Baton Corps Parade Leaders Highlight Preston High Event
The baton corps and Preston High band marched in uniform blue Indian outfits at Hyrum on July 4 and at Westons last Saturday. Judy Baur led the baton corps and Dixie Smith introduced the Westons event reader. Barbara Doney headed the baton corps with Tim Hobbs and Ruth Ann Durrant directing the band. After parades, participants enjoyed a lunch and rodeo passes. The corps plans three night appearances in Preston’s famous rodeo parade with Judy Baur Rama Drury and Barbara Doney guiding the shows.
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Preston High
Preston
Judy Baur
Baton Corps
Barbara Doney
Tim Hobbs
Ruth Ann Durrant
Rama ‘Drury
Boothe Appointed to Franklin County Fair Board
J Neff Boothe of Preston was named to the Franklin County fair board at the county commissioners meeting on July 11. He will head the flower and garden divisions, succeeding W E Crane Mink Greek who resigned last spring. Questions about entries should go to Mr Boothe, said William Robinson, fair board chairman.
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Neff Boothe
Preston
Franklin
Boothe
W. E. Crane
Fair
William’ Robinson
Fair Board
First Security Banks Again Win Award
First Security bank system's annual report earns a merit award from Financial World magazine for the ninth consecutive year. Lloyd J. Hogge of the Preston bank accepts the notice from Weston Smith, executive vice president of Financial World, praising the report as among the most modern in content typography and format among 5 000 annual reports reviewed in 1955.
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First Security Bank System
Financial World
Lloyd J. Hoggé
First Security Bank of
Preston
First Security
Weston Smith
First Security Corp. reports rising resources and growth
The First Security system under Thomas F. Hawkes and Willard Leccles shows total resources at 395,370,940.25 in 1954, up from 371,545,059.23 in 1953 and 39,706,012 in 1928. The network serves over 300,000 customers, reflecting its expansion from Eccles Browning affiliated banks.
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Thomas F. Hawkes
First Security Corp
Willard .Leccles
First
Security Corp
Hogge
Banics
Intermountain
Eccles
Browning
First Security Banc System
Small town sage Sam and free advice in a crowded world
A reflective piece recalls Sam, a quiet town figure on a store porch. He spent days critiquing leaders and plans with constructive, motive-free guidance, never profiting yet offering steady insight. The note contrasts then with today’s flood of easy, cheap advice from strangers.
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Sam
Iran
Apple
Canning Center Nears Reopening Amid Boiler Delay
Franklin county canning center patrons may resume use soon as boiler work continues after plumbers' strike settlement. A required part for the boiler has been ordered and should arrive shortly, with the committee waiting a few days to restore full operation at the facility. Local patrons are welcome at Cache Nery and Logan, with a team of volunteers needed to restart the process.
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Franklin County Canning Center
Operan
Logan
Iwill
Trappers Open Vast Frontiers for Farmers and Miners
Trappers probing remote corners of America opened mid lands for settlers and prospectors. Dealers profited as pelts accumulated fortunes in the frontier era.
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America
BYU Trio Named For America’s Witness Pageant
Carolyn Bennett of Winder and Lillias Tanner Crane of Whitney from Brigham Young University are chosen to co‑appear in the 14th annual America's Witness for Christ pageant. The 110‑student cast travels to Palmyra to perform August 11–13 with BYU director Dr. Harold I. Hansen.
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College of Speech and Dramatic Arts
Brigham Young University
America
Witness For Christ
Palmyra
N.Y
Eastern States
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Church
Harold I. Hansen
Brigham, Young University
Miss Bennett
Floyd” A. Bennett
Winder
BYU
College of Ciine ‘Arts
Brigham ‘Young University
Lillias Tanner Crane
Parrer
Provo
Nare
Cpl
Moroni
Joseph Smith
Joseph
Egypt
Jerusalem
Christ
Cumorah
Jong
Associated Press
Tan
The Preston Citizen Item At No 8 District
A concise note from The Preston Citizen references district No 8 with a brief update and local context for readers.
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THE
Preston Citizen
Remembering Old Times Readers Share Peripheral Memories
A jumble of reminiscences from readers across the United States recalls homely tasks and social customs of the past. Mrs Harold Myers of Virginia recalls rough wooden floors scrubbed with splints and a floor drain hole. George L Wilkinson of Hilton, New York, recalls shopping for groceries with a cat sleeping on crackers. Mrs Jensie A Mililler of Salem Oregon describes neighborly calls and receptions. Mrs George Wagnon of Lake Charles, Louisiana recalls women wearing two petticoats and an appendix. Readers are invited to contribute to The Old Times column in Frankfort Kentucky.
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Harold’ Myers
Virginia
George L
Wilkinson
Hilton
New
York
Ry Barre
George
Wagnon
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Bend
Old Times
Community Press Service
Frankfort
Kentucky
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J. Neff Boothe Boothe
Pada
State St
Idaho
Preston, Ida
Walt ‘Disney
Casey
Ferry Colonna
SUN
Barbara Stanwyck
Star of
Robert Ryan
David Farrer
Burma
Superscope
Barbara
Ee ,Gaynor—Keefe
Brasplus
Ong Super Conoco
Gentre
Jack Oakey
Preston Rodeo
Robert Black
Agaho Sea
G. CG
Canning
R,t ‘and
ROYAL
Corona ‘Portables
Underwood
Remington, ‘Portables
Preston: ‘Citizen Office
Oqtonah
Stata Sivse
Wreaieon, Edaho
Carolyn
Bennett
Lillias
Tanner
Crane
Carolyn Bennett
Lillias Tanner
Whitney
Jensie
A. Mililler
Salem
Oregon
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