Peek at the Past

100 Years Ago

June 23, 1921

E.M. Harper and R.O. Krenk helped organize a farm bureau at Tower school house last week, J.P. Solomon being chosen chairman and D.W. Kelley, secretary. There was a large attendance and much interest shown.

Plans are now well underway for an old-time celebration in Sundance on Monday, July 4. The ball game is expected to be a drawing card, as Sundance Inside will play the Outside. The Sundance boys have been unlucky in their attempts to beat neighboring teams and now they will have a chance to beat each other. At Monday’s meeting of the Commercial club a committee was appointed to look up the proposition of placing an outdoor pavilion in the courthouse park, the pavilion to serve for the Fourth and also during the Crook county fair.

A tourist from Wisconsin bound for the Park, drove back to town Wednesday morning, having apparently met his Waterloo on the Carlile road. This gentleman had a car with a summer house mounted, and of course carried an exceptional load. At the same time that he failed on the Oak creek hill, the native sons and daughters were driving the road with no trouble.

75 Years Ago

June 20, 1946

We have been informed that soon, possibly July 4, Cecil Reeves of Douglas and a partner will set up portable airplane hangars at the Sundance airport where they will have two Taylor-Craft airplanes and one Cessna. They plan to give flight instruction to interested parties and make chartered passenger trips.

Mrs. Ed Hoyer is in the Sundance hospital this week recovering from effects of being struck by lightning Monday night about 5 p.m. while she was in her home about five miles south of Sundance on the Newcastle highway. The bolt from the sky struck the Hoyer home as the entire family was in the living room near a heating stove. Mrs. Hoyer, who was holding a child, was struck on the right side, the jolt burning her leg from the hip clear to the foot and ripped a boot clean from her foot, the child was thrown from her arms unhurt; her husband was knocked from the living from into the kitchen, stunned momentarily, but uninjured. The rest of the family were not injured but the shock tore the roof off the house, completely wrecked the heating stove, tore up the floors and broke many dishes.

50 Years Ago

June 24, 1971

A heavy turnout of Crook county voters went to the polls Tuesday in the annual school election and decisively defeated a $750,000 bond issue proposal. The bond issue, which would have provided a new elementary school building at Sundance was crushed 624-338. Voters also defeated Jw Nuckolls, Hulett, who was seeking reelection to the board. Nuckolls received 403 votes while his opponent William Spangler piled up 496 votes to with the seat in Hulett Area No. 3. In the voting for the board seat in Sundance Area No. 9, Mrs. Cleo Roberts received 605 votes to win reelection over Robert Beaudoin, who had 261 votes. William Semlek, who was unopposed, rolled up 794 votes to with Moorcroft Area 6. Neil Bush received 813 votes to win in Hulett Area No. 1.

25 Years Ago

June 27, 1996

Jayme Humes, Moorcroft was named Crook County Rodeo Queen for 1996 at the 49th annual Hulett Rodeo on June 8. Rachel Barton, Carlile was named Princess and Jenna Moline, Sundance, Jr. Princess. The first runner-up for Princess was Nicole Hutchinson, Aladdin. Melissa Parnell, Hulett was second runner-up. The award for horsemanship went to Nicole Hutchinson. Alysa Mannetter, Sundance was named Miss Congeniality.