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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1966
Page
1
The mayor and City Council explore a mandatory garbage pickup with a single contractor funded by monthly household fees. A story highlights two Soda Springs youths returning found $2 to the police, and plans advance to organize a Mineral and Fossil Club with details to follow.
A group seeking to form the Soda Springs Adult Art Group will hold its first meeting next Monday night January 24 at 8 00 p m in the high school art room next to the library. The group will meet on the second and fourth Monday evenings each month and welcomes anyone interested in helping organize the club.
The Grace School Board approved a district operated kindergarten with a twelve week pre school program for all five year olds by October 15 1965. Financed by a federal Title I grant no parent charges apply with Thatcher area students served this spring and about 60 students eligible. Superintendent Tom Bell described goals focus on developmentally appropriate activities and building foundations for future learning.
Results from the Rocky Mountain Cutter Association meet in Montpelier show Ferris Hymas defeating Vernal Kunz, Giles and Foss beating Long and Black, Keith Ashley over Terry Hymas, and other matches with Peterson Kunz over Lorenzo Thornock, Daryl Sparks over Glenn Grunig, and Wells pairings over Nelson and Clark. Lineups list Vernal Kunz versus Widmer and Black, plus multiple head to head races including Owen Jacobson against Merlin Wilde and Vester Olsen against Hy McLain.
Mr and Mrs Stewart Snyder spent Monday January 10 in Kemmerer Wyoming with the H L Martin family and returned home that evening.
The Soda Springs branch of the First National Bank of Malad held its grand opening in a new building at 81 South Main Street. Since receiving a branch charter on January 9, 1965, the bank moved from a trailer office to the remodeled site, with officers and directors present. Assets rose from about 3.59 million to over 5 million dollars.
John Deere Day 1966, hosted by Shuler Bros in Soda Springs, invites farmers to a 1 pm event on Tuesday Jan 25 with an open house and demonstrations. A color motion picture “What’s New in The Long Green Line for 1966” will premiere showing a 48 car Power Train and new tractor models as visitors view equipment and the service department.
A new club named Rams and Kamettes has organized in Soda Springs. It unites married couples from Caribou County to support safe wholesome youth entertainment and offers help in developing a youth center for the county.
A lighthearted team joke notes a paratrooper must complete all jumps to graduate. The wry exchange frames the rite of passage as a humorous test of endurance and skill.
Lions International official David A. Evans of Texas City will speak at the District 39E Midwinter Conference in Pocatello Idaho on January 22. He notes the role of personal relations in international ties and aims to strengthen bonds between nationalities. He was elected Lions Third Vice President at the Los Angeles convention last July and leads a construction firm while serving on four local boards.
The promotion and reassignment of Tatterson W. Smith to District Ranger on the Montpelier Ranger District, Caribou National Forest, announced by Forest Supervisor Craig W. Rupp, takes effect February 27 1966. Smith, a former assistant district ranger on the Salmon District, is a 1988 Penn State graduate and a veteran who served 1959 1962. His wife Betty and son Stephen will join him in Montpelier around April 1.
Allen Ranches in Soda Springs and other breeders were elected to membership in the American Angus Association at St. Joseph Missouri announced by secretary Glen Bratcher. The past month saw 470 memberships issued to Aberdeen Angus breeders nationwide.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Nelson and family spent the weekend in Logan with his sister and Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Cannon and family. Mr. Nelson attended the Utah State Colorado State game Saturday night.
Caribou County again failed to meet the 150 pint goal with 136 pints donated at the Red Cross Bloodmobile in Soda Springs on January 13. Replacements totaled 118. Donors include Myron Jerald Merrill for a gallon, two gallon givers Maxine Lewis and V. C. Balls, and Jack Hamilton of Pocatello with his 100th pint.
Cisco run at Bear Lake draws anglers from Idaho and Utah using dip nets and waders. More than 35 000 Cisco were landed last Sunday as the run is expected to continue through January 2, 1968. Names of local workers and physicians are listed with the report.
Ensign Hal T. Hollingsworth 33 of Grace and Lt Commander Charles D. Schoonover 35 of Lake Mary Fla are missing after a cockpit mishap during a routine night carrier landing off Viet Nam aboard USS Ranger. The Navy released that search efforts are continuing and families have been notified.
Members of the Soda Springs Literary Club are reminded of the January meeting next Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. at the W. S. Shufeldt home. The discussion will center on Advise and Consent by A. Drury.
December 10 pipeline workers uncovered large prehistoric remains near Soda Springs while installing a water line to the El Paso fertilizer complex. Geologist Don Bartschi of Noonan tentatively identifies them as mammoth, with University of Idaho experts to excavate and confirm next spring.
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