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Show production. . na Xov 6-Church and civic groups together with schools conduct ex-u,:sive ex-u,:sive program during the Anieri oan Education week. Farmers asked ask-ed for 100 per cent increase in hog production Nov 13-Defense council complies com-plies county organization. Jack t'oburn of Oxford and George Hawkes. Orin Larsen, Jed Hart, recede re-cede mission calls. Lester Lowe . slaved twenty top specimen at Intel-mountain Fur Breeders' ex hibit. capturing the grand champion cham-pion award Nov 20 George Burgi retires as president of the Oneida stake. Paul H W'vnn was appointed to 1 11 vaoaivv with Phenoi Edgley and Clifford Forsgren as counse lors and F. A. Fackrell as stakb clerk. Xov 97 Assessor Hawks asks motorics to turn in old license plates w hen applying for new ones. Preston merchants announce the official opening of the holiday sea Dec. 4 Sugar Factory closes aft er the shortest run in history. The county commissioners meet with Governor at Boise and receive as. surance of highway completion program. pro-gram. ! Dec. 11 County emergency war-! war-! dens are appointed by Civilian Defense De-fense as nation enters the World War. County asked an additional $1,250 for the Red Cross War Relief Re-lief fund. Dec. 18 County holds "Scrap Iron Day" and collects 129.&63 pounds tor defense industries Far. mers to be paid for "scrap" in Defense De-fense Stamps. Patrolman Dabling and Ted Biladeau capture armed bandit Dec. 25 Santa greets fiften hun-dred hun-dred children with bags of candy through the, cooperation of Jayces and C of C officials The school play "June Mad" was, presented under the) direction of Miss Howe. n . O HAPPENINGS EROM CLARION 1941 FILES (Continued from last week) Sept. IS 1,451 students enroneu in the Preston schools. County farmers far-mers welcome lifting of ban on 1942 beet acreages. Hearing to be held in Preston on Motor Car controversy. July 3 Franklin County Sugar company mailed out $33,250 beet bonus checks on 1940 crop, boosting boost-ing the total payment to date up to $6.69 per ton. Local FFA teams rand high in state judging con tests, placing 4th in farm vacancies, vacan-cies, 5th, in livestock judging contest, con-test, poultry judging, and meat .dentification and 7th in dairy con- Sept. 25 "Charmaids" girls chorus cho-rus under the direction of Elda Carlson announce the' presentation of the musical cantata, "Evange- test. July 10 Historic mural, by Ed-mond Ed-mond James Fitzgrald, depicting the early "Battle of Bear River," is placed in the new post office building. City summer recreation program reached the halfway mark and classes , in plastic work were changed to those of needlecraft and wood work. July 18 Whitney Irrigation stockholders to vote on new reservoir reser-voir a-ction. Dennis "Lowe appointed appoint-ed to head the County Civilian Defense De-fense organization. July 22 Three Franklin children, Betty Whitehead, Jean and Forrest Atkinson, were killed in a hit and run traffic accident near Richmond. Rich-mond. A swimming accident in Twin Lakes reservoir claims the life of Percil Talbot. July 31 Preston-Mink Creek canal ca-nal cut in landslide, on the bluffs below the Riverdale grade, coveting covet-ing a ten acre plot of farmland on the farms of Estus and Orrin Packer. Pack-er. A successful aluminum drive and matinee was sponsored by the Jaycees. August 8 Crop losses due to the lack of water on farms of the-stockholders the-stockholders of the Preston, Mink line. Faculty memoers pian to attend the two-day convention at Pocatello Oct. 2 Airplane crash at airport kills Henry Bair Merrill, pilot, ana injures Earl Gilbert. Preston wins football tussle with Aberdeen 14-0 despite mud and rain. Oct 9 Sugar factory begins its campaign with an estimated yield of 95,000 tons of beets expected. Annual roundup of range cattle is announced this week by Edgar Pe-terborg, Pe-terborg, president of the FranK-lin FranK-lin County Stockmen's association. October 16 Henderson sisters, Dora and Zelnora, receive serious injury in automobile crash near Logan. Final 1940 beet bonus checks totaling $50,656.28 is mailed to farmers. Franklin wins "B'-League "B'-League Football trophy. October 23 Two stake Relier Societies meet jointly with "Spn-ituality "Spn-ituality in the home" as the con vention theme. Red Cross workers tea opens county roll call campaign. cam-paign. Oct. 30 Head-on collision kills Mrs. Weston J. Smith near Richmond Rich-mond as the party is en route to Logan temple. County Agent Kearl asks farmers for increase in milk Creek company were prevented by the purchase of water supply from the Cub River irrigation and the Johnson Reservoir companies. Aus. tin Merrill elected Post commander comman-der by the American Legion. Food Stamp program goes into, effect in county. August 14 Joseph Anderson of Logan and Leonard Cooper of Providence were killed wlien their car hurdled over the embankment near thei Sewage plant. Ardis Hansen Han-sen chosen Queen of the Night Rodeo Ro-deo celebration. August 21 With Mel Reeves as managing director and Edwin Crockett as Rodeo chairman, Pres ton plays host to thousands of rodeo ro-deo and fair visitors Unusual thunder storms hit the' county and caused numerous floods. Hail storms seriously damaged crop? along a two mile stretch through Whitney. Aug. 28 Three thousand persons attended the Preston Horse Show and 15,000 vieewed the two performances per-formances of the Xight Rodeo Chamber of Commerce and Civic clubs -protest the removal of the Union Pacific motor car service. Sept. 4 Results of the county's largest flower show were announced an-nounced this week. H. V. Burleigh retires with honors after 43 years service with the railroads. Sept. 11 Protest made to the Idaho Commission on motor car removal. Bangs tests were made on 8,000 cows in the county with 294 reactions. PTA forms commit- tee for year's program. |