Preston's Night Rodeo Opens Soon With Top Acts
As Preston's famous night rodeo nears, rodeo headquarters open at Hart Music Store with ticket sales starting Saturday. The August show features Fess Reynolds six trained brahma bulls, Ken Boen clown, Ted Allen horseshoe, Ike Tucker mule act, Ray Ramsey Flying Clouds, and top rodeo stars from Ogden. New banners will adorn State Street as the chamber of commerce prepares for festive rodeo colors.
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Preston
Rodeo
Hart Music
Radon Chawlé
Daan’! Meanbatt
Chamber of Commerce
J. C
Doc” Sorensen
Sorensen
Fess Reynolds
Reynolds
India
Ken
Boen
Ted Allen
Ike Tucker
Ray Ramsey
Rogan
Doc Sorensen
Ogden
State Street
State Chamber Leaders Visit Preston Chamber
Idaho State Chamber of Commerce officials including Joseph E. Cushman Earl W. Murphy and Paul Nash will meet with Preston Chamber of Commerce directors Friday. They will discuss Idaho’s economic concerns and closer links between state and local chambers with Owen Beazley coordinating arrangements.
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Idaho State Chamber of Commerce
Preston ‘Chamber of Commerce
Joseph E. Cushman
Preston
Idaho_State Chamber of Commerce
Earl W. Murphy
Paul Nash
Idaho
Pate
Owen Beazley
Ees
Preston Chamber
Offrce
Parade Entries Sought for Rodeo Parade by AML Groups
Preston business firms and ward organizations are invited to enter a float in the rodeo parade. Contact Lee Hansen or Earl Norton, co chairmen. The event runs 7 PM on August 3 4 and 5, starting at the rodeo grounds and proceeding through the city. Junior riders on horses are eligible.
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Preston
Vic Groupe
Ward
Lee Hansen
Earl Norton
Cochairmen
Sego Milk Honors Forty Employees With Awards
Sego Milk Products honored 40 of its 825 employees with service awards in Salt Lake City and Richmond. John A. Latzer, president of Pet Milk, accepted the tribute via a six way telephone and public address system. Certificates were presented by E. G. Meyer, Sego's general production manager, to named employees including Ernest J. Johnson and D. S. Kennedy among others.
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Sego Milk
Poe Blk Ly
Johnson
Richmond
Uta
John A. Latzer
Pet Milk Company
Sego’s
Sego
Latzer
Pet
E. G. Meyer
Ernest J. Johnson
D. S. Kennedy
George Egan
Ivan Christensen
James Peterson
Neal J. Hillyard
Wm. M. McMurdie
Milo A. Harrison
L. F. Hendricks
R. Truman
Hillyard
A. L. Kircher
N. E. Rasmussen
James T. Steed
H. LeRoy Albiston
Glen N. Allen
Adam Bright
Beudan
C. Anderson
Henry Earl Bair
Arthur Cartwright
John Reinhold Johnson
Earle W. Allen
Lego
Salt Lake City
C. H. Monson
S. P. Harter
Cloverleaf Dairy
Salt Lake
Preston Fifth Ward Pioneer Day Celebration Planned
Preston fifth ward will host an all day Pioneer Day celebration next Monday with a 10 30 parade in front of the ward church. Les Gregory chairs parade preparations and a noon lunch is planned at the ball park with soda and hot dogs available. Activities include games for all ages, a chicken scramble contest, two softball games at 2 pm and a free dance at 8 30 pm in the church recreation hall.
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Preston Fifth Ward
Barl, Moser
Fifth Ward
Les Gregory
Gil
Church Recreation Hall
Riverdale Pioneer Day event planned with speeches and games
Riverdale committee reports arrangements for the Pioneer day celebration next Monday. An announcer and music are set, the patriotic program moves to 11 am with Mayor Ernest Eberhard of Preston as guest speaker. The day includes races sports games and an evening dance at the Riverdale ward recreation hall.
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Riverdale
Ernest Eberhard
Preston
Riverdale Ward
Len Jordan Campaigns In Grangeville For Idaho Governor
Len Jordan Republican candidate for Idaho governor visited Grangeville and spoke to locals. The 51 year old automobile dealer and farmer, a veteran and former state senator, presented his candidacy as favorable to those who know him and introduced himself to new supporters.
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Len. Jordan
Grangeville
Idaho
Jordan
Pate
Senate
The
Univer
Mark Hart's Collegiate Word Power Sees Second Edition
English supplement by Mark Hart of Preston on Being Used In Every State advances to a second edition with 4000 copies planned after first edition of 2000 sold in 10 months. National praise and orders pour in from New York to West Virginia and beyond including major schools in New York City Buffalo Pittsburgh and Erie.
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Mark Hart
Preston
Village Equipment Loss at Franklin Fire Destroys Building
A Franklin building used to store village equipment burned completely on late Monday afternoon. Firemen kept the blaze from nearby homes and a locomotive spark origin is suspected. Loss near 5000 dollars. only the structure was insured.
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Franklin
Albert Parkinson
Joan, Doney
Weston Voters Deny Waterworks Bond Issue
Weston residents rejected a $22,000 waterworks bond in a special election held Tuesday. Mayor Felix Fel lex explained the large majority vote shows the town found the expansion unnecessary and not budgeted for at this time.
