Benson Named Secretary of Agriculture for Eisenhower
Franklin county residents celebrate Ezra Taft Benson a native son of Whitney born August 4 1899 rising from farm boy to secretary of agriculture in President Eisenhowers cabinet. Benson a LDS Apostle son of George Taft Benson Jr grew 4 H to over 500 members and became county agent in 1928 after BYU Iowa State studies.
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Franklin County
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ezra Taft Benson
Council of the Twelve
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Apostle’ Benson
Whitney
Orval Benson
George Taft Benson, Jr
James Chadwick
Apostle Benson
Oneida Stake
Preston High School
USAC
British Isles
Orval
BYU
Severy
Flora Amussen
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Temple
Iowa State College
Amese
Whitney Ward
National 4-H Congress Welcomes Idaho Leaders in Chicago
Two Franklin county 4-H girls Miss Diane Hampton of Moscow and Miss Drury of Pocatello join 2206 members from Idaho and across the United States at the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Events unfold at the Conrad Hilton with tours, dress revue, and farewell parties through December 7.
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Franklin County
Moscow
Milwakee Northwestern Streamliner
Union Pacific
Portland
Pocatello
Chicago
Idaho
United States
Diane
Hampton
Bonnie Dee Drury
Henry Drury
Fairview
Miss Drury
Eighth Street Theatre
A C Hall Jr Heads Egypt Seeding Mission
A C Hall Jr son of Whitney residents sails to Cairo Egypt for a three month assignment to aid a seeding program planning reseeding studies and a 5 000 000 acre project to start next year in the west desert regions. He will head a forest service reseeding committee and place his headquarters at the American embassy. He notes Arabs endure low living standards and severe aridity with limited crops and vegetation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Hull, Jr
A. C. Hull
Whitney
Egypt
Middle East
Hull
West Desert
Forest Service
Washington, D. C
Bis
Cairo
Messiah at Logan Tabernacle by Utah State choir
Messiah will be performed by Utah State Agricultural College’s 130 voice mixed chorus directed by Prof. Walter Welti on Sunday December 7 at 4 p.m. in Logan Tabernacle. Soloists include Mary Jane Handy Brent Nash and Beth and Barbara Olsen with Beth Olsen having previously understudied the soprano lead.
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Utah State Agricultural College
Walter Welti
Logan Lds Tabernacle
Welti
Mary Jane Handy
Franklin
Micaela
Brent Nash
Weston
Beth and
Barbara Olsen
Preston
Beth Olsen
Lights to Go On Free Christmas Program Friday
Preston merchants will turn on the city Christmas lights installed this week by city and power company workers. Prizes of 14 turkeys and 21 one pound boxes of candy will be awarded at the corner by the bank. Stores stay open until 9 p.m. Santa will flip the switch. The opening continues Saturday with a 10:30 a.m. Roy Rogers movie at Isis theatre, plus cartoons and a serial, followed by Santa giving each child an all day sucker.
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Preston
City and Power Company
Tes Corner
The
Santa Claus
Isis Theatre
Navy Seaman Harley D. Golightly in Korea amphibious maneuver
Seaman Harley D. Golightly, son of Mrs. Myrtle D. Go lightly of Preston, served with the Tactical Air Control Squadron aboard the USS Mount McKinley. He participated in a joint amphibious mock invasion off Korea's northern coast to train for a real landing, with cruisers destroyers and carriers softening targets before amphibious forces moved in led by the USS Iowa.
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Harley D. Golightly
USN
Myrtle‘ D Golightly
Preston
Korea
Tactical Air Control Squadron, One
Amphibious Force
Uss
Mount McKinley
Iowa
Teleo
Millar Named Idaho State Chairman for January Egg Month
Ralph Millar owner of Millar's Poultry Farm & Hatchery was chosen state chairman to promote January Egg Month in Idaho. Also named were Reid Merrill Co E Lampman C C Slayden Tom J Chester Marshall Keyes Frank Wilson Leon Forsgren Tom Jorgensen Russell Black and Ray Miller as committee members. A kickoff meeting occurred in Pocatello November 20 with strong enthusiasm for the nationwide movement.
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Ralph Millar
Millar
Poultry Farm & Hatchery
Idaho
Reid Merrill
Boise
State Extension Poultryman
Co. E. Lampman
Moscow
C. C. Slayden
Idaho Poultry Council
Pocatello
Tom J. Chester
Marshall Keyes
Idaho Falls
Frank Wilson
Idaho Food Dealers Assn
Leon
Leon, Forsgren, Preston; Tom Jorgensen
Blackfoot
Russell Black
Ray ¥. Miller
Chamber
of . Commerce
Don Ivon
Poultry and Egg National Board
Chicago
Thompson Lauded by Army Camp Leaders School
In the Huachuca Scout Fort Huachuca Arizona Pvt Ivan B Thompson Weston Idaho is praised as a top leader of the 844th EABN. He graduates at the top of his class with 715 points and excels in physical fitness tests with 132 points above average.
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Thompson
Two AC Students Help Write Copy For CITIZEN
Two USAC journalism students Bob Evans and Reed Clayton visited THE PRESTON CITIZEN on Tuesday to learn operations. They toured presses and linotypes, rewrote stories, and produced articles while sharing college experiences and future newsroom interest.
