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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1949
Page
3
The article notes a strong lamb crop in spring with a yield around 90 percent. Wool hauling from the Pocatello creek camp to Pocatello will be completed within a few days.
The Academy of Idaho held a commencement with Henry Lawrence Southwick delivering the address. Diplomas were conferred by President James F. Kane on twelve graduates. A Twin Falls branch planned by Idaho Wholesale Grocery co opens with E. E. McGregor coordinating. A Raymond and Whitcomb tour group of 13 from New York City visits Pocatello en route to Yellowstone, noting local life and Ross Fork Indians.
June 16 1909 City Councilman Carl A Valentine of Douglas and Valentine visits the D and V camp on Pocatello creek. He says another day will finish shearing the firm’s 14 000 sheep after 15 machines worked last week. The spring clip will near 100 000 pounds with the fleeces described as the best yet from the firm's herds.
Gate City marks 18 years as Idaho’s second largest city by population and a key wholesale distributing center. Former Soda Springs mayor Hugh Dorien visits Pocatello for birthday celebrations amid local pride and activities.
The public is invited to a Tuesday morning ordination at St Josephs Church where James Clarance Dolan of Clinton Iowa will be ordained priest by Bishop D M Gorman. The ceremony includes Father Purcell and others from nearby parishes. Dolan leaves for Clinton after the service to celebrate his first mass.
A returning service couple arrives home from New York with discharge after two years in the army. First Lieutenant in uniform from the Second Reserve Officers Training Camp at the Presidio. Corporal Ray Brookhart returns to Boston after eighteen months overseas with an engineering detachment and expects muster out at Camp Devens soon. Major Tom Mullen and wife reach Pocatello on November 17 and stay with his mother Mrs. J B Mullen. Mrs. Mullen, married in Paris last September, makes her first U.S. visit.
Lyman Fargo Dr R J Cruse C H Archibald and Dr O B Steely prepare for a Mackay trip this afternoon with plans already laid for the big undertakings. Henry S York of 1705 Wilson Ave Pocatello departs Saturday to join his brother Sgt Alvin C York in Salt Lake. The Yorks hail from Pall Mall Tenn with Henry working as a mechanic in the Oregon Short Line shops before moving two years ago. Miss Anna Gottier Bonneville school teacher and her niece Elizabeth Ann Tinker head east for unspecified reasons.
Socially Speaking notes a Tuesday luncheon bridge hosted by Mrs E E Moberly and Mrs C C Billmeyer for Anne Nesby, who marries Jack Van Dercreek of Council Bluffs. Gifts, Madonna lilies, and iris centerpieces marked the event. Mrs Tom Terrell won high score and Mrs F E MacKenzie the all-out prize.
Cookings Fun presents a salmon lunch with potato souffle salad peas lettuce and bread. The potato souffle mixes butter flour sour cream hot riced potatoes onion salt pepper eggs fold in whites bake sixty minutes yields six servings.
A party will spend the summer traveling through Iowa and Colorado then visit Chicago before moving on to Ohio to see Miss Gottier’s former home. The itinerary highlights a broad Midwest route ending in Ohio with historical ties.
Thelma Roberts is elected commissioner of the Pocatello Girl Scout Council. Officers named include Gayle Evans first vice commissioner Elva Purrington second vice commissioner Delina Ogden treasurer and Jean Elle secretary. Summer camp plans discussed and 3720 cookie boxes sold raising 483.13 for camp at Nodding Pine.
American Falls Boyd Buck is among five Idaho 4-H Forestry members to receive a scholarship to the 4-H Short Course at the University of Idaho in June. The American Falls sophomore will attend Moscow from June 4 to June 12.
Ralph Reid suffered a head wound during a melee on East Center Saturday evening. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital for treatment and released after his injury. Police Lt. C C Evans said no formal record was made of the incident.
Ixion chapter of the Daughters of Penelope and the Pocatello chapter of the Order of Ahepa held a joint meeting Monday June 13 at the Hellenic Hall. Delegates elected for the daughters to attend the district convention in Salt Lake City June 25 26 27 were Helen Dudunake Ann Dudunake Ivy Cacavas and Constance Morris. Alternates chosen were Florence Pappas and Ada Katsianes. Delegates for the Order of Ahepa were Matthew Dudunake George Pattis Gust Contos and Peter Dokos.
Mayor William W. Halsey and chamber members traveled to Boise Sunday for a meeting with the state highway commission. They seek a survey for a road from Pocatello to the atomic project entrance with proposals to shorten the route. A suggested start point is north of the Highway 30 underpass.
Midshipman J. R. Siler son of Mrs Ida I Siler of 237 Taft Alameda landed his SNJ Texan trainer six times Saturday aboard the USS Cabot in the Gulf of Mexico to qualify in aircraft carrier training. He graduated Pocatello High in February 1946 and joined the Navy V-5 program in January 1946 attending UC and Idaho State College to prepare for officer service.
W. T. Hatch, recently moved from California to Blackfoot, came to Pocatello on Saturday seeking his wife who allegedly left him with their infant three weeks ago. He believes she may be in Twin Falls where a former friend resides in that region.
Malad will be represented at the Welsh day celebration on September 4 in Salt Lake City. The National Gymanfa Gana Association sponsors the event with singers from across the United States performing a radio broadcast from the Mormon Tabernacle. Mrs. Mary Woozley Jensen will organize a Malad chorus with rehearsals starting immediately. all singers over 14 are invited to participate.
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