Courtesy nickel policy questioned by city officials
City officials and police acknowledge the courtesy nickel meter checks have led to more violations and higher costs. Chief Dale Allred notes officers struggle to carry enough nickels while violators are mainly local workers. Meters aimed to free spaces for short visits and generate revenue for Preston Idaho, where Mayor Rulon Dunn warns the city may drop the courtesy nickel if violations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Allred
Preston
Idaho
Rulon Dunn
Dunn
West Side Champions Guest at Rotary Luncheon
Rotary hosts district champion football team from West Side High School at a courthouse luncheon moved from Randall's cafe. Coach Leonard Johnson Supt Reed Anderson and guest Herman Henderson attended. Zeala Maughan sang with Venice Nielsen and Yvonne Archibald on piano. A courthouse program featured the film Steel Conquers the West presented by Owen Beazley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall's Cafe
West Side High School
Pirate Squad
Leonard Johnson
Steel Conquers
West
Owen Beazley
PMA Elections Set Across Franklin County November
The county PMA committee announced elections for six agricultural communities from November 9 to 16. Eligible voters include farmer-owners operators tenants and sharecroppers participating in county PMA programs. Voting will be by mail with each community choosing three regular committeemen and two alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
PMA
Canning Season Ends Tuesday at Franklin County Cannery
The Franklin county canning center will end its 1951 season next Tuesday after a highly successful run. About 111000 cans of produce were processed. Officials urged those with remaining canning to call Mrs Fenton Larsen or Mrs Dewey Olsen for appointments.
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Franklin County Canning Center
Canning Center
Cannery
Fenton Larsen
Dewey Olsen
County Canning Center
Glen Tanner Wins Horace Heidt Show Tryouts
Glen Tanner a Whitney clarinetist won in Horace Heidt Youth Opportunity show tryouts at the USAC field house to be broadcast December 6. He is 18, son of Mrs Lucy Tanner, and won from 30 contestants after Logan chamber of commerce auditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Tanner
Whitney
Horace Heidt
USAC
Lucy Tanner
Glen
Logan
Mr.Dunn
Franklin County
Bonnie Boden
Joan Johnson
Paul Nuffer
Kenneth Cutler
Larry Benson
SdéRué
Ransome
Lois Meyers
Farm Bureau
Larry Olsen
Karl ~Alder
Joseph ‘ Christiansen
KPST
Yvonne -Bartus
Connie Bosworth
Douglas Palmer
Marié‘Poulson
Stella Paton
Redders
Future Homemakers Celebrate Week With Special Events
Future Homemakers of America week opened Sunday with FHA members attending church together. The week featured friendly day, a radio program and skit, a progressive supper, mothers rest day, a Spanish dance, and a district convention in Pedatello where new officers were elected. Local chapter members Marion Nutter and Laurel led the organizing efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homemakers of America
FHA
Marion
Nutter
Laurel
SCS Engineer Bags Deer With Arrow in Idaho Hunt
Gene Fiala, a soil conservation service engineer from Preston, Idaho, joined 18 other archers in the annual Robin Hood hunt in the Minidoka National Forest in October. He achieved his first archery kill a big three point duck, marking a notable success after years of archery interest and local activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Idaho
Gene Fiala
Soil Conservation Service
Preston
Fiala
Minidoka National Forest
SCS
College LDS Chorus To Sing Here Sunday
Ernest Eberhard announces an 80 voice LDS Institute and Utah State Agricultural College chorus will perform Sunday night at Franklin stake house for one hour. Public invited. The group will not tour Franklin county beyond this stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Eberhard
Nell Klinge Wins Art Prize At Boise Show
Preston artist Nell Klinge won first prize for her oil painting Gourd String at the annual Boise Art association show. A $10 cash award was provided by the Moscow Art club. Twelve Idaho artists received awards for submitted paintings. forty six people submitted works and 111 items were received for the Idaho artists exhibits to be displayed at the Boise Art gallery in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell Klinge
Preston
Boise Art Association
Moscow Art Club
Tdaho
Idaho
Boise’ Art Gallery
Nominees Named For Supervisors Of Soil District
Four candidates were nominated to be elected as supervisors of the Franklin soil conservation district. They are Paul R. Merrill, Dayton. Wells McEntire, Preston. Melvin Smith, Fairview. and Stanton M. Hawkes, Franklin. Three trustees will be elected December 4 with polls at the Dayton, Franklin, Fairview ward houses and the courthouse in Preston. Farmers and their wives may vote at any polling place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Dayton Ward House
Franklin Ward
Fairview
Preston
Choules
Idaho
Melvin Smith
Elmer Kerr
Paul R
Merrill
Joseph ‘A’ Hansen
Dayton
Ivan Woodward
Wells
Glen Gamble
Preston High Opens Reopened Pool For Classes And Rentals
The Preston High School swimming pool has been opened for physical education classes with alternating use for boys and girls. Equipment upgrades include a hair catcher, filter, heat exchanger, chlorinator, pump and vacuum. The project cost about 7500 dollars, aided by a Red Cross grant of 500 and labor from the Preston Jaycees led by Lynn Fackrell and Don Elwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston High School
W. H. Simmons
Preston Jaycees
Simmons
Red Cross
Preston
Jaycees
Lynn Fackrell
Don Elwell
Annual Turkey Shoot Set by Preston Rifle Club
The Preston Rifle Club will hold its annual turkey shoot next Sunday at the Don Whittle range by the river bridge. 100 yard big bore shoots are planned and 30 06 ammo will be provided free. shooters may bring other rifles with iron sights or peep sights. A spinning wheel game offers a turkey prize and a child may shoot a moving wheel spin to win.
