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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1966
Page
1
Caribou County faces an $1,766,906 assessed valuation for 1966 up from 1965 with a four year phased increase. Levies include general county, school, hospital, and bonds, plus new minor local levies. Special district adjustments reflect recent legislative changes and county growth, while several districts report unchanged or adjusted rates.
Warning advises obtaining a burn permit before burning stub debris in Caribou Idaho. Contact Assistant Fire Forester of Idaho Department of Forestry at Preston for details dated 0623.
Forest Supervisor Craig W. Rupp rescinded the City Creek-Mink Creek closure first enforced July 28 1966 at 12 01 am. The lift comes after heavy rains to dampen fuels and prevent fires. Hunters in Bannock County’s popular area may resume activity as of September 15 1966. A parallel closure near the Caribou National Forest was recorded to take effect at midnight July 27 1966.
Kerr McGee El Paso Products and Monsanto reps and 3 000 AMC members plus spouses joined a three day American Mining Congress in Salt Lake City. Vice President Hubert H Humphrey spoke, with a Kennecott Copper tour, outdoor buffet, and Valley Music Hall event. Local attendees listed include Mr and Mrs John Maxwell and others.
Elder Tuttle will dedicate Soda Springs 2nd and 3rd Wards and Idaho Stake Chapel during Sunday morning session of the Idaho Stake Quarterly Conference in Soda Springs on September 24 and 25. He will speak. guests include Elder J Leonard Love and Miss June Carlisle. Conference times are 10:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Stake President Wilford John Dredge to conduct. Visitors welcome.
The Sun invites new residents to call 547 3280 to introduce themselves and share where they are from. The paper aims to help families feel welcome and make friends quickly in the community.
Cadet Joseph C. Holbrook of Bancroft Idaho, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L Holbrook, named to the Dean’s Merit List at the U S Air Force Academy in Colorado. Class of 1967, will wear a silver star for Academic achievement. Former North Gem High School valedictorian, 1963 graduate.
Idaho hunters face updated duck bag rules with no species restrictions statewide except for wood ducks. In the Columbia Basin Mallard area the limit is six ducks daily with 12 in possession, season runs to January 15 1967. Outside this area the daily limit is six ducks, with season ending January 5 1967. Goose limits vary by region with a general three and lower limits in Bear Lake Caribou Bonneville and part of Blackfoot Reservoir in Bingham County.
Miss Louise Shadduck of the Idaho Department of Commerce and Development spoke at the Soda Springs Chamber of Commerce outlining Idaho’s bright future. She highlighted Idaho’s 1965 7.8 to 8.9 million rise in personal income, Caribou County’s lead in income gain, and projected phosphate production growth. She noted nationwide publicity for Idaho and promoted Soda Springs as a potential beautiful city with a central park.
Mrs. Pearl Fryar attended a hospital administrators conference at the Owyhee Hotel in Boise on September 14. The all day session focused on nurse wage schedules and demands, noting Idaho wage scale upgrades in light of Kellogg events and potential Caribou County Hospital impacts. Ada Smith joined Fryar to discuss nurse education and hospital training programs including the Licensed Practical Nurse track. Fryar also visited with former resident Elsie Woodall in Boise that evening.
Winners in the bean guessing contest at Mode O Day Dress Shop Soda Springs include Buna Gregory who won a dress Norma Fitzpatrick who won a handbag Hazel Lish from Conda won slippers Edna Darlington from Bancroft won a sweater Willa Andrews from Alexander won a half slip Bonnie Hulse from Bancroft Elaine Gibson from Grace won slippers Paula Tarbet from Soda Springs won a gown Linda Garner from Soda Springs won panties Vera Medford from Grace won slippers Linda Perkins from Soda Springs won a jewelry set
Soda Springs students enrolled at Brigham Young University in Provo for the fall term include Krista Hayes Craig Call Candy Call Walter Hirsbrunner Heidi Weaver Steven Balls Dwight Williams Craig Hanser Gary Johnson Evelyn Hubbard Mark Lau and Merriola Christman.
Utah Power & Light promotes Burton C. Martin to Preston division manager effective Sept. 26, succeeding A. N. Wendell who retires Oct. 1. Martin, a Preston native, has served UP&L since 1981 in sales and as Preston division sales manager. He is active in the Preston Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis, Elks, and golf clubs. he and wife Colleen have three children and reside at 261 East 2nd South, Preston.
The Soda Springs Jay-Cees host an orientation dinner September 24 at 8 p m in the Presbyterian Annex for prospective members aged 21 and over. Pat Paterson at Soda Springs Radio and TV invites interested persons and their wives to attend and learn about the civic group's community projects. Mrs Cecil Scheffel accompanied her son Randy to Salt Lake City for his first year at the University of Utah.
The Idaho Democratic Party met in Boise to nominate Cecil D. Andrus to replace Charles Herndon on the governor ballot after Herndon died in a plane crash. Andrus, runner up to Herndon in August, faces ballot certification delays with Secretary of State before general election printing and absentee access.
Ballots for the wool promotion and market development referendum have been mailed to sheep and lamb producers in Caribou County. J Emerson Mabey announces the ASCS referendum determines whether deductions from payments under the wool program continue, with specifics on deduction rates and eligibility. Voting runs through September 23 with ballots due by that date.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Reiifertt and Mr and Mrs Rulon Reiifertt of Provo Utah visited from Friday to Sunday at the home of Mrs Olsen's sister Mr and Mrs William Meads in Soda Springs.
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