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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1955
Page
4
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Evans and Council arrived last Wednesday to spend the Thanksgiving holidays visiting relatives. They stayed as guests of several Evans family members including Mr. and Mrs. Armond Peterson and Mr. and Mrs. W H Evans among others.
Seven Soda Springs high school senior girls will compete in the Betty Crocker Search for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow with a 50 minute written exam on December 6 announced by Mrs. Mary Ellen Porter. Sixty seven schools and 1,880 Idaho girls take the test which also selects school and state Homemakers of Tomorrow. General Mills funds a $100000 scholarship program guiding homemaking education.
McOmber from Pocatello spoke at the Ban Croft Farm Bureau meeting on Monday about telephone progress including tests to install phones in moving cars. Three films titled Taving of the Transcontinental Telephone, party Line Telephone Use, and Naike the Guided Missile were shown. Milton Payne led the meeting with seven members present. Thanksgiving guests included Mr. and Mrs. James Martin hosting Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bonan and sons and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hamm.
Caribou County chapter of American War Mothers schedules its annual Christmas party for December 10 in the American Legion room at the courthouse. Luncheon at 1 p.m. followed by a meeting and exchange of gifts. Mr and Mrs John H. Bensen host Thanksgiving dinner with several relatives attending including the Harriman and Shufeldt families and Barbara Bunnett in Boise.
A Lund area report details a cottage meeting at Bishop Conrad Sanders home with speakers Arlo Wilson and George Jenkins and host family singing. A Fireside at the Russell Rindlisbaker home featured Major Byington as guest speaker and Linda Sanders leading an opening song.
Upcoming events list shows the Presbyterian church bazaar Saturday at 11 30 a m through afternoon and various church and civic group meetings December 4 5 6 7 including LDS Gleaner Fireside Masons Relief Society Kiwanis IOOF WRA Christmas party and RNA social and business meet at Mrs Hoy Kesler 7 30 p m
The article lists multiple Thanksgiving visits and meals across Thatcher, Preston, Blackfoot, Salt Lake, and nearby communities. Families including Mickelsons, Mendenhalls, Smiths, Wrights, and Han ses are mentioned visiting relatives and hosting dinners, with trips to Pocatello, Edison, and Mountain View noted.
After dinner the group gathered Christmas trees from surrounding hills. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Herman Yost and family, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Lloyd, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Lloyd and family of Wendover Utah, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Nelson and daughter of Blackfoot, and others including Keith Lloyd, John Lloyd, LaMar and Stanford Lloyd. Mrs. Jerry Maughan visited her parents, the Parley Schenks. Glenn Schenk, a University of Utah student, spent the holidays.
A fragmented note mentions Russell Rindlisbaker and his parents and references a home college for the weekend. Details about location or institutions are unclear in the readable text.
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