Local Sugar Beet Factory Faces Acreage Shortfall Threat
Franklin County Sugar Co officials warn that only 3 500 acres of beets have been contracted and call on farmers and businessmen to add 1 000 more acres or risk closing the factory. The letter urges growers to plant 2 to 5 extra acres and promises factory help with drills and fertilizer to ensure a profitable 15 ton crop and preserve tax revenue and local jobs.
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Franklin County Sugar Co
Thomas Heath
Mr. Heath
Sugar Company
Franklin County
Heath
Idaho Phone Employees Win Ninth Safety Award
Idaho plant workers of Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph claim the general plant manager's safety award and annual safety trophy for 1951 marking their ninth win since 1922. The award, presented March 13, honors an outstanding safety record across the Rocky Mountain empire with about 5,700 plant employees. Preston crew members R. S. Fulton, Mac Gambles, Earl Solley, Dean Burgess and Horace Owen contributed to the record.
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Idaho
Mountain States Telephone and‘ Telegraph
Rocky Mountain Empire
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Montana
el Paso County
Texas
Preston
R. S. Fulton
Mac” Gambles
Earl Solley
Dean Burgess
Horace Owen
Students Shine at District Music Festival Awards
At the district musical festival in Pocatello the 90 voice a capella choir directed by Lyle Shipley earned a superior rating for the ninth year. Superior ratings also went to the 54 voice boys chorus two girls sextets bari tone and tenor soloists Glade Handy KayDon Christensen Joan Johnson Karla Geddes and others. Excellent ratings followed for the 140 voice mixed chorus bass and alto solos Nada Fackrell and Saaton Beckstead among others while Lynn Bright led the band and orchestra earning excellent ratings with a clarinet trio a violin solo Douglas Palmer and trombone solo Keith Bosworth.
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Pocatello
Lyle Shipley
DeLyle Condie
Glade Handy
KayDon Christensen
Joan Johnson
Karla Geddes
Wayne Clark
Nada Fackrell
Saaton
Beckstead
Joan
Johnson
Kenny Morrison
Yvonne Barrus
Marilyn Packer
Lynn Bright
Douglas Palmer
Trombance
Keith Bosworth
Five From Here Attend Convention of FHA in Boise
Gloria Smart Peggy Ann Fellows Carol Petterberg Marion Nuffer and Mrs Helen Condie represented the Preston chapter of Future Homemakers of America at the sixth annual convention in Boise April 21 and 22. About 200 girls and advisors attended. Meetings were in the senate chambers of the state house and a Sunday evening gathering plus a Monday banquet at Hotel Boise. Fellows and Smart sang a duet on KDSH. Petterberg narrated the program and led the exhibit. Nuffer was state chairman of public relations and handled publicity and radio coverage.
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Gloria Smart
Peggy Ann Fellows
Carol Petterberg
Marion Nuffer
Helen Condie
Preston
FHA
Future Homemakers of America
Boise
Senate
Statehouse
Hotel Boise
Miss. Fellows
Miss Smart
KDSH
Preston Chamber of Commerce Seeks New Secretary
J. C. Goff, president, announced this week that the Preston chamber needs a secretary. Interested individuals should contact Mr. Goff and submit their application promptly.
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Chamber of Commerce
Preston Chamber of Commerce
J. C. Goff
Boots and Saddle Club Opens Season with Dinner
The Preston Boots and Saddle club opened its 1952 season with a dinner and social at Deer Cliff Inn on Monday. Members elected Alvin Beckstead president and Dick Farnes secretary, succeeding Jack Anderson and Orval Moser respectively.
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Preston Boots
Saddle Club
Deer Cliff Inn
Alvin Beckstead
Dick Farnes
Jack Anderson
Orval Moser
Eye Injury Sidelined D A Martin After Wire Breaks
D A Martin suffered an eye injury last week when a wire used to tie a phosphate machine on his truck broke and struck him in the eye. He has been under treatment in Logan since the accident.
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D. A. Martin
Mr. Martin
Logan
Desert Song Themed Junior Prom At West Side High
The West Side High junior prom was held Saturday in Dayton at the school gym. The hall featured a Desert Song theme with a desert scene on stage painted by Valeen Buttars Louise Hildt and Rae lene Winward. Brent Nash led the floor show with a desert inspired performance accompanied by Mrs Nash.
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West Side
Brent Nash
Safeway Store Sees Grand Opening in Preston
The remodeled Safeway in Preston opens Friday at 8 am as a two week event with about $1,000 in prizes. Prizes target families, couples, seniors, teachers, and young children amid new flooring shelving and lighted canopies.
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Safeway
Seis Grand
Safeway Store Expands Meat Dairy and Frozen Sections
Safeway in Preston prepares for a grand opening with a larger meat section adding six feet of space and a doubled frozen foods area in a new eight foot freezer display. The front dairy cabinet will showcase updated fixtures with no doors, and all-metal refrigerated produce cases will keep items at proper temperatures. New T-type check stands with intercommunication to the stockroom speed checkout and a complete magazine selection will also debut. The same crew will greet customers as opening prizes attract shoppers.
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Safeway
Robert ‘Lundgren
Lundgren
H. J. Frank
Safeway Stores
Preston
Hanson Transferred to Cocoa Florida Base on Active Duty
Lt. Wendell Hanson has been transferred and assigned to active duty at Cocoa Florida after completing technical schooling in Biloxi Mississippi. He visited two uncles who own tourist motels there and he enjoys reading THE CITIZEN and news from his hometown and county.
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O. Wendell Hanson
Cocoa
Fla
Hanson
Biloxi
Miss
Special Events Planned by Firms Here This Week
Preston shoppers will find a busy week as Ken's Electric Co. hosts a Westinghouse Freedom Fair with prizes at 4 p m on four days. Sprouse-Reitz marks its fourth anniversary with bargains tagged in red. Safeway opens its Preston store Friday at 8 a m inviting customers to the grand opening.
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Preston
Kenneth Maughan
Kenneth Porter
Ken’s’ Electric Co
Westinghouse
Ken's Electric
North State
Ken’s Electric
Charles W. Peterson
Sprouse-Reitz Co
Sprouse- Reitz
Mr. Peterson
Ken’s Electric Co
Sprouse-Reitz
Safeway
Indian Open Regular Season With Pocatello Clash
The Preston Indians visit the Pocatello Indians tomorrow at 1 30 p m for their season opener. Reed Smith, Preston ace lefty, will start for Coach Glen Oliverson as Preston seeks to rebound from last year’s loss to Pocatello. Preston carries a 3 0 preseason mark and aims to pair Larry Crawford with Smith for strong pitching.
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Pocatello Indians
Preston Indians
Pocatello
Preston
Reed Smith
Glen Oliverson
Indians
Oliverson
Pocatello Crew
Larry Crawford
Smith
Malad
Crawford
Bennett Weekend Visit to Pocatello for Family and Medical
G A Bennett spent the weekend in Pocatello visiting his daughter Mrs John Millington and his wife who has been there three weeks for treatment at a local hospital.
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G. A. Bennett
Pocatello
John Millington
Pocatello Hospital
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James Thurber
Elliott Nugent
Calvin Quayle
Tommy Turner
Wayne Schow
Ellen
Sharron
Michael Barnes
Exter Davis
Board of Trustees
Tommy
Vanzetti
Joe
Missouri River
Middle West
East Second North
West Side High
FFA
Preston Chapter
Dairy Cabinet
Wendell Hanson
Florida Base
Indian Baseballers
Ian Beckstead
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