Children’s Day Observed Across Local Churches
Next Sunday children lead programs at Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist churches with a 10:30 11:00 schedule at Methodist and Presbyterian sites. The Greybull Methodist pageant features over fifty children as four seasons spring summer autumn and winter with seasonal songs. Proceeds support the Methodist Board of Education student loan fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
Baptist
Methodist
Greybull
Don Clucas
Rachel Cummings
Ruby Blaschke
Dorcas Winslow
The
Methodist Church
Board of Education
Methodist Episcopal Church
Elks Observe Flag Day With School Program
Greybull Lodge 1431 B P O Elks will observe Flag Day June 14 at the high school auditorium starting at 8 o clock. The public is invited. The program features Star Spangled Banner Elks Orchestra Exalted Ruler and Officers readings poems essays by high school students patriotic songs and recitations including The Littlest Rebel The American Flag and America with Thos M Hyde as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greybull Lodge
B. P. O. Elks
Elks Lodges
Grand Lodge of the Order
Elks
Star Spangled Banner
Elks Orchestra
Gene
Dean Dixon
Phanton Legion
Wesley Mortimer
Read
E. P. Landers
Esquire
Arthur Moffatt
America
Elks Quartette
Thos. M. Hyde
C. C. Stoops
Rebekah Lodge Members Visit Worland in Rain
Twenty seven members of the Rebekah lodge from this city drove to Worland yesterday evening to meet with the Worland lodge. A heavy rain fell during the trip, making the return journey reported as a slippery affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah
Worland
Wheatland Seeks U P Cutoff Route Via Wheatland
A 100 percent Omaha Chamber petition asks the Union Pacific to route the Yoder to Medicine Bow cutoff through Wheatland. It was prepared by G. McGinley, signed by all Omaha business firms, and includes maps by J A Elliott. The route would offer lower grades than prior surveys and aims to place Wheatland directly on the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Union Pacific Railway Company
U. P
Yoder
Medicine Bow
the Times
G. McGinley
Omaha
J. A. Elliott
Platte County
Wheatland
Flag Day Tribute Traces US Banner Origins and Dates
On June 14 1777 Congress defined the flag with thirteen stripes and stars. The piece reviews flag symbolism from the rattlesnake to Lyra and Covenanters blue, noting Saratoga first unfurled the emblem and later changes in 1794 and 1818. It links the annual June 14 observance to historic resolutions and public display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
St. George
St. Andrew
St. Patrick
England
Scotland
Great Britain
Ireland
America
United States
Continental Congress
Saratoga
Bergoyne
Covenanters
League and Covenant
Grasshopper pest plan moves forward in Big Horn County
Basin Wyoming news reports county commissioners and farmers meeting to form a pest control district. The plan sets June 18 1928 as start for poisonous mix distribution at community stations across Frannie Deaver Cowley Lovell Basin and other sites. The resolution cites grasshopper danger to crops and outlines district boundaries and cost considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basin
Board of County Commissioners
Big Horn County
Wyoming
Frannie
Deaver
Cowley
Lovell
Kane
Byron
Lower Shell
Upper Shell
East Emblem
West Emblem
Burlington
Stringtown
Otto
Lundgren School
Hyattville
Bonanza
Rairden
Manderson
Illinois Pipe Line begins laying 12 mile gap closure
Illinois Pipe Line Co started laying pipe to close a 12 mile gap between Illeo and Casper. Once completed the line will stretch 8 inches? from Salt Creek to the Mutual Oil Co refinery at Glenrock. A pump station is planned west of Casper near the natural gasoline works of the Pro anaes & Refiners Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Pipe Line Co
Illeo
Casper
Salt Creek
Mutual Oil Co
Glenrock
Proanaes & Refiners Corporation
Oilex
Basin Couple Elopes and Weds in Billings
Earl Standefer of Greybull and Verena Jones secretly ran away Friday night and married in Billings. The couple, now home in Greybull, will start married life after Verena’s years in Basin as Rex theatre pianist. Both families receive warm wishes from friends and the Rustler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basin
Earl Standefer
Greybull
Verena Jones
T. J. Jones
Verena
Billings
Rex Theatre
The
Burlington
Bridger National Forest Consolidated with Wyoming National Forest
By proclamation of May 14 the President consolidated the Bridger National Forest with Wyoming National Forest. The combined area will be known as the Wyoming National Forest and has been under joint administration for the last three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridger National Forest
Wyoming National Forest
Highway Work Under Way Near Emblem Beach
Grading of the highway and bluff cutting south of Emblem beach is underway with two crews at work. The new road will run nearly straight and leave the existing road undisturbed, easing heavy park traffic soon. Travel from Emblem farming area to Cody is now about three hours by most cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butch” Cassidy
South America
Patagonia
Tensleep
Wyoming
W. L. McCarty
McCarty
Pat O’hara
Montana
George Hopkins
Clarks Fork
R. G. Hopkins
Old Mexico
San Domingo
Haiti
Spain
Spanish Honduras
Russell Kimball
Mexico
Madero
Segre
Domingo
Laconte
Hayti
United States
Plattsburg
Engi
Emblem Beach
Emblem Farming
Cody
Bound Over In Liquor Possession Case In Basin Area
BOUND OVER TO DISTRICT COURT. B C Vincent of Basin Buck Cor bin and Harry McMannis of Greybull bound over to next term after hearing before Justice Morriday on illegal liquor possession. The will of Stuyvesant Fish makes three children equal beneficiaries in about 2 1/2 million dollars. The testator notes he makes no charitable bequests to gratify vanity at heirs expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pampas
Armour and
Swift
Buenos Ayres
McCarty
Cody
Bald Ridge
Cody Enterprise
B. C. Vincent
Basin
Buck Corbin
Harry McMannis
Greybull
Bonwell Morriday
Stuyvesant Fish
Unusually Heavy Rains Hit Big Horn Basin Areas
Reports describe persistent daily or every other day rainfall across the Big Horn basin. Flooding and washouts impair rail service and road travel from Bonneville to Wind River canyon, with repairs underway and bridges under threat but protected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Horn Basin
Greybull
Big Horn
Bonneville
Copper Mountain
Wind River Canyon
Worland
Manderson
Hyattville
Kane
Odd Fellows Memorial Day Observance in Greybull
Greybull Lodge No. 12 I O O F holds annual memorial services Sunday evening. Members meet at 6 at the hall and proceed to the cemetery for services in memory of departed members. A sermon on fraternalism by Rev W J Law at Methodist church follows. all Odd Fellows, Rebekahs, and the public are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greybull Lodge No. 12
Methodist Church
W. J. Law
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Children Benefit Dance a Big Success
The Woman's Club and Elks lodge staged a benefit dance to raise money for children's playground equipment. Net proceeds are expected near $200, and organizers praise public response and cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Elks Lodge
Ranch Hand Rufus Burrington Dies of Tick Fever
Rufus Burrington, an employee of the Padlock ranch, died Saturday evening after arriving in town with tick fever. The body was prepared for shipment to Byron, Wyoming, Burrington's former home, according to the Thermopolis Independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Burrington
Padlock Ranch
Byron
Wyo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rebekah Lodge
County Board and Farmers
Camp Dix
Illinois
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!