Primary Elections For County Races In Franklin County
Two days remain for candidates to file for party nominations ahead of the June 11 primary. Key races include county treasurer, assessor, sheriff, commissioners, and county attorney with multiple incumbents and potential challengers mentioned.
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Franklin County
Wallace Olsen
Harold Oliverson
Franklin
Olsen
A. C. Hull
Angus Condie
Preston
Condie H
P. M. Condie
A. W. Hart
Cleo Swenson
Hospital Notes and New Arrivals Dates
Hospital notes discharge Mrs Dean Smith and a newborn. New arrivals include a daughter for Mr and Mrs Wm LeFevre of Franklin on May 1 and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Ernest Schow on May 3. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Stanley Faulkner of Downey on May 5 and Raymond Bosworth on May 7. Entered Lamar Panter of Cleveland for surgery.
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Dean Smith
New Baby
Riverdale
Clyde Porter
Fred Warner
Wm. LeFevre
Franklin
Ernest Schow
Raymond Bosworth
Stanley Faulkner
Downey
Lamar Panter
Cleveland
Railway Promises Track Bed Renovation For Preston
Mayor Edwin Crockett and Mel Reeves of the Preston chamber meet USC railroad officials in Ogden to discuss rebuilding parts of the south State track bed. After talks with general manager Mr Malley, officials promise another visit to Preston to review options. Civic leaders hope the work occurs this year.
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Edwin Crockett
Mel Reeves
Preston Chamber of Commerce
USC Railroad
Ogden
South State
Mr. Malley
Preston
Twelve Teams To Play Ball In Cache Valley League
The Cache Valley baseball league formed for a full season after a Sunday Richmond meeting. Twelve teams start play Saturday at 4 pm with Trenton vs Southwest Lewiston, Newton vs Weston, and Cornish vs Clarkston. Western division matches include Lewiston at Richmond and Hyde Park at North Logan. Eastern division features Reelect officers and continued leadership by President C B Brig Johnson, VP Julius Jenson, and Sec Treas James W Seamons. Continuous season plans follow prior wartime pause.
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Cache Valley Baseball League
Richmond
Trenton
Lewiston
Newton
Weston
Cornish
Clarkston
Smithfield
Franklin
Hyde Park
North Logan
C. B
Brig” Johnson
Julius Jenson
James W. “Jimmy” Seamons
Twenty Five Men Given Military Discharges
The local selective service office lists twenty five men who filed discharge papers in the past two weeks. Names include Robert Odell Ward Reed Parkinson Larson Raymon Ransbottom Howard Shrives Howard J. Smith Franklin J. Smith Robert Rawlins Erland Page Orrin Larsen David Merrill DeRay Crockett Reed Crockett Lavon Jensen Leonard Nelson Russell Howell Wilford Hansen Jesse Lopez Alonzo Talbot Ronald Geisler Wendell Checketts Devor Hampton James Clark Lavon Palmer Ben Hopkins.
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Office of Selective Service
Robert Odell Ward
Reed Parkinson Larson
Raymon W. Ransbottom
Howard Alfard Shrives
Howard J. Smith
Franklin J. Smith
Robert W. Rawlins
Erland Don Page
Orrin W. Larsen
David Kenneth Merrill
DeRay G. Crockett
Reed H. Crockett
Vinton M. Merrill
Laval M. Jensen
Leonard D. Nelson
Russell F. Howell
Idaho Allied Civic Forces push liquor prohibition ballot purge
The Idaho Allied Civic Forces moved to place three measures on the November ballot to outlaw liquor sales in counties with 55 percent opposition, classify liquor advertising as a misdemeanor, and end locker clubs with liquor. Each petition requires 21 000 qualified signatures before initiative items go on the ballot. The proposals aim to ban advertising and restrict temperance in liquor consumption statewide.
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Idaho Allied Civic Forces
Allied Civic Forces
Secretary of State
Idaho
Dayton Station Cuts Staff After Hourly Closure
Dayton railroad station reduces operators from three to two and will be closed from 11 p m to 7 a m daily. Passengers to northern and western points must arrange with the station before 11 p m, with trains 29 and 33 listed for midnight and 3 07 a m. Western Union telegram service also limited.
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Dayton
Merrill Capner
Cache Junction
Butte
Montana
Idaho Falls
Points
Portand
Seattle
Northwest Points
Western Union Telegram
Preston Mayor Urges National Clean-up Campaign
Mayor E A Crockett urges Preston citizens to participate in the National Clean-up Paint-up and Fix-up campaign beginning May 20. He emphasizes persistent effort in cleaning painting planting repairing and beautification to improve health housing and civic pride and to attract visitors.
