New Plumbing and Heating Firm Opens in South State Street Building
Lynn Fackrell Plumbing and Heating Co. hosts a grand opening Saturday in a new 70 by 58 foot cinder block building across from Jensen Implement Co. Owner Lynn Fackrell, a Preston native and postwar veteran, invites the public to visit, with free gas balloons for children and six main prizes plus many smaller rewards raffled to attendees.
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Lynn Fackrell Plumbing and Heating Co
South State Street
Lynn Fackrell
Preston
Jensen Implement Co
Fackrell Plumbing Concern
Fackrell
Franklin County men enter armed forces at Fort Douglas
Six Franklin county men reported yesterday for induction into the armed services at Fort Douglas Utah. Five others underwent pre induction examinations at the same time. Inductees listed include Paul Winn Raylo B Larsen Wen vell Eghert Levy Perkins Nile Hansen Klint Miller and Rodney Gilbert. Pre induction physicals included Melvin Woodward Armand Crockett Blaine Dunn Ronald Seamons and Alton Hansen.
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Franklin County
Fort Douglas
Paul Winn
Raylo B. Larsen
Wenvell Eghert
Levy Perkins
Nile ,Hansén
Klint Miller
Rodney Gilbert
Melvin Woodward
Armand Crockett
Blaine Dunn
Ronald Seamons
Alton Hansen
Horace Heidt Show Picks Reese Almond in Pocatello Auditions
Reese Almond, a local youth, was chosen as one of three vocalists from 50 hopefuls to audition for the Horace Heidt show. The auditions took place at Idaho State College Little Theatre in Pocatello on Monday night under talent scout Lon Boutan. Almond is the son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Almond.
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Reese Almond
Horace Heidt
Pocatello
Almond
Lon Boutan
Heidt
Idaho State College
Little Theatre
Oscar Almond
Preston High homecoming game shifts to Sept 11
Preston High School football schedules a homecoming game for Friday September 11. Stores in town will close for two hours during the game as coordinated by the Preston Chamber of Commerce. Coach Glen Oliverson’s Indians open their season tomorrow against Gooding High School with a homecoming game to follow against North Cache High School.
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Preston High School
Preston Chamber of Commerce
Glen Oliverson
Indians
Gooding High School
North Cache High School
P-TA Conclave Set for Saturday at Dayton School
Final arrangements completed for the fifth district P-TA convention to be held Saturday at West Side High School. The event begins at 9 a.m. with registration 9 to 9 20 and a leadership training institute starting 9 30 in the library led by Ellen Beiler of Chicago. A cube steak dinner will be sold at noon.
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Dayton
West Side High School
Eldon Bastian
Weston
Dewayne N. Jessop
Clifton
Thane Winward
Ellen Beiler
Chicago
Beiler
PTA
Mae Rose
Mae Meuenswander
Cecil
Adams
Linrose
Ada Bailey
Reta Archibald
Jane Siow
Ara Ree
Temporary Dayton Detour Opens by Sept 15
Farmers hauling beets and other products to market face a temporary eight mile detour on the regular highway west of Dayton. State highway department workers said the detour has no months-long basis and the new roadbed should open to traffic by September 15.
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Here
Dayton
State Highway Department
Franklin teen crowned Farm Bureau beauty winner
Elaine Stockdale, 17, of Franklin is named Farm Bureau beauty and becomes the Franklin county candidate for Rocky Mountain dairy darling at Isis theatre. She is crowned by Miss Janis Bergeson and receives a necklace and earring set. Second place goes to Marilyn Nash of Linrose with Bonnie Griffeth of Weston third. other contestants include Karen Hinckley, Ethel Beutler, and more.
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Elaine Stockdale
Franklin
Farm Bureau
Franklin County
Rocky Mountain
Isis Theatre
Janis Bergeson
Cache County
Stockdale
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Vannda Oliverson
Ton
Karen Hinckley
Fairview
Ethel Beutler
Dayton
Ethel Winward
Clifton
Marie Coburn
Oxford
Marcella Christensen
Mink Creek
Marie- Coburn
Bonnie Griffeth
Weston
Marilyn Nash
Linrose
Kay Tanner
Preston
Ellie Winward
Permit winners announced for Idaho special hunts
Idaho fish and game department announced permit winners for various special hunts this week. Douglas Rose of Weston was the sole Franklin county winner in the Heiselk hunt. Thirteen Fremont county residents plus many from Preston and Thatcher earned elk hunt permits for Caribou and Soldier Mountain areas.
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Idaho Fish and Game
Franklin
Douglas
Rose of
Weston
Ralph Coburn
R. G. Cranney
Robert Henderson
George L. Johnson
Garth T. Karren
Dennis L. Larsen
Wendell H. Smith
Russell Westerberg
Delmer I. Olson
Melroy Larsen
Fremon Jepson
Preston
Claude Mendenhall
Vincent Wright
Thatcher
Fremont County
Elk Hunt
Parley Dunkley
Wayne Swainston
Allen Lyon
Lester P. Sears
Dean C. Sears
Willard Gailey
Clifton
Douglas Griffeth
Soldier Mountain
Shannon Nash wins Franklin talent contest under 12 division
Shannon Nash of Franklin won first place in the under 12 age group of the Franklin County Farm Bureau talent find contest at Isis theatre. Karen Tingey of Weston won a piano solo in the 12 13 division. A ballet piece by Marilyn Nash of Linrose highlighted Rural Youth 18 to 28.
