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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1937
Page
1
A first season snow storm pounded the Rocky Mountain states from Sunday evening into Monday morning. Heavy snow, wind, and near blizzard conditions blanketed the area, with temperatures dipping below freezing and rapid melt as ground remained warm.
Deer hunters report good luck this season despite poor visibility. W J Finley and Jim Clements returned with two fine bucks after leaving for the Battle Lake area. Vern Phillips brought in the first buck of the season, a large one. Howard Garoutte and William Garoutte each took large bucks at the ranch. Others named include EF Williams, Leslie Williams, Elmer Manor, George Holland, and Roy Ashley.
Encampment Theatre reports 97 pictures this year with 48 hits and four more possibly reaching hit status. Nearly 50 percent of shows are hits, with most remaining near hits. Last week’s and upcoming weeks’ features are all hit pictures. nine definite and 11 possible hits are still to be shown. Echo’s slogan “You always see a good show at the Echo” appears well received.
All state highway patrol cars will be painted black and white with white hoods and upper sections and black fenders and lower bodies. The new scheme aims to create a psychological effect prompting drivers to reduce speed and drive more carefully. Typewriters and supplies for sale at the Echo office.
Brilliant Gladys Swarthout stars in Champagne Waltz with Fred MacMurray Velez and Yolandez dancing and Sack Oakie in a comedy lead. The film set in Vienna features swing waltz numbers and famous Strauss tunes with a romantic plot around Swarthout and MacMurray. Directed by A Edward Sutherland and choreography by LeRoy Prinz.
The Christian Science Monitor weekly film reviews highlight The Holy Terror with Jane Withers as a lively mascot at a naval station, featuring dancing, singing, and a dramatic parachute jump to nab spies. Champagne Waltz is a lavish musical with grand spectacle and humor, starring Fritz Leiber, Gladys Swartbout, Jack Oakie, Fred MacMurray, and a Viennese waltz palace scene, noting strong ballroom dancing and ensemble flair.
A 60 pound bear cub investigated a trap set for a mountain lion near Billy Creek. Biologist Slim Tappan freed the cub, which then fled chased by fear to a tall tree. The incident recalls the law against harming bear cubs and suggests lessons on curiosity.
The Little Echoes reports the C. A. Cook estate sold 82 heifers last week at seven dollars on the Denver market. W. D. Sidley sold 43 steers and 64 heifers at seven seventy five. Ralph Platt Jr plans winter work on the Platt gold discovery to develop the property. The Echo advertises typewriters and adding machines through large office equipment connections at favorable prices.
Frances Harris returns after a week absence as report cards go out in the primary room. First six weeks show big improvement. no high school failures this period. Ventor play starts at 8:00 this Saturday. Encouragement for regular attendance and creditable makeups. Deer hunting affected toys. students making up work. Hot lunch project advances. new recitation tables nearly finished. Range project on track for November 1. Requests: mixing bowls, dish pans, masher, bread pan, wash pan, 8 dozen cups, tea kettle, shakers, 6 milk pitchers, flour sifter, can opener, and similar items. Encouragement to donations from patrons to start welfare project. Walden baseball team to play Encampment here Friday, October 22 with return game October 30.
Wyoming reports its largest crested wheat grass seed crop this year with old fields yielding heavily and new fields performing well. Fall seedings show advantage over spring, and ranchers are urged to contact county agents about seed locations and pooling orders to reduce costs. Seed can be safely sown until freezing.
Notice lists encampment and town meetings from October 25 to 27 in Saratoga Pedro Leo Tom Sardwell ranch Els Mountain Baggs Dixon and Rawlins for an annual meeting October 28 to elect officers and discuss the Farm Bureau program all stockmen and farmers invited.
Grads of the University of Wyoming will gather in Laramie on November 6 for their annual Homecoming festivities. The Wyoming Cowboys face Brigham Young University in the first home game of the fall quarter, with Atty. Glenn Parker heading the committee and Kenneth Casey Rugg as the new alumni secretary. Activities begin October 6 with a campus outdoor singing competition among fraternities and sororities, leading to a parade, alumni luncheon, football game, open house, and a Homecoming dance in the big gym the same evening.
The note describes a luncheon hosted by Mrs. Frank Tappan at Tappan's Cove with a credentiam trail to enter, a autumnal setting, and a menu of cocktails and cuck wagon stew. Two games of auction bridge produced high scores for Mrs Verne Phillips and Mrs Robert Bechtel, plus silent bridge with a 60 point penalty for speech. Several bingo rounds followed. prizes included copper and horn trophies. Attendees listed include Mrs Verne Phillips, Mrs Robert Bechtel, Mrs Frank Boyd, Mrs Alva Baum, and others.
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