Senator Jensen Named by Welker as Administrative Aide
Marion Pete Jensen a Franklin county state senator has accepted appointment as administrative assistant to Idaho Senator Herman Welker in Washington. Jensen a war veteran with three campaign ribbons and three battle stars will join after the 1951 Idaho legislative session if possible. He holds a BA in political science and a master's in educational administration and has taught government and history in Franklin county schools.
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Schoo
Idaho
Herman Welker
Payette
Franklin County
Senate
Jensen
Senator Welker
Washington
Pete
Welker
U. S. Navy
Pete Jensen
State Senate
University of Idaho
USAC
University of Utah
Arell N Christensen Heads to Mission Home
Arell N Christensen will enter the mission home in Salt Lake City on Monday December 4 for preparatory steps before beginning church service abroad.
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Arell N. Christensen
Jefferson P-TA Unit Plans Back to School Night
The Jefferson unit of PPA schedules a back to school program at the Jefferson school building on Wednesday, Nov 29 at 8 pm to acquaint parents with teachers and the school. Principal Elmo Holley says all ten will be present to receive the Heurges ell osvenis with children in the fourth to eighth grades.
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Jefferson Unit
PPA
Jefferson School
Elmo Holley
Jetessop
Heurges
Sorority Drives Audiometer Fund in Franklin County
Alpha Beta chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha launches a county wide audiometer fund drive under Mrs. Arthur LaBeau. The donated device will be housed at the county courthouse serving East and West Side schools as part of the Auricular Foundation campaign to detect hearing loss. Contributions may be sent to Mrs. LaBeau.
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Alpha Beta Chapter
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Franklin County
Arthur LaBeau
Auricular Foundation of
Los Angeles
LaBeau
East Side
West Side
Audiometer Fund
ESA Sorority
Preston
John Deere Day Set for Dec 4
Preston Implement Co hosts annual John Deere day on Monday December 4 with free lunch and film showings at Isis theatre starting 1 pm. Six new films feature One Happy Family with Don DeFore and Marjorie Reynolds, plus five other farmer oriented movies. Tickets are free at the store located 27 North State Street.
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Lee Bergquist
Arnold Sant
Preston Implement Co
John Deere
Isis Theatre
Don DeFore
Marjorie Reynolds
North State Street
1950 Christmas seal sale for Franklin County planned
Mrs Eileen Jones will chair the 1950 Franklin County Christmas seal sale running from November 20 to December 25. Funds support the 1951 tuberculosis prevention and control program. The county committee includes Edras Larsen, Elizabeth Boyd, Emma Callen, Bernadine Smith, with Daniel Nash announcing the event.
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Hessis ‘Associiations
Eileen Jones
Daniel Nash
Association
Nash
Jones
Edras Larsen
Elizabeth Boyd
Emma Callen
Bernadine Smith
Franklin County
Farewell Social Set To Honor Earl Stark
Earl Stark son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Stark is set to depart December 1 to serve a LDS mission in Northern California He is a Preston High School graduate and BYU sophomore convert who came to Preston with his parents in 1940 from LaCrosse Wisconsin He will be honored Friday evening at a farewell social at the ward chapel before entering the mission home in Salt Lake City on Monday December 4.
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California
Preston High School
BYU
Stark
Preston
LaCrosse
Wis Ha
Bh Ward
Salt Lake
Former UN Official to Speak at Preston Knife and Fork Club
Gerard F. Price a former United Nations official and lecturer will address the Preston Knife and Fork club Monday evening in the courthouse basement. He has served in the Middle East China Albania and the Philippines with UN relief and welfare missions and also led Kansas relief efforts.
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United Nations
Knife Fork Club
Gerard F. Price
Middle East
China
Philippines
Preston Knife and Fork Club
Sherwin Webb
Preston Club
Preston firms extend Friday shopping hours before Christmas
Retail businesses in Preston will stay open Fridays until 8 p.m. through the Christmas period. The policy begins this Friday and will continue each Friday evening until Christmas.
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Othe i
Thedea
Nese
Preston
State Farm Bureau Convention Opens November Twenty Seventh
Idaho Farm Bureau prepares for its annual convention in Pocatello with about 500 Gem State farmers. Franklin County delegates Frank Gilbert Ben Meek Carl Ballif and Gaylord Larson will vote on farm policy and state directors. National policy will be considered for the American Farm Bureau Federation meeting in Dallas in December.
