90 Years Ago: Construction of swimming pool commences

100 Years Ago:

Aug. 7, 1925

The little 8-month-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Howard McIntosh was very badly burned Monday morning when it pulled a kettle of boiling water over on itself.  Although it is said that the skin is all off the front of the face and body, it is thought the baby will recover as the burn is not deep, but very painful.

Greybull’s valuation is the highest in the county, with a total valuation of taxable property in Big Horn County fixed at $15,392,080, almost a million dollars less than a year ago.

Now showing Thursday and Friday at the Big Horn Theater:  White Fangs - Strongheart, the Wonder Dog. Comedy. Captain Kid.  Admission 10 cents and 40 cents.

90 Years Ago:

Aug. 8, 1935

Construction of the swimming pool will commence within a few days.  The pool will be located in the city park.  Money needed to construct the pool is made available through the works relief fund to the amount of $2,713. The remainder is being raised by popular subscription.

County Commissioner Dan W. Rogers suffered injuries early this week when a tourist car forced a horse he was riding over an embankment, the Standard was told. Mr. Roger’s condition is not serious, but he is confined to his bed.

The Trinidad Bean and Elevator Co. will establish a branch office here, it was learned today. The old laundry building has been leased by the company to house the equipment and office, J. P. Mayer, who negotiated the lease, told the Standard today.

80 Years Ago:

Aug. 9, 1945

Cpl. Randall A. Smith of Yankton, S.D., has accepted the coaching position in the Greybull schools, it was announced this morning by Supt. J. C. Quigg.  Cpl. Smith, a graduate of Yankton College, has eight years of coaching experience and has built championship teams in baseball, basketball and football in South Dakota. 

W. A. (Pat) Norris today purchased eight lots, and Paul Peterson bought eight more lots, in the north part of town with a view of building a fine, large shop for the Worthham Machinery company in the near future when materials become available.  The lots are located on the highway, between the Roy Hunsberger residence and Buck’s Auto Wrecking.

Eleven Big Horn County men will leave Aug. 12 for induction into the armed services. They are Lee Roy Kunkle, Arthur H. Welch, Kenneth B. Cyrus, Jack S. Doney, Joseph S. Bassett, James J. Runnalls, Clyde E. Ruhl, James W. Carey, Edward W. Anderson, Bill Runnalls and Robert B. Beall.

70 Years Ago:

Aug. 11, 1955

A saddle mare belonging to Harry Good was the only casualty when the pickup truck driven by Vern (Dutch) Bricker and carrying Marvin Hankins as passenger, and the two-horse trailer carrying horses belonging to Good and Hankins, overturned near the Bluejacket ranch at the mouth of the Shell Canyon about 25 miles east of Greybull.  The trailer came loose from the pickup when the air brakes were applied and the trailer laid on its side.  The pickup rolled four times.  Good’s horse was the only fatality.

A car driven by Michael A. Fanelli, 25, or Worland, side-swiped a car driven by Hedley Lampman of Shell and crashed head-on into a car driven by Henry Meier of Greybull at 12:45 a.m. Sunday morning 12 miles east of Greybull on Highway 14.  Mrs. Meier incurred deep facial cuts and a fractured left arm and was moved to Denver Monday for bone surgery.  Meier was treated for a facial cut and released from the hospital.

What could have turned out to be a raging holocaust in the Bighorn National Forest near the Shell Falls was averted by rain Monday evening, according to forest service workman who were called to the site. Started by lightning, the blaze was in an almost inaccessibly rugged area south of the Shell Canyon highway opposite Cedar Creek.  Little damage resulted because of the rain which fell almost immediately after the lightning strike.

60 Years Ago:

Aug. 5, 1965

Thieves took guns, cash and a motorbike from Thompson Sports and Appliance Center sometime Monday night, later abandoning the bike in a Burlington cornfield and stealing a car belonging to Orville Peterson. Taken in the theft were the new bike, radios, an undetermined amount of cash, four pistols and three rifles. None of the merchandise or the guns were recovered.

Dr. J. W. Johnson has announced he will close his Greybull optometry practice Saturday, Aug. 14 and move to Rawlins where he has purchased a practice.  Dr. Johnson opened his Greybull practice 12 years ago.  He is president of the SBHC Hospital Board and a member of the Greybull high school and grade school boards.  He has announced he will resign both this week.

Whitey, a cat belonging to Charles Huffman of Ranger Creek Ranch, had lost her litter of kittens the previous week.  However, when Jim Huffman discovered some baby snowshoe rabbits who had lost their mother, he took them home and bottle fed them for a few days until Whitey took over and adopted them.  Despite the long ears and size 12 feet, Whitey treats them as her own.