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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1944
Page
4
County wide fund drive aims to raise 6900 with a one dollar pledge from each resident. Funds support USO servicemen at training camps and overseas, plus allied relief efforts including Belgian British Chinese Czechoslovak Danish French Greek Italian Luxemberg Norwegian Polish and Yugoslav relief programs and refugee aid.
A local veterans committee to organize under the GI Bill rights was outlined with an executive team and sub committees covering agriculture education home farms and business purchases employment rehabilitation post war industry planning legal aid and missing persons. The group includes about 50 county residents and discusses USES support for veteran programs. Mr and Mrs Henry Hatch of Oxford visited Swan Lake on Friday.
Three prominent Third Ward members have accepted missionary assignments. Heber Winn and his wife will report to the Mission Home on November 6 in Salt Lake City and depart November 16 for the East Central mission based in Louisville Kentucky. Winn receives a six month leave of absence from the Third Ward bishopric. Earl Hollingsworth also accepts a Texas mission call for six months, reporting November 6 for instruction before his field work.
Cache Valley Civic Music Association launches member renewal and new enrollment during October 9 15. Five high class concerts planned in Logan and Franklin County. Contacts include Homer Williams Newell Hart and Jeanne Brown with Hart Music Shop for details.
Burley Bobcats shut out Preston 12-0 at home as Wesley Ball and Lyle Taylor scored touchdowns. Bell connected with End Max Cranter for a second period scoring play, and Bell added a 25 yard run after a Taylor pass. Preston, previously 2-0 against Idaho Falls and Pocatello, was seen as a top Idaho program.
Parley P. Holton is appointed superintendent of the Rexburg division for Utah Power and Light Company, marking a leadership change in Rexburg.
J E Cushman announces the promotion of P. Pat Holton to superintendent in charge of construction and maintenance for Utah Power and Light Company's Rexburg division effective October 1. Holton, a Preston native and former Preston division estimator engineer, succeeds Charles M. Cannon who moves to Salt Lake City as a distribution engineer.
At 8 pm in the First ward recreation hall Saturday a program and dance mark the completion of the ward social security program of the summer. Ward members will harvest the beet crop by day and celebrate in the evening. All MIA age members are invited.
Classified brief lists a need for a female caregiver to attend a convalescing person with contact options at 34 East 1st North and 238-1. No other context or names provided.
Citizens urged to receive short resumes from all candidates for the November election. Deadline set for October 14 with the election issue of October 20 planned to include free impartial stories. Only a few responses received so far.
Horace Dick Burleigh age 42, captain of the Logan City Fire Peperimans, died suddenly Tuesday morning of a heart attack. His father HV Burleigh of Preston notified. He leaves wife Fern Roundy and daughter Ruth. Funeral set for 1 p.m. Friday in Logan Fourth Ward.
Among the successful applicants for the Minidoka hunt are Roy Greaves, Ivan Goff, Bill Head, Frank Merrill, Ariel Neeley, Bill and Ralph Davis and Don Pinson. They will go this week to the Minidoka preserve. Frank Merrill suggests that all deer and jet hunters take part of it to keep flies away from the meat. Just sprinkle the exposed portions of the meat, he says, and the game will never be bothered by the flies.
Preston students saw a 95 foot long submarine pass through the city early Thursday. The vessel about 6 feet wide midsection housed two occupants who would steer it toward a target. Front end housed two outlets for release.
The article notes torpedo craft being towed from Utah toward Idaho Falls and other Idaho points where the vessel will be open to spectators as part of the Idaho War Fund campaign.
Bill Davis urges farmers to slaughter meat now for storage at the O P Skaggs freezer plant to handle volume. He notes the schedule must align with deer season from October 27 to November 10 and suggests early slaughter or after the season to ensure supply for home use.
Community leader urges cooperation to meet current times. Emphasis on mutual effort to improve service delivery and accessibility for everyone. The message highlights collective action as essential to progress and better local outcomes.
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