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Preston Rifle Club
Don Whittle
Rifle Club
Turkey
Music Department To Present Fall Concert
The Preston high school music department offers a fall concert at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The program features the band and orchestra led by Lynn Bright, a mixed chorus, and a 90 voice choir directed by Lyle Shipley. Free admission.
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Preston Music Department
Prin. Reed Brenchley
Lynn Bright
Lyle Shipley
Lt Kenneth Merrill to Go Overseas for Duty
Lt Kenneth Merrill, son of Mr and Mrs W Paul Merrill, left Sunday for Camp Stoneman for processing for overseas duty as a fighter pilot. He was an instructor at Randolph Field Texas for two years and at Lowry Field Denver for the past three months. His wife and sons will live with his parents while he is overseas.
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Kenneth Merrill
W. Paul Merrill
Camp Stoneman
Merrill
Randolph Field
Tex
Lowry,field
Denver
Harvest Ball Set At West Side High School
West Side High School students in the vocational agriculture class prepare for the harvest ball fittingly at 8 30 pm in the school gym. The Smith Orchestra will provide music for dancing and carnival booths with prizes, a turkey door prize, and the sweetheart contest finalists include Elda Balls Janet Olsen Karen Nielson ValDean Campbell Sheraldene Balls Louise Hildt Elaine Dalley. Clair Westover and the FFA officers oversee preparations with Elroy McDermott as chairman.
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West Side High School
West Side Gymnasium
Smith Orchestra
Elda Balls
Janet Olsen
Karen Nielson
ValDean Campbell
Sheraldene Balls
Louise Hildt
Elaine Dalley
Clair Westover
Polio Chapter Plans March of Dimes Drive in Idaho
Franklin county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis outlines plans for a record March of Dimes drive amid heavy polio burden in Idaho. Chair Delmar Olson cites rising incidence since 1947, depleted funds, and the need for medical equipment, staff training, and research support across Franklin Oneida Bear Lake Caribou and Bannock counties.
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Idaho
Franklin County
National Foundation For
Delmar Olson
March of Dimes
Pocatello
Olson
National Foundation
Treasuries
United States
Robert S. Overstreet
State March of Dimes
David F. Weeks
The
Franklin
Oneida
Bear Lake
Caribou
Bannock
Hotel Barber Shop Opens in Johnson Hotel
Howard Johnson, a barber of 25 years and operator of the Johnson hotel, announces a new Hotel Barber Shop in the hotel front. He was out of business for over a year after Don Greaves built a central market in the former shop space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Johnson
Johnson Hotel
Mr. Johnson
Don Greaves
Hotel
Sugar beet growers to receive 2.49 a ton benefit payment
Checks totaling about 525,000 will be mailed to Franklin County sugar beet growers for 1951 beets. The 2.49 per ton benefit comes from the excise tax on sugar, with initial payments covering 50,000 tons at 10.50 per ton for October beets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Heath
Franklin County Sugar Co
Franklin County Production and Marketing Administration
Heath
PMA
Preston Citizen Reschedules to Publish One Day Early
The Preston Citizen announces an early issue for the upcoming holiday week with final press and mail run set for Wednesday afternoon. Rural correspondents should submit copy at least one day earlier. not all news or ads can be used and late items will wait until next week. All Preston businesses will be closed next Thursday for Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Citizen
Preston
Grace Pate former Prestonite dies in Michigan
Grace G. Pate 65 died Nov. 7 in St Joseph hospital Mt Clemens Michigan after a brief illness. Born Beloit Kansas May 26 1886 she married Leslie H Pate in 1910 and they lived in Preston before moving to Mt Clemens in 1947. Survived by husband three children six grandchildren a brother and two sisters. Funeral at Will and Schwarzkoff Mt Clemens Nov 10 2 p.m. Centennial Cemetery New Haven Michigan.
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Grace G. Pate
St. Joseph Hospital
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Beloit
Kan
Patrick
Edna Malone
Leslie H. Pate
Preston
Pate
Leslie
Leslie H., Jr
Nampa
Mary Harrison
Richmond
Genevieve Grace Rogers
Will and Schwarzkoff Funeral Home
Centennial Cemetery
New Haven
Free Turkey at Oneida Stake Dance Prize
At the regular Saturday night dance at Oneida stake house the holder of the lucky number wins a free tom turkey. Everyone is invited with no admission for ladies and music will be provided.
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Turkey
Oneida Stake
Oneida Stake House
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Rotary
Canning
Future
Patricia Maughan
Diana Hampton
Boise Hotel
Idaho Wool Growers Assn
Botany Woolen Mills
Wool Growers Convention To Be Held At Partland
Hosiote. Ie SP
Miss Maughan
Fortsmann
Hampton
Lucretia Maughan
Portland
LDS
Supervisors of Soil District
FFA
West Side High
Grace Pate
Prestonite
Michigan
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