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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1920
Page
9
A local Good Roads association meeting was postponed due to cold weather. Only a few members attended last Saturday. the motion passed to hold the regular meeting Saturday afternoon April 10, hoping for better weather and full representation. All interested in good roads are welcome.
The Lusk Herald stresses that proper highway construction is wasted without constant maintenance. It argues that large funds for building roads are ineffective if storms and traffic cause rapid deterioration, urging continuous inspection and immediate repairs to save money and labor.
The next regular teachers examination will be held April 15 and 17 at Rawlins Hanna Encampment Saratoga and Baggs with deputies A D Burford Hanna Falconer Gilbert Encampment G R Ballard Saratoga and Mrs Ruth Maupin Baggs. Applicants should send credentials to the County Superintendent’s office promptly to save time and avoid misunderstandings about prerequisites.
Eldon Boyd from the Beavor Hills visited his brother Frank Boyd and family last week. Presbyterian Sunday school at Loam sharp invites attendance at Easter morning services at St James church. An Easter program will be held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Fifty nine attendances were recorded last Sunday and Rosedale leads the contest with twenty sty eo points.
Reports from exchanges show hospital bonds carried by 918 to 228 in last Tuesday’s special election. B N Killam returns from Laramie, plans to resume trucking between here and the Union Pacific, intends to bring a Denver truck next week, and will base in Encampment this summer. Public land filings surge near Saratoga under enlarged homestead laws, with over 2,000 acres recorded this week. The Big Bison Oil & Gas Co plans to drill the Pick Springs structure ten miles northwest of Saratoga this spring, with material orders underway. Mrs. Joseph Peryam, seriously ill near Encampment, was moved to Saratoga for care. doctors report slight improvement but critical condition. Family members from Douglas, Arizona, and Encampment visit as staff assist at Ledbetter home.
Beav er Creek residents hosted gatherings with neighbors including Mr and Mrs Harry Hunter visiting the Brownlees and Wilbur Toothaker returning from Rawlins after attending an American Legion smoker. A Sunday singing practice drew Beaverites to the Toothaker home. A Kid s pin party was held Wednesday March 17 hosted by Mr and Mrs Adrian Wolford and Mr and Mrs Harry Anderson. Adults not in kid costume paid 20 pins. three pins admitted with a gum stick ticket. Refreshments featured marshmallows, peanuts, popcorn and more. Mosd Wowers visited Sara toga for a short time with friends.
From the Saturday Laramie Republican comes notes on Encampment High School activities during High School Week. Coach Donald Rankin led the Encampment basketball squad as they faced Big Horn and Sheridan, with Laramie performer Miss Gertrude McKay winning first prize for Marche Grotesque. Final scores show Encampment 2, Big Horn 26, and Sheridan 21, Encampment 14 at halftime.
The notice announces a Thursday evening service at seven thirty with an address on the Last Words from the Cross. The service will feature The Story of the Cross. Easter Day events include Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning service at 11 a.m. and an evening service at 7:30 with appropriate music and sermon.
Encampment Fire Department will operate a weekly picture show using a private power plant and municipal hall site. Full equipment and the film projector are expected soon, with installation planned once all parts arrive. The program includes a show one night weekly followed by a dance, featuring top quality pictures and equipment.
The Community Center store, chosen from fifty five names, opens Friday April 2 1920 at 3 PM. Pharies Corum submitted the winning name The store features a fountain by L A Grauman Co Denver and free refreshments. Proprietors Miss Alice Cahill and Mr E R Gilbert promise to meet community needs and place orders if items are not in stock. Encaiopment high school basketball team returned from Laramie after High School Week events. Auction notice at Chilcaters yards Friday at 2 PM lists goods and livestock for sale.
Items from old files recount Mrs Ed Parkison’s illness but improvement, tram lower section started for service, George Kuntzman planning a neat office between post office and old bank, and lumber on site. Oil field expansion teased with four rigs in Salt Creek district next spring. Masons and families enjoyed a city hall gathering with food and festive songs.
Mra Z T Carver and Mas Louis Hopkins hosted a Monday afternoon party at the Carver home for Luolen Hopkins daughter of Mrs Hopkins to celebrate the young lady’s eighth birthday anniversary. Little guests enjoyed several hours of games and a lavish luncheon followed by Meadowes Carver and Hopkins serving. Attendees included Jack Murray Gorge Wanter Kay Mildred Leah Mildrod tiger Kibet Birr Iva Dortioner Rove Met calf Pheu Kominot Nellie Gaskel Cordelia Marry Linn Manna Kow and Helen Hopkins.
J Ry Bowers appeared in sarytogs near the rail yard between trains last Friday. No additional details were provided in the fragment.
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