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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1958
Page
6
The battalion was tasked with front line medical care and evacuation support to the 4th Infantry Division. The unit aims to provide immediate clinical aid and field medical assistance to enhance the division’s combat effectiveness.
During a simulated combat scenario the unit was assigned an area of responsibility to test mission performance. The drill also measured individual skill and training levels within the battalion.
Wise Housewives visit Soda Springs shopping hub to find friendly hometown merchants and local deals highlighted by a cheerful, community oriented shopping scene.
The April Readers Digest profiles former Caribou County Sheriff Charles McCracken. It details how FBI training helped him pursue and singlehandedly capture two burglars between Inkom and Soda Springs after a snow chase. The fugitives, escaped from Kansas State Prison, were handcuffed in McCracken’s car. Bannock County Sheriff EB Parker attends FBI Academy. Idaho hosts a local FBI school in June.
Mrs Catherine Nielson of Preston visits with her son Delbert Nielson and family. Wesley Hubbard and Don Clegg fetch calves for their feed lots in Burley. Mrs Hamp improves after gall bladder operation. Orlin Bennett and sons visit parents in Soda Springs. Toone family travels to Oxford to see Mrs Fisher. Carol Hubbard visits Salt Lake City business college. Thomas family weekend chicken trip to Preston. Mark Thomas and delegates travel to Boise with Chanton Jacobs, FFA leaders present. Preston social notices recall community members on a series of visits and outings.
Tite City resident and sister Mrs Glen Jensen mark family ties as eldest son of Bishop Hubbard undergoes extensive treatment in Pocatello. Bennett family travel to Thompson Falls Montana to visit Allen’s brother Dennis. Dwane Bitton welcomes a new baby girl as the couple adds to two other children. Ward Harris attends a lifelong friend’s funeral at Swan Lake. Banquet for varsity basketball team hosts include Johnson, Thomas, and other families. Weekend guests arrive from Kenwick, Pocatello, Social Springs, and Ogden. Temple plans and Salt Lake City visits noted. Orlin Bennett moves to Race Mikkelson home to farm while continuing work at Massanto plant. Alfred Hansen joins Sunday dinner with Lloyd Bennett. California visitors include Tommy Williams and two daughters Dawn and Dee.
Fifteen members of Boy Scout Troop 68 plus scout master Owen Nelson joined a ski hike near Soda Springs last Saturday. They covered about ten miles along Trail Creek area marking one of the region’s first ski hikes. The group flags the City each Tuesday at 8 a m weather permitting with Nelson and Steve Church attending to meet Merit Badge requirements. Troop 68’s enrollment rose to 19 from 10 last year and they plan a Grays Lake to Palisades Dam hike in summer.
The March 31 1958 meeting elected Vera Lee Winward as president Lena Ann Hansen as vice president and named Dana Lee Clegg as reporter Mary Allen led a cake making demo and a planned party funded by last year’s earnings.
Last week several residents shared visits and gatherings. Jay Mendenhall and children from Layton spent Monday with his parents in Thatcher. Joyce Meacham stayed overnight with Dianne Stephen. Mutual activities occurred in Cleveland with a program directed by Mrs. Farrell Bennett.
Last weekend in Conda and nearby communities, families gathered for visits and celebrations. News notes include birthdays for Kenneth Adams and Sandra Andreason, a large 60th birthday dinner for Vernon Mendenhall in Pocatello, and a Lago Quilting Club gathering with a completed project for Mrs Ruud. The Thatcher School fifth and sixth graders shine in an illustrated book contest with multiple prize winning dioramas.
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