Franklin County Salvage Drive Seeks Warm Clothing
Franklin County launches a countywide salvage drive from November 22 to December 4 to gather old clothing for war ravaged nations. Residents in Preston and surrounding wards will place items in boxes on porches. Scouts will collect at 9 AM Saturday. Clothes to be cleaned by Classic Cleaners before shipping overseas.
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Franklin County
Preston
First Security Bank
Boy Scouts
Weldon Nash
Farm Bureau Opens Idaho Convention in Burley
The Idaho State Farm Bureau federation kicks off a two day meeting at Burley with 100 plus delegates and expected attendance north of 300 for banquets and sessions. President J N Dayley notes membership up from 500 in 1942 to over 600 and a drive continuing to December 8 ahead of the national gathering in Chicago. Franklin county sends L H Nash as local bureau president.
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Idaho State Farm Bureau Federation
YOOF
Burley
Idaho
J. N. Dayley
State Federation
Thesday
R. B. Corbett
Chicago
Til
National Farm Bureau
Idaho Farm Delegates
National Farm Bureau Organization
Fsr
Bureau
John A. Ellison
Malta
C. F. McDonald
John Frederickson
Malad
Federation
Mra
Jed J. Ashton
Pocatello
Dayley
National Federation
Franklin County
L H. Nash
Farm Bureau Hears Cache Speaker On Farm Benefits
Franklin county residents heard Cache county Bureau secretary Allen Olsen outline farm projects in a Saturday afternoon meeting at the courthouse. Cliff Warr of Preston urged county support for the farm organization while President I H Nash presided. Light refreshments followed as the well attended event closed.
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Franklin County
Court House
Allen Olsen
Cache County
Nunit
Cliff Warr
Preston
I.H. Nash
Christmas Seal Sale Supports Tuberculosis Fight in County
The Christmas seal drive funds anti tuberculosis work in Franklin County with $483.30 spent last year on chest X rays nursing and school milk programs. The campaign urges house to house canvassing and calls for generous stamp purchases to sustain testing and protection for all ages.
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Franklin
Ita
Preston
Dairy Subsidies Await October Sales Payouts
About thirteen hundred people were eligible for the Milk Subsidy program in October while just over three hundred fifty have been paid. Farmers must present sales stubs at the AAA county office by end of November to collect October subsidies. December subsidies become valid in January. Payments ranged from one dollar to ten dollars thirty eight cents.
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AAA
MIA Fair Set For Franklin Stake Evening
Franklin stake MIA leaders plan a Tuesday November 30 fair with all ten wards. Displays include farm produce Victory Garden goods bee hive and needlework. A Country Store auction raises funds for the Church Welfare program. Admission by budget cards. John Webber and Sybil Hansen direct the event with dancing and refreshments.
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Franklin Stake Mia
Stake Mia Board
Franklin Stake
Inaliditakfwards
John Webber
Sybil Hansen
Idaho Thanksgiving Proclaimed Amid World War Strife
Governor Bottolfsen proclaims November 26 1943 as a day of religious and patriotic consecration. He urges Idahoans to thank God for blessings and pray for early victory in the Allied cause and to display the American flag in remembrance and gratitude. Attest: Secretary Curtis. Great Seal affixed November 15, 1943.
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C. A. Bottolfsen
State of
Idaho
Oct Idaho public assistance totals decline slightly
Public assistance payments in Idaho for October totalled 344 073.70, down from 347 931.08 in September and 351 688.44 in August. The number of recipients fell from 12 485 in September to 12 365 in October, with the average payment at 27.83 compared to 27.87 in September. Notable totals include old age assistance 262 075 to 9673 recipients, dependent children 63 169, aid to 237 blind persons 6 833, and direct assistance 11 996.70 to 682 recipients. Canyon County led with 1 028 recipients. Ada 987. Bonneville 351. Twin Falls 625. Fort Hall Indian Reservation 112.
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HH. C. Baldridge
Canvoy County
Department
Ada
Bonneville
Twin Falls
Fort Hall
For Whom The Bell Tolls Plays Again At Grand Theatre
The Grand in Preston will show For Whom The Bell Tolls again on Wednesday with three screenings at 3 PM 6 PM and 9 PM. The Hemingway story stars Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman with scenes set in the Pyrenees. Also featured this week are Sonja Henie in Winter Time and Stage Door Canteen on Sunday.
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Grand Theatre
Preston
Ernest Hemingway
Gary Cooper
Ingrid Bergman
Pyraneese Mountains
Spain
Sonja Henle
New Grandchildren In Hart Family
The Memorial hospital welcomed three new grandsons in recent weeks to Attorney A. W. Hart's family. Names tied to the Hart line include Postmaster and Mrs Hale Hart Newell Hart and Mr and Mrs Newton Hart. Additional newborns are listed at homes of Adelbert Hart Mickey Hart Merlin Palmer in Salt Lake City and Uless Nash in Linrose.
