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Show Looking Back On 1941 Through The Clarion Files Jan. 2 J. W. Condie retires as State Superintendent of Schools. Sixty persons registered at the post office as alhiens of the county at the request of the government. Jan. 9 Leadership Week is planned plan-ned for March 3-4-5 and committees commit-tees are announced to prepare plans. Total receipts at the post-office post-office for 1940 were announced at an all-time high in Preston thus giving a fair indication of the local business volume, for the past year. Jan. 16 Franklin County officers offi-cers sworn in Monday. Red Cross doubles membership in county. Jan. 23 Proposal is made by the Southeastern Idaho Civics clubs to make a Health Resoit at Lava Hot Springs. Over $111,000 received in Federal Benefit payments on Hie county's past year's beet crop. Jan. 30 Soil and dairy experts Instruct county farmers in series of meeting to aid in development of local farms. Feb. 6 Preston Chamber of Commerce re-elect T. R. Bowden as president for the year with Jed Lewis as vice-president. We: ley Hubbard of Grace; T. H. Nash of Preston and E. D. Whitman of Soda Springs were elected to head t lie-five lie-five county sheepgrowers' association associa-tion at their annual meeting here, j Feb. 13 Peace officers of Franklin Frank-lin county form association under ' the direction of Sheriff Lee Hansen Han-sen Rodeo plans are hi un bj ('hambr of Commerce officials. Feb. 2u Annual Fish and (lame banquet is announced by ofliiials. Membership drive is launched this week by Die Chamber of Commerce. Com-merce. Feb. 27 The registration this week shows 750 adults listed to attend the Leadership Week as t-onimittee lists coinpi"te program for the three day session, ("ail Ilal-lif Ilal-lif suffers the loss of forearm while iiinning hay chopper. March 6 Mel R' eves named as secretary of the Chamber of Coin nieree. George raull is ronfmeil to the I'reslon hospital Willi serious seri-ous illness. March 1.'!- Inter-City Lions' club hold big meeting here to inaik the fiflh anniversary of the Preston Lions. Representatives from 1 .'. Idaho and 10 I'tah cities will tit-tend. tit-tend. March 20 County commissioners as delegates to lioise obtain a pledge from Governor Clark for oonsidration of needed ro.nl im provcnii nt on the Grace and Strawberry Straw-berry highways. Paul Boelliehcr was elected president of the .lay-cees .lay-cees with Vice President fail Xiel. son and Secretary- Larry Robinson. March 27 Governor Clark and (Continued on back pagej LOOKING BACK (Continud from page 1) delegation from state join local delegation on; tour of inspection cl I highways and mineral deposits in this area. Ward ; to cooperate in i the Home Beautification of the I Church. I April 3 :Preston retains boxing I championship of the district when Coach Rulon Stanfield's h.gh i school squad captured four district j titles in the tournament here on ' Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Open house at the Cub River and Spike camps mark the eighth anniversary an-niversary of the CCC. April 10 The Progressive ticket files a list of candidates for the city election campaign. Harold B. Lee, former resident of the county, was sustained as a member of the council of Twelve Appostles in General Conference Sunday. April 17 An Easter Egg Hunt was staged on the city park for boys and girls by the Jaycees. In-dpendent In-dpendent and Progressive tickets post platforms. Tom Heath resigns as state GOP (Chairman to assume the responsibilities of general manager man-ager at the Manitoba Sugar plant in Winnepeg, Canada. April 24 Business and Professional Profes-sional club women of Preston were hosts to the organization's district convention. Mayor J. Clifford Forsgren is re-elected in a r.ecord breaking voting for the city. Dr. S. P. Packer is only new member of the icity council. May 1 Falling into line with the Jaycee Glean-up campaign the merchants, mer-chants, C of C. and Schools celebrated cele-brated the occasion with a tin can parade, a half-dollar day sale and referendum vote. Elaborate preparations pre-parations have been announced for the Pioneer Day clebration al Franklin on June 14. June 12 USO fund drive got under un-der way this week with T. R. Bow-den Bow-den as director of the drive. The county quota has hen set at ?S0i. A "Parade of the Forty Xiners" was featured in Preston in connection con-nection with the Idaho Day celebration. cele-bration. Prizes were awarded the best costumed children in the parade par-ade by Jaycees. June 19 County Agent Kearl announces an-nounces a Dairy Excursion for dairymen Saturday which will include in-clude visits to farms boasting good herds and whrch will include an afternoon meeting at the couit-hous couit-hous where slides of interest to the dairy industry will be shown June 20 Patriotic program, p'' nde and fireworks will he feature'1 for the Fourth of July holiday Mink Creek and Winder also plan outstanding programs. A waller containing $194 was turned in to Portland police who in turn sen' it. to Gaylord Larson, rightful own er. (Continued next week) ' a bonfire program. May 8 Field Day for the county schools is announced to be held at Dayton. Civic leaders meet in a conference to discuss education for American Citizenship in the schools and listed suggested improvements in the program. May 15 County AAA committee sponsors a meeting to discuss Wheat Marketing Quotas prior to the referendum vote. The music department of the high school returned re-turned from Ogden with nine first division awards, six second division awards and one third rating. May 22 A successful convention of the Sixth District American Legion and Auxiliary closed here Tuesday evening with a banquet at Paul's Cafe. One hundred and twenty-three students were listed in the graduating class at thePres-ton thePres-ton high school. ! May 29 Two Mitehell brothers of Dayton narrowly escaped death when their car was struck by a fast passenger train $23S.37 has already been paid out in the magpie mag-pie extermination campaign of the fish and game department. June 5 Franklin county farmers voted overwhelmingly in favor of the wheat marketing quota at the |