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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1920
Page
1
Nearly 1000 people attend the Stray Elks dance at Cook's Pavilion in Kammerer. The hall fills as 9 pm starts, with white ribbons for men and bouquets for women. Decorations glow purple and white, clocks show eleven, and Exalted Ruler delivers a toast to absent brothers.
Mrs Mary Monay died Tuesday morning at the family residence in Salt Lake City. She leaves husband William Monay and four children aged 7 to 17. The family is from Kemmerer after relocating from Pittsburg. Funeral will be held at 2 PM Sunday at 1414 Michigan Avenue Salt Lake City.
Partial readable text indicates a death of an infant during a ceremony led by Rev. Father Shillinger at a Weanene event. The fragmentary OCR obscures full details including names and date. Further context is needed to confirm exact event and participants.
Mrs Luther Taylor of near Kelly Wyoming was alone at the ranch with her two month old daughter when she noticed the infant had died without showing illness. The death occurred at Rangh, Jackson district, as the mother rocked the child to sleep, a terrifying premature loss recorded in a remote setting.
Mrs. Wm McGinnis writes from Mooseheart praising the home for needy children, noting 900 students, individual beds, meals, activities from skating to swimming, a 60 member band, an orchestra, dances, church services, and vocational training. A Moose Lodge lecture in Kemmerer explains Mooseheart’s purpose and the order’s growth to over 600 000 members with eight Wyoming lodges.
The High school cafeteria opened yesterday in the basement to serve about 75 pupils at a time. It serves Diamondville Frontier and other points, offering warm noon meals prepared by the home economics class under the instructors.
Investigators say Char Brandt was brought to Kemmerer after being found with stolen livestock at Wm. Brodie ranch. Brandt and Brodie face preliminary charges before Justice J. W. Glasgow in Kemmerer on Saturday.
The Wyoming Public Health Association reports eight times as many living TB cases as deaths in each year of the survey and calls for state hospital beds for all in need. Its programs focus on early detection, patient education to prevent spread, and a Health Crusade in schools to build immunity and reduce childhood tuberculosis.
Mr Myre BE Geer county superintendent of schools leaves on No 18 Monday for Denver Colorado to attend the Interstate Citizens Conference as Wyoming delegate appointed by Governor Carey.
The gym shows strong public interest as it gains popularity. About forty to fifty men currently attend with several more young men in Kemmerer planning to join soon.
More than a thousand fans attended the Lincoln County Strays events, praising Friday night’s bout between Lightweight Champion Mike Yokel Yowel and Art Chester, Idaho champion, at Lyceum hall. Preliminary draws featured Kid Naylin vs Young Roberts and Sam Ross vs Fred Piper in fast four round contests.
Dr. W. C. Cunnington and Mrs. Effie M. Davies married at noon Sunday in Kemmerer in a secret ceremony at the Lot home. Only the bride’s family attended. the couple left for a California honeymoon and will reside in Rock Springs after returning.
The season opener will be played in the high school gym Friday evening with Kemmerer High School. A general admission of 25 cents is charged. Prof Gibbon, in charge, has letters in reward for future games with other high schools and expects several events this winter.
In Los Angeles sixty tenants gifted F W Blanchard a gold watch after learning his long rental reign with no rent increases. The landlord, praised for a stable twenty one year lease on downtown halls and studios, was celebrated at a farewell party as renewal talks concluded.
State Humane Society secretary Eddie Burke spent two days in Kemmerer with sheriff and attorney to assess several local children. He planned to take Edgar Curlew and the 11 year old Matson boy to Cheyenne for foster homes. The 18 year old Carl ow had been staying with J Oakley while his father serves time in the Wyoming penitentiary. The Matson boy’s father cannot care for him due to mine work commitments. Further family checks were ongoing with no action yet.
An advertisement in the Big Piney Examiner announces the Big Piney Building Association will begin a home-building campaign in Green River alley town. Officers listed include Dan B Budd president J C Rutach vice president and R V Newcomb secretary treasurer. Several new residences are expected in Big Piney in coming months and Kemmerer is urged to consider similar blocks.
The Ludian Aid Society of the Methodist church was entertained by Mrs Case and Mex. A brief reading from the Wyoming Orphan Home thanked the members for a $20 Thanksgiving donation. All meetings are discontinued until after the holiday.
The Rebekah Lodge No. 32 elected officers for the next six months on Monday evening. Officers named include Mrs. Alice Beachler Noble Grand, Mrs. Myrtle Williams Vice Grand, Mrs. Rose Aitking Recording Secretary, Mrs. Maud Reddish Financial Secretary, and Mrs. Tubelle Midgley Treasurer. Installation set for the first Monday in January.
Mr. MP Nicholson and her party arrived Monday to take residence in Kemmerer. They had lived in Evanston where Bernice and Evther studied at Whigh school and attended Kemmerer High School briefly.
The wool growers held their annual Kemmerer convention in the district court room. President Noblitt outlined pressing issues in overhead costs and relief measures while Secretary Treasurer Baker reported roughly 1400 dollars spent, split between the Biological Survey and pay resolutions. A correspondence committee led by E. J. Brandley and L. G. Baker was formed to urge Wyoming Utah and Nevada lawmakers to push immediate relief legislation, including an embargo bill anticipated by Senator Smoot.
At Prontier mine the water inflow is about eight hundred gallons per minute. About one hundred forty men are employed including forty laymen. In the last two weeks thirty more have joined from Star Valley and Bear Lake districts. The Wings of Sussy and Sublet are expanding, adding seventy five and ninety five workers respectively.
Two robberies occurred last night. One near Frontier yielded about five dollars in cash. the other at the coal chute saw a pursuer confront the robber but he escaped. Marshal Scott keeps a .22 revolver as Exhibit A. No arrests reported at press time.
Friday evening teachers and about a hundred students attended a farewell party for Professor McDavid of Wish School. Light refreshments were served as the event honored the long time head educator.
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