Uncle Cal From Caribou On Taxes Vices And Local Life
Uncle Cal writes to Mister Editor describing Christmas Day at a rural country store with neighbors and families visiting. He riffs on taxes on liquor and gambling, city film taxes, and the idea that vice holds state and local governments together, ending with a holiday price joke and signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Doolittle
Zeke Grubb
Clem Webster
Zeke
South Carolina
Bug Hookum
Bug
Wimmen
New Mexico
North Carolina
Uncle Cal
Rockland and North Gem pair pace district basketball scoring
In Fifth District B league action Rockland’s Dallas Misenhimer leads with 73 points in three games for 24.3 per game while North Gem’s Gene Butterfield has 69 in three games for 23.0. Aberdeen’s Steve Hayes Dirk Driscoll and Preston’s Dan Keller round out the top five scorers with averages from 17.3 to 19.8. Christmas visitors to the Van Almen home included Bernard Larsen family of Thayne and Mrs. Alice Larsen of Afton, with Mrs. Larsen staying in Soda Springs for a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Dallas Misenhimer
North Gem
Gene Butterfield
Misenhimer
Butterfield
Aberdeen
Steve Hayes
Dirk Driscoll
Preston
Dan Keller
Hayes
Driscoll
Keller
Wayne van Almen
Bernard Larsen
Holiday reminiscences and local updates across years
A nostalgic column recalls Christmas visits and travels of Atwood, Holbrook, Hatch, Tarbet, Paetsch, Clary, and other locals. It also notes a Christmas window vandalism at the post office, and lists 25, 44, and 64 years ago social events, travel plans, and gatherings from Soda Springs and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Atwood
Lafayette
Louisiana
Mr. Atwood
J. C. Stimson
Annaleas Holbrook
California
Hannah Crookston
Salt Lake City
Joe Halverson
Holtville
Calif
Ansel Hatch
Browning
Montana
Ernest Hogan
Thomas Tarbet
Grate
Mark Tarbet
Tarbet
Wichita
Kansas
Mountain Home Air Base
Albert Paetsch
Shirley
Ogden
Paetsch
Frank Clary
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Caribou County
Soda Springs
Idaho
V. £. Lansberry
James E. Lansberry
Larry D Anderson
County of
Caribou
City of
Bancroft
PNR
Eek
Better
Idaho Press Association
Cal
N. G
Es Ce
Ave
Rock
Aber
Prt
Sprague
McKay
W.S
Parks
B.L
Simons
Ralphs, Rock
Anderson
Peggy Koehler
David Hayes
Presbyterian Church
Santa Claus
Everenege
Ning, Nirvan
Melvin Campbell
Campbell
Edla Allies
Johnston
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Tom Johnston
Alexander
Mary Haggerty
Richard E. Haggerty
San Pedro
Thomas Haggerty
South Gate
Earl Haggerty
el Monte
Marvin DeKay
Rapid City
S. C
de Kay
Jessie Moore
T.N.T. Club
Jesse Moore
Jessé Moore
Mable Roud
Althea Gorton
Sned Fryer
Deborah Lindsay
Dorothy Gorton
Esther Lau
Lula Barnard
Winnifred Rompel
Margaret Snell
Hortense Horsley
Edith Davis
Vernon Ellis
Emma Horsley
Viola Lauritson
Soda Springs High School
George Cronkite
American Falls
St. Joseph High School
Pocatello
Downey
Carl Finch
Ralph Marriott
Lee Horsley
Elmer Stark
Ira Ellis
Kendle Hogan
Edward Finch
Art Collins
E. W. Largilliere
Paul Tipton
Payson
Utah
Lillie Fields
Market Lake
C. T. Woodall
Homer
Denver
Colo
John Ferebauer
Ald -Missouri
Grace
Clyde and
Virginia
Hamp
Chuck
Morrell Asst
Lynn Wilson
Bird’s Eye
Morton
Cache Valley Asst
Alka-Seltzer
Eddys French Bread
Eddys Snack Rye
Nalley
Tangerines
Texas
O’ Weber
Pepsi
Lallatin
Foodtown
del Monte Pickles
Mrs. Smith
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