CROOK COUNTY TOPS VICTORY BOND QUOTA AS END OF LAST DRIVE NEARS
Credited with 115% of it's
~ictory loan drive, Crook county
is well over. the top a few days
before the official close of the
current drive on Dec. 8. This
county stands in ninth place in
bond sales in the state reports.
Communities in the lead are
Unchanged fl'om those named
last week with Hulctt still far in
the lead and Colony in second
place. Sundance has moved ahead
to third place, paced closely by
Moorcroft.
Two corporation credits were l
also announced this week for the!
county. Although the goal on
the victory loan drive is about
20 per cent less than in previous
campaigns, the Burlington rail-
road is making its usual alloca-
t~ of $10,000 to t~ne county.
The Standard Oil company has
also credited Crook county with
$$,000 in prchases.
Community standings as corn-
]piled from reports of the ~un-
dance ~tate Bank which has sold
$49,138.75 and from the various
~ost office selling points are as
follows:
+ Aladdin ........................... $ 6,806.25
' Alva- ........ ~ ................ 3,787.50
Belle Fourche .......... 187.~0
Beulah .......... 4o857.110
(~olony ............................ ll,zb~.,
~ile ........................... 2,400.00
Devils Tower .............. 3,788.75
Hulett ................................ 24,875.00
Moorcroft ...................... 9,787.25
New I~ven .................. 450.00
OTIS BIGGS DIES
AT MOORCROFT
Funeral services were held at
Moorcroft Monday afternoon for
Otis J. Biggs, well known busi-
ness man, who died suddenly at
his home there on Nov. 30. He
~tnd his son-in-law had just re-
turned late that night from a
trip to Casper and he seemed in
good health ~lt died some time
during the night it was discover-
ed the next morning. He had not
*been well for some time. He was
57 +years of age at the time of his
passing.
Roy. Cornwell of Gillette cop-
ducted the services which were
bald from the Presbyterian church
in Moorcroft. "Face to Face" and
"Beyond the Sunset" were the
hymns sung by Mrs. Rice of Gil-
lette at the church. Interment
m~e at the Moorcroft cem-
etery where Masonic services were
held.
0shoto ............................. 825.00<
Rocky Point .................. 75.00
,Sundance ........................ 9,937.50I
Upton ................................. 525.00
Service Men and
Women .............................. 662.93
$81,263.93
TOTAL SALES to
individuals ...............
Corporation Sales ...... 12,000.00
TOTAL BOND
SALES ........................$93,263.93
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Surplus Property
Office Set Up
For Veterans :7
Denver, Colo.--In order to
make it easier for veterans of
World War II to purchase sur-
plus property, the RFC Office of
Surplus Property, Consumer Goods
division, and the Smaller War
Plants Corporation, Denver, open-
ed a Special Veterans Service
Division. The new office which!
it is hoped will eventually be~
staffed entirely with disabled l
veterans, will coordinate the work
of the two federal .agencies in
clearing veteran's purcha~ ap-i
plics~tions.
Offt~als said the increasing
number of returning veterans
seeking to purchase surplus prop-
erty, plus the rapid expansion of
the Office of Surplus Property as
more and more government prop-
erty is declared surplus, made
necessary the special service div-
ision where veteran's applications
could be handled easily and speed-
ily,
The office will seek to exped-
ite sales to veterans, and seek, in
surplus property stocks, the items
wanted. In the event the items
are not on hand, it will accept
applications, which will be filled
in numerical order as received
when the property does ,become
available.
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SENIOR PLAY
POSTPONED
Because of the illness of one
of the cast, the Senior play "The
Campbells Are Coming," which
was scheduled for next Tuesday
evening, has been canceled. A
tentative date for Dec. 21 has
been set.
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SON BORN TO ETHERIDGES
Pet. a~d Mrs. Jim T. Etherldge
of Moorcroft are the parents of a
san, Ronald Dean, born Friday,
Nov. 23, at the Gillette hospital.
He weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces.
Pallbearers were John Schlatt- x.
~nan, Roy Shoemake, Russell H,
Tw1ford, Guy Klmsey, ++14 H Beeves Bring
Hughes, and W. R. West while .
those serving in an honorary
capacity were C. E. Russell, M.
D" Waymire' J" T" Ve+er' a"lG00d Prices
Kummerfeld, W. L. Davis, .L.H.
P~oblnson, Lee Waddell, George
Slemers, J. D. Shoemake, and B.