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Preston
Preston youth wins top steer at Idaho Falls junior show
Rulon Winger of Preston Route 2 topped 188 head at the Idaho Falls Junior Livestock show with an 1100 pound hereford steer. His calf sold for 35 dollars per hundred weight to Idaho Livestock Auction Co. The event drew cattle from Salmon Oakley and Preston with Winger also placing second in fitting and showing.
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Rulon Winger
Idaho Falls
Preston
Oakley
Salt Lake City
Utah
Daniel Roberts
Rulon
FFA
Jon
Idaho Livestock ‘Auction
At-Idaho
Falls
Clougherty
Byos
Meat
Packing Company
Los’ Angeles
Franklin—county
4-H
Johnson May Enter House Race
Observers expected Ben Johnson a local attorney and civic leader to reenter the race for the House of Representatives after withdrawing from the U S Senate primaries. He said his candidacy was influenced by Dworshak delaying his announcement and pledged support for the eventual nominee amid a Republican field including Max Cohn Hamer Budge and John Sanborn.
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Ben Johnson
U. S. Senate
House of Representatives
Daily Press
Johnson
Rep
Dworshak
Max Cohn
Arimo
Hamer Budge
Boise
John Sanborn
Hagerman
Landslide Dams Bear River Near Thatcher Utah
About one o'clock Monday a landslide dammed Bear River near Thatcher. The Wright home and nearby buildings were flooded as water backed up to the Mendenhall service station. Utah Power and Light workers initially planned blasting but the river found a new channel after hours and began flowing toward a new Kowkees.
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Leslie Wright
Thatcher
Bear River
Mendenhall
Utah Power and Light
Kowkees
County Agent touts spring drive on field squirrels
County Agent Roberts says now is the right time for a spring campaign against field squirrels and offers poison oats and rat bait at his court house office to assist farmers in eradicating the pest.
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Roberts
Court House
Citizens Committee Forms to Study Teacher Salaries
A citizens committee was named to study possibilities of securing additional funds for the Preston Independent School district to raise teacher salaries. The group includes Elvin Cutler temporary chairman and five members. The drive aims for about $20,000 in extra funds to enable a $500 annual raise per teacher.
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Preston Independent
Mark Hart
Darlene Condie
Robert Bunker
Citizens Committee
Elvin Cutler
T. R. Bowden
Harlan Simmons
David Cutler
Cliff Warr
L. V. Merrill
Rotary Meets Sans Bill Fryer Adjourns in Lively Fashion
Preston Rotary Club adjourned amid good humor as Bill Fryer missed the second straight meeting since becoming a father. Delegates chosen for the International Convention in New York City include President-elect Harold Swift and Bill Shumway with Bill Davis and Ray Bright as alternates. District Governor Joe Cushman urged attendance at the 110th district convention in Ogden. Guests included Dean Swift, Al Withers, and Joe Nichols.
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Preston
New York City
Harold Swift
Bill Shumway
Bill Davis
Ray Bright
Joe Cushman
Breefly
Odgen
Dean Swift
Harold
al Withers
State Aeronautical
Joe Nichols
Salt Lake City
Pre School Clinic Set at Central School May Twenty Second
The PTA calls a preschool clinic at Central School on Wednesday May 22 from 8 to 10 30 AM. Parents must bring a town birth certificate. Children must be six by November 1 to enroll this fall. A county clinic follows May 29 at the same venue with identical preparations.
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PTA
Preston City
Barfus’s Daughter Wins 1946 Worley Cup at Preston High
The winner of the Worley cup for 1946 is announced as the daughter of Mr and Mrs George Barfus of this city. She earned the signal honor at Preston High School for her achievements.
