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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1956
Page
8
Idaho Governor Robert E. Smylie says the Idaho Russet scored 4 to 1 over Russets from seven other growing areas in cooking tests conducted for the Idaho Commissioner of Agriculture Harold West.
Soda Springs club president Ron Nichols reports a large crowd at the ski run last Sunday with about 35 spectator cars and over 40 youngsters on the course. He notes summer work on the course paying off and urges broader area advertising to attract bigger crowds. The March of Dimes polio drive begins in Caribou County with door to door canvassing, while Eisenhower’s farmers message and quotes from Senator Allen J. Elinder are mentioned alongside local social events and New Year’s Eve gatherings in Soda Springs.
Local column lists numerous guests and social visits across families tied to UP and L PLANTS. Mrs. Dallas Hansen hosts a dinner. Lavere Windley and Mink Creek guests attend New Year events. Tom Johnston visits Ogden. Joe Bowen family dinner on Christmas Eve. Peterson family dance and breakfast at Soda Springs. several other local hospitality notes and car travels pepper the item.
The report lists numerous local residents and their Christmas visits across families. Neils and DeWinn Andersen hosted in Soda Springs with the Andersen family. Wilford Andersen and his son Terry spent the holidays with Ala Selcho in American Falls. Ralph Harrison, Heber Christensen, and others traveled in Oregon and to Salt Lake City for holiday trips. Rulon Carpenter and children stayed with Parley Lloyd in Twin Falls. Walter Lenhart and family visited in Desert Parkinson. Jean Fowler and children joined Thatcher households for Christmas Eve.
Mrs Arthur Isaac of Soda Springs visited over the holidays with her daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Jay Beus of Challis. Mrs Edmund Beus spent Christmas with her daughter and family Mr and Mrs George Brewer of Idaho Falls returning home Thursday.
The family of the late W. H. Mendenhall gathered at Thatcher District school last Sunday afternoon for a New Year's dinner. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Claude Mendenhall and family, Mr. and Mrs. Murad Mendenhall and family, and numerous relatives from Bountiful Ogden PoesTell o.
Citizens relocate within Idaho towns as families move to new homes. Frank Brown family heads to Minidoka. Preston Allen reside in Soda Springs Divine Apartments. Norman Gardner moves to Bl East Third South for Christmas visit in Montpelier. Randell Rusad arrives in Soda Springs. Walter Moore hosts Rexburg visitors. Horsleys and Horsleys family plan moves. New Year breakfast hosts gather in Soda Springs with neighbors and friends.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Wilcox and family of Georgetown reside at 138 West Second Street. Mrs Vern Personett and Walter way and home in Ithica Michigan. Mr and Mrs J Duneving left for Purley Idaho. Relatives visited the home Wednesday. A telephone prank woke a household at 3 a m with a neighbor’s barking dog and a sleepy exchange ending in a joke about Jones not owning a dog.
A black purse taken from the ladies' room at the Firemen's Ball on New Year's Eve has been seen and the owner is asked to send contact details to recover it. No charges will be pressed.
In the Probate Court of County Idaho In the Matter of the August Branford deceased notice announces claims against the estate must be filed by a stated date. E W Largis is named executor with attorneys C R Baum and Ruby Y Wn Bro of Pocatello Idaho handling the matter. Publication dates listed January 6 12 19 28.
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