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Preston Citizen

Location

Preston, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1944

Page

4

Preston Wins Football Title for sixth straight year

Preston Indians repeat as district champions winning Armistice Day clash 20 to 6 at Montpelier over the Bears. Key scores came from C Lloyd Butterfield Bowles and a Pendrey Schaper connection as Preston finishes with two wins a tie and three losses for Montpelier under Coach Keith Trane.

Preston High Joe Johnson Montpellier Bear Lake Trenho Falls Pocatello North Cache Burley MHL Bears Montpelier Preston Indians Beaver Preston Hard Bears

Food Stores Ready For Holiday Feast Shortages Cited

The piece notes limited supply this year and urges early shopping. Safeway offers cranberries and a wide fruit and vegetable selection. OP Skaggs in Preston promotes a real wartime Thanksgiving with ample trimmings. Axe Neeley and Bill Davis encourage shoppers to buy early and visit in off peak hours for best service.

Safeway Preston Axe Neeley Bill Davis

All Wards Given Quotas In This Drive

The county bond sale drive opens Monday and ends in December. Ben Johnson chairs with Weldon Nash as co chair and Mrs Paul Smith handling women’s activities. Merlin Whittle leads agricultural promotion, Ora Parker and Mrs Merrill oversee Preston City women’s sales. The county quota is 238000 with 149000 in series E bonds 67000 in other securities and 22000 for corporations.

U S Treasury Uncle Sam Cone Ben Johnson Weldon Nash Paul Smith Merlin Whittle Ora Packer G P Merrill Preston City

Milton Bennett on 15 day furlough visits in Chesterfield area

Pvt Milton Bennett recently returned home on a 15 day furlough and spent time with friends and relatives in Mound Valley before traveling to Seattle to stay with his sister Mrs Georgia Sant. He will report to California for overseas duty. A party was held in his honor with many Bennett and related families attending and a nice dinner served.

Milton Bennett Mound Valley Seattle Georgia Sant California Bennett Baird Harold Baird Gayle Baird Charles Forman Berdean Vern Bennett Valerd Bennett & Family A E Bennett Dale Bennett

USES Will Check On Hiring Firing By War Manpower

Thomas L Boyle of the WMC US Employment Service in Preston announced a weekly check on area employers to gauge compliance with War Manpower Commission rules on hires and separations. The survey aims to inform employers about WMC programs and encourage voluntary cooperation under penalties for deliberate violations.

Thomas L Boyle Wmc-Us Employment Service Preston War Manpower Commission Boyle U. S WMC United States Employment Service

Crockett visitors from Provo where they met Preston hosts

Mr and Mrs Clyde Crockett of Provo Utah visited over the week end at the home of Mayor and Mrs E A Crockett and other relatives in Preston.

Clyde Crockett Provo Utah E A. Crockett Preston

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