FIVE YEARS AGO
THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1972
Opening of The 3-C's, a
store featuring cards, gifts
and varieties, will be held
Thursday, April 20.
Two Crook county 4-H
members, Roxanne McCul-
lough and Kevin Moline,
have been selected as ;State
4-H Conservation Camp de-
legates, according to Ste-
phen Gels, chairman of the
Devils Tower Conservation
District. The state 4-H
conservation camp will be
held June 12-17 at the Heart
Six Ranch located near Jack-
8on.
Tom Pridgeon, Sundance
High School graduate, is one
of the eight varsity letter
winners on the Black Hills
State College 1971-72 wrest-
ring team. Pridgeon is a
freshman and was one of two
freshmen on the BHSC
squad which finished fourth
in its conference.
A Sundance youth, Robert
Habeck, 18, escaped serious
injury Sunday night when his
car rolled twice after leaving
State Highway 585 three
miles south of Sundance.
State Highway Patrolman
. Bill Wright said Habeck who
was alone was northbound
when he lost control on a leR
curve and his car skidded off
the left side of the highway.
TEN YEARS AGO
THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1967
A gas fire and explosion at
the Ellis Reynolds ranch 25
miles southwest of Sundance
near Keyhole Reservoir Mar.
30 caused extensive damage
to the house.
However Mr. and Mrs.
Reynolds escaped without
serious injury. Mrs. Rey-
nolds was burned on her
hand and foot and suffered a
bruised leg.
The body of Harold J.
son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Glasby, Sundance.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1962
A district court jury at
Newcastle Sunday, after de-
liberat'mg for nearly nine
'hours, found Sundance
rancher Cecil G. Kleckner,
59 guilty of manslaughter in
the death of 50 - year - old
ranch hand Joseph Turgeon
last September. District
Judge Rodney Guthrie sen-
tenced Kleckner Monday to
10 to 111/2 years in the
Wyoming State Penitentiary
on his manslaughter convic-
tion.
The Crook county commis-
sioners agreed unanimously
March 7 to check the pos-
sibilities of establishing a
county building fund to pro-
vide money for-the county
courthouse.
New officers for 1962 were
elected March 2 by Devils
Tower VFW Post No. 4311
during its regular meeting.
Elected commander of the
pest was DuWayne Pfarr,
who succeeds Duane Hartl.
Coach Harvey Crowe,s
junior high Bullpups copped
second place in the Class B
Division of the sixth annual
junior high basketball tour-
nament sponsored by the
Newcastle Lions Club Friday.
THIRTY.FIVE YEARS AGO
Maurice Classick, who acted
as lookout in 1941 is again
employed. He opened the
lookout cabin April 14 and
will now be on the watch for
fires.
Jesse Janes, Don William-
son, and Bill Bushnell write
that they are now stationed
at Camp Roberts, California.
They are part of the group
who were inducted the first
part of April.
Bertha Kokesh, of Sun-
dance, sophomore in com-
merce at the University of
Wyoming is one of the
students taking a "principal
roll" in the University varie-
ty show to be given this
Saturday in Laramie. One
hundred and four students
will participate and there will
be 16 original songs.
FIFIT YEARS AGO
THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1927
Editor E.H. Warren of the
Spearfish Mail, one of the
leading newspaper men of
the Northwest, died at the
Sister's Hospital at Hot
Springs shortly before mid-
night Tuesday of last week,
after an illness that had
confined him to his room at
the hospital.
The ranch house on what is
known as the Henry Zim-
merschi.ed place on Cabin
creek a few miles west of
Carlile, was totally destroyed
by fire together with all its
contents. The building was
the property of Fred Sch-
loredt of Sundance, but was
occupied by Buck Lipe and
family.
Insulin, new scientific
drug for the treatment of
diabetes, probably saved the
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1942 life of Raymond, three-year
Two hay stacks caught fire old son of Mr. and Mrs. C.D.
Tuesday morning at the Effie Glaudo of Aladdin, Wyo.
Patt'msen ranch just east of Raymond was taken to the
Sundance causing damagehospital at Hot Springs about
estimated at about $I00. The two weeks ago. He had been
fire resulted from burning in a coma for hours, due to
weeds near the stacks, diabetes, and his color and
Due to the unusual Rot,other conditions indicated
dry weather and a high fire approaching death. Doctors
hazard in the dry grass, the at once used insulin. In-less
forest service has opened the than 12 hours, Raymond was
Warren Peak Lookout station conscious and has been
Hansen 66, Sundance, was a month earlier than usual, steadily improving ever
found about 3 p.m. April 5
slightly under a mile south of
the house on Sugar Loaf
Ranch just northeast of Sun-
dance. He apparently died of
carbon monoxide poisoning.
Two Sundance high school
students, Connie Carr, clar-
inet, and Marjorie Ferrell,
vocalist, have been selected
to participate in the all-state
band and chorus at Powell
April 14 and 15. This is the
second year the two girls
have been selected for the
honor.
The first Edwin Lighter
scholarship at South Dakota
School of Mines and Tech-
nology, Rapid City, has been
awarded to Don Matthesen,
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EIGHTY YEARS AGO
WED., APRIL 14, 189T " "
A race between Del
Storm's stallion and one of
J.L. Propst's matched bays
took place in the city yester-
day, in which the latter
demonstrated that she was
quite the superior in speed.
Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey
expect to go to Newcastle
shortly and embark in the
photograph business. They
have the best wishes of a
host of friends in this com-
munity for their success.
Dave Fakler, formerly of
Crook county, but later of
Weston, is now a justice of
the Peace at Newcastle.
Since he left here Dave has
also been admitted to the bar
and is a very successful
lawyer.
About thirty citizens of
Balmotal filed a petition with
the county commissioners for
authority to incorporate as a
village. The petition was
granted, and Tuesday, April
APRIL 14, 1977 THE SUNDANCE TIMES
20, was named when an
election shall take place to
vote on the proposition and
to elect officers.
DISMISSED
April 5 - Maude
Florence Hutchins.
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April 10 - Lorey Anderson
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