Franklin Idaho Pioneer Day Observances Planned June 15
Franklin county allocates June 15 for Pioneer Day activities with state observance closing Preston stores. Gov. Gossett and LDS presiding bishopric member Joseph Wirthlin will speak at 10 30 am, followed by a Pioneer dinner, a Fort Douglas band concert, and a county bond queen crowning based on per capita bond sales. Sporting events include local and Salt Lake City teams, wrestling, boxing, and dances in the gymnasium. Relic hall opens for pioneer displays and Midwest shows provide rides and concessions. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Franklin
Idaho
Preston
Governor Corning
Charles Gossett
Joseph Wirthlin
LDS Church Presiding Bishopric
Preston High
Fort Douglas
Preston Lions
Auerbach Footprinters
Salt Lake City
Glen Nelson
Fairview
Alma Larson
Gossett
Midwest
Thatcher Rodeo Opens Season With Saturday Event
The annual Thatcher rodeo takes place Saturday at 2 00 p m in Thatcher marking the start of the local rodeo season. Amateurs will perform bronc, calf roping and steer riding with concessions on the grounds and a night dance planned. The committee includes Milton Smith Brigham Young Freeman Rasmussen Ralph Anderson Charles Izatt and Howard Roper. Grace area businesses will close 2 to 5 p m for the event.
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Thatcher
Milton Smith
Brigham Young
Freeman Rasmussen
Ralph Anderson
Charles Izatt
Howard Roper
Grace
Spray-Mink Creek Cattle Subjected to Grub Treatment
Claude Keller reports Mink Creek cattlemen released cattle on the range above Mink Creek Friday and sprayed them for cattle grub. County Agent Daniel Roberts used a machine rented from Bannock county. inspections show medium heavy infestations and poorer condition in cattle with many grubs. A close check will monitor treatment results.
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Claude Keller
Mink
Cattlemen’s’ Association
Mink Creek
Daniel Roberts
Bannock County
Keller
Help Needed For Pea Crop In Cache Valley
Ivan Geary of California Packing Corp at Franklin reports a good pea crop in northern Cache Valley. With 1400 acres to harvest, workers 16 and older are urged to contact the U S Employment Service in Preston or Joe Johnson, the California Hosing Corp’s agent, for July work. Bring proof of age. federal permission required for minors. Plant operations expected to start early July and finish by late July.
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Ivan Geary
California Packing Corporation
Franklin
Geary
Cache Valley
U. S. Employment Service
Preston
Joe Johnson
California Hocsing Corporation
Child Labor Department
Boise
Kindergarten proposed for summer six weeks
Superintendent Harland Simmons announces a six week summer kindergarten for children eligible to attend school this fall. Parents with eligible children should meet at Central School at 9 a.m. Monday June 11 to work out details. It will operate like last year’s program.
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Harland Simmons
Central
Scout Camporee Brings Fun and Work for Franklin Scouts
Franklin county Boy Scouts enjoyed a large Camporee at Preston high school stadium over Friday and Saturday. Awards were announced by R B Gibson president Preston Chamber of Commerce. The event, co sponsored by Franklin and Oneida districts, featured a bonfire and group singing with Keith Campbell directing and Wel don Nash lighting the blaze.
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Franklin County
Preston High School
Cout
R. B. Gibson
Preston Chamber of Commerce
David
Scouters
Franklin
Oneida
Preston
Chamber of Commerce
Weldon
Nash
Keith Campbell
Mer
Lin- Smith
Bone
Dan'l Boone
Local Stock Wins At Salt Lake Show
Five FFA members from Preston returned Tuesday night from Salt Lake City where they exhibited beef cattle at the Intermountain Junior Fat Stock Show at North Salt Lake. Rulon Winger showed five animals including an Angus 1020 pounds and a Hereford Angus heifer 800 pounds. Jack Nash exhibited two Hereford steers 920 and 910 pounds, Jay Winger one Hereford 800 pounds, Earl Neeley two steers 860 and 1000 pounds, and Win Blue earned blue ribbons as steers were judged by weight and finish. The local entries captured seven blue ribbons, two red, and one commercial.
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FFA
Preston
Salt Lake City
North Salt Lake
Rulon Winger
Jack Nash
Jay Winger
Earl Neeley
Dell Hymas Buried After Local Farm Leader Dies
Dell Hymas 50 of Treasureton, prominent farmer and LDS church member, died Friday at Preston Hospital after an appendectomy and heart attack. He served missions in the Southern and Central states and held church leadership roles including Treasureton ward bishop and stake high council member. He leaves two children Phyllis Wright Thatcher and Mack Hymas.
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Dell Grover
Hymas
Treasureton
Preston Hospital
Ordren
Phyllis. Wright
Thatcher
Mack Hymas
Precipitation Figures Show Rainfall Near Last Year Levels
Weather data from the Franklin County Sugar Company station notes 5.6 inches of rain in the past 30 days, about one third of the annual total, with 3 inches in the past week. Beets suffer while grain and alfalfa benefit as forecasters predict the rain may continue a few more days. A four month total shows 8.96 inches this year versus 8.96 a year ago.
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Franklin County Sugar Company
One Killed Two Wounded In Past Week
Reported casualties show Pvt. Elden F. Schenk killed May 25 on Okinawa while serving with the Marines. He was 24, born in Preston May 25, 1921, and left Preston high school to study auto mechanics and precision grinding. He married in 1940 and leaves a wife, two children, and several siblings.
