A Look Back: March 9, 2018

Posted 3/9/18

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A Look Back: March 9, 2018

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100 Years Ago

March 7, 1918

County school notes

Certificates of award for three months perfect attendance have been issued to Louis Brager, Irene Davis, Grace Davis, Nellie Zenor, Clay Zenor, Alvin Yoder, Maude Randolph, George Kidney, Wayne Jackson, Maynard Livermore, Anna Dugbar, Howard Walker, Ella VanMark, Florence Fisk, Florence Powell, Raymong Cameron, Irvin Fowler, Eunice Cameron, Clarence Fowler, Florence Pieser and Opal Fowler.

Will organize Goshen
County Farm Bureau

County agent Helmreich announced that Saturday, March 16 is the date that has been set for the organization of a Goshen County Farm Bureau.

All members and all who desire to become members are urged to present themselves at this meeting.

A banquet will be served at noon. In the afternoon a constitution and by-laws will be adopted and officer will be elected for the ensuing year. 

Among the out-of-town speakers will be Theo Deirs, State Food Administrator, of Sheridan.

75 Years Ago

March 11, 1943

Red Cross Drive progressing well

As reported by H. A. DeBolt, county war fund chairman, the 1943 Red Cross Drive now being carried on in some sections of the county is receiving a tremendous measure of cooperation from the public.

The several communities now being solicited, including the Cottier community which reports a 200 percent increase over last year, expect to close the drive around March 17.

Lingle and Jay Em will begin solicitations Friday, while the drive in Torrington will be held March 18 and 19. Rex Oliver is chairman for the Torrington business district and Mrs. Oliver will be in charge of the street and residential districts.

Community buys piano
 for Ft. Warren soldiers

Local organizations this week purchased a piano to be sent to the Fort Warren Hospital annex, in response to a need voiced by Mrs. Glen Ellis, chairman of camp and hospital services. 

Mrs. Ellis, on a recent trip to the fort, learned the piano which had been in the annex for the use of the soldiers was to be taken away. Upon her return to Torrington, she spoke of the need to various civic organizations, who immediately took up the matter.

Goshen County, ever at the front of generous aid for any worthy cause, is to be congratulated upon the cooperation and willingness shown in the project.

50 Years Ago

March 11, 1967

Early beet contracts set record

John Worrall, agriculture manager at Holly Sugar Corps. Torrington plant, said last week that more than10,000 acres for sugar beets have been contracted for this year. Worrall said it was an all-time record for so early in the year.

Worrall will leave Wednesday for Tracy, Calif., to assume his new duties as Western Agriculture Manager for Holly. He will be responsible for all California plants.

Commenting in the February issue of “Partners for Progress,” Worrall said the “best news” was the fact area growers added additional acreage over last year. Worrall was also pleased growers who did not grow beets last year have already contracted acreage for this year’s crop.

Valley harvest third
best on record in ‘67

Crop production on Reclamation lands in the North Platte Valley of eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska was good despite extreme weather conditions experienced. Irrigated crops were damaged by several severe freezes late in the spring and later were deluged by record-breaking rainfall amounts, interspersed with repeated hail storms over extensive areas.

The 1967 crop production on North Platte lands was third-highest on record, despite these severe weather conditions, reported R. M. Sensintaffar, project manager for the Bureau of Reclamation at Casper. The gross crop income from 317,591 acres irrigated was $43,383,339, which is more than $2.5 million short of the 1966 gross income. Average gross return per irrigated acre dropped to $124.81, a decrease of $7.14 per acre from 1966.

25 Years Ago

March 10, 1993

Road crews battle first thaw

The quick thaw that hit Goshen County this week is wreaking havoc on county roads, Goshen County Road and Bridge Superintendent Dale Schauerman said.

Roads throughout the county have washouts, he said.

“There are places washed on the side of roads and various roads are washed out clear across,” Schauerman said. “They can be from 12 inches deep to 24 inches deep and from one foot wide to two feet wide.”

Bear Creek Resident Ellis Kessler said the roads in the LaGrange/Bear Creek area are “a mess.

“I went out to try and straighten our roads out Sunday and got stuck – in my tractor,” Kessler said. “It’s a mess. The frost is holding up the moisture. It wouldn’t let it soak in.”

RIF policy invoked

The initiation of the Goshen County Unified School District’s Reduction in Force policy came under fire during Tuesday’s board meeting.

Judy Brooks, president of the Goshen County Education Association, questioned the board on whether initiating the RIF policy was necessary.

She pointed to the order of the agenda, where the RIF policy initiation follows the item to approve administrative staff contracts for the 1993-94 school year.

“The order of the agenda sends a message that teacher take in as a real clear message that tells us where we are on the priority list,” Brooks said.

Despite Brooks’ request to not initiate the RIF policy, the board voted 7-2 to invoke RIF, with Bob Oaks and Linda Kessler voting against the action.

Board president Joyce Vandel read a statement: “At this point we have determined to utilize attrition and transfer policies to fill any existing vacancies.”