Idaho State Journal from Pocatello, Idaho • Page 1

I Clear Plane Crashes cepl tor some clouds Wednesday Airliner falls Iste Pacific; Clear alleraoon. through Wednesday, ex- IDAHO STATE JOURNAL 5r lost Page 5, VOL. LVI, NO. 106 POCATELLO, IDAHO, TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1957 TEN CENTS Thousands Cheer Jubilee Parade; Smylie Sees Big Future for City Governor Breaks Ground for New IB and Building "Pocatello with ils resources can grow to be the industrial capital of the Intermountaln West," Gov. Robert E.

Smylie told 300 tors at ground breaking ceremonles of the Idaho Bank" and Trust new $550,000 building at 10 a.m.. today. "This is shown by the fact that the most conservative of all, the bankers staked a half mil. lion dollars on that growth" he added. Gov.

Smylie turned the first shovel of dirt for the new building in his first appearance al the ening day of the Diamond Jubilce and Frontier Rodeo celebration. Speaking extemporaneously ho stressed the growth not only of the bank but of the city and stale as well, "Pocatello has the reputalion all over the slate for never being finished, for always building" he sald. Later on in his address he sald that the growth seen ic this area was due to "amhitious discontent to have things always different." The governor was decked out in A black and white checked western shirt, shiny black cowboy hools, black riding pants, a white leather 'western belt and a real Stetson hat. The shovel he used was silver plated and will be engraved with the following Inscription, "This shovel used by Governor Robert E. Smylie la break ground for the new Idaho Bank and Trust Co.

building, Pocatello, Idalio, July 16, 1957." A case will be mode for the shovel and it will be hung in the lobby of the new building. Miniature silver-colored shovels were passed out la all ithe guests and spectators al the ground-breaking. loscribed on the handle was helped Governor Smylie break Ground for the new Idaho Bank and Trust building at Idoho, July 15, 1957." A platform erected behind the present bank building at West Center and Arthur hosted a group of western clad, bearded dignitaries froth the city, After the invocation by the Rev. Frank Blish, J. Grant Bickmore, executive vice-president of tho bank, gave a history of the organizallon from the year of its' founding In 1934 until the present stressing that the growth of Pocatello and southeastern Idaho left no allernative but that its organizations grow with il.

Bickmore introduced the bank directors, Fred A. Burton, Lorin Lewig of Burley, M. T. Neaten, Hugh Wagnon, He also introduced the officers of the bank, F. M.

Swenson, K. Holley Myers, Iloreco Ilowell, Lynn Hall, Otto Stein. brink, and Roy Neider. Also IL. U.

Spaulding, Commissioner of Fi-1 nance of Idaho. G. Nicholas Ifft acted as master of ceremonics. He introduced the new building architect, Cedric Allen, and vice president of the C. H.

Elle constructinn Oscar Olson. also introduced legislative delegation, Nellie Cline Tim Brennan and Perry county commissioners, Spraker, James Abbott, Speaking to the ho Bank and Trust tinued growth as an left of the governor, Chuckwagon Feast Climaxes Big March Through City Streets "Flash" Nielsen; and the city missioners, Ray S. Hunter, B. Yearsley, Fred ton, Mrs, Drilla Blackhurst, Hearne, Luvern Johnson, Street Party Draws 1700 Over 1700 people filled the street and sidewalks in front of the Bannock Hotel Monday night for the Diamond Jubilee street dance. Slarling al 9 p.m., the sidewalk and street in front of the hotel and on the other side were lined two and three deep with spectalors, From 50 to 100 pooplo were dancing.

A. four piece western band was donated for the dance by the Musicians Union. Nearly all of the dancers and spectators were In western clothes, but the kaugaroo courl and calaboose had al least ouc or two offenders in it throughout the evening. The. children seemed to enjoy the dance the most, During both square dances and fast children were cut in the street dancing by themselves, or with their parents or with each other.

