Preston mayor and councilmen seek reelection at public meeting
At a Franklin county courthouse gathering Friday night Mayor Rulon Dunn and Councilmen Ownes Baur and Virgil Knudson announced plans to run again in the April 26 municipal election. About 75 Preston residents attended as Baur opened the session and Dunn praised city crews and the police department for recent accomplishments.
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Franklin County
Rulon
Dunn
Ownes Baur
Virgil Knudson
Preston
Baur
George Lambirth
Police Department
Harold Campbell
Ston
Personnel changes announced this week by Implement Firm
The agency announces Gerald L. Bair as field salesman for the firm. He has prior experience in sales and will assume duties immediately. A photo credit notes the one minute Poleroid image by The Citizen, with continued details on page 5.
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Poleroid
Gerald L. Bair
Local Wool Growers Plan Annual Meeting Here
Franklin County Wool Growers hold their annual meeting Thursday at 8 p m in the county courthouse courtroom. Officers will be elected and discussion will cover the 1955 wool sale under a new government program. E F Rinehart of Boise will attend and explain wool handling and sheep-keeping methods tested in Idaho's Magic Valley.
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Franklin County Wool Growers
Marketing Association
Franklin County
Ariel Barnes
E. F. Rinehart
Boise
University of Idaho
Rinehart
Magic Valley
Idaho
Eames
Knife and Fork Club to Hear Scientist Presenter
Preston Knife and Fork club hosts Dr. Gerald Wendt for a dinner meeting at the Franklin County courthouse on Friday April 8. Wendt, a leading science interpreter, will discuss What to Expect from Science and its impact on American business and daily life.
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Preston Knife and Fork Club
Gerald Wendt
America
Franklin County
Wendt
Wenit
Paris
University of Chicago
Penn State
Union
Jerry
Shrives Begins Eight Weeks Basic at Fort Carson
Pvt. Ronald J. Shrives son of Mr and Mrs A J Shrives of Franklin has arrived at Fort Carson Colorado for eight weeks of basic combat training with Company H 8th Infantry Regiment nicknamed Golden Arrow. He will learn M 1 rifle bayonet drill and close combat as instructors many of them World War II and Korean War veterans guide him, while the 13th infantry regiment traces its lineage to 1798 and bears the motto First at Vicksburg.
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Ronald J. Shrives
A. J.shrives
Franklin
Milehigh
Fort Carson
Colo
Pike’s Peak
Shrives
8Th Infantry
Golden Arrow
Ias
Kis Carson
Colorado Springs
Rocky Mountains
13Th Infantry
Normandy
Ardennes
Vicksburg
Ulysses S. Grant
Snow survey shows below average water content in Bear Lake area
March 29 measurements along the Strawberry Shar summit snow course near Bear Lake county report water content at 18.57 inches, about 74 percent of the long time average 25.1 inches. Data support runoff forecasts used by Utah Experiment Station Irrigation Division.
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Bear Lake County
Thomas Levy
Utah Experiment Station
Division of Irrigation
Jay B. Hann
Paris
Paris, Ida
Joe Rowsell
The
Soil Conservation Service
Lance Townley
Idaho State Fish and Game Department
Montpelier
Game Department
Boots and Saddle Club Announces 1955 Ride Schedule
Preston Boots and Saddle club unveils its 1955 season withApril 24 first ride led by Les Dunkley Ray Ransbottom Cecil Beckstead and Glen Gambles. Upcoming rides include May 15 Williams Creek under Joe Fellows Donald Baxter Willard Warner Blaine Dunn. June 5 Litz Basin El Hull Clyde Oliverson Jack Anderson Arlo Howell. June 25 26 Eight Mile with Bill Randall Owen Ames Alton Nash Abel Hansen Harry Miles. July 10 Cottonwood Merl Henderson Blaine Davis Cal Henderson Hugh Keller. August 7 Thomas Springs Owens Baur Harold Winn Gene Anderson Don Pinson Dick Farnes. September 4 5 Logan Canyon committee includes H W Stevens AL Stocks Reed Henderson Don Martin J D Farnes. Tom Hull president Dell Stanger secretary.
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Preston Boots
Saddle Club
Uae
Johnson Hills
Les
Dunkley
Ray Ransbottom
Cecil
Beckstead
Glen Gambles
Willams Creek
Joe Fellows
Donald Baxter
Willard Warner
Blaine ‘Dunn
Coeck
Harold ~ Winn
Dear Ruth to Play at Preston High in April
The Thespian club selects a cast for Dear Ruth a romantic comedy by Norman Krasna to be staged the week of April 18 for students and the public. Cast includes Eon Wilkins Camille Robin Miriam Wilkins Nancy Teenton Judge Harry Wilkins Larry Benson Edith Wilkins Miggs Merrill Dora Kay.
