4 H Affair Draws More Than 400 Attendees At Training
More than 400 4-H officers and leaders attended the annual officer and leader training program held at Preston High School Thursday evening. The Franklin County 4-H Leaders Council sponsored the event with Owen Gibson as president and cochairmen Mrs. Fred Bingham and Mrs. Ellen Roberts. The program opened with a general assembly, featured a Fairviewettes 4-H club skit, and included instructional sessions led by home and county agents. A bonfire and picnic followed, organized by Mrs. Lee Bergquist and assisted by Roy Ware and DeVere Tovey.
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Preston High School
Franklin County
4-H Leaders Council
Owen Gibson
Fred Bingham
Linrose
Ellen Roberts
Preston
Sear and Roebuck Foundation
Ellon Roberts
Fairviewetts
Fairview
Monta Nelson
Pean
Shaunaelson
Carolyn Jensen
Laraine Rawlings
Kendra Hale
Cheryl Christensen
Mildred Hall
Vera Cole
Lucretia Maughan
Daniel Roberts
Barbara Meek
Ben Johnson
Son
Lee Bergquist
Roy Ware
DeVere Tovey
Inventorying Preston Library Week Closing
The Preston Library will close for inventory from June 22 to June 27. It will reopen the next week with new summer hours posted on the door and published in the upcoming Citizen.
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Preston
Annual Grassman Program set for June tour
The Preston Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee plans a June 22 Grassman Program visiting Theo Smith in Riverdale and Ben Johnson in Preston. The tour showcases grass development from abandoned weed-infested farms to working grass and livestock operations and reclamation of alkaline land through drainage leveling and seeding. A lunch at City Recreation Park begins the day under Albert Moser with a brief program before the tour. Tickets are $1 per plate.
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Theo Smith
Riverdale
Ben Johnson
Preston
Franklin County
DeVere Tovey
Agriculture Committee
Preston Chamber of Commerce
City Recreation Park
Albert Moser
Recreation Park
The
Chamber of Commerce
Six Boys Earn Eagle Scout Badges at Oneida Stake Court
Six boys received the Eagle Badge at a Oneida Stake court of honor and Salute to Scouting, with several others earning life, star and First class awards. Heber Whiting spoke on lighting a candle instead of complaining about darkness. Winners include Sam Smith, Theo Smith, Calvin Forsgren, Calvin Sharp, Sheldon Jensen, Stuart Nelson, and Leonard Nelson, all of Riverdale or Mink Creek, with other local scouts named.
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Oneida
Mrorsgren
Calvin Forsgren
Calvin Sharp
Theron Sharp
Riverdale
Sheldon Jensen
Bishop
Rodney Jensen
Stuart Nelson
Lyn Nelson
Leonard Nelson
Glenn Nelson
Mink Creek
Whiting
Kluff Kersdell
Te Oneida Stake
Eagle
de Watkins
Cache Valley Oil
His Christensen
Banida
Reed Perry & Guide Patrol
Treasureton
Local Leaders Laud Preston Guard Officers After Boise Visit
Four Preston civic leaders returned from Boise praising the Idaho National Guard. They commended guard training discipline and attitudes, noting desert operations were organized like a division with live ammunition and clear objectives. They praised CAPT. Carl Waterlays and the corps of officers as top in the Southeastern Idaho division.
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Preston
Idaho National Guard
Boise
J Clifford Forsgren
William Ward Eitho Keller
Reed Brenchley
The
Guard
Carl Waterlays
Idaho
Desert
Phi Dels to Raise Funds by Selling Subscriptions
Preston High Phi Dels group of 35 girls will sell newspaper subscriptions from June 12 to July 18 to raise prize money for members. Leaders include Mardee Hart, daughter of Hale Hart, Phi Dels president. Sub sales are point based with rewards totaling up to 800 dollars for renewals and top teams earning prizes like an electric hair dryer and dinner invitations at Deer Cliff Inn or Zana Vou Lodge.
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Preston High High
Preston
Mardee Hart
Hale Hart
The
Phi-Dels
Deer Cliff Inn
Zanavou Lodge
Reservoir Tampering Denounced by County Officials
Franklin County authorities urge sportsmen and residents to report tampering with reservoir control structures. Guy Harris, state fish and game man, says extra boards were added to a spillway raising storage beyond limits and risking dam integrity. He warns damage from unauthorized interference could close reservoirs to fishing and asks tips to Dick Tufts and Gustav Hedin of the county Waterways Committee.
