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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1964
Page
1
Franklin board of trustees orders the village to shoot on sight any dogs running loose at night within the prohibited hours from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise. Owners with registered dogs must prevent roaming. The measure follows repeated complaints of dogs damaging property and attacking livestock.
Subscriptions and renewals for The Citizen grant three dollar Lagoon ride tickets as a bonus while Phi Dels raise funds to buy uniforms. Top selling teams win electric hair dryers and a second and third place dinner at Deer Cliff Inn or Zanavoo Lodge. The piece highlights Lagoon’s appeal and touring routes near Salt Lake City.
The Preston Junior Chamber of Commerce earned the top Jaycee Chapter award in the state after competing with 42 clubs. They also qualified for Community and Individual Development and Blue Chip honors, placed third in the scrapbook contest, and highlighted a centennial celebration as a key project. Officers urged local men aged 21 to 35 to join and asked for community support.
Franklin County Fish and Game Association closed the road through Eugene and Ted Paskinsfield to Treasureton Reservoir due to wet fields and erosion. The barrier will be removed when the road can be used without causing damage. Paskins brothers granted the right, and Mr Paskins will lift the barrier when conditions allow.
Preston Elks sponsor a donkey ball game on Saturday June 20 at the Rodeo grounds starting 8 pm. The Preston Boots and Saddle Club face the North Valley Riders to raise funds for lodge charity work. Tickets cost 1 for adults. under 17 get free at local outlets.
The Lewiston area hosts a Queen Contest on July 25 at 7 30 PM at the Rodeo grounds for women aged 25 and under from nearby communities. Horsemanship and personality judge contestants as attendants reign over Rodeo events. Evening includes inter club races and a baseball double header between Lewiston and North Logan. A two day drag meet by the North Cache Riding Club runs July 3 4 with ten races.
The Preston Boots and Saddles club invites girls from Hyrum to Montpelier to sign up by 6 p m July 17 for the July 18 queen contest at 8 p m in Preston rodeo arena. Entrants must be 16 to 25, judged on horsemanship, with no stallions and no former Preston rodeo queens.
During a week of rain a group of men from the Cleveland ward remodeled and repaired the church building. Women will assist in painting and cleaning efforts.
The Eastside School Board reorganized naming Dr. Leo Hawkes to the board and Roy Ware director of transportation with Floyd Bennett supervising buildings and grounds. They called for bids to replace all windows at Franklin and Jefferson schools and to remodel Nielsen gym dressing rooms and sidewalks at the high school.
Wendell Smith, Preston born engineer, returned after World War II to design more municipal sewage disposal plants in Idaho than any other. His work spans Blackfoot, Weiser, Payette, Montpelier, Grace, Challis, Gooding, Mackay and beyond, plus water systems in Jerome and multiple counties. He holds a 1937 BS in engineering from Utah State, worked on the All American canal in Arizona, then with the US Corps of Engineers in Salt Lake City and San Francisco on air bases and water works.
Preston Chamber of Commerce sponsors the Grass man of the Year tour with a Monday luncheon at City Recreation park noon hosted by Albert Moser as chef. Afterward, visitors tour Ben Johnson farm on Bear River near Battle Ground and Theo Smith farm in Riverdale, finalists in county judging. DeVere Tovey chairs the agriculture committee directing the event.
Howard Sharp, longtime Preston employee and assistant manager, advances to manager of the shoe department at the J. C. Penney Store in Brigham. Sharp has spent about eighteen years with Penney and will be succeeded by Rondal Johnson at Preston.
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