East Side district holds annual school meeting and trustee election
The East Side class A school district No. 201 in Franklin county plans a Tuesday Sept 5 election with polls from 1 to 6 pm. Voting precincts include Franklin Fairview Whitney Mink Creek Banida Winder Riverdale Jefferson Mapleton and others with special precincts for Oneida Riverdale and Preston electors. Two trustees will be chosen for three year terms. nominees must come from each precinct and current terms for O D Robinson and DeRalph Perry expire. Eligibility requires Idaho electors, district residents, and either parent or guardian status or tax payment in the district.
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East Side
Franklin County
Treasureton
Mapleton
Franklin
Egypt
Glendale
Whitney
Glencoe
Mink’'Creek
Oneida
Riverdale
Preston
Jefferson’ School
Idaho
O.d.robinson
Main Street
DeRalph Perry
Cwinder
Banida
Preaaareon
Man Pleads Guilty To Fire Law Violation
Wendell Forsgren appeared before Probate Judge W. Paul Merrill on a charge of burning without a permit and violating state fire laws. He pleaded guilty and paid a $20 fine. State Fire Warden Bert Mahoney warned that this is a serious fire season and violators will be prosecuted.
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Bert
Mahoney
Soda
Vin Preston
Wendell Forsgren
W. Paul “Merrill
Forsgren
Former Franklin County Residents Reunion Planned at Lakeview Park
A reunion for former Franklin County residents now living elsewhere is set for this Saturday at Lakeview Park in Nampa. Events include games at 4 and 7 pm, lunch by box lunch, dessert, and an 8 pm program. Attendees from Ada County and nearby areas are invited.
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Lakeview Park
Nampa
Franklin County
Franklin
Ada County
Ving In
Caldwell Rand Payette Greas
West Side District Sets School Election
The annual West Side School District meeting and trustee election will be held Tuesday September 5. Trustees to be elected come from Oxford precinct and Dayton precinct. Incumbents Frank Chawkes Oxford and Waller Beatles Dayton seek three year terms. Nominating petitions must be filed at the superintendent's office six days before the election.
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West Side
Reed Gs Anderson
DTA
Oxford Spreciget
Dayton
Acumbent
Frank Chawkes
Oxford
Waller
Beatles
Anderson
Potato Producers Warned About Eligibility Fees
Franklin County PMA committee chairman states all potato growers who met planting goals must pay eligibility fees two weeks before harvest or by Sept. 15 to qualify for price support. The notice names Auger as chair and covers growers in Franklin County.
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Leland
Auger
Franklin County
PMA
Franklin’ County
Dial Telephones To Be Installed On West Side
Engineering is complete for a rural dial office on the west side of Franklin county to serve communities. Mountain States Telephone crews will start work soon on the dial equipment and trunk lines to Preston and west rural lines. Projected cost about 56000. The new dial office will connect west side subscribers without routing through Preston, while existing intercommunication remains for West side and Preston customers. Construction set to begin in September.
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Franklin County
Fulton
Telephone & Telégraph Cox
Son
Preston
West Side
West’ Side
Preston Exchange
Franklin Ward MIA Plans Aug 29 Events
The Franklin Ward MIA sponsors a round-up auction on Tuesday August 29 at the ward chapel. A softball game between the girls team and the bishopric starts at 6 30 p m followed by contests relays specialty booths and snack bars with a food sale.
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Franklin’ Ward
Ward
The Great London Ghost Show at Grand Theatre
Dr Regor, a spiritualist showman, stages The Great London Ghost Show at the Grand Theatre on Wednesday at midnight. He claims to predict this week’s Preston Citizen content via a sealed letter to Mayor Ernest Eberhard Jr., with the inner envelope to be opened on Aug 23 for verification.
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London
Grand Theatre
Dr.Regor
THE
Preston Citizen
Regor
Ernest Eberhard, Jr
Eberhard
Reger
Dr. Reger
Third Ward Softball Team Wins Gael League Title
The Third Ward softball team claimed the Gael stake league title in a seven inning battle with Winder last year’s pennant winner. Final score 10 to 5. Crowd turnout grew as division league games approach at the ball park starting Monday. Pictured are team members Lorenzo Jones Carl Wold Bud Wickham Philip Wiser Sheldon Holmes Garth Eames Deevar Farnes Calvin Benetee A Hollingworth Kay Anderson Glen Oy.
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Ward
At Gael Stake
Winder
Ives
Fedd
Ball Park
Salt Lake City
Third Ward
Lorenzo Jones
Carl Wold
Bud”~Wickham
Philip’ Wiser
Sheldon, Holmes
Garth Eames
Deevar Farnes
Calvin Benetee
Hollingaworth
Kay Anderson
Glen Oy
Idaho farmers and veterans tour showcases cattle and crops
Franklin County farmers and veterans attended a summer tour covering sugar beet side dressing nitrogen at George Alder farm and alfalfa hay on Paul Candle farm. Stops included Earl Weaver pastures with two and a half cows per acre, Crawford and McEntire nurseries for cereal varieties, and winter wheat trials at Hubbard and Cheyenne stations.
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Franklin
Thes Agricultural
Preston
Earl Weaver Farm
L. D. Crawford
Earl. McEntire
Hubbard Farm
Rim
Battle ‘Creek
Cache
Wasatch
Cheyenne
Idaho
Whitman
Joe “Christensen
Ednnda
Stewart Geddes
Banida
Clifton
S. H- Tay
Local Youth Wins Second in National Plastic Work Contest
Keith Allen, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Allen, earned second prize in the 1950 industrial arts awards program run by Ford Motor Company. His plastic radio lamp with flowers and ferns is carved from clear plastic. The award includes cash and a certificate to be sent via his school, with display to 2 thousand visitors at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry through Oct 14.
