Industrial Development Corporation launches stock drive
Preston businessmen and the Preston Chamber of Commerce back a financing effort for the Industrial Development Corporation to promote industry in Franklin County. Pledges reach 3500 as drive continues with ties to the Small Business Administration and local firms under review for soundness and growth.
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Industrial Development Corporation
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Preston Chamber of Commercs
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Frankli County
Pa Aes
Emmy Mee
Car‘ing Read
Iocal
Inees
Ely Tan Pena
Preston High Hosts District Wide Homecoming Friday
Preston High plans a district Homecoming with all schools out for events. The pep rally starts tonight, alumni assemble Friday at 10, and the Homecoming game at 12 30 features Preston versus Montpelier for the big blue wheel. Queen candidates are Kay Dawn Jepsen Sally Bamm bro ugh and Kristen Larson.
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Preston High School
Kristen Larson
Sally Bambrough
Kay Dawn Jepsen
Tory
Preston
Montpelier
County Levies To Show Drop Across Most Areas
County audit certification shows tax levies in decline in most districts with Oxford City likely not levying. Weston Mills raises from 2.40 to 2.4849 mills while general property taxes increase countywide due to higher valuation. School district levies remain: Grace 3.50, Eerste 4.60, Westide 4.55.
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Weston
City
Preston
Franklin
Dayton
Clifton
Oxford
Grace
Eerste
West Ide
Petition Time Opens For City Offices In County
Petitions for city offices may be turned in to the city clerks in county communities starting Thursday. The deadline is October 6. In Preston about five petitions have been taken out with no clear candidate names. vacancies include council seats held by Keith Larson and Lyle Shipley and the mayoral post.
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Preston
Keith Larson
Lyle Shipley
Lions Install Park Fountain
The Preston Lions club poured concrete for an extension of the Lions Shelter slab and began installing a water fountain in the City Recreation Park. The fountain will stand near the fireplace at the east end of the Lions Shelter, which the club placed in the park years ago.
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Preston Lions Club
City
Lions Shelter
Record soda consumption climbs in Franklin county trends
Special to The Citizens reports a surge in soda pop use in Franklin county with residents drinking 218 eight-ounce bottles per person annually, totaling 1,744,000 bottles nationwide. The outlay reached $185,000 last year, up from $994,000 a decade ago, with teens and young adults the heaviest buyers.
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Franklin County
Department of Commerce
Franklins S
Man Injured In Auto Wreck On Highway 34
Leonard B. Sharp 18 of Preston was injured Friday when his car rolled several times on a curve on Highway 34, 16 miles north of Preston. Three passengers were uninjured and he was treated at Franklin County Hospital.
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Leonard B. Sharp
Preston
Leonard
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
Franklin County
Pep Club Plans Dance On Field At West Side High
The West Side Pep club will sponsor a public dance Saturday on the West Side high school football field. It will be held under the lights with a live band and begin at 8 p.m. Music will be provided by a local band.
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West Side
Work Ahead On New LDS Church
Construction on the Preston Third Seventh ward church progresses with bricklayers setting walls in the East classroom wing and footings poured for foundations. Crews complete interior flooring in the chapel and cultural hall while West wing bricklayers continue work and pay details are discussed.
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Preston ‘Third-Seventh Ward
Alchall
Lesane
Auto Plates Go On Sale Next Week
The Franklin County Assessor's office announced that all 1970-71 validation stickers for the new staggered license plate system will go on sale Oct. 1. Assessor Marlow Funk urged immediate application to the lower right corner of the plate and removal of any 1969 sticker pieces.
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Franklin County Assessor
Marlow Funk
dAtéis
Hr. Funk
Funk
Warner C. Mills
Department of Law Enforcement
Utah State Fair Rabbit Winners From Franklin County
Franklin county exhibitors collected multiple awards at the Utah State Fair. L Richard Jensen of Lewiston won senior doe and best of show among 327 rabbits, plus Best of Breed in Latins and Best of Breed Silver Marten. Ernest Mylrose earned Best Opposite Sex Champagne and other top placements, while Denzil Talbot also earned honors.
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Franklin County
Lewiston
L. Richard Jensen
Utah
Wolf’s Sportsman
Salt Lake City
Mr. Jensen
Jensen
Ernest Mylrose
Franklin
Mr. Mylrose
Denzil Talbot
Nominating Petitions Open in Preston District
State law requires petitions signed by at least 10 qualified electors owning land or residing in the district. David Smart, secretary of the present board of supervisors, said nominating petitions are available at Ackrell Building in Preston and must be secured and returned by October 4.
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David Smart
Board of Supervisors
Jai Aloo
Smart
I ‘Ackrell
Preston
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