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Franklin County
Guy Harris
Dick Tufts
Gustav Hedin
County Waterways Committee
Harris
June Recreation Swim Registration Opens at Nielsen Gym
Registration for the June 19th program near Preston begins Friday at 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and continues Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Nielsen Gym. The dates include Friday the 12th and Saturday the 13th.
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Preston To Recreation
Nielsen
City Approves Opera House Tear Down in Preston
The LDS church approves tearing down the old Opera House in Preston as city officials report at the monthly meeting. Council hires Logan CPA Clyde Yeates to audit city books and prepare the required financial report and names Cecil Hodges supervisor of the city dump.
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LDS Church
Preston
Joe Goff
Franklin Lds
Goff
Logan Opa
Clyde Yeates
Logan Cpa
Cleo Swenson
CPA
Cecil Hodges
North Second Street
Lyn Porter
Lou Sant
Porter
Aneirer
Pocatello
Darrell
Austin
Don Gunderson
Grass Spraying Project Completes on Cache Forest Range
A range improvement program sprayed 1550 acres of duck weed on the Reston Ranger District to boost grass production. Helicopters delivered 2 4 D in diesel per acre at 75 gallon loads with a 100 foot swath from June 3 to June 8.
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Reston
Cache National Forest
Cherryville
Deep Creek
Cub River
Rocky Beach
Gem Valley
Ant Canyon
Plan Centennial in Clarkston Hears from Ravsten Chairman
Clarkston plans a centennial celebration with Ben J. Ravsten chairing the organizing committee. The city sits on Cache Valley hillside and will host events outlining a century of community progress.
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Clarkston
Cache Valley
Ben J. Ravsten
Missionary Home Teaching Duty Emphasized in Oneida Stake
Oneida Stake members heard sermons on missionary work and home teaching as essential to church progress. Elder C Laird Snelgrove and Elder G LaMont Richards urged obedience, neighbor outreach, and the growth of the home teaching program to raise standards and strengthen families. Phenoi Edgley was named to the stake high council, succeeding Ray Crosshaw.
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Oneida Stake
Church
C. Laird Snelgrove
G. LaMont Richards
Priesthood Missionary
Carl A. Mortensen
Phenoi Edgley
Preston
Oneida Stake High Council
Ray Crosshaw
Clifton
Salt Lake City
Richards
LeGrand Richards
Snelgrove
Pres Mortenson
Morgan Evans
David Johnson
Willis Burton
Reed Hawkes
Eerie Edgley
Ray Croshaw
Fund raising breakfast by Franklin County Fish and Game
The Franklin County Fish and Game association plans a breakfast fundraiser on June 20 at Preston Recreation Park. Proceeds support the group’s activities. General chairman is Don Newbold with Albert Moser as president. The meal features sourdough pancakes and sausage. Adults 1 dollar, children 50 cents. Continuous serving from daylight until all are fed.
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Franklin County Fish and Game’ Association
Preston Recreation Park
Walt
Soeva
Albert Moser
Don Newbold
Remodeled Tire Store Plans Opening
Luther Boyd, owner of the Big O Tire Store in Preston, announced an Open House on June 11 at his remodeled shop. The former O. K. Tire, operating 24 years, remains the same crew under the new name as the exclusive Mohawk tire distributor with a 2000+ tire stock and expanded service area.
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Luther Boyd
Big O Tire
Preston
Boyd
O. K
Big O
Boyd* 0
Heshand Mae Sutstandir Mag Staff Sergeant John
An unclear OCR fragment mentions a staff sergeant linked to Arlene Jepsen of Presioe with garbled surrounding names and locations. The readable bits reference a unit at Whitrdaa and ISAC. No coherent event or outcome is discernible.
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John
Cif Wiiag
Burton
Arlene Jepsen
Presioe
Whitrdaa
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Davis Foster
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Idaho Army National Guard
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116Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
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ASC
Leonard Forsgren
Sam ‘Smith
Fish and Game Plan
Heshand
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