Memorial Day Tribute and World War Dead List
Memorial Day 1946 honors war dead from World War II with a call for silent reflection and a full page tribute to local World War I casualties. A list of local names is published with a note that omissions may exist. Idaho Allied Civic Forces plan to circulate petitions for two liquor control questions on the November ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel D. Larson
Nolan T. Wells
James Theras Jensen
Blaine B Peterson
Joseph Lamar Stone
Vaughan E. Johnson
Nathan van Noy
Vernon Cole
Maylon B. Peterson
Stanley Olsen
Leonard Brostrom
George Hill
William F Bennett
Clifton Wills
Richard Merrill
Citizen
Idaho
Malheur County Rejects PUD Plans Amid Northwest Trend
In eastern Oregon Malheur County voters rejected a plan to form public utility districts that would have created utility cooperatives and condemned Idaho Power properties. Similar defeats occurred in three other Oregon counties Lynn Lebanon and North Lincoln reflecting a regional skepticism toward PUD and CVA movements.
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Malheur
Oregon
PUD
Idaho
Lynn
Lebanon
North
Lincoln
Northwest
CVA
Idaho Reclamation Association
Southeastern Idaho Reclamation Association
Lawmakers push liquor ads ban and local option reversal
The Idaho Commoner editorial rails against repeated liquor-control measures. It argues laws cannot fix morals and laments repeated failures from local option to prohibition, urging education and personal responsibility in home, school, and church rather than new regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
George
Poppy Day Observance Set in Preston for May 25
Preston citizens will wear handmade poppies on Saturday May 25 in memory of war dead. The American Legion Auxiliary unit led by Mrs Noma Steele prepared the observance with poppies created by veterans from Boise. Each flower carries its own story, formed by veterans of World War I and later conflicts who contributed to the remembrance symbol.
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Preston
Noma Steele
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Boise
France
Belgium
Ernest, Moore
Mrs Moore
College Course Offered In GI Bill of Rights
By act of Congress the GI Bill of Rights makes college education available to qualified regular Army enlistees before October 6 1946. Enlistments are 1 2 or 3 years ages 17 to 34. After service soldiers may receive up to 48 months of education at a college or trade school with tuition paid up to 500 per year plus a monthly living allowance. Visit your local Army Recruiting Station chamber of commerce or Preston for details. Also BOOKKEEPING SETS advertised for sale at the Citizen using Ideal System.
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Congress
Amy Recruiting Station
Chamber of Comerce
Preston
Relief From Rheumatism Advocate Seeks Help
Mrs. Anna Pautz of Vancouver Washington shares a testimonial about finding relief from rheumatism and arthritis after years of suffering and invites others to write for information from her P O Box 825.
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Anna Pautz
P. O
Vancouver
Wash
Preston Pranks and Neighborhood Gossip in a Small Town
A column sketches everyday social humor and polite gossip as residents discuss marriages, pet names, and local quirks. The piece notes a street car conductor husband, neighbors sharing jokes, and Preston businessmen getting to know Jimmie Bedingfield amid village life banter.
Woman sends husband to hospital over knee injury
A mysterious case unfolds as a woman allegedly causes medical trouble for her husband with an unusual action. His secretary intervenes during the incident. A juvenile line notes Dorothy’s curiosity about Noah's Ark after Sunday school.
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Dorothy
Aged Man Answers Why He Was Not Drowned
A dialogue unfolds with Doro asking why the elderly man avoided drowning. The man responds, addressing the child’s question and offering an explanation rooted in their conversation.
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Dorothy
Parting Shot Reflects on Self-Pity and Public Response
An aphoristic line notes how self pity invites little sympathy from others and hints at social impact of personal outlook. The remark suggests mindset shapes outcomes and impressions in everyday life.
Library teacher to open jewelry business in Ashland Oregon
Giles S Green longtime librarian and mathematics instructor will leave Preston Idaho high school this spring to join his brother in law in Ashland Oregon where they will run a jewelry store. He has 24 years in Idaho teaching and 15 years in library science and has written a high school textbook still awaiting first edition. His magazine filing system will be adopted by many state high schools.
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Giles S Green
Green
Ashland
Oregon
Mrs. Green
D. D. Sheldon
Idaho
Preston
Sandpoint
Local Flyers Discuss Forming Flying Club At Airport
To Receive License H C Nielsen finishes work and flies to obtain a commercial pilots license enabling him to fly for hire. Training at this airport marks him as a top flyer while several local pilots express interest in forming a flying club to own ships and reduce hourly costs.
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H C Nielsen
United States
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Clarion
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Belva Hart
Leland Chatterton
Shirley Chattertony
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Foreman
Franklin
Idahogstate Loan de Ass
gEntorea
Idaho Falls
Europe
Pacific
Ezra's Cafe
Joe Marsh
Thad Phipps and
The
Thad Phipps
Thad
Milly Harttell
Milly
United States Brewers Foundation
G. I. Bill of Rights
Pd-Adv
Nue-Ovo Laboratories
Three Horsemen of Death
Vision
America
Better Vision Institute
Mrs Jones
Cal Foss
Dayton
Mink Creek
Franklin Fannie
Maizie
Fannie
Grace
State Street
Jimmie Bedingfield
Silave
Uric Power& Light’ CO
Giles Green
Oregon Business
Earl Nelson Ford
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington
B. F. Goodrich
B.F. Goodrich
O. K. Tire Shop
Preston, Idaho
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