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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1947
Page
11
Pocatello high school Indians opened the season with a 46 to 28 win over Idaho Falls. The game also boosted the community swimming pool fund with ticket sales around 1300 dollars. Official tallies show 821 dollars at the high school office and about 500 expected from the junior chamber of commerce.
A bee travel estimate notes that from every two million bees leaving a hive about 3.16 percent stray, die, are lost, or are stolen.
In Irving High School games by the L D S Mutual Improvement Association M Men division three contests saw the Eleventh, Tenth and Fifth wards claim wins. The Eleventh beat Rockland 30 20 after overtime with Kenneth Hall scoring 12 for Rockland. Tenth ward defeated First ward 42 38 as Frank Davis led First ward with 12. Third game had the Ninth ward edge the Warders 39 34 with Earl Dahlstrom scoring 11 and averaging 16 per game. Next round robin set for December 22 features First vs Ninth at 7, Third vs Tenth at 8, Fifth vs Eleventh at 9. Rockland has a bye. Team standings show Third Ward, First Ward, Fourth Ward, Eleventh Ward, Rockland, Ninth Ward, Fifth Ward, Tenth Ward with various records.
Blackfoot volunteers quickly responded to a gas fire at Gibson Seven Motor Co. Saturday. Manager Al Gibson said an employee fought the blaze with a hand extinguisher while Gibson fetched another, but the fire was extinguished in three minutes after the department arrived within one minute.
Guy E. Hanson of Portneuf Lodge No 20 will chair the Idaho Grand Lodge session of the International Order of Odd Fellows to be held in Pocatello in October 1948. The host city was chosen at Coeur d Alene, marking Odd Fellows’ return to the city after more than 20 years.
Polio in Wendell Idaho has forced cancellation of most activities. Fifteen cases reported in the city and surrounding area. Santa will visit as planned but a free theater program for children is canceled. Chamber of Commerce decision follows the outbreak.
Johnnie Harris, service manager of Highway Motor Co., 129 North Second Ave, is in Yanaine Michigan attending a school for selected men in Oldsmobile Hydra-Matic drive maintenance and repair. He is one of 12 men in the United States chosen for the program.
Rep. John D. Dingell forecasts President Truman will veto the Republican tax cut measure if enacted as written. The Michigan Democrat, a Ways and Means member, notes it would be Truman’s third tax veto. The remark reflects ongoing views in Congress.
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