Selling at an average price of
H. McCarthy.
Otis Biggs was born in Basco
Ill. on June 14, 1888, the son of
ICrodri,ok and Mary Anuetta Blggs.
The family moved to Schuyler,
Nebr. When he was eleven years
old and here he grew to man-
hood. He came to Gillette, Wyo.
in 1906 and in the following
2YmLr moved to Moorc~roft where
ae has since made his home.
In 1909 he ,~arrled Hazel L.
Reedy to which union three chil-
dren were born; one son, Otis Jr.
imd one daughter, Wilma Briard
preceaed him in death. He is sur-
vived by his wife. and one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ralph W. Pray of Moor-
croft, as well as ais mother and
two brothers.
At the age of 14 he Joined the
Presbyteria~ church at Schuyler,
Nebr. He was also a member of
~ne Knights of l~y~hias and Mas-
onic lodges and was interestec
and took an active part in com-
mul~ity affairs.
Osage ....................... 1,050.00
Calender of
Events
/DECEMBER 6
Election of officers of El~cta
Chapter O. E. S.
D~CEMBER 12
~ndance Lodge No. 9, A.F.&
A.M. elects officers
Predatory Animal Control
meeting here---2 PM at
Court Hou~
DECEMBER 16
8mmy Divide Farm Bureau
mut,
$17.26 the sixteen he~d of beef
an~imals put up at auction by
Crook County 4-H club members
brought good prices at the Belle
Fourche sales ring last Thursday.
A total of $2,830.64 was netted
by the clubsters from the sale.
Donn~belle Nickels(m of Alad-
din topped the selling with her
animal which broght $24.50 per
hundred weight and was purchas-
ed by Dr. Buck of Belle Fourch e.
Second in the sale was one be-
longing to her brother, Darrell
Nickelson, which sold for $19.50.
Barbara Stoddard of Hulett came
in for third money at $18.10
which was paid by Armour Pack-
ing Co.
Before th~ sale the animals
were appraised by packer buyers
who placed tl~m according to
the prices they would ordinar-
ily pay which ra~ged from $13.50
to $16.50 reports L. G. Landers,
county agent. The average price
on fa~ cattle at Omaha and Chi-
cago is now around $17.50 he
said.
Buyers from Crook county in-
cluded the Sundance State Bank,
the Elk Horn Care, Ralph Nickel-
son. L. G. Landers and Claude
Brown. A full list of buyers was
not available, however Jess Guid-
inger a~d the Belle Fourche Live-
stock exchange were among those
buyers from Belle Fourche, Mr.
Landers reported.
Other animals sold by the 4-H
club members brought the fol-
lowing prices: Duane Jensen $17.-
50, Darrell Nickelson $17,..20,
Madeline Rlpley $17.15, Roger
Jensen $17.00, Owen Ripley $16.-
50 and $16.75, Clair Ripley $16.-
25, Harvey Hauber $15.75, Byron
Bush $15.60, Dennis King $16.50,
Diane King $15.00 and Gary Bush
$16.15.
Published Thursdays In the Black Hills of Wyoming:
Official Paper for Crook County, City of Sundance, U.S. Land Office
T Sundance Times
CONTINUING THE CROOK COUNTY NEWS
VOLUME XLIX SUNDANCE, WYOMING, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1945 Number 49
[Fourteen Service Men Reported
Discharged This Past Week
T-5 Oscar W. Conklin of Hulett
was among those homecoming
soldiers from the Pacific area who
received discharges at Fort Doug-
las, Utah Nov. 29. He is now at~
Hulett visiting his wife, the for-I
met Margaret Mahoney. T-5 Conk-
lln served 24 months overseas
with the 127 QM Bkry. Co and is
authorized to wear the Asiatic-
Pacific ribbon, Victory Medal,
Good Condu~t medal and the
American theatre rtbbon as well
as the Philippine-Japan occupa-
tion rtbbon. Prior to entering the
army Ju~e 5, 1942, Oscar worked
at Hulett.
Capt. Robert C. Ilsley, son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Ilsley of New-
castle, was honorably discharged
from military service at the Great
Falls (Mont.) separation center
on Nov. 30, 1945. A graduate of
the University of Wyoming, Capt.
Ilsley was a lawyer prior to his
enlistment in the Army Air For-
He was commissioned on Dec.
