment. The report highlights employee civic involvement and community leadership across many locations.
The Citizen offers Ideal System bookkeeping sets in two sizes for diverse businesses including service stations beauty shops garages and restaurants. Each set is tailored for any type of business and ready to implement.
Mrs. Grant Hess, state commander of Idaho’s American Cancer Society, told John Webber that direct state fund aid to indigent cancer patients is not feasible now. She cited limited public support, the need to fund education programs, and a 1945 46 budget of 16000 dollars as the first year with adequate money for education.
Idaho farm data show January 1 livestock numbers down across all classes from 1945. Grain consuming units fall 11 percent year over year. April 1 grain stocks list wheat 4 297 000 bushels barley 3 434 000 oats 1 906 000 and corn 263 000 with overall stocks 26 percent lower than last year.
Ford dealers announce the 1946 Ford and Mercury line will use a phosphate coating for all sheet metal parts including fenders and many body panels. Equipment for Mercury is active, Ford lines awaiting installation. The coating, a mix of etch and surface change, improves paint adhesion and rust resistance as tests show untreated panels rust and paint lift after 76 hours in salt spray.
The program features Julie the psychic enigma and scientific marvel with act called Human Television. The show includes dramatic feats such as Strange Invention a head disappearing electrical ray and The Enchanted Garden with a rapidly blooming rose bush. It also promises Sawing a Woman in Half and Execution on Mars with audience participation and target effects.
Bowden outlines co operation with civic and service groups to promote constructive Preston development after the war. Ralph Strub chairs the program. District convention in Ogden May 13 14 discussed. An open house at RR Rowell’s Ogden home invited club members and many plan to visit former Preston member Earl Goaslind’s residence.
University entomology head Early Shull announces season work on DDT analogs that are one tenth as toxic to warm blooded animals. The goal is safer use for pets and livestock while enhancing pest control.
A reader proposes changing the hospital name to The Dr Allen R Cutler Memorial Hospital or The Cutler Memorial Hospital, praising Dr Cutler’s years of service. The editor notes the current Memorial designation honors his father and explains the original reasoning.
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