Franklin Buildings May Be Restored
Franklin Idaho aims to preserve its pioneer legacy by restoring the Hatch home listed on the National Historic Register and plans to move an adobe pioneer home near the Co op building. Fundraising drives, support from Utah State University staff, and involvement by the Idaho Pioneer Association outline a statewide and community effort to create ahistoric district in Franklin by Idaho Days 76.
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Franklin
Idaho
Lorenzo Hatch
Franklin Cooperative, Mercantile Institution
Co-op
Wayne Bell
Hatch
Marlow Woodward
The
Idaho Pioneer Association
Woodward
Charles S. Peterson
History Department
Utah State University
Peterson
Merle Wells
Idaho Historical Society
Boise
Pioneer Association
Pioneer Rock
Paul Salsbury
USU
Citizen
Idaho Days 76 Queen Contest Opens Bicentennial Event
The Franklin County Bicentennial Commission launches an Idaho Days queen contest as part of a June 26 to August 1 celebration. High schools across the southeast will select a junior or senior to compete on poise personality and a three to five minute Bicentennial presentation with winners receiving dresses scholarships and travel funds and expected to appear in area parades and on radio and TV.
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Franklin County Bicentennial Commission
Idaho
Franklin
Karla Cattani
Preston
Wayne Bell
Tamera Olson
Rose Marie Nichols
Malad
West Side
Marsh Valley
Grace
Bancroft
Soda Springs
Bear Lake
Festival of Heritage Arts Set For Area Five
Area Five coordinator Lucille Fredrickson announced the county Senior Citizens Festival of Heritage Arts will be March 6 at the Robinson Building in Preston. The event includes displays and talent competition for seniors 55 and up, with regional and state contests to follow in Soda Springs and Boise, under Dr. Jerry Reed at Boise State University. A Book of Memories will be published, and vendors may display and sell crafts if age 55+ with permission. A bake sale style show and a senior dinner are planned, with accompanists needing to be over 60.
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Lucille Fredrickson
Weston
Area Five
Robinson Building
Preston
Fredrickson
Soda Springs
Boise
Jerry , Reed
Boise State University
Idaho Arts Commission
Idaho Office On Aging
Idaho
Franklin County
Auger
Petition Drive in Idaho Targets Recall and Education Choices
Franklin County Idaho gears up for a statewide petition drive with about 200000 signatures aimed at 1978 ballot referendums. Ken Porter notes land use as the catalyst. backers include the American Party and state patriotic groups tied to the Bicentennial effort to defend freedoms.
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U. S
Idaho
Ken Porter
American Party
Preston to Promote 22-Cent Paper Money for Washington Birthday
The Preston Merchants Committee plans 22-cent paper bills for a Washington's Birthday promotion running February 16 to March 1. Shoppers with a $5 purchase from participating merchants receive the bills, redeemable for merchandise or face value in cash via the chamber secretary.
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Preston
Merchants Committee
Chamber
County Budget Hearing Set For Monday In Franklin County
Franklin County will hold a Monday budget hearing at 10 a.m. in the courthouse to consider a proposed 2 165 485 budget. The board may reduce the budget after public input though it cannot raise the total. The session will address re evaluation impacts and the tax ratio, with citizens urged to attend and ask questions.
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Franklin County
Board of Commissioners
Kunz
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Board of Corrections
Weber
Bill Weber
Utah Power and Light Co
Preston Area
KPST
Dick Bowman
Industrial Committee
DeVere Tovey
Agriculture Committee
Walter Ross
Congressional Committee
Alan Thomas
Alvin Beckstead
Glenn Call
Verlauger
Mike Kunz
Bear River
Historical Society
Sander
Weston Canyon
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