100 Years Ago

April 11, 1918

Goshen County Journal

G.P. Callaham sells blacksmith shop

G.P. Callaham is a full-fledged farmer and will raise wheat to feed his son and the other boys that are in France. Mr. Callaham bought a tractor and will devote his entire time to his ranch which is north of Morrill, Neb. He had no time to devote to the blacksmith shop, so he sold the business to “Jack” Ewart, who was an employee of the shop some time ago.

Mr. Ewart thoroughly understands the business and will be right on the job to give his patrons the best in his line.

Union Presbyterian Church

Plans are about completed for a Union Presbyterian Church building at a point between Springer and Greaswood. Paul Woode has offered an acre of ground and as it will be under irrigation, an effort will be made to beautify the surroundings.

The minister in charge, the Rev. G. W. Campbell, is meeting with good success with his subscriptions and everything points favorably to a near future.

This will be a union church in which all denominations can be at home.

75 Years Ago

April 15, 1943

Lutz Show Shop sold here

A deal was consummated Monday afternoon of this week where by Adolph Eckhardt of Scottsbluff, Neb., purchased the Bill Lutz Shoe Shop from Fred Lutz, owner.

Eckhardt will take possession April 15, the shop to be operated by Geo. Hoff, of Bridgeport, a brother-in-law of the new owner.

Bill Lutz, who has successfully operated the shop for the past few years, is leaving Saturday of this week for Portland, Ore., where he will obtain employment on some defense project.

Jeep drives go ‘over the top’

County Count School students, cooperating in the state-wide “Jeep-A-Week” campaign, have purchased and sold $5,936.55 in defense stamps and bonds during the past two weeks.

The local high school, under the supervision of the student council, has collected $2,014.15, while the junior high follows close behind with a total of $1,546.10 and the grade school has collected $976.30.

Goals for Torrington High had previously been set at two Jeeps, a total of $1,800.

50 Years Ago

April 15, 1968

Beet payments hit new high

Total payments received per ton of sugar beets by growers to date in the Torrington area is the highest in history.

That’s the word from Elmer Margheim, Torrington factory agricultural manager, who announced that Holly Sugar Corporation will make a payment of $289,300 to growers in the area.

Margheim said Holly’s payment of $1.52 per ton, plus the initial payment made last fall along with the Sugar Act Payments, amounts to an average payment of $16.15 per ton, the highest return per ton in the Torrington-area’s history.

Water supply remains good

The April 1 outlook for irrigation water supplies on the North Platte drainage still remains good, according to Mr. R. M. Sensintaffar, project manager for the Bureau of Reclamation in Casper.

According to information gathered by the Soil Conservation Service, Weather Bureau and Buruea of Reclamation, the predicted runoff of the North Platte River decreased this last month, as did most of the other tributaries. But with above-normal inflows, the predicted supply remains the same as last month. The other watersheds show Sweetwater River and Medicine Bow River below normal and Guernsey watershed above normal.

25 Years Ago

April 14, 1993

EWC ‘Quest for Success’ plan prompts controversy

Considerations of institutional reorganization and strategic planning were two controversial topics of the EWC Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday.

There were two areas of debate over the strategic plant the college was going to incorporate. The proposal covers yearly goals and objectives for the college and is broken down into specific areas, such as finance, students, maintenance and other areas.

The name of the strategic plan is called “Quest For Success.”

Dee Ludwig, representing the faculty, stated her hesitation on the motion to adopt the plan because many of the faculty members had not seen the final report. During ensuing discussion, EWC President Roy Mason said copies of the plan were given to faculty and staff and placed in and about various sections of the college. 

School Board hires staff

Goshen County teachers won’t have to continue with the Reduction in Force policy for another year.

The Goshen County Unified School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously this week to rehire certified staff members for the 1993-94 school year.

In recommending the rehiring, Superintendent Paul Novak said, “We have an extremely competent group of teachers in this district.”

The RIF policy was initiated ruing the March 9 board meeting. Board President Joyce Vandel said, for the policy to continue to be viable, the board needed to take action by April 2. Since there was no action taken, the RIF policy is no longer in effect.