17, 1937 and has been on active
duty status since June 9, 1942
Si~ace that time, he has been
stationed at the Air Transport
Command's headquarters in Wash-
ington, D. C. and has been Em-
barkation officer at Great Falls,
Mont. He also served in Alaska
for a time. His wife lives at Miles
City, Mont:
On Nov. 24 T-Sgt. Arlington
R~ger of B~tiah wan discharged
at Ft. Douglas, Utah after .having
served 33 months in the Pacific
area from 24 Jan. '43 to 16 Nov.
'45. Ruger is the holder of the
Bro,nze Star medal as well as the
Presidential Unit Citation, Asia-
tic-Pacific ribbon, Victory medal,
Good Conduct medal and Ameri-
can theatre~ribbon. He was with
the 432 Engr. Boat and Shore
Regt. IESB., while in Now Guinea
and in the Southern Pliilippi~aes.
Ruger entered the army Apr. 3,
1942. He is 37 years of age.
2"-4 Wendell Ellsbury and his
wife are visiting at the home
ranch at Aladdin at present.
Wendell served in the ETO with
the 90th Division and received
his discharge a few weeks ago.
They spent Thanksgiving with
Mrs. Elisbury's parents in Colo-
rado .before coming on home for
a visit. He expects to return to
Denver soon.
Back from Okinawa is Sgt
Eugene Gilford, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Everett GuilfOrd of Sun-
dance. Accompanied by his wife,
a native of San Fra~cisce, he ar-
rived at Upton a week ago Sun-
day. A member of the Marine
Corps which he entered Feb. 21,
Game At Hulett
Scheduled Friday
One pre-tournament game for
the Sundance cagers was announ-
ced this week by Coach Huckins
to be held this Friday, Dec. 7 at
Hulett. A junior-high prelimin-
ary will be played before the
start of the regular meet. Ad-
mission prices for the games this
are 10c, 20c, and 40c in-
cluding tax.
Dec. 14 and 15 are the dates of
the Trt-County tournament to be
played at Newcastle with Gillette
as the Bulldogs first opponent.
A revised schedule of games
was submitted this week by Coach
Huckins as follows:
HOME GAMES
Dec. 19 with Sheridan, Jan. 11
Gillette. Jan. 15 Upton, Jan. 22
Newcastle, Feb. 1 Moorcroft, Feb.
14 Midwest, Feb. 22 Hulett.
OUT OF TOWN GAMES
Dec. 7 at Hulett, Jan. 25 at
Gillette, Feb. 15 at Upton, Feb.15
at Upton, Feb. 19 at Newcastle,
Feb. 26 at Moorcroft, Mar. 2 at
Buffalo, Mar. 1 at Sheridan,
The annual District Tourna-
ment will be March 7-8-9 at Gil-
lette.
1941, Gone was discharged in
Nov. 1945. For wounds received
Aug. 21, 1944, Eugene holds the
Purple Heart. He was in the Pac-
ific area almost 2 years and also
served in Iceland for a time.
He and his wife expect to visit
here for a time and then return
to California after Christmas,
where be plans to take tralhing
under the GI schooling provisions.
Included in the list of dis-
charged men were a large group
from Moorcroft.
S-Sgt. Eldon E. Fitzgerald, who
entered service May 27, 1942 at
Ft. Warren was released Nov. 23,
1945 at Ft. Logan. He served ov-
erseas from Sept. 5, 1942 to Nov.
15, 1945 in Normandy, Northern
France a~d the Rhineland and
has the EAME service medal,
Good Conduct and Victory medals.
Fitzgerald was with the 517th
Port Bn.
Cpl. Henry J. Strong, also of
Moorcroft, was discharged Nov.
27, 1945 at Ft. Logan. His for-
eign service in the Rome-Arno
and Rhineland campaigns was
from July 1, 1944 through Nov.
21, 1945 for which he has the
EAME service medal, Victory,
Good Conduct a~ad American ser-
vice medals. Cpl. Strong entered
the army Sept.. 2, 1942. Now at
Moorcroft he may go to Sheridan
soon.
Another from Moorero~t now
back home is Sgt. Henry N. Gar-
man who was discharged Nov. 20
at Camp Beal, Calif. Henry ser-
ved in the Aleutian area from
Nov. 23, 1942 through Jan. 21,
1945 with the 19616t ~CU (MD)
and has the Asiatic-Pacific cam-
paign medal, Am~wi~an Campaign,
Good Conduct and Victory med-
(Continued on Last Page)
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Predatory Control
Groups to Meet
Next Wednesday, Dec. 12, has
been announced as the date for a
gathering of the Predatory Ani~
real Control district of Crook
county to be held in Sundance at
the court .house at 2 PM.
