News Notes On Interest At Preston
Preston area notices report Preston Floyd Bennett underwent a major operation and is recovering. Guest arrangements include George Bennett and family of Salt Lake City, H B Allen visiting sister in Salt Lake City, Melvin Mecham from Logan, and J W Gamble’s daughter’s family. Ken Carter convalesces after recent surgery at Memorial hospital. Fern McEntire visits from Washington and heads to San Francisco for a secretarial job. Shirley Johnson elected Psi chapter president at Brigham Young University.
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Preston
Floyd Bennett
H. B. Allen
Paul Robinson
Salt Lake City
City
Robinson
Fern McEntire
Washington, D.C
Mrs
Wells McEntire
Miss McEntire
San Francisco
Shirley Johnson
Psi
Phi Chi Theta
Brigham Young University
Miss Johnson
Howard Johnson
Johnson Takes Over Blackfoot Recreation Committee
Cluff Johnson was named chairman of Blackfoot city recreation committee at its first post appointment meeting by Mayor Einar Nelson and the city council. The five member panel includes Frank Smith Albert Carlson Mrs Alfred Hahn and Mrs James Johnston. They will study recreational problems and report recommendations to the City Council. Chamber of Commerce secretary Bob Sarles will serve as acting secretary. A meeting is planned for next week with date to be announced.
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Blackfoot
Cluff Johnson
Einar Nelson
Frank Smith
Albert Carlson
Alfred Hahn
James Johnston
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Sarles
New Broken Bone Found in Hogan
El Paso, Texas. Ben Hogan, the nation's leading golfer and noted hospital patient, hoped doctors would not find more broken bones after another tiny fracture was detected Friday following a highway crash. Earlier X rays showed a broken collar bone a fractured pelvis and a broken ankle.
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EL Paso
Tex
Ben Hogan
Davis Cameron
Crook County Picks Presidents Since 1896
Oregon County Good Barometer notes Crook county voters, including homesteaders and cowboys, have backed a winner in every presidential contest since 1896. The 1948 result showed Crook county supported Truman as Oregon swung Republican.
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Oregon County
Salem
Ore
Crook County
Oregon
Truman
Portneuf Valley groups meet in Lava Hot Springs
Portneuf Valley Sportsman association met at Lava High with about 65 members. Harold Thomas reviewed the Boise state convention highlights while John Dahlstrom urged support for the five member commission. Officers were elected for Dempsey Creek Cattlemen and Lions and soil district board. Lava Mountaineers lost to Georgetown 39-25. JVs fell 28-24. Several social visits and birthday events noted. An operetta program is planned at Lava High School.
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Lava
Portneuf
Dahlstrom
Commission
Schoonover
Bannock County Sportsman’s Club
Dahlin
Dempsey Creek Cattlemen’s Association
Lava Hot Springs
Harold Baker
Leonard Stephenson
A. J. Fagnant
William Godfrey
Andy Hooper
Ellis Willmore
Bull
Emil Byington
N. Blaisdell
George Hobson
Lions Club
Silver Grill
Lion
Russell
Blackfoot
Lion Doug Snow
Francis Potter
F. M. Cooper
Grace
Lynden Green
McCammon
Luther Wilson
Lund
Elmo Gray
Downey
Cooper
Green
Mr. Gray
E. R. Buehler
Town Court
Georgetown
Mountaineers
Bartchi
Robison
Avery
Williams
Georgetown J.v.’S
J.v.’S
Malad News Notes Highlight Local Social and Civic Events
Malad residents enjoyed an evening of play dancing and music at the Pleasantview Ward chapel with M Men and Gleaner Girls. Local auditions selected acts for a Preston radio program on Feb 20 including Maralene Mills Florence Ipsen and others. The Malad Valley posse re elected Lawrence Budge as president and discussed a 1949 intermountain quarter horse show. Activities in 1948 included riding events and rodeos in Idaho.
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Pleasantview Ward
Ward Chapel
Preston
Maralene Mills
Florence Ipsen
Janice Benson
Kathryn Hendricks
Elden (Tex) Reynolds
Lois Bush
Betty South
Malad
Malad Valley
Idaho State Riding Association
Rupert
Fates of World War I and II Refugees Haunt U N
Geneva reports more than 1 million refugees remain without a country. IRO and ICRC handle rights from marriage to employment, with White Russians in China and Paris biasing the totals. Many Armenians and Spanish loyalists have resettled in France and the Americas.
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Geneva
United Nations
International Refugee Organization
IRO
League of Nations
Europe
China
Russia
TRC
Germany
IRC
Paris
Belgium
Switzerland
Italy
France
Middle East
Armenia
Americas
Rupert News Buoys Youth Legislature and Scout Events
Rupert and Minidoka high school students rehearse model legislature in Boise ahead of Feb 25 26 session. Delegates from Acequia and Heyburn attend as Boy Scout Troop 51 marks Scout Sunday. A Paul Farmers Union meeting at Emerson schoolhouse discusses bonded warehouse law changes and highway department politics. District court term postponed to Feb 11 by Judge Hugh Baker.
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Rupert
Larry Roland
Harry Blevins
Louise Ferch
Richard Rutledge
Mary Guemi
Heyburn
Barbara Brown
Roger Styner
Vernon Ravston
Ruth Cheney
Wilda Burch
Paul
Billy Hicks
Lucy Green
Arnold Lampe
Eleanor Goodman
Dolores Henscheid
Ed Freiburger
Rosalind Lawrance
Genevive Rausch
Priscilla Benedict
Kathryn Peterson
Harvey Coffman
Boy Scout Troop
John M. McClure
John Winn
Paul Farmer's Union
Emerson Schoolhouse
Paul Grange
Glen Anderson
Boise
State Highway Department
Hugh Baker
Vacu-matic Carburetor Promises Fuel Savings
Wisconsin inventor unveils the Vacu-matic Carburetor unit claimed to reduce fuel waste by automatically tuning the air fuel mix on supercharged engines. Easily installed in minutes, it fits cars trucks and tractors. the Vacu-matic Carburetor Co. offers full particulars to interested readers via mail.
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Wisconsin
Vacu-matic Carburetor Co
State St
Wauwatosa
Wis
Gasoline and Alcohol Mix Blows Up Tavern
A Phoenix resident left an uncorked gallon of gasoline by a tavern stove while enjoying a beer. The gasoline exploded as he raised his glass, he knocked over the jug in a dash for the door, and the tavern burned to the ground.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Clergyman Frey Resigns From Blackfoot Baptist Church
Rev J J Frey, pastor of the First Baptist Church for five years in Blackfoot, will resign effective May 1 to take the role of state director and field man in the Montana department of town and country churches for the American Baptist Home Mission Society. The Montana State Board notified him Jan 5 and the national board affirmed, with local church accepting the resignation with regret and thanks for leadership.
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Blackfoot
J. J. Frey
The
Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Frey
Montana Department of Town and Country Churches
American Baptist Home Mission Society
Montana State Board
National Board
University of Minnesota tests cold-killing drug on students
Health service officials enroll about 1000 students as human guinea pigs to test an experimental cold-killing pill. Participants record weekly cold symptoms and histories while doctors analyze results to aid winter cold treatment. A prior test suggested flu shots did not affect colds.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
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George M. Bennett
Melvin Mecham of
Logan
J. W. Gamble
C. M. Crabtree
Pocatello
Milford Crabtree
ISC
Lincoln Orme
J. M. Palmer
R. A. Ward
Jani Andreasen
Ada Hansen
Jessie and
Ethleen Andreasen
Cassie Bell
Douglas Carter
Davis Carter
Memorial Hospital
Myron Carter
Glen Gamble
Joseph Trent
Lake City Hospital
Ken Back
Johnson
Hogan
Food Service
George D. Haskins
24Th Infantry Division
David K. McMillan
Army
McMillan
Guy McMillin
Idaho
Captain Haskins
Lincoln
Nebraska
Lava Mountaineers
Georgetown Eagles
Helen Thomas
Jedd Owens
Thomas
Sadie Owens
J. R. Floyd
Mrs. Keith Godfrey
LuDean Gilbert
Thelma Smith
Ada van Noy
Dr. Shirley Starring
Redwood, Calif
Kirk Starling
Sid Garrett
Lowell Vancy
Norma Brewington
Brewington
Pauline Fagnant
Theresa Strucel
Leona Campbell
Lava Bridge Club
Anna Jorgensen
Ida Peck
Aston Evans
Elda Nielsen
Lowell van Noy
Jeane Jones
Ee Deseret Stratford
Kathryn Fagnant
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mrs. Fagnant
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Mrs. Stewart Davis
Mr. Davis
St. Registrio
Lava High
Roy Judd
Doyal Keller
Oneida Rod and Gun Club
Oneida
Merrill Hermansen
Cheryldene Vaughan
Constance Clark
Anna Lou Williams
Kenna Fredrickson
Nadine Harding
Betty Lou South
Kenneth Wharton
Melvin Williams
Frank Vanover
Jo Ann Lusk
Jeanine Parrys
Laura Jones
Oneida County
Jones
Lynn Eleeck
Phyllis Anderson
Erma Evans
Aston Harrison
Marie Smith
Mae Marie Tripp
Gretta Camp
Lorraine Dives
Rhex Joe
Marie Taylor
Lucile Wartz
Dayton
Franklin County
Khalil Swensen
Marion Hess
Ed. G. Williams
Jones Hardware Co
Henry W. Thomas
Lucille Stephens
Londonderry Air
Rachel Field
Linda
Lorna Willie
H. O. Kent
Chester Edwards
Hannah Petersen
Hannah Mae Jones
Roy Thomas
Chauncey Petersen
George Sweeten
Sweeten
Leonard Hughes
Chevron
South Main Street
Dean Bennett
Nephi Ben
Air Force
White Sands
N. M
Proving Grounds
Almogordo
U. N
John A. Evans
John W. Clark
Norma Jones
Henry Jones
New York City
William H. Freud
Sam Price
Zilla Eleeck
Frank Gehring
Hood River, Ore
Ethel Gregory
Riverside, Calif
Ben Harrison
Chester Edwards, Jr
Ogden
Moses Dudley
Pfe. J. Grant
Guam
Griff Davis
Vera Wade
Lawrence Wade
General Electric
U. S. Govt
Kearns, Utah
Rupert News
Post
Henriksen
Clergyman
Mac
Jack Hoffman
Portneuf Co-Op Assn
Uae
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