Porter homestead gathers Porters amid family memories
The Porter family homestead in the Maplet on area remains a gathering spot with 45 of 48 Porters and their children visiting. Built 75 to 80 years ago, parts of the home were added when Porter was 15, with family helping. Mrs Porter uses a heated flat iron and a gasoline powered washing machine. Deer are shot on the farm during hunting season. access to the road is difficult in winter due to high drifts.
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Porter
Mapleton
Family negotiates snow with bob sled on farm
Porter explains why the family uses a bob sled on their farm as a winter attraction for grandchildren and visitors. He notes they farm in a way some may find odd but it is loved and cherished by the family.
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Porter
Wheat quotas stay in effect despite referendum vote
Eligible voters for the August 30 referendum are growers with more than 15 acres of wheat for harvest who would be affected by quotas. If approved, quotas set a price support with a national average of at least 1.82 dollars per bushel. without quotas the average is about 1.21 dollars. Chairman Condie urges all eligible voters to cast ballots as past referendums on wheat marketing quotas have shown strong support.
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Condie
Top Pilots Celebrate End of Year Party at Weston Home
Mrs Rayola Archi hosts a Primary class party for Top Pilots at her Weston home on Monday morning marking a finishing up period for the year’s work.
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Weston
Rayola Archibald
Two Sides of Sprinkler Irrigation Debate
Local user William G Reese explains benefits of sprinkler irrigation such as better water control and erosion prevention after installing 2766 feet of asbestos cement transit main. Soil Conservation Service engineer John G Kennard notes high initial and operating costs and limited suitability for heavy soils, stressing constant water supply for feasibility.
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Soil Conservation Service
William G Reese
Franklin
Reese
John G Kennard
Kennard
SCS
Banida Resident Has Surgery
Banida resident William Sparks traveled to Salt Lake City Saturday for surgery Sunday morning. He is reported to be doing as well as can be expected. Local families and visitors from San Francisco Logan Provo Pocatello and other nearby areas visited Banida residents over the weekend and midweek.
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Banida
William Sparks
Salt Lake City
Frank Bagley
San Francisco
Ellen Larson
Robert Geddes
Arlon Lindblom
Lee Judy
Carl
Cecil Miles
Reda al Je
Logan
Pocatello
Soda Springs
Paul Swainston
Provo
E. A. Swann
Jack Wartenbee
Joseph A. Christensen
Bennett Family Sees Missionary Depart For Field
The Bennett family of Winder traveled to Salt Lake City to bid Wallace Bennett farewell as he left for the West British mission. Relatives joined the Bennett clan at the airport to see him off before his jet departure.
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Winder
Floyd A Bennett
Salt Lake City
Wallace
Bennett
Eugene
Launa
Rodney Waterlaus
Blackfoot
Carolyn
Edd Crawford
Provo
Carolyn Hart
Preston
George M. Bennett
John Millington
Salt Lake
Bennetts
Floyd
George M_ Bennett
Alice Talbot
Boise
Talbot
Zilla Winger
Ruth Nielsen
Minder
Dorothy Gregersen
Banida
Anona Baxter
Clen Merrill
California
Glenn Perry
George M Bennett
Keith Benntt
Floyt A Bennett
Sun Valley
Floyd A. Bennett
Waterlove
Willow Flat
Sherman Lindhardt
Tooele
Utah
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Arrett Freightlines
Allen Dunn
Preston, Idaho
William Reese
Soil Conservation
Ye Tea
Valley Paving & Ready MIX
Friens
Blue Blaze
Servie
David E. Davis Company
South State
ABC
Independent Coal & Coke CO
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Abe Pau Sein
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