70 Years Ago: Publisher eyes building for newspaper office

100 Years Ago

July 24, 1925

Early this week, a well-known local man was placed under arrest with his paramour, a married woman from Greybull. He was arraigned in justice court and fined $50 and costs.  It seems that the woman in the case, who has a perfectly good and able husband residing in Greybull, has been making periodical visits to Riverton to carry on an illicit love affair.  “We have absolutely no sympathy for the man in this case. Our only purpose in discussing the disgusting affair is to point out that, “You can’t get away with it.”

The town of Greybull purchased a quantity of postcard pictures of the local tourist park and they were passed out among the garages to be given to the tourists this week.  The picture is a good one and caused much favorable comment among those that received them.

Mistress, whose new maid has not risen to expectations, says: “Don’t forget to wind up the clock in the hall - it goes for 14 days.” Maid does it and replies: “Well, I ain’t staying more than a week, and I ain’t going to do the next girls’ work as well as me own.” 

90 Years Ago

July 25, 1935

Greybull is to have a new laundry to be located in the former Dodge garage, next door north of the Braden store.  T. R. Shepard has shipped his complete laundry equipment from Wheatland to be installed. Mr. Shepard stated he expected to be ready to open for business in the new location Monday.

A deal was closed Monday whereby Mrs. Henry Fulkerson of Powell became the new owner of the Vogue Shop ladies’ ready-to-wear store owned by Mrs. A. S. Wilson of Cody.  Mrs. Fulkerson took full charge Tuesday.  Upon changing hands, the name of the shop was also changed.  Henceforth it will be known as the Excella Shop.

R. L. Dockery, employee at the local refinery, burned his foot Thursday while at work when he stepped into a pool of hot asphalt.  His condition is not serious.

80 Years Ago

July 26, 1945

Greybull is to have a new garage.  The new structure is to built by E. L. Stockwell and his son Orville, and will be located on the corner of Second Avenue South and Sixth Street on the vacant plot south of the community hall.

Memorial services for Flight Officer Clinton Ewen and S/Sgt. Delmah Allen, who lost their lives in the European war theatre last winter, will be held at the Greybull community hall Sunday, Aug. 5, starting at 3 o’clock.

After 31 years as operator of the Emblem telephone exchange, Mrs. Mary Wamhoff has retired.

70 Years Ago

July 28, 1955

Lee Hanson and son Darrel Hanson, operators of the Rangeland Apiaries, announced this week that they have purchased the Ryan Grocery Company office and warehouse building located in the 300 block of Seventh Avenue North on railroad property.  

Lynn Severance, owner and publisher of The Greybull Standard, has purchased the Hanson building and after complete alterations, will move the equipment and offices of the Standard to its new location immediately west of the McLean-Cary building on Greybull Avenue. For the past 20 years The Standard has been published from the Lilja building, 428 Greybull Ave.

Don Haller dropped approximately 40 feet over a sheer canyon wall when he slipped and fell while climbing out of Shell Canyon Sunday afternoon.  He severely sprained both ankles and feet, in addition to getting a blow to his head and injuring two fingers.

60 Years Ago

July 22, 1965

From “Getting the Bull by the Tail” by Bruce Kennedy:  Mosquitos are apparently a problem everywhere this year. (Even on the mountain where they say if you can break them to lead they’ll pack 40 pounds for you). Lovell just got around to spraying, according to the Lovell paper last week, and over at Thermopolis, editor John Black was complaining the mosquitos were big enough to keep pushing his golf ball away from the hole!

Four Greybull ballplayers are on the roster now for the Basin American Legion club: Jerry Philips, Bill Shelledy, Chris Kelly and Jeff Probst.

A fire, probably started by kids, burned a cottonwood tree near the Big Horn River bridge Thursday night.

Lightning killed three cows in the field on the Glen Mobley place near Otto Monday night during the storm.