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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1971
Page
1
Chief Wilcox urges parents to accompany trick or treaters and stay in or near the neighborhood. Inspect treats, wash fruit, cut into pieces, and discard unpackaged items. Use light clothing, short costumes, and safe makeup, with masks only if vision is not restricted. Use a flashlight and cross streets carefully.
The Soda Springs High School choral program presents its first concert of the year on Thursday Oct 28 at 8 p m in the school auditorium. Groups include mixed chorus girls chorus concert choir and Soda Pops. Mrs Winifred Alldaffer directs. Admission 75 cents adults 50 cents students with proceeds toward permanent seating.
Volunteers from six Idaho Division units will hear Phyllis Freeman on Reach for Recovery and Dr Larry Sant on Speech Therapy at the Area III district 7 gathering in Bannock Motor Inn ballroom, Pocatello. Mrs. Robert I. Ewing chairs district 7. unit chairs include William S. Hill and others. The session includes unit renewal and a tour of the Intermountain Cobalt Center. Transportation calls to county chairmen.
Gary Walton of Soda Springs has been notified as a National Merit Scholarship semi finalist. He ranked 47th among Idaho students and is among under 15 000 finalists across the nation who may win $1 000 scholarships by taking the SAT on November 6 1971 in Pocatello.
The Soda Springs Cardettes received two letters of appreciation for their appearance in the Hire the Handicapped Parade in Pocatello Idaho. The Vocational Rehabilitation Service and the Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped praised the event and thanked the Cardettes for helping spread the message nationally and inspiring other communities.
Municipal elections for City Boards will be held in Caribou County three cities. Polls open 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m. Requirements include age US citizenship three months residence and registration or last city election vote. Registration books open Saturday to 9:00 p.m. City clerks oversee registration. Soda Springs elect two councilmen no mayor race with incumbents Darius and Thompson unopposed. Bancroft voters choose mayor and two councilmen Argil Davids and Alton Hatch run for mayor. incumbent Ellis Higginson not running. Grace to elect mayor and two councilmen with Harold B. Lowe challenging Mayor C. D. Simmons. Council candidates: Campbell Weeks Painter Burton. Absentee ballots available at city clerks' offices.
Caribou County girls excel at the Make It Yourself With Wool event in Pocatello on Oct. 23. Junior winner Cindy Jane Yost of Bancroft advances to Boise state contest Nov. 12–14. other top finishers include Susan Varley and Cindy Gilbert of Grace, Debra Norstrum, Donna Reed, Moss Reed, and Katherine Simpson of Blackfoot among 31 senior entries.
Caribou War Mothers Chapter will meet Friday October 29 at 1 30 pm at the home of Katherine Jones. Members are urged to bring Christmas suggestions.
Community drive aims to promote hiring of disabled persons and notes such an event depends on widespread participation from local organizations. The appeal emphasizes collaboration with businesses, schools, and public agencies to create opportunities and awareness.
Grace High School champions the Fifth District Class B Football League face Declo Hornets, Fourth District winners, in an interdistrict playoff November 6 at the ISU Mini dome. The doubleheader opens with West Side vs Raft River at 6:00 p.m. Advance tickets are 2.60 for adults and 1.00 for students. gate prices are 2.50 and 1.50.
Caribou County assesses property for taxation with 30 percent of urban homes listed and callbacks underway to owners. About 20 percent of rural lands have been inspected and recorded from aerial photos. Rural listers inspect buildings, note measurements and conditions, and photograph major structures. Officials aim to complete the project by January 1, 1973.
Idaho counties start Learning Disabilities programs in Soda Springs and Grace junior high schools for the 1971 72 year. Funds come from P L 91 230 Part B federal project and later state school foundation aid. The program aids 87 students across districts 148 and 150 with teachers, materials, consultants, and admin costs.
Daylight saving time ends this Saturday at 200 am. Clocks move back one hour, giving an extra hour of sleep lost last April when daylight time began. Standard time resumes with the 15 hour difference.
The Beacon of a Great Nation theme highlighted a Veterans Day program at North Gem High School. Hans Sulik of Soda Springs spoke on freedom and American liberty, sharing experiences under Nazism and Soviet occupation while praising U S freedoms and economic opportunities.
Brigham Young University Education Day will be held Saturday November 6 at the Idaho Stake Center in Soda Springs. Stanley F Darius is general chairman with Clarence D Simmons as Ban nock Stake chairman Idaho Stake hosts. Events run 9 a m to 4 30 p m with geology professor Edmond J Williams leading classes on earth age mountain guiding and lunar exploration.
Caribou County announces a monthly immunization clinic on Thursday November 4 from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. in the Public Health Nurse’s office at the courthouse. Vaccines available include DPT DT Oral Polio Measles Rubella and smallpox vaccination is no longer indicated. Mrs Elsie Peterson Mrs Reid Peterson and Mrs Wilford Lewis were in Salt Lake City on business Friday and Saturday.
Dr Allen H Tigert and his wife departed Saturday for Palo Alto California to spend three weeks. At Stanford University Medical School he will work and observe in the Surgery Services area. The program is reciprocal and sponsored by the Intermountain Regional.
The Caribou Law Enforcement group met on October 19 at Cedar View with 15 members. President Herb Walters led the business session and a lunch followed. Conservation Officer Sam Buneff presented The Vanishing Stream about how altering a stream bed affects fish productivity. The November program will be run by Sixth Dist. Juvenile Judge Jerry L. Harns and held November 16.
Football schedule for Soda Springs shows Malad at home Friday October 29 with regular schedule. winner advances to championship in the Minidome Friday November 6 against Fourth and Fifth District winner. North Gem also has a completed schedule.
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