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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1916
Page
8
Miss Anna Anderson of Rock Springs visits with Miss JLi lian Crone while Miss Mary Roddy resumes duties as postmistress and visits family. Mrs. Dave Davidson suffers appendicitis, C. B. Beach is ill, Turner moves to new office space, and locals join bridge club gatherings. John Roberts and Matthews depart with hunting party supplies. two men plan trips to Fall River basin.
Described as one of the most pitiful cases, George Rivers a colored man who arrived Sunday and spent the night in the city jail as he had nowhere else to go. Former railroad waiter who lost both legs two years ago after an accident, Rivers drifted until local authorities bought him a ticket to Montpelier on Monday where he hoped to find work.
Walter Hanks and J Hays of Rock Springs visited the McMinn ranch at Fossil last week. The ranch was purchased several weeks ago by Walter Hanks for several thousand dollars. The Rock Springs visitors returned home Sunday after a several hour stop in Kemmerer.
A reception hosted by Mr and Mrs J Kealy honored Mrs J L Kem suerer of New York City and Mrs Redmond Stevens of Chicago with over a hundred guests. The Quealy residence displayed pink and green decor with poppies gladioli and potted plants while Dorothy Pfeiffer acted as usher. Vocal solos by Mrs George Rose and Miss Edna Kohn fed the entertainment as the honor guests departed for Salt Lake City area activities.
A bustling Kemmerer page lists visitors from Rock Springs and Denver, local sales and real estate, church events, school teaching plans in Imperial Valley, and road notes from Jackson Hole. Officials and residents attend weddings, hunts, and a Labor Day sermon while merchants advertise repairs and furniture arrives.
The Gordon family expresses deep gratitude for the many favors and the beautiful flowers presented at the funeral of their son and brother, Peter Gordon Jr.
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