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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1957
Page
6
County officials meet to approve deputies, officers and budget items at the January session. Walter Stiles and County chair plan to address unfinished business and appoint officers while Clerk Colin handles administrative matters. The meeting, led by the board, sets the tone for the new year and outlines priorities.
Scouters and parents are invited to the annual Basic Training to learn how scouting operates for boys. The session will start at 2:00 PM Saturday January 12 at the Grade School in Soda Springs and is the only offering this year. COMMITTEE and leaders invite strong attendance to prepare better for youth scouting.
The Soda Springs Ski Club will open a second ski lift this Sunday to handle growing crowds. A 25 by 30 foot hut with kitchen and bar is now in use selling hamburgers hot dogs hot chocolate coffee and other refreshments. The new hut will be run by volunteers with Cub Scouts alternating Sundays to manage the concession. fifty five cars were parked last Sunday and local turnout this year is nearly double last year.
The first baby born in Caribou County in 1957 was a boy to Mr and Mrs Arto Egbert of Grace. He arrived at Caribou County Hospital at 4:37 a.m. on Monday January 7 weighing 7 pounds 15 ounces. Dr E E Merron attended. A second newborn, son of Mr and Mrs Aulden Beckstead of Grace, followed at 7:07 p.m. the same day with Dr Chas Johnson as attending physician.
Diggs Lewis, chairman, announced Lamont Norton north of tracks Ray Cook south of tracks Mrs Richard Findlayson Conda Colleen Laylan Wayan Sam Reed Davisville named as block chairmen. Some delay due to material arrival but house-to-house canvass will start soon. containers to be placed in local businesses this week. an auction is planned in February.
The Home Institute announces its second annual program to begin February with classes on beef marketing furniture and general homemaking topics. Women from Reed and surrounding areas will host sessions and answer questions, with instructors and scheduled talks including math and skills demonstrations.
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The Outlaw Tournament will be staged in Soda Springs high school gym over three nights Thursday Friday and Saturday. Eight teams from Grace Bancroft Monsanto Paris and possibly Montpelier will compete in a single elimination format with former high school and college players in the lineups. The Lions Club sponsors with Harley Childs as chairman. Mr and Mrs R A Barnes and family visited Pocatello Saturday.
Caribou Implement Co. is the new Dodge Plymouth dealer for this area. New models on display in our showroom.
Plans drafted at Soda Springs meeting seek widening and all weather status for 15 miles of Highway 34 between Wayan and Freedom. A Boise meeting with Highway Commission and politicians to approve the project would route Salt Lake City to Jackson Yellowstone traffic via Idaho, boosting farm to market access and tourism. Orin Lindhardt chairs. attendees include Osbon Call Dr Allen Tigert and others. Residents note winter travel through Star Valley to the county seat and changes in local residence.
Two Monsanto Electricians were honored with Liberty Mutual life saving awards at the Soda Springs plant on Monday January 7. John Kunz and Samuel Weaver helped save a coworker who was injured by a high voltage contact in April 1986. Orval Paul also earned the award but will receive it by mail. The plant has logged over 40,000 safe man-hours and nearly nine months without a lost time injury.
Mr and Mrs E D Whitman marked their 61st anniversary with an open house at their Soda Springs home New Years Day They married January 1 1896 and spent their lives here Mr Whitman ran a mercantile store later a rancher and part owner of Whitman Matthews mortuary Their family includes three sons two living a Seattle son Rich and Eugene in the Jordanian area two grandsons and two great grandchildren The couple praise family life as the key to a long and happy marriage.
The 38th annual Idaho Grazing Association meeting in the courthouse located a cattlemen and sheepmen board. H L Finch Soda Springs and Chas P Tukery Pocatello join R J Burpy on cattlemen slate. W De Taylor Burley Chris Call Chesterfield Guy Harrison Grace Grover Hogan Grace on sheepmen slate. Finch reelected president Tucker vice president and J T Torgesen treasurer. Ranges were dry last year with livestock feeding below average. Members urged to contact Don Hunter range tider during his illness in Wickenburg Arizona.
Price support loans and purchase agreements on 1956 commodities must be completed by January 31, 1957. The deadline covers grain stored in warehouses and on farms. Producers needing loans should file applications soon to ensure inspection, sampling for sanitation, moisture, and grade.
Mrs Bessie Hale Twiggs a former Grace resident died in Blackfoot Memorial hospital after two operations during the past days She died on the operating table Funeral services will be held at 2 00 oclock Friday in Thomas Idaho with interment at Riverside Surviving are her husband and two sons Boyd Twiggs Moreland and Sgt Robert Twiggs Moses Lake Wash her mother Mrs Rosetta Hale Grace four sisters Zella Christensen Blackfoot Rosetta Smith Grace Genter Grover Phoenix Ariz and Helen Hale Rice Lake Wis four brothers Frank lin Harriman J Hale Grace and HaroldBogota Colombia So America
Cutter racing returns to Soda Springs this Saturday with eight teams competing. The first race is slated for 1 30 p m sharp at the city airport, kickstarting the season.
An explosion at the Harris Motel on Monday caused about $500 damage. It was reported to have been triggered by excessive pressure on a butane tank that heated water for a laundry room used by residents of a nearby trailer court.
Editorial notes Idaho citizens face higher taxes to fund school salaries and teacher raises. It contrasts paying for education with county and city official pay, highlighting salaries for sheriffs, clerks, treasurers, and office heads. The piece argues for fair, efficient governance and questions elected officials’ private gains amid tax debates.
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