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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1953
Page
11
The excerpt notes a jump from a national debt near 180 dollars per citizen in 1933 to over 2 dollars per person yet, and federal taxes rising from 44 to nearly 500 for a 4000 income family. It asks how long a nation can sustain such growth before bankruptcy.
The October American Mercury article by Paul L. Martin tallies 20 years of U S government outlays. It cites spending over 775 billion dollars and a net deficit surpassing 239 billion, noting expenditures ran about one and a half times revenue.
Thurman Sensing of the Southern States Industrial Council defines free enterprise as personal responsibility and opportunity guaranteed by government. A separate ward chapel meeting honored retiring Eda Hebdon and Ruth Powell with gifts. Elaine Povey and son Wade visited Natalee Mendenhall and Arthur Povey while Grant Povey elk hunted nearby.
A lunch was served by the outgoing officers to camp members and two county officers.
Residents from Thayne and Fremont gather for family visits in September. Ed Hebdon and relatives host and travel to meet kin in California and Idaho and attend local events including Mutual night, stake visitors, and church activities with multiple families and neighbors.
Oxford residents joined Evan Koller's Weston social as Russell Koller and Karl Ernst families attended. Ray Hatch welcomed Nancy Twitchell and Augustus Twitchell from Antimony. Pvt Earl Hatch heads to Fort Lewis and Merlin Hatch to a California base. James Kirkbride family and Geddes visit noted. September DUP meeting at George Fisher home elected Clara Olson captain with Gayle Kendall Oneida Anderson as vice captains.
Mrs Norma Michelson and Mrs June Sorensen spent several days in Nampa with relatives last week. Elvin Meacham and family attended the Hubbard reunion in Lava Hot Springs last Saturday. Reno Weaver visited Thomas with Martel Weaver for several days, and Vilate Mendenhall returned from California where she met her daughter Joan Eppich. Lt Cmdr Charles Clark and family, previously from Thatcher, welcomed a new baby girl, their third child, now living in North Carolina.
Lina Callahan and Bill of Salt Lake City visited Lago with Mr and Mrs Harris Stephenson. Rae Bennett moved into a new home. Vernon Mendenhall from Pocatello visited Thatcher with her children. Daniel Michelson Marvin Prescott and Clark Michelson attended the Holstein dairy sale in Idaho Falls. Mary Ann Unsworth is staying with Ward Harris this winter.
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