Pocatello Welcomes New City Engineer and Pool Work
Wendell Wilson, newly appointed Pocatello city engineer, oversees pool painting and dressing room inspections as the city prepares for an early June pool opening. Team members Ralph Meyers Joe Garcia and Jack Rhondeau assist, with May W. W. Halsey and Jack Kobe also pictured.
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Pocatello
Wendell Wilson
Wilson
Ralph Meyers
Joe Garcia
Jack Rhondeau
W. W. Halsey
Jack Kobe
Harvey
City Engineer Tackles Wide-Fisted Duties in Pocatello
Wendell Wilson 41, newly named Pocatello city engineer, handles tasks from street repairs and house numbering to planning Phillips Field transformation and guiding recreation programs. He oversees Ross Park pool prep, dressing rooms, parking, and pool administration, while decrying beer bottles clogging Halliday subway drains and delaying underpass paving. Wilson, Idaho 1931 civil engineering graduate, is married with three daughters.
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Halliday
Wendell Wilson
Wilson
Pocatello
Mr. Fixes
Gate City
Ocatello
Hillips Field
Army Air Base
New Ross Park
University of Idaho
Sailor Hangs Self in Florida Jail Cell
El bert R. Nielsen a 29 year old sailor hanged himself in a Monroe county jail cell in Key West Florida. Nielsen a second class gunner's mate and 10 year naval veteran was arrested on a drunken driving charge. He was a native of Salt Lake City Utah.
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Key. West, Fla
Elbert R. Nielsen
Monroe County
Neilsen
Sail Lake City
Utah
Pocatello Memorial Day Parade and Cemetery Ceremonies
Pocatello launches its fourth postwar Memorial Day events with a 1 30 p m cemetery ceremony after a town to cemetery parade led by a Gate City veteran carrying Idaho’s only state log The parade includes veteran groups National Guard and recruiters Fire Department PTA Eagles Royal Neighbors Allis Chalmers Pocatello Riding Club high school band and floats Wreaths will be dropped from the West Center street bridge during the early parade The 1 30 p m cemetery program features invocation by J Golden Jensen prayer by M J McGowan master of ceremonies Perry A Nelson and address by Lt J Feedingfield The high school band will perform five pieces Rex Eaton Clifford W Miller Monte Royter provide vocal music The wreath laying at the Unknown Soldier tomb is the highlight Crosses and flags were placed on graves yesterday for Decoration Day.
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Fifth
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Eagles
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Allis-Chalmers
Pocatello Riding Club
W. Center St
J. Golden Jensen
LDS Church
M. J. McGowan
Perry A. Nelson
State Police
J. Feedingfield
Pocatello High School
Rex, Eaton
Clifford W. Miller
Monte Royter
Boise Woman Feared Drowned After Auto Plunge
Sheriff deputies pressed a vigil along Johnson Creek for the body of Mrs. Aleatha Thatcher of Boise who drowned when her car overturned on the creek's banks. Valley County officials said search would continue despite bank-full waters from recent rain and melting snow.
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Cascade
Roaring Johnson's Creek
Boise
Aleatha Thatcher
Valley County
Joe Mossman
Thatcher
Johnson Creek
City Traffic Hearing Set on One Way Main and Parking
Mayor W W Halsey plans a Thursday afternoon meeting with business leaders to discuss his revised traffic plan for Pocatello. Protests focus on converting Main Street and Arthur Avenue to one way routes, with proposed parking bans in the business district and a shift to angle parking on Lewis and Clark streets.
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W. W. Halsey
Halsey
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Arthur Avenue
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Bannock Motor Co
N. Main
Chamber of Commerce
George Pugmire
U. S. 30-N
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Main, Center
Arthur
Lewis and Clark
Harrison
State Highway Department
Main
Beet Field Workers Sought in Owyhee County
Caldwell dispatch reports 75 to 100 beet workers needed immediately in the Homedal area of Owyhee county. Grover Irvine of the Idaho State Employment Service announced urgent demand for sugar beet field workers and said beet blockers are in most demand.
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Owyhee County
Grover Irvine
Idaho State Employment Service
Irvine
Mendys Travel Into Yellowstone Park Weather and Roads
Post staff photographer Paul Mendy reports pleasant driving from Pocatello to West Yellowstone with light Sunday traffic and sunny skies. He notes scarce mountain lodging for holiday weekends, rough detours past Idaho Falls, and a Christmas light display near Lorenzo. A single road casualty near Rexburg is mentioned as the trip continues toward the park.
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Paul Mendy
Ashton
Pocatello
Yellowstone Park
West Yellowstone
Mountain Lodge
Idaho Falls
Lincoln
Idaho
Idaho Farm Bureau to send 50 to Santa Barbara training
Idaho Farm Bureau will send three Pocatello officers among 50 Gem State delegates to the American Farm Bureau western training conference in Santa Barbara California in June 2023. Delegates from all 44 counties will be chosen later by county officers.
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Pocatello
Idaho Farm Bureau
Gem
American Farm Bureau
Santa Barbara
Calif
Lau
Lovell Thornton
Twin Falls
Idaho
Albert Paulsen
Wilder
Associated Women of the Bureau
Bruce Bartlett
Caldwell
Webb
Memorial Day Appeals Stress Strength to Prevent War
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson and top commanders urge Americans to stay strong to deter war as Memorial Day is observed. Veterans, patriotic groups and leaders call for peace while honors are paid at Arlington, Hyde Park and national ceremonies for fallen service members.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
Johnson
United States
Hitler
Stockmen Invited To Attend Meet
ROISE AP Stockmen were invited to attend a range improvement field day set for June 3 at the Regina service station near Mayfield to learn about range management and cattle practices.
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Roise
Regina
Mayfield
Memorial Day Death Toll Rises Across U S
A United Press survey tracks Memorial Day fatalities with drownings in Maquoketa Iowa, highway crashes in North Carolina and Maryland, and deaths from falls and fires. William Alexander Julian, U S treasurer, dies en route to golf as traffic remains heavy nationwide.
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William Alexander Julian
United States
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Cleveland
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N. C
North Carolina
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Big Cottonwood Canyon
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Germany
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Colo
Wallace
Ida
Mullana
Indianapolis
Mailmen Parley Seeks Pay Grade Elimination in Boise
Post office workers at the annual Boise convention called for ending the four lower pay grades for postal clerks and mail carriers. The move aims to simplify pay scales and address wage fairness within the service.
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