School G Officials Are Busy On Maintenance Program
Eastside School District 201 reports a busy summer under Supt. William Ward with vacancies in teaching and staff and an extensive maintenance and renovation program. The drive includes firing walls repairs at the high school, gym, heating plant, several schools, new floors and windows, painting, playground resurfacing, and grounds improvements.
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Eastside
William Ward
Nielson
Central
Franklin
Jefferson, and Whitney
Extension Agent Thanks Donators To 4 H Congress
County Agent Daniel Roberts thanks local firms and the newspaper for supporting a Franklin county 4 H scholarship for the Idaho 4 H club congress held June 17 to 23 at the University of Idaho Moscow. The program aids expenses and exposes older 4 H members to university life and career possibilities.
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University of Idaho
Daniel Roberts
Franklin County
Idaho
University of Idaho At
Moscow
Franklin County Democrats Repudiate Vernon K. Smith
Franklin county Democrats, led by Henry Rawlings and Mark Hart, traveled to Idaho Falls to oppose a gambling plank at the state platform convention. They failed as Vernon K. Smith and gambling supporters pushed the plank through, with Hart urging voters to defeat Smith in November.
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Franklin County
Vernon K. Smith
Henry H. Rawlings
Mark Hart
Idaho
Democratic Platform
Idaho Falls
Democratic Central Committee
Merlin T. Whittle
Rawlings
Hart
Smith
Three Year Old Dies From Pocatello Gun Wound
A three year old Pocatello boy Brad Darwin Talbot died after a .38 pistol discharged in the family car. He suffered a facial wound that shattered the car window and died at 1240 am in a Pocatello hospital. He was born March 26 1959 in Preston and is survived by his parents a brother and grandparents. Funeral services were held in Winder with burial in Preston cemetery.
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Pocatello
Brad Darwin Talbot
John Darwin Talbot
Mr. Talbot
Ray Talbot
Franklin County
Union Pacific Railroad
Preston
Darwin
Nadine Bennett Talbot
Steve
Orville Talbot
Winder
Dale Bennett
Cleveland
Banida Ballot on Closing School Set for Friday
Eastside School District 201 schedules a special election at the Banida school house this Friday from 3 to 8 pm to decide on closing Banida school. If approved, students will be bused to Preston for the coming school year. eligibility requires Idaho residency in the Banida area and ownership or guardianship of a child under 21 or taxpaid status.
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Eastside
Banida
Preston
Idaho
Jokes about presidents cross country in lively letter talk
A column discusses national jokes about Kennedy and past presidents, noting letters to a newspaper and a national magazine. A Salt Lake couple’s Seattle fair trip ends with a comic misadventure when a road jolt in Boise sends a husband in underwear to inspect the scene.
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Constance
Salt Lake
Seattle
Boise
Drought Ends As Heavy Rain Nurtures Some Crops
Heavy rain broke a months long drought last Thursday night, improving moisture for beets beans and cabbage but damaging grain in fields battered by the downpour. Precipitation measured July 13 and 14 totaled 1.30 inches with a trace on the 15th. Highs reached 95 on the 12th and 68 on the 14th.
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C. M. Crabtree
Three-Night Preston Rodeo Opens Here Next Week
Tickets went on sale for three big nights of rodeo July 26 27 and 28 with grand entry at 8 p m and a parade at 6 p m producer D A Snw ny Kerby led a show praised as among the best in years contestants arrive early to prepare for bronc bareback steer wrestling bull riding and calf roping for about eight thousand dollars in prize money local hospital reports three injured in separate crashes including Mrs Rita Kirkbride who remained hospitalized after a head on collision near Preston and Steven Hatch cited for failing to keep right on a curve in a separate incident continuous coverage continues on page 8.
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Rita Kirkbride
Preston
D. A
Swanny” Kerby
Rodeo Cowboys Assn. Rodeo
Hotel Burnham
Legion and Auxiliary Send Delegates To State Conclave
The 48th annual American Legion and Auxiliary convention met in Salmon last weekend. Delegates from Preston post 34 included Bill Auger for the Legion and Mrs Clara Auger and Mrs Deane Auger for the Auxiliary. Bob Knudson of Aberdeen was elected department commander and Nellie V Johnson of Grace was named department Auxiliary vice president. Preston unit 34 captured multiple awards including national and department presidents citations and a $5 local scrapbook prize.
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The
American Legion and Auxiliary
Salmon
Preston Post
Bill Auger
Legion
Clara Auger
Deane Auger
Bob Knudson
Aberdeen
Nellie V. Johnson
Grace
Preston Unit
Franklin Water Ordinance No 127 Published
Residents of Franklin urged to review ordinance No 127 published in this issue of THE CITIZEN. The water users of the Franklin system are addressed in roughly eleven sections. the full ordinance is on page seven of the issue.
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Franklin
Citizen
Preston Golf Club hires top intermountain pro for season
The Preston Golf and Country Club announces the acquisition of a leading professional from the intermountain region for the remainder of the season. club officials described the move as a major bolster to their competitive team and amateur program.
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Preston
Intermountain
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