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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1948
Page
2
The Pocatello Air Force Base announces its ninth Surplus and Salvage Property Sale running May 17 to May 24 with bid reception 8:36 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Sealed bids, inspection, and payment by cashiers check or cash are required at delivery. Items include screws, refrigeration parts, pots, office furniture, shelving, and more.
An appeal will be made to the Idaho Supreme Court over Bannock county's proposed million dollar hospital. B A McDevitt, attorney for four south county residents, says the appeal is definite. The case dates to November 1946 and follows a district court ruling in favor of county commissioners.
Parry W. Harrison Jr son of Parry Harrison local jeweler receives the gold key and membership in the Tomb and Key Society. He attends Northern Illinois College of Optometry and plans to earn a doctor of Optometry degree this summer. The award honors character leadership and scholastic ability.
National Union Label week runs May 10 to 16 and will close with a dance at Memorial Hall at 9 p.m. on Friday May 14. Mrs. Bonnie McCullough of the Central Labor Committee says the event aims to remind laborers to seek union labeled goods and services and to foster better labor management cooperation.
Pocatello high school earned the most first division ratings in the southeastern Idaho state music contest held May 6 and 7 in Twin Falls. Vocal ensembles, solos, instrumentals, and the Pocatello choir topped categories, with Rampton Barlow directing vocal study and Ingard Nielson directing orchestra and band.
Blackfoot Shriners travel to Boise for Shrine ceremonies with Lynn Johnson C C Evans Robert Peterson Sr and Ray Dyer among the attendees Also joining is Shrine candidate Jim Perse The piece notes five world staples bread meat sugar wool and cotton.
A long simmering drive for dedicated club rooms for women’s groups and sororities gains momentum as Alpha Pi Omega starts the effort. Local leaders praise community support, with events and workshops planned across Pocatello including school workshops at ISC and a band dance for funds.
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Emma Jane Byrd 62 at Downard chapel May 10. Born Emma McConkey May 1 1886 in Cornin Iowa she moved to Pocatello in 1892 and married James F Byrd in 1904. Survived by husband three daughters two brothers and a sister. Graveside rites follow at Mountain View Cemetery.
The National Guard unit receives a radio transmitter receiver for improved parade and field unit communication. Training is underway with openings still in the communications section. A weapons shipment increases the unit's tally to 127 carbines 36 M 1 Garand rifles plus four .30 caliber machine guns two .50 caliber machine guns 48 .45 caliber pistols one bazooka and one 81 mm mortar.
Kenneth Spiekerman of Pocatello and Mary Day of Twin Falls completed work on the 1947 48 Idaho State College Wickiup yearbook at Caxton printing Caldwell. Distribution planned between May 20 and. ISC publications committee laid plans for next year and contracts were awarded to Caxton printers and Los Angeles Engraving company. The staff includes Miss Day editor Don Pugmire associate editor and Keith Gill business manager.
Two cases scheduled before Fifth district judge Isaac Mc Dougall and Judge L E Glennon. Cecil J Gray versus Reed Thomas about a basement in Downey set for 10 a.m. May 13 in Bannock county court. Bessie Britt versus Leo S Britt divorce to be heard at 11 a.m. May 14. Judge Glennon will be in Preston Monday at 10 a.m. to call calendars and hear motions.
Alfred C. Cordon of Pocatello mails letters urging Senators Dworshak and Taylor to support the federal highway aid act of 1948. He cites hearings and explains Idaho would receive about 4.887 million dollars annually for three years with funds allocated to primary secondary and urban projects and county and township roads. He urges enactment this year to permit matching funds in Idaho's 1949 legislative session.
Thieves broke into the Jungle Club on South Main by pushing out a door panel and forcing the lock. Deputy Sheriff Earl Cutler said losses at Jungle Club are undetermined as owner Buddy Reeves is away. Town Pump losses exceed $1000 plus $56 from a benefit receipts.
Four dozen members of the Bingham County Mounted Sheriff's Posse attended the first drill of the year at the Fairgrounds. Horses appeared rusty after winter, but the group showed a solid start as Alf Hahn noted they would improve quickly. Chief Orlan Clark pledged readiness for the July show.
John Thomas Toomer 58 a Bear Lake County native and well known to Pocatellans died Saturday when his truck was struck at the main crossing by a westbound Union Pacific City of Portland Streamliner He was buried Wednesday in Liberty Cemetery near Montpelier after the fatal collision near Cokeville Idaho authorities reported the incident.
Police observed three minor traffic accidents on Friday. The first occurred in the 00 block of South Main Street when Luella D. Sorenson backing from a curb hit Martin A. Anderson who was northbound. A second collision at East Lewis Street and North Sixth Avenue involved Darrell C. Waters and Fred Cuoie with minor damage. Enos J. Hebdon turned onto East Halliday and collided with Edith Johnson on South Fifth Avenue. no arrests were made.
Eastern Idaho law officers arrange a noon meeting at Corner Cafe on Wednesday May 12 hosted by Sheriff W S Belnap and deputies. FBI agent Eugene Shuive will discuss collection and preservation of evidence, with county prosecutor Robert Kerr Jr detailing arrests. A road block demonstration by Bonneville sheriff Dean Wilke and Idaho Falls officers follows, plus a round table on worries and headaches with piano and student musical numbers.
A public meeting at Arimo High School Wednesday May 12 at 8 p.m. led by Bannock county superintendent Scott D Lowe will clarify county line disputes between Bannock and Franklin amid district reorganizations. Marsh Valley board members and the Bannock committee will attend to discuss eliminating overlapping boundaries around Inkom Lava Hot Springs McCammon Arimo Downey Swan Lake Virginia Hawkins basin and related assessments. The disputed areas were valued at about 65 000 and 90 000 respectively.
Cora Lowe Ormsby 85 mother of Harold Kracaw died May 6 1948 in a local hospital after a broken femur. Born August 23 1862 in Ohio she lived with son Harold in Blackfoot Idaho and is survived by two sons a daughter nine grandchildren and twenty two great grandchildren. Remains sent to Wichita Kansas with services by Downing Mortuary and burial there funeral plans in Blackfoot arranged by Peck and Peckham Mortuary.
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