Preston City Council Votes Holiday Garbage Plan
The Preston City Council voted to observe the holiday schedule and skip garbage pickup on those days with pickups moved to the preceding Friday if a holiday falls on Saturday. Watering follows house numbers and rural box numbers with even and odd days respectively. The council denied overtime for police and approved shell loading for the chief at cost, and considered bank site access and street department upgrades.
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Preston
First Security Bank
State Street
Preston Man Named To High Council In Oneida Stake
Max Norton of Preston was named to the Oneida Stake high council at the stake quarterly conference. Asael Bell was released from the council after serving as Oneida Stake Men’s leader. Several speakers included Pres. Carl A. Mortensen and stake leaders. A combined stake Primary chorus performed under Mrs. Lynn Porter. The First ward Guide Patrol will conduct a flag raising ceremony at Jefferson School on Flag Day at 7 a.m. and is open to the public.
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Max Norton
Preston
Oneida Stake
Asael Bell
Norton
Oneida
Preston Seventh Ward
Pres
Carl A. Mortensen
Webster C. Maughan
Jack A. Moser
Gerald Dalley
Bell
Vaughn Greaves
Rayle Larsen
Rex Packer
Joe J. Christensen Jr
Lynn Porter
First Ward Guide Patrol
Jefferson School
Three-County 4 H Show at Franklin County Fairgrounds
A tri county 4 H Horse Clinic and Gymkhana will be held at the Franklin County fair grounds Tuesday with 4 H horse club members from Franklin Caribou and Bear Lake counties attending. The clinic starts at 10 a m and the Gymkhana at 1 p m.
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Franklin County Fair Grounds
Franklin
Caribou
Bear Lake Counties
Ewen Griffeth
Preston
Vera Smedley
Darrell Smedley
Bear Lake County
Joyce Kirby
Don McNeil
Caribou County
Mr. Griffeth
J. T. Cole
Franklin County
H Club
Preston Girl Wins Bear Lake High School Rodeo Honor
Glenda Griffeth of Preston captured the all around cowgirl title at the Bear Lake High School Rodeo. She placed first in barrel racing, first in pole bending, and second in goat tying as about 82 entrants from 10 high schools competed over three days.
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Glenda Griffeth
Ewen Griffeth
Preston
Bear Lake
Miss Griffeth
American Falls
Blackfoot
Highland
Marsh Valley
Malad
Pocatello
Rockland
Soda Springs
Navy Achievement Medal Awarded to Ex Local Man Walter Pleisch
Walter Pleisch, a Preston high school graduate and Marine lance corporal in Vietnam, received the Navy Achievement Medal for meritorious service. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ted Pleisch, former Preston residents, and has also earned two Purple Hearts for wounds sustained in action. He was commended for exemplary duty training his unit and displaying tactical judgment under fire as North Vietnamese forces retreated.
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Walter Pleisch
Preston High School
Vietnam
Ted Pleisch
Preston
Walter
Bloomington campus to award IU 141st Commencement graduates
David J. Cherrington among February and June candidates for the doctor of business administration degree will participate June 8 at Indiana University's 141st Commencement. IU lists about 8,000 degree candidates nationwide with 5,400 at Bloomington 1,200 in Indianapolis and 1,400 at five regional campuses.
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David J. Cherrington
Preston
Bloomington
Indiana University
Indianapolis
DHIA Shows Production High In Area
The Franklin County DHIA report for 1969 shows improved production per herd and per cow. Horace Haworth reports 763 cows tested with an annual average fat loss and milk totals, listing top herds and cows by butterfat and milk output along with their fat percentages. County Agent Daniel Roberts highlights cows producing over 20,000 pounds of milk in 305 days, with continued notes on rising herd sizes statewide.
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Franklin County
Horace Haworth
Association
Idaho
Anklin County
John LeFevre
Franklin
William D. Wright
Larry Hobbs
Robert and
Theron Rawlings
Fairview
Cecil Foster and Sons of
Whitney
Herman Nielsen
Weston
Stanton Hawkes and Sons of
Ralph McCulloch
Clifton
Alden Turnbow
Henry Drury
Daniel Roberts
School Boards Reorganize as West Side Sets Kindergarten
Franklin county boards restructured on Monday with West Side naming a new chairman and East Side reelecting its chairman and assigning other roles. Dr Murray Nichols retained as East Side chairman and Robert Lindhardt as vice chairman with Delmer Olsen as treasurer. The boards hired coaches, reviewed levy plans, and announced a summer kindergarten starting June 15 at Clifton and Weston with schedules for Clifton teacher Ella Kent and Weston teacher Don Dalley.
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Franklin County
West Side
Eastside
Murray Nichols
Robert Lindhardt
Delmer Olsen
Ella Kent
Clifton
Don Dalley
Weston
Farm Bureau Sets Annual Talent Find
Franklin County Farm Bureau will host the Talent Find on Friday at 8 p.m. in Preston high school auditorium. Winners from local contests enter the program with two advancing to the District event. participants include Eloise King Sandra Hansen Jill Baird Kristy Beckstead Vickie Nelson Gordon Chase Chris Oliver Wattley Bingham Weston Page Porter Bingham Ann, and LeAnn Smith Riverdale.
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Franklin County Farm Bureau
Preston High School
Kermit Shimway
Eloise King
Fairview
Sandra Hansen
Jill Baird
Mink Creek
Kristy Beckstead
Whitney
Joe Cherrington
Sylvia Jensen
Preston
Vickie Nelson
Gordon Chase
Dayton
Chrisse Olivers i Wattley
Je Bingham Weston
Marva Page
Barbara Porter
Franklin
Ann Bingham
Band and Coaching Heads Named by Eastside School Board
The Eastside school board named three faculty members to key positions. Carl Hoffmann becomes district band director and will teach two choruses in the high school. Larry Biggs is head football coach, and Reid Carlson becomes head basketball coach. Lyle Shipley will supervise district music and oversee choral work at Jefferson middle school. Hoffmann is a South Rich graduate and BYU marching band alumnus.
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Eastside
Carl Hoffmann
Larry Biggs
Reid Carlson
Lyle Shipley
Will
Seabees of Pocatello Subunit Serve in Vietnam War Effort
The Pocatello Seabee subunit with 37 members trains monthly at the Armed Forces Reserve Center and serves in Vietnam era duties. Members specialize in seven construction trades and have faced night mortar attacks while supporting airfields, bridges, roads, and camps.
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Navy
Frank
Preston
Pocatello
Reserve Mobile Construction Battalion 18
Armed Forces Reserve Center
America
Pocatello Seabee
Guadalcanal
Japan
Vietnam
Sydney
Profaizer
Lallatin
Southeast Asia
Third Marine
Army
Thompson
Vietnam Seabees
Seabee Baby Uni
Enery Ruppél
Idahot Failg
Idahot
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First East
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D. T
Williams
Brad Williams
Power County
Clair Hollingsworth
Doctors
DHIA
Orson Bowler
Farmers Insurance Group
Arvel V. Hansen
Franklin Sant
Joseph Olsen
Linrose
Ward Nielsen
Nielsen
Sant
Curtis Cox
Oxford
Evan Koller
Norman— Ponnesberk
Douglas Fisher
Clifton School
Clyde Call
Earl Kirkbride
Ireta Helmandollar
Milton Jones
May Jensen
Northwest Accrediting Association
Diane Defriez
Donnel Ward
Bert Lalkatin
BOSC
Sydney Wood
PO J.C. Ralph
Firth
Seabee
Farm Bureau
Jefferson Middle School
Mr. Hoffmann
South Rich High School
BYU
Ger
TARRY
Biggs
Preston Man
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