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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
14
Encampment Lodge No. 19 A F and A M meets in Masonic hall every Wednesday evening at 8 o clock Visitors invited W M Engiesart W M C Burke Secretary
Encampment Chapter No 17 meets the second Tuesday evening monthly in the Masonic hall. Platte Valley Lodge No 341 O O F meets every Saturday evening at the I O O F hall. Encampment Circle No 510 Women of Woodcraft meets first Thursday afternoon monthly. Royal Neighbors Sunshine Camp No 3064 meets second Thursday monthly.
Directory notes church services every Sunday evening at 8 00 with Sunday School at 3 00 and Christian Endeavor at 7 00 led by Rev R R Marquis. St James is curvucul held in winter in reading room with Sunday service and sermon at 11 a m H Haupt presbyterin in charge.
Daily departures from Walcott and Encampment with arrivals at Saratoga and Sarsiggs. Train No 1 southbound leaves Walcott at 10 30 a m and reaches Encampment at 11 55 a m with intermediate stops at 0 45 a m and 0 30 a m.
Local notices recount barber shop ads and services, cattle shipments to Denver, ranch trespass warnings, stock show trips, bridge and road updates, and social events. Names include Archie Anderson, Len Huston, Wilcox & Ben, J. Schmidt, Louis Berg, Jim Dettinger, Pete From, and Mrs Elizabeth Bdick among others. The Record records weather, cattle trade, and town doings with routine business and community updates.
Martin Farrell paid a visit to French this week. Mr. Forney at the Sanger ranch is laid up with neuralgia. Chas Forney visited the Healey ranch Friday, staying overnight. A large group from Brush Creek and New York City shared six o'clock dinner at the Healey ranch Thursday. The gathering featured music, games, and dances by Fred Healey with the Sage Brush band, ending after an Indian war dance. Chas Sanger and Rowdy McCormick report about three feet of snow in the mountains as they haul poles.
The Encampment Record notes heavy snow Monday and Tuesday with drifts over a horse’s height. A 14 or 15 year old sought printer’s training and could work before and after school this winter. Jim Dettinger spoke of romping through snow from his ranch near town. A sunny zero day followed, attracting sleighing and snowshoeing. Charlie Sahoonover left for Denver en route to Columbine and Steamboat Springs by stage due to deep snow.
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