MARIE BAKER
PEGGY DURFEE
CHRISTINE STOLTZ
SUSAN SPEIDEL
GRACE FARNSWORTH
DONNA SCHURICHT
THE CROOK COUNTY NEWS
WYOMING 82729
Official Newspaper for Crook County,
City of Sundance and U. S. Land Office
DEER CAPITAL TEN CENTS
WORLJD PER COPY
Seventy-second Year No. 19
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1970
Miss Crook County for 1970 will be crowned here Saturday
night when the Miss Crook County Scholarship Pageant is held.
Six girls are competing for the title in the event sponsored by the
Sundance Jaycees.
The pageant ~inner will sue-
teed Mary Ann Ford and will be-
came eli,gible to enter the state
pagean,t.
This year's event will be held
in Che Sundanee high school1 gym.
nasitm~ ,starting a¢ 8 ,p.m. Dick
Smith, Sundance, ~vil.1 be master
of ceremonies.
This year's candid,ates and their
sponsors .are:
Christine Stoltz, Beulah, Make
and Bake Club; iMarie Baker,
Oshoto, .Hulett ~ebekah Lodge
No. 34; Susa,n Speidel, Sundance,
Xi Mu c.ha,pter, ,Beta Sigma Phi
sorority; Grace ~arns.worth, Moor-
.crv/.t, Prairie Pals 4-H Club; ,Peg-
gy Durfee, Sundance, Xi Theta
chapter, Beta Sigma Phi; and
Donna Schuricht, ~Ioorcro~t,
Moorcroft .Farm Bureau.
A guest at the 'pageant will be
Sandr~ Grim, Miss Wyoming for
1969. Other guesCs will include
Mary Ann Ford, ~Iiss Crook
County for 1969; and Josie Vote,
Miss Crook Co.unty/.or 1968. Both
Miss Grim and Miss Voxe will
sing as will Dave Paden, BRSC
student.
Dime Horses
BarSold May4
Sa,le of the Dime tIorseshoe
Bar in Sundance to Gary Jensen,
Sundan¢e, was announced this
week .by ,Marvin ('Pug) Jones. Ef-
fective date o.f the .transaction
was .May 4.
Jones had purchased the bar
in August 1960 g.rom W. L.
(Swede) Nussbaum.
Judges for the pa.gea~nt will be
Kenneth C. N.aramore, GHlette,
president, Stocl~me.Ws Bank; Tam
Nelson, Spearfish, BftSC j.ournal-
ism instructor; Cal Whitaker,
Newcastle, high school ,business
teaCher; Carol Whitaker, New-
castle; and Mrs. Marcia ~Ienry,
Newcastle.
There will .be no advance ~icket
sale ~or the "pageant 'with all
tickets ,being sold at the doo~.
,Mrs. ,Barbara Reilly, charm
co.m,mittee ,chairman, said re-
hearsal's will be held at 6:30 p.m.
Friday and at 10 .a.m. Sa~turday
in the gymnasium.
County Officers
To Close Monday
For Arbor Day
If you're planning on plantir~g
a :tree, Monday would be a good
day to do it - because ,Monday
has been praclaimed as Arbor
Day by ,the governor.
The day is a le,ga.1 h~>liday in
the state and offi,ce.s in the coun-
ty courbhouse .w~ll be closed that
day.
Commercial Club
Will Meet Friday
Regular meetin,g of the Sun-
dance Com,mercial Club will be
held Friday night ,at the Aro
Care. The club's dinner meetirrg
will open a,t 6:30 p.m.
, i
I ~, ~e~ greened, the leavesAnshow, ,local residents were
• .1~ • tL. sun sh~ne, th.e breeze enjoying the ~varm meather
l~t~, atl cavae to ,pass inw~.ich sent .the item'perature zoam-
I,'~g ~..yw ~lays as E~e first real ing over the 70 mark. The mer-
macY ther thi,s :tear came to
|'1~,~ ~ty ~ry climbed ,to 71 Monday.
