Idaho Urges Bear River Project To Protect Lands
State legislature introduces Senate Joint Memorial No. 7 urging Congress and the Army Engineers or Agriculture Department to fund and implement works on Bear River to prevent destruction of lands and irrigation pumping Systems in Franklin County Idaho and Cache County Utah. Senator Marion Pete Jensen supports passage.
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Congress
Army Engineers
Department of Agriculture
Bear River
Franklin County
Cache County
Marion
Pete” Jensen
Jensen
Citizen
United States of America
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress of the United States of
State of
Judiciary and Corporations Committee
Lincoln Is Rotary Feature Honors Abraham Lincoln
Marilyn Hatch of Franklin presented a Lincoln tribute at the Rotary Club with Preston high school students. She spoke on the life of the Great Emancipator as the nation prepares to observe his birthday. Lynn Bright led musical selections with Allen Chatterton on cornet and Marilyn Baker at the piano.
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Marilyn Hatch
Franklin
Abraham Lincoln
Rotary Club
Preston High School
Rotarians
Marilyn Baker
Palmer dies at 66 after cerebral hemorrhage in Preston
Thomas Condie Palmer 66 a Preston resident since 1898 died Friday at 11 30 am at his home from a cerebral hemorrhage. He farmed at Winder retired ten years ago and with his sons ran Palmer Implement Co. He served as bishop of the Winder ward for 20 years and held church offices in Oneida stake. Surviving wife Alta Maughan eight sons and daughters and many siblings. Funeral Monday in the first ward chapel. burial in Preston Cemetery.
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Thomas Condie Palmer
Franklin County
S. 2Nd E. St
Preston
Palmer
Winder
Palmer Implement Company
Croydon
Morgan County
William C
Margaret Helen Condie Palmer
Alta Maughan
Logan Temple
Oneida Stake
Shirley M
William Dean
Joseph Leon Palmer
Margaret Hobbs
Linrose
Alta Durrant
Jerome
Della Buttars
Logan
Beulah Perry
Downey
Quinten Thomas Palmer
USAC
William G
Heber C
Jedidiah M. Palmer
Elmer Palmer
Joseph Earl Palmer
Salt Lake City
Lulu Lyons
Midvale
Jennie Ritchie
Howe
Ida
Leona Kirby
Treasureton
Ernest Eberhard, Jr
First Ward
Preston Cemetery
Richards and Sons Mortuary
City County Offices To Be Taken By Boy Scouts
Local Boy Scout troops select members to be in charge of city and county offices for a day event tied to the national observance. Edwin Hyde replaces Durwood Hall as chief of police with Vaughn Hawkes and DeLyle Condie as policemen. Douglas Gambles acts for the mayor Ernest Eberhard.
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Preston
Koye
Odenpy
Edwin Hyde
Durwood Hall
Vaughn Hawkes
DeLyle Condie
Douglas Gambles
Ernest Eberhard
Franklin County Schools Receive January State Aid Totals
Funds apportioned to Franklin county schools in January total $109176.27 announced by Mark Hart, county superintendent. East Side district No. 201 gets $78067.20, West Side district No. 202 receives $24393.32, and Gem Valley district No. 23 gets $4715.75 with parts in Franklin county.
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Franklin County
Mark Hart
East Side
West Side
Gem Valley
Preston FFA Meets Stormy Weather in Idaho Falls Meet
Preston FFA boys braved a blizzard to compete in crops and potato judging at Idaho Falls high school. The team scored 335.4 points, finishing second to Midway with 359.4. Members Bob Haworth Dean Pearson Kenneth Talbot Arlo Larsen and Dever Holliday joined instructor William Craner. top individual scores were 118.4 to 118.6.
