Thatcher store and home gutted by Saturday blaze
A welders torch sparked a fire Saturday that leveled the Thatcher store and gutted the owner's house owned by Clyde Mendenhall. Damage estimated at about 50 000. Firefighters from Preston, aided by volunteers and Grace responders, battled the blaze as wind spread heat to a nearby storage plant.
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Thatcher
Preston Fire Department
Clyde~ Mendenhall
Cheif Davis
Chenf Davis
Grace Fire Department
Caribou
Davis
Clair Poole
Grace
Lawrence Weeks
Weston
Linrose
Preston
May 30 General Fishing Opens With High Streams
May 30 marks the general fishing season with reservoirs open in the area and streams expected to run high. Franklin County fish plants include 9 to 12 inch fish in most reservoirs, plus 5000 rainbow trout released at Condie reservoir for public trout fishing. Archers may shoot carp or suckers with bows where permitted, with valid licenses required at all times. Winder Reservoir prohibits fishing from boats or rafts after Franklin County commissioners action. Newton project bill to extend repayment period passes House. Senate previously approved.
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Guy Harris
Franklin County
Condie
Winder Reservoir
Free Kids Movie at Preston Postponed For Memorial Weekend
Merchants offer a free showing of Ma and Pa Kettle on the Farm for Preston children. The event, planned for Friday at 1 p.m., was moved to next week due to confusion from the prior Dollar Days advertisement.
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Preston
Ma and Pa Kettle
Preston Class 01 '24 To Hold Reunion
Preston High School Class of 1924 plans a reunion on May 29 at the American Legion Hall in Preston. Banquet at 6 p m features reminiscences and group pictures. Dr. Thomas E Rob inson, former student body president and physician in Salt Lake City, to speak. Principal George Barding and other alumni expected. Invitations extended to all associated with the class of 1924.
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Preston High School
American Legion Hall
Preston
Thomas E. Robinson
Srand
Robinson
Salt Lake City
George Barding
Thelma Keller
Mark Hart
Delan
Ada Condié
Elmo
Milo
Bertha Hobbs
Joseph
Goldie Christensen
Mark and
Clara Hart
Flite Club Plans Morning Fundraiser at Preston Airport
Preston Flite Club launches June 6 starting 6 a.m. at Preston Airport with a breakfast fundraiser. Logans skydivers perform while the Idaho Flying Farmer attends. Tickets grant a Las Vegas flight prize and rides, with penny a pound options and a $3 dual flight lesson.
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Flite Club
Preston
Taan
Preston Flite Club
Las Vegas
Stake Hears Council From Authorities Sessions Report
President W Dean Palmer presided over sessions with Visiting Elder Elggren of Salt Lake City and Elder Bromley. They urged temple work and family history, noted temple marriages rose to 64 percent in 1963 with a 66 and two thirds goal for 1964, and called for adherence to the council. The Weston and Preston High choirs provided music as testimonies and remarks were shared by stake leaders and local church members.
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W. Dean Palmer
Salt Lake City
Lewis Elggren
Francis C. Bromley
Elggren
Franklin Stake
Bromley
Wallace Jense
Dean Bingham
Orval Benson
Ruth Goff
Stake
Genealogical Society
Ryman Sharp
Samuel Alba
Weston Choir
Donna Fennesbeck
Nadine Buttars
Lorena Benson
Reed Brenchley
Temple
Ollie Howe Peterson
Lester Atkinson
Preston High Choir
County Schools Set 170 Seniors To Graduate Friday
About 170 seniors will receive diplomas in two graduation ceremonies at the high school gym Friday at 8 pm. West Side graduation features Wendell 0 Rich as speaker. Preston’s program cites Dr Edwin L Peterson as guest.
