Lens Fans Club Formed In Blackfoot For Amateurs
Blackfoot hosts the Amateur Cine-Camera Bugs formed by Leyburn Slattery and Edgar Ketchum with 20 members. Officers include Slattery as head, Wilma Mangum secretary, W. J. Anderson librarian treasurer. First official meeting set for January 31 at the Custom Body Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackfoot
Leyburn Slattery
Edgar Ketchum
Slattery
Wilma Mangum
W. J. Anderson
Ketchum
Custom
Idaho Council Calls For Driver License Examinations
The Idaho safety council urged the state legislature to enact a law requiring driver license examinations at its final session. The group also asked for an appropriation to finance the financial responsibility law, updating traffic statutes, and measures to ensure state police continuity. Board members and holdovers were named, and W C Wright discussed an electrical safety code for submission to the industrial accident board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho Safety Council
Conda
A. I. Sawyer
Elmer F. McIntire
B. William Hines
K. T.williams
Kellogg
W. C. Wright
Pocatello
Wright
Industrial Accident Board
Funds For West Asked
Washington AP reports President Truman urged Congress to approve 30 million dollars for army engineers and 27.62 million for interior department as supplemental funds for power, Indian aid, and flood control projects mainly in the western states. Funds cover operations to June 30 and include Bonneville power line redesign costs and Navajo Hopi and other projects in Idaho and Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Army Engineers
Interior Department
West
Bonneville Power Administration
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Boise Project
Ida
Payette
Lewiston Orchards
Oan Provo River
Utah
Railroads seek four percent intrastate freight rate rise
Idaho public utilities commission reports railroad companies have asked a four percent interim increase in intrastate freight rates. The proposed rise mirrors a rate hike granted by the interstate commerce commission on December 29. A hearing date has not yet been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOISE
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Counties Wait Further Action In Property Fight
Bannock and Caribou counties in Idaho continue a damage suit over a secession and annexation dispute. Bannock claims about $20,000 in损 property and seeks return of $40,000 highway equipment moved with the 1948 secession. Judge C J Taylor set deadlines for briefs and answers with hearings in about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannock Vs
Caribou County
Bannock County
C. J. Taylor
Idaho Falls
Franklin Flower Club elects new officers
Franklin county Flower and Garden club completed officer elections with Ray Merrill as president and Marlon Woodward Georgia Carver as vice presidents Emma Davis as secretary and James B. McQueen as treasurer. The group has 43 members at its third year, affiliated with the Associated Garden Clubs of Utah, and held two flower shows and summer garden tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Franklin County
Flower and Garden Club
Ray Merrill
Marlon Woodward
Franklin
Georgia Carver
Mink Creek
Emma Davis
James B. McQueen
Harold R. Olsen
J. A. Morrison
Barbara Meek
Mr. Merrill
Associated Garden Clubs of
Utah
County Fair Board
Utah Budget Slash Provokes Capitol Protests
Utah government departments voiced strong objections at the capitol as Gov. Lee proposed cutting $81.5 million from the budget. University of Utah president A Ray Olpin warned of reduced enrollment and lost faculty if enacted, while health chief Welby Bigelow said essential programs would be trimmed. State engineer Ed H Watson accused the governor of misreading spending from the revolving fund for the Utah Water and Power Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
A. Ray Olpin
Welby W. Bigelow
State Health Department
Utah Water and Power Board
Ed H. Watson
Rupert Couple Wed in Nevada
Miss Lola Edwards daughter of Mr and Mrs Elwood Edwards Rupert and John Edward Miner of Burley were the first couple married in Elko Nevada this year. They tied the knot January 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert
Elko, Nev
Lola Edwards
Nurse Trainee Returns Home for Month Stay
Betty McFarlin, a nurse trainee at St. Alphonsus school in Boise, arrived home Wednesday evening. She will stay with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry McFarlin for a month before moving to Salem, Oregon, to pursue psychiatric training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert
Betty McFarlin
St. Alphonsus School
Boise
Harry McFarlin
Salem
Ore
Polio Fund Campaign Gains Steam in Minidoka
Rupert leaders report strong polio fundraising with $700 to $800 in returns from March of Dimes card sales. The Minidoka county dance on January 29 at the Rupert civic auditorium aims to boost proceeds for the foundation, with half staying local and half supporting national infantile paralysis research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert—Drive
Bill Ritchey
March of Dimes
Clark Cameron
Minidoka County Posse Committee
Posse
Rupert Civic Auditorium
Campfire Girls
Barbara McRoberts
Sandy Slavin
Ginger Hays
Catherine Brockie
A W. Gregory
Milton Hyde
Leo Berry
Tom Markland
Don Dafoe
Andy McRoberts
Herman Henscheid
Minioka County
The
National Foundation For Research On
Malad Ward Holds Ball Crowning Queen at Malad Rec Hall
