"INventy-four-year- old Everett
was found dead in his cab-
at the Ensign court in Moor-
ft last Thursday morning. He
l ,been trucking the last few
sks and discovery of his body
Be only when he failed to meet
appointment to haul shoes:
I~hich had been previously c n-
i! ted. .
who .w him Wednesday
~k~alled he had said that he was
~ot feeling so well .but he had
~iOt thought it anything serious.
[~. Clare~bach, who was called
~Pon discovery of his body, pl-o-
~nDced his death due to a heart
~ttack. It was thought death sc-
arred about 11 o'clock Wedne~-
ky night.
His wife, the former Valoris
/ahsen, was on her way to Wash-
lngton to visit her parents and a
brother who was to be home on
hlrlough when the fatal attack
~0ecured.
Funeral services were held
from the Methodist church in
8unda~tce Monday afternoon for
the youth, who had lived most
Of his life at Farrall and Sun-
dance. Ray. Burton of Hulett
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N RINE
Barbara Dennis, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Dennis of the
Little Missouri country, became
the bride of Lester Burleson, son
of Mrs. Ralph Holmes of Gillette,
in a ceremony Performed at Har-
dkn, Montana on Tuesday, Nov.
17. Mr. and Mrs. William Davis
of Sheridan accompanied them to
~iHardln.
Mrs. Burleson is a former stud-
ent of Sundance high school and
the groom is a graduate of Gil-
lette schools. He is -at present
sPending a 30-day furlough in
'Gillette after having served in
the Southwest Pacific for an ex-
tended period with the Marine
Corps.
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ESTATE TRANSFERS
Transfers of real estate as re-
corded in the office of the county
clerk this past week include the
following:
Meryl Taylor to Joseph C.
Durfee, Jesse E. Driskill to Kath-
lean D. Christensen, Bear Lodge
Cattle Co., to Kathleen D. Chris-
tensen, Bear Lodge Cattle Co. t~
Jesse L. Drtskill and two from
Bear Lodge Cattle Co. to William
C. Driskill.
George E. Jolley recorded one
location notice.
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Reports on four of the six com-
~mnnlty elections being held by
:~the Triple A in the county last
week and this week have been
received. These are for Rocky
Point, Moorcroft, Hulett and Sun-
~lanee; Aladdin and Beulah elec-
tions, which were Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week, have not
yet been reported.
i Those selected by the various
~.eommuntties are herewith listed
In this order--Delegate and
~zpan, Alternate Delegate and
Tics-chairman, Regular member,
ARernate and Second Ale
~te:
~NDA~CE---J. H. Lincoln,
Walter B. Yore, Hedry Lincoln,
Win. Oudin, H. D. Myers.
MOORCROI~---Jas. D. Where,
'~naxd Anderson, A. C. Hockett,
/~L J. Macy, James H. Altaffer.
ROCKY POINT--John Berger,
~ncis J. Brislawn, Everett
Woods, Del Evans, Chas. Williams.
: HUI~TT----C. I. Shaul, Wm. E.
White, Bill C. Bush, Frank Prov-
er, F. Ownt r.
Duo to bad roads these meet-
Leontinued on Pap)
SIXTH WAR LOAN
DRIVE REPORT
Sales up through Wednesday
morning as reported by the Sun-
dance State Bank and the Sun-
dance post office are credited as
follows :
Sundance --.$ 13,106.25
Huiet~ 2,143.75
Beulah 750.00
Moorcroft 206.25
Alzada 150.00
Carlile 150.00
Upton 150.00
Aladdin 112.50
$16,768.75
TOTAL Goal for Crook
County __ ~$125,000.00
Moor ro
Married at Broadus
Official Paper for Crook County, City of Sundance, U.S. Land Office
Published Thursdays In The Black Hills of Wyoming
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THE CROOK COUNTY NEWS
Basket Ball Play ' ' Home After 15 •
Opens December I !1 Used Fat Need / Months Tra.nsport
Beginning wltl~ a game ached- / Ur ~ent | Duty In Pacific
uled Friday, December I, at Spear- :|P l
fish, the Sundance high school ¢ ....... ~ During his 15 months of duty
b~etb~ll season will be in full In the South and Central Paciflo
~°~ ~ . ~ . Shipments of used kitchen fats ~o,,toi- E~w~,, n ~,~ ~m,,,~
swing; six games have seen Scned- throughout the nation, including wlo l; now home o;~l'eave'_~a";
uled to date for the month of De- i Wyomlng, have fallen off serious- transports in to 41 of the island~.
Jim Etheridge and Ellen Bear,
both of Moorcroft, were united
in marriage Thursday, November
16, at Broadus, Montana. Betty
Bear, sister of the bride and
Johnny Noonan of Moorcroft ac-
companied them to Broadus where
they witnessed the ceremony.
The bride, who is a senior in
high school at Moorcroft this
year, is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Bear.
