24 Jun 1971
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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1971
Page
1
The Bancroft Rodeo Grounds will host the 1971 Bancroft Rodeo Queen Contest on Wednesday June 30 at 7 00 p m Contestants must be female residents of Caribou County aged 13 to 21 and unmarried Each entrant should bring her own horse For details contact Bill Hogan Bancroft Utah territory not specified in text
A research team from the Government Research Institute at Idaho State University will conduct interviews in Soda Springs during June 21 to 25. Directed by Dr R John Eyre the team will speak with local officials to identify major problems and gather information for winter and spring 1971 workshops aimed at setting priorities regional goals and fostering Idaho community development.
Dr Eyre says workshops will be sponsored by the Government and several Idaho institutions. The full project Developing Action Programs in Idaho Communities is funded by Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and run by the Idaho Office of Higher Education.
DeVal Gillett received a commemorative plaque for 24 years as Justice of the Peace in Caribou County at the June meeting of the Law Enforcement Group in Grace. Governor Andrus signed the certificate. Herb Walters presented it. Gene Lee, director of the Police Academy at Pocatello, spoke at the luncheon about training goals and standards for Idaho officers. Eighteen members and guests attended.
Robert L. Young of Grace is at the U S Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps encampment at March AFB California. He attends Brigham Young University and is a 1965 Grace High School graduate. His wife Sherry is the daughter of Lt Col and Mrs Gerald Dye of Orem Utah.
Felton Construction will start water transmission line construction from 4th North to Formation Spring. Hooper Springs Road from 4th North to the county road west of Ponderosa Bar will be closed daily for about a week between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. starting Thursday morning June 24.
A Social Security representative will hold quarterly sessions in Soda Springs at the Courthouse Probate Courtroom at 9 a.m. on July 15 August 12 and September 16. Mr and Mrs Richard Finlayson traveled to Rexburg to collect Mrs Finlayson’s sister and brother in law then proceeded to Macks Inn at Island Park where her brother William Carter owns a cabin.
Marvin Nungesser, superintendent of the Grace Utah Power and Light Plant, died Wednesday afternoon June 23 in Preston Hospital after a short illness. Funeral services will be announced.
Takashi Okada a 22 year old agriculture student from Kumagaya Japan walks the Oregon Trail toward Portland Ore from Kansas City Mo He travels about 25 miles daily plans to reach Portland in August and gathers signatures from mayors on a scroll He will pass through Pocatello Burley Mountain Home Boise Ontario Pendleton and other cities while meeting locals and rejecting hitchhiking except when offered a ride
Soda Springs Centennial Days will predominantly take place in City Square with a large Monday program including Jackpot Steer Roping at Bailey Creek, Kiddies Carnival, Variety Show, Boy Scout Teepee Building, races, bare hand carp catching, and the Buffalo Barbecue hosted by Kiwanis and BPW.
A schedule conflict moved the Nursing Home tea and open house to Saturday June 26 from 1 30 to 3 30 p m Local fiddlers perform 2 00 to 3 00 p m Residents helped prepare by baking cookies Mayor Alien H Tigert urged citizens to visit residents during the week
The Public Health Nurse's office will host a monthly immunization clinic on Thursday July 1 from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. Infants as young as six weeks may be immunized. First graders should have up to date vaccines before school starts. Vaccines offered include DPT, smallpox, polio, measles, and rubella.
Dennis Hansen of Soda Springs was appointed chairman of the Caribou County Chapter of the National Foundation-March of Dimes with Jerry L. Wray as secretary treasurer. Idaho Representative Thomas Et-Abbott announced the appointment and discussed vaccines for rubella and Rh incompatibility prevention now licensed in the United States. The March of Dimes supports over 100 Birth Defects Centers including the Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City and backs prenatal care and health education programs.
David Hyrum Nelson 18 of Grace was killed when a 1970s car skidded off State Highway 34 near the Gene Olsen lime south of Grace about 2 a.m. Blaine Smith and Kevin Peterson were treated and released at Caribou Memorial Hospital in Soda Springs. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Bannock LDS Stake Center with local clergy and many pallbearers named.
Six doctors from the west coast will work one day a week in Montpelier Downey and Soda Springs under the Intermountain Regional Medical Exchange Program. They will teach local staff and give resident consultations with Soda Springs on Tuesdays. Dates span June to Sept with various specialties including general surgery plastic surgery orthopedics and vascular surgery. Alice Hansen returned home after a week's stay in Logan LDS Hospital.
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