Optimist Club Pocatello Announces Charter Plans
The Optimist club of Pocatello reports over 35 members will become charter members after a pre charter luncheon at the Whitman hotel. The charter party is set for August 31 with district governor of Optimists International presiding and installation by the lieutenant governor. Carl C. Donaugh will be principal speaker. Boise Optimist club sponsors will charter a plane for the event.
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Optimist Club of
Pocatello
Whitman Hotel
Optimists International
Carl C. Donaugh
St. Louis
Boise Optimist Club
Pocatello Club
Harold M. O'Braun
Falls Teachers To Meet Aug. 27
American Falls school teachers will gather at 2 p.m. August 27 at the high school. The district reports a vacancy at Bannock Creek and needs a primary instructor and a replacement for Band Leader Erickson. Several positions have been filled including J. E. Sorenson as high school principal and history instructor.
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American Falls
Bannock Creek
Erickson
J. E. Sorenson
Pocatello
Letha Fearn
Shelley
Thelma Smith
Lava Hot Springs
Bonnie Pierce
Connie Sue Thornton
Jacquiline Savage
Neva Miser
Lillian Davis
Dorothy Polage
Mildred West
Lugg Horsely
Elizabeth Payne
Annabel Hunter Williams
Sara Kugler
Gladys Loula
Thelma Sweet
Josephine Mason
Theodore Reitz
Alice Finis
Ronald Pierson
Colorado Organist Gets Out of Jail For Sunday Service
Alice Ramstetter the 68 year old organist at St Marys Catholic church served her Sunday mass with a deputy sheriff present and jailer authorization. She had been jailed four days earlier for gambling charges and chose jail rather than posting a 100 bond. The scene drew town support amid a local anti gambling drive led by Justice of the Peace Lowell Griffith.
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Central City
Colo
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Alice Ramstetter
Francis Potemka
St. Mary’s
Lowell Griffith
Griffith
Father Potemka
Ramstetters
Theatres Showings Across City Venues This Week
CHIEF THEATRE features The Fountainhead with Gary Cooper Patricia Neal Raymond Massey and Kent Smith on Sun Mon Tue. The Window and A Woman's Secret play Wed Thu with stars Bobby Driscoll Barbara Hale Arthur Kennedy Maureen O Hara Melvin Douglas. Beaus and Beauties: The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend with Betty Grable Cesar Romero plus The Amazon Quest with Tom Neal Carol Mathews Fri Sat. ORPHEUM presents John Loves Mary Sun Mon with Ronald Reagan Jack Carson and Skyliner with Richard Travis Pamela Blake. Cover Girl with Rita Hayworth Gene Kelly and You Were Never Lovlier with Rita Hayworth Fred Astaire Tue Fri. One Sunday Afternoon with Dennis Morgan Dorothy Malone and Hellfire with William Elliott Forrest Tucker Sat Sun. RIALTO hosts My Dear Secretary with Laraine Day Kirk Douglas Keenan Wynn and Strawberry Roan cinecolor with Gene Autry Gloria Henry Jack Holt Sat Sun. Julia Misbehaves with Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Peter Lawford and Carson City Raiders with Allan Rocky Lane Mon Tue Wed. Sitting Pretty with Robert Young Maureen O Hara Clifton Webb and Sutter's Gold with Edward Arnold Lee Tracy Binnie Barnes Thu Fri Sat. Sunday Monday Tuesday
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Orpheum Theatre
John Loves
Mary
Ronald Reagan
Jack Carson
Rialto Theatre
Secretary
Laraine Day
Kirk Douglas
Keenan Wynn
Gene Autry
Gloria Henry
Jack Holt
Julia Misbehaves
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Peter Lawford
Carson City Raiders
Allan
Rocky” Lane
Robert Young
Maureen O'Hara
Clifton Webb
Edward Arnold
Lee Tracy
Binnie Barnes
Forest Fire Nears End in Payette National Forest
McCall Idaho Up dispatch reports a forest fire in Payette National Forest has burned about 6000 acres of timberland. After two days with no runs officials hope to control the blaze in the next couple of days if the weather stays calm.
