Fish and Game Officials and FFA Plant 19000 Units to Stop Erosion
Idaho Fish and Game officials with Franklin County FFA members planted about 19 000 cuttings and plants in Bines wash on Deep Creek to anchor the eroding bank near Preston. Under supervision by Al Kyler and others, 40 FFA students from West Side High planted 11 000 hybrid poplar and willow and 8 000 golden willow, black locust, and Russian olive to curb the wash and reduce soil loss. If successful, more plantings may follow to improve Deep Creek and Five Mile Creek conditions.
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Idaho Fish and Game Department
Franklin County Fish and Game Assn
al Kyler
Bob Crossbeer
Dean Davis
Ira Clark
Bud” Hadfield
The
Soil Conservation Service
County Fish and Game Association
J. A. Davies
West’ Side
Future Farmers of America
Pines Wash
Deep Creek
Marvin Jensen
Alma Winward
Winward
Howard Holden
David Smart
Don Archibald
Idaho Fish and Game Dept
Carlson Singers Prepare Concert in Preston
The Carlson singers led by Mrs. A G Carlson will give an 8 p m concert on May 14 at Franklin stakehouse, a well known girls chorus from northern Utah and southern Idaho, part of several performances for the spring festival in Preston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlson Singers
Franklin Stakehouse
A. G. Carlson
Utah
Idaho
Preston
Private Caitle to Be Welcomed With City Holiday
News service dispatches report the second group of repatriated war prisoners traveling home by freedom airlift. Pvt Wayne T Cottle of Preston arrives Salt Lake City from San Francisco and is to be greeted at the state line with a ceremony in Preston. Local officials plan a city holiday to honor his return and a welcome home event at the courthouse, with merchants and civic groups supporting the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedom
Preston
Wayne T. Cottle
United’ Nations
Pfe. Cottle
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
State Line
Areta Cottle
Chamber of Commerce
Rulon Dunn
Pasture Tour Scheduled Tuesday for Franklin County Farms
An irrigated pasture tour to observe grass and clover varieties and management will be held next Tuesday starting at 1 30 p m from the county courthouse parking lot. County Agent Daniel Roberts said extension dairyman G C C Anderson of Boise will discuss Caldwell experiment station results on varieties fertilizer trials and management systems. All Franklin County farmers are invited to attend.
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Franklin County
Daniel Roberts
G. C C. Anderson
Extension Dairyman
Boise
Caldwell Experiment Station
Marilyn Packer Wins First in Vocal Contest
Marilyn Packer, Prestom High senior, won the Worley cup contest now Horace Baugh cup held Friday. She excelled at district and state music festivals with accompanist LeRene Christensen. runners up were Larry Winger and Joan Johnson.
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Marilyn Packer
Prestom High School
Miss Packer
Estus Packer
LeRene Christensen
Larry Winger
Joan Johnson
Winger
Joseph
Preston Motor Sales to Open in Preston After Purchase
DeGraff, 38, a Heber City native and BYU graduate, buys Western Motor 3 sales and related firms from C. Howell. The new business, Preston Motor Sales, will operate from May 1 with staff staying on as DeGraff, a WWII Navy veteran, seeks to build local ties and expand auto and truck sales in the Utah town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeGrath
Heber City
C. Howell
Lundberg “Motor ‘.Co
Logan
DeGraff
Preston Mo‘tor
West Side School Levy Vote Planned for Monday
The West Side school district 202 election runs Monday from 2 to 8 p m in the Dayton high school to authorize a five mill levy plus the existing 25 mills. The levy would offset four and or eight mills last year and aims to raise about 161 500 dollars to fund next year’s operations.
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West Side
Dayton
Board of Trustees
Road Project Preston Red Rock Starts Soon
Sealed bids for highway work on the Preston Red Rock route will open in Boise on May 26 per State Highway Engineer E V Miller. The project covers 1 945 miles from Bear River near Preston Airport east to Preston with road mix bituminous surface and a 253 foot concrete bridge replacing the old Bear River steel bridge. Completion is required in 140 working days.
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Preston-Red Rock
Boise
Earle .V. Miller
Miller
Bear River
Preston
Local IH Dealer Reports Reductions In Truck Prices
Preston dealer Dean Jensen owner of Jensen's IH reported a significant price cut by International Harvester on R series trucks from light to light heavy duty. Price drops range 3.5 to 10.6 percent across R-180 to R-120 pickup models, with former list prices falling from 87 to 152 dollars.
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Dean Jensen
Jensen’s
Preston
Pocatello
International Harvester Company
Jensen
Fie
Town Baseball Nine Sets First Practice
The Preston town team in the Utah-Idaho league schedules its first practice next Monday at 6 30 PM in the high school stadium. Interested players are invited to attend the session.
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Preston
Preston Dollar Saving Days kickoff weekend sale
One of the greatest merchandise promotions sponsored by Preston merchants begins Friday and runs through Saturday. The event, named Preston Dollar Saving Days, offers hundreds of dollars in savings as specials at about 50 local stores.
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Preston
Preston Citizen
Earl’s
Golden Rule
J. C.penney’, Co
Block
A. & I. Furniture 'Co
Ern
Preston Seminary To Graduate 105 on May Fifteenth
The Thirty-first annual commence ment exercises of the Preston LDS seminary will be held Friday evening May 15 at 8 p.m. Ernest Eberhard Jr. announces 105 graduates. The program includes scriptural teachings, addresses by Kent Benson and Patricia Swainston, and performances by the girls chorus under Marilyn Packer.
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Preston Seminary
Preston
LDS Seminary
Ernest Eberhard, Jr
Eberhard
Dhe
Frahklin
Stakehouse
Collette ‘Eber
Sharon ‘Nuffer
Cleo Hulet
Joan’ “Larsen
Sharron’ Garrett
Maxine “Poole
Gwen Schenk
Sandra Davis
Douglas Palmer
4Ion
Marilyn Packer
Colleen Swainston
Collette Eberhard
Kent Benson
Patricia Swainston
Richard Edgley
Lorraine Auger
Carolyn Bennett
Roma Bergquist
Mereda Corbridge
Lovell Cottle
Peggy Ann Fellows
Sharrol Garrett
Peggy Joyce Hampton
Betty Jean Johnson
Joan Larsen
Jane Marie Matthews
Ann Merrill
Patsy
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Wong
FFA Boys
Bines Wash
Fred Bines
Preston Youth
Marilyn
Packer
Western Motor 3
Pontiac Automobile
GMC
Dale Degraff
Wade
Red Rock
Lynn McKinlay
KSL
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