Peek at the Past

100 Years Ago

The Times

October 22, 1919

J.J. Belshe in the city Monday stated that mining of coal was begun at his mine that morning, the new machinery having been installed. It is very probable that there will be a steady and urgent demand for the product of the mine for the next several months by this city, which depends principally on that source for the fuel supply and a shortage exists at present.

It may be of interest to the people of Wyoming to know that the average yield of wheat in the state of Wyoming is 25.1 bushels and that is the highest yield in the United States. Few of our people know that the average yield of potatoes in Wyoming is 128 bushels per acre and that this is also the highest average yield of any state in the Union.

High school students have been busy this week preparing their new hall for the many basketball games they expect to stage in the city during the winter. The building formerly occupied by the Sundance Hardware Company is to be the battlefield, and the Moorcroft teams, roads permitting, will be here Friday night of this week for a return game and the first of the season in this city.

75 Years Ago

October 26, 1944

Attendance was good at Homecoming despite the mid-week date set. The morning program, the afternoon football game with Upton and the school party in the evening were all enjoyed by many alumni. During the half at the game, Ethel Anderson was crowned football queen following the tradition of many years in which the players select a queen for the year. Her tiny attendants were Nelda Rae Vines and Delores Kokesh.

The club bowling alley which has been operated in Sundance for almost six years was torn up this last week and is being moved to Provo, S.D. George Freemole, for several years operator of the Coast-to-Coast store at Belle Fourche, is the new owner of the mapleways which he will operate in the warboom town.

50 Years Ago

October 22, 1969

Russell French, Alva rancher, was recognized for his 20 years of service as a 4-H club leader during the annual 4-H Achievement Day program at Moorcroft. Other leaders recognized were: 10 years - Mrs. Lloyd Rolf and Richard Snider; 5 years – Mrs. Prentiss Hall, Mrs. Ellison Priewe, Joe French, Mrs. Ernest Faber, Ellis Livingston, Marshall Nussbaum, Mrs. Albert Raudsep, Albert Raudsep and Mrs. William Habeck.

New officers were elected Monday night by Sundance Boy Scout Troop No. 56. They are: Kelly Proctor, senior patrol leader; Kenny Denzin, assistant senior patrol leader; Bruce Brack, scribe; Steve Hartl, librarian; Jerry Windsor, reporter; and Aldean Pickerd, quartermaster.

25 Years Ago

October 27, 1994

Dick Hubbard, agricultural education instructor and FFA advisor at Sundance High School has been nominated to receive the Honorary American FFA Degree. Hubbard was nominated for the degree by the Wyoming FFA Association and the nomination was approved by the National FFA Board of Directors at their recent meeting in Alexandria, VA. The degree is the highest honorary award presented by the FFA.