Expansion Program Costing $100,000 at Under Way in This Utah Power Area
Utah Power and Light expands service in the Preston division with major projects. A 7 200 volt line 38 miles north of Soda Springs costs 54 090 with 20 000 this year and will serve 43 rural customers. Additional capacitors cost over 27 000. Substation rebuilds at Richmond and Grace total 53 000 and 27 000 respectively with new transformers and gear.
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Utah
Utah, Power & Light Company
Preston
J. E. Cushman
Soda Springs
Richmond
Cache County
Up&L’s
Grace
Preston’ Division
West Side PTA Plans Saturday Dances in Dayton Gym
Due to lack of dancing space in Franklin county the West Side PTA schedules regular Saturday dances at the Dayton gym to raise funds for school activities. Public response will determine if the program continues with orchestras, opening on Saturday night August 12 led by the Gil Thorpe orchestra of Logan.
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Franklin‘ County
West Side Pta
Dayton
PTA
Gil Thorpe
Logan
Funeral Held For Mrs Marinda C Peterson In Preston Ward
Friends and relatives gathered at the Preston first ward chapel last Tuesday for the funeral of Mrs Marinda Clayton Peterson who died Sunday July 20 after a short illness. Widow of Baltzar Peterson Bishop Eberhard conducted the services with obituary by J Neff Boothe. C Earl Goaslind and Friend Edgley spoke. Music by Lenora Edgley and Diane Burgi. Organ medley by Constance Davis and solo That Wonderful Mother of Mine by Lyle Shipley. Continued on Page 4.
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Preston First Ward
Marinda Clayton Peterson
Baltzar Peterson
Ernest
Eberhard
J. Neff Boothe
C. Earl Goaslind
Frienot
Edgley
Lenona Edgley
Diane Burgi
Constance Davis
Lyle Shipley
Preston baseball to host benefit game for Tracy Maero
The Preston team, after a three game win streak, hosts a Friday night benefit against the West Side all-stars to aid Tracy Maero of Weston after a May truck crash left him with a broken leg and four operations. Receipts will help offset his medical and lost business costs as the team eyes a large turnout.
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Preston
Tracy Maero
Weston
Franklin ‘County
West Side
Wyoming
Rawlins
Tracy
Soda Springs
Mound Valley
Fred's Broiners
Logan
Collegians
Scandinavian Fete Planned by Church
A centennial celebration in Salt Lake City marks the opening of the Scandinavian LDS mission field. Events run Aug 11 to 13 at the University of Utah stadium Liberty Park programs and closing religious services at the tabernacle on Aug 18 invite missionaries and attendees.
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Salt, Lake City
University of Utah Stadium
Liberty Park
Tabernacle
Dworshak to Speak on KPST Radio About Korean Crisis
U S Senator Henry Dworshak will address listeners from Washington D C over KPST at 8 30 next Monday evening. He plans to discuss the Korean crisis national defense CVA and other issues as a Republican candidate for a new four year Idaho Senate term. He says he is reporting from Washington to act for Idaho in Congress amid national problems.
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U.S. Ser
Henry Dworshak
Washington
D.C
KPST
National Defense
CVA
Senate
Dworshak
Idaho
Congress
Softball Playoff Set For Tuesday Championship Night
The Oneida stake softball tournament final will be played next Tuesday evening at 7 30. Preston Ward's team will face Oxford and Winder in a Monday night tune up to decide the championship.
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Oneida
Preston
Oxford
Winder
The
Stake
Registrars Announced For Primary Polls In Franklin County
Polls open noon next Tuesday across 22 precincts for Idaho primary voting. About 90 candidates for state county and federal offices appear on the ballot in a heated race. Registrars will accept names at residences to add eligible voters to lists.
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Franklin County
Idaho
Franklin ‘County
Banida
Virgil “ Geddes
Cleveland
Sybil McGregor
Thatcher
Clifton
Inez Henderson
Dayton
Elner Phillips
Egypt
Esther Larsen
Preston
Fairview
Oar
Senator Glen Taylor Stirs City Campaign Rally
Senator Glen Taylor campaigned in Preston on Monday drawing about 200 supporters. He spoke from a platform atop an automobile, delivering a lengthy address as he fights for renomination on the Democratic ticket amid party opposition.
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U. S
Glen Taylor
Preston
Taylor
Sorensen Promises Fast Moving Rodeo Show Tonight
Prestons famous night rodeo opens at 8 with a parade at 7 through the business district. Sorensen previews features such as Ken Boen and his old grey mare, Ray Ramsay and Flying Clouds, Dilla ha trained Brahma bulls, and world champion Ted Allen. Ike Tacker calls it a first rate Northwest return after Ogden and praises the show.
