Fire Causes Major Damage At Preston Lumber Yard
A blaze at the Anderson Lumber Company in Preston Saturday caused about 25 000 dollars damage to a west end warehouse. Firefighters contained the flames in about two hours and preliminary reports cited smoke and water as major damage sources with undetermined cause. authorities noted a possible insurance representative presence in the yard.
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Anderson Lumber Company
Preston
Anderson
Gary Nelson
Preston Policemiam
Gary McKenzie
Anderson Lumber
the Citizen
Halloween Quiet One In Franklin County
Halloween in Franklin County saw only one fire, far fewer than last year’s nineteen. Police and volunteer firefighters patrolled all night while minor incidents like waxed windows and thrown vegetables occurred. The Preston Teen Center drew crowds and LDS ward events helped keep youths off the streets.
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Franklin County
Preston
Local Farm Bureaus Elect New Leaders in Mapleton Franklin and Fairview
Local Farm Bureaus in Mapleton Franklin and Fairview elected new chairs and officers. Or and Mrs Ramon Wright chair Mapleton Franklin, Leonard Christensen and Shirley Rawlings lead Fairview. banquet and meeting held with outgoing officers listed.
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Leonard ‘Christensen
Jey Rawlings Asccou
Wiltara
Haris
Phone Rates To Go Down In New Economy Calling Period
Reduced rates apply to interstate Direct Distance Dialing calls between midnight and 7 a.m. The first three minutes cost 75 cents or less for calls within the continental United States excluding Alaska, as announced by Mountain States Telephone official G. L. Mink.
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Mountain States
G. L. Mink
Continental
United States
Alaska
Bond Sales Rise in Franklin County
U S bond sales in Franklin county totaled 2336 in September raising cumulative sales to 44790 or 66.5 percent of the county goal of 67320 Ted E Steers county bond chairman said the county’s goal remains 67320.
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U. S
Franklin County
Ted E. Steers
Poole Wins $100 in IH Parts Sales Contest
Arlend Poole the parts manager at Palmer Implement won a $100 award in a Salt Lake area IH farm equipment parts contest for outstanding performance in selling parts and leading a parts department.
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Arlend Poole
Palmer Implement
International Harvester
Salt Lake
Farm Implement Company
Franklin County Election Registration Appeals Local Council Races
Franklin County voters head to polls next Tuesday to elect city council members and a mayor in several communities. Registration runs 7 PM to 9 PM on Thu Fri and Sat with officers Rhys Swainston and Stella Peterson among registrars. others list L W Hatch in Franklin Russell B Nielsen in Weston Donald Q Dalley in Dayton Mrs Howard Henderson in Clifton. Multiple precinct races include Preston Precinct 1 three candidates, Precinct 2 Glenn Gamble unopposed, and varied slates in Franklin Weston Clifton Dayton with incumbents noted. To vote, one must be 21, a city resident for three months and a state resident for six months.
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Preston
Rhys Swainston
Stella Peterson
L. W. Hatch
Franklin
Russell B. Nielsen
Weston
Donald Q. Dalley
Dayton
Howard Henderson
Clifton
Oxford
Glenn Gamble
Harold Pinson
Glenn Call
Howard Almond
Harley C. Lowe
Dennis C. Lowe Boyd Tim Hobbs
W P Waddoups
Walter Beutler
Spencer Crookston
George Aston
LaVere E. Jensen
Orson Nelson
Clyde Palmer
W. Maurice Tingey
Keith Buttars
Reed O. Griffeths
Wells A. Whitney
Jerry Cornia
Jack Wood
Ralph McCulloch
Beet Price Reaches Near Record In 1966 Utah District
Sugar beet growers in Amalgamated's Utah District including Cache Valley and Grace Bancroft report the second highest 1966 settlement, seven cents above 1965. Prices rose from 1774 to 15.81 per ton, driven by better refined sugar returns though sugar content fell from 1965.
