Preston Centennial Days Kicks Off With Beard Dunk Contest
Preston Jaycees spearhead centennial observance with the kangaroo court and queen contest entries. A wash tub dunking will reward non beard wearers at 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday. The day's schedule features a Chuck Wagon breakfast, flag ceremony, mock robbery, beard and kid events, parade, color return, and queen contest at the rodeo grounds.
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Preston
Odeo Ek
Harold Winn
Queen Committee
Winn
Lynn Fackrell
Preston Jaycees
Rodeo Grounds
Ban
City Park
Frost scare hits Franklin county but damage limited
County farmers feared a repeat of the 1960 frost as temperatures dropped to 33 37 F with high soil moisture reducing damage. County Agents Roberts and Tovey surveyed fields noting browned corn, dark edged beans, and possible grain damage while predicting near disaster with a few more degrees. Home gardens showed little harm.
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Franklin County
Sugar Company
Daniel Roberts
DeVere Tovey
Treasureton
Clifton
Denver Storm Deluges City With Hail And Floods
Mrs. S W Bab quotes Denver residents recalling a severe storm that caused widespread disruption. Clippings from the Denver papers describe traffic signals failing, creeks overflowing, and power outages as hail piles accumulated. Sand Creek overflow reached 150 feet wide and 30 to 35 feet deep behind the county jail at 10 p.m. on June 16. Winds reached 32 mph, with hail up to four feet in some areas.
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Cache Valley
Denver
S. W. Bab
Bab
Ariel Eames
Preston
Sub Contest Winners Named in Preston Citizen Event
Bonna Gayle Pack, daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Pack, won the Silver Bonanza in Preston Citizen’s annual subscription contest. She earned about 18 000 more than second place Susan Barrus, winning 3200 plus 73 38 in commissions. Second place was Susan Barrus, daughter of Mrs Ray Bright, who received 100 and 67 75 in commissions. Valerie Miles and others placed, with a final standings breakdown listing several contestants and scores.
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Bonna Gayle Pack
Don Pack
Preston
Preston Citizen
Susan Barrus
Ray Bright
Gustave Hedin
Valerie Miles
Cecil Miles
Oo Bonna Gayle Pack
Susan Barrus Apeeeereree LaMont
Harris
Ingrid Hedin
Alene ‘Sharp
Faye Burnett
Kandis Kirby Nee Ee Sten Ty
Thatcher teacher Irene Young attends national meeting
Mrs Irene Young a Thatcher school teacher and president of the Idaho State Classroom Teachers association attended a classroom teachers convention in the east as part of the national meeting news item.
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Thatcher
Irene Young
East
Idaho State Classroom Teachers Association
Woman Given Six Months For Deaths
Edith M. Murray 53 pled guilty to negligent homicide by motor vehicle and received six months in county jail. The May 3 collision near Bear River bridge on Highway 91 killed Hasper Webster Wade 55 and Bishop Stanford Christiansen 50. Judge ordered work shifts at Franklin County Memorial Hospital with five monthly days off for good behavior to show accident consequences.
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Edith M. Murray
Murray
Bear River Bridge
Highway 91
Preston
Franklin County Memorial Hospital
Hasper Webster Wade
Bishop Stanford Wayne Christensen
Salt Lake City
Grace potato growers plan local sorting and packing plant
Twenty five Grace growers meet to discuss building a local sorting and packing plant. They note large potato shipments to Blackfoot annually and estimate a plant cost of 60 000 to 80 000 dollars. A Texas broker will arrange machinery with work starting around November 1 for six months to provide a winter payroll.
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Grace
Blackfoot
Texas
Funeral services Saturday for Mr and Mrs Bennett
Funeral services will be held Saturday for Mr and Mrs Arch Bennett who died in a two vehicle crash Tuesday near Preston on US 91. Driver of the tanker Roland Wood Tyllenskog 39 of Logan was not injured. The Bennetts lived in Preston and had six children and 29 grandchildren. Hannah Rebecca Dalton Bennett born 1900 in Cleveland was the wife of Arch Bennett. The accident occurred at 4 35 p m when the tanker overtook and struck the Bennett truck causing it to roll into a grainfield. The Bennetts were ejected and the truck rolled over them. The tanker also left the road into the grainfield.
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Theta
E. Bénnétts
Ray Talbot
Perseus
Jservices
Aroet Bennett
Preston
U. S
Ban
Roland Wood Tyllenskog
Logan
Peterson
Vance
U. S. 91
Ben
Bennett
Barrow
Arcet Ephriam Bennett
Yborn
Teher
E. A
Elva
Seamons Bennett
Rebecca Dalton
Logan Temps
Gentile Valley
Mound Valley
Ichool Board
Franklin Stake
Oward C. Bennett
William
Delos H. Bennett
Lloyd R. Bennett
Thatcher
Roma Merrill
So Aa
Kings
Gwen Humphries
O Falls
Clarence Bennett
Valero Bennett
Grace
Dale
Milto
Second Vote Possible As Mill Levy Fails
The Eastside school board schedules a Friday meeting to decide next steps after a five mill levy failed by about 16 percent. Chair Dr. David Cutler suggested another election is likely. the measure drew 50.8 percent yes, short of the two-thirds Idaho requirement.
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Eastside
Wach
Roponal
David Cutler
Ales
Idaho
Dayton Highway Contract Tender Draws Multiple Bids
The Bear River Dayton project lists four open bids for road work. Jack B Parsons Construction Company and Smithfield submitted $294 328 90 as apparent low bid. Work to remove the old road and oiling should begin early August with equipment moving in around July.
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Ameniae
Conan En Pany
Bear River
Dayton
Jackib
Parsons Construction Company
Smithfield
County
Bear River-Dayton
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