Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
75 Years Ago, September 2, 1948: The mobile X-ray unit of the Wyoming Department of Public Health will be in Sundance on Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. Scorsone, who works with the X-ray unit, said that the primary objective was the detecting of tuberculosis but that examination of the X-Rays were made also for other chest ailments such as heart trouble.
100 Years Ago
September 6, 1923
A friend of the Times writes the following account of an occurrence in the western hay fields: "While working the hay four miles west of Carlile, Hazel McDaniel and Wain Meglemre found one of the largest tarantulas ever seen in this section. The spider was quiet until they drew up to examine it, then it jumped and both had a narrow escape from being bitten. It was killed and is now in the possession of Wain Meglemre." The tarantula is a poisonous spider from the tropics, and if one is found in this latitude tit is undoubtedly imported with fruit.
By referring to your almanac, you will find that a total eclipse of the sun is scheduled to take place on September 10. This will be the first total eclipse in many years and while we have heard our parents tell of such happenings, it has never yet been our privilege to see one. Be sure and be awake all day on the 10th. You may think it's time to go to bed along in the afternoon, but don't fool yourself, the clock won't be playing tricks on you.
50 Years Ago
August 30, 1973
Gayle Mathews was named all-around cowgirl and Kevin Cox all-around cowboy during the annual Crook County Rodeo held at the rodeo arena in Sundance.
Crook County Democrats elected delegates and alternates to attend the special Democratic state convention. Elected delegates were Mrs. Caroline Barton and Harold Scheldorf, Sundance, and Frank Proctor, Carlile. Alternate delegates are Meritt Barton, Clara Lee Vore and Robert E. Vore, Sundance.
The Wyoming Highway Commission agreed to sell the city of Sundance an additional 40 acres of land to be used for sanitary landfill and sewage lagoon purposes. Selling price was $65 an acre, the same price charged the city when it bought its current landfill site from the highway department.
