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‘ Courtesy of Weston County Historical Society
Panoramic of Ceremonial of Adoption for President Coolidge by the Sioux
Days of ‘76.
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A OF HISTORY
25 Years Ago
July 13, 1995
The weather cooperated just
long enough for the Weston
County Historical Society,
National Guardsmen, past and
present, their friends and fami-
lies to celebrate the designation
of the Anna Miller Museum
building formerly a National
Guard stable 'as Wyoming plaice
#333 on the National Register
of Historic Places.
The Prairie 4-H Club held its
June meeting and annual Boyd
Cemetery Clean-up June 14.
Kyla Tysdal led the American
pledge, and Shauna Praeuner
led the 4-H pledge.
The Newcastle High
School Rodeo Club is having
a pizza party to honor the
three high school students
from our area that have
qualified for the National
High School Rodeo finals in
Gillette. Kendra Bau, Marty
Sedgwick, and Cliff Symonds
will be representing Wyoming
next week at the finals.
Kendra Bau was crowned
the 1995 Wyoming High
School Rodeo Queen at the
State High School Rodeo Finals
in Douglas on June 25. Kendra
was one of ten girls competing
for the crown.
The Newcastle City Council
approved the hiring of an
additional police officer at last
Monday’s meeting. The offi-
cer’s name is Robert Fazentin.
Police chief Bill Klein said
Fazentin was already trained at
the police academy.
The Newcastle Christian
Women’s Club will hold their
ice cream social on Tuesday,
July 18 from 2-4 pm. The ice
cream social will be held at
the Fountain Inn located at the
junction ofU.S. 16 and 85.
The Blotter: June 29 —
Calves were on the bypass. A
prisoner on a work crew ate a
poisonous mushroom. June 30
Someone complained about
an oily road. July 1 — two
girls were advised to. stay off
the grade school roof and go
home. July 3 — There was a
horse loose on Main. A man
was upset about kids setting off
firecrackers. He was advised
they were legal July 3-5.
50 Years Ago
July 9, 1970
Willis Bruce, Black Thunder
area rancher, filed Monday
for Republican nomination as
Weston County Commissioner.
Bruce is a life-long resident of
Weston County.
The Russell Davis ranch
home on Beaver Creek was
destroyed by fire Sunday
afternoon after being struck
by lightning. Mrs. Davis was
upstairs in the two-story home
when she thought a large fire—
cracker had been shot off, but
when she came downstairs, she
realized the roof was ablaze.
Cleo Burnette and Lee
Hayne placed first out of 12
teams entered in the nine hole
mixed two ball tournament
played Sunday at the Newcastle
Country Club.
A 4th of July Picnic was
enjoyed at the Osage Park by
the Duane McKinney family,
Arthur Cheek family, Roy
Julius family and Mr. and Mrs.
George Dunham. The Russell
McMeekin family enjoyed fire-
works and the show at Upton
Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Farley
celebrated their 58th wedding
anniversary at their home July
3. Fred Farley and Maisy Belle
Furman were married July 3,
1912 in Newcastle by Justice of
the Peace David Faulkner.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Zimmerman and boys enjoyed
camping at Deerfield July
4th. On Sunday. they visited
with Mrs. Maren :Wason' at
Keystone, S.D.
Colleen Jo Townsend,
infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Townsend, born
June 18, was honored at a baby
shower Thursday evening, July
2 at the home of Mrs. Jack
Zimmerman. Mrs. Marge Baker
of Newcastle was co-hostess.
On Tuesday Sally and
Edgar Whitney and Margaret
Hutt attended the sale at Rapid
City and also took some hogs
to the sale.
Sylvia and Frank Sytsma
were dinner guests at the home
of Anna Moyer in Newcastle
Wednesday and visited with
his nephew and wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Moyer from
Mandan, N.D.
Louise Keane had the plea-
sure while visiting her parents
to receive a birthday call from
her brother, Bob Hutt, from
the South Pole. He called via
Ham Radio. He reported the
temperatures at the Pole on the
4th of July were 104 degrees
below zero.
100 Years Ago
July 8, 1920
The attention of the oil
men of the field have been
centered for the last few days
on the well on section 19-46-
63, which was to have been
brought in a few days ago. It
is now likely that the well will
be brought in during the next
few hours. The location of this
well is but a few hundred feet
from the first gusher brought
in in the Osage field.
Newcastle’s celebration
Saturday was a complete
success and the fine weather
made it possible for people to
come a great many miles to be
here for the grand occasion.
The program was carried out
almost to the letter as planned,
and many contestants took
part in the various hazardous
exhibitions.
What might easily have
been a serious accident took
place Friday evening when the
Ford car in which Mr. and Mrs.
Greenwood, Mrs. E. Porter
and brother George, and T.
E. Dunbar were riding turned
almost completely over at the
culvert just east of town on
the Beaver creek road. Mr.
Greenwood was driving when
the glaring lights from a car
coming toward them caused
him to misjudge the amount
of room he had and resulted
in the car slipping over the
embankment.
Some of the neighbors
on Alkali banded together
and had a real old-fashioned
picnic Sunday the fourth. Art
Montgomery of Lodgepole
drove a big bunch of horses
through Alkali Monday.
Roy Luxton and Chas.
Crites are turning the sod for
Mrs. Dawson. Mr. Hamilton
is assisting Latal Fisher in
putting up a fence around Mr.
Anthony’s crop.
Harry Stephenson autoed
overland from southeastern
Nebraska to visit his father
at the ranch. August Carlson
made a business trip to
Newcastle last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike
Coy are rejoicing over the
arrival of a new baby girl.
Congratulations are extended
to the proud parents.
Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie
motored to the metropolis
one day last week and as a
result Mrs. McKenzie is suf-
fering with a severe stiff neck.
Our roads are in sad need of
repairs.
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