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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1954
Page
1
High Completes beat Grid Season 21 to 14 over American Falls High Geel in Friday action. Grace gridders finish regular season and prepare to meet North Gem for the class B championship this Friday at Grace. North Marsh has won previous meetings.
The Soda Springs Farm Bureau schedules a Friday meeting at 7 30 pm in the county courthouse with both men and women members invited. Topics include finance and resolutions for the county and state meetings, and tickets are issued for the annual Bancroft gathering on November 5.
miners at the Anaconda Montana plant await word on resuming work after a five week strike. union votes to accept a contract with higher fringe benefits and a three cent hourly raise. processing facilities are down and stockpiles at maximum as Roy Traeger, general manager, meets officials in Salt Lake City.
The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation county convention will be held November 5, 1954, at 2 00 p m at the ASC office in Soda Springs. Delegates from the communities will meet to select the county committee responsible for administration of national agricultural programs.
A Monday crash on a treacherous highway left no injuries after an auto skidded into Alexander Lake. Barnard resident Mrs. Bob Hines and granddaughter Shari were aboard but unharmed. A second week accident involved Fred Lt. Blackfoot striking tamer neers and materials were shot.
The Ladies Golf club will not hold a meeting tomorrow afternoon as the group decided this week to discontinue meetings for the year.
Howard Mafiloch McCulloch by Caribou sheep herder died from a gunshot at Adbert Bels ranch after years of ill health. Born in Freedom he served in WWII Pacific theatre and survived a 1947 sheep truck crash. Funeral services were held in Freedom with American Legion firing squad and Whitman Matthews mortuary arranging.
The 1955 Chevrolet goes on display in Soda Springs today as Call Chevrolet hosts an open house for its new shop facilities running through tomorrow. Refreshments and favors for the ladies mark the event. Willard Childs of Soda Springs assists in publicizing the Idaho Chest ERay program on campus with an X-Ray unit and is active in Alpha Tau Omega and Arnold Air Society.
Caribou experienced its first winter bout this week with a snow storm and near zero wind chill. The U S Bybee ranch weather station logged a 6 degree low Wednesday morning after a brief warm spell with a 70 degree high last Friday.
Dwight Homer Cooper, longtime Chesterfield rancher and director of the Chesterfield Land and Livestock Co, died suddenly from a heart attack while preparing cattle for shipment near Pebble. Survived by wife Ida and sister Della, services held at Batcroft LDC chapel with Chesterfield Relief Society flowers, burial in Lava Hot Springs.
General hunting ends October 31 with some areas in northern Idaho and Chamberlain Basin Primitive Area still open. General fishing closes October 31 though many waters remain open year round. Ranges of local waters and hours for the period are listed. Mayor Aaron Ozburn recovers from surgery and will return soon.
Mr and Mrs R C Richard and Mr and Mrs R C Rich Jr have returned to Burley for the winter season.
Hospital notes show births and patient movements in Soda Springs. Names include Chas. F. Kummer as financier, Margaret Hayes Hortense Rutherford and Ada Williams admitted. Doris Mabel Potter Lara Anne Villers Grace Trudy Joy Mecham Kathleen Thomas Donna Jean Loveland discharged.
Soda Springs senior high along with North Gem and Grace bands will join 40 other bands in the USAC homecoming parade in Logan Utah. The 2,690 musicians will march at 9 30 a m down Logan's main street and appear in a pre game ceremony before the WSAC BYU game. They will perform a short selection and join a national anthem finale before kickoff. The group departs Soda Springs at 6 30 a m with box lunches provided by the USAC alumni association.
A new store named Larry's Mans Shop opens in Soda Springs on Saturday offering mens dress and work clothes and accessories. An open house with refreshments will be held Saturday afternoon.
Republican governor candidate Robert E. Smylie arrived in Soda Springs on Wednesday morning and met by local hosts. A coffee hour at Idaho cafe preceded a 100-person banquet where Smylie answered questions from the floor with Attorney General present. Most county candidates attended except Fred Cooper and Bud Woodall who were away. Smylie then headed to a Rotary luncheon in Montpelier.
Ken's Electric announces a grand opening for Friday and Saturday with gifts prizes and a grand showing of appliances and furnaces. A furniture expert from Intermountain Furniture and an interior decorator specializing in draperies and carpets will be available to answer questions.
The Soda Springs Cardinals closed the 1954 season with a 20 to 6 victory over South Marsh on Friday. Soda gave up a early touchdown but then dominated both lines and the backfield on defense while the offense clicked with effective passing plays and yardage.
Mr and Mrs Ken Shufeldt hunted pheasants in the Wendell area this weekend with Doris and Jack Powell who lived in Soda Springs a few years ago.
Funeral services were held in Bancroft LDS chapel for Ivan James Schenk of Lund who died early Monday morning in Caribou County. He was born October 1, 1900, in Lund and lived in Gem Valley most of his life. Survived by his mother, four brothers, four sisters, and numerous relatives. Interment followed at Lund Cemetery. Allen-Hall Mortuary arranged the service.
The first meeting of the Caribou Wildlife Protective Association for the year is set for tonight at 8 p.m. in the courthouse. Members are urged to attend and all political candidates are invited.
On a northern Idaho hunting trip E W Largulliere and W S Shtfeldt stopped to see Jay Beus and met detective author Earle Stanley Gardner and Argosy publisher Mr Steeger who said they planned a winter trip to Soda Springs.
Nolan D. Mecham of Soda Springs is listed as one of 31 new members pledged by Lambda Delta Sigma at Idaho State College. The announcement highlights the fraternity's initiation of pledges and includes several other names.
Grays Lake cheese factory restarts operations after a three month shutdown with new maker Thomas. He brings experience from Star Valley and Bear Lake areas as the plant switches from 40 pound blocks to five pound bricks soon. The facility was reorganized on September 24 with new directors Excn Stoor Cecil Sibbett C L Roy Oscar Vias and Keith Tingey.
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