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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1960
Page
10
A community contest at Preston focuses on a Who's Who guessing game with a jackpot that grows weekly. Readers deposit clues at local merchants to win cash, while letters discuss Indian labor issues and reflect on frontier history and migrant workers.
Notice of election published for the Democratic run off for United States senator. Balloting occurs Tuesday at regular precinct polling places from noon to 8 pm. Voters who used the Democratic primary are registered to vote. race features R K Bob McLaughlin Mountain Home and Gregg Potvin American Falls.
County Agent Daniel Roberts reported frost damaged crops across areas with canning peas beans and corn severely hit while cabbage and lettuce show stress. He advised immediate replanting with barley or oats for hay and keeping late peas irrigated to aid possible recovery.
Three men from Pocatello drowned last week when their boat capsized in Twin Lakes. Dan Thomas 56 Cater Carroll 42 both Union Pacific employees and Robert Pillar 30 Westvaco Chemical Division worker died. David William Armstrong 71 survived. The incident occurred about 100 feet offshore in 17 feet of water. All lacked swimming ability and none wore life jackets. Bodies were recovered and cremated in Pocatello.
Preston Jaycees and Jay-Cettes joined Montpelier Jaycees and Jay-Cettes for a canyon steak supper in Strawberry Canyon. Sixteen Preston members attended the dinner program, with about 60 people served.
Vernon McFarland prominent mink and dairy farmer of Franklin, 41, was crushed under an overturned Ferguson tractor pulling a loaded wagon on his Maple Creek ranch. Ernest Mylrole, 25, witnessed the mishap as they hauled hay down a grassy incline. McFarland died instantly. Mylrole escaped unharmed after riding on the fender. Survived by widow Nadine Lowe McFarland and six boys. Funeral set for Sunday at 1 p.m. in Franklin chapel.
The weekly Who's Who drawing at 3-K Service raises the jackpot to $72 plus $6 for guessing the identity. Mabel Cazier of Preston initially appeared correct but misread clues. Entries show increasing momentum with many votes and extra ballot boxes to Stan's Market Tanner's Men's Wear Classic Cleaners and Loyal Hansen Insurance.
The Eastside school district board voted April 11 to close Winder Elementary for economy and improvement reasons. An election held June 21 failed to reach two-thirds support, with 27 for and 40 against, 59.7 percent opposed. Banida School faces a similar closure with an Aug. 1 petition deadline.
Franklin County Sugar Co urged beet growers to irrigate as beets and cabbage largely escaped Monday night’s freeze. Beets suffered mainly in dry fields, outer leaf damage, while wet fields fared well. Temperature dropped to 28 degrees locally with heavier losses in Bancroft and Caribou county areas.
Espo Willlen announces a Saturday family event at Bear Lake with all Crane family members invited to attend.
Franklin Idaho prepares a two day centennial celebration marking the 1860 settlement with events including softball, a Kasai dance revue, wrestling, a 10 am parade, a 3 pm baseball game, vaudeville acts, fireworks at 9 pm and a free Saturday program with speaker Mark E Peterson and Judge Henry McQuade.
Franklin county Republican precinct committee men met Friday at the county courthouse to reorganize the central committee. Reed Long served as temporary chairman and Angus Condie as temporary secretary. New officers include Phenol Edgley county chairman Burnell Baird vice chairman Wanda Allen vice chairwoman Elvin Cutler state committeeman Barbara Panter state committeewoman Aphrodel Mitchell secretary William L Weber treasurer and Richard Stendricks finance chairman.
Terry Earl Corbridge of Ogden earned the Distinguished Rifle Medal from the National Rifle Association, becoming one of America's top junior riflemen. He completed hundreds of target shoots over months, climbing through 14 lower NRA junior ratings.
Roads engineer announces additional federal aid funds on a matching basis for Franklin county county roads. Board of county commissioners may use the funds for more road work in fiscal 1961.
Bids were opened June 21 in Boise for the construction of one National Guard Armory at Preston with Floyd Hathaway as the low bidder. The county commissioners approved the bid June 22 and Major James S Brooks of the Idaho Military Department was notified. Construction is expected to start at once on the site on North State Street in Preston. Mrs Ivan Cordingley and her son Carl returned home after a two week Denver vacation visiting a daughter and sister Mrs W Dale Brown and family. They traveled home via Cheyenne and Laramie.
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