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Ruth
Thespian Club
Preston High School
Norman Krasna
Eon Wilkins
Camille Robin
Miriam Wilkins
Nancy Teenton
Harry Wilkins
Larry Benson
Edith Wilkins
Miggs
Merrill
Dora
Kay
Slide Photograph Contest At Preston High School
A slide photographs contest for best projection will be held in the Preston High School auditorium on April 16 judged by W Prof Bert Allen of USAC. The public may enter to compare slides in subjects such as scenic people buildings children flowers animals historic celebrations and unique slides. Send three or four slides to William Craner by April 7.
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Preston High School
Wprof
Bert Allen
USAC
William Craner
Prestmont Declamation Contest Selections Set for Regional
At Preston High School the annual declamation contest held Saturday selected six finalists from fourteen participants. Nancy Greaves and Phillip Nash earned superior ratings. Lenore Rasmussen Evelyn Edgley Charlotte Owen and Kay Thatcher earned excellent or good ratings. The five top performers advance to represent Prestmont at Pocatello on April 2 for the regional competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Thatcher
Pocatello
Attorney To Speak At Fairview Farm Bureau Meeting
Oliver Choules announces a public talk by Lloyd Browning on wills deeds and other family legal documents at 8 p.m. next Wednesday in the Fairview chapel. Browning is the Idaho State Farm Bureau federation lawyer and a noted family law authority.
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Fairview Farm Bureau
Oliver Choules
Fairview
Lloyd Browning
Pocatello
Idaho State Farm Bureau Federation
Fairview Chapel
Annual Baler School Slated Here Tomorrow
The New Holland baler school is set to begin tomorrow at 60 North State Street. Tractor Implement Inc will conduct the event with Mr Burton and Mr Barton coordinating. movies and refreshments will be offered.
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Peterson
Builing
North State
Barton
Steve
White
Tractor Implement, Inc
Burton
Franklin youths honored after military service discharge
Franklin county selective service director Faye Houk lists seven youths discharged from the armed forces including Oris Corbridge Preston Darris Olsen Talbot Hollingsworth Chadwick and Harris. The group received medals such as national defense service, good conduct, army navy occupation, and Korean service medals. Neal Reeder will report for induction at Fort Douglas on April 7.
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Franklin County
Faye Houk
Franklin “County
Oris Lorenzo Corbridge
Preston
Army
National Defense Service
White D. Johnson
Germany
Darris Jack Olsen
Franklin
John ‘Darwin’ Talbot
National Defense
Paul ‘M. ‘Hollingsworth
Navy
William Earl. Chadwick
William Glen Harris
United ‘Nations
Houk
Neal Reeder
Star Route
Fort Douglas
Lynn T Johnson Wins Promotion
Lt Lynn T Johnson formerly of Preston has been promoted to first lieutenant. He is a Preston High School 1949 graduate and University of Idaho 1953 alum. He attended meteorology school at UCLA and serves with Detachment 10 4th Weather Squadron at Paine AFB. His wife Sharon and two children Shari Lynn and Kevan live in Everett Washington.
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Sharon Vole
Shari Lynn
Kevan
Everett, Wash
Recreation Plans Formulated For Preston Summer Fun
Plans by the Preston city recreation committee outline baseball and junior league teams, softball leagues for boys and girls, swimming, tennis, and park picnics. A meeting for sponsoring softball teams is set for April 18 at 8 p.m. in the chamber of commerce office, entry deadline for the league.
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Preston
Mear
Glen Oliverson
Preston City Recreation
Chamber of Commerce
Erm Britenbeker
Preston FFA Hosts Annual Father and Son Banquet
Preston FFA entertained 220 members and guests at the annual father and son banquet in the Franklin stakehouse recreation hall. Walter Knapp served as toastmaster. Clair Rosen, former Preston FFA president and Idaho association VP, spoke on FFA benefits and future plans for farm boys working with fathers.
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Preston
America
Franklin
Stakehouse
Lynn Bennett
Jay Gregory
Supt
W.H. Simmions
FFA
Delos Bennett
W. Dean Palmer
EFA
Hot Foots
Clair Rosen
Idaho Association of Ffa
Preschool clinic set for Central school April 6 and 7
A preschool clinic will be held at Central School, Preston. On April 6 for West Side, Franklin, Whitney, Fairview, Winder and Banida children and on April 7 for Central Oneida Station Riverdale Mink Creek beginners. Registration starts at 9 with birth certificates and a bath towel per child.
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Central School
Preston
West
Lone Rock DUP Observes Birthday
The Lone Rock DUP birthday party is scheduled in the Weston chapel on April 7 at 8 p m in pioneer costumes or percale dresses and overalls. A Lone Rock camp memory note recalls pioneers who settled in Weston in April 1865 and endured hardships.
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Weston
Lone’ Rock
Weston Chapel
Lone_Rock
Fish and Game Association Calls Meeting
Franklin County Fish and Game association holds a membership meeting Monday April 4 at 8 p m in Preston Chamber of Commerce rooms. Topic is Big Game Seasons and Regulations. Officials hope for a large crowd.
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Franklin
County Fish and Game Association
Preston Chamber of Commerce
Twenty Five Dogs Destroyed in March Licensing Crackdown
Chief Harold R. Campbell announced Preston police destroyed 25 dogs in March as part of a dog licensing program. He noted 170 licenses issued but many dogs remain unlicensed, prompting enforcement actions.
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Preston
Harold R. Campbell
Easter Egg Hunt Set for April 9 at Preston Park
The Preston Chamber of Commerce and the Jaycees sponsor the Easter egg hunt on Saturday April 9 at 2 p.m. DeMar Merrill chairs the event for children ages one to eight. Eggs are prepared by homemaking classes directed by Helen Condie and colored by the Jay-C-Ettes under Joyce Gunnell. The park area will be roped off by age group to ensure all find eggs.
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Preston Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
DeMar Merrill
Helen Condie
Joyce Gunnell
Hawkes Heads to Boston for Radiology Training
Dr. Leo R. Hawkes has been accepted by Harvard Medical School to study radiology. He and Mrs. Hawkes left Sunday for Boston, where he will spend April at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital for the course.
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Leo R. Hawkes
Harvard : University Medicalz School
Dr. D. Richard Paull Fatally Injured in Idaho Collision
Funeral services were held Monday in Idaho Falls for Dr. D. Richard Paull 39 a prominent local physician son of Mrs. George Paull Preston who died from injuries sustained in a two car crash Friday night at 9 49 PM. The crash occurred at an Idaho Falls intersection when a car driven by William Berrett 18 Roberts collided with Paull s station wagon. Berrett s car then spun 46 feet and ended facing south with three teenagers riding in his vehicle.
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Idaho Falls
Berrett
Dr. Paull
Ezra T Benson to Attend Whitney Church Dedication
Ezra T. Benson member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and secretary of agriculture will offer the dedicatory prayer at the Whitney church dedication next Tuesday at 7 30 p m. The remodeled and enlarged Whit ney church includes a new chapel five classrooms a junior Sunday school department and other facilities. Franklin stake President Henry Rawlings among speakers.
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Ezra T. Benson
Council of Twelve
Church of Jesus Christ
Latter-day Saints
Relief Society
Franklin Stake
Henry Rawlings
Mrs Marilyn Hull Hurt In Toboggan Mishap Saturday
Mrs Marilyn Hull sustained a basilar skull fracture after a toboggan accident while sledding in Cub River Canyon near Deer Cliff Inn. She was taken to Preston Hospital and later reported as recovering satisfactorily. she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J U Nash of Weston.
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Merilyn’ Nash
Hull
Gilbert Hull
Evemae
Kim Johnson
Logan
Cub River Canyon
Deer Cliff Inn
Preston ‘Hospital
Weston
New Conoco Station Opens Here Thursday
Preston's new 30,000 Conoco service station opens today at First North and State, replacing the Kilgore site torn down a year ago. Manager Ruel Keller, Mink Creek dormer, brings auto service experience after a three year USAC course in mechanics and 22 months of Army service. Keller is married to Shirley Henderson and has two children.
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Preston
Conoco
Ruel Keller
First North
State
Kilgore
Keller
USAC
Utah Poultry
Shirley Henderson
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Willis R. ‘Burton
Peterson’ ‘Tractor
Gerald
Bair
Richard
Scientist
Ronald S. Shrives
Lynn T. Johnson
Lone Rock Dup
Fish and Game Assn
D.richard Paull
Whitney Rites
LDS Church
Marilyn. Hull
New Conoco
Robert ‘H.‘Haworth
J. D. Nutt
Eighth Army
Korea
Haworth
Horace Haworth
Utah State College
U.S. Army
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