Street signs installed in Preston by Lions club
Preston completes installation of two way street signs at major intersections. Lions club donated signs and fittings totaling about 568 dollars with city providing posts and mounting. Civic committee led by Howard H Johnson worked with Mayor Rulon Dunn and council to fund the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Preston Lions Club
Civic Committee of the Lions
Howard H. Johnson
Rulon Dunn
Liang Club
Seach
Johnson
Edwin Nuffer
Melvin‘ Westerberg
H.b.~-Young
Lions Club
Mayor O Sherwin Webb Wears First Poppy
Mayor O Sherwin Webb wore a bright red poppy today as the first of hundreds to be distributed in Preston Saturday by women of the American Legion Auxiliary and junior auxiliary. Jeannie Webb presented the flower to the mayor, and the poppies were made by disabled veterans of three wars as crepe paper replicas of the Flanders fields poppy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Sherwin Webb
Preston
American Legion Auxiliary
Junior Auxiliary
Jeannie Webb
Lewis Webb
Flanders Fields
Europe
Shut-Ins Day Set For June 5 In Preston
Preston will observe Shut-In Day on June 5 led by Idaho Shut-Ins Day president Mrs Olive Erickson. The event honors citizens confined to beds or wheelchairs in homes or care facilities and notes that veterans in hospitals or at home should not be overlooked. The observance originated with Ernest Barker, a young Canadian shut-in, to raise public awareness of the disabled community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Olive Erickson
Idaho
Ernest Barker
Friends
Induction List Details Nine Recruits and Two Volunteers
The article lists nine inductees released recently with medals for national defense service and other honors. It notes two volunteers for active duty, and indicates a June 1 forwarding with June 2 physical examinations for three named individuals including Robert S. Fulton Jr. from Preston and Clifton men Andrew Hodges and Kenneth Haddon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Andy
Wwére
Faye Houk
Sollective Service Board
Elmer Eugene Oliverson
Preston
Army of Occupation
Germany
National Defense Service
Boyd Dean Redington
Oxford
National Defense
Orson Bodily
Raymond D. Naef
Franklin
Clifton
Cornell M. Jensen
Natonal Defense Service
Norman
E. Corbridge
Paul
Gregory Sharp
Reed K. Westover
United Nations
Sherald
Nelson
Day
Navy
China
United Nations ‘Service
Tihayne
K. K
Hodges
Kenneth Dee Heddon
Fort Douglas
Robert S. Fulton, Jr
Preston High Indians Fourth in Regional Meet
Preston High trackmen finished fourth at the regional meet held at Rexburg on Ricks College field. Idaho Falls won with 36 points, while Pocatello and Rigby trailed. Cutler tied Wil son of Rigby for first in high jump at five feet one inch. Preston’s 880 relay took second. Griffiths won the mile in 4 44.5, Oliverson was second in the 440.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston High School
Ricks College
Rigby
Griffiths
Preston
Oliverson
Four-H Leaders to Attend Training Convention
Franklin County junior and senior 4-H club leaders will join a three day training program at Alpine Wye May 31 to June 2. The event sponsors include eastern Idaho 4-H camp association and University of Idaho extension service. A staff of 16 will lead recreation and handicraft activities for 125 leaders and 650 4-H members.
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Franklin
Alpine
Wye
Franklin County
Eastern Idaho
Franklin- “Scounty
Teryl Gibson
Betty
Jo. Nelson
Robert
Larsen
Horatio
Gregory
Carol
Smith
Kathryn “Wilde
Keith
Gibson
Daniell Gamble
Ruth Lynne Bodily
Jolene Fellows
Neal Nelson
Carma
Sphow
Janelyn -Auger
Naomi Perkins
Leona’Heath
Bertha
Hobbs
Ellen Gibson
Ellen “Roberts
Loretta Eend
Idaho Day Plans At Franklin For June Event
Plans are underway for a two day Idaho day celebration at Franklin on Tuesday and Wednesday June 14 and 15. Leonard Butterworth is general chairman with Wilford Hatch Reed Jamison Cecil Woodward Mrs Thora Geddes Victor Jensen ig Corbridge Charles Ralph and Daughters of Utah Pioneers taking roles. Idaho Pioneer association board members include William Robinson president Bernice Parkinson vice president Cecil Woodward and others.