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Memorial Hospital
A. W. Hart
Attorney Mart
Hale Hart
Newell Hart
Newton Hart
Attorney Hart
Adelbert
Mickey) Hart
Merlin Palmer
Salt Lake City
Uless Nash
Linrose
Hazen Mecham Funeral in Preston This Wednesday
Funeral services and burial for Hazen Mecham who died last week in Hampton Virginia will be held Wednesday November 24 at 2 p m in the Preston Second Ward chapel He was born April 17 1897 in Preston the son of Clinton and Elizabeth Hawkes Mecham A World War I veteran he died at the National Soldiers Home hospital where he served as a guard He is survived by five brothers Leo Elmer Bryant C of Preston Hyrum of San Francisco and others
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Hazen Mecham
Hampton
Virginia
Preston
Preston Second Ward
Mecham
Clinton
Elizabeth Hawkes Mecham
The
National Soldiers’ Home
Leo
Elmer
Bryant C
Hyrum
San Francisco
Plan R. S. Program For Extra Tuesday
The Fourth Ward Relief Society plans an extra Tuesday program featuring Miss Vanda Nelson demonstrating handiwork. Nelson will share gift making tips and the event will include special musical numbers.
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Fourth Ward Reliief Society
Vanda Nelson
Nelson
Sister Bertha Wurston Of Ogden Mentioned In Incomplete Notice
An OCR fragment references a sister named Bertha Wurston of Ogden in an unclear context. The passage provides no dates, events, or full relations.
Dr. Ellis Kackley Dies at Soda Springs
Dr. Ellis Kackley 72 longtime physician and surgeon and superintendent of Caribor county hospital died after a two week illness in Soda Springs He was born July 15 1871 in Smoky Mountains Tennessee and earned his MD from the University of Tennessee in 1898 He came to Soda Springs April 2 1898 and became the town’s leading physician attracting patients from Idaho and neighboring states
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Ellis Kackley
Caribor
Soda Springs
Soda
Smoky Mountains
East Tennessee
Samuel
Elizabeth Niswonger Kackley
University of Tennessee
Montpelier
Pocatello
Idaho
Thanksgiving Dance Planned at Mink Creek Hall
A Thanksgiving dance is planned at the Mink Creek amusement hall for Thursday evening November 25 at 9 00. The ward extends invitation to the general public to join in the evening’s frolic.
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Mink Creek
Exceed Quota By Nineteen Percent War Fund Drive
Final figures for the Franklin county War Fund show 8670.32 collected by the committee, 1370 above the 7200 quota. Franklin contributed 4696.44, Oneida 3653.88, and 320 from county businesses and clubs, with ward and community breakdowns by stake. The state committee lauds a 19 percent overage as a regional record.
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Franklin County War Fund
Franklin
Oneida
Oneida Stake Leadership Changes at Conference
Two changes occurred among Oneida Stake leaders during a weekend conference. Elder James H. Baird was released as High Council member and replaced by Elder Eli Si Forsgren, formerly Riv erdale ward bishop. Parley M. Condie stepped down as genealogical committee chairman, duties moving to the new high councilman.
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Oneida
James H. Baird
Mink Creek
Eli Si Forsgren
Riverdale
Parley M. Condie
Stake
County Delegation Attends Idaho Aeronautic Meeting in Boise
R. R. Rowell president of the chamber of commerce Ivan Goff city manager and Wallace Olsen county commissioner attended the Idaho aeronautic meeting in Boise. Gov Botheligen called the session to form an organization to oversee postwar airway development. Governors opening stressed states retaining control of airways rather than ceding rights to the federal government. Discussion covered feeder line franchises for a passenger airway network after the war and other program topics. A state committee was named and a survey of airports and facilities will be presented at next spring’s meeting.
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R. R
Rowell
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Ivan Goff
Servicemens Yule Party Quota Reached In Drive Saturday
Franklin county residents raised five hundred dollars for the hospitalized servicemen fund through the blue ducat sale last Saturday meeting the Victory Service League quota. Theo Petterborg announced the result and praised high school girls and clubs including the Lions Preston Pickwick Ladies Service for support. Red Cross will use funds for gifts and hospital decorations during Yale season and holiday programs for recovering service members.
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Franklin
Victory Service League
Theo Petterborg
Ang
Petterborg
Petterberg
Martha ,Geddes
Fred Davis
Lions Club of
Preston
Pickwick Club
Ladies Service Club
Red Cross
Yale
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Lucetta Archibald
Queelphine C. Spilsbury
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