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Idaho
Pocatello
National
Moser
Franklin
Frank Gilbert
Ben Meek
Carl Ballif
Gaylord Larson
American Farm Bureau Federation
Dallas
Washington, D.C
Phone Company Seeks Idaho Rate Hike for $18 Million Upgrade
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph filed with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission for increased rates to fund an $18 million statewide expansion over three years. The plan would boost service in 54 communities, reduce rural line personnel, and bring dial systems and long distance capacity to many areas while attracting necessary investment.
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Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Idaho
G P. Stoxamel
Stommer
Stomme
Christmas Lights to Snap On Dec 1 in Preston
Preston will light up for Christmas on Friday December 1 as the chamber of commerce announces a lights on ceremony after dark. Decorations for the business district arrived Saturday and installation will begin late this week or early next. Max Norton chairs the Christmas lighting committee. The weekend flying gathering promotion drew praise from participating merchants and the chamber despite chilly weather.
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Preston
Christmeas
Chamber of Commerce
Max Norton
Meeting on Fluoridation of Preston Water Supply
A public meeting about fluoridating the Preston water system is set for next Wednesday in the courthouse. Attendees urged include doctors dentists PTA reps teachers and parents. H C Clare from the Idaho Department of Public Health will speak. the event is sponsored by the Press on chamber of commerce at 8 pm.
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Preston
PTA
Ing
Chamber of Commerce
H. C Clare
Idaho Department of Public Health
Ernest Eberhard, Jr
Clare
Citha
Préston
Edwin J. Nuffer Jr Called for LDS Mission
Edwin J. Nuffer Jr son of Mr and Mrs Edwin J Nuffer of Fourth East and Fifth South street will be honored in a missionary testimonial at the Preston first ward chapel Sunday at 7 30 p m He will enter the mission home in Salt Lake City Monday Dec 4 for instruction before departing for the East Central States Mission A Preston high school graduate he attends BYU and was active in FFA and M men basketball in high school He also served as assistant leader of the M men class 1948-50 and is an active ward worker.
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Edwin J. Nuffer
Edwin J Nuffer
Fourth East
Fifth South Street
Preston First Ward
Nuffer
Salt Lake
East Central States
Preston
BYU
FFA
Oris L Corbridge to Serve LDS Mission
Oris L Corbridge is scheduled to leave in December for a mission for the LDS church in north Nicrais Ha, son of Mr and Mrs James Corbridge. He attended the LDS seminary, high school in 1949, and was active in sports. Continued on page seven.
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Oris L. Corbridge
LDS
Oris L Corbridge
LDS « Church
North
Farm Bureau Banquet Attendance Hits Record in Idaho County
Franklin County Farm Bureau and Associated Women hosted a Friday banquet drawing about 1100 attendees, far above expectations. Merrill Gee, local attorney, delivered an off the cuff Thanksgiving address. Election results named directors for districts one through seven and nine Associated Women delegates to the state convention.
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Associated Women
Farm Bureau
Merrill Gee
Pocatello
Franklin County
Farm Bureau honors helpers at annual meeting
Frank J. Gilbert says thanks to Associated Women and helpers for tireless service. The group thanks Ralph Davis and crew for 25 turkeys, Cache Valley Dairy Assn for milk, Franklin County Grain Growers for rolls, stake presidency and bishopric for hall use, 1100 attendees for patience, 565 pounds of turkey served, and Albert Moser for potatoes. Re-elected to serve another year on the board were Min Moser, Ms. Gilbert, Mr. Larson, and Mr. Meek.
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Thes Farm
Bureau
Shumway
Kat
Ballif
Min. Moser
Gilbert
Larson
Meek
Frank J. Gibert
County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Ralph Davis
Cache Valley Dairy Assn
Franklin County
Franklin Stake
First Ward
Albert Moser
Free Yule Electricity Again From UP&L
Utah Power and Light will provide free electric energy to light Christmas displays in city and town streets and parks where capacity exists. J. E. Cushman Preston division manager said last year 36,929 holiday bulbs were lit in 95 towns and cities. 6,664 bulbs burned in 22 towns in the Preston division.
