Scout Camp For Girls Opens July 8
The Pocatello Girl Scout council opens Camp Nodding Pine for two weeks starting Sunday July 8. Registrations must be in by July 5 with space limited to 50 girls each week. Miss Gwendolyn Wescott leads a diverse staff of 14 including Edith Murphy and Wilma Sampson.
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Nodding Pine
Pocatello
Bosquet
R. P. Howard
Pocatello Girl Scout Council
Gwendolyn Wescott
National Staff of Girl Scouts
Miss Wescott
Girl Scouts
Edith Murphy
United States Indian Service
Indian Service
E. W. Damewood
Don Miner
Capt Bill Petersen Receives Purple Heart Medal
Capt William A. Petersen of Pocatello received the Purple Heart from Brig. Gen Omar H. Quade at Fitzsimons General Hospital in Denver on June 15 1945. He was wounded in October 1944 at Vincennes France and is a patient at Fitzsimons.
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William A. Petersen
Pocatello
Omar H. Quade
Fitzsimons General Hospital
Denver
Petersen
Vinciennes
France
Fitzsimons
Rotary Honors Wells At Ladies Night Dinner
The Pocatello Rotary Club will honor Richard H. Wells retiring president of Rotary International at a 7 p.m. dinner Thursday June 28 at the Bannock hotel. Wells is a former Pocatello club president and former district president of the 110th Idaho Utah district. District governor-elect Joe E. Cushman of Rexburg and Mrs Cushman will attend with Rotarians and their wives from nearby clubs.
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Pocatello Rotary Club
Richard H. Wells
Rotary International
Bannock Hotel
Wells
Pocatello Club
Idaho-Utah
Rotary
Joe E. Cushman
Rexburg
Cushman
ISU to Emphasize Education of Returning Veteran
Idaho Southern university resumes a two semester schedule after wartime V-12. A nine week summer session aids veterans. A campus guidance center and veteran counselor Victor Jones will aid returning vets. Turner hall is renovated into apartment dorms for veterans and wives with dining hall meals.
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Idaho Southern University
I.8.u
Veterans’ Administration
Victor Jones
Oscar Kaplan
Turner Hall
Graveley Hall
Publisher Dies in Idaho County at 76
Wallace residents mourn the death of Thomas Mc Cabe a 76 year old retired publisher of the Wallace Miner and former Shoshone County sheriff He was long active in the Republican party in the community.
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Wallace
Thomas McCabe
The
Wallace Miner
Shoshone County
Republican Party
Elizabeth Heer Returns From Vacation
Miss Elizabeth Heer of At kin Florists has returned from a two weeks vacation spent visiting friends in eastern Idaho.
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Elizabeth Heer
The
Atkin Florists
Idaho
Birthday Cakes and Cards Boost Morale at USO Hut
Honoring Pvt Eugene Ferro and other servicemen, communities in Pocatello and American Falls sent birthday cakes and treats to the USO Hut. The effort also funded and distributed thousands of playing cards through Elks Lodge No. 674, led by Harold Hinckley, aiding soldiers on trains and fronts.
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Eugene
Gene) D. Ferro
Mariano Ferro
North Tenth
Betty
Gene
Pocatello
Marine Corps Reserve
Ennval Ordnance Plant
San Diego
Donald E Strom
Montana School of Mines
Butte
University of Wisconsin
Bert Storm
Pfc
Billy Siebert
Myrtle Siebert
N. Harrison
Siebert
Camp Robinson
Arkansas
Philippines
Army Medical Corps
Lowell R. Pritchett
175Th Infantry
France
Oscar Martin
American Falls
O. S. Martin
Tyler Street
Lowell
American Falls High School
Harold Hinckley
Pocatello Elks Lodge
Hinckley
Elks
Idaho
United States
Grand Lodge of
New York
Elks Lodges
The
B.P.O. Elks
Harold
Pleasant Valley
Mrs. George Green Heads Auxiliary
At the June American Legion Auxiliary meeting in Memorial Hall, officers for next year were elected. President is Margaret Green, first vice Evelyn Atwood, second vice Gail Bates, secretary Loretta Connors, treasurer Elsie Swanson, historian Frances Blake Whittig, with Vivian Criswell Vernal Stacy and Rosana Bangs on the executive board.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Hall
Margaret
George N.) Green
Evelyn Atwood
Gail Bates
Loretta Connors
Elsie Swanson
Frances Blake Whittig
Vivian Criswell
Vernal Stacy
Rosana Bangs
Grace Cordon Protest Over Public Health Nurse Move
Grace A C Cordon state radio chair for the Idaho Congress of Parents and Teachers filed a protest with Portia Trick state supervisor of public health nursing about moving the public health nurse office from Grace to Pocatello. Residents of Gem Valley lose ready nurse access, with availability limited to specific days. Mr Gordon urges a nurse reside in Grace and maintain an office there.
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A. C. Cordon
Idaho Congress of Parents and Teachers
Portia Trick
Grace
Pocatello
Cordon
Gem Valley
Bancroft
Gordon
Pearl Kirkpatrick
Bannock County
Soap Invention Traced To Early Centuries
A brief historical note recalls that soap was invented as far back as the first century. It highlights early uses and the long arc of soapmaking across civilizations.
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Capt
Bill Petersen
Purple Heart
Ruth
OES
Masonic Temple
Ray Brookhart
Grace Johnson
Grand Chapter of
C. Stocker
Walter Oelwein
Astate
Grand Chapter
CBS
Claude M. Gordon
Twin Falls
Margaret Nurman
Filer
Ollie O. Lesley
Valley
Cascade
Mary Lesley
Hermose
Caldwell
George Green
Shannon
Winona
Rudy Willecke
George Donat
R. E. Olson
Cyrus Stauber
Lloyd Carver
Wayne Garrett
F. M. Bistline
E. Robinson
Richard H
Dick) Wells
ISU
North Main
USO
Methodist Ladies of American
Bernard Busboom
Sgt. Busboom
Carl Busboom
N. Hayes
Bernard
Camp Bowie
Texas
Santa Fe
Santa Ana
Calif
Freeport
Mrs
George Green Heads
Ment
Pacers
We. Iget
THOR
OPA
Henriksen
Fargo-Wilson-Wells
Detahy Fay
Miss Hazel Winters
Dorothy Gray
Will
Cosmetic
Ford Drug Co
East Center
FARGO
Reich
Cohama
Milgrim’s ‘Salymil Jr
Doris Dodson
Tailleur
Marie Eileen
World News
Ksei and
Cork
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