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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1920
Page
13
Local items note Mrs Nellie Rathbun plans to leave Kemmerer Friday evening for Illinois where she will relocate and Mrs Ryburn takes over the Lincoln rooming house after purchasing the lease and furniture. The column lists numerous town visits, from Granger and Libby camps, plus social events and small notices.
Friday assembly featured Miss Markey in charge with a praised reading. Seniors plan plays and publish Le Petit Ranger May 3, the last issue. Juniors elected Morgan Reed as editor for next term. Freshmen wore gingham gowns and overalls in a cost of living protest. Elizabeth Long wed George Isenhart on April 25 at the bride’s home in Glencoe. Mrs. Clark visited the High School on Friday.
Diamondville notes show Bam Pattan, grocery department manager of Mountain Trading, traveling to San Francisco for a family illness. The item also mentions Miss June Chapin of Montpelier visiting relatives, with various names appearing as part of local social notices.
The Camera announces no subscription increase for now, urging prepaid renewals to keep rates steady. It partners with New York World for $2.50 per year to receive The Camera weekly and World Thrice Weekly, available until July 1, with prepaid payment required.
Kemmerer visitors from Diamondville were in town on Sunday. Significant road work has progressed this week including road dragging to Oakley and Glencoe. Mrs. Richard Wales of Glencoe visited her daughter Mrs. Charles Sneddon on Monday. Pete Kirkwood’s valuable milch cow died suddenly on Thursday with unknown cause. Sars Rogers of Ogden, Utah, is in town on business.
Local notes from La Barge record arrivals departures and visits. M Bowcutt of Beckwith arrived at Viola with his wife returning home after a month helping care for Mrs. T De Graw. Roy Whitman comes back from Dry Piney while Fred Bailey and others journey to Opal and Kemmerer to manage ranch interests. E M Fox arrives with crew for Mountain Meadow ranch. Joe Angelo visits La Barge with Herman Genette and Fred Angelo.
Special correspondence notes persistent snow levels from one foot six inches to three feet, delaying spring. Hay scarcity grows as stock outlook weakens. Local visits include L. B. Campbell and family with Mrs. P. O. Bondurant. Deputy assessor Meyers tours the basin while meadow larks warn of spring. Edna Robinson and Bunn visit Mrs. Bondurant. Johnson visits Van Ik ranch.
Arrangements for the Red Cross benefit dinner on May 8 will be outlined and other important matters discussed at a Red Cross ladies meeting at city hall tonight at 7 30 p m. The group also announces arrangements to assist in disposing of machines and equipment now in the city hall.
On Monday May 3 at 7 p.m. a vote will be taken on the 8 mill special tax levy for the district at the high school annual meeting. The increase of 4.5 mills is to meet higher school expenditures including teachers salaries, district clerk Roy A. Mason says. One school board trustee will be elected.
Laura A. Hanks advertises leasing the McMinn Ranch for the lambing season of 1920. The meadow and the school section with the dip are omitted. Lease price is $600, payable in advance at Kemmerer Livings bank.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a cure for catarrh by acting through the blood and mucous surfaces. It asserts the product combines tonics and purifiers and credits testimonials to Ay & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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