Square dancing was the most popular, and the experienced square dancers as well as the novices all had a hand at Eimer Terry, president of Frontier Rodeo WAS in charge of the arrangements tor the dance. Carpenter Chief Sees Strike The possiblitty ol agrecment on a new contract between ern Idaho contractors and the Rocky Mountain District. Council of Carpenters "seems very remove," Council Secretary Virgil Tullis said toduy. Tullis said thot unless an agreement is reached by Wednesday morning, about 1,800 carpenters will go on strike at a.m. Tullis reported he had been in "continual contact" with Daniel Edwards of the federal mediation and conciliation service, on occaston with members of the Southcasi Idaho Contractors general manager, but that to shortly before noon, there had heen no change in Inc AGC offer a 45-cent raise spread aver 32 months.

The union also. is seeking a health and welfare plan, travel and subsistenco allowances and a cost-of-living escalator clause In its new contract. Today's Chuckle Steenson, There are still a goodSwisher; things you con gel for a Emmette nickels, dimes, pennies. and Litle ladies in frilly dresses graced the Pocatello Stake the float. More parade pictures will appear In MIA float in the Pioneer division of the Jubilee parade.

day's Journal. comFrank BurDr. A big book of "fairytales" was built up from the base of Rodeo to Start 3 Night Stand (Pictures on Page. 3.) The big 1957 at 8:30 Frontier Rodeos opens tonight I Bannock County Fairgrounds north of the cily, with a list of top rodeo performers and enteriainers. High on the list is cowboy Bill Linderman.

Linderman was the all around champion cowboy in I053 and for six years was president of the Rodeo Cowboy Assu. Ho is among the top ten in the 1957 competitions. He will be riding in the bareback and saddle bronc riding in performance, Tickets will be att sale at the fairgrounds. The Aberdeen Boots and Saddle Club are special guests tonight, Thirteen events are on the program. The grand entry and introdiction of officials heads the Sandra Christensen, rodeo queen, will make her appearance here, Sceond event is the bareback riding, then the Aberdeen posse performance.

Event four is the calf-roping, then the Indlan danees by memhers of the Fort Hall tribes, and the first section of the saddle brome riding. Jay Sisler and his specialty dog net are the seventh event on the show. followed by the second secLion of the saddle bronc riding. Janice Wilkey, Iricky Roman rider will perform next. The bulldogging event follows her and Billy Buschbom, Cassville, making another appearance wilh the rodeo this many will put eight horses dollar the paces In libertay and drills.

guests and visitora at the ground breaking ceremonies for the new building, Gov. Roberl E. Smylie predicted Pocatello's industrial center. J. Grant Bickmore is standing directly to Uncle Pocatelo 4 The highlight of the evening is the breluma bull riding with thirteen cowboys trying for the prize money.

The "Kajun Kid," a veteran. rodeo clown performer, will make his appearance throughout the show. Jack Oakey, Ogden, will Announce the show, and Dick Warner, cowboy organist, will provide. the music. Warner was with the rodeo last year.

Stock producer for the show 1s the Flying Ranch, with Paul Scott, Pocatello, and Cotton Rosser and. Dick Pascoe, Marysville, Calif, Timers are Detores Buschbom, Cassville, and Freda Scott; Pocatello. Clowns include Wes Curtis, Hunt inglon Park, Calif. and the Kajun Kid. The lists show 135 coboya registered for the big rodea from all over the country.

This includes 31 cowboys from Idaho. From Pocatello are Joe Jacobs, Bob Schilds, Jim Dreiyer, Archie Cutter, Larry Cutler, Rice, Dick Henson, Sod Williams, Lee; White, Arnold. Stuart, Bob and A. N. Cozad.

