Voters to decide on 130000 school bonds for building completion
Voters in School District No. 201 will determine whether the school board may issue 130000 in bonds to finish classroom additions and the agriculture shop. Polls 1 to 8 pm July 26 at seven polling places Fairview Franklin Whitney Mink Creek Riverdale. only a taxpayer or spouse may vote. two thirds required to pass.
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Fairview
Franklin
Whitney
Mink ‘Creek
Riverdale
Central School
Jefferson
Iit
Harold
F. Clark
Columbia University
Preston Rodeo Opens Amid Parade and Promises
The Preston rodeo committee announces Thursday opening night events with a 6:30 PM parade led by Larter Boyd and cochair Hig Norton. Prizes include 25 15 and 10 dollars for floats and 100 50 for club prizes. Top rodeo acts from the circuit are promised along with Western garb for staff.
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Preston
Monte
Storis
Boyd
Cochairman Hig
Norton
Virgil
Emuidson
Emuidson, “Chainmail: For the” Rodeo ‘Committee
Swimming program opens with 270 students enrolled
Glen Oliverson reports 270 boys and girls registered for the new swimming course. Instruction is under way at Downata with two lessons weekly as classes meet on Monday Wednesday and Friday each week.
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Glen Oliverson
Toda Oliverson
Downata
Farney
June weather shows normal temperatures with above normal rain
The June average temperature reached 61.3 degrees, exactly normal, while precipitation ran 1.02 inches above normal at 2.30 inches. Redundant cooling at night limited heat waves with notable holiday temperature spreads, said weather observer Mr. Crabtree. May averaged 54.4 degrees, 0.5 degree above normal, and May rainfall totaled 1.53 inches, 0.02 above normal.
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Crabtree
Big Merchants Promotion Sparks Citywide Sale
A Preston merchants event runs Friday and Saturday featuring bar gains on groceries clothing appliances fur niture and drug stores. Retailers cooperate offering deep discounts in a coordinated independent business promotion with emphasis on shopping and saving.
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Préstoni
Save - IN
Preston
Clifton and Riverdale Pioneer Day Celebrations Planned
Clifton and Riverdale announce Pioneer day celebrations for Saturday. Clifton begins with a 10:30 a.m. parade open to entries, followed by an 11:30 a.m. program and refreshments. The evening shows The Golden Girl. Riverdale schedule starts at 11:00 a.m. with a refreshments stand, children's activities, and softball games featuring Downey and Riverdale teams, plus a Glencoe versus Riverdale boys game.
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Clifton
Riverdale
Glencoe
Burley store manager aided King’s service for five months
A damaged notice notes an individual served as manager for the King store for five months and previously worked at the Hang Burley store for a year and a half.
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Tide
King
Burley
Ken's Electric Extends Contest Amid Pioneer Day Conflict
Kenneth Porter owner of Ken's Electric in Preston announces the contest is extended two weeks due to Pioneer Day. This week's grand prize is a Westinghouse Laundromat washer originally set for 6 30 Saturday evening.
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Ken’s Electric
Preston
Pioneer Day
Kenneth Porter
Westinghouse
Franklin Softball Teams Set for Elimination Tourney
Franklin and surrounding teams prepare for the elimination softball tournament at Preston diamond tonight. Weston A vs Preston 2nd Ward opens at 5 PM followed by Franklin A against Preston 1st B at 6 30 PM Mapleton faces Preston 65th Ward at 8 PM and Preston 1st A meets Fairview at 9 30 PM. The second round is scheduled for next week with a regional division in Utah Idaho and Wyoming slated for the first week of August.
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Salt Lake
Sam Weston
Mapleton
Franklin
Tke
Preston
Word
Fairview
Whitney
Erleston
Westn
Linrose
Funeral services for Thomas Bert Kershaw in Sacramento
Thomas Bert Kershaw died in Sacramento California on Tuesday. Funeral services will be held Saturday at noon at Webb Funeral Home. He was born January 1910 in Silver Bow Montana and was adopted son of Thomas and Margaret Ann Davis Kershaw. He attended Preston schools and lived there until age 25 before moving to California. The service will be conducted by Bishop Ariel Nealey and burial will be in the Preston Cemetery.
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Thomas Bert Kershaw
Sacramento
Calif
Webb Funeral Home
Silver’ Baw
Mont
Thomas
Margaret Ann Davis
Kershaw
Preston
California
Conlin
Irvin
Caldwell
Paul D
Kershew
Levi D
Preshcai
Bishop
Ariel Nealey
Buree
Emery
Boise meeting with Heath on Dayton Oxford road timing
State Senator Tom Heath of Sn state met Boise highway board directors during their regular monthly session. They discussed when construction on the Dayton Oxford road, in the department's 1955 highway construction budget, might begin. The board said no definite start date could be given due to funding shortages, and reaffirmed that only projects already budgeted would proceed once approved.
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Tom’ Heath
Boise
Highway,’ ‘Board of ‘ Directors
Heath
Dayton
Oxford
Rich
Youths Escape After Car Plunges 50-Foot Embankment
Driver Carvel Shaffer of Winder and six passengers, Douglas Alder Whitney Lee Wheeler Glendale and Jerry Mortensen of Preston, were returning from Deer Cliff inn when a dust obscured vision caused the Shaffer car to leave the road and roll 50 feet down an embankment. The car was demolished and all youths sought hospital treatment for minor injuries before being released.
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Carvel Shaffer
Winder
Douglas Alder
Whitney
Lee
Wheeler
Glendale
Jerry ‘Mortensen
Preston
Deer Cliff Inn
Shaffer
Poys
Pioneer Day celebration to honor Weston area history
Weston LDS Ward organizes Pioneer Day events with Frank Coens and Herbert Williams as counselors and Jack King as chair. Committees handle the parade, talent, and program details under the Pioneer theme. Refreshments and concessions will run all day. everyone is invited to attend with family.
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Weston Will
LDS
Frank Qt Coens
Herbert
Willams
Jack King
Iihe
Weston Ward
Latter-day Saints
Cit
Idayyet
Eidon
le Bastian
Preston Firms to Close Monday for Pioneer Day
Preston business firms will be closed Monday in observance of Pioneer Day. The Preston Chamber of Commerce secretary William Shumway said the date was set for 1955 and the closing day was already agreed upon by the committee, noting Pioneer Day would be observed on Monday.
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Preston
William Shumway
Preston ‘Chamber of Commerce
Pioneer
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Knudson
Jenes
Ken
Grace
Arenua
Sidney Ann Gibbs
Ithe
Jack Gibbs
Sharon Spackman
Ross, Spackman
RaNae Porter
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The
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