Jim is the son of Kelley Eth-
ridge of Moorcroft. He attended
Moorcroft schools up until last
spring and has been employed at
Biggs garage the past few
months. The young couple are
moving soon to Sheridan where
he has employment.
William Kokesh
Dies at Spearfish
William Kokesh, 61, brother of
Hugh and Frank Kokesh of Sun-
dance, died last Sunday morning,
Nov. 12 at Spearfish having ap-
parently suffered a heart attack
while asleep.
Fnneral services were held at
the McColley funeral parlorS ~at-
urday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock
~by the Rev. Robert H. Wagner.
Burial was made at the Beulah
cemetery.
An ex-service man, Mr. Kokesh
was born in Sturgis and had spent
most of the past ten years in the
Spearfish vicinity
Surviving him in addition to
the two brother living here are
his mother, Mrs. Mary Kokesh of
Spearfish, and another brother,
Ed Kokesh of Denver.
OFFICIAL VOTE
TABULATION BEING
MADE WEDNESDAY
Since the official tabulation of
the votes in Crook county was not
made until today (Wednesday)
the Times will not be able to
print the official results until the
dext weeks issue.
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS .
BAZAAR SET FOR.
THURSDAY, DEC. 7
The Women's Society of the
Sundance M~thodist church an-
nounce that they will hold their
annual Christmas Bazaar and
bake sale December 7. The sale
opens at 2 PM and is to be held at
the home of Mrs. William Blake-
maD,"
cember while several open dates
remain to be filled.
Four regulars from last year
are returning to this years team~
Carl Relmer, Jay Durfee, Kenny
Dudrey and Dick Durfee. Leonard
Fall and Bobby Donaldson are
leading contenders for the re-
maining placeon the regular line-
up. Others who will play this
year are Robert Fraser, Jack Mol-
[lenbrink, Eugene Bannister, El-
!don Roadifer, Earl Grey, Walter
Hauber, Francis Wells and Bill
Hack.
Tri.County Tourney to
Be Held at Mooreroft
Moorcroft has been selected as
the host for the Tri-county tour-
i ney held each year at the begin-
ning of the ,basketball season. De-
eember 8 is the date set for the
i tournament which is always a
pace-setter for the teams of Wes-
ton, Campbell and Crook county.
Other games scheduled for the
Bulldogs are as follows~ (games
followed by a question mark have
not been definitely set as yet):
Dec. 12---Belle Fourche, there.
Dec. 15---Lead, there.
Dec. 21---Northern Black Hills
tourney at Lead.
Dee. ~3--~lenroek, be]re.
Jbn. 5---Rozet, there.
Jan. 10---Casper, there.
Jan. ll---Midwest, there.
Jan. 12----Lusk, there?
Jan. 16--Upton, there.
Jan. 19--Deadwood, here.
Jan. 20---Buffalo, here?
Jan. 26---Sturgis, there.
Jan. 30--Newcastle, here.
Feb. 9---~hertdan, there.
Feb. 10---Buffalo, there.
Feb. 13--Gillette, here?
Feb. 16--Newcastle, there.
Feb. 20--Roast, here.
Feb. 23--Upton, here.
In addition to the above sched-
ule, two games will be scheduled
with Hulett and Moorcroft, and
games with Gillette (here) and
Deadwood (there~ are to be ar-
ranged.~
LIONS CHANGE ] EETING
TIME TO EVENING
Next meeting o~f the Sundance
Lions club will be held at '6:45
Monday evening, December 4, it
Families and friends of newly
captured American prisoners of
war in Germany can write to
them immediately upon notifica-
tion of their imprisonment, Mrs.
Russell Twtford, chairman of the
Crook county Red Cross chapter
recently announced.
Under a new plan announced
,by the Army Provost Marshal Gen-
eral, mail will now be forwarded
through the International Red
Cross in Switzerland, he said.
Previously, mail could not be ac-
cepted ~y the post office for pris-
~oners until their permanent pris-
on camp addrea~es were received.
This usually was two or three
mon4hs after the not~ieaUon of
capture.
Letters can now be sent as soon
as a man Is reported prisoner, it
is stated, provided that they con-
tain the full name and address of
the prisoner identifying him as
a United States prisoner of war in
Germany and are sent in care of
the International Red Cross Di-
rectory Service, Geneva, ~witzer-
laud.
Packages cannot be sent until
notification of the prisoner's per-
manent location is received, she
said. Official prisoners of war
package mailing labels will then
be supplied by the Provo~t Mar-
shall's office allowing one par-
cel tO be sent every two months.
ly, reports the state salvage com-
mittee. This fat shortage is crtt-
ical for not only is it needed to
create munitions to carry the
fight to our enemies but also is
necessary to the manufacture of
some of the medicines used to
treat our wounded.
How about it, women of Crook
county. Let's save every drop
of used kitchen fats to BlUeST
THE SONS OF HEAVEN ALL TO
H ............... !!!
