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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1949
Page
3
A dense listing of radio stations KSEI KC KEIO and KEYY with dates and times for programs including News Music and Variety shows. The schedule covers morning to late evening segments across multiple stations and includes titles such as Firestone News Mountain Jamboree Kay Kyser Kollege and Twilight Sign Off.
News from Malad covers visits by residents of Aberdeen Logan and Ogden plus activity at Malad High. Students return to Utah and Idaho colleges. The oneida county court house hosts tax help January 6 7 and exams run January 11 12 13. Local clubs and concerts and skating rink project update Belletrist club meets with a dessert luncheon.
Fred J. Dolbeer, a Union Pacific conductor for 37 years, retired as of June 16, 1948. He plans to winter in Phoenix, Arizona, on medical advice and may return to develop Meridell park south of Pocatello. Dolbeer began with the Oregon Short Line in 1907 and later served as conductor on the Idaho division.
In Columbus Mississippi seven families were evacuated from lowlands of the Tombigbee River as heavy rain continued. Authorities planned about 15 more rescues as floodwaters rose over 12 feet in 24 hours. Livestock was moved to higher ground.
The Pocatello Lions Club met at Bannock hotel with President Pete Carlson presiding. Pocatello high school musicians directed by Hampton Barlow performed operetta leads including Dave Haller, Nancy Harrison, Ken Nelson and Vandys Weese with Read Hansen on piano. Lew Harrison chaired the program. Wayne Tucker to speak next week.
Soda Springs and surrounding areas report numerous holiday visits as residents travel to Star Valley, Salt Lake, Amarillo, Ogden, Kimberly, Pocatello, and beyond. Families including Hoff, Horsley, Carlos, Wilson, Brown, Panting, Egg, Olsen, and many others are noted visiting relatives or spending time in Utah, Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming during Christmas and year end breaks.
Lieutenant Commander Grant E Horsley and his wife and daughter Carol Jean arrived Tuesday to visit relatives. Horsley, in charge of the Guam Barrigada naval radio station for 20 months, is en route to Washington for new orders. Dorothy Horsley of Pocatello joins the week with relatives. Also noted are New Year visits, dinners with local families, and a local American Legion basketball win 42 to 41 over the Denver Dapper Dans on Tuesday evening.
Deloy Oswald of Shelly Idaho was robbed of 75 dollars by two hitchhikers he picked up south of Blackfoot and driven to the naval ordnance plant area. One man struck him with a pistol and he woke hours later near American Falls without the cash. The suspects were described as a 20 year old 5 9 brown haired man in a navy jacket and a 25 year old six foot plus man in a plaid mackinaw.
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