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West Side
Dayton
Lds Ward Chapel
Preston
Edwin L Peterson
Wendell O. Rich
Annie Hansen
LaRue Bastain
Dennis Phillips
Gloria Tomasi
Song
Anita Poulsen
RaeDene Sears
James Williams
Wendell 0. Rich
Robert §. Bliss
R. Porter
Cluff M. Kendall
Kent Aston
Anne Hansen
Kathryn Merrill
Brent Show
Amerian Heri
Lewiston Breeder Named National Holstein Delegate
Elis Taggart, a prominent registered Holstein breeder from Lewiston, has been elected a Utah delegate to the National Holstein Friesian association convention in Washington DC.
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Lewiston
Seniors Win Baugh and Pack Cup Contests
Deanna Merrill a Preston high school senior won the Baugh Cup while Kent Chatterton a Franklin senior won the Pack Cup. The events were held May 13 in the Preston High School auditorium with Nick Rust taking second in the Baugh Cup and Nancy Owen second in the Pack Cup. Horace Baugh and W D Pack sponsored the respective competitions.
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Deanna Merrill
Preston High School
Kent Chatterton
Franklin
Nick Rust
Kent
Nancy Owen
Horace Baugh
W. D. Pack
Poppy Day Observed as Legion Auxiliary Sells Poppies
Preston marks Poppy Day with American Legion Auxiliary volunteers selling handmade poppies by veterans at Boise Veterans Hospital. Winners announced in the Poppy Poster Contest include Kevin Auger and Jana Carpenter among top prizes. posters displayed during Poppy Week.
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Preston
American Legion Auxiliary
Boise
Veteran’s Hospital
France
Belgium
Kevin Auger
Wendy Peterson
LaRee
John Sparrow Granted Rail-A-Way Prefix for Holstein Herd
John Sparrow of Weston receives exclusive use of the prefix Rail-A-Way for all Registered Holstein cattle bred in that herd. The Holstein-Friesian Association of America grants the prefix, making it a permanent entry in official breed records at the national headquarters.
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John Sparrow
Weston
Namng
Holstein- Friesian Association of America
Former Preston Girl Wins National Teen Model Contest Nod
A 16-year-old former Preston girl who sings plays piano and acts in drama will represent Preston in the national teen model contest. Katie Porter, brown-eyed and daughter of Mr and Mrs T Porter of Pocatello, won judges over 12 peers. She stands five feet tall weighs 108 pounds with measurements 33 23 34. Runners up included Julie Jones 17 Highland High and Darlene Smith 16 Pocatello High. A $50 wardrobe prize was awarded by sponsor. If she places in the top ten she will receive a paid trip to New Orleans.
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Preston
Katie Porter
T. Porter
Pocatello
High Echoa
Stan Eet
Julie Jones
Highland High
O. G. Jones
Darlene
Kay Smith
Poodtella j‘High
Milton
Argo
New Behea
Eastside School District Elects New Director
Dr Leo R Hawkes defeated incumbent Dr David Cutler by 19 votes to win a seat on the Eastside school district board Tuesday ending Cutler 30 years of service. The tally was 124 Hawkes 105 Cutler with 229 total votes, up from 200 in 1958 when Cutler faced Lowell Smith.
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Leo R. Hawkes
Eastside
David Cutler
Cutler
Ida
Dr. Hawkes
Zone 5
Lowell Smith
Applications Sought for Farragut Idaho Youth Camp
Franklin county seeks applications for the Youth Camp at Farragut Idaho. Rep Mark Tart notes the program invites boys to attend and participate in a drawing to select attendees between May and June.
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Franklin County
Farragut
Idaho
Mark
Mae
June
Piers Aye Bete
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Utah
Jay Ransom
Lewis Davis
Gene Howe
Newton
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Barbara Mbride
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Reading
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Leigh Olsen
Phillip Choules
Stanley Packer
Oneida
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Janis Nelson
Christine Perry
Karen Manning
Charlotte Parry
LaRae Johnson
Pauls Palmer
Kristine Winn
Leslie Christensen
Pamela Nungesser
Andy Denton
Mary Ellen Larsen
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