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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1921
Page
8
A town meeting reviewed taxi parking rules, lease options for the old city hall, and a move to keep using the court room. The Legion declined renovation offers, while Adams seeks space. lights near Angelo Molina’s area and sidewalk cleanups were approved, and cemetery road maintenance was discussed amid winter conditions.
Preparations for the Elks Ball under Lily move rapidly at Cook's Pavilion. The hall will feature red and white lodge colors and many Elk heads. Securing enough heads has been resolved, and the pavilion is expected to be crowded with visitors from surrounding towns for the event.
Attorney and City Clerk N. E. Reynolds left for Cheyenne to attend the Forty-first reunion of the Wyoming Consistory of the Scottish Rite. The gathering is among the largest in the state with at least 104 in the class to receive advanced degrees. Reynolds will visit his son, Marshal Reynolds, the internal revenue collector, during the stay.
Reports say Kemmerer Coal Co will boost mine production at Mine No 1 Frontier with three new shafts and three new entries plus a night shift at the tipple. The firm expects a marked rise in output as demand for Kemmerer coal remains strong.
Geneva Shipley of Big Piney was found unconscious on a Big Piney road by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beck. They learned she had been thrown from a horse while returning from school with her brother. She was nearly recovered from the delirium.
The Auxiliary of the American Legion met in the auditorium of the Welsehood First to discuss forming the Tova organization and to arrange for securing a charter. They plan to apply for a charter this month and expect a large turnout. State headquarters list seventeen chapters with Cheyenne and Kemmerer organizing, aiming for nineteen chapters and a state-wide meeting to unify the groups.
The report outlines testimony from Graham Oyler McGee and Bergen about a moving day altercation over sheep on Graham land. Graham claims no gun threat was made while witnesses depict tense exchange and a gun carried for defense. verdict pending appeal process continuation.
Sam Berenson, foreman of the Mickelson ranch in the Upper County, departed last Thursday for Denmark to spend a month with his parents and return in eighteen months.
A Knights of Columbus initiation in Rock Springs drew 130 participants, with a banquet in the Bennhofer Hotel Cafe and a street parade led by the Rock Springs band. Notable attendees included M. W. Purcell and A. Colle of Casper, with visitors from Cheyenne and Rawlins. the local group has grown to over 70 members in under a month.
Suniees led by Teeraeenatan were announced with set officers including Frank Killen as Outer Guard, William Short as Lecturer, Pitzpatrick as Financial Secretary, J. F. McNamara Recording Secretary, M. Kavanaugh, J. Quealy, and W. J. Sammon as doxoph, and G. J. W. Sammon as Advocate.
Mr and Mrs John Quealy of Elk Mountain visited here during the past week with Mr and Mrs Mee They returned to their home in the late part of the week.
The Rock Springs Rocket announces it will discard patent insides beginning with the current issue, aligning with other Western weeklies to avoid low value material. Editors in the region praise the move as a step to serve readers with better content and press forward on the paper’s fifteenth birthday.
The American Legion met at City Hall on Monday to plan Education Week activities. Frank Traylor chaired the meeting with William Chagaberaln HH Moyer C Howden George Easton and John Matthews named to liaison with the Lambs club on education. A gift of 14 was discussed to create a special fund for a Legion club house with Acton Kamierer and Howden appointed to secure bank records for interest.
The Moore ladies announce a Christmas bazaar to be held December 17 at M. and M. Confectionery. They plan a large variety of Christmas goods at low prices, offering shoppers a chance to buy season gifts locally.
O. J. Mills staged a well attended exhibition at the Combination Pool Hall Sunday night. About 150 people watched as he performed finger billiard, pocket billiards, Chinese pool and other shots. A 100 cc pocket pool match between Mille and local Tanake was won by Tanake by a small margin.
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