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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
5
Lodges and encampments list monthly meetings in Masonic hall and I O O F hall. Encampment and Royal Neighbors groups invite visitors and list officers M Englehart Burke Ferry Sproat Fisner Lirtne Heaton Baker Wirtu Horka.
Sunday service every Sunday at 8:00 p m Sunday School at 10:30 a m Christian Endeavor each Sunday at 7:00 p m Pastor Rev C W Clouch leads the ministry
A notice directs readers to contact Frank Crout about Ford cars and to view pictures at City Hall on Saturday night, indicating a local sale or display event.
Community notices list residents visiting and staying phrases about town from Mark Edick S C Platt Ed Stembaugh Pete From and N B Nelson. Also mentions a dust control shampoo sale at Dustys Shop and a city hall picture show. Iver Strand joins as a new subscriber and ads invite hides pelts furs and wool offers.
St James Church announces indefinite discontinuation of Sunday services. Sunday school moves to reading room Wednesday at 3 p m. Girls Friendly rooms host a brief public service at 8 p m. Holy communion to be celebrated Thursday at 8 p m. Ws H Haupt in charge. Community notices follow of local residents and gatherings.
Daily trains run north from Walcott at 3 30 p m and south from Walcott at 9 15 a m The northbound stops include Saratoga Encampment and Walcott while the southbound arrival times show morning and afternoon timings at these points The fragmentary timetable lists Train No 2 northbound and Train No 1 southbound with several unreadable marks and partial station names.
An S and E locomotive exploded at Walcott last Friday morning just before departure to Encampment. The high steam pressure blew the dome off the engine. Will Stewart, in the cab, reported the shock was so strong it seemed the locomotive would rise. Stewart was uninjured. A second engine was sent from Encampment, and the train arrived here around 6:30 that evening.
The city hall picture show last Saturday night drew wide praise as the best yet seen in En campment. The program for next Saturday includes When the Call Came two reel Imp drama Sheriff of Big Rock Gulch two reel Big A drama No Flirting Allowed one reel Sko comedy It Almost Happened one reel Nestor comedy.
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