Uncle Cal’s Year End Riff Mixes Politics and Prose
Uncle Cal vents at the country store on market trends and national politics as 1966 fades. The letters reference lawyers in government, calls for farmers in Washington, a jab at Lyndon Johnson’s guidelines, bread prices, and blondes as scarce, closing with humor about drinking to forget.
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Lyndon
Ed Doolittle
Washington
Congress
Hance
Zeke Grubb
Florida
Clem Webster
United States
Clem
Bug Hookum
Josh Clodhopper
Cal
Moonlight on the porch prompts a late night call
A mother calls to Mary from indoors, asking why she remains outside to gaze at the moon. Mary replies she is looking at it, and the mother instructs her to come in, noting the late hour of half past eleven.
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Mary
Christmas Dinner Guests and Family Visits Across Grace Soda Springs Montpelier
Holiday visitors include Mr and Mrs Dewey Anderson and families from Grace visiting Conrad Sanders and family. They visited Star Valley and traveled with Orlando Andersons via Pocatello. The Sanders and Bertha Whittle visited Preston and Salt Lake City with Agnes Sanders. Supper at Grace featured Ray Allen and family with Frank Swensen. Dinner guests in Soda Springs included Sterling Jensen Wilford Roberts, George Barthlome and families. Vivian Allred hosted in Soda Springs with Jay Allred. Daw son Wilkes hosted Lorraine birthday dinner.
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Dewey Anderson
Neal Sanders
Grace
Conrad Sanders
Star Valley
Pocatello
Dewey
Orlando Anderson
Sanders
Bertha Whittle
Preston
Salt Lake City
Agnes Sanders
Ray Allen
Soda Springs
Warren Henderson
Sterling Jensen
Wilford Roberts
George Barthlome
Montpelier
Vivian Allred
Montpélier
Jay Allred
Mrs. Dawson Wilkes
Allreds
Lorraine
Family Dinner at Corbetts in Soda Springs on Christmas
A family dinner was held at Mr. and Mrs. Bill Corbett’s Soda Springs home on Christmas Day. Guests included Charlene’s parents and sister and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reagan and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Croney of Pocatello.
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Bill Corbett
Soda Springs
Charlene
Charles Reagan
Larry Croney
Pocatello
Aubuchons Visit Utah Relatives During Holiday Trip
Mr and Mrs J E Aubuchon traveled to Utah Saturday to visit Mrs Aubuchons mother Mrs Janie Rich in Bountiful they then stayed in Murray with sons and daughters in law and twelve grandchildren before returning to Soda Springs Monday. Larry Croney and wife visiting Soda Springs during holidays from Idaho State University with parents Charles Reagan Norman Croney and May Croney also staying with relatives.
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Utah
J. E. Aubuchon
Larry Croney
Idaho State University
Pocatello
Charles Reagan
Norman Croney
Soda Springs
May Croney
Idaho Falls
Christmas Dinner Gatherings Across Soda Springs Area
Christmas Eve dinner at the Andersen home in Soda Springs drew relatives from Paris Provo and Montpelier. Visitors from Oregon stayed with the Andreason and Moore families. Downey and Wendell guests included the Andrews Jerke and Munk households.
Christmas Reunion Brackenbury Angush Wheeler Family
Visiting over the holidays at the Wheeler residence in Soda Springs are Larry Brackenbury and Wynona with daughter Tracy from Pocatello, Dale Angus and June with Wade from Minneapolis, Dee Wheeler back from an LDS mission in southern Brazil, and student Linda from ISU in Pocatello. It is the first full family gathering in three years.
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L. L. Wheeler
Soda Springs
Larry
Wynona) Brackenbury
Tracy
Pocatello
Dale
June
Angus
Wade
Minneapolis
Apple Doll Lady of Boise Creates Idaho Themed Dolls
Laura McDaniels of Boise runs a home based 1715 North 12th Street workshop producing Idaho dolls. She carves faces from dried Idaho Jonathan apples and dries them in an oven in two days. The dolls wear western costumes and she fixes and outfits dolls for five dozen repairs yearly, selling about sixty sets annually.
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Idaho
North 12Th Street
Boise
Laura McDaniels
Japan
Switzerland
Sweden
Tennessee
McDaniels
Bonnie Wallis
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South First
W. E. Lansberry and
J. E. Lansberry Publishers
County of
Caribou
City of
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Beins Oil
Corliys
ACE Chevrolet CO
Chevrolet
Gem Valley Grain Growers
Peterson's AG Market
Sam’s Market
Sam and
Treva Krebs i
Walters
Golden Hardy
By Franklin Folger
Oregon
Eldon Moore
Baker, Ore
Maynard Andreason
Albert Moore
Downey
Odell Andrews
Raymond Davis
Paul Jerke
Wally
Paul
Mrs
Paul Jerke Sr
Wendell
Ed Munk
Georgetown
Robert Anderson
Soda Springs, Idaho
Grace Hardware
Boh’s Cafe
Ren
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