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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1944
Page
2
In a Sixth War Loan Drive opening at Preston high school an assembly sold stamps and bonds totaling 134755. Ten cent stamps count as a vote for candidates with Marion Smith, Diane Parkinson and Joyce Keller as top contenders. The three week drive ends with a Miss Victory crowned and a Victory Dance.
The War Department indicates the missing Preston flyer may be presumed dead after a long absence. Messages to the family express sorrow yet acknowledge the service and sacrifice. Some hope persists as crew members are known to be in enemy camps and letters have reached relatives.
Idaho school children donated to the Boise Children's Home through Preston Jefferson and Central schools. Preston raised 65.11, Jefferson 34.96, Central 27.30, with the past week’s contributions added to the Boise center fund.
Funeral services were held Sunday in Rexburg for Miss Zola Cook with many Daytona school students and patrons in attendance. She died Thursday afternoon from a heart attack after enduring a heart ailment for some time. This was her second year teaching primary grades at Dayton. Attending the funeral were Irvin Page Don Page Verl Page Helena Murray Gene Crookston Filta Phillips Walter Beutler WeRoy Archibald Irene Schwartz Rosella Smart Lavona Balls May Jensen Josephine Crookston
Clarence Nelson Thomas Callister Rebecca Nelson Winifred Callister Gladys Hulet Vilate Ransom appear in a readable roster style notation. No further context is provided to identify roles or connections within the record.
At Preston High School on November 6 students voted in a General Election with margins close to Franklin County results from November 7. President Roosevelt won the presidency by about fifty votes over Dewey. Bottolfsen and Taylor carried countywide posts. Evans and Detweiler won school races, while Dworshak and Crossett won in the county.
The slate includes state senator J. Homer Johnson Republican and state representative R Andreasen Democrat. County races list D Ariel Nash Republican and Isaac M Evans Republican as county commissioners. Fred Hawkes Democrat is assessor Emma H Callan Democrat is county treasurer Thomas Preston Republican is probate judge and Arthur W Hart Democrat is prosecuting attorney.
Clemens E. Harrs, pastor for Lutheran congregations in Logan and Brigham City Utah, addresses the Community Sunday School and Bible Class on The Time is at Hand. December services shift to the second and fourth Sundays. The Lutheran Hour airs on Station KVNU Sundays at 10:30 AM.
A message thanking supporters of both parties credits the assessor's office with serving the people. The page also lists small ads: apples at 1 per bushel, bananas at 125 per bushel, an oil heater for sale, and a prewar baby buggy at 319 North State. Royce Seamons is shown as the seller.
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