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A PIECE OF HISTORY
25 Years Ago
September 28, 1995
The regularly scheduled
meetings of Chapter X, PEO,
will resume with the fall
kickoff on Thursday evening,
September 28, at the historic
M Bar Ranch on Beaver Creek
southwest of Newcastle.
Ann Marie Wright was
honored at a bridal shower on
Sept. 12 at the home of Rita
Vilhauer. Hostesses for the
event were Marilyn Hansen,
Beverly Pridgeon, Linda Engle
and Rita.
Osage Woman’s Club met
Sept. 13 at the Community
Building. Pat Townsend,
president, Ruth Giffin, Doris
Zimmerman and guest Laura
Bock attended.
On a windy, cold Sept. 23 the
Newcastle Under 14 Lightning
soccer team and coach Brandon
met Belle Fourche on their
home turf.
Coming off one of the
most demanding weeks of
practice, the Newcastle Dogie
girls swim team competed in
two meets this weekend. On
Friday the swimmers placed
second behind Rawlins at the
Buffalo Triangular.
September 19 was cold,
rainy, and miserable in Hot
Springs, SD. Perfect racing
conditions, in other words. And
the Newcastle men’s varsity
cross country team took fiill
advantage of it as they domi-
nated the meet and took first
out of fourteen teams.
The Newcastle Saddle and
Sirloin FFA chapter had a really
great year. All members who
participated were tough com-
petitors. Krystal Elliott was 2nd
in her market steer class, and
her sheep placed 2nd and 3rd
in their classes. Cassie Shuck
was lst in the Hampshire ram
lamb class and 4th with her
other ram lamb.
50 Years Ago
September 24, 1970
Janie Gaskill and Chris Field
are among 14,750 semi finalists
in the 1970-71 National Merit
Scholarship program. Both
are students at Newcastle high
Courtesy of WC Historical Society
This is a photo of Agnes, Rose, Edward and their father, John Toth Sr., at
the homestead
house.
WHAT'S Ill’
Oct
mston County Meetings Events Calendar
Fri Oct. 2 5:30PM
Sat Oct. 8-1PM
9AM
Sun Oct. 4 1PM
Mon Oct.5 11-5245PM
7PM
Tues Oct.6 9AM
6PM
7PM
7-8PM
5:15PM
6:30-8:30AM
7PM
7PM
BINGO
WC Humane Society Garage Sale
WCHS Girls Getaway
4-H Achievement Day Ice Cream Social
Newcastle Community Blood Drive
Newcastle City Council
WC Commissioners
WC Humane Society mtg
WC Travel Commission mtg
Alanon Meeting
Friends of Fair
Wellness Wednesday
VFW Meeting
Jr Livestock Committee
VFW Hall
WC Events Center
Newcastle Lodge & Convention
Dow Park
WC Senior Center
City Council Chambers
Courthouse
Shelter
Newcastle Lodge Convention Center
Senior Center Family Room
WC Events Center
WCHS
VFW Hall
Fairgrounds Office
wee—afi Birthdays &Anniversaries ~—
school. Janie is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gaskill
and Chris is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Field. They will now
compete for merit scholarships.
Berman-Carter will be
showing the 1971 CheVIolet
cars on Tuesday, Sept. 29. Free
coffee and doughnuts will be
served and everyone is invited
to the showing.
Monday afternoon Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Peterson, Chris and
Jon drove to the Bill Kimsey
home to pick up some peaches
and pears which the Kimseys
had gotten in Colorado during
the Labor Day weekend. They
enjoyed coffee and visited also
with the Kimseys.
Thursday and Friday Art
Williams helped Jack Martens
work on a windmill. Mr. and
Mrs. Art Williams worked on
the Hay Creek telephone line
Wednesday and Sunday.
Mrs. Dennis Pollat visited
her father, Lawrence Popham,
Saturday at the hospital in
Newcastle. Wednesday evening
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Pollat
visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Clay George.
Mrs. Melvin Pollat,
Mrs. Herb Quest and Mrs.
Don Kokesh went plum
picking Saturday. Mrs.
Lawrence Popham visited
with Mrs. Ralph Houston
Wednesday afiernoon.
Miss Kathryn Eileen Pringle
became the bride of Michael
Ray Pompy, Sept. 12 at 3 pm.
at the United Methodist Church
with Rev. Frank Gunter offici-
ating. The bride is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Pringle
Jr. The parents of the bride-
groom are Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Pompy, 4321 Circle Drive,
Rapid City, SD.
An open house reception
for Mr. and Mrs. Claire O.
Drake in honor of their fiftieth
wedding anniversary was held
the evening of Sept. 11 at the
IOOF hall with some 75 guests
registering.
100 Years Ago
September 23, 1920
An old fashioned basket
dinner will be served on the
church lawn next Sunday at 12
o’clock. There will be speaking
afier dinner. The subjects to be
discussed are ones in which all
are interested.
A slashing reduction in the
price of Ford cars and a return
to pre-war prices is announced
by the West Motor company,
following a statement by Henry
Ford that “now is a time to call
a halt on war methods, war
prices, war profiteering and
war greed.”
The masterly pitching of
Greenlee on the mound for the
Gushers and the clean, heavy
hitting of the club behind him,
was the undoing of the Buffalo
bunch in the first and third
games of the series played
between the two teams at the
Moorcrofi Frontier days. The
score of the first game was 10
to 4 in favor of the Gushers.
No prisoners have escaped
from the county jail here this
week, due to the fact perhaps
that there were none in the
jail aside from R.W. Caste],
who it will be remembered
had a stricken conscience afier
escaping last week and returned
and picked the lock so that
the jailer might again incar-
cerate him
Miss Bessie Shell, Vergie
Smallwood and William Stroll
forded over to the Stroll home-
stead Sunday. Mrs. Jennie
Johnson and Miss Fern Johnson
and Ariel Humphrey spent the
week end at Garden spot.
Paul Keef made a trip to the
coal bank. Fred Humphrey has
been on the sick list the past
October 1, 2020 — 5
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Stop out to the Short Stop and
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Newcastle, WY 82701
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Oct. 5
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Oct. 2
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Macy Rose Ronning
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‘ week. We hope he is on the
road to recovery.
Frank Fullson made a trip
to Newcastle Saturday. He
pulled a disabled Dodge car
to the garage. Glen Keef is
driving a truck for Ray
Faythorpe. He is hauling water
at present.
Oct. 7
Teresa Ackley
Jane Capps
Leann Kenagy
Marge McCoy
Tyson Merdink
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Oct. 4
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