Others. are Harvey Helderman, Bill Dyer, Mackey: Larry Edmonson, Burley; Joy Sisler, Ennett; Savior Hernandez, Ken Harris, Wade Snapp, Blaine, Ramey, Pete Parris, Don Jackman, Jack Wallace, Blaine Hansen, Keith Murray and Rusty Houtz, Blackfoot; Weldon Rulledge, Clyde Burrows, Jpy T. Smilli, Idaho Falls; Chuck Phelps, Soda Springs; Donald Gregory, Preston. Rodeo headquarlers in the nock Hotel Is open 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m, for advance ticket sales.

Bulletin GLENNS FERRY (UP)-Three unidentified persons, an unidentided man, worupn and boy about 7, to a Texas cor burned to death after their car hil a truck. headon and burst Into flames on Highway. 30 tour miles west of here. Probably the largest parade in Pocatello history, keyed to the pioneer era of the city's founding, rolled through the streets today to help put onlookers into a Diamond Jubilee spirit. Four mounted posses, three bands and scores of floats, many showing pioneer scenes, were included in the display of anniversary Gov.

Robert E. Smylie was among the parade's numbers, joining it after a busy morning schedule. He was met by rodeo queen Sandra Christensen and Miss Carene. Clarke as he stepped from a plane at the Municipal airport. Then he was the speaker at the dedication of Idaho Bank and Trust Co's new building before joining the parade.

Many residents followed as the parade wound toward its destination at Memorial Park for a big chuckwagon feed. The barbeque beef menu drew hundreds of persons, togged in suitable western atire. Addressing the throng at the park, Gov. Smylie said: "The first 75 years of Pocatello's history are a prelude to the building here of the capital of an industrial empire built on the sound foundation of chemistry, raw materials and water." The Governor will. climax his busy day here tonight at the Frontier Rodeo where he will be made a member of the Bannock-Shoshone Indian tribe and presented a special Indain headdress by the Chamber of Commerce.

A cily's growth over the lost decade Governor Smylie said tint the in the field of chemical industry is just beginning. "As we unlock in the laboratorics the secrels of the raw our mountains and couple. them with our adequate suppllees of. ter and energy, we will build plants here In soulbeast Idaho that will rival all the West," he governor expressed his plensure at the news of the Westvaco metallurgical research section being moved Pocatello.s lie called It a "splendid birthday gift to Idaho and to Pocatello on, this 75th birthday of the founding of. the cily." Ile sald that It Is hard to estimale the' benefits that can come from having the research in the stale, "Your city is probably growing faster than most of he coneluded.

"I am told that since 1954 no less than 35 new businesses have beeri established in your city. In those three years you have built two new schools, six new buildings at Idaho State College, new the lon-legged burrow rider courthouse and city a new of Bonneville into Arthur. branch post office and nearly 20 25. Small fry cowboys on the Fort Hall War float watch trailing behind them as the parade rounds the corner of F. Alamedans Urged to Help As Special Census Is Taken Alameda Mayor John B.

Dahl-1 strom loday appealed to Alame. dans to cooperale with special censug takers "so we can find out how much we've grown." Dollstrom made the appeal 85 10 enumerators began their first full day of counting noses In what has been described as "the fastest growing city In Idaho." The mayor pointed oul that the last census showed Alameda had a population of 4,694, but, he said, "we feel as though we're quite a bit over that now," "We're. enthused about our city and we want to let people know about Dahlstrom said. An increase in the number of cilizens also will enable Alameda la receive a greater share of tax money distributed by the state on the basis of population. First moves lo have the census taken were made -during the administration of former Mayor Flavius C.

Hendersed. Working out of Alameda cily the enumerators are taking the city by- sections, Clothes Hint Body Navajo Evidence was mounting today that the unidentified woman whose body was found in an irrigation headgale on the Fort Hall Indian reservation was a Navajo Indian. Police sald two young Navajo men have Identified the clothing the woman was wearing as initely Navajo. They examined it just botore it was sent with material to the FBI laboratory Washington, D. C.

for examination. One of the men identified the velvet Jumper the woman was wearing as worn only by a particuJar Nayajo tribe. Rex Pullin, special census supervisor from Denver, said enumcrators made "pretty good prog-! Monday but added that day's jubilee-rodeo parade and other activities through the weck might make their task difficult. He said provisions would he made to couple those hope to who be had finished been by missed. Friday night," Pullin said.

