Preston public library to host National Library Week open house
The Preston library marks National Library Week with a week of activities and a closing story hour for children. Mrs Harley Greaves says the event invites city and county residents to see improvements, including a relocated youth area and updated stacks. The April 27 story hour features 2 pm for ages four to six and 3 pm for ages seven to ten, part of the fifth annual observance to boost reading and library use.
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Harley Greaves
Preston
Junior Chamber Calls Centennial Meeting
Preston Junior Chamber of Commerce invites county civic groups to form a Centennial committee for Idaho Territorial observance. Meeting set for April 25 at 8 pm in the Pop n Pin banquet room to plan events July 12-13 tied to the Preston Night Rodeo queen contest.
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Preston Junior Chamber of Commerce
Idaho Territorial
Gayland Archipald
Jaycee
Archibald
Preston
Clifton Girl Wins Miss Franklin County Title
Adele Viehweg a 17 year old Clifton bunette was crowned Miss Franklin County of 1963 at Preston high school auditorium. She won over nine county contestants and received Miss Congeniality and talent honors for a piano piece Rustles of Spring. Adele will compete in the Miss Idaho pageant this spring.
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Clifton
Franklin County
Clifton Bunette
Adele Viehweg
Judy Garrett
Preston
Lions Club
Preston High School
Alyce
Ann Hull
Cub River
Claudia Weaver
Whitney
Adele
Lott Viehweg
Roland Hull Whitney
Marcus Weaver
Don Elwell
Arthur Kelley
Soda Springs
Robert Dahle
Richmond
Charles C Johnson
Grace
Shirlene Palmer
Merilee Crockett
William A. Davis
C. M. Crabtree
Eighth Warders Win Franklin Quartet Festival
A Preston Eighth ward quartet wins the Franklin Stake quartet festival with Dana Hart Sharon Cutler Mike Kunz and Ron Sharp. Karen Roberts accompanies. Thirteen quartets competed directed by Marjory F Hart and Evlyn H Checketts. The Linrose ward take second and Mapleton ward third. winning group advances to district roadshow in July.
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Preston Eighth Ward
Franklin Stake
Linrose Ward
Mapleton Ward
Dana Hart
Sharon Cutler
Mike Kunz
Ron Sharp
Karen Roberts
Marjory F Hart Stake
Evlyn H. Checketts
Carl Bingham
Dean Bingham
Fred Bingham
Leslie Hobbs
Norene Bingham
Blanche Hull
Veda Stone
Amy Bowman
Tyra Eichert
Gordon Marshall
Power Plant Penstock Replacement Begins at Grace
Kloepfer Construction of Logan starts work this week to replace the Grace power plant penstock. The 2500 foot water conduit, formerly wooden and 11 feet in diameter, collapsed last summer and will be replaced with steel. Completion tentatively set for early June. Utah Power and Light crews will assist with the project.
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Grace
Kloepfer Construction Company
Logan
Utah Power and Light Company
Old Folks Stake Party Set for Franklin Stake House
The annual Franklin Stake Old Folks party will be held April 25 in the Franklin stake house. Chairman Par ley Shaffer heads the stake Old Folks committee. The program starts at 11 am with dinner at noon.
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Franklin Stake
Spring Festival at Preston High School April 26
The Central school's first and second graders present their annual Spring Festival at Preston High School gymnasium. The event features song and dance and begins at 7 30 p.m. on April 26 in Preston Idaho.
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Central
Preston High School
Teachers Offered Salary Increase Thirteen Not To Return
Preston school district plans a $400 to $550 raise for teachers after the board approved the measure. Superintendent Ward cites mill levy as the financing method for the needed program. Several staff members, including Glenn Oliverson and Quentin Casperson, will not return. others retire or seek positions elsewhere.
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Preston School District
William Ward
Glenn Oliverson
North Cache High School
Lynn Nelson
South Cache
Quentin Casperson
North Cache
Ruth Danielson
Whoy
Ifelade Ruby Boothe
Alven Hendrickson
Franklin
Alvacd
L. Cox
Josephine’ Larsen
Leo D. Kennard
Edith Duersch
Commercial
Ralph Hart
Karen T. Hawkes
Ward
Accident injures Fairview man near Salt Lake
Arvin Rawlings suffered back injuries in an automobile crash and was operated on Monday at Salt Lake hospital. Doctors expect a ten day stay for recovery and observation.
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Fairview
Arvin Rawlings
Salt Lake Hospital
Preston High Music Award Night Set With Baugh Cup Pack Trophy
Preston high school's music department will hold the annual Baugh Cup and Pack Trophy contests next Thursday in the high school auditorium. A vocal judge and an instrumental judge will select outstanding soloists from each group. The two programs, sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Horace Baugh and Mr. and Mrs. Don Pack, will be presented together starting at 8 o'clock with public invited.
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Preston High School
Brenchley
Horace Baugh
Don Pack
Trenton Boy Burned in Bonfire Accident
Eleven year old Theon Merrill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vergel Merrill, suffered severe burns to the lower body Sunday afternoon. He is in Logan hospital after his clothing ignited while he and other children built a bonfire.
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Trenton
Theon Merrill
Vergel Merrill
Logan Hospital
Theon
Primary Leaders Announce Orthopedic Clinic Network
Persons seeking to bring children to the orthopedic clinic should contact stake officers in the Benson, Franklin and Oneida stakes for arrangements and guidance.
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Benson, Franklin and
Oneida
Gem and Mineral Show Prep by Cache Geological and Archaeological Association
Area members of the Cache Geological and Archeological Association prepared for the gem and mineral show set for a Logan Armory event weekend. Ira Hyer of Lewiston serves as president and Mark Checketts is listed among the officers involved in staging.
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Cache Geological and Archeological Association
Logan
Logan Armory
Ira Hyer
Lewiston
Mark Checketts
Preston Citizen Edition Becomes Cache Valley Weekly
The Preston Citizen edition is renamed Cache Valley Citizen and will be published from Lewiston Utah. Production remains in Preston. The Lewiston Richmond area paper covers Richmond Lewiston Trenton Cornish and Cove with reporters in each town. Circulation reaches about 65 percent area with strong North Cache County reception.
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Lewiston-Richmond
Preston
The
Citizen
Cache Valley
Lewiston
Utah
the Citizen
Richmond
Trenton
Cornish
Cove
Benson
Richmond-Lewiston
Caché County
Smithfield
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