Ron Brimmer, 17, has been 2:30 p.m. Sunday and Sheriff
charged with arson and theft in Henry Oudin said Indications
connection with a fire and t.hetFt were that the fire had been set.
Sunday at the Logan Brimmer State Fire Marshal Ed Bradley
r homo in Stmdance. was notified.
The Sundance Fire Depart-
ment answered the alarm about Picture above shows the living
room of the Brlmrner house. The
fire started under the Christmas
tree at the left and there were
burn spots in other sections of
the living room.
Photo by Photo Inn, Sundance
CONTINUING THE CROOK COUNTY NEWS
SUNDANCE, WYOMING 82729
WHITETAIL DEER CAPITAL TEN CENTS
OF THE WORLJD PER COPY
Official Newspaper for Crook County,
City of Sundance and U. S. Land Office
Seventy-first Year Number 51
THURSDAY, DEC. 18, 1969
See, Disney m
A Walt Disney film, "The
Horse Without A Head," will be
sbo~vn to Sundance elementary
studen,ts Thursday, elementary
principal Gerald Wolfe said Tues-
,day.
The film, given ,by the teach-
ere, will be shown at 1:30 p.m.
Wolfe said pre-sehoolers may at-
tend the {ilm but their parents
must also attend .to supervise
Program To, Be
Eight teams are entered in the
fifth annual Sundance invitation-
al wrestling toLurnamen`t which
will be held Friday and Saturday.
Among the teams entered is
`M.oorcroft which has won the
tourney two years in a row. Sun-
dance placed second in ,last year's
me~t.
,Other schools entered are
Lingle, ~Iulett, Midwest, and
Upton; Broadus, `Mont. and Spear-
fish, S. D. B team.
Matches have been scheduled
for 1 ,and 6:30 p.m. 1~oth days.
Trophies will ,be ,awarded to the
top three teams wi.th individual
medals being ,presented in the
various weight classes.
Admission prices are $1.00 for
adults and '50 cents ~or students.
Duplicate
"Christmas Around the World"
will be the theme of the Stm-
dence PTA's Christmas program
to be staged tonight (WedJnesday)
in the high school gymnasium.
The program will start at 7:30
p.m.
High school principal Delbert
Harbeugh said the holiday pro-
gram will be predated by stu-
dents f ro m the elementary
grades.
A three,table ~Iowell move-
ment was phyed Tuesday niglR
during the regular weekly ses-
sion of the JSundance Duplicate
Bridge Club.
Results of the play were: 1.
Byrne Williams and ]~thel Sharp;
and 2. Traute Gilbert and Norton
Bernd.
Duplicate meetings will not be
held again until .after the holi-
days.
June "
January
If Christmas occurred .this week was 3 above on Dec. 9.
Thursday, it would definitely not Since that time, nigh`ttime lows
"be too white in Sundanee. have been increasing. Warmest
Sunshiny ~a~l weather, with night reading was 29 on Satur-
temperatures in ~he 40's during day.
the day, has ,been `the rule. The
warm weather, which hit a peak The readings:
~.f '54 Sunday, has wiped out `Max. `Min. Prec.
most of the snow cover in theDec. 9 ....................... 26 3 0
lower elevations. Dec. 10 ................ 25 7 T
The only precipitation duringDec. 11 ................. 30 10 0
the week came in the ~orm of Dec. 12 ................. 40 14 0
brie~ snow flurries hst Wednes- Dec. 13 ................. 46 29 0
(lay. ,Dec. 14 ................. 54 24 0
Lowest reading during the Dec. 15 .................. 47 19 0
Newspapers Are
In Incinerators
Some carrier-delivered copies
of the Casper Star-Tribune were
delivered tate to subscribers last
week because someone evidently
tampexed with U. S. mail.
~rs. John Windsor told The
Sundance Times that issues of
Dec. 10, 11 and 12 were re-moved
~rom the back of the Sundance
post office and dumped in incin-
erators up and down the alley.
She said her sons, who deliver
the qpapers, found all of the news-
papers except the Dec. 11 ed-
ition and the Family Weekly and
comics inserts.
In offering `the explanation for
the late delivery o~ ,the papers,
Mrs. Windsor said someone might
,be facing charges of tampering
wi`th U. S. mail.
ration Report
An oral report made last week
by ,the team which evaluated the
Sundance schools was quite cam-
plimentary in general, Su,pt.
Roger Thorson said this week.
• he evaluation team worked in
the local schools ,Dec. 8-10 be-
fore ,g~oing to .the 'Moorcroft and
I-Iulett schools the remainder of
the week.
Thorson said the school will
receive a wrRten report from the
state in mid-January along with
its accreditation ,status.
The superintendent said the
team was highly complimentary
over the individualized instruc-
tion and team teaching in the
elemertt.ary sschool.