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Preston
Rodeo Park
Sorensen
J. C
Rotary Club
Ken Boen
Boen
Madison Square, Garden
New York
Sorersen
Ray Ramsay
Ramsay
Bres
Tox
Pocorn
Dilla Ha
Roy
Rogers Liberty
Ted ‘Alien
Allen
Robinson
Ike Tacker
Texas
Tacker
Northwest
Ogden
Primary election officials listed for 22 Franklin County precincts
The 136 judges and constables for the upcoming primary election are named for 22 Franklin County precincts. Polls open at noon and close at the evening hour. nominees span Democratic and Republican tickets with many candidates listed per precinct.
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Franklin County
Banida
Venona Geddes
Goldie Christensen
Freida
Gregerson
Annie Keller
James Baird
Rosetta Jensen
Delbert Keller
William E. Crane
Mapleton
Ernest Spatig
Fred Porter
Rufus Long
Alma G. Burbank
Oneida Station
Hazel R. Young
Mae Gordon
Laura Nungesser
Young
Oxford
Jack Coburn
Ernest Olson
George Fisher
Thompson Hatch
Preston No. 1
LaVerna Jones
Joseph Ward
Jennie Nuffer
John A. Kofoed
William x Beckstead
Selma
Johnson
Orin 'Fellows
Louis. Miller
Hattie Greaves
William
A. Hawkes
Wealthy
Fackrell
Constable
Parley
Myrtle “Swainston
Marion’ Winn
LeRay
Swainston
Annual Field Crops Tour Opens August 9 at 1 30
The second annual field crops tour starts August 9 at 1 30 p.m. county agent Daniel Roberts announces. The tour features cereal nursery with wheat oats and barley, clovers and grasses, methods for sweet clover in grain, and alfalfa varieties plus pasture management. It begins at the rear of the Franklin county courthouse and invites all residents to attend.
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Daniel Roberts
Franklin County
Roberts
Two Local Athletes Named to All Star Squares This Week
Bart Merrill and Wendell Egbert Preston high school stars of 1949 50 will join all star squads in Boise for basketball tonight and football Friday Merrill an all state cager and football stalwart will start for the east in the hoop game while the gridiron tilt is set for Boise Junior College stadium tomorrow evening Egbert has been picked as a member after a week of practice under coach Sterling MacFarlane Blackfoot.
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Bart Merrill
Wendell Egbert
Preston
Boise
Merrill
Sterling MacFarlane
Boise Junior College Stadium
Egbert
Oe Naae
Hayes
Citizens urged to vote in Idaho primary by Farm Bureau
The Franklin County Farm Bureau federation campaigns a get out the vote effort for Idaho's hot primary election. The piece highlights nine Republican contests for U.S. Senate two for lieutenant governor and other offices, plus six Democrat races.
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Franklin County Farm Bureau Federation
Idaho
U.S
Congress
Senate
farm _bureau
Young Cousin Saves 13-Year-Old Drowning at Preston Reservoir
A 13-year-old Salt Lake City visitor and his cousin Ross Andra, 13, from Preston, used emergency training from Red Cross lessons to save Carl Andra during a drowning incident at Merlin Larsen farm reservoir east of Preston. After Carl cramps and sinks, Ross struggles with him, pulls him to shallow water, and the two, with Larry Gregory and his mother, perform artificial respiration to revive him.
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Red Cross
Salt Lake City
Ross Andra
Ross
William Andra
Preston
Carl Andra
Andra
Merlin Larsen
Carl
Larry Gregory
Gregory
Last Days Of Campaigns In Franklin County
Politicos pushed campaigns in the week before next Tuesday’s primary. Congressman John Sanborn visited the county as he leaves the U.S. House to pursue the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. Cal Wright, a leading Democratic governor candidate from Rupert and former state auditor, kept busy amid wartime tensions.
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Franklin County
John Sanborn
U.S. House ‘of Representatives
U.S. Senate
Washington
Sanborn
Cal Wright
Rupert
Wright Is
Champion Holstein Bull Dies After Wire In Stomach
Henry Drury and Sons of Fairview lose four-year-old Inka De Kol a 3000 pound grand champion known as Western Flash after a wire ingestion punctured the stomach and spleen. The bull, undefeated in 1948 49 fairs including Eastern Idaho Utah Richmond and Portland shows, was operated on twice and received transfusions and penicillin in a bid to save its life.
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Ormsby
Cola
Inka de Kol
Pacific International
Henry Drury and Sons
Fairview
Franklin County
Idaho
Utah
Waterloo
Indianapolis
Drury
Square Daxc Social Dance Night at Franklin Stake House
A square dancing social will be held this Saturday at the Franklin stake house. Dancing begins at 8 30 p m with folks invited to join in the event.
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Franklin Stake
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Grant Smith
Utah Power & Light Co
Power Company
Marinda
C. Peterson
Maero
Glen
Alger Fy
G.O.P
Henry Drury
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