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The Pocatello Post

Location

Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1948

Page

13

Nation's Best Ready To Show Rodeo Skill

Southeastern Idaho readers will see top national rodeo talent at the opening Friday 8:30 a.m. Pocatello Frontier Rodeo. World champions compete with Cheyenne Frontier Days and Madison Square Garden events as saddle bronc, bareback, bull riding, bulldogging and calf roping showcase elite riders and horses. Top names include Bud Linderman, Jerry Ambler, Carl Mendes, Homer Pettigrew, Wag Blessing, Buckshot Sorrels, and others in multiple events across the lineup.

Idaho Pocatello Madison Square Garden International Rodeo Association Hazer Bad Linderman Bud Linderman Red Lodge Montana Jerry Ambler Glenwood Wash Carl Mendes Visalia Calif Homer Pettigrew Chandler Ariz Wag Blessing Glendale Tucson Rodeo Cowboys Association Buster Ivory Hayward Carl Ol Son Cardston Canada Bill Linderman Billings Klamath Falls Ore Larry Finley Phoenix Arizona Sonny Tureman John Day Oregon Todd Whatley Bethel Okla Ken Roberts Strong City Kansas Springer New Mexico Howard McCrory Deadwood South Dakota Ken Boen Danville Illinois Troy Fort Lovington Toots Mansfield Big Spring Texas Zeano Farris Las Cruses Buck Sorrels

Plenty Of Riding Awaits Rodeo Fans At Pocatello Frontier Rodeo

The Pocatello Riding Club will perform in the arena at the Pocatello Frontier Rodeo with excellent horsemanship and top horseflesh. Nearby communities will send mounted groups for riding prowess including trick riding acrobatics and group maneuvers. Club officers listed include Elmer Terry and Harry Morgan as directors, Rosalie Cavanaugh secretary, Muriel Ruggles director, Art Mead vice president, and Naomi Stanger director.

The Pocatello Club Elmer Terry Harry Morgan Rosalie Cavanaugh Muriel Ruggles Art Mead Naomi Stanger Perry Swisher Lester Selders Don Kunz Stanley Day Bryan Blackhurst William Shields Gene Pardini Lou Haller C. W. Criswell Roy Lindley

Bids Opened For Nine Bridges On Forest Highway

The public roads administration opened bids for building nine bridges and minor structures on the forest highway between Mc Call and Warren. Low bid was 32947 by Bruneau Construction Co. of Bruneau, other bids 59872 by Stanley and Ehlen of Boise and 79044 by Young and Smith of Salt Lake City.

BOISE Public Roads Administration Forest Highway McCall Warren Bruneau Construction Co Bruneau Stanley and Ehlen Young and Smith Salt Lake City

16 year old Gettysburg drummer boy reaches 100

George Bannister the drummer boy of Pickett's charge at Gettysburg has reached his 100th birthday in Richmond. He says he would have preferred a box of Virginia cheroots to the birthday cake presented by the Stonewall Jackson chapter Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Richmond Pickett Gettysburg George Bannister Stonewall Jackson Sons of Confederate Veterans

Jet Flight Lets British Have Honors

A squadron of 14 U S jet fighters heading to Germany was grounded in Goose Bay Labrador not by weather but due to diplomacy. The American F 80s awaited permission to fly to Greenland while six British Vampire jets, en route from Britain, remained in Iceland after weather blocked their start.

Goose Bay Labrador U. S Germany Greenland Selfridge Field Mich Bangor Atlantic Britain

Pocatello Frontier Rodeo board honors sixyears of planning

The article praises the Pocatello Frontier Rodeo organizers for six years of planning and hard work. Directors and original members, including Perry Swisher and Roy Lindley, are recognized for coordinating parades performers tickets publicity prizes and related tasks without pay.

T. B. LeBailly W. P. Havener Roy Lindley Gene Clark Lester Selders William Butts C. F. Criswell Rheta Hogg Glenn Kunkel Pocatello Gate City

City Dads Set Hearing on Improvements

City council meeting tonight at 8 p m in the police station will hear protests on a proposed 105000 curb gutter and sidewalk improvement district. The district aims to consolidate all petitions and also covers Pocatello’s 130000 west side interceptor sewer. Bids will be opened on construction and an equipment bid from Waterworks Equipment Co Salt Lake City was accepted July 1.

Pocatello Waterworks Equipment Co Salt Lake City

Cassini Arrested in Westport for Unregistered Car

Oleg L. Cassini 32 of Beverly Hills husband of actress Gene Tierney was arrested in Westport Connecticut Monday on a charge of operating an unregistered automobile.

Westport Conn Oleg L. Cassini Beverly Hills Calif Gene Tierney

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