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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1973
Page
1
The Citizens football forecast contest awarded prizes to top predictors. Kim Corbridge won $10, Jim Bowman $5, and Michael Grgory $3 after seven experts missed only one pick. Two games from last week were not played, affecting totals.
Three candidates vie for Dayton city council seats with two incumbents seeking four year terms and one challenger aiming for a freshman term. Spencer Crookston Sr. has ten years in service, Bergeson and Hodges also run. Incumbent Crookston is a former mail carrier with seven children and 30 grandchildren.
Glen P Smith of Preston becomes president of the Preston Kiwanis Club at the Oct 3 installation by Lt Gov Gene Ambrose of Ogden. Carl Waterlaus is vice president and Glen C Tanner is rotary-treasurer. Lynn B Moser heads the ladies as president with Alice Smith as vice president and Phyllis Waterlaus as secretary.
About 700 Oakwood Elementary students will parade Wednesday at 1 pm, showcasing Halloween finery from First South to Main then back to the school. Principal Wayne Brown says all grades participate in the walk, inviting the community to watch. Trick or treat afterward.
A local committee and Eastside School District trustees aim to broaden vocational offerings. The plan would add vocational physics data processing food service management and health careers while expanding evening and weekend community courses to reach drop outs and adults.
The Franklin Cou annual hosts a Boy Scout banquet on October 26 at 7 PM with Elder Thorn Perry, assistant to the Quorum of Twelve, as speaker. The event features food and fellowship, plus a badge pow wow on November 17 and an Explorer Planning Conference on November 8.
Nominations for the ASC Community Committee elections close Oct 29 per Myron Fonnesbeck executive director of Franklin County ASCS. Farmers may nominate or be nominated without a special form. a petition signed by three eligible voters suffices. Ballots mailed Nov 19 with return due Dec 3.
The Franklin County Farm Bureau will hold its annual banquet on November 9 at 7 30 pm in the Oneida Stake House. All Farm Bureau members may attend.
Rotarians Adolph Rudy Jorgensen and his wife placed first with their barbed wire display at a regional show in Great Falls Montana. Six states Idaho Washington California Montana Utah and Wyoming competed in the event. The Jorgensens showcase includes 555 original displays on plaques.
West Side High School Band earned a rare invitation from the Stampede Band Coordinating Committee to attend the Calgary Stampede next summer. The trip, approved by the school, now rests with parents to decide. The group tied for second in last year’s 700 and under division and performed widely in Canada, earning praise from Stampede officials.
Alan Tanner son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Tanner of Whitney represented the Preston Chapter of FFA at the national convention in Kansas City. He joined 52 Idaho members for tours of agriculture related businesses and showcased his crops project as a senior at Preston High School.
The Phi Dels drill team from Preston Hugh won the division drill team title at the Mini-Dome on Oct. 20. They ranked first in inspection and first overall among 30 teams in the Mini division and will perform at halftime of a Preston Bear Lake game. They eye the Fifth District in Pocatello in February and possibly a Multi-state event in March.
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