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The Pocatello Post

Location

Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1949

Page

6

Bond Issue Plans Circulate for Bannock County Hospital

Bannock county leaders and Henry McQuade prepare for a $500,000 hospital bond issue. Commissioners and the prosecutor meet to map organizational plans and check petition requirements before calling a September election. Lowest hospital bid exceeded the $1,000,000 bond total approved in 1946. The bid by C. H. Elle totaled $1,197,210.

Bannock County Hospital Bannock County Henry McQuade C. H. Elle

Gospel Soloist Opens Series Here

Mrs. Birdie Faye Gibson a former Pocatello resident now in Los Angeles appears this week at Allen AME Church as part of a singing evangelist tour. She and her missionary husband opened the series last night with another recital at 8 o clock tonight and again on Sunday. Admission is free and the public is invited.

Birdie Faye Gibson Pocatello Los Angeles Cal Alten Ame ‘Church

Local Court Records Show Multiple Guilty Pleas and Fines

Jerry D. Knox pleaded guilty to OS and was fined. David D. McCorquodale admitted drunken driving and received a $100 fine plus license revocation for one year. Cecil J. Pate aged 30 and Leon M. Pate aged 25 were charged with vagrancy. both pled guilty with $100 fines, suspensions if they leave town. Richard B. Choate pled guilty to vagrancy with a $100 fine and town departure condition. Eddie Erritt Warren pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace and fined $25. Also noted: St. Anthony hospital. Wendell Marshall and wife of Pocatello Heights welcomed a boy on July 7.

David D. McCorquodale Cecil J. Pate Leon M. Pate Richard B. Choate Eddie Erritt Warren

Gate City Gleanings Echo Local Trips and Meetings

Local residents report Detroit and New York trips, returning from visits with relatives. Camp plans include Rev. Leroy Walker and high school youths heading to a Boise river area camp. New officers to be installed at Port Neuf Lodge. Five Pocatello youths depart for a ten day McCall youth camp. Air force reserve members gather at Idaho State College. Rodeo preparations lift at county fairgrounds. Local 370 meeting postponed due to illness. Verda Barnes promotes Bannock CVA league in Pocatello.

South Fork Boise River Leroy Walker Methodist Church Walker Pocatello McCall A. Albee Sue Brookhart George Kortum Larry Whitlow Bill Craven Jimmie Reay Air Force Reserve 403 Composite Squadron Idaho State College Air Force Pocatello and Vicinity CVA League Inn Yj Pocatello Bannock County Verda Barnes Boise

OOF Plans Ceremonies at Dead Horse Cave

Portneuf Lodge No. 20 I O O F members plan to attend ceremonies at Dead Horse Cave near Gooding on July 16. Three candidates from the lodge will receive the second degree, and a large gathering of Odi Fellows is expected. Sovereign grand lodge officers and Pacific northwest grand lodges are invited. Electric lights will operate from 2 p m to 6 p m for public inspection of the cave.

Portneuf United States Sovereign Grand Lodge Pacific Northwest

Attempted Burglary Reported at Scout Headquarters

Police investigated an attempted burglary at the Boy Scout headquarters Thursday after Flora Dotson, secretary, found the office lock jimmied but no entrance gained. The lock was badly damaged and required help to unlock. This marks the fourth such incident in two days.

Flora Dotson Boy Scout Headquarters

Youth Caught Prowling at Municipal Pool

Plain clothes officers were called to the Municipal pool on Thursday by pool manager Orval Baker to investigate two young negro boys caught going through clothes baskets in the men’s dressing room. The offenders were taken to the station and questioned with the father of one present. Baker said no action now but warned they would be barred from the pool if repeated.

Orval Baker Baker

Bannock Officials Plan Boise Meeting on Federal Payments

Bannock County Commissioners Chairman W H Pete Jensen will travel to Boise to confer with Forrest Cooper and William Hendrix. They will supply data for Idaho’s congressional delegation on federal payments in lieu of taxes to state and local units for federal lands.

W. H Pete) Jensen Bannock County Boise Forrest Cooper William Hendrix Idaho

Doctor Refuses Bad Check After Arm Treatment

In Everett Massachusetts a physician treated a patient who offered a $10 check for a $3 fee. The doctor gave $7 in cash back after realizing it cost $1 per stitch for seven stitches. The check proved useless.

Everett Mass

Short-Changed Theatres Cashier Reports $10 Shortage

Police hunt a suspected short-change artist after an Orpheum theater cashier reported losing ten dollars. Assistant manager Lou Butehorn aided the investigation as a man bought a ticket and then walked away with the bill, leaving the cashier unable to identify him.

Lou Butehorn Orpheum Theater

Also Mentioned on This Page

News OF Record Jerry D. Knox St. Anthony Hospital Wendell Marshall Pocatello Heights Boy W. W. Halsey Merle Frazier Empire Lines National Safety Council Empire Halsey Mendy Gate City Earl Wilson N. Garfield Detroit Mich Niagara Falls New York City Mr. and Mig. J. A. Egan Lenno N. Eighth Street Newcomers Club of YMCA Charles A. Brown Clarence Griffith Portland Ore Portneuf Lodge No. 20 IOOF Po‘catello George Sponberg Beverly Hills Pocatello Frontier Rodeo County Fair Grounds Fred Radonske Becker Ogden, Mian Duraglas Creamery Wayonnaise Utah California Armour Campbells Tomato White King N. Main A Utee 30S Happy Ronald F. Klein Cooper Public Lands Association Hendrix State Commissioners and Clerks House Public Lands Committee Bannock Brand Meats & Meat Products Meat Products Sweigart
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