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Weston
Weeston
Felix Fellex
Weent
Tom
Peller
Boys Baseball Clinic Planned by City Recreation
A four day baseball clinic for boys ages 12 to 18 will run next week from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday at the city ball park. Participants must provide their own shoes mitts and hats while the city recreation department provides bats and balls. Register with Coach Glen Oliverson on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at the ball park.
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Pase
Glen Oliverson
Ball Park
City Recreation Department
Oliverson
Senator Fen tress Kuhn Campaigns In Preston And Franklin
Republican senatorial candidate Fen tress H Kuhn campaigned in Preston and Franklin counties. A 39 year old Idaho pioneer family member, he was educated in Wendell named after his brother. Kuhn works in business as a Guernsey breeder and farm operator and seeks the four year Senate seat with support from Henry Dworshak and Abe McGregor Goff.
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Preston
Franklin County
Fentress H. Kuhn
United States Senate
Idaho
Kuhn
Wendell
Henry Dworshak
Abe McGregor Goff
Apron and Overall Dance Planned by Preston MIA
The Preston first ward MIA sponsors an apron and overall dance next Tuesday at the Franklin stake house. The event begins at 8 p.m. and targets ages 12 to 16, with the public invited to attend.
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Preston First Ward Mia
Franklin
Lock Your Autos Warns Local Chief In War Time
Preston police chief W. R. Groves warned owners this week to lock cars and protect spare tires amid a nationwide theft epidemic tied to war scare. He noted thieves target scarce auto accessories and urged drivers to secure vehicles, as unprotected cars are easy prey and hard to recover.
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Preston
W. R. Groves
Local Implement Dealer Flies to District Meet
Earl W. Nelson of Modern Farm Equipment Co an Allis Chalmers and Massey Harris dealer flew to Twin Falls last Wednesday for a Massey Harris district meeting. He traveled in a plane piloted by H N Lin Hale to see demonstrations of tractors with hydraulic control tools called the depth o mat ic system.
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Earl W. Nelson
Modern Farm Equipment Co
Allis-Chalmers
Massey-Harris
Twin Falls
West Coast
Massey-Harris Company
Mr. Nelson
H. N. “Lin” Hale
Preston Rodeo Queen Crowned in 1950 Contest
Approximately 3,007 attendees saw Oliverson of Franklin named queen of the 1950 Preston rodeo on Aug 3. Judges from Richmond selected her ahead of Shirley Moser and Joan Follett as attendants. Other entrants included Relda Smith Carol Hawkes Sharon Beckstead Clariée Hollingsworth Geneal Bosworth Lois Anderson and Marcella Christensen. A saddle and bridle prize went to Lowell Neeley.
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Preston
Vaunda Oliverson
Franklin
Miss Oliverson
Douglas Oliverson
Joan Follett
Treasureton
Shirley Moser
Vannda
Yong
Oliverson
Aueen
Intermountain
Richmond
Ivan Christensen
Rulon Thompson
Amos Bair
Rodeo Committee
Relda Smith
Riverdale
Carol Hawkes
Sharon Beckstead
Clariée Hollingsworth
Geneal’ Bosworth
Lois Anderson
Trenton
Marcella ‘ Christensen
Mink Creek
Preston Boots and Saddles’ Club
Lowell Neeley
Weston Pioneer Day Queen chosen for celebration
Bonnie Griffeth daughter of Mr and Mrs Jesse Griffeth of Weston was chosen queen of the Weston Pioneer Day celebration to be held next Monday. The event began with an intermission between shows at the Weston opera house last Friday. Attendants will be Elma Buttars and Parlene Campbell. Festivities start with a dance Saturday night at Dayton high school gym. A parade at 9 30 Sunday precedes a patriotic meeting at 10 30 and an afternoon of sports including horse racing and a ball game Preston versus Cortsat at 3 80 pm. Evening events close with a vaudeville show featuring Stan Valera on a 100 foot sway pole and the Knox trio balancing acts.
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Botnie Griffeth
Weston
Parlene
Clark Campbell
Ben Buttars
Bonnie Griffeth
Bonnie
Griffeth
Jesse
Opera House
Elma Buttars
Parlene Campbell
Dayton High School
Preston
Cortsat
Stan Valera
Knox
Jesse Griffeth
Musical Program Planned for July 27 by M Men and Gleaners
A musical program is set for next Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Franklin stake house, presented by M men and Gleaner girls of Oneida and Franklin stakes. Curtis Miner of Logan will be guest artist with Elda Carlson's chorus, a boys quartet, Lenona Edgley solos, Rolena Dahles xylophone, and Glenn Tanner clarinet solos. Public invited. A testimonial meeting Sunday morning at Willow Flat will feature Alma Sonne of Logan as speaker, lunch to follow. Next Tuesday Oneida continues.
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Franklin Stake House
M-men
Gleaner Girls
Oneida
Franklin Stakes
Curtis Miner
Logan
Elda Carlson
Dick Smith
K Dunkley
Don Workman
Bob Moore
Lenona Edgley
Rolena Dahles
Glenn Tanner
Willow Flat
Cub ‘River Canyon
Pres
Alma Sonne
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Harold * Winn
Dean Palmer
Greene
Wells
AML
Parlewne Campbell
Len Jordan
Vaunda
Queen
Shirley
Moser
Joan Folsett
FHA
Bearlake
Grace
Snake River
Fielding
Shelley
Udean
Joyce Chatterton
Elaine Oliverson
Barbara Bowcutt
Marion
Seth
Dayton
Bonnie ‘ Griffeth
M-Men, Gleaners
Tlordluauul
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