1954 Franklin County 4-H Enrollment Tops Previous Year
A total of 601 Franklin County youths joined 92 4-H clubs in 1954, surpassing 1953’s 478. Of the enrollments 534 exhibited projects at the county fair, clothing led with 258, foods 107, and dairy 105. Camp attendance included 248 at Pee Bearlake July 19–21 and 38 at Willow Flat August 4–6. The season ends with a December Christmas party per Owen Gibson.
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Franklin ‘County
Franklin County
Pee
Bearlake
Willow Flat
Owen Gibson
Local support helps Franklin County news remain accessible
The newspaper notes reader access relies on advertising from area firms. It urges support from local businesses to fund ongoing coverage of neighbors and county activities.
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Franklin County Peo
Sible
Community Notes From Oxford Weekend Visits and Local Events
Oxford residents hosted and visited relatives over the weekend including Celia Coburn and Janet Waldron from Malad, Connie Kendall from Pocatello, and visiting groups from Preston Franklin and Smithfield. Beehive girls and MIA organized gatherings, quilting parties, and Halloween events with costumes and games. Rita Keller returned from Rigby after two weeks away for work.
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Salt Lake City
Heber Swainston
Winder
Oxford
Suday
Margaret Hatch
Caryl Jensen
Henry Hatch
Haa Seers
Vivian
Elsie McCauley
Alvira Austin
Preston
Franklin Stakehouse
Verdis Cox
Lucy Redington
Frank Cox
Smithfield
Joe Christensen
High Council
Wilma Ward
Stanley Fisher
Eva Bosworth
MIA
Rita Keller
Rigby
Potatoes and servicemen noted in Mink Creek and nearby
Mink Creek residents report lettered news as Corp Kay Moosman, stationed in Korea, will sail soon with the third division. W. D. Baird, formerly confined by a heart ailment at Preston hospital, has returned home though remains very ill. A wedding reception in Hyrum honors Del Roy Mitton and Sidney Fae Allen. News also mentions visits by Leonard Nelson and the Bell family.
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W. B. Moosman
Corp
Kay Moosman
Korea
W. D. Baird
Preston
Mink Creek
Leeral Jensen
Lynn Jensen
Caroline Anderso
Hyrum
del Roy Mitton
Sidney Fae Allen
Jensen
Leonard Nelson
Douglas Nelson
Delos Bell
Leland Panter
Cleveland
Mrs Mahalia Jensen Leaves Jackson Hole for Visit
Friends of Mrs Mahalia Jensen note she has left Jackson Hole Wyoming where she spent the summer and is now visiting her daughter and family the Dr John A Spelbergs of Grand Junction Colorado George Jensen and Blair Seamons USAC students spent the weekend with their families Mr and Mrs Frank A Jensen and Mr and Mrs Delbert Seamona Mrs Anna Swanson announces her annual Halloween party for all her young friends will be held again this year on Monday evening Nov 10 Her Halloween parties with homemade doughnuts and other goodies have been happy events for Mink Creek and Glencoe young folks for many years
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Mahalia Jensen
Jackson Hole
Wyo
John A. Spelbergs
Grand Junction
Colo
George Jensen
Blair Seamons
USAC
Frank A. Jensen
Delbert Seamona
Anna Swanson
Mink Creek
Glencoe
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Armstrong
Foss Furniture
East Oneida
George A. McDowell
State Mine Inspector
Republican
McDowell
McDowell Comm
C. V. Marcus
Chevrolet
Celia Coburn
Janet
Aweek
Rex Waldron
Malad
Marvin Jensen
Pocatello
Dwight
Martha
Gordon Albricht
Robert
Jay Baker
Garry
Marion Baker
William Baker
Connie Kendall
Lavern Kendall
Herbert Ernst
Dean Walton
Amo
Bob Smylie
Idaho
Smylie
Republican State Central Committee
Wallace C. Burns
Swift
Burton Bros. Feed. CO
Preston, Idaho
Phillips 66
Sao
Preaton
Fred Davis
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