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Keith Allen
Harold Allen
Ford 'Motor Company
Mott B. Heath
Industrial Arts Awards
Keith
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
Fall School Term To Begin Sept 5
According to Sept. W. H. Simmons the fall term of school will begin Tuesday Sept. 5 with registration for high school students on that day and regular classes for the grades. A general meeting for teachers is set the day before. Most teacher vacancies are filled, but some openings remain due to late cancellations. An announcement next week will list all teachers and appointments.
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W. H. Simmons
Simmons
Franklin County Flower and Garden Club Meet Set
Members of the Franklin County Flower and Garden Club will meet next Monday evening in the basement of the courthouse. A good program has been arranged.
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Franklin County Flower and Garden Club
SD. Wu
Change of Ownership at Wangsgaard Firm Preston
Wangsgaard Firm announces a change of ownership in Preston this month. Clarencéy Cluff and Gail Turner take over, keeping the firm name and continuing the same furnace and appliance sales. Cluff has led Wangsgaard's since opening, Turner a Preston salesman for six months with prior Hydrotex experience.
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Wangsgaard
Preston
Clarencéy Cluff
Gail Turker
Cluff
Wangsgaard’s
Holland Furnace Co
Logan
Ogden
Turner
Dallas
Tex
Hydrotex Industries
Preston Mortarless Block Co
Franklin County fair invites cake entries for multiple awards
Mrs. Vernon Jensen announces a county cake division at the Franklin County fair to be exhibited Friday morning at the opera house. Classes include sponge cake, devil's food, layer cakes, spice, novelty, and decorated cakes plus cookies. A Betty Crocker prize will be a silver plated cake plate by General Mills. entries must use Soft-a-Sile cake flour.
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Vernon Jensen
Franklin County
Opera House
Jensen
Exnibley
Folloe
Ranger
Betty
Crocker
Onahin
General*Mills
Farwigs Describe New Pest Plaguing Preston
County Agent Daniel Roberts warns of a new bug nicknamed the Farwig that resembles a cockroach with a large rear pincer. It feeds on greens and hides under boards or trash, entering homes as cold weather approaches. He advises spraying with DDT or chlordane, cleaning all debris, and regularly treating house borders to prevent infestations.
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Farwig
Preston
Daniel Roberts
Roberts
Warr Tells Rotarians of Cuba Trip at Miami Elks Meet
Clifford Warr deputy district governor of Idaho for the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks spoke to the Rotary club about his recent trip to the Elks national convention in Miami Florida and a special trip to Cuba. The meeting featured two vocal numbers by Lenona Edgley.
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Clifford ‘Warr
Idaho
Benevolent “and Protective, Order of Elks
Rotary Club Aig
National
Convention of Elks
Miami
Fla
Cuba
Lenona
Edgley
County Fair Opens With Flower Prizes and Dairy Awards
The Franklin County fair opens Thursday August 24 at 10 am with 4-H clothing nutrition rural electrification weed and forestry exhibits at the opera house and fairgrounds. Dairy and livestock entries begin, with a Holstein heifer calf prize funded by local dairymen and firms. winners like the best 4-H dairy progress earn the award, while gladiolus shows offer cash prizes and varied classes.
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Franklin
Ge L. Wright
Ofc
FFA
Dairy Club
Daniel Roberts
Preston Chamber of ‘Commerce
Franklin County
Dairymen’s Assn
Sego ‘Milk Co
Morning Milk Co
S. Economics
Io Foals
Brest
Benefit Ball Rescheduled After Rain Out For Macro
Rain canceled Friday night baseball and softball in a benefit event for Mr Macro who has undergone four operations since May and remains unable to work. The game between Preston and the West Side all stars will be played tomorrow night at 8 30 with a large crowd expected to honor the injured star.
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Macro
Idaho Antelope Permits Drawn for September Hunt
About 700 people from Franklin county and nearby areas were drawn from 6 700 applications for 500 permits to hunt antelope on September 10 and 11. Idaho Fish and Game will mail permits as quickly as possible. The largest request came for unit one on the Big Lost River drainage with 1428 requests for 125 permits.
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Franklin
Idaho Fish
Game Department
R. Hoffman
Aneek
Big Lost River
Ernest Brutenbeker
Preston
Woodrow Sorenson
Swan Lake
Conner Tos
West
Range “Hunt
Giace Waza Lamont
Archibalds
Dean
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Weston
Franklin Ward
MIA
Ied
Ida
Cennual
Caribou
Horace Smith
Elmo Peterson
Garden Club
Wangsgaard Firm
Warr
Cy ‘of
Ansual
Gladiolus
Bonneville
Galdiolus
Ielety
Mae
Pet’ Ae
Canal
G.L. Wright
Millar
W. E.crane
Charles
Sparrow
W. R. Crane
W. M. Robinson
Weldon
Nash
Ross Hansen
Dairy Cattle Division
Hesy Beckstead
B. W. Winward
Paul Nash
Harold Stevenson
Charles Sparrow
Jack Moser
Leslie’ Thompson
Natha
Hawkes
Fenton Larson
Orval Bengon
Howard Hawkes
LaVar Palmer
D. W. Carver
William ‘Craher
Lincoln A. Orme
Farmer ‘Division
Wilford Meek
Joe Stokes
Walter Rindlisbaker
W. Winward, Jr
Blaine "Wesh
Tlen Pave
Nancy Phippen
Ésius Wenner
Lamont Alle
Len Nesom
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