He said the team had specific
recommendations for a new
build, some minor curriculum
changes and a guidance coun-
selor.
,IRon ,Brimmer, 17, is in the
county jail here under $2500
bond facing charges of arson and
the theft ~>f $2070.
Sheriff Henry Oudin said Tues-
day the alleged arson and theft
occurred at ,the home of ,Mr. and
Mrs. I~gan Brimmer which was
damaged ,by fire Sunday after-
noon.
Oudin said the youth admitted
to Logan Brimmer that he started
the fire and took the money. He
was brought to the sheriff's of.
lice by Logan ~Brimmer.
The youth, a grandson o~ ~rim-
mer, had been living with the
,Brimmers and working for Tri-
County Electric Association, Inc.
,Brimmer ~ppeared in Sundance
Justice Court `Monday before
Justice af the Peace Amos Bw-
ing where his ,bond was set at
$2500 and he was ordered to ~tp-
pear in court with an attorney
Tuesday.
In Justice Court Tuesday, Brim-
mer appeared wi~h his court-ap-
poil~ted attorney, .Richard J.
Macy, Sundance. ,Brimmer waiv-
ed preliminary hearing and was
bound over to district court. His
$2500 bond was continued.
The Sundance Fire Department
answered the 2:30 p.m. alarm to
Features Meeting
Business C
]~u:siness was light during the
regular monthly dinner meeting
of the Sundance Commercial Club
held Friday night.
,R. `M. Bernd told the club dur-
ing the meedting that a final de-
cision on whether or not United
States Internztional University
will take over the Sundance AFS
facilities will be made Dec. 22
at a meeting in Cheyenne.
Bernd and `Mayor G. W. ~Bus-
ter) Popham will attend the meet-
ing along with Dr. William C.
Rust, university .president, and
representatives of the General
Services Administration, Forest
Service and the State Department
of Education.
~In other business, Christmas
program chairman Nora Reimer
reviewed details of the club's
Christmas program planned Dec.
23. She said the ~program will
feature a ,community choir with
elementary students also taking
Continued On Last Page, this Sec.
These nine Sundance high
school students were initiated in-
to the National Honor Society
during a candlelight ceremony
Thursday night. Duane Hartl is
faculty sponsor for the group.
,Pictured left to right are Sus-
an Speidel and Glenlyn Alexan-
der, seniors; and FAeanor Oudin,
,Debra Gerhart, `Mary Ann Jans-
sen, Becky Nussbaum, Debra Liv-
ingston, ~Mark Hughes and Cindy
the fire .which burned the floor
and carpet and one corner of the
living room.
Oudin said indications were
that `the .fire had been set and
State Fire Marshall Ed Bradley's
office was immediately notified.
Bradley was in Sundance this
week investigating the blaze.
Oudin said the fire was started
under the Christmas tree with
burn spots in other sections of
the living room.
He said the money was taken
from inside an old-fashioned
wall telephone hanging in the
burned corner of the living room.
Oudin said $1G89 of the money
has ,been recovered.
The fire, controlled by the loc-
al fire department, also did con-
sider@ble smoke damage to the
house.
13, Dies
From Gun
A 13-year-old Belle Fourche
youth died enro~e to the Belle
Fourche hospital Saturday night
after being accidentally shot at
the Art Edsall ranch six miles
south of Alzada, Mont. in Crook
county.
Sheriff Henry Oudin said the
victim was Laurn ~Nadella. He
was shot when a .22 rifle held
by Ray Patrick Edsall, 17, son of
`Mr. and Mrs. Art Edsall, was ac-
cidentally discharged.
Oudin said the boy was taken
to Belle Fourche by the Edsalls
but was dead on arrival ~t the
hospital. The sheriff said no in-
quest is planned.
He said the Nadella boy was
spending the weekend at the Ed-
sall ranch. About 8 p.m., the
boys were in a bedroom, playing
with some toy guns and setting
up a model railroad.
Oudin said the Edsall youth
,then ,got his .22 rifle. The sheriff
said Ray Edsall stated he thought
'he had ejected all the shells. The
boy said he did not remember
pu`lling the trigger but the rifle
fired.
Oudin said the bullet struck
the Nadella youth in the left
shoulder and came out just below
the right armpit. The boy, who
was standing on one side of the
bed, walked to the other side of
the ,bed before he fell.
.Mr. and ~rs. Edsal, who were
watching television, tried .to ren-
der first aid and then called Dr.
Melvin Marousek in Belle Four-
che.
,Bernd, juniors.
Conducting the ceremony were
present members and officers of
the chapter -Ed Lee, president;
Murray Collins, vice president;
Claudette Kanode, secretary;; Al-
an Harper, student council repre-
sen,tative; and Mike Hughes, re.
porter.
Refreshments were served to
parents of members after the
ceremony.
