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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1958
Page
1
The Tipton board held a meeting to elect new members including Dunlap, with Mr Tipton expected to run in the election. The panel discussed parking issues, property actions, and a recent student conduct survey. Madison School responded to a discipline incident and training was halted.
In Caribou County a congressional debate between candidates Budge and Brennan appeared in jeopardy as scheduling conflicts and late responses stalled arrangements. Local party chairs and petition signers pressed for a public forum while accusations of procedural delays and last minute cancellations emerged from both sides.
The Soda Springs Cardinals host Montpelier Bears while Grace travels to Marsh Valley to face the Eagles in season finale games Friday at 1 30 p m Injuries thin Soda’s lineup as quarterback Gene Findlay is set to play Coach Mel Clark notes the Cards aim to cap a 23 season with a win over Marsh Valley Final district 4 standings follow
Five Grace Idaho farmers Alma Adams Evan Adams Rulon Allen Elwood Wilker and J W Murray faced a sagging 750 miners inch flume in early 1957. The Portneuf Soil Conservation District and Caribou ASC Pooling funded a full rebuild by John Flicks Grace Idaho. The new 616 foot truss with concrete footings carries 750 inches normally and up to 1500 inches when needed. Seepage and leakage are greatly reduced and 696 acres now receive reliable irrigation water improving farm operations and conservation efforts.
Rep Homer H Budge will be in Caribou County all day Wednesday October 22. He will visit communities and shake hands before speaking at night at the Soda Springs grade school to discuss campaign issues, as announced by Al Houpkina Caribou County Republican Central Committee chairman.
North Gem High School will present the all school play Grandad Steps Out in the North Gem Auditorium at 8 o'clock on November 3 and 5. Cast includes George Millward as Grandad Rondo Perkins as Jim Mahoney Linnea Creer Betty Shadduck and Jack Norwood. A surprising romance and big laugh finish this farce. LIBRARY NOTICE Soda Springs closes October 23 for librarian meeting in Provident.
The County Protection Development Committee invites letters from patrons across Bancroft Grace Soda Springs to gauge support for a possible Unified County High School. Co-chairs Ross D. Redford and Robert Hubbard clarify no campaign, seeking both for and against views to be published if signed, with optional name withholding.
Miller resigns Friday as materials manager at the Georgetown phosphate operation. Company says no replacement will be hired. duties to be handled by remaining staff. Miller, a former Monsanto employee, was named in lawsuits charging trade secrets transfer from Monsanto’s Soda Springs plant. Central Farmers Fertilizer Corp. now heads the plant under Avery L. Stutts, who previously worked for Westvaco Mineral Products in Pocatello.
W W Bill Corbett is reported recovering at Sacred Heart Hospital in Idaho Falls from recent injuries in an automobile accident. The attending physician says he is up in a wheelchair now and should be able to come home in about two weeks.
Pearl Harris wife of Probate Judge Frank W Harris of Soda Springs died October 13 1958 in Dee Memorial Hospital Ogden Utah from a heart ailment She was born August 11 1887 in Riverdale Idaho and married Franklin W Harris December 16 1908 in Logan Utah The couple lived in Thatcher before moving to Soda Springs She was a longtime LDS Church worker and served as past president of the Relief Society Thatcher Ward and the Primary Soda Springs First Ward Survived by husband and seven children and several siblings
A Monday evening crash on North Main Street left a pedestrian injured. no charges filed yet. In Grace Idaho a 12 year old boy was struck by a car and treated for a concussion and abrasions. A second wreck near Niter Store involved Lonnie Sharp and Farrell Smith with damages totaling about 600 dollars and Smith cited for following too close.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Cellan attended the Shetland Pony Sale at Twin Falls on October 3 and purchased 12 ponies intended for breeding stock.
Mrs Eva Bitton of Lago Idaho and Springs survived by seventeen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Thursday October 16 at 1:00 pm in the L D S Chapel in Soda Springs with Bishop Harry Sorensen officiating. Burial in Fairview cemetery directed by Whitman Matthews Funeral Home.
A Soda Springs district court jury awarded Lorin Hogan and Berneles Hogan seventy thousand eight hundred eighty one dollars against Harley Wood and Annie Hutchins Wood for injuries to Mrs Hogan from a Grace accident a car owned by the Woods leaped the curb on Main Street Grace and pinned her to a storefront Judge Henry B Martin presided the verdict came after testimonies late Wednesday night
The article notes an October deadline for Soil Bank applications. Farmers submit offers through the County ASC Committee for final approval, with priority given to lower land offers when funds are limited. Accepted contracts will be offered for signature after committee review.
John and Janice Motta Grace Idaho a boy born Oct 9 weighing 6 Ibe 10.02. Admitted Dennis Burton Grace Ray McCoy Conda Ralph Gorton Soda Springs Andrew Romero Soda Springs Bernice Oliver Soda Springs Carol Biorn Soda Springs Rex Layland Wayan Larry Groney Soda Delia Lechtenberg Bancroft Still Confined Mary Alice Stiles Conda Mrs Neta Hopkins Soda Springs William Arnold Beckstead Grace
Stan Matthews Sr sustained a broken hip Saturday after a golf cart tipped at Pocatello Municipal Golf Course. Mrs Matthews was uninjured. He was transported to Pocatello Hospital for major hip surgery and faces a lengthy hospital stay and rehabilitation on crutches.
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