100 Years Ago

Dec. 9, 1920

Continental Wants to Locate Filling Station: The Continental Oil Company is negotiating for the purchase of the lots on which the Hathaway livery barn is located, just south of the Yates Lumber Yard. It is the intention, if the deal is consummated, to tear down the building and erect a filling station on the lots. To what extent insurance rates on the adjoining property would be effected is said to be the only thing that is holding back the closing of the deal at the present time.

Two Weeks Christmas Vacation for Schools: Torrington schools will have a vacation of two weeks at the Christmas season. Schools will close Friday, December 17, 1920 and re-open on Monday January 3^rd, 1921.

The first half of the school year will Friday, February 4, 1921. At this time a beginner’s class in the first grade will be organized. Children of the district whose birthdays are nearer this date than September 1st, 1921 may be enrolled February 7th.

Congress and Harding Plan Financial Relief: The energy with which members of the present congress are offering resolutions looking toward the betterment of the financial situation, lends at the least a ray of hope. Among the new house measures offered on Tuesday, the first day of the new session, Represented Baer, Republican, of North Dakota introduced a resolution to provide for immediate embargo on wheat.

75 Years Ago

Dec. 13, 1945

Kindergarten Group To Present Fine Program Dec. 18: Mrs. Paule Beede will present her pupils in a splendid program next Tuesday evening.

The presentation will be given at the high school auditorium at the seven o’clock and will be entitled “Christmas Eve In a Toy Shop.” No admission charge will be made but all children must be accompanied by an adult.

The program promises to be one of the most outstanding of it’s kind to be presented here with four members of the class of 1937 participating.

Local Bowling Alleys Reopen: The Torrington bowling alleys, located at 2031 Main street directly underneath the Albaugh Furniture Co., reopened today, it was announced by Hermie Lisle, manager.

All alleys have been resurfaced. Bowlers will pay 20 cents per line to enjoy this indoor winter sport. The alleys have been closed for the past two seasons.

Lisle, who was discharged from the army Oc. 12 at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas was a staff sergeant in the infantry. He served 18 months overseas with the 33rd infantry and was with the First Army and Patton’s Third Army.

Fund approaches Third of Quota: Members of the Goshen County Memorial Hospital committee this week announced that one-third of the funds necessary to begin work on the proposed county hospital has been pledged or donated for that purpose.

Funds already collected by Floyd Pease, county treasurer, totaled $770 Wednesday evening. Additional pledges made since those announced last week of $100 by the S.B.S., $25 by the Lyman Lions, and $500 by the Torrington Volunteer Fire department.

50 Years Ago

Dec. 10, 1970

Golden Manor Open House, Dedication Sunday: Offical dedication ceremony and an open house will be held Sunday at the Goshen Mjor home for senior citizens in Torrington ith the Attorney General and representatives of the Rual Housing and Urban Development to be in attendance.

RR Strike Causes Mail Embargo: Torrington Postmaster James H. Fuller has announced that effective 4:00 p.m. yesterday (Wednesday) an Embargo was placed on some second, third and fourth class mail.

Until further notice, the only Christmas parcels that will be accepted at the Torrington Post Office are the parcels destined for the following states: Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma. Second, third and fourth class mail for the rest of the United States and Foreign countries cannot be accepted for mailing.

Cardinals Claw Eagles 71 to 53: The Huntley Cardinals crushed the Glendo Eagles 71-52 in their season opener Friday night in Texas Trail play.

John Jones led the Cardinal cagers with 20 points but scoring honors went to John Wood of Glendo with 31 tallies.

25 Years Ago

Dec. 8, 1995

NCAA heralds four Goshen County schools as ‘exemplary’: Four Goshen County schools are being heralded by a North Central Accreditation Association external evaluation team as begin exemplary.

But two have not met their goals and will not recommended for accreditation by the team comprised of three officials from the Wyoming Department of Education and one University of Wyoming professor.

Lincoln Elementary, Trail Elementary, Torrington Middle School and Southeast schools were praised by the evaluation team that spent two days in the county last week.

‘Friends of Music’ sing at Goshen Care Center: In lieu of their regular meeting, the Friends of Music entertained