Two Idaho Pioneers Honored At Gate Birthday Party
Nearly a century and three quarters of Idaho history marked by a joint birthday reception for Martha Ann Briscoe 92 and Martha Ann Bringhurst 82 at the home of Mrs Barrett in Pocatello. Attendants included family from Magna Utah Lehi Utah Spanish Fork Utah and local residents. Briscoe born in Spanish Fork lived in Pocatello since 1910 and Bringhurst born near Salt Lake City has resided in Pocatello since 1921.
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Idaho
Intermountain Area
Cyhee
Martha Ann Briscoe
Martha Ann Bringhurst
Garl. Smith
Lehi
Utah
S. Horton
Briscoe
Spanish Fork
Pocatello
Thomas Briscoe
Meeting Set For Contractor Licensing Explaination
Special to the Post reports in American Falls that on Monday February 2 at 8 p m in the courthouse Carl Baldridge of the Boise State Law Enforcement Department will explain the new licensing law for contractors and wire men to attendees.
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American Falls
Carl Baldridge
Boise State Law Enforcement Department
Damsite High School Honors Honor Roll List
Eleven American Falls students earned straight A's in the first semester. Freshmen top the list with five named Irene Muller Ben Barnard Jean Bowman Madeline Reed and Myrna Morgan. Seniors follow with four A students Otto Reitz Don Ringe Margueritte Sikes and Henrietta Mayer.
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Falls
American Falls High School
Irene Muller
Ben Barnard
Jean Bowman
Madeline Reed
Myrna Morgan
Otto Reitz
Don Ringe
Margueritte Sikes
Henrietta Mayer
Lene Schroeder
Constance Gardener
Rosaline Reitz
Marilyn Jacobs
Richard Meadows
Donald Curtis
Geraldine Chapman
Leon Kelly
Helmut Dodeck
Gerald England
Vernon Mayer
Margaret Crowder
Angela Paniogue
Helen Deeg
Veeta Meadows
Fire Run Made Near Main and Gould
Local fire department responded at 12 04 a m to a short circuit in a battery of a 1939 Plymouth owned by Z L Hegstrom at Main street and Gould. No damage to the car reported.
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Main Street
Gould
Z. L. Hegstrom
Cab Driver Returns Lost Purse in Springfield
Springfield police report Charles Ford, a cab driver, drove to a woman’s home to return a purse containing $115 she left in his taxi. He asked 30 cents for the fare, but she refused to pay.
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Springfield
Ill
Charles Ford
Bystander Hurt in Family Quarrel Over Baseball Bat
Deanna Walker ten years old daughter of Mr and Mrs S G Walker 955 West Wyeth was struck by a rock during a quarrel between her brother Guy and Denny Carrol over a baseball bat. She was treated at General Hospital and released with a badly bruised lip.
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Deanna Walker
S. G. Walkers
West Wyeth
Guy
Denny Carrol
Denny
Deanna
General Hospital
Aberdeen March of Dimes Fund Drives With Three Events
Aberdeen Idaho hosts three fundraisers for the March of Dimes to boost donations. A January 29 basketball double header featured T and E against local rivals, and American Legion defeated Simplot with proceeds to polio work. A Main Street auction followed, with items donated for the polio fund. The Grandview schoolhouse dance Saturday night drew a sizable crowd for the same cause.
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Aberdeen
Ida
Aberdeen March of Dimes Committee
Thomas
T & E Boys
American Legion
March of Dimes
Main Street
Polio Fund
Grandview
SMALL BLAZE NEAR SOUTH THIRD AVENUE HOME
Pocatello firefighters responded at 10 a.m. Saturday to 1525 South Third Avenue, a home owned by Hugh Barnett. The fire, believed caused by a hot stove near a wall, caused minor damage.
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Pocatello
Movie To End Local Dimes Drive
The March of Dimes Drive in Pocatello ends with Otis Marstony presenting a film at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Proceeds support the March of Dimes fund after river running stories on the Snake and Salmon rivers. The narrator predicts river running may become a nationwide sport centered in Idaho.
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March of Dimes
Pocatello
Otis
Doc) Marstony
Idaho
March of Dimes Fund
Marston
Snake
Salmon
Window shatters in North Main liquor store altercation
A man suffered severe cuts when a window was broken during a dispute in the 300 block of North Main Street last night. Art Casey, 31, of the Pocatello House, sustained cuts to the side arm and hand requiring eight stitches at General hospital before release. No other injuries were reported.
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State
North Main Street
Art Casey
Pocatello House
General Hospital
Casey
Taft Attacks Truman Budget To Preserve Free Economy
Lancaster report recalls Sen. Robert A Taft RB C declaring in a new attack on President Truman’s 39 billion dollar fiscal 1949 budget that the American people must change their point of view to safeguard a free economy in the United States.
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Lancaster
Robert A. Taft
RB. C
Truman
United States
Money spent in January sales drains husband’s spirits
A wife’s January spending on sales leaves her husband discouraged as he faces a tighter household budget. The fragment hints at financial strain within the marriage tied to shopping.
Preparation for road work and school elections noted
County surveyor W P Havenor reports paving and grading planned for Batise road and Hawthorne street next spring. Scott D Lowe announces school district reorganizations and an election on February 21 in western districts Bancroft and Pocatello. Pocatello Public Library reports January fines totaling 27450 dollars, highlighting heavy book usage and daily fines.
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W. P. Havenor
Batise
Hawthorne
Chubbuck’s
Scott D. Lowe
Bancroft
Drunken Driver Bumps Jail and Ends Up in Cells
In Brazil Indiana Orval Stevens, fleeing a drunken driving charge, collided with the jail. Police found him trapped in his damaged car and escorted him inside a cell to await arrest.
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Brazil
Ind
Orval Stevens
Stevens
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Hy Horton
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Lewis Streets
Gate City
Pocatello Public Library
Paul Scott
Fill Value Prescription Service
Pocatello Drug
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