Preston City Council Sets Minimum Residential Water Rate
The Preston city council set a flat $5.75 monthly minimum for residential water and a $5.75 minimum for commercial service with tiered rates. A city survey will record names, addresses and unit counts as the new system replaces the fixture count method and aims to update water billing details. Rates for commercial users will vary by usage. multi unit buildings will pay $5.75 for the first unit and $2 for each additional unit. The new rates take effect next month after council votes and state tax commission approval.
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Preston
Cub River Canyon
State Tax Commission
Civic Group Backs School Dance Policy
Eastside school district meeting hears support from church, city, and county leaders for a unified policy on school activities. Board and administrators to draft standards addressing drinking dress and conduct at dances, with classes to review proposals.
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Eastside
Gilen Gamble
Dean Abrams
Reed Brenchley
W. Dean Palmer
Franklin Stake
Angus Condie
Jefferson Middle School
Webb Maughan
Oneida Stake
Bert Gailey
Jess Wheiler
Marvin Golightly
Bob Acock
Community Presbyterian Church
Ied Obits
Catholic Arch
The
Boars
Farm Hens Killed In Ensuing Incident At Conlin Farm
A fragmentary report from Claude Conlin’s farm notes hens were killed last week after an incident described as a floor collapse. Mr. Conlin provides the only available details on the event.
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Claude ‘Conlin
Conlin
Floor Mnane
Homemakers Tour Center Visits Local Can Center
The Homemaking I class from Preston High School toured the local community canning center. Mrs. Carrie Tobler led the group with Mrs. Lincoln Orme guiding the tour and explaining the center’s canning history and process for fruits vegetables and meats.
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Preston High School
Carrie Tobler
Lincoln Orme
ASC Names Area Leaders in Franklin County ASC Ballot
Six communities elected leaders this week including A, B, sc, D, EK and F communities. Chairman vice chairman and regular member will be delegates to the county convention on September 24 at 10 a.m. in the Franklin County ASC office. The convention will elect a member to the Franklin County ASC committee for a three year term. Open to the public.
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ASC
Lorin Hoopes
Reed McGregor
Raymond Sant
von Atkinson
David H. Smith
Verdon Hansen
Delmer Olsen
Nathaniel Keller
Merlin McKay
Robert C Geddes
Harry Miles
Hebert Swainston
Richard Ballif
Ernest Gregersen
Rex E. Poulsen
Charles Buttars
John J. King
B. William Winward
Leonard Povey
Allen Fisher
Ralph Porter
Dennis B. Hall
D. William Harris
R Carl Swainston
Robert 4. Haworth
Woodrow W. Winward
Conan Foster
la Grand Spanig
C. Wallace Chatterton
Franklin County
Preston City considers water service outside limits
The Preston City council reviewed a request for water service beyond city bounds near the Preston Golf Course area, filed by Neal Swann who plans to market parcels east of the golf road. The meeting approved renewing city fire insurance via Robert Acock agency and set water hookup fees at 125 dollars for ¾ inch pipe and 175 dollars for 1 inch pipe. The council also ordered billing Union 76 for 100 dollars to blacktop near the service station.
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Preston
Neal Swann
Robert Acock
We Rite
Union
Class Of 52 Seeks Members for Reunion
The Class of ’52 plans a gathering and seeks contact details for Orvine Bennett Barbara Bowcutt Ethel Amyesting Lorene Long Ann Olsen Delbert Weaver Leone Anybody. Call Reed Smith at 852-0743 in Preston with information.
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Orvine Bennett
Barbara Bowcutt
Ethel Amyesting
Lorene Long
Ann Olsen
Delbert Weaver
Leone
Reed Smith
Preston
Public Hearings Set Next Week on School Consolidation Plan
Hearings on uniting Eastside and West Side school districts are scheduled for Monday at Preston high auditorium and Thursday at West Side high Porter hall. Dr. Orson Bowler will outline the plan approved by both boards. A single county district would absorb all properties and operate with a five member board from various areas.
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Eastside
West Side
Preston High School
Orson Bowler
West Side School Board
Porter Hall
West Side High School
Franklin Sant
Lyle Porter
Statemeat of
Preston
Winder
Banida
Treasureton
Riverdale
Mink Creek
Anklin
Whitney
South Pin
Fairview
Sunhi
Idaho Falls Invitational Pistol Shoot Honors Area Officers
Three Franklin county men won trophies at the Ninth Annual NRTS Invitational Combat Pistol Match near Idaho Falls held September 14. Wendell Gailey topped the Expert Class with 567 of 600, Michael McKenzie was second in Unclassified with 537, and Warren Wilde took fifth in Sharpshooter with 540.
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Franklin County
Idaho Falls
Wendell Gailey
Michael McKenzie
Warren Wilde
NRTS
Atomic Energy Commission
Idaho
AEXC
Argonne National Laboratory
Idaho Nuclear Corporation
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Zane C. Hall
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Cost of Raising a Child Rises for Franklin County Families
A special Citizen report finds that raising a child from birth to 18 now costs about three times a family's income, with averages in Franklin County ranging from six to seven thousand dollars per year, totaling roughly twenty three thousand dollars over 18 years, depending on family circumstances and hand me down practices.
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Franklin County
Insti
Reed Conlin Earns Masters Degree
H. Reed Conlin son of Mr and Mrs Harold J Conlin completed requirements for his master of science degree at Utah State University He was elected to Sigma Xi and served on the Graduate Student Council He is now at Washington State University Pullman working on a doctorate in medical microbiology.
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H. Reed Conlin
Harold J. Conlin
Utah State University
Sigma Xi
Reed
Washington State University
Pullman
Wash
Montpelier Driver Escapes Injury In Highway 36 Roll
Benjamin J. Lewis aged 58 escaped serious harm when his car left Highway 36 and rolled down an embankment into a canal causing about 1000 dollars in damage. He attributed the crash to sleepiness and planned to stop at a roadside park.
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Benjamin J. Lewis
Montpelier
Democrats Plan Meet The Candidates Dinner Kickoff
Franklin County Democrats announce a general election campaign kickoff event titled Meet The Candidates. The plan includes a dinner and a series of forums with local candidates to engage voters and explain platforms.
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Franklin
Sean
Pete
Ana
License expirations by ending digits month notice
The county assessor's office reports car license renewals ending in 9 expire at the end of September. Licenses ending in 0 will expire in October.
Preston Boy Heads New Freedom Singers President
Ricks Preston of the town of Preston, son of Mr and Mrs Victor Halford, was named president of the New Freedom Singers at Tre Rick s College. The singers group includes Tom Haworth and Horace Haworth as part of a college ensemble that toured the United States last year.
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DeLyn Halford
Victor Halford
Preston
New Freedom Singers
Tee Ricks College
United States
Tom ‘Haworth
Ee. Horace | Haworth
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