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Amalgamated
Utah
Cache Valley
Grace-Bancroft
Idaho
Twin Fal
Oregon
Treasure Valley
Magic Valley Beets
Man Dies After Heart Attack While Driving Near Prescott
Newell Hollingsworth 56 suffered a heart attack Tuesday while driving near the Lee Prescott corner on Highway 91. Sheriff Aronldo Larsen said he fell forward striking his head, the car left the road and stopped in a Prescott field. Coroner Dr. Clair Cutler pronounced him dead at the scene. Born March 23 1911 in Preston, he was a welder. Survivors include his widow and children in California and Utah.
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Newell Hollingsworth
Lee Prescott
Arlando Larsen
Hollingsworth
Prescott
Mr. Hollingsworth
Clair Cutler
Preston
Marvin D
Annie Bosworth Hollingsworth
Avilda Harris
Soda Springs
Franklin D
Elda) Oldham
Lompoc
Calif
Newell J. Jr
Sunnyvale
Richard, H
Janey) Towne
Concord
Steven A
Darla) Hatch
Ogden
Holger
Joy) Sass
Bud H
Median age rise marks shift in Franklin County population
Census notes Franklin County adults now trend older with a rising median age near 27.7 in Idaho. Postwar births surged through 1957, shaping a larger youth cohort while overall birth rates later declined, altering the county’s age structure.
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Idaho
Eet
Car Crash Near Utah Line Del Monte Crippled by Power Outage
Franklin resident Kent R Christensen 20 asleep at wheel caused a wreck three tenths of a mile north of the Utah line at 12 90 a m. His car demolished struck power pole toppled fence and rolled over. Del Monte cannery power cut. Christensen cited for failure to use due care. A passing motorist rescued him after a bandaid treatment.
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Kent R. Christensen
Franklin
Utah State
del Monte
Christensen
Arlando Larsen
Utah Line
Apparent Low Bid For Dayton Utah Highway Adopted
The apparent low bid for the Dayton Utah road project came from Jack B. Parson of Smithfield at 397263 dollars. Parson's bid was about 25000 below the engineer's estimate, per Cleo Swenson, county auditor. Bids opened Tuesday in the Idaho Department of Highways office in Boise for 8.959 miles of roadway with drainage structures and a bituminous road surface.
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Jack B. Parson
Smithfield
Parson
Cleo Swenson
Department of Highways
Boise
Winners Told in Logan LDS Genealogical Poster Contest
Six winners announced by the Logan LDS temple in a poster contest to publicize the Genealogical Society radio program. The program will air eight weeks on KVNU Logan every Wednesday. Submissions came from about 22 stakes and names include Julie Binghical Weston and Robert Warnick among others.
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Logan Lds
Temple
Gignh Genealogical
Genealogical Society
KVNU
Logan
Clifton Student in ISU Drama
Randy Howell of Clifton acted in The Streetcar Named Desire at Adalio State University. The play opened ISU Theater season last week with Howell as the only freshman in the cast.
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Randy Howell
Claude.Howell
Clifton
Aithamber
Adalio State University
ISU
Randy
Hansen to Speak at Franklin County Dinner Meeting
Rep George V Hansen will be the featured speaker at the annual Franklin County dinner meeting. The event, at the ward cultural hall, starts at 8 p.m. Discussions include the Idaho Farm Bureau Convention in Pocatello on Nov 15-16. Sen Frank Church and Charles B Shuman will speak. Miss Kermit Shumway will perform on Nov 15 at 8 p.m.
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George V‘ Hansen
Rada
Franklin Coun Tyre
Darya Ward
Idcho Farny
Bureau
Pocatello
Frank Church
Charles B.shuman
The
American Farm Bureau
Apeskets
Kermit Shumway
Bishop
Treasureton
Teen Center In Operation In Preston Area
The Preston Teen Center has been open for several weeks and hosted a Halloween dance. It will be open Friday and Saturday evenings from 3 pm to midnight at the corner of State Street Alt and First South. Local organizers Neil Pal and Darwin Belnap spearheaded the event.
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Preston
State’-stree Alt/j
Neil Pal
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Te Finca Betas
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Howe
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Stuart Nelson
Order of the Arrow
Benson, Stake Center
Order of ‘the Arrow
Royal Stone
Boy Scouts of America
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