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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1917
Page
8
Community notices report Goodyear tires at Lee Motor Co and Auto Supply events. Includes visits by Ed Ish and residents from Hyattville, travels to Greybull, Manderson, Worland, and Cody, a Red Cross drive, a dance at Fraternity Hall, and a Saturday sale announced by Col. Cropsey with horses, cattle, and farm equipment.
Dr. Mark H. Smith preserves two relics. One is the U S flag used when Morro Castle fell in the Philippines. A brother of Smith who supervised the flag’s transfer kept it. Another flag once floated over Havana offices during Cuba’s provisional government handover.
R R Denny Chamber of Commerce secretary travels to Kansas City Missouri for the Kornfalla Feed Milling Co directors annual meeting. W A Robb will handle duties in his absence and Denny expects to return in a week.
Last Sunday the Tillard canal nearly lost the headgate as floodwaters rose. Basin Gardens residents worked all day to repair the structure and expect safety unless more water arrives.
Mr and Mrs Harry Hime Mr and Mrs Loren Gray and children visited Mr and Mrs W H Wyman for Sunday dinner at their mountain home on Trapper creek.
Epworth league held a Love Letter social at the Methodist church on Wednesday evening. Admission was a love letter and a quarter. About twenty young people attended and enjoyed the evening. Wilson Moor read the letter judged the best.
Miss Hazel Blakesley hosted the Who-do class of the M. E. Sunday school Tuesday evening at Rev. and Mrs. R. M. Jones home. The program featured piano and vocal solos, recitations, and a whit solo, followed by refreshments of strawberries ice cream and cake.
On Monday evening Jacob Richard Pierce and Vesta May Kirby were married by Rev. R. M. Jones at the Basin Methodist parsonage. Mrs. Pierce is well known locally and many friends extend best wishes. The couple will reside in Gebo where Mr. Pierce is employed.
A good representation of Basin women met at the M E church on Tuesday afternoon to reorganize the local Woman's Christian Temperance Union chapter. Officers elected were President Mrs W S Burt Vice President Mrs L A Henderson Secretary Mrs R G Belton Corresponding Secretary Mrs Thos Colley Treasurer Mrs J B Thompson. They will meet the first Monday afternoon each month.
Mr and Mrs Thos M Hyde left Wednesday at nine for a vacation driving to Colorado and Kansas. They expect to be away about a month and will visit Iola Kansas their former home.
Episcopal church members hosted a formal reception Tuesday evening for Dean and Mrs Watkins at Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Andersons home. Guests arrived around eight with a musical program. The Anderson residence featured roses peonies and other flowers in decorative display. Government needs farmers as well as fighters and notes land openings on Oregon California railroad grant lands revested to the United States for homesteads and sale with a Map brochure offered by Grant Lands Locating Co. Portland. j929-s28.
R B West left Monday for southern state points. Bring cars for repair at W W M Co mil l. Mrs C B Beck returned from Methodist district conference at Cody. Basin Steam Laundry guarantees laundry work under Forbes management. P P Anderson notes winter wear remains. Install J M Fire extinguisher to protect against fire. $10 Lee Motor Co j22 tf
A big picture show and dance will be held in Hyattville on the Fourth of July with promoter Dr. Van Slyke leading the event. The evening promises entertainment and social gathering for residents and visitors.
Last Sunday afternoon L A Henderson was thrown from a young horse. His right arm was fractured and he was shaken up badly. He is reported to be much better at this time.
Two carloads of horses traveled from Cheyenne to Missoula to participate in the Missoula stampede and will return to Cheyenne by the last days of July for the Tig show.
A Thursday picnic occurred a mile north of town with dinners and an all afternoon schedule of games. Dilly Burroughs won the mumble-peg, Otis Wilkerson excelled in wrestling and nearly won the sack race, and the Zaring brothers shone in bronco busting. Milton Smith and Otis Wilkerson won the three legged race.
James O'Neil offers thousands of late cabbage and caulishower plants for sale. The item appears in a local classified listing placed near Lee Motor Free Tire Service and Auto Supply & Tire Co. The reader is invited to contact for purchasing the plants.
Messrs and Mesdames J D Lewis and Harry Drumm with Mrs Harry L Wise left Saturday for Thermopolis. They stopped in Worland overnight and continued to Thermopolis Sunday morning.
Worland defeated Basin 12 to 5 after jumping to a 9 to 0 lead in the first inning. Lee Spurrier started for Basin and was knocked out early as Shor ty Kunch held Worland to three runs with minimal defense. Basin batted well but failed to capitalize on opportunities and lacked consistent practice.
The Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian church will host a Red Cross day at the library on Thursday July 12. Earl A Gebhart traveled through Basin last Tuesday en route to Worland to inspect adding machines and returned to Billings the next day.
Robert Wilcox and Miss Audrey Rowley wed last evening before Rev. Brown in Worland. They traveled with Mr. and Mrs. H. Martindale and plan to build a home soon after. Wilcox is known in Basin for work at Murphy Motor Co. They will move into their new residence once finished.
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