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Show CLASSIFIEDS FEATURES PAUL HARVEY WEEKS TV GUIDE -- -- -- -- THE SEVEN LOVELY BlcratefnUl Princesses who will be in competition for Idaho Days queen title. pooe in front of the Franklin monument dedicated in rememberance of the settlers of Idaho! oldeat town. The aeven will make ipecial talent presentations during the production which has been named One Valley Under God set for Friday night, June 25. at 5 p.m. la the .Franklin Park. The .seven include HONORING PIONEERS . - (clockwise,, beginning lower left) Laai Davis of Marsh Valley; Diane Crowther, Malad; Sharon Titensor, Preston; Pam Christensen, Grace; Lanae Balls, Soda Springs, Jodi Meiners, Bancroft, and Sandra Bingham, West Side.. They dresses which they will are shown in the .pioneer-style- d wear in the pageant and which they made themselves. Citizen Photo HISTORIC FRANKLIN centers around the Pioneer Relic hall, which will he open for the celebration, the old Coop building or old relic hall, and to the far right, the aid Hatch Home. JUNE 25 -26 Idaho's Oldest As far as the communities of the Cache Valley are concerned as well as the state of Utah Franklin, Idaho, is just another one of those Mormon settlements. But to the state of Idaho it has a special place of signifi - cance the oldest settlement in the state. THUS YEAR the celebra- tion is being held as the With the bicepjgpnjaiyear, the community is gearing up fa another of what was once the big celebration of the valley Idaho Day. county-wid- e ent booths planned by the Relief Society organizations fif"the Preston South and North stakes. 'dfV fiveweek program honor- ing die settling of Franklin and the pioneers who founded the community. It is the countys official bicentennial celebration. Along with all this, there is a new effort to put some life into die Relic hall, restore old buildings and preserve historic sites. One building has been placed on the Another special feature will be a Mountain Man Rendezvous, sponsored by the Old Ephriam Mountain Men of Logan. It will be held in the city square and surrounding area, and will be staged! for two days, Friday and Saturday. According to Stanton Hawkes, chairman of the parade, it is hoped that application is approved. The celebration will open with Idaho Days queen piag-eaon June 25 which will feature history of Southeast-oIdaho, along with that of Franklin. Girls from seven of the high schools of the area will compete for the dtle. The pageant, written by Mrs. Betty Hayden, will be n presented in the baseball field. A special stage is being constructed and additional the traditional flag raising ceremony on Idaho Day, June 28, on Mt. Smqrt, the patriotic meeting will be held again. The featured speakers will be Gov. Cecil Andrus of Idaho and Elder L. Tom Perry of the LDS Quorum of the Twelve. Pioneers and people of Franklin will also be featured on the program. Other events will be the parade at 5 p.m. and the dinner in the park at 6:30. New to Idaho Day in Franklin this year will be a special display in the old school gym called Society Square with some 20 differ- - five-wee- k ending with the Preston Night Rodeo in Preston and the Idaho Days Grand ParWhile IDAHO DAY EVENTS FRANKLIN June25 All Day Mountain Man Rendezvous, City Square. Muzzle Loading shoot, etc. All Day Finlinson Carnival Rides and Midway. Idaho Days p.m. Queen Pageant City ball 8 park. Contestants from seven high schools. Admission charge. June seating will be brought in. ALONG WITH Franklin will be big enough to hold the parade planned for the day. We may have to run it up Maple Creek canyon, he said. Concluding the celebration will be the Idaho Days Bicentennial Grand Ball Other activities of the celebration will continue through the month of July ade. nt ORIGINAL FIREPLACE This three stone fireplace is stilUtanding in the old Doney home, located at the back of the Conrad Doney property in Franklin. There is still the original plaster on the house, which is probably the oldest home in Franklin. which Day return this years, year, with Finlayson rides providing a small number of rides and a midway. Also darned is an Anything Goes activity under the direction of students from Utah State University. a part of the Idaho , Vai for will . National register and another is about to if the . THE CARNIVAL, , All Day All Day 26 Society Square. Mountain Man Rendezvous. All Day Finlinson Rides. All Day Relic Hall Open. 6 a.m. Flag raising ceremony on Mount Smart 10:15 a.m. Cherry Creek Band (Weston Ward) concert Church lawn. 10:30 a.m. Patriotic meeting, featuring Gov. Cecil Andrus and Elder L. Tom Perry LDS Noon chapel. Luncheon for dig- nitaries. 1 p.m. Anything Goes city ball field. 2:30 p.m. Lttle Buckeroo Rodeo. games 5 p.m. Parade. 6 p.m. Pioneer Day Dinner in the park, USU entertainment Idaho Days Bicentennial Grand Ball LDS chapel. Admission 9 p.m. committees are get- ting ready for the celebration, work is underway getting the relic hall ready for the program. AND OTHERS are making plans for the eventual purchase of the old L. H. Hatch home and restoring it to the way it was back in the 1960s when it was built, restoration of the old coop building, and the building of graphic displays in the relic hall to tell tne stay of the Mormon colonization effort and the settling of Franklin. Plans are also being discussed for the moving of Mrs. Lester A. VIEWING THE OLD FORT MOCK-U- P Jones, Meridian, Ida, looks for the model, of the cabin of her Great Great grandfather, Andrew Morrison, while her sou Mr. and Mrs. Warren Jones of and daughter-in-laRichmond look on. some of the older hones near to the relic halls to create a better visual display of the pioneer heritage in the community. As work continues in Franklin with celebrations and with restoration projects the community will be come mow than just another community in Cache Valley, and more than just a town with a slogan the oldest settlement in Idaho. It will become a historical monument to a great pioneer movement and a memorial to those who settled Idahos oldest community. .t charge. EARLY SCHOOL gceue of the first Proshytenaa cuurch in the county is this old building ou the highwny, which was also used for a church school, attended by many of the early settlers. 7 iflt'JI The Doney home, which has been used as a tool house for the past several years, is well preserved for its years and considering the fact it hasn't been lived in form many years. WEL1, PRESERVED I ORIGINAL COMMITTEE Members or the original committee for the first Idaho Day which was held in Franklin in 1919 Include I)r. G.W. States, L.L. Hatch, S.C. Parkinson, and Ezra P. Monson. The statue in honor of the pioneers was unyielded during the celebration. . EARLY HOME line of the early pioneer homes permanent homes was this one built by William Whitehead, a stone mason. The log part at the back has collapsed and it has been used as a chicken coop and shed for several years. s |
