Mother's Day visits populate Preston region
Preston residents and relatives shared Mother's Day observances with kin across Pocatello Logan and Salt Lake City. Visitors included Gilbert Christensen family, Eldon Hymns, Vauna Barton, Lynn Fackrell, Elbert Dalley, Joseph Goff family, Gary Goff, Dorothy Gee, Virginia Merrill, Millie Stephenson funeral in Salt Lake City, and others from Salt Lake City Brigham City Melba to Preston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Christensen
Karen
Pocatelo
Eldon
Hymns of Liberty
Hanna Wiliams
Oliver Williams
Pocatello
Elbert Dalley
Joseph Goff
Charles Goff
Dn. Gary
Logan
Milton Goff
C. I. Goff
Sergeant Maurice Merrill Visits Preston on Furlough
Sergeant Maurice Merrill arrived in Preston on a two week furlough from Miami Beach Florida to visit his parents Dr and Mrs M O Merrill. Several locals attended the funeral of Mrs Millie Stephenson in Midvale Utah and guests visited from Idaho Falls Rupert and Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Smart
Salt Lake City, Utah
Preston
Kenneth Stephenson
Loran Stephenson
Ramona ‘Stephenson
Millie Stephenson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Maurice. Merrill
M. 0. Merrill
Miami Beach
Florida
Midvale
Horace Baugh
Angus Keller
Theo Petterberg
Estus Packer
Eliza B. Christensen
Flossie Merrill
Lettie Condie
Anna Hansen
Florence Martin
Jennié Swainston
Alice Merrill
P. M. Condie
Asael Bell
Harry Stephenson
Alta Hodges
Ada Hansen
B. G. Weaver
Weston Pioneer Is Buried Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Fifield Campbell longtime Weston resident were held in the Weston chapel. Born August 1 1859 in Ogden she came to Weston at age three with her pioneer family and married John H Campbell in 1877. She mothered fifteen children nine living, thirty three grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren with four grandsons in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Fifield Campbell
Lfelong
Weston
Weston Chapel
Campbell
Julia Peck
Ogden
Mathew
Almira Gibson Fifield
John H. Campbell
Peck
William of
Logan
John
Jerome
Almira Campbell
Los Angeles
Calif
Ethel Nielson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Arnold
Sandy
Alta Andrews
Venice
Alton
Preston Golf Club Sees Course In Best Condition
The Preston Golf Club reports the Bear River course in top shape after a spring renovation. Twelve members worked Wednesday with help from Japanese laborers clearing rough work, and opens are planned as soon as dry areas allow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Cliff Warr
Bear River
Jed Lewis
Glendale social honors Bishop and Mrs Li Webster
A Tuesday night dancing social was held in Glendale in honor of Bishop and Mrs Asa Li Webster who plan to move from the ward soon. Music was provided by the bishop’s counselors Bernon Auger and Christian Larsen and Ward Clerk Vern Nelson. Cookies and punch were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Li. Webster
Bernon J Auger
Christian J.larsen
Vern Nelson
Orba Larsen
John
Emma Kay
John Jorgensen
Huntsville
Utah
Oneida Station Sees Sawyers Farewell Celebration
The Oneida community honored Blanche and Glen Sawyers with a farewell party Friday. Glen departs May 14 for officer training in Alameda California, while Blanche and son Richard remain in Preston. A public dance at Richmond Community Hall accompanied the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sawyers
Oneida
Blanche
Glen
Salt Lake
Alameda
California
Richard
Preston
Richmond
Easter Trip Highlights Idaho Scenic Beauty
In a letter to Mr and Mrs C I Goff their son Vurl Goff a University of Idaho student describes a 100 mile Easter voyage up the Snake River aboard a yacht with notable travelers. He notes Lees Rapids dramatic power the towering cliffs and peak scenery and says the 20 hour run outward and five hour return prove Idaho holds unequaled beauty spots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. I. Goff
Vurl
University of Idaho At Moscow
Snake River
Lees Rapids
Idaho
Wartime stress on child nutrition warns of jittery youths
American Red Cross Nutrition Service cautions that sketchy meals and irregular hours harm children's nerves. With many mothers in war work, kids take on food prep and are given lighter evening meals, risking deficits. Emphasizes planned meals with milk eggs and whole grains to meet daily needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross Nutrition Service
Chapter Nutrition Service
Proper Foods as Prevention for Growth in Children
The article cites cereals rich in substances essential for growth and echoes the proverb ounce for prevention. It argues that good nutrition provides the best preventive measure for children's health and development.