The only questions enumerators will ask are the names of people in houscholds, their Ages, sex and color, Pullin added. Enumerators are Mrs. Leone Baldwin, Mrs. Dorolhy Fisher, Mrs. Catherine Gruel, Mrs.

Carma Holm, Mrs. Mary Munger, Mrs. Anna Murrl, Airs, Fern Robison, Mrs. Marjorie Smith, Hirs. Shirley Turner and Mrs.

May Young, Mrs. "Alice Cotant is ing the work of enumerators as crew leader and Mrs. Bessie Mac Thomas is serving as clerk. EVEN WITH LITTLE RED WAGON Some Days Mom Just Can't Win PARK FOREST, Ill. (UP) This is a story of heroism in the suburbs and after you get into it you'll know why no names are used.

It involves a woman. She has five children and one of them flushed a toy building block down the toilet. The father of these children was out of town. The woman couldn't get a plumber because it was Sunday. So she turned off the water and somehow removed the toilet.

Help Taken ested neighbors. These neighbors offered suggestions, but all fell short. Finally the husband came home. He knew where there was a hardware store open. He put the toilet in the car and took it to the hardware store.

The hardware man, father himself, freed the block by sawing it In half. The toilet was brought home and reinstalled. An hour later there was another block In it. churches." He closed his. address by stating that "the heallhy ferment of discontent" will teed the city lo future.

"Southeast Idaho has all the potential for a great Industrial empire, The driving ambition. of your communily to be its capital is destined for certain success." A commilice, of JayCees served the food to the crowd. It was. set up on a long table and served buffet style. The cily recreation department ran races and games for the children and Jublice commillee gave the money for the awards.

Mallon Rupp of the board commillee awarded four prizes to the beard growers In the city, but decision bad not been made to the winners by press time. The $10 prizes were for the service clubs competition, the longest beard, the most unusual beard and the most colorful beard. The long parado route 5V0.5 crowded an hour before parade lime and jammed at 11 a.m, when the wheels started turning and the bands blared forth. Parade floats formed Around the courthouse at Fifth and Center. The courthouse rallying polnt was to miss, as two tremendous white tepees had been erecled on the lawn.

Probably the most expensiva "float" was the Pacific freight train, complete from diesel engine to yellow caboose, The brand-new train WAS driven by Donald Howell of. Omaha, who has worked, his way west from parade to parade. Parade Chairman John Sponbaucr, astride a nervous palomino, organized four rolld blocks of floats, Bannock Shoshone Indians, in full dress, were prominent in the parade, with huge navy semitrailer the main float, Governor Smylle, hatless. and dressed In a bright checked shirt, followed the rodeo committee and the stagecoach in an' open car. Mra.

Muriel Puggles, rodeo entrepreneur, followed an open wagon, Miss Idaho, Carene Clarke, was very pretty: In a salmon. pink dress. The float was red and white, (Continued The block wouldn't budge spite her She thought maybe water pressure would free it. But she had turned off water. She dammed the toilet out-.

let with a towel, turned the water on and moved the toilet to the backyard. She had just started the job of freeing the trapped block with the garden hose when another of the children yelled, "Mommie, it's getting pretty wet in here." The towel had not held and a minis- ture Old Faithful was spouting in the bathroom. The woman turned off the water again. She put the toilet in little red wagon and wheeled it across the street to the home of a neighbor, where she asked for and was granted permission to use the hose and some Pressure did not free the black but the sight- of a woman hauling a toilet in a little red wagon across the street trailed by five children brought out many inter-1 34.