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The Pocatello Post

Location

Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1948

Page

12

Minidoka Area Elects Scout, Grange Leaders At Meeting

At the Rupert area meeting J Herbert May was elected district chairman of the Boy Scout council with Dick Bee son named district member at large. Other officers include Sherman Bell wood vice chairman and Dean Anderson district commissioner. Grange officers were elected at Hopewell with Fred Rogers master and Claude Bowman overseer. A six acre pool site was proposed by the Mini doka posse and Lions club with city officials weighing highway safety.

Rupert J. Herbert May Boy Scout Council Dick Beeson Sherman Bellwood Dean Anderson Beeson E. A. McIntyre Neer Toone Marvin’ Loosh Jake Wall Dave Player Charles Whittaker Clarence Bellem Willis Vandiver Lee Merrill Hallowe’en Minidoka George Zeimetz Minidoka Anti-Tuberculosis Association Joe Gisler Twin Falls-Mini-Cassia Paul Alen Gisler Herman Stoker Burley R. P. Hyde Thomas Maberly Harold Coddington Minidoka County Pomona Hopewell School House Roy D. la Rue West End Grange Fred Rogers Hopewell Grange Claude Bowman Rogers Pioneer Roy LaRue West End LaRue William “Mitchell Acequia Howard Bruns Leo van Every Albert Frederick Hopewell Ceres George Graf Richard Culley Flora H. A. Blayney Grange Bill Priest L. W. Carter Emery Carson Minidoka County Posse Lions Club Ron Hawks Posse Henry Brazeal American Legion

Extremely Good Year Seen for Idaho Farmers by Grange Head

Boise Idaho farmers enjoyed an extremely good year according to George Hersley master of the Idaho State Grange. He noted high prices and favorable crops with onions in the southwest bringing prices up to 14 a hundredweight for early 1948 storage. Wheat potatoes and beets also showed strong returns though green crops were average and truck crops mostly broke even or slightly ahead.

Idaho Grange Head Boise George Hersley Idaho State Grange Hersley Horsley Grange

Iowa girl wins national Farm and Gardens beauty title

Patsy Miller, 17, Osceola Iowa, wins the Farmer's Daughter contest at the National Farm and Gardens show in Chicago. Second place goes to Marian Clark, 21, North Norwich New York, third to Rosina Raber, 16, Bristol Indiana. A hand sized device records building or machine vibrations, a recording vibrometer.

Chicago Patsy Miller Osceola Miss Miller Marian Clark North Norwich N. Y Rosina Raber Bristol Ind

When two hundred becomes a burden in a vanished life

Durand and Benny flee from Downs and live in Pensacola to hide. With dwindling funds they gamble with fate and their relationship frays. She pushes for risky schemes while he resists, leading to a bitter standoff over money and control.

Downs Durand Benny Pensacola

Ken Babcock Heads Burley Red Cross Drive

Ken Babcock named fund drive chairman for the 1949 Red Cross drive in Cassia County with the plan to run next March. Esther Foster reports 111 veterans dependants and servicemen received aid in 1948 including meals lodging fuel shelter and medical care plus transportation and information flows to veterans agencies.

Burley Ken Babcock Red Cross Cassia County Robert Miller Esther Foster Home Service Foster Veterans Administration

Wholesale Prices Rise Again in Latest Labor Report

The Labor Department said average wholesale prices increased four tenths of one percent for the week ended Tuesday. Prices rose across most major commodity groups, except foods.

Washington Labor Department

Light Eternal drama planned at Rupert church

The Rupert Christian church presents a religious drama The Light Eternal on December 2 and 3 under the Women's Council. Virginia Littlefield of Kansas City directs the production with proceeds benefiting the church organ fund. Rev John McClure portrays Joseph, Robert Maggard plays Reuben, and Roy Day takes the role of Judah in a biblically themed performance.

Rupert Light Eternal Women’s Council Rupert Christian Church Virginia Littlefield Kansas City Moses Mt. Sinai Mt. Sinai. the Play, Miss .Littlefield John McClure Joseph Robert Maggard Reuben Roy Day Judah Semion Levi

Eight Firemen Dead in Mexican Building Collapse

In Mexico City a burning building caved in trapping eight firemen who died. A fire department official said five or six more are missing and feared buried in the wreckage. The known dead are all members of the fire service.

Mexico City

Cast List Revealed for Christian Church Play

Holt Nichols and Guy Bailes lead the cast with Roy Day Jr. as the younger brother Benjamin. Rev. Adams of the Pentecostal church plays Moses. Other cast members include Gene Laurance Lionel French Deloris French Joan Briggs N K Jensen Tommy Day Mary McClure Fredrick Lourance Lois Miller Dorothy Nelson W S Nutting Janice Hardy Gwen Lourance Dick Taylor Florence Manning and Frank Stopello. Performances begin at 8 15 each evening at the Christian church.

Holt Nichols Guy Bailes Roy Day Jr Benjamin Adams The Pentecostal Church Moses Gene Laurance Lionel French Deloris French Joan Briggs N. K. Jensen Tommy Day Mary McClure Fredrick Lourance Lois Miller Dorothy Nelson W. S. Nutting Janice Hardy Gwen Lourance Dick Taylor Florence Manning Frank

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