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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1969
Page
1
The Preston Night Rodeo opens tonight featuring the Guanacos plus Princess Kandra and Cimarron as top novelty acts. A parade begins at 6 30 pm and the rodeo purse increases by 375 dollars for cowboys. DA Kerby of Salt Lake City reduces the rodeo.
Audiences will see six trained Guanacos from South America in a dressage styled act at the That Famous Preston Night Rodeo. The act features Kandra and Cimarron with dummy riders, and comes amid broader rodeo events with increased purse money.
Village Voices from Utah State University and Sounds Unlimited will provide music for a four stage youth conference August 9 and 10. Village Voices perform a Saturday concert. Sounds Unlimited joins for the after dinner dance. The event, planned by stake presidencies MIA leaders and youth reps, includes four stakes Smithfield Franklin Oneida and Benson with registration at 8 30 a m and a 9 a m general session led by MIA general board members including Glen Snarr and Mrs Gladys Wight.
A marching corps contest featuring five high schools Marsh Valley Highland Pocatello West Side and Preston will be part of the Famous Preston Night Rodeo program sponsored by the Preston Lions Club and the Preston Chamber of Commerce. The inner routine starts at 3 pm in the Preston high gymnasium and the parade adds to the contest with trophies awarded after the event. The afternoon contest is open to the public free of charge.
The Citizen subscription drive starts Monday with the Preston Phi-Dels competing to win 500 for the club and 100 for the top girl. Points reward new subscriptions and renewals, with bonuses and Lagoon tickets. Rates rise after Sept 15 and local discounts apply in Franklin Bannock Caribou and Cache counties.
Woodrow I Rasmussen former executive director of Idaho State ASC and longtime Mink Creek farmer is promoted to Washington DC as Chief of the Price Support Section Grains branch in the Commodity Programs division of ASCS. He previously chaired Franklin county ASC for 2.5 years and led Idaho state ASC operations for seven years.
June bond sales totaled $2,174 in Franklin county and $9,205 in Caribou county. First six months show Franklin at $34,846 and Caribou at $34,239. Franklin has 58.1 percent of its $69,000 goal and Caribou 45.7 percent of its $75,000 goal.
Franklin County Commissioners approved steps to form two translator districts in the county. One would serve the Preston area and the other Mink Creek. A hearing followed petitions for district formation with questions raised about district charges. Charges would be set by the trustees and placed on tax rolls. Taxpayers not using translators may file an affidavit to that effect.
Lorenzo E Hansen 90, longtime Preston mayor and bishop, died July 24 in Marsh Valley hospital. Born July 9, 1879 in Plain City Utah, he married Ethel Bosworth in 1900 and Catherine Nielsen in 1960. Funeral services were held at the Franklin Stake center with interment in Preston Cemetery. He leaves a large family including J Kimber Hansen and D LaMar Hansen among others.
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