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• KEL 562
  Captain Ray Young sits on a couch in his military uniform after returning to Twin Falls from the war in Vietnam after serving there for eleven months. On the couch beside him is a Vietnamese painting depicting an old man with a long beard holding a staff, a young boy holding a peach, and a deer. The painting was a gift from Captain Dinh, a Vietnamese air force pilot, whose father was one of three engineers aboard a train which was blown up by Viet Cong and taken by the enemy to the town of Muong Maun. Capt. Young, Capt. Dinh, and a helicopter crew flew into the area and brought the three engineers to safety. He received the painting as a reward during a party given by a Vietnamese fighter squadron.
• KEL 561
  New officers of the Masonic Commandary and Social Order of the Beauceant from left to right, are Mrs. Rex Reed, oracle; Mrs. Fay Hann, worthy president; Rex Reed, eminent commander; and Richard Wheeler, outgoing eminent commander. The women are wearing white robes with a cross on the shoulder, and are holding a gavel. The men are wearing their uniforms. A large "G" is on the wall above them, and a folding chair sits in the corner.
• KEL 560
  Former YMCA membership drive chairmen, Dr. Herbert Burgess and Bernie Schmidt, hand the "Y" ball to Glenn Romig, right, who will head the membership drive of the local YMCA-YWCA. All three men are dressed in suits and ties.
• KEL 559
  Sacking oranges for a sale being sponsored by the Magic Valley Jaycees to raise funds for needy children are, from left to right, Steven Porch, Darrell Sweet, and Alvin Wonenberg, members of the Twin Falls Jaycees. The three men are dressed in slacks, ties, and striped vests. Boxes of oranges are stacked up behind them.
• KEL 558
  Inspector for the U. S. Army Ordnance Department, Merrill Faulk, examines a packet of wooden pistol grips for the familiar .45 caliber automatic pistol used by the army. After careful examination, Faulk found no substandard item in the order of 10,000 pairs of grips manufactured by Herrett's Handgun Stocks. He is dressed in a tie and jacket and holds a packet of grips. Many packets of grips and other boxes, cups, and supplies are on the work table in front of him. Shelves with binders on them line the room, and clipboards of paper hang from a wall.
• KEL 557
  "From Herrett's Stock Twin Falls, Idaho, To Transportation Officer, Rock Island Army Depot, Rock Island, Illinois" is painted on a crate of precision-made wooden stocks manufactured by Steven J. Herrett. Holding the stencil is Marcia Hiatt, supervisor of inspection, and applying paint is Leonard Parkin. This is the last of a shipment of 10,000 flawless pairs of wooden pistol grips to be shipped to the U.S. Army Ordnance Department, for which Herrett is a prime contractor. The counter tops behind them are covered in boxes.
• KEL 556
  Auctioneers Harold Klaas, left, and Joe Duffek, point to one of several bidders seeking a box full of assorted cans. The accumulated equipment from more than forty years of farming by the late Howard Lapray was sold at auction at his estate's farm sale, north of Filer. The auctioneers stand on a platform, dressed in coats and cowboy hats, and a crowd of men surround it. A house and some trees are in the background.
• KEL 555
  Warm pies, coffee pots, and a crock pot crowd a table in a makeshift cafeteria inside a shed on the Howard Lapray farm north of Filer. The Cedar Draw Community Club provided pie, hot coffee, and hamburgers to more than four-hundred people who attended the farm sale. A group of men and women, parked cars, and trees are in the background.
• KEL 554
  Mrs. Howard Lapray stands to one side of the auction crowd listening to the sounds of auction on the farm estate of her late husband. She is wearing a coat and a scarf over her head. A crowd of men, a house, and some trees are in the background.
• KEL 553
  Four-year-old Dennis Johnson, looks at a cage of white hens at the auction at the farm estate of the late Howard Lapray. He is wearing a coat and a hat with ear flaps. A standing woman, some trees, and a stack of hay bales are in the background.
• KEL 552
  Displaying ribbons won at the seventh annual two-day show "Prologue to Christmas," sponsored by the Twin Falls Garden Club, are from left to right, Mrs. John Flatt, Mrs. Victor Nelson, and Mrs. Sam Hawkins. Mrs. Flatt won the Award of Distinction for best arrangement with dry material predominating in the class, "Glistening White," and received an award of appreciation for special topiary tree display. Mrs. Nelson, sweepstakes winner for the most first prizes in artistic division, received the tricolor for best arrangement with fresh material predominating. Mrs. Hawkins won sweepstakes ribbons in the horticulture division. The three women are wearing dresses, and a table beside them has different floral displays and figurines on it.
• KEL 551
  In the top image, pouring punch for the honored queens of the three local International Order of Job's Daughters bethels is Mrs. Artell Kelly, worthy matron of Chapter No. 29 Order of Eastern Star. Honored queens are, from left to right, Cathy Wyllie, Bethel No. 29, Connie Van Ostran, Bethel No. 43, and Sheila Peckardt, Bethel No. 56. On the table is a silver punch bowl, Styrofoam cups, plates of cake, and a candle. In the bottom image, conversing from left to right are Mrs. Joseph McMillin, worthy matron of Magic Valley Chapter No. 82 of the Order of the Eastern Star, Duane Harrison, associate guardian of Bethel No. 19, Mrs. Harrison, guardian of Bethel No. 19 and grand first messenger, Mrs. Marian Jenkins, guardian of Bethel No. 56, Richard Harder, associate guardian of Bethel No. 56, Mrs. Donald Sonius, guardian of Bethel No. 43 and grand fifth messenger of the state of Idaho, and another man. On the table is a silver tea set, plates of cake, candles, and a flower centerpiece.
• KEL 550
  In the top image, Mrs. Margaret Harrell, grand guardian of Idaho, International Order of Job's Daughters, admires the beautiful bouquet of roses held by Mrs. Mary Etta Wright, supreme guardian. In the background behind them is a Biblical display. A folding chair sits in the corner. In the bottom image, Connie Van Ostran, honored queen of Bethel No. 43, hands Mrs. Mary Etta Wright the bouquet of roses. Behind them is a large white cross.
• KEL 549
  Installed during ceremonies at the Masonic Temple were, from left to right, Floyd Bandy, junior warden, Keith Jensen, worshipful master, and Robert Black, senior warden. The men all are members of Kayler Lodge No. 94.
• KEL 548
  Shaking hands after a banquet of the Idaho Section of the American Society of Range Management are, left, Dr. Earl Swanson, professor of anthropology and director of the ISU museum, and Ralph Samson, out-going president of the Idaho unit. Looking on is Mrs. Swanson. The men are dressed in suits and ties and Mrs. Swanson is dressed in a dress suit. A patterned wallpaper wall and some double-doors are behind them.