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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1954
Page
1
The Kiwanis club of Soda Springs discussed obtaining title to a Sit area and nearby sites for a commercial resort amid mixed debate. Wallace opposed action. Garvin called the meeting a hoax as officials recount a past event. A state traffic award and a stop sign incident were noted.
County officials trained farm census enumerators led by Joe Jef Dalton and Eva Jensen to conduct farm enumeration on October 21. Gertrude Stephens and others attended the session at the court, as the 1964 agriculture census progresses.
Soda Springs hosted a district meeting of the Idaho Municipal League with a large turnout. The program outlined 1955 legislative goals for cities and villages including home rule, local tax levies, and sharing liquor cigarette and gasoline tax revenues. Officials from several cities and counties attended, with dinner for 75 city officials and remarks by Mayor Aaron Ozburn and league leaders.
Soda Springs Lions this week began preparations for the annual Halloween Masquerade Ball with Mark Lallatin as chairman and committee members Doyle Stiles Ira Ellis Verlin Poulsen Barney Barnes and De Wayne Christensen listed.
A plan change shifts the Democratic rally banquet from the grade school to district court room and Idaho cafe. The event now occurs this Thursday night with the rally rededicated to a different venue in Boise area.
Willard Harris two day old son of Major and Mrs Blaine Harris died Wednesday morning. Funeral services were to be held today at 2 p m at Fairview cemetery with Judge Harris dedicating the grave. He is survived by four sisters Melva Jean Geraldine Diana Lynne and Jo Ann his maternal grandmother Mrs Willard Call of Bancroft and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank Harris Soda Springs Arrangements are under the direction of Alfen Hall mortuary.
Don Meade announces Dawn-A-Va Drive-In closes for the season due to cold weather. This week’s Sun ads indicate the films will not be shown and the theatre will resume next season.
The season's first snow storm affects Caribou this week bringing 39 inches of precipitation mostly snow. Bybea raid weather station north of Soda Springs reports heavy snowfall and Caribou mountains expect 14 inches or more. High reached 61 degrees Monday and a low of 115 degrees Thursday after the storm.
A community sponsored Blue Cross enrollment drive starts October 18 in Soda Springs at Caribou County Hospital. The plan expands access to hospital and medical care for residents including self employed farmers and retirees, with non group memberships available and funds returning to local hospitals.
Negotiations were set to begin Thursday or Friday between Conda Local 622 TUMMSW and Conda division of Anaconda Copper after a company wide strike settlement reached Saturday. Each union level will negotiate its own contract with the company. A Montana agreement on Saturday, pending ratification, ends the strike in its seventh week with LUAMSW rep Hal Gedlner and Anaconda exec A W Bigley due for negotiations.
About 200 people attended the High Priests party in the recreation hall of the Soda Springs LDS chapel last Wednesday evening. The event was directed by the Soda Springs second ward led by Leo Mecham with music by Martha Harris and Arlene Torgesen. Performances included solos and duets by Dennis and Vernon Moser, Conrad and Sanders couples, and many others. Readings by Emerson Mabey and Ann Whitworth, and extro numbers by Rae Mickelson, Olester Tolman, Frances Yost, and Bishop Giles followed a Mrs. J L Christopherson and Mrs Perry Warner skit. The night ended with dancing and refreshments.
Victory hungry Soda Springs high Cardinals travel to Rockland Friday for an unscheduled 2 pm game. Rockland has one win the 70 inkom. soda springs has yet to win. Inkom 70. The piece notes North Gem and Bancroft Cowboys dominating Soda Springs in a 42 40 loss.
Jerry Ellis son of Mrs Lytha Ellis was discharged from the navy last week after four years service and has returned home.
Mr and Mrs Ted Bell relocate to Roberts where Mr Bell has accepted employment at Arco. The move places the couple in a new community as they begin work and settle into a fresh home.
Roy Utah residents and Caribou volunteers joined sheriff Ralph Marriott in a Tuesday through Thursday search for Charles Miller 3 of Roy missing since Sunday afternoon. Snow up to 14 inches deep hindered ground teams, aircraft aided by Idaho Falls Civil Air Patrol, and relatives joined the rugged Brush Creek area near Tin Cup looking for Miller who carried a 30-30 rifle and had diabetes but no insulin.
Mayor A L Ozburn left Wednesday to undergo a surgical operation in Dee hospital Ogden with Dr Allen Tigert listed as the surgeon Friday morning Mrs Ozburn planned to join him today to be with him before the procedure
A list of trout planting in the Caribou area was received this week by Boyle Styles, president of the Caribou Wildlife Protective Association. The schedule covers CUTTHROAT fish in various streams and reservoirs including Blackfoot reservoir, Diamond cheek, Sheep creek, Kendall creek, Pole and Clear creek, Jensen creek, Iowa creek, McCoy creek, among others with thousands of fish by size. It also lists CUTTHROAT 4 to 7 inches for Blackfoot river and Wear river near Georgetown, and RAINBOW stock for Twenty Four Mile and Sorral creek with Nelson's Ford, Swan Lake and other locations.
Kindergarten enrollment targets about 42 children as the kindergarten committee, active since fall, announces returning staff Crawford and Mrs Epper as schoolmasters. Parents are invited to bring the child’s chair for registration tomorrow at 9 a.m., with tuition set at 5 dollars per month in advance. sessions begin Monday.
State sanitation chemical engineer H. C. Clare and City Engineer Max Snell inspected the florination plant of the Montpelier water system Tuesday morning.
Deer season runs from Saturday morning to November 14 in the Caribou Bear Lake areas while waterfowl opens at noon. Boundary checks and stations are urged as hunters plan mixed deer and goose hunts. Weekend activity expected to be high with light snow and cold weather aiding hunting conditions.
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