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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1955
Page
2
Mr and Mrs Jay Bells of Challis spent several days in Soda Springs last week on business and visiting relatives.
Multiple urban housing listings feature 2 to 4 bedroom homes with terms from $850 to $2000 down. Properties include attached garages, full basements, storm windows, drapes, and carpeted interiors. Also offered are city lots with paid sewers and farm loan contacts.
Miss Sharon Clark of Idaho Falls returned home Saturday after spending two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gorton.
Mr and Mrs Earl Freeman entertained with a supper on their patio Friday evening. Guests included Mr and Mrs Carl Finch Mr and Mrs Jack Lauritson and Mr and Mrs Ralph Gorton.
At Hooper spring residents call for more park space with larger crowds on holidays. Several voices urge enlarging Hooper and Corrigan parks with trees tables and lighting, plus a new park site for future city growth. Some oppose new parks now and favor improving existing facilities and funding for electricity and recreation programs.
The group formed to recruit volunteers for ground radar observation now seeks more helpers. Volunteers may register with Mrs. Barnard or City Clerk Dela Morris. The first meeting is set for Aug 1 at 8 pm in the county courtroom. Col Gaffney, a Korean War veteran, spoke to the Soda Springs Kiwanis on radar evasion and the observer’s role in intelligence screening.
Hospital notes record births at Bancroft Soda Springs and Mecham Burnise Ada Marie and Mabel Emerson. Discharges include Annie Holt and Jerry Woodfine. Admitted and discharged patients include Rex Maughan John Rews Agnes Sterrett Harold Moore Merlyn Lampman Nettie Walters Ward Reed Tallise Bowman Madalyine Hegstrom Grace Marvel Nelson Sue Davide. Names include Chesterfield Lou Croney Lava Hot Nancy Caldwell Grace Kenneth Diggs Leonard Booker in Salem Oregon.
Sheriff Ralph Marriott said accidents through July 1 totaled 55 this year versus 58 last year. Two people died in July 1954 and another in August. The past week yielded three accidents with no serious injuries. Accidents involved Ronald L Schaeffer near Soda Springs on US 34, Barbara Bybee as a passenger, Joseph J. Valentine near Bancroft on US 30, and Robert D. Layne near Bancroft on US 30 with vehicle damage and minor injuries reported.
Mrs Verne Melba Personette serves as acting supervisor at Caribou County Hospital during Thora Tingey supervisor’s vacation.
Kenneth Diggs of Salem Oregon drove a 1949 Ford with a trailer full of clothing and goods into a 30 foot barrow pit seven miles east of Soda Springs near the Caribou Bear Lake county line. Damages totaled about 380 for the car and 50 for the trailer hitch. Diggs and passenger Leonard Booker were treated at Caribou County Hospital. neither was seriously injured. Sheriff Marriott and Deputy Mec cho led the scene with State Patrolman Mark Wilson.
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