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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1920
Page
5
Orders list items for winter produce including potatoes, crab apples, grapes, and related cords or bundles. Market notes reveal limited Laut chance availability and emphasis on seasonal selections for the coming delivery window.
Local items include Alex Price and William Todd delivering beef to Omaha from Opal last Monday, and T Clinton departing for Idaho. Reports cover repairs, travels, church events, hospital stays, births, and public notices with names like Mike Naylin, Ed Barrett, J R Marquis, and Oliver Jensen among others. road conditions and school changes noted amid community updates and ads.
The Indies of the Altar Society are hosted by J F Pitepatrick and Mia at the Commercial site this afternoon. High school attendance rises. Three new ardents named John Curle Rene Jadot and Robert Cameron join the pant hel. Chicken pox spreads among Kemmerer children but no cases are serious. Pat Quealy recovers after illness. Mr L Shinsky of Fontenelle arrives as a witness in the Steve Lasich murder trial with his daughter visiting friends during the proceedings.
The St. Margaret's Guild plans a large annual bazaar in Kemmerer with food clothing and handiwork for sale in the Guild Hall on Wednesday afternoon December 1. Mrs. R. A. Hocker will host a Guild Hall entertainment on Saturday afternoon December 27.
Notices invite residents to join a carpentry and cabinet making course taught by Mr. R. W. Roberts. Sessions run Monday and Friday evenings and will continue as long as interest remains. Several Kemmerer residents are already taking part.
Word reached last night that Mrs. Charles F. Budd of Marbleton is in a very critical state. She had been ill about ten days and worsened last Friday. Dr. C. D. Stafford and his wife went to Marbleton, and the next day Dr. Sellen, Mrs. Budd’s brother, arrived from the East. Both physicians have attended her for several days, but hopes for recovery remain.
The Kem merer Post American Legion held an online annual meeting to elect officers for the coming year. Arthur Calverley was chosen Post Commander, Paul Acton Adjutant, and Win Chamberlain treasurer, with Sam Ross Paul Nott and Fred Jones as the executive committee. The post seeks to boost membership and engage ex-service members under the Legion’s goals.
Under the direction of Prof Robertson a gym class for Kemmerer men has formed at the high school. The first meeting lasted two hours with volleyball training. By Tuesday night about 30 men attended and regular sessions are planned Sundays afternoons and Tuesdays and Thursdays evenings. A ladies class is being considered.
A fire last Monday damaged the Frontier school boiler house roof but was quickly contained by the volunteer brigade. The blaze, likely sparked by the smoke stack, caused about twenty five dollars in damage. It Is a Bilious Attack, Take three of Chamberlains Tablets and a quick recovery is certain.
Ezya Childs, long engaged in farming at Irview in Star Valley, arrived in Kemmerer a few days ago and will spend the winter working in one of the local establishments.
In a dramatic naval bout aboard the U S S Arizona in New York harbor, B H Hillard of the Utah defeats S Castelucci of the Nevada in the fourth round to claim the lightweight title. Hillard, a Buffalo native who enlisted in 2019, dominates with powerful body blows and a decisive knockout.
Mr. Childs notes the season has been unprofitable for valley farmers and predicts about forty will work outside the valley during winter. Former Kemmerer Coal company employee, he has many local friends.
Repair work at St Patrick’s Church not finished so no services in Kemmerer next Sunday. Efforts to hold services Sunday November 28 at 10 am. Next Sunday Mass at Sublet at 11 o’clock.
Sunday school at 10 30 Sacrament meeting 2 p m Relief society Tuesday 2 p m M I A Tuesday 7 30 p m Religion class children Wednesday 4 p m Primary for children Friday 4 p m
St James Church invites the general public to attend Sunday services at 11 a.m. with Sunday school at 10 a.m. Holy communion is held on the first Sunday of each month. Rev. M. B. Nash serves as rector and promises inspiring music and a vital sermon.
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