One director of the group will
be elected at this meeting. Bert
Waddell of Moorcroft is the one
of the five-man board whose term
expires. Some one from that vicin-
ity will be chosen to fill the va-
cancy as it is the intention of the
group to have every part of the
county represented in the policy-
making body. The term of ~)ffice
is for 5 years.
Other board members are Ray
Edsall of Hulett. Ferd Hoffman
of Alzada, J. E. Ackerman of Sun-
dance and Frank Tauck of Beu-
lah.
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)[00RCROFT BREEDER
CONSIGNS BULL TO
SHERIDAN FUTURITY
Among those breeders consign-
ing herefords to the Hereford
Futurity contempt at Sheridan this
spring is Frank R. Stewart of
Moorcroft, 1945 Futurity winner.
He has entered Domino Stanway
91st in the event which-is the
third held in connection with the
annual spring sales there.
The Futurity is open to any
Hereford breeder in the state in
addition to the members of the
Sheridan association. January 15
is the deadline for continuing
bulls in the show.
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PETERSONS HAVE BOY
A .boy, who has been named
Dennis DeRoyce, was .born to Pet.
and Mrs. Calvin D..Peterson o~
Moorcroft on Nov. 24 at the Gil-
lette hospital. He weighed 6
pounds ~ ounces.
Reinecke Heads
New AAA Board
Emerald Reinecke of Beulah is
the new chairma/~ of the County
Triple A board as a result of elec-
tions held here Tuesday afternoozl
attended by delegates from th®
six county groups. Jay HeJde of
Aladdin, former chairman, hat[
previously entered his resigna-
tion.
Other board members salecte~
were Bill Bush of Hulett as vice-
chairman and. J. H. Lincoln of
Sunda~ce as third ,board member.
Selected as first and second al-
ternates were AI Schelldorf of
Sundance and N. H. Thompson o£
Beulah.
ALDEN REYNOLDS
DIES SUDDENLY
Alden Reynolds, 58-year-old
Rocky Point man, died suddenly
at his home Sunday following a
severe attack of the flu. It was
thought his death could be direct-
ly attributed to a bad heart con-
dition.
Funeral services are being held
this Wednesday at 1 PM at Rocky
Point.
Mr. Reynolds is the son of .Mr~
R. O. Partlow of Sundance and &
brother of Harry Reynolds, also
of Sundance. In addition to them
he is survived, by his wife and
seven children, five sons+and two
daughters. Four of the ,boys a~e
grown, Herbert ~aow living at
Gillette, Clark and Ellis near
Rocky Point while Earl is in the
navy stationed in Japan. A dahg.h-
ter, Vera Mac, is stayfllg in Sun-
dance attending high school while
two smaller children, Lucflle ~ud
Vernon are still at .home.
Another brother, Roy, liven.at
Potlatch, Idaho while a a~ter,
Mrs. F, M. K~app makes her
home at Buffalo, Wyo. Roy wired
Monday that he would ,be unable
to come for the services.
BRONCS WIN E~0X .+
SUNDANCE IN
SEASON'S OPENER
By a score of 52-15 the Belie
Fourche Broncs won from the
Sundance Bulldogs a one-sided,
unscheduled game which sorvo~
to give the local team some pra~
tics.
Belle was originally schedulect
to play the Vale team which
forced to cancel its game Satur-
day because of ill,hess and trans-
portation diHiculties.
LICENSE PLATES
NOW ON SALE KEKE
New 1946 license plates have
arrived and are now on sale at the
County Treasurer's office in
Crook county It was announced
this week. The plates are dark
green on cream.
Those wanting their old num-
bers again this year are urged t~
buy them as soon as possible as no
~umbers are supposed to ,be re.
served after Dec. 15, aceordlnl[
to state law.
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OPA OFFICE
TO REMAIN HERE
Desplte the fact that office
furniture of the local OPA office
has ,been sold, the office will re..
main in Su~dance as long am
tires continue to be rationed,
stated Ruth Fowlkes this week.
Price control work was transfer-
red to the Newcastle office effec-
tive the first of December.
In its present l~cation, ~he Qf-
lice will remain open until Jan, 1.
After that date some new Ioca-
tion will be found should
rationing continue after the firat
of fine year, the clerk s~id,
The school and county ageDt~
office have purchased the ~e~
and files belonging to the ~ ~