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Preston
Future Farmers of America
Idaho
Falls High School
Midway
Idaho Falls
Bob «Haworth
Dean’ Pearson
Kenneth, Talbot
Arlo Larsen
Arlando “Larsen
Dever Holliday
Bob
Dean
Kenneth
Bob Haworth
Dean_ Pearson
Talbot
Rigby
Firth
Blackfoot
Shelley
Midway School
Preston Ffa
Rogers
Snake River
Franklin’ County
William’ Craner
Preston High School
Farm Loan Association Postpones Idaho Meeting
The Idaho Pioneer National Farm Loan Association postpones its annual meeting set for this Saturday in Preston. Secretary Treasurer Clifford Warr said directors chose to delay due to conditions of secondary roads in the area and will announce a new date when feasible.
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Idaho Pioneer . National’ Farm Loan Assn
Preston
Clifford Warr
Warr
Autos on Highways May Be Wrecked By Snowplows
Rural residents warned that parked cars on state or county roads may be damaged by snowplows as crews clear heavy snowfall. Nathaniel Keller of Mink Creek reported a damaged vehicle overturned in a borrow-pit after an incident Monday night. Sheriff Lee Hansen said authorities will not be responsible for parked cars damaged by clearing equipment and urged owners to move vehicles to avoid delays and possible legal action.
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Nathaniel Keller
Mink Creek
Borrow-Pit
Lee Hansen
Mayor asks coal dealers to share scarce fuel in Preston
With a week of severe cold and continuing bad weather depleting Preston coal stocks, Mayor Ernest Eberhard Jr. asks local coal dealers to cooperate in a voluntary distribution plan. He proposes equitable sharing of remaining supplies until fuel deliveries resume and weather improves.
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Interry
Preston
Ernest Eberhard, Jr
Dairy Industry Association reports progress and leadership
Franklin County Bull Stud Association members met in the courthouse basement and voted to retain all officers for another year. The group reported 76 percent of cows bred in 1948 settled on first service, credited to Mrs Beckstead and her bulls. Ira Kennington reviewed the high standards for bulls used by the association.
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Franklin County Bull Stud Assn
Cecil Beckstead
Mrz
Beckstead
Ira Kennington
Services for Maylon B Peterson Held in First Ward Chapel
Funeral services for Maylon B Peterson Tec Fifth Grade son of Mr and Mrs Peterson of Preston will be held Sunday at 1 pm in the First Ward Chapel. Born 1920 in Preston he served in World War II, endured the Bataan death march and died in a Japanese prison camp in 1942. Survivors include his parents and several brothers and sisters. Burial is at Whitney Cemetery.
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First Ward
Maylon B. Peterson
E. Peterson
Clark Field
Philippine Islands
Bataan
T/5 Peterson
Preston
Franklin High School
LDS Church
Peterson
Welser
University of Idaho, Southern Branch
Pocatello
Carl
Salt Lake City
Floyd
Nile
Tioning
Buk
Leondee Peterson
Scar
Pet‘eysorvand
Ernest
Eberhard, Jr
Whitney’ “Cemetery
S Darrell Handy to Leave on Mission
S Darrell Handy son of Mr and Mrs S R Handy of Franklin will enter the mission home in Salt Lake City on Feb 14 before departing on an LDS mission to the northern states He is a Preston high school graduate and attended USAC where he was a ROTC cadet A farewell party is set for Friday Feb 11 at 8 p m in the Franklin chapel
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S. Darrell Handy
S. R. Handy
Franklin
Salt Lake City
Mr. Handy
Preston High School
Thepairs
USAC
Franklin Chapel
Highway Crews Struggle To Clear Slippery Roads In Storms
State and county road crews battle dense drifting snows as new storms hit the area. Equipment stalled near the Cleveland divide on Highway 34 with patrols and sheriff's unit unable to move. Bulldozers and a gas truck were dispatched from Preston, arriving late in the day as efforts continued to free stranded patrols and assess road conditions.
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Cleveland Divide
Thatcher
Lee Hansen
I. M. Evans
Iity
Preston
Red Cross Drive To Start March 1
The Franklin county Red Cross chapter plans its annual drive for memberships to support national Red Cross operations. Under Leonard Butterworth as county fund chairman the effort begins March 1 with E A Jensen as assistant chairman. The county committee organization is being completed to conduct the drive in all communities.