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Shannon Nash
Franklin
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Isis Theatre
Karen Tingey
Weston
Deepee
Marilyn Nash
Linrose
Week to Remember of M Men and Gleaners Starts Sunday
A community program titled Week to Remember organized by the M Men and Gleaners begins Sunday at 8 pm with an evening service at Franklin stake house. The schedule includes a genealogical meeting, temple excursion to Logan, a sports and fun night at West Side High, a dinner dance at Oneida stakehouse, and a sunrise testimonial service at Preston High. Tickets available in each ward.
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M-men and
Gleaners
Franklin' Stake House
M-men
Logan
West Side High School
Oneida Stakehouse
Preston High School
Farm Tillage Demonstration Set for Sept 10
A dry land tillage demonstration will be held Thursday Sept 10 at 2 p.m. at the David Johnson farm in Winder. The event will show sweep-type tools chisels listers moldboards beaters subsorbers and the latest drills with results from the Tetonia dry land station. Scotty McDole SCS agronomist will assist. invitation extended to farmers Future Farmers of America and 4 H members.
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David Johnson
Winder
University of Idaho, Tetonia
Soil Conservation Service
Extension Service
Fab
Preson
Scotty McDole
Portland
Air Force Reserve Forms Eight Member Unit
About twelve air force veterans attended a courthouse meeting Monday evening to organize an Air Force Reserve flight. Eight men signed up to join the unit, with a goal of at least 15 members at the next gathering on September 14 in the state highway office in the courthouse.
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Air Force
Franklin County Junior Rodeo crowns queen and winners
The Franklin County fair featured a junior rodeo sponsored by Myron Day, with Karen Dunn named queen and attendants Reva Sorenson and Linda Lee Hawkes. G I Scott led the parade, as the Boots and Saddle Club staged acts. Winners included Marlow Day and Parry Sant in wild cow milking, Larry Biggs and Ben Stocking in small steer riding, Melvin Griffeth and Larry Gregory in big steer riding, and Max Palmer in calf roping. Lila Kershaw and Billy Randall performed equestrian acts.
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Lila Kershaw
Billy Randall
William Randall
Hospital Bond Election Likely to Pass in Preston
Public support shows in interviews for the Preston hospital bond vote set for Friday September 11. Vern Harris of the Idaho State Department of Public Health says changes from the U S Public Health Service are minor and should keep total costs within the funded amount.
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Preston
U. S. Public Health Service
Vern Harris
Idaho State Department of Public Health
Bohd
Mr. Harris
Farm Day at County Fair Showcases Community Spirit
About 1,500 farm folk attended a county fair day featuring prize giveaways, games, races, and a Farm Bureau Rural Youth event at Isis theatre. Contest results in tractor driving, beauty, and talent were announced, with local hospitality and hospital funding discussions shaping the evening.
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Isis Theatre
Farm “Bureau Rural Youth
Farm Bureau
Rocky Mountain
Cache County
Janis Bergeson
Bruce Rae Gilbert
Fairview
Dennis Jessop
Dayton
Jack Moser
Terry Paskins
Treasureton
Eldon Hansen
Associated Women and Rural Youth of
Edgley and Geddes Elected Tuesday in Eastside School Board
Voters at the Eastside school district 201 election chose W. S. Geddes of Banida and P. H. Edgley of Preston for the board of trustees. Edgley, unopposed, will replace QO. D. Robinson as precinct four representative and Geddes will replace DeRalph Perry of Treasureton as precinct three representative.
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W. S. Geddes
Banida
P. H. Edgley
Preston
Eastside
Edgley
QO. D. Robinson
Geddes
DeRalph Perry
Treasureton
Reed Merrill and Kay Fellows top Rural Youth Talk Meet
Reed Merrill son of Dr and Mrs L V Merrill of Preston won the Rural Youth talk meet at the Isis Theatre with a five minute speech Self Government Is My Responsibility. Kay Fellows was selected as alternate. Merrill earns an expense paid trip to Boise to contest state honors and to Chicago for the Farm Bureau national talk meet in December. Fellows plans to teach vocational agriculture and is the son of O V Fellows of Preston.
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Isis
Reed Merrill
L. V. Merrill
Preston
Kay Fellows
Fellows
Merrill
Boise
Chicago
Bureau
USAC
ROTC
Joan Whitttle
Daugh
Merlin Whittle
Fairview
University of Washington Dental School
Seattle
O. V. Fellows
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Steven
Frances
Renae Knudson
Mardell Nielson
Mink’ Creek
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Westover
Don Westover
Wallace Adams
Columbia University
Laurena Benson
Vaughn Hawkes
Air Force Reserve
U. S. Health Department
Carl Ballif
Vera Atkinson
Earl Shumway
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West
Ben Meek
Riverdale
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