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USAC
Bob Evans
Reed Clayton
Preston Citizen
Clayson
Cornish
Evans
River
Hone Takes Part In Joint Army Navy Amphibious Maneuvers
Keith Hone, 21, son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Hone of Preston, selected for army navy amphibious maneuvers at Coronado California from Oct 27 to Nov 27. Corporal Hone stationed at Camp San Luis Obispo in the 16th signal battalion to provide communications between amphibious units. He attended Preston High School and worked as a lineman for the local telephone company before enlisting March 13, 1951. He currently serves as terminal repeater station chief.
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Keith Hone
Eugene Hone
Preston
Coronado
Calif
Corporal Howe
Camp San Luis ‘Obispo
16Th Signal Battalion
Armed Forces
Honeé
Preston High’ School
Telephone Company
Ihis
The
Army
Polio Chapter Receives $2500 Aid for Franklin County
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis sent Franklin County polio chapter a $2500 check to aid local patients. Chapter chairman Mrs. Donald Poage announced the donation as Franklin County exhausted its March of Dimes funds during the polio season.
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National Foundation For
Franklin County
Donald Poage
Franklin, County
March of Dimes
Miceelee Quitin Crockett
Marion Ballif
4 H honors W M Robinson for Franklin county work
W M Robinson of Franklin received the "Al friend of 4-H" award at a Bannock hotel ceremony in Pocatello. Boyd Baxter presented the plaque, while about 150 4-H leaders and friends attended the training meeting and banquet. Robinson chairs the Franklin County Fair board, recognized by county club leaders.
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W. M. Robinson
Franklin
Bannock Hotel
Pocatello
Boyd Baxter
Union Pacific Agriculture
Robinson
Franklin County Fair Board
Idaho
Franklin County
Knife Fork Club To Hear German Foe of Hitler
Gerhart H. Seger author editor and former Reichstag member will speak at Preston Knife and Fork club at the courthouse on Wednesday December 3. Seger once opposed Nazi rule in Austria and was imprisoned in Oranienburg before escaping and later moving to the United States with his wife and infant daughter after being helped by English friends. Continued on page 5.
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Preston Knife and Fork Club
Gerhart H. Seger
Reichstag
R-Hanger
Munich
Hitler
Segery
Oranienburg
Seger
Sugar Beet Reports Requested by PMA Franklin Co
Franklin county sugar beet growers are urged to call the county PMA office to file their 1952 harvest report. George Fis Johnson, secretary of Franklin County PMA, stresses all producers must complete the 1952 report promptly as it enables payment applications for 1952 production.
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Franklin County
PMA
George. Fis Johnson
Franklin
County Production Marketing Administration
Re-Election for Idaho County Clerk C L Swenson
C L Swenson was re-elected secretary treasurer of the Idaho Association of County Clerks and Commissioners at Boise after a session that closed the annual meeting. Franklin county officials D Ariel Nash and William E Crane attended. The group adopted resolutions on election laws county financing public assistance weed control and related issues with Governor Len Jordan and Max Yost addressing the gathering.
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Ho Association of County Clerks and Commissioners
Boise
Franklin County
D. Ariel Nash
William E. Crane
Len Jordan
Max Yost
The
Associated Taxpayers of Idaho
Five Leaders Of 4-H Receive Awards At Banquet
Walter Rindlisbaker of Riverdale earned the pearl clover award for 15 years of 4-H leadership. Ada Bailey of Clifton won a gold clover for 10 years. Milton Mendenhall Thatcher Thelma Griffeth Fairview and Owen Gibson Preston received silver clover awards for five years. D E Warren presented the honors at the Franklin county eastern Idaho event in Bannock hotel ballroom with attendees including John Gregory Mapleton Dwight Wilde Mink Creek and others.
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Frankinn
Enub
Podatello
Walter Rindlisbaker
Riverdale
Ada Bailey
Clifton
Milton Mendenhall
Thatcher
Thelma Griffeth
Fairview
Owen Gibson
Preston
Franklin County
Idaho
D. E. Warren
Bannock Hotel
John Gregory
Mapleton
Dwight Wilde
Mink’ Creek
Floyd Erickson
Glencoe
Ray Bright
Owen ‘Gibson
Edstwin
Maughan
Adrian Hampton
Daniel
Roberts
Lucretia ‘Maughan
17 Year Old Bags 325 Pound Deer Near Niter
Allen Martin, a 17 year old Preston High School senior and cheerleader, shot a 325 pound deer five miles east of Niter near Grace during opening season. It took five men to haul the massive buck after a rugged hunt amid poor weather.
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Allen Martin
Martin
Niter
Grace
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Hilton Hotel
General Assembly
Buckington
Congress Bole
Entorgeier
As- Ankall
Hiltoni Hotels
Elty
Museum of Silence and
Anton Ay
Edgewater Beach
Blackstone Hotel
Trianon
Hilton
Diane Hampton
Miss Hampton
University of Idaho
A. C. Hall, Jr
Navy
Camp
Ty. M. Robinson
Europe
Gerhart Seger
C.L. Swenson
C. L. Swenson
Ida
Young Martin
D. A. Martin
Preston High ‘School
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