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McCall
Payette National Forest
Fred Williams
Payette
Rupert Sets Pet Parade
The annual back-to-school kiddies pet parade forms August 23 at 1 30 PM with a 2 PM march start. H C Grimes chairman of the merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce announced six parade divisions including decorated bicycles tricycles wagons costume and pet divisions.
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Rupert
H. C. Grimes
Merchants’ Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Wheat and potato crops drop in Idaho forecasts
Drought and frost in Idaho cut early harvested wheat and potatoes. USDA projections on Aug 1 show wheat at 32,205,000 bushels and potatoes at 32,200,000 bushels, down from July estimates. Frosted areas hurt yields, delaying hopes for strong fall crops.
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Boise
Idaho
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Nurses Arrive to Aid 21 Polio Patients in Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls Red Cross nurses arrived to assist at the LDS hospital. Three nurses are here with two more expected from Salt Lake. Roy Stephenson, hospital superintendent, said the staff will care for 21 isolation polio victims admitted to the facility.
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Idaho Falls
Red Cross
Salt Lake
Roy Stephennson
LDS Hospital
Parade Offers Prizes and Treats for Participants
Merchandise prizes will be awarded in each division and all participants will receive treats in the park following the parade.
Western Bearing Opens Here Today
Western Bearing Inc will hold a formal opening today at 840 N Main. The Boise based company, led by J D Joseph as general manager, expands to Pocatello under Fred Mann and Ashley Payne. The venture will supply anti friction bearings including ball and roller types plus transmission components and related tools.
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Western Bearing, Inc
N. Main
Boise
J. D. Josseph
Timken Roller Bearing Company
Pocatello
Fred Mann
Intermountain Equipment Company
Ashley Payne
State Bureau of Highways
National Oil Seal
Timken
Idaho to Get Joint Report on Rodents
A joint federal state report on Idaho’s rodent menace will be released within a week or 10 days. Fred C. Harmston of the U S Public Health Service directs the survey, expected to show rodent spread from northern to southern Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
H. C. Clare
Fred C. Harmston
U. S. Public Health Service
Harmston
Soviet Svezda-3 to enter mass production at 101 mph
Radio Moscow reports a new Svezda-3 sports car aimed for mass production. It uses 70 percent Moskvich and M-72 parts and reached 101.9 miles per hour on a half mile test on the Minsk highway near Moscow. The car has a 54 horsepower engine.
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London
Radio Moscow
Minsk
Moscow
Kids Parade in Pocatello Returns With Back to School Theme
Wayne Booth announces a Saturday parade in Pocatello for August 20 with a Back to School theme. Line-up at 10 a.m. and start at 10:30 a.m. Free watermelon after at Irving Field. Prizes in bikes pets floats costumes and novelty. Field day follows later in the afternoon with events for all ages.
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Pocatello Recreation
Irving Field
Irving
Wayne Booth
Singing Mouse Liquidated Morris
William Mather trapped a mouse that for two months disrupted his family’s sleep by chirping like a canary, ending the nuisance.
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Morris
U.P
William Mather
Idaho Little Hoover Commission Ponders State Reorganization
Boise Idaho interim unit of the joint interim legislative committee on state government reorganization plans to meet for at least two days. Senator Fred M Taylor says definite conclusions will follow staff work led by former Governor Bottolfsen. Randall Wallis Boise attorney is to be confirmed as legal consultant and drafter. Informal hearings on reorganization may occur Tuesday with state officials and stakeholders invited to share views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Little Hoover Commission
Fred M. Taylor
Ada
Taylor
C. A. Bottolfsen
Randall Wallis
Wallis
Michigan to paint 12000 miles of road markings this summer
The Michigan State highway department completes its pavement marking program and plans to paint about 12 000 miles of black and white lines on trunk lines across the state this summer.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan State Highway Department
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