WCTU Adopts Resolutions in Sixth District Meeting
The sixth district W C T U met in American Falls on May 25 with Aber deen Pocatello and American Falls members. Resolutions urged Congress to back temperance bills and wartime liquor controls, promote Bible reading, youth temperance councils, and temperance education in schools. The meeting adjourned to Idaho Falls later in summer.
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W.C.T.U
Tuesdeay
American Falls
Aberdeen
Pocatello
Ida M. Noels
F. M. Hubbard
Women's Temperance Movement
Minnie F. Howard
Civic Forces of
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Forty Years Ago members and Rexburg note
A letter from James H. Wallis reports the Rexburg Journal editor and his wife welcomed their fourteenth child last night a baby girl. The Wallis family now includes eight girls and six boys with seven girls and five boys living.
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Idaho
The
Tribune
James H. Wallis
Rexburg
Arnold Williams Idaho Candidate with Local Service Record
Idaho resident for thirty years. Four years as Madison County Commissioner and seven years on the School Board. Businessman with farming experience. Past Post Commander of American Legion and three Idaho House terms, including majority floor leader last session. Former Rexbury Rotary Club president. Paid political adv.
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Madison County
Idaho
Lawyer Returns From Salt Lake City in Merrill Damages Suit
Attorney H W Lockhart has returned from Salt Lake City where he argued the Merrill damage suit against the Short Line for 10000 dollars over the killing of William Merrill on the rip track last year. The jury had not yet reached a verdict. Mr and Mrs Thomas F Terrell returned from Kentucky visiting St Louis en route to a county fair. Maud Miller came back from Boise after attending St Margarets in that city. Mae Hopson travels to Cheyenne and Denver for the summer with friends and plans to visit the St Louis exposition later.
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H. W. Lockhart
Salt Lake City
Merrill
William Merrill
Lockhart
Thomas F. Terrell
Mr. Terrell
Kentucky
St. Louis
Air Medal Won By Pocatello Pilot
Fifteenth Army Air Force Second Lt. Woodrow W. Williams 27 formerly of 842 North Arthur Pocatello now flies a Liberator bomber in Italy. He earned the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in aerial flight during sustained operations against the enemy. Williams is son of Mrs. Mary Williams and a 1938 Pocatello High School graduate who played basketball and swimming. before service he was assistant manager at S S Newberry in Los Angeles.
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Fifteenth Army Air Force
Woodrow W. Williams
North Arthur
Pocatello
Fifteenth Army Air Force Headquarters
Williams
Italy
Fifteenth Raf
Austria
Romania
Mary Williams
Pocatello High School
S. S. Newberry Company
Los Angeles
Calif
Couple Obtains Marriage License in Boise City
Thomas David Rowland of Boise and Doris Ann Sherwood of Twin Falls obtained a marriage license yesterday in Boise.
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Thomas David Rowland
Boise
Doris Ann Sherwood
Twin Falls
Wanda Lee Thompson Obituary at 17 in Utah church funeral
Funeral services for Wanda Lee Thompson age 17 daughter of Eliga and Mary Thompson of 230 South Grant were held Saturday at Downard chapel. Bishop D W Martin led the service with opening prayer by L M Teller. Speakers included D W Martin Parry Harri son and Willard Lund. Virgil Camp gave closing prayer and benediction. Mothers of the First Ward church sang three numbers with Mrs C Morris Stacy at piano. Arnold Lintelman played violin with Mary Lund at piano. Honorary pallbearers were Lou Watts Patsy Rainey Virgin.
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Wanda Lee Thompson
Eliga
Mary Thompson
South Grant
Downard Chapel
D. W. Martin
First Ward
L.D.S
L. M. Teller
Parry Harrison
Willard Lund
Virgil Camp
C. Morris Stacy
Rex Eaton
Kleinfeldtsane
Arnold Lintelman
Mary Lund
Lou Watts
Patsy Rainey
Virgin
Bond Sellers Meet Friday for War Loan Drive
Pocatello committee members will open the drive with a 9 a.m. meeting at the Chief theater, closing stores till 10 30. The program features army talks, a motion picture, music and community singing. The goal is 1 800 000 for Bannock county with a broader national target of 16 billion. A top bond seller prize and a parade start June 12 followed by a street dance and band rally.
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Pocatello Fifth War Loan Committee
Frank Birrell
Bannock
Army Air Field
H. B. Travis
Blonde Faces Trial for Farm Slayings in Mercer
Janice Graham, 20, blonde and farm girl, awaits grand jury action likely next Monday on charges of slaying three people at a Mercer dairy farm on October 7. William A. Morell, 20, also worked on the farm, was charged with the same slayings but acquitted of two murders and convicted only of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Mrs. Helen Wilson.
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Mercer, Pa
Janice Graham
William A. Morell
Miss Graham
Robert McKay
Katherine Wilson
Helen Wilson
Eleventh Ward Plans Activities
The newly organized LDS eleventh ward under Bishop William C Tolman plans Sunday fireside parties for teens after services. The season opened with 41 youths meeting at Mrs Martin B Howard home to plan summer activities. A junior choir led by Mrs Howard has officers for three months and performed at services last week.
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LDS Eleventh Ward
William C. Tolman
Martin B. Howard
Howard
Jay Taggart
Shirley Monroe
Barbara Weston
Mary Martineau
del Slaughter
Jean Howard
Genevieve Hemming
Parley Hemming
L. C Johnson
South Eighth
Older Men Marry Younger Women War Time Marriage Trends
Metropolitan Life Insurance researchers report 1942 shows more young men under 20 marrying older women compared with 1939. The wartime statistics indicate a rise in marriages where husbands are younger than their wives by several years.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Marriage age trends show younger grooms marry older brides
The report notes that over half of boys marrying at ages 16 and 17 took brides who were their seniors. It cites about one third at age 18 and over one quarter at 18, plus a 65 percent rise in marriages by men over 35 from 1939 to 1942 and a 73 percent rise for women over 35.
Boisean Advances to Temporary Promotion in Army
Washington announces Second Lt. Ray T. Miller FD of Boise has received a temporary promotion to first lieutenant. The War Department made the move public today.
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Washington
Ray T. Miller
Boise
War Department
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Nora Lowe
Sixth District
Congress
Sheppard
O’daniel
Capper
Johnson
Bryson
Arnold Williams
American Legion
Rexbury Rotary Club
Democratic
Maud Miller
St. Margaret's School
Gummersall
Carol Ramish
Colleen Leigh
Veoma Brower
David P. Armstrong
Jack Armstrong
Rufus Merrill
Hatton A. Armstrong
Owen Huff
Leo A. Terry
Hope Thompson
Lorraine Armstrong
Vera Toler
Darlene Hegstrom
Marjorie Yarger
Mary Jane Hunt
Edward Pickett
Glen Brunker
G. A Cobin
Mountainview Cemetery
Earl Thompson
Pete Christian
M. Christian
Pete Christian M. Jensen
Harrison Avenue
Mr. Jensen
Denmark
Jens Christain
Christina M. Christensen Jensen
Hills Bros. Garage
Christian Jensen
Pingree
Martin Jensen
Mackay
Lutheran Church and Pocatello Lodge No. 119
F.O.F
McHan’s Funeral
Dodge
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler
CBS
Thurcdeus
Major Bowes
M. D. Andrus
Boisean Advances
Jesse M. Chase
Nash Club
Pontiac
Farl King
Arthur
Coats
Shades
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