The Malad Third ward held its Gold and Green Ball at the ward recreation hall on Thursday night. Queen Mary Lou Rice was crowned in a program featuring attendants Charlotte Williams Katherine Morgan crown bearers Clarice Ward and flower girls Sue Smith Kathleen Thomas and crown bearers Ray Dawn Hughes Helen Nielsen. Two MIA dances were performed by the Bee Hive girls and the special interest class while Don Castleton and his orchestra provided music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Ward
Ward Recreation
Officers Visit Rupert Guard
Rupert guardsmen of the national guard were honored with a visit from regional and battalion officers last Thursday. Attending were Lt. Col. James Leighton commander of the 183rd infantry regiment from Twin Falls and Lt. Col. R. M. Elliott, first battalion commander, with Majors J. S. Keel and H. S. Sams, Captain Rountree, and Lt. Loughbridge also present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert
National Guard
James Leighton
183Rd Infantry Regiment
Twin Falls
R. M. Elliott
J. S. Keel
H. S. Sams
Rountree
Loughbridge
No Induction Calls at Rupert County
Mrs. Dick Beeson announced this week that selective service physical examinations scheduled for January are canceled and there will be no induction calls from Rupert County for January February or March. The reason given is the large number of boys enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert
Dick Beeson
Selective Service
Ogden Man Killed In Fight With Police
John J. De La Casa, 2746 Kiesel St Ogden Utah, died at the scene after a gunfight with 100 officers in Silverlake Los Angeles. Three officers wounded, De La Casa fled from a car rammed by police. Burglar tools and safe cracking gear were found in his vehicle linking him to Pasadena break ins. Police said his records list prior imprisonments and a past Napa shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
John J. de la Casa
Kiesel St
Ogden
Utah
Colorado
Silverlake
de la Casa
Pasadena
McNeil Federal
Colorado State Prison
Denver
Colo
Napa
Cal
John M. Costello
Jery Alwin
San Gabriel
Hollywood
Alwin
Jack Whaley
Jack Barnes
Sunset Blvd
James Tory
Felix Vera
J. Ortega
Shrine Board Delays Hospital Bid Decision
The Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children board reviewed bids for a new Salt Lake City mountain unit but made no award. Contract is to be awarded after vice chairman John B. McGilavary meets with the local Salt Lake City governors this Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Shriners Hospital For Crippled Children
New Mountain Unit
Salt Lake City
John B. McGilavary
Shriners
Ickes Proposes Federal Education Fund Using Tidelands Oil
Former interior secretary Harold L. Ickes urged the federal government create a trust from Tidelands oil reserves to fund education. Speaking at a CIO United Auto Workers education conference he criticized lawmakers who would deny federal control and said oil revenues could finance the soundest schooling money can buy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Tidelands
Ickes
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Idaho Reclamation Officials Attack CVA Plan
Idaho reclamation leaders testified February 4 against Truman’s proposed Columbia Valley Authority, arguing a top down structure risks dictatorial control. Governor Robins and Mark Kulp urged local roots and state water rights protection against a possible CVA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOISE
Idaho Reclamation
Army Engineers
Columbia Basin
Truman
Columbia Valley Authority
Board of Engineers For Rivers and Harbors
William Welsh
Idaho Reclamation Association
Lst Idaho
Welsh
Reclamation Bureau
C. A. Robins
Mark R. Kulp
CVA
Kulp
Robins
Idaho
Scouters in Rupert Hold Session
About 100 scout leaders and wives gathered for a pot luck at the LDS tabernacle in Rupert. Four groups discussed troop improvements, advancement programs, court of honor facilities, and February activity plans under District Commissioner Dean Anderson. Herbert West led a troop operations movie and outlined a two year national program to strengthen the Arm of Liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert
LDS Tabernacle
Herbert R. West
Snake River Council
Herbert May
Grou No
Jake Wall
Lee Merrill
E. A. McIntyre
Spencer Toone
Dean Anderson
Herbert West
Arm of Liberty
May
Prison Site May Become Park in Sugarhouse District
Utah lawmakers weigh converting the old Sugarhouse prison site into an urban breathing place. The Sugarhouse Chamber of Commerce would fund most development with state approval, proposing a scenic park, a pioneer village replica, exhibits of scenic wonders, and an all purpose auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Sugarhouse
Chamber of Commerce
Home Nursing Course Planned
Rupert Unit No 2 of the American Red Cross will sponsor a home nursing course in mother and baby care. The course is recommended for all parents and prospective parents, and 12 hours credit will be given in six lessons. Call Mrs. C. A. Jones at 932F4 to express interest. Classes start when enough people register.
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Rupert—Unit No. 2
The
American Red Cross
C. A. Jones
Local residents attend services and visits in Idaho and Utah
Malad and Logan residents share weekend travels visiting relatives in Ogden and Salt Lake City. Ward conferences and church events are noted, with members attending and plans announced for a Gold and Green ward ball and a Malad stake building committee forming.