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Franklin County Red Cross
Red Cross
Leonard Butterworth
Franklin County Fund
E. A. Jensen
Montpelier Bears Visit Preston In Saturday Court Tilt
After a two week layoff Preston Indians host Montpelier Bears Saturday night following the cancellation of the Blackfoot game. The two teams met about a month ago with Preston winning on its floor as Montpelier showed progress since. Doubleheader begins at 7 p.m. with Downey high school to return Wednesday. The Blackfoot game is rescheduled for Monday Feb 21.
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Preston Indians
Montpelier Bears
Preston
Bears
Montpelier
Bear Lake
West Side High
West Side
Franklin County
Franklin county board to set final budget at courthouse
Franklin county commissioners will meet next Monday at 10 a.m. in the courthouse to fix a final budget and make appropriations for each office. Taxpayers may discuss the proposed budget, which totals 237813.06 for 1949, about 29102.62 less than 1948.
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Board of “County Commissioners
Franklin County
State Declares Emergency. $200,000 for Farm to Market Roads
Gov. C. A. Robins declared a state of emergency to release $200,000 to open farm to market roads as heavy snow and high winds leave rural areas snowbound. Coal and hay shortages threaten Preston and surrounding county. trains into Preston halted since Saturday. a road-clearance committee led by the county agent and joined by three commissioners, the sheriff, Jared Lewis, and County Auditor Cleo Swenson begins work.
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C. A. Robins
Preston
Robbins
Cleo Swens
Jared Lewis
Swenson
Preston businessman Joseph Luthy dies suddenly at 62
Joseph Alma Luthy a 62 year old Preston ready to wear store operator and longtime resident died Friday evening while returning home from work. Born April 15 1886 in Rexburg he married Francis Peterson in 1910 and served as LDS missionary in Switzerland 1905 08. Survived by wife four daughters one son six grandchildren and five brothers and sisters funeral services were held Tuesday in Preston with burial in Logan cemetery by Webb Mortuary.
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Joseph Alma Luthy
Preston
Mr. Luthy
Rexburg
William and
Louise Buckley Luthy
Francis Peterson
Salt Lake Temple
LDS Church
Luthy Rad
Switzerland
Preston Fourth Wards
Priel Larsen
Roma Hawkes
Anna Louise Thompson
Don Luthy
Kaye Luthy
Los Angeles
Angela Smith
Logan
Harriett Pearson
Beaverton
Ore
Yveille Davidson
Washougal
Wash
William Luthy, Jr
Blackfoot
Perm Ogden
Dunbar elected to county board of education
Benjamin A. Meek announces the appointment of Gene Dunbar to fill the vacancy left by Guy O. Woodward. Dunbar, known as Gene, represents the trustee district for Onsida street in Preston and brings extensive experience. Other board members are Cecil Foster Orson Kofoed and Keith Campbell with Superintendent Hart serving as secretary.
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Dunbar
County
Board of Education
Benjamin A. Meek
Guy O. Woodward
University of Wyoming
Dislet Couth
Onsida Street
Preston
Gene
Mark Hart
Cecil Foster
Orson Kofoed
Keith Campbell
Hart
Tae Tanlet High Team Dominates League With Big Wins
The junior high basketball squad coached by Boden shows strong form winning all league games by large margins. They beat Logan and Smithfield with scores like 34 15 and 39 19 and 40 25. A game and dance are planned Friday Feb 11 with an opponent to be announced due to weather.
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Te “Boden
Td. Began
Logan
Focal Juniors
Smithfield
Bzym
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Lincoln
Thomas C. Palmer
Farm m Loan’ ‘Association
Association
B. Peterson
S. Darrell
Sto
Joseph A. Luthy
CigeTe
Wank West
Nba
Educ
Tae Tanlet
Joseph Bowcutt, Jr
Western Motor Sales
Pontiac
Chris Hansen
Bob Gregg
KPST
Vergene Knudson
Marilyn Nash
Blaine Dunn
Allen Fryer
Mr. Gregg
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