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SPEARFISH NAN
IS BEING HELl) ON
FEDERAL CHARGF
Joe Baugus, SPearfish, was ar-
rested Monday by Deputy U. S.
Marshall Tom Slattery, Rapid
City, and arraigned later in the
day before U. S. Commissioner
George H. Wolfe on charges of
violation of the Dyer act. Bonds
were set at $2,500 and pending
postin,g of bonds, Baug, us was con.
fined in the Lawrence county Jail.
Baugns was specifically charg-
ed with purchasing a stolen car
and knowing it to be stolen, of-
fleers said.
Baugus was released from cus-
tody late Monday night after he
furnished bonds, officers said.
Not-Requiredl
I to Make Declaration
of Income Dec, 15th
Contrary to accepted belief,
farmers do not necessarily have
to make a declaration of estimat-
ed income tax on or before De-
cember ~5 of this year, says Aug-
ust Borino, U. S. Deputy Collect-
or, who Is in Sunnance this
week. Under the new 1944 law
he may wait until the following
January 15, 1945. As before, how-
ever, there is nothing to prevent
a farmer from filing a declar-
ation sooner if he wishes to make
current payments toward the fin-
al tax, explains the collector.
Since the new law permits a
final return filed on or before
January 15 to take the place of
a declaration otherwise required
on that date, persons who quali-
fy as a farmer (defined as indi-
viduals whose estimated income
from farming for the taxable year
was at least 80 percent of tl~elr
total estimated gross income from
all sources for the taxable year)
will be relieved of all estimating
requirementsby filing their final
return on or by Januhrdluaoihrdl
return on or before Jgnuary 15
Instead of March 15.
Calender of
Events
DECEMB[R 4
Lior~ meet at 6"A5 p. m. at Elk Horl
O£C£M~£R 5
Auxiliary meets at home of Mrs. Framk
Johnstone---8 p. -.
D[C[IIB[I; ,7
v/e~,en SecJety e~m~r ~d kake sl~
2:00 ia m.--W. H. Bhlkmsu homo.
His group followed closely everY
invasion in that area from New
Caledonia 'to Palau.
Ted piled up 1700 hours of com-
bat flying during his service with
the Marine Corps, "SCAT", the
South-Pweific Combat Air Trans-
port, whose pilots fly in supplies,
men and ammunition and .bring
out wounded durihg the lures-
lens. He admits they were "shot
at some" but on the wl~ole thinks
his lfne of duty was "pretty good'"
and found most interesting his
acquaintance with new sights and
people--many of the natives are
fine, friendly people whose more
to 16 size, and other things too
Food most of the time was ad-
equate with the exception of ear-
ly days in the campaigns when
perhaps they Just didn't eat, Ted
said. "If I go across again, I'm
going tO have them send me
things like pickles and olivm---
I didn't realize how hungry I was
for the little luxuries like that
until I got ,back home,' he said
when asked what other bays "out
there" might want. Some of the
men got cookies from home but
they weren't much good by the
time they arrived. "I didn't know'
there was a cigarette shortage
until I got home---I'm stfl]~ smok-
ing some I brought home with
me." He thinks n~ost of the men
out there will :be able to get all
of that sort of thing they want
unless it is the men on New
Guinea.
When Ted first went on duty
tn the South Pac|flc he went to
New Caledonia, then through the
Soiomons campaign, Bougainvtlle
and all along the invasion route;
then when action moved into the
Central Pacific hls group went
along to Guam, through the Mar-
lanes and across to Palau, his, last
station, hitting Just about every
point of action in tho~e ~brea~.
Ted's mighty proud to be a par~
of the famed SCATS organization.
While in the transport service
Ted was able to keep quite close
track of his brother. Don, who is
in' the navy, up until the begin-
ning of the current Philippine in-
vasion in which Den's ship has
been participating. Somehow he
never managed to make connec-
tion, however. He never did see~
any of the fellows from home eith-
er.
Just four days from the time
he left his last station, Ted was
'back in the states, having made
the trip home by air with the
Marine "GnaCs."
Ted and his wife ant starer
Helen arrived home Friday---4a
time for the last days of the
hunting season---he was success-
ful in bringing down a fine buck
while the family spent a ~ew days
at the Rounds cabin ~fi ~nd
creek. Helen will ~pend the re-
mainder of the week hem before
returning to Cheyenne; Ted and
hie wif will be here about two
weeks. He will then report to
El Centre, California where he
hopes to get four-engine t!me;
"he has ,been flying two.mbtor
transports. He expects to be sta-
tioned In the states for ~u{ five
months before being returned to
combat zone as that is the sched-
ule being followed by the Marine
air wll~g.
Mrs. Aleha Edwards o~ Mun-
dance, wu admitted to the Dead-
wood hospital Nov., 13 for surge~.
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