Weston School Elections Conclude Year 1944
The 1943 44 school elections on April 16 featured Breinstorms and Jeeps. Jeep Party narrowly won with Francis Rasmussen president and Edna Dalley vice president among the student body officers for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breinstorms
Jeeps
Francis Rasmussen
Dale Lott
Winona Hansen
Edna Dalley
Blaine
Kofoed
MarDean Mickelson
Edith Nelson
Merlyn Morgan
Vernal Bowden
Kathryn Galloway
Lamar Shrives
Wayne Taylor
el Trojan
Norma Murdock
Cloma Balls
Jeep Party
Norman Murdock
Baby girl born at New Hillside Hospital San Diego
A 7 pound baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Gene Larsen at New Hillside hospital in San Diego California on April 26 Mrs Larsen was formerly Miss Stera Porter of Preston Her mother Mrs Mary Porter and sister Mrs Laura Wilding of Springville Utah have been visiting Mrs Larsen for the past two weeks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Larsen
New Hillside Hospital
San Diego
Calif
Larsen
Stera Porter
Preston
Mary Porter
Laura Wilding
Springville
Utah
Preston Officer Is Now A Captain Serving In Panama
Mrs. Bertha P Greaves of Preston announced her husband 1st Lt Melvin Greaves was promoted to captain on May 1 while serving in Panama Canal Zone. He joined active duty in February 1942 and has worked with the coast artillery unit there and is presently assistant director of the Reader Detector school. He’s a 1939 graduate of Utah State Agricultural College in civil engineering and a member of Scabbard and Blade Sigma Nu and Phi Kappa Phi at Utah State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha P. Greaves
Preston
Panama Canal Zone
Melvin Greaves
Greaves
Coast Artillery
Canal
Logan “Institution
Scabbard and Blade
Sigma Nu
Phi Kappa Phi
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Preston Brief
George Pratt
Don Harris
Frank Pratt
Vauna Barton
The
State Finance Company of
Lynn’ Fackrell
Brigham City, Utah
F. A. Fackrell
Mmrs
Dorothy Gee
Virginia Merrill
O. P. Merrill
Ernest Eberhard Sr
Melba
Ernest Eberhard Jr
Fred Eberhard
Mary Louise Smith
Jennie Barton
H. Ronald Drury
Fort Douglas
Wis
Drury
Jeanette Barton
Frank Merrill
Blanche Hollingsworth
Farrell Beckstead
Lynn
Beckstead
Murray, Utah
Eva Joy Wallgren
Automobile
State Farm Insurance
Earl Nelson
Mereda
Vogue
Virginia Kooyman
Pat
Merlin=Smith
Ernie Briten
Bekter
LaVerne Witherspoon
Rupert
Willis Wills
Adele Winger
San Francisco
Beulah Clayton
Denver
Colorado
Willow Peterson
Idaho Fails
J. C. Peterson
William Walker
Baltzar Peterson
BE. G. Moore
Idaho Falls
Peterson
Edna Neeley
Jennie Neeley
Pioneer
PARCO
PABCO
Anderson Lumber Co
Glendale
Margene Carter
Winder
Beverly Nelson
Horace Owens
Jesse C.wheeler
Sarabeth Larsen
Christian Larsen
Gus ©. Brower
Kilgore
Leland L. Auger Ang
Albertie Griffiths
Quida Auger
Byron Wheeler
Tampa
Fay .Wheeler
Deane Auger
June Bergquist
William H. Auger
Oneida Station
West
R. C
Silvertown
Safety
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertowns
B. F. Goodrich Silvertowns
OPA
G.M.A. c
Petterberg-Nash Motor Company
Preston, Idaho
Preston Officer
Panama
Searsucker
Preston Opera House
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