:|"~ ~'L~I~ ~,mtld predict how long Warm weather imoved into the
area Saturday ¢~Ll~.wi.ng a week
f~ ~ s~t ~but a beut every-of miserab,le weather ~n which
~k~l/~k~eping a sharp eFe che high temperature readings
~'~ a~ a ~ay snowstorm. Or were .in the 30's and 40's.
WStovm ,such as occur-
"L -" Year. IMoisture was light during the
week and voasi:sted mo.stly ~f
[~ brief snow showers. M,oisture for
- Girls the week totaled .17 o,f .an inch.
The readin,gs:
lasses Max. Min. Prec.
rk~f April 28 ........... 49 3~i .10
Cookery
~'pril 29 ............ 39 25 .06
'~e . April 30 .............. 44 23 0
~H~bt~ ~t~°.~ratc$ II. irls at May 1 .................. 46 26 .01
; ~ ll* g
~_~ ~.. ~h school reeen¢ly May 2 .................. 62 28 0
~, ~es ~f classes on beef May 3 .................. {}8 26 0
|~ty t,*t'onsored ,by the Crook May 4 ................ 71 38 0
E~ ~l'~belles Hi h int o~
|~r~,t the preparing o~ a Highway Accident
,'_~an'a Allen, ~ome eco~
' ~rl~er, said ~e girls noi Cost in County
~l~ Lt~t to prepm'e a roast
"[ ,ttff to make of am/ Totals
$88,000
|, 'nlSsloners
1 1111
~ ~i;.~ named three seleet-
[~ f;~ ~ make ,ecom~enda-
I~£~ en~l health lx>ard
'J~'~. '~re ~ Kummerfeld,
~.~' #erry 'Ista, ~ulett; a~d
IbL2*tl , SUndance. Reeo -
~I~'~"~_~ ~'ll ,be made ,to the
th isrI sioners ,w o in
JT ~ ra~e the appoin4~nents.
Cost of highway accidents in
Crook county in the [~i~st three
months of 1970 was $88,000, ac-
cording :to f~gures compiled by
the Wyaming Highway Depart-
ment and the G~vemor's Office
of IIiShwa~, Sa~et~'.
The county (igm'es m'e ~r~ken
down like ¢hi's: one fatality -
$37,000; 1'5 injuTies - $33,000; and
51 property damage accidents -
$18,000.
~t~tewide, the total a~cldent
cost is $5,251,000 compared to
$4,801,000 same period
in 19~9.
Sundance high school athletes were hon-
ored Monday night during the annual letter-
men's recognition banquet. Presentation of
special awards and letters in football, basket-
ball, wrestling, track and cheerleading were
made by coaches Dennis Talich and Bob Beau-
doin and Mrs. Jean Lakner, cheerleader adviser.
Shown above are the recipients of special
awards during the banquet. From left to right
are Coach Dennis Talich, football and wrestling
coach who is leaving and who was honored
for his football and wrestling championships;
John Tenke, most tackles in a football season
(actually based on the last two seasons since
he was tied with Jim Viergetz last season1; Jim
Viergetz, most valuable football lineman; Tom
Pridgeon, most valuable wrestler; Alan Harper,
most valuable basketball player; Ed Lee, most
improved basketball player; and Gary Roadif-
er, athlete of the year, most valuable football
back and most improved wrestler. Not shown
is Champ Steele, who scored the fastest pin in
last season's dual wrestling meets.
Reviewing the past were Gena Orr, head
cheerleader; Ed Lee, football; Dan Hooper, bas-
ketball; Perry Livingston, wrestling; and Alan
Harper, track.
Paying tribute to Talich for his achieve-
ments were junior high coach Earl Gray and
Bob Lake, a former SHS athlete. Gary Roadif-
er made the award presentation to Talich.
Master of ceremonies for the banquet was
high school principal Delbert Harbaugh. Dinner
music was played by Cindy Bernd. The ban-
quet was prepared by Mrs. Ira Sherrard and
Mrs. Honey Hooper and served by members
of the Pep Club.