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Utah Power & Light Company
J. E. Cushman
Preston
The
Power Company
Fairview Student Bill Choules Injured in Auto Crash
Bill Choules of Fairview and his wife Kuss Carter were returning from Preston to Bonners Ferry when their car slid off a slippery highway near Sandpoint. Choules was seriously injured, his wife sustained minor injuries, and doctors planned surgery to restore leg motion for the University of Idaho student.
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Bill Choules
Alma Choules
Fairview
University of Idaho
Sandpoint
Choules
Kuss Carter
Sadie Carter
Preston
Bonners Ferry
Choles
Nominating Committee Names 12 for Chamber Board Seats
The Preston chamber of commerce nominates twelve local men for four board spots. Committee members are O. W. Beazley Max Norton and Frank Jones. Ballots go out by Dec 1 and must be returned by Dec 5.
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Geeneatin
Ofc
Cme
Preston
Chamber
F Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
O. W. Beazley
Max Norton
Frank Jones
Milo Hobbs
T. Roy Peterson
al Lasche
Joe Goff
Orson Baugh
Don Redfield
Melvin Westerberg
Ownes Baur
Merlin Smith
Ariel Neeley
Mac Gambles
Dick Jensen
C of C
Weston Ward Bazaar at New Chapel to Raise Funds
Ladies of the Weston Ward Relief Society sponsor a bazaar and social on Thursday evening November 30 at the new Weston ward chapel. A turkey dinner at 6:30 will be served, followed by a program and dancing. Tickets and sale items include trousseau favors Christmas gifts cakes and candies with proceeds toward final chapel payment.
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Weston Ward Relief Society
Weston Ward Chapel
George Wash Weston Gets Military Burial
Funeral services for George Wash were held Monday at 1 pm in the Weston ward chapel. The service included musical numbers and prayers with L. W. Merrill and Alvin Maughan leading, and burial followed in Weston Cemetery with grave dedication by Thomas E Rose and military rites by the American Legion.
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George Wash
Weston Ward Chapel
Ella Thompson
Alvin Maughan
Gaing
Ruby Frederickson
L. W. Merrill
Herbert Williams Vaughn Taylor
Maurice Tinney
Fisk Bastisa
Lars Nielson
Mabley Thompson
Weston Cemetery
Thomas E Rose
American
Local Pioneer Relics Relocated to Franklin Hall
Relics from Preston's early pioneer homes moved from the old pioneer school house in the city park to the state relic hall in Franklin after approval by local DUP camps. The move preserves the deteriorating log school and includes household articles and early farm implements being repaired by the Hisea shop department.
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Preston
City Park
Franklin
DUP
Hisea Shop
Atheon
Haivan Gott
Soreebanien Maughan
M Men Gleaner Social Set for Saturday Banquet
The Franklin stake houses hosts the annual M Men and Gleaner banquet this Saturday at 8 PM with a Thanksgiving theme. General chairmen are Keith Larson Mae Foster Margaret Winward and Morris Parry.
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Franklin Stake
Franklin Stake House
Keith Larson
Mae Foster
Margaret Winward
Morris Parry
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Marion
Pete” Jensen
Senator Jensen
Salt Lake City
E Arell MH
Christensen
Jefferson
Earl Stark
Oscar Stark
LDS Accencentration 4
Red
Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
U. S. Army
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Committee
Ethiopia
Chungking
Shanghai
Albania
Moscow
International Refugee Organization of the United Nations
Philippine Islands
State
of Farm Bureau
Idaho Farm Bureau
Albert E. Moser
Franklin County Farm Bureau Federation
Hero
Idaho Puc
Stommel
Edwin J. Nuffer, Jr
Orisl Corbridge
Hugo
Stake House
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Franklin ‘Stake House
Margaret Harding
Michael Griffeth
Weston
Cyril Lau
Soda Springs
Idaho State Farm Bureau Federation
Orvald Benson
John Schwartz
Benjamin A. Meek
Stewart-Ceddes
Eldon Haxsen
Orin Eellows
S Benjamins A. Moetka
Frank Sbert
Margaret Oy
Marian
Bailit Wchosen
Up&l
Wey
Coke
M-Men
Gleaner
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