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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1961
Page
1
Vic Berry Pickin notes a Kiwanis Supper drew local residents despite threatening weather. Kiwanis, Lions, labs and the Chamber of Commerce backed community projects in Pine Springs and Caribou, with sausages and hot drinks fueling the turnout for the annual event.
The Ram Sale completes preparations for the 35th annual event sponsored to provide an industry function for buyers to view quality rams. The sale, held at Union Stock Yards in Poca, kicks off with a 9:30 showing in the Special Sales Pavilion and features Suffolk Hamp, Panama and Columbia rams. Blastock serves as chairman guiding the display and arrangements.
Supervisor Edward C announced Dar Hoffman, district forest at Soda Springs, resigns from the Forest Service to attend the University of Utah School of Forestry. Mr. Hoffman and his family will move to Salt Lake City on September 20. Daniels will replace him as district forest ranger at Soda Springs.
Eston Tigert is named new golf champion after defeating Norma and Tiny McEntire. A Scotch reception followed as twenty couples attended at the local course. Winners included Tom Kramer Marty Schettel Tony Tiger LaVonda Lallatin Roscoe Truce Patrickson and Bobby Stoker along with Harold and LaVerna Fowler.
Soda Springs Cardinals overpower American Falls Beavers 33-7 in league opener. Bruce Dredge 8 yard TD. Tom Scheffell 85 yard keeper score. Ralph Stoor 6 yard TD. Mike Beus 15 yard run. Dredge 18 yard run. J R Maughan conversion. Lynn Ruqua 10 yard TD for Beavers late. Soda travels to Bancroft for next game.
Grace Red Devils triumph 13 to 7 over West Side on a late fourth down drive. Craig Wilker scored the decisive TD after a blocked punt helped Grace reach the Pirate 15 yard line. Grace led 6–7 early as Mike Weaver scored for Grace and West Side added a first quarter TD and extra point. West Side punt setup, illegal procedure call reset Grace drive. final win seals upcoming homecoming at Paris. Grace to face Fielding Spartans and North Gem next week.
North Gem routed Fielding 27 to 7 in the league opener as Willard Chesrrett sparked the Cowboys with a 60 yard third quarter kickoff and two early touchdowns. Jim Creer connected on a 30 yard pass to Wes Whitworth for a second score and Joe Holbrook’s interception set up Brent Shipley’s rushing TD. Officials cite translator shutdown due to lack of funds and outline plans to upgrade gear and relocate the booster to restore air service, urging 1982 dues and new memberships in Grace and Soda Springs areas.
Grace Cemetery District votes tomorrow to raise the mill levy from 10 to 20 for 1961. Voters in the district must be residents. two new board members, Grant Williams and Robert Fraser, were appointed to fill vacancies. The measure aims to restore a 30 mill levy for cemetery care and repairs, with polling from 1 PM to 6 PM at the Stalker Garage in Grace.
Elders Howard W. Hunter and Le Roy Wirthlin will headline the Bannock Stake quarterly conference in Grace Idaho and Preston Idaho with Stake President Dee L. Andreasen presiding. Public general sessions Sunday will be at the Stake House in Grace. Hunter, a 1959 Apostleship appointee and former Southern California corporate lawyer, serves as a director of several major firms. Wirthlin, a Church Welfare Plan director, will also speak. Saturday includes lead-fee and welfare meetings.
Mr and Mrs Allen Dredge and son Rodney Allen of Spokane Washington visit Mr and Mrs Wilford Dredge for a week before leaving for Provo Utah where Allen will attend Brigham Young University.
Senator Henry Dworshak was informed by Assistant Secretary John A. Carver Jr that the Indian Bureau plans partial movement of the Grays Lake to Blackfoot road in fiscal year 1964. The Fort Hall Reservation road, 21.9 miles, has 6.1 miles gravel finished in 1948. the eastern 15.8 miles are low standard and serve no Indian residences. The Indian Bureau seeks State Highway cooperation to improve the route to standards beyond its scope.
The report states that Russian engineers or authorities claim they invented the street car, a claim framed as a notable technological achievement. Details remain unclear, with little corroboration provided in the readable text. The item reads as a brief assertion within a broader technology or science column.
J F Bud Woodall Caribou County Assessor announces all motor boats must have Certificates of Number issued by the Assessors Office by January 2 1982. Numbers issued now valid three years. Free copies of the new Pleasure Boat Act available. Coast Guard numbered Idaho boats honored until expiration. Pre numbered boats must be re validated in new owner’s name. Avoid December January vehicle registration rush.
Cecil Alldaffer and Karleen Gunnell traveled to Blackfoot where they joined Four’s activities from Tuesday, Sept 12. They assist with 4H Club demonstrations and any 41H Exhibits entered by their county.
The Idaho Fish and Game Department announced a pesticide plan using toxaphene to eradicate undesirable fish at Blackfoot Reservoir on October 3. Tributaries Meadow Creek, and river sections will receive rotenone on October 5 6 and 8 with restocking of rainbow and cutthroat trout after water return. The reservoir will close to fishing next year and reopen in 1963.
Caribou Motors outlined a county level P P K contest for six to ten year old boys, part of a nationwide Ford NFL program. Winners earn trips to NFL games and regional top five receive NFL uniforms or gear, with ties resolved regionally and nationally.
SFC Charles R. Colvin of the Army Recruiting Service will interview men at the Soda Springs Post Office on Friday September 22 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Openings are available in the Counter Intelligence Corps and the Army Security Agency. Former regulars who re-enlist within 24 months in a shortage MOS may rejoin at their discharged grade. Some people want a trip to the moon but sit in the front row at church.
A traveling Phonorama exhibit on wheels stops at Bancroft City Hall September 18 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM and at Soda Springs new library September 20 from 10:00 AM to 5:60 PM. Sponsored by Mountain States Telephone the 42 foot trailer presents the telephone’s history and evolution with displays on radio networks television and telephone lines. Dell Watts the local office manager says visitors see themselves on TV and hear stereophonic sound demonstrations. There is no charge and the public is invited.
Sixteen people from Soda Springs and Montpelier will travel to Logan Utah for a three day Jehovah's Witnesses air convention at Logan Senior High School. Over 700 delegates from sixteen congregations in Southeastern Idaho and Northern Utah are expected. The program includes baptism by immersion led by Frederick Palmer and a Sunday lecture titled The 20th Century in Bible Prophecy delivered by Peter O Mara, a Watchtower representative from Brooklyn.
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