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Elden F. Schenk
Vala Bennett Schenk
Clara S. Schenk
Okinawa
Marines
Pvt. Schenk
Preston
USAC
Logan
University of Idaho
Remington Arms Company
Denver
Colorado
San Diego
Camp Pendleton
California
Pvt
Elden Ray
Verlyn S
Letg
Iva
Lou
Larene
Gwen. Schenk
Bond Sales Reach 43 Percent of Quota in Seventh War Loan Drive
Franklin county bond buyers respond to appeals by bond workers and now have subscribed to 43 percent of the $346,000 quota for the Seventh War Loan. Ben Johnson reports 39 percent filled with $87,518.75 sold of the $225,000 E quota. The drive ends June 30. Navy team leads county in the contest with 50 percent of its quota sold. several individuals and households listed with varying amounts and percentages.
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Franklin
Ben Johnson
T. R. ‘Bowden
Navy
The
Poisoned oats distributed to farmers for squirrels
County Agent Daniel Roberts reports 4700 pounds of poisoned oats were distributed Monday and Tuesday to farmers to combat a large squirrel population along foothills. Farmers are urged to obtain oats before the season ends but warned to store them safely to avoid livestock deaths.
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Daniel Roberts
German prisoners of war to thin beets in Franklin county
About 150 German POWs arrived in Franklin county to assist beet thinning. They will be paid per acre for thinning and hoeing, with daily work limits and long shifts up to 12 hours. Guards supervise groups to meet the army and treasury rules, under Geneva convention terms, and they stay until June 27.
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Franklin County
A. T. Yates
Army Pn Command
Army
Yates
Asia
Sobversi
U. S. Treasury
Sugar Company
Special Meeting Sunday at First Ward Church
A special program is planned this Sunday at 2 30 p m in the Franklin stake house. Elder Casper Merrill of the Benson Utah stake will lecture on receiving the priesthood and its use. High Priests invite the public. A prayer by a senior priest opens with We Thank Thee O God For A Prophet, a quartet sings Come Come Ye Saints, and a Melkezidek priesthood member discusses the Restoration. A mother from Fairview Water will share what the Priesthood means to a wife and mother.
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Franklin” Stake
Casper Merrill
Benson Stake
Utah
Stake
Fairview
Mrs Carman Austin Visits Seattle Couple During Stay
Mrs Carman Austin spent two weeks in Seattle Washington with her husband Don Austin employed by the War Department. She stayed with Mr and Mrs Nephi Perkins former Dayton residents and was entertained by Mr and Mrs Ralph Sant. She will soon return to Seattle to make her home.
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Carman Austin
Seattle
Wash
Don Austin
War ‘Department
Austin
R Nephi Perkins
Dayton
Ralph Sant
Franklin County Fish and Game launches record program
The Franklin County Fish and Game association announces the largest fish and game planting drive to date. About 238 000 fish have been moved from state hatcheries with 120 000 blueback salmon released into Oneiaa reservoir and 105 000 rainbow trout raised for release on July 15 in Bear river. Additional fish will be planted in Cub River Bear River and Twin Lakes before fall. Rearing ponds on Bear and Cub rivers aid growth, and 500 pheasant chicks are being raised south of Preston under the association with Franklin County Grain Growers.
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Franklin County Fish & Game Association
Wayne Evans
Oneiaa
Bear River
Cub River
Twin Lakes
Evans
Franklin County
Preston
Rotary Marine Pictures Shown At Dinner Meeting
Rotary club featured Marine action films from the Pacific with Captain Lynn Hale assisted by First Sgt. R. Smith. Sgt. Smith directed the projector while Hale announced Marine recruiting success and a pending transfer to Albuquerque. Attendees included S/Sgt. James Condie Lt Atwood and others from Salt Lake City, Logan, Pocatello and nearby towns. The Randall's cafe gathering offered mountain trout for dinner.
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Hale
Marine
Salt Lake City
Albuquerque
New Mexico
James Condie
Atwood
van Ness-Hansen
James Tozier
Salt “Lake
Reed Young
Elmer Merrill Named to Lava Hot Springs Foundation Board
Preston and Franklin counties gain recognition as Elmer Merrill is named to a six year term on the Lava Hot Springs Foundation in Lava. Governor Gossett appointed Merrill to succeed L W Nye whose term expired June 2. The board also includes Max T Cohn Arimo chairman and Clifford C Brown Pocatello. Nye filled the term of A W Miller Lava Hot Springs who resigned in 1943 and Roy T Hale McCammon was succeeded by Brown in April 6. The board elected Brown chairman this week amid Republican objections claiming partisanship.
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Preston
Franklin County
Elmer Merrill
Lava Hot Springs Foundation
Lava
L. W. Nye
Gossett
Max T. Cohn
Arimo
Clif
Ford C. Brown
Pocatello
Nye
A. W. Miller
Lava ‘Hot Springs
Brown
Avril
Roy.t. Hale
McCammon
Cohn
New’ Board
Merrill
American Legion Regular Meeting Announced
The American Legion holds its regular monthly meeting at 8 30 p m in the Courthouse on Monday June 41 Veterans are invited E C Moore commander OQ M Hanson adjutant
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American ‘ Legion Regular
Courthouse
E. C. Moore
OQ. M. Hanson
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Mark “Hart
Carma Rasmussen
Glencoe
Myrle Long
Mapleton
LaMoyne Halil
Second Ward
Norma Murdock
Beth ‘Smith
Maxine Petterberg
Salt Lake
Dell Hymas
Charles Simpson
Weston
Bonasse
J. AL Nash
Linrose
Waldo Peterson
Morma
Murray
Clifton
Ward Church
Rotary
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