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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1948
Page
5
A Business and Professional Women's club event will be a public card party at 8 p.m. Friday Oct. 15 in Trinity Parish hall. Finance Committee chair Mrs. Leslie Robinson leads arrangements. Dessert luncheon and card games plus other attractions await attendees. Tickets available for group parties and general players.
Maxwell L. Johnston of Mill Valley California sent today's hand after reading a column on the Vienna Coup. The West hand faced two finesses or a Vienna Coup squeeze with East misdefense and a taxing club endplay.
Hollywood The film pair Dick Sale and Mary Anita Loos work from home on scripts for 20th Century Fox. They share five typewriters and write together over meals, splitting dialog and action duties. Their collaboration yields output despite flirting with career friction and an offhand ocean scene as a writerly quirk.
Campus Wives Club presents Fall Fashion Review in Frazier Hall at 8 tonight with models including Margaret Ashe Norma Briggs Adamson Elaine Gormier and others. Scoops and Paris Co. display men and women’s fashions while a Kasai Dancing School feature and Bruce Coke vocalize stage music. Tickets sold downtown. committee listed.
Four groups of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church plan Friday afternoon meetings at different homes and locations. Circle I at 814 South Fourth with E. W. Hall at 1 15 p.m. Circle II at 116 North Ninth with J E Pickett and George Wood assisting. Circle III at 421 South Fourth for a pot luck luncheon. Circle IV at 1508 East Center with William Larson and assisting hostesses.
More than 100 members and guests attended a Beauceant social, held at the Masonic temple Monday evening. Out-of-town visitors arrived from Blackfoot and Soda Springs. Mrs. Frank Perry led as president during the meeting and initiation of four new members: Mrs. Miller Bodell, Mrs. Alfred Pederson, Mrs. Theodore Gathe Sr., and Mrs. Willis Bassett. Committee members included John Harms as chairman and Mrs. L H Anderson, Mrs. George Smith, Mrs. Ray Swanson, and Mrs. Howard Nachtrieb.
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes per capita water use is more than double in unmetered cities compared with metered ones. Agricultural leaders cite electric equipment raising crop output by a third in 10 percent less time. NYU doctors oversaw care for 45,000 patients and 250 000 outpatient visits at Bellevue Hospital.
The 140000 members of the Business and Professional Women’s Clubs of America adopt Use Your Vote In 48 as the theme for Business Women’s Week October 10 16 stressing selection election and results. The Pocatello chapter with 92 members hosts a southeastern district meeting October 10 at Bannock hotel Room 210 opens 12 30 p m with a general business meeting and luncheon at 1 30 p m Miss Dorothy Manning is general chairman Idaho state president Mrs Frankie Allworth of Twin Falls and district president Miss Blanche Kellar of Idaho Falls will attend.
A pink and blue shower at the home of Mrs. G. W. Hardwick honored Mrs. R. K. Howells. Guests included Mesdames J. T. Watson, B. J. Howells, Bradley Bates, James Foreman, Margery Clark, Jamita Holly, Dale Doddridge, Louise Leeper, Lea Karlsen, Reva Thornock, Grace Cullen, Millie Rupp, Mary Holdt, Bessie Wells, Nadine Wells, Zell Reynolds, M. Jones, Dorothy Mitten, Vivian Glenn, Lois Frugoli, Esther Pellum, Zelma Williamson, Mary Park, Amelia Kalabokias and Frances Hardwick. Winners were Mrs. Williamson, Mrs. Frugoli, and Mrs. Kalabokias. Refreshments were served by the hostess.
Miss Ray Smith will attend a city luncheon where Mrs Iva Gorton Sprague is guest speaker. She will discuss United Nations and Tony's Crisis. Public invited and reservations must be made with Miss Manning at 414-W by Thursday evening.
Palm Leaf Circle 19 officers and members are requested to attend the funeral of Neighbor Leda B Queen at St Joseph s Church today at 9 a m. The notice urges participation of all circle members.
A simple syrup mix using light corn syrup and sugar provides the best sweetening of fruits intended for freezing. The blend offers smooth sweetness and helps preserve fruit texture during storage.
On October 10 the Church of the Nazarene at Eighth and Clark Streets joins a nationwide observance of the fortieth anniversary of the denomination. The 1908 Pilot Point union formed Nazarenes, led by Bresee Hoople and Jernigan, with 10 060 members across 228 churches. In 1947 total giving surpassed 44 million dollars and Sunday School enrollment neared 400 000. headquarters are in Kansas City with additional campuses and a global radio network. The local church, organized in 1924 by Rev. Wm Felder, invites all to next Monday’s special anniversary services.
The junior community concert at Poky-Hi will feature George London baritone Susan Reed and Carrol Glenn with a $1 membership at the bursar’s office. Red and Blue Day on October 15 includes a parade and football game with a marching drill and Indian war dance by the Pep club under Shirlene Mason and Jerry Briggs. Navy visitors Stanley Sabin Max Sphar Bill Kennedy Harold Reissig Dick Harvey and Edward Brockman are home on leave this week.
William J. Vecera arrives in Buffalo from overseas duty with the European intelligence service of the Army after 31 months. He is discharged, son of Mr and Mrs Irvin J Vecera of 332 North Seventh, and plans to remain in the Gate City.
Alpha chapter of Alpha Pi Omega won first place in a national publicity contest. Bertha Cragan notes the local group submitted 1834 lines of publicity and earned a $25 prize for best coverage of activities including the Air International Parcel Inn Service from Pocatello. The chapter’s French child adoption letter writings and honors for prominent Pocatello women aided the win.
In 1895 Pennsylvania ranked among the nation’s strongest states for hunting and fishing issues, reflecting a swift expansion of outdoor recreation and natural resource focus across the commonwealth.
Community calendar lists meetings for the Women's Study League at the YWCA 2:30 PM Thursday, Ruth Chapter OES at the Masonic temple 8 PM Thursday, Delphian Society Kappa Tau 2-4 PM Thursday Bannock hotel, Locomotive Firemen auxiliary 2 PM Friday WOW hall with birthday cakes at 1:15, Xi Alpha Beta Sigma Phi at 230 North Tenth. Pennsylvania leads the nation in 50 major industries with a billion-dollar farm sector.
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