Local Notes From Georgetown and Nearby Areas
Mrs. Mary Sleight underwent an operation last week in Springs hospital. Bob Evans Wallace Nicholas have gone to California. S A Hendricks Moyle Facer William H Richards and RFD mail carrier have returned home after a Salt Lake City hospital operation. Mrs Alene Madsen returned. Queen Mary Young and attendees Bonnie Hayes and Darlene Grunig presided at the MIA Gold and Green Ball last Friday. Mr and Mrs Lewis Young and Mrs Nina Rodeback visited Ogden Utah. Mrs Russell Hayes had an appendicitis operation in Soda Springs hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Mary Sleight
A Springs Hospital
William H.michards
RFD
Salt Lake City
Queen Mary Young
Bonnie Hayes
Darlene Grunig
Lewis Young
Nina Rodeback
Ogden
Utah
Russell Hayes
Soda Springs Hospital
Army flame guns deemed useless for snow melting in Utah
Maj. Wendell S. Lucas at Tooele ordnance depot says flame throwers would not work to clear snow on storm clogged roads. They burn up after short bursts and refreezing creates ice. It would require a large fuel and supply line and hundreds of troops to operate. Western posts only Ft. Lewis and Ft. Ord have them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tooele
Utah
Tooele Army
Maj
Wendell S. Lucas
Okinawa
Lucas
West Coast
Ft. Lewis
Washington
Ft. Ord
California
Iine
New
Farm Aid In Power Plan Seen In Northwest
Washington reports Claude Wickard rural electrification administrator said the Columbia river power project proposed by President Truman would help electrify thousands of farm homes in the Pacific Northwest. He noted 30,000 farms in four states lack electricity and REA expansion is hampered by power shortages and high costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Claude R. Wickard
Columbia River
Truman
Pacific Northwest
Columbia Valley Authority
Wickard
Northwest
Ioa
Montana
Idaho
REA
Taylor Seeks 85000 For Sacajawea Museum In Idaho
Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho introduced a bill for an 85000 appropriation to establish a Sacajawea museum at Spalding as a national monument, saying the measure has a good chance in the current congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
ULP
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Spalding
Ida
Congress
Paul Grange Installs New Officers at Rupert Hall
At Rupert Grange Hall Paul Grange presided as Albin Brown conducted the installation of officers for the coming year. George Graf, Alma Stewart, Harold Brown, Henry Hackman Sr, Kenneth Walker, Willis Reed and others were installed with Wheeler McGill aiding. Members donated 43 dollars to finish the hardwood floor while paying dues in advance. Refreshments followed as many grangers attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert
Paul Grange
Grange Hall
Albin Brown
Wheeler McGill
the Grange
Tom Felton
George Twiss
Marshall
George Graf
Alma Stewart
Harold Brown
Henry Hackman, Sr
Kenneth Walker
Willis Reed
Guy Dean
A. W. Robinson
Ceres
Imogene McGregor
Flora
Pomona
The
Grange
J. J. Bertsch
Boise State Board Approves Several School Bond Issues
The state school reorganization committee approved three bond issues for building programs in Nampa and Jerome totaling 495000 and 425000 with 280000, while delaying 45000 for Middleton and denying 19000 for Appleton. An election to move House Creek district into the Filer Hollister class A district was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOISE
Kenneth F. Dean
Nampa
Jerome
Middleton
Canyon County
Appleton
Jerome County
House Creek
Twin Falls County
Three Creek
Owyhee County
Filer-Hollister
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Lens
Rails
Franklin Flower Club
Nevada
Minidoka
Rupert Guard
Jack Frost
Kansas City
Missouri River
Idaho Reclamation Group
Idaho Cattlemen's Association
Idaho Farm Bureau Federation
Idaho Wool Growers Association
Scouters
W. W. Thomas
Logan
ROD Avaay
Wayne Thomas
Earl Kern
Mrs.¢lgy.Buxr- Joe
Mrs. Burke
Terrell Tovey
Idaho State College
Lawrence Jones
Ida Bolingbroke of
Mrs
Hugh Griffiths
Mrs. Harold Bush
Mr. Bush
Portage Ward
S. A. Hendricks
S. L. Smith
Moyle Fa
Ren Dives
Robert H. Willie
Thomas Lewis
Marion Bolingbroke
Thomas J. Lewis
Samaria
St. John
Jess Hughes
Lawrence C. Corbridge
Lawrence Budge
Stewart Davis
al Hansen
John C. Nielson
Hyrum
San Jose
Mrs. H. I. Mills
Max Jones
Gardnerville, Calif
Dan T. Jones
Calam Kent
Warren Jones
Arizona
Monte Deschamps
Bob Evans
Wallace Nicholas
S. A. Hendricks, Moyle Facer
Mrs. Alene Madsen
Taylor
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