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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1968
Page
1
Grace Elementary hosts a meeting on retardation Thursday with Burke, the Idaho Retarded youth group, and Fred Miller present. The gathering aims to inform attendees about mental disability issues with a Q&A session to follow and light refreshments.
The Grace P T A hosts a Halloween Carnival on Friday October 25 at 6:30 PM at the elementary school. There are booths games a spook alley and a costume contest with prizes for the best costumes. Children and families are invited to participate in a fun evening.
The Hereford cattle sale hosted by Six-Point Hereford Association will be held Saturday in Pocatello from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hillman, secretary, says bulls from Idaho and Utah breeders will be graded to at least a B under University of Idaho standards. auctioneer Ken Trout will preside. Numerous breeders including Jen Bros of Montpelier and Reed Mur Blackfoot are listed as participants.
Grace Literary Club sponsors a cooked food sale booth at the PTA Halloween Carnival to raise funds for the county school on mental retardation. Members and the public may donate food. drop off in the gym from 4:00 to 6:30 pm this Friday at Grace Elementary School.
Mrs Fred Corbin and her children Kissi Suzanne Steven and Kimberly of Salem Oregon are spending two weeks visiting at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Norman Bjorkman.
Mr and Mrs Dean Christensen of Boise spent a week visiting relatives and friends in Soda Springs and Grace. They stayed with Mr and Mrs Dean Moore and were hosted by Mrs W C Balls for an open house with bridge and social time.
The schedule lists football games for Weeks schools with matchups at Soda Springs Grace North Gem and Malad among others. Events include Marsh Valley at Soda Springs Bear Lake at Soda Springs Rockland at Grace and Malad JV at Bancroft with times around 4 PM and notes on conference or non conference play.
At the Oct 15 meeting the Soda Springs Kiwanis Club voted to give $75 to the Soda Springs Booster Club for junior high football uniforms. The Finance Committee approved additional youth service disbursements including $75 to Cub Scouts and $45 for 4H scholarships. Other grants include $50 for the Sousa Award, $24 total for Briar Relief, $20 for the yearbook, $25 for Youth Legislators, and $50 for Key Club convention help. The club also plans Pony League support and future youth activity aid funded by pancake suppers and November fruit cake sales.
Ezra Monroe, a former Soda Springs resident and WMU Chemistry Advisory Committee member, received the 1968 Distinguished Service Award on August 16. He studied at the University of Idaho Southern Branch, earned a Doctorate in Ann Arbor, and worked with Dow Chemical in Midland.
Grace Literary Club displays received art from Idaho Association of Retarded Children. Exhibits at Soda Springs Public Library Grace Public Library and Grace Elementary School invite public view to show what mentally retarded children can achieve.
Mountain Fuel Supply Company signs a contract to ship 200000 to 250000 tons of high grade phosphate concentrate to Cominco Ltd in Trail British Columbia for use at Warfield facility. The concentrate will be made at Conda Idaho and shipped by rail to Warfield.
Biologists project a statewide pheasant harvest near 515 400 with no limited hen hunting. The season starts at noon October 26 across southern and eastern Idaho, and recent hunter questionnaire data show past peak harvests in the mid 1960s.
Notice asks anyone with a Brownie uniform to donate or sell to contact Mrs. Richard Fisher at 547 3867 or visit No 7 Hughes Trailer Village Soda Springs for arrangements.
Sundance Mining Co contract with Andrews Well Drilling to drill 10 test holes in McCoy Creek Canyon on Caribou National Forest lands. Samples from depths will be sent to Oregon for testing with possible dragline mining next year if gold is found in commercial quantities. Hazlitt emphasizes conservation and multiple use in mining plans.
A. M. Gish of Crestline California, born and raised in Soda Springs, stopped at the Caribou County Sim office on Tuesday during a visit to locate familiar places. Gish worked as an assistant postmaster under Ed Merrill before leaving in 1915.
A wry saying notes that a man is limited by his own mindset, likening him to a tack that can only reach as far as his head allows. The remark highlights self-imposed barriers and the power of belief in shaping action.
President Johnson proclaims National Forest Products Week starting October 20 to emphasize the importance of forest products in daily life. The Intermountain Region reports 491 million board feet sold, 56,000 Christmas trees sold, and rising pine nut harvests with 15 tons permitted for commercial sale.
Friday night vandals damaged tractors owned by Russell Randlesbaker and Luther Wilson in Lund area, over $3,000 loss reported to Cari bou County Sheriff. Two Lynn Bells horses were stolen Saturday night but recovered next day. Wendell Draney reports trespass by hunters from Pocatello. complaint settled.
Idaho expects to release the 1969 Official Highway Map in January 1989 with more than 100 changes and additions. The 1968 edition, printed at 400000 copies, was distributed to motorists, schools, and government agencies, with 500000 maps planned for 1970 prep for a future jamboree at Farragut State Park.
Edith Steele Soda Springs reading supervisor served as a reading consultant at the Idaho state teachers meeting in Boise on October 10 and 11. Her session titled Ideas to Add Spice to Junior High Reading highlighted vocabulary development and critical reading skills.
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