Idaho Women Back From Alaskan Trip
Miss Anna B Capellen ISC registrar and her sister Miss Mamie Capellen faculty member of Blackfoot high school completed a 12 day S S Alaska cruise along the island route covering about 3500 miles. They noted the northern scenery impressive abundant fishing and canning activity and a frontier atmosphere in Alaska towns except modern Ketchikan. Weather was mostly ideal with some mist and fog from Sitka to Seward.
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Alaska
S. S. Alaska
Anna B. Capellen
ISC
Mamie Capellen
Blackfoot High School
Misses Capellen
Anna Capellen
Sitka
Seward
Miss Capellen
Ketchikan
States
Pocatello Recreation Program Praised by Inspector
W. H. Shumard of the National Recreation Association praised Pocatello’s well rounded recreational program during a two day inspection. He lauded the Memorial swimming pool, noted balanced departments, and urged year round facilities expansion after observing a large crowd at a Deleta Ballroom square dance.
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Pocatello
W. H
Bill) Shumard
Northwest
National Recreational Association
Dorothy
Tacoma
Halsey
Recreation Commission
Shumard
Deleta
Local Girl Wins Essay Award in State Americanism Contest
Velma Walter, a Pocatello student, won first place in the state Americanism essay contest. The award was announced at the trophy luncheon during the American Legion and Auxiliary convention in Weiser. Delegates from Pocatello included Mrs. James C. Bangs, Mrs. John Morris, and Mrs. Mark Shurtleff.
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Pocatello
State Department
American Legion and
American Legion Auxiliary
Weiser
Pocatello Auxiliary
James C. Bangs
John Morris
Mark Shurtleff
Velma Walter
Blackhurst Family Has Visitors In Pocatello
Mrs J Bryan Blackhurst supervises building a new house and chairs the Pocatello recreation commission during a busy summer. Visitors include Kent and family, Sarel Porter and children, and Mr and Mrs A E Eastlund with Lloyd and Kenneth Eastlund. They attended a garden dinner and other local events before heading to Lava Hot Springs.
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Pocatello
Blackhurst
Hoyt
Dennis
George Pew
Carroll Petersen
Shanghai
Lava Hot Springs
Eastlands
Poca
Women’s Union Label League Picnic at Ross Park
Social calendar item notes the Women’s Union Label League picnic at Ross Park for members husbands and children Friday July 29 at 6 p.m. Rides available by calling a member with a car.
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Women's Union Label League
Ross Park
Bertha Frank Recovering From Automobile Injury
Bertha Frank head of the cosmetology department at ISC vocational studies in Pocatello is recovering at Puyallup General Hospital Washington after a serious car accident near Sumner. She suffered a dislocated hip facial injuries and a broken finger requiring about three weeks hospitalization before returning to her sister’s Sumner home for further recovery. Her August 1 return to Pocatello and classes will be delayed due to the condition.
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Pocatello
Bertha Frank
ISC Vocational Department
Puyallup
Washington General Hospital
Sumner
Washington
Frank
Friends Aid English Polio Victim in Chicago
Sympathetic Chicagoans helped Janice Dawe a five year old polio victim from England and her parents. The Dawe family found an apartment for Mr and Mrs Kenneth Dawe who sold their Southampton home to seek medical care for their daughter at Michael Reese hospital. The father found a new job as a map expert with a printing firm. Janice’s withered legs are supported by heavy braces and doctors at Reese hospital hope to aid her condition.
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Chicago
Janice Dawe
England
Kenneth Dawe
Southhampton
Janice
Michael Reese Hospital
Prices of Wool Drop Clothes To Be Cheaper
The American Woolen Company announced price cuts from 5 to 16 percent on women's wear worsteds and up to 19 percent on men's wear fabrics for next spring. Cuts, not yet fixed, apply to unfilled orders and could save about $3 to $4 in suit costs per garment. The move aims to stimulate business and keep mills operating.
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New York
American Woolen Company
Auxiliary Birthday Meet at Mrs Tolman’s Home
Boilermakers Ladies Auxiliary No 2 held a birthday party at the home of Mrs. Ted Tolman on July 22. Celebrated were Mrs. Tolman and Mrs. Walling. Dessert luncheon followed by pinochle. Rose Gates high, Zella Hughes low, Beulah Beery and Mrs. Sellers out. Guests and members listed including Anna Gregg and Amelia Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boilermakers Ladies Auxiliary No. 2
Ted Tolman
Tolman
Moberlys Welcome Illinois Guests En Route Home
Mr and Mrs E E Moberly of 960 North Hayes Moberly expect Mr and Mrs Robert H Allison of Pekin Illinois today for a few days visit en route to Illinois after a California vacation They plan a dinner this evening in honor of their guests Mrs Allison formerly Mary Jacobs has visited Patello before
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E. E
Moberly
North Hayes
Robert H. Allison
Pekin
Illinois
Moberlys
California
Allisons
Yellowstone Park
Cook City
Allison
Mary Jacobs
Pocatello
Galileo Builds First Telescope in Padua in 1690
The note states that Galileo constructed his initial telescope at Padua, Italy, in 1690, a dating tied to historical discovery. It positions Padua as the site of early telescope development attributed to Galileo.
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Galileo
Padua
Italy
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Idaho
Union* Pacific Old Timers Club NO. 15
Ladies Auxiliary
Memorial Hall
Theta Rho
Pocatello Theta Rho
J. C. Penney
Miss Paris
Champs Elysees
Mr. Paris
Neaacive
Rene Henry
Friends Aid
Poplin
Port’s
Pocatello, Idaho
Doan
Adv
Dan Cord
Frontier
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