20 Sep 1962
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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1962
Page
1
The notice lists candidates for Central Committees and other offices in the General Election on Nov 6. It notes over 3600 ballots will be printed for Caribou with write in and absent candidates, including King of Soda Springs and other names to appear on the ballot.
The Student Body of Soda Springs High School invites all to attend Homecoming events. A pep rally and bonfire start at 7:30 p.m. Thursday with marching, singing and crowning of a Homecoming Queen candidate. Friday features a 2:30 assembly and a 7:00 p.m. football game at the park against Fielding Spar in Soda Springs. The homecoming dance will be held at the high school.
Caribou County sets 1962 tax levies by board decision on Sept 10. Totals show a slight dip from 1961 with specific per $100 valuations for state, county, school, and special levies. no Teacher's Retirement levy this year. District and city levies for Soda Springs Bancroft Grace and others stay close to 1961 figures. cemetery districts also largely unchanged except noted adjustments.
The deadline for securing Federal Insurance for 1963 crops in Caribou County has been extended from Sept. 15. Mr. Schenk and Mr. Forrest Boerner are back in the area to contact farmers who wish to participate in the program.
Elaine Johnson of the PTA announces a Speech Therapy Clinic on Friday Sept 21 at 12 45 pm for Soda Springs Bancroft first and second graders at Soda Springs Elementary School. Referred students from other grades will be screened and parents advised on further therapy. County Health Nurse Lelia Chester joins in attendance with teachers and PTA mothers.
Six practical nurses from Caribou County Hospital received vocational education certificates after a one year course. Ronald J. Tippets delivered the main address, with presentations by Pearl Fryar and Ada Smith. Helen Myers gave the student response as the class noted full attendance by Alba Rasmussen and celebrated with a Cedar View dinner.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Kelly spent Sunday visiting in Pocatello at the home of Mr and Mrs Richard Morris.
Ranger Roy Daniels warns hunters and campers as hunting season peaks that fire danger is extreme in all forest areas. He urges care with cigarettes matches and campfires and recalls the message Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires to prevent a castaway spark from igniting a wildfire.
Elder Ronnie J. Glenn has been transferred from Rawlings Wyoming to Casper where he serves as co senior companion. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ne Glenn of Soda Springs.
The Caribou County Republican Central Committee met on September 12 and unanimously adopted the State Republican Platform from the August 4 convention in Pocatello. It endorses the anti gambling plank warning that gambling invites syndicated crime and corruption, and affirms support for constitutional government and law enforcement under existing statutes.
International Minerals and Chemical Co maintains a field camp on a ridge near Soda Springs to explore large phosphate reserves. Geologist Paul Clawson leads a growing crew of students and engineers, with roadwork expanding access as exploration continues. Foreign students from multiple universities participate, highlighting international relations efforts.
Barley from Caribou County is rolling into bins at several points, with harvest averaging 70,000 bushels daily though frost damage causes wide yield variation. North of Soda Springs suffered heavy losses while areas near Grays Lake and Long Valley reported mixed results and hoped for clear weather to finish in about ten days.
A Sun report states the Hungarian partridge and chukar season is not open in Caribou County. The Idaho Fish and Game release notes October 27 as the opening date for southern Idaho.
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