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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1944
Page
9
The Preston community reports visits from relatives and friends, travel between Preston and Baltimore and Salt Lake City, and military assignments. Local residents note sons in overseas service, Navy medical corps, and air force postings in California Texas Europe and Hawaii. Families welcome newborns and announce relocations to Ogden Dallas and Preston, with travel notes from residents near and far.
WM H Auger was released from Budge Memorial hospital in Too ton after a three week confinement from injuries in a van wreck en route to Lewiston Luna Factory work. The vehicle overturned during a left turn, pinning him under the car and causing a fractured hip several broken ribs a shoulder blade and a punctured lung. Four other men in the car escaped serious injury.
Preston chamber of commerce and Twin Falls Irrigation Co will be represented at the National Reclamation Association conference in Denver. I H Nash, president of the irrigation company, left for Denver on Tuesday to attend.
Staff Sgt Arnold J Auger returns from twenty seven months in the Aleutians to a furlough at home. He led a shift maintaining heavy engineering equipment and will soon report to Camp Gruber Oklahoma. He describes brutal winds and long weeks in a tent buried under snow.
Mink Creek residents hosted a chicken supper last Thursday for Pvt Hyrum Odell Leavitt on furlough from Camp Hulen Texas. Guests included Kathryn Williams Nada Wilde Ted Lower Merle Crane Wanda Nelson Grace Nelson and Grace Nelson visited nearby Cleveland Preston Mink Creek residents welcomed guests returning from Preston trips.
Multiple classifieds report items for sale including a 17e coal heater at Good year Shoe Shop in Preston, registered Duroc sows and service boars near market price, two milking heifers, three milk cows plus heifers, and a 1933 Chevrolet with spares. Also a ranch near Preston with water, dwelling, barns, and livestock advertised by Hopkins Real Estate Agency. Lost item noted upper plate of false teeth with reward.
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