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Idaho
Franklin
Leonard Butterworth
Wilford Hatch
Finnance
Reed_ Jamison
Cecil Woodward
Thora Geddes
Victor Jensen
M. Corbridge
Charles Ralph
Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Idaho Pioneer Association
William Robinson
Bernice Parkinson
Cécil “Woodward
Séoppard
G. L. Wright
L. W. Hatch
Horace Haworth
Vaughn Packer
Butterworth
Miss Miggs Merrill Heads Elko Queen Contest
Miss Miggs Merrill selected by the Elko Chamber of Commerce to join 27 contestants for the Silver State stampede queen contest. She won as the sole Idaho entrant and traveled with her parents on an all expense paid trip to Ellis Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miggs Merrill
Elko Chamber of Commerce
Elko
Merrill
Idaho
Ellis
C. O. Merrill
Miss .Merrill
Peesie
District Scout Honor Court May 16 Sees Record Presentation
A Franklin district court of honor on May 16 in the Dayton ward chapel awarded 395 merited honors the highest ever. Life scout tanks were issued to 18 individuals with many earning eagle rank. Recognition also went to Abbie Dalley for lifesaving at a reservoir near Dayton and to Reed and Lynn Winward for lifesaving efforts.
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Glade Dursteler
Dean “Shaw
Arland Baberre
William Poole
Lynn
Winward
Alden
Sharp
Eldon
Golightly
Merlin Bodily
Norman
Taylor
Dayton
Billy Woytke
Pearson
Harold Conlin
David Hart
Ray
F 'Nelson
Marion Morgan
Preston Taylor
Preston
Glen Jepsen
Glencoe
Delbert
Alder
Whitney
Boy- Scouts of America
Abbie Dalley
Abram F. Dalley, Jr
Reed
Lynn, Winward
Polio Cases Reported in Whitney Area Children
Two new polio cases were reported in Franklin county affecting children. Nancy Poole age 9 and Janet Poole age 3, daughters of Mr and Mrs Morris Poole of Whitney, were confined at home with mild polio. The siblings may have contracted it from a brother who received the Salk vaccine. The younger girl has mild paralysis and the family reports their condition as satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Nancy
Janet
Morris Poole
Whitney
Eastside-7 district teachers face pay boost from levy raise
The Eastside-7 school district votes Tuesday to raise the special tax levy from three to five mills, promising salary increases yet still below surrounding districts. Superintendent W H Simmons notes county mean pay and Idaho targets, with bachelor’s and master’s scales shown and eight teachers indicating they will not return. The levy carried by 261 in favor 246 against, amid heavy voting.
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Eastside - 7
Utah
Idaho
W.H. Simmons
Simmons
Idaho Education Association
Eastside
Recreation League Softball Games Under Way Here
The recreation league softball games are underway with two matches completed. On Monday Downey defeated Bill's Texaco, and on Tuesday Godfrey's beat Lewiston 19 to 14. Two more games are planned in Preston with Godfrey's and Downey at 7 p.m. and Bill's Texaco versus Phillips 66 at 9 p.m. Also Friday night Franklin Lewiston meets Franklin at 8.
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Lawrence Jones
Malad
Jones
Isis
George. Paulisof
Preston
Lester Brown
Elvio “Niel
Downey
Bill
Texaco
Godfrey
Lewiston
Phillips
Franklin
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O. Sherwin
Webb
Poppy
Diane Golighttly
Robert Hull
Woodrow Winward
Dean B. Sharp
Raymond Ransbottom
Gale Moser
Arland ‘Poole
Reed Winward
Marvin Golightly
4-H
Miggs Wnerrill
Elko, Nev
Highier
Levy
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