Franklin County Operation Pride mobilizes April cleanup drive
Preston area chamber of commerce officials finalized plans for county wide April cleanup. A big sweep day starts Saturday at 7 a.m. and ends at 1 a.m. Volunteers from city, chamber and merchants will host a barbeque lunch. Six Boy Scout troops and Explorers are assigned to districts under Rodney Jensen supervision.
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Franklin County
Preston Area
Glenn Gamble
Boy Scouts of America
Rodney Jensen
Explorers
Cub
Preston Rodeo seeks past queens for tribute during three-night event
The Preston Rodeo Committee seeks information on former rodeo queens from 1950 to today to honor them during the Famous Preston Night Rodeo. Rod Pearce says past queens will be honored with a place of prominence in the parade and grand march on all three nights. Scouts, merchants, LDS wards, and students join in spring cleanup and Operation Pride coordinated by Lyle Shipley.
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Preston Rodeo Committee
Rod Pearce
Rodeo Parade
Preston Night
Rodeo Committee
Preston
LDS
Lyle Shipley
Preston's A and W Drive-In Raises Funds for Ambulance
A Saturday event at Preston's A and W Drive-In raised 150 dollars toward the Franklin County ambulance purchase. Kei Beckstead gave the check to Ross Rasmussen of First Security Bank where the fund is held. County officials and the Preston mayor supported the effort with free water and community backing.
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Preston
A &W
Franklin
Kei Beckstead
Ross, Rasmussen
Security Bank
Coca
Police Arrest Youths Over Stolen Truck in Preston
Preston police rounded up two male juveniles after a 3:30 a.m. chase of a stolen pickup taken from Smithfield Utah about ninety minutes earlier. They face unlawful use of chauffeur's permit fraudulent alteration of chauffeur's permit keeping late hours and driving under age charges to be tried in Smithfield with Smithfield police pursuing stolen car charges.
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Preston City
Smithfield
Utah
Water Administration holds outreach at Franklin County Courthouse
The Department of Water Administration schedules a public meeting at the Franklin County Courthouse on April 12 1972 from 1 68 p m to 5 00 p m to discuss water administration activities. Topics include water well drilling dam safety stream protection and water rights. The Eastern District Office is in Idaho Falls Idaho. The Red Cross offers a 16 hour home nursing course starting about May 15 for Franklin County adults with manuals ordered by April 8 and costing 1 50 per book.
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Department of Water Administration
Franklin County
Holmes Ave
Idaho Falls
Idaho
The
Red Cross
Relief Society
Backward Glance: County Clerk History and Commission Flap
Michael D. Kunz recalls Preston mayoral commission hearings. A deputy sheriff faced removal for neglecting duties in party matters. the issue was held for advisory commissioners. Cleo Swenson sworn in January 1935 as the county clerk, the second in the county’s history.
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Cleo Swenson
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Fragmentary Local Notice Yields Partial Vehicle Report
A damaged OCR snippet references a vehicle incident and a motor issue with unclear details. Names, places, and exact actions are unreadable, but the fragment mentions a car or motor vehicle event and a possible public or official notice. Further text is illegible.
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Larry Stokes
Marie Petersen
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