100 Years Ago
Sept. 19, 1918
Goshen County Journal
Cow case decided in court
Last week, Thursday, before Justice James Jackson and a jury, was tried a most interesting case. The parties involved were George Gertz, plaintiff, and H. Massion, defendant, each from Iowa Center.
About the fifth of this month, while George Gertz, plaintiff, was in Cheyenne on business, some of his neighbors, as he alleged, entered upon his premises and drove of his herd of dairy stock. Upon his return home, he became acquainted with the facts and hastened to the county seat to consult his attorney.
The result of said trip was a replaying suit in which several of the plaintiff’s neighbors were made defendant. Upon the Sheriff serving papers, it became clear all the cattle removed were in the possession of the defendant in this case. When the case came on for hearing, the defendant, Massion, asked for a separate trial and demanded a jury. The combating forces went to the plate last Thursday.
At the trial, the plaintiff claimed his dairy cows had not been milked during the time of their unlawful detention and he asked for damages. The jury hearing the case gave judgement for the plaintiff for the return of the cattle together with damages in the sum of $150 and the costs.
75 years ago
Sept. 23, 1943
First football game here Friday
The initial football game of the 1943 season will be played here Friday under the flood lights beginning at 8 p.m. sharp. In the first encounter of the season, the Trailblazers will pit their rejuvenated pigskin toters against the tough Sunrise aggregation in what promises to be close throughout the entire fray.
Since there are only three home games in the streamlined schedule this year, no season tickets will be sold. This will be Coach Wes Evans last game at the helm as he has been called into the Naval Reserve as a Lieutenant-Junior Grade.
Residents asked to feed
Army men here
Between 20 and 30 military officials and Army men from Scottsbluff (Neb.) will be in Torrington on Saturday to assist in staging a big War Bond rally.
Because of inadequate restaurant facilities to feed the men, residents of the city are asked to invite two or three to their homes for the noon-day and evening meal.
50 Years Ago
Sept. 19, 1968
Holly Plant explosion causes minor damage
An explosion and fire in the Holly Sugar Corp. plant here on Wednesday morning caused minor damage and hospitalized one man.
Ed Lipp, an employee of Holly, was hospitalized at Goshen Memorial Hospital from effects of smoke inhalation and was released on Wednesday afternoon.
The explosion is believed to have started about 8:30 a.m. from a spark from an acetylene torch, which ignited dust in one of the elevators in the silo-type bins.
Baptist Church holds
first services Sunday
The Freewill Baptist Church will hold its first services on Sunday at 1834 East A St. in Torrington. The new church will be the first Freewill Baptist Church in Wyoming.
Pastor of the church will be Brother Fred Lucas, who has been here for the past four weeks. He previously was at Richmond, Calif., where he was attending the Western Baptist Bible College.
Pastor Lucas resides with his wife and two daughters, Pamela, 14, and Fredona, 11, on East A Street.
25 Years Ago
Sept. 22, 1993
Corn, bean harvest
behind schedule
Mother Nature has been less than kind to area crops this summer, leaving producers and buyers alike wondering what the outcome will be.
Milt Green, agriculture extension agent of Goshen County, said he has seen a wide fluctuation in the quality of corn samples brought into his office.
Until it’s harvested, producers won’t know how much “lighter” the corn crop will be this year, he said. Lighter being defined as a lower test weight because of smaller, shriveled kernels and lower yield.
Terry Viktorin, a representative of Z&W Mill in Torrington, also expressed concerns about this year’s corn crop being light.
“We haven’t really seen anything yet,” he said, noting recent weather doesn’t point to a good indication of a quality crop.
Holly, Union ratify contract
The tally is in and members of the four local Grain Miller’s Unions have decided to ratify a new contract with Holly Sugar Corporation.
The latest contract offer was ratified by a majority vote of union members from Torrington, Worland, Sidney, Neb., and Hereford, Texas.
Holly was notified of the results Tuesday afternoon, according to Torrington District Manager Alan Hutsinpiller. He added they were pleased an agreement could be reached.
Members voted on the latest offer on Thursday of last week. The offer changed one sentence in the promotion clause, Hutsinpiller said. According to Worland Union President Jim Eulberg, the change stated employees who are promoted and found unable to perform their new job will be returned to their former duties.