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George Barfus
Preston High School
Seminary Graduation Set for May Nineteenth at Franklin Stake House
One hundred thirteen students will receive certificates of graduation on Sunday May nineteenth at 8 p m in the Franklin stake house. Principal Ern est Eberhard Jr and Alvin Harris directed a student program as the list of graduates includes numerous individuals such as Anna Lou Ainscough Gene N Allen Curtis R Allen Winston Smith Anderson Keith Anderson Valgene Ashcroft Carma Baker Clara Louise Barfus Kathleen Virginia Beckstead Amaryllis Beckstead Thayle Bell Evan A Bergquist Eloise Rosen Marilyn Bright Arlene Carter Faye B Casperson Owen Charters LaVere A Choules Barbara Choules Louise Martha Christensen Junior Cole Cla rice Cole Dallas N Cole Phyllis Cole Ronald Corbridge Eugene L Corbridge Verlan Crockett Dwayne Davis Nola Doney Emma Lou Egbert LuDene Eline Donna Ray Evans Wilda Fackrell Audrey Fellows Bonnie Fellows Kay V Follett Barbara Forsgren Coy Forsgren Luella Fortie Vaughn Geisler Don Gilbert Billie Lou Gill Shirley Greaves Donna Grace Griffith Mary Veyn Griffiths Thomas F Hansen
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Franklin County Seminary
Franklin Stake House
Principial
Ernest Eberhard, Jr
Alvin Harris
Ainscough
Anna Lou
Gene N
Allen
Curtis R
Winston Smith
Anderson
Keith
Valgene
Ashcroft
Carma
Baker
Clara Louise
Barfus
Kathleen Virginia
Beckstead
Amaryllis
Thayle
Bell
Evan A
Bergquist
Eloise
Rosen
Marilyn
Bright
Arlene
Carter
Faye B
Casperson
Owen
Charters
LaVere
Choules
Barbara
Louise Martha
Christensen
Junior
Cole
Clarice
Dallas N
Phyllis
Ronald
Corbridge
Eugene L
Verlan
Crockett
Dwayne
Davis
Nola
Doney
Emma Lou
Egbert
LuDene
Eline
Donna Ray
Evans
Wilda
Fackrell
Audrey
Fellows
Bonnie
Kay V
Follett
Forsgren
Coy
Luella
Fortie
Vaughn
Geisler
Don
Gilbert
Billie Lou
Gill
Shirley
Greaves
Donna Grace
Griffith
Mary Veyn
Griffiths
Thomas F
Hansen
Clifton Village Plans Big Clean-Up Day Saturday
Plans call for a village wide clean-up with Ladies to tidy the church house and men using tractors to work on Soldiers' Memorial park. A noon luncheon will be served followed by a bonfire and wiener roast for the ward in the evening.
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Clifton
Soldiers’ Memorial Park
Wage Scale Set For Franklin County After Wednesday Hearing
Franklin county farmers and workers attended a wage hearing at the courthouse with Daniel Roberts presiding. The wage board chaired by Jed Lewis and including Ivan Geary Tom Boyle and Carl Nielsen announced farm season scales: Unskilled 65 cents per hour or 100 dollars per month plus housing. Skilled 195 dollars per month plus house garden spot and milk. Beet labor by the acre and seed segmentation rates. Beet hoeing 4 dollars for first hoeing and 3 dollars for subsequent hoeings.
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Franklin County
Court House
Daniel Roberts
Jed Lewis
Ivan Geary
Tom Boyle
Carl Nielson
Rain Lifts Franklin County Crops Amid Dry Spell
A light 0.16 inch rainfall Wednesday spurs optimism for Franklin county farmers after a long dry spell. Cloudy, shower-prone forecasts persist for southern Idaho with beet seed germination aided. 300 German POWs will join 20 camp staff at Whitney for beet thinning, and 200 Mexican nationals arrive May 25 to work at a mobile camp west of Preston.
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Franklin County
Idaho
McCammon
Downey
Swan Lake
Whitney
Johnson
Suigar Company
Mobile
Preston
Kathileen Barts Wins Worley Cup Vocal Trophy
Fifteen Preston high school vocalists performed before a large crowd on Tuesday for the seventh Worley Cup contest. Kathileen Barfus, junior daughter of Mr and Mrs George Barfus, was selected by Professor Goransen of Pocatello as the 1946 winner. Goransen named Barfus and Betty Hogan as outstanding contestants and Blair Gibbons as outstanding male contestant. Petterborg presented the ring award. Other notable contestants included Delore Wallgren Laren Bright George Crockett Carl Bingham Mark Jensen Ramona Keller and many more.
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Preston High School
Kathleen Barfus
George Barfus
Goransen
Pocatello
U of I
Barrus
Betty Hogan
Blair Gibbons
Lyle Shipley
Petterberg
Eugene Worley
Theo Petterborg
Preston
Petterborg
Wednesday's Hog Shipment Is Largest This Year
The hog pool this week shipped 284 hogs to Cudahy Packing Company in North Salt Lake, bringing farmers $10,500. The next pool will ship May 22 and must be listed at the county agent's office by 4 p.m. on May 18. Bring them in early.
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Cudahy Packing Company
North Salt Lake
Preston
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Emma Callan
Mae Geddes
Lucy Tanner
Roy G. Tanner
Emma Davis
Palmer
Wm. G. Palmer
Fred Hawkes
Hawkes
Funk
Ocket
Mallow
Lee Hansen
Lowell Neeley
Neeley
Lewis Bingham
West Side Farmer and Stockman
Bingham
D. Ariel Nash
Cache Valley League
E. A. Crockett
Steer
I. F
Rotary
Bill
Central School
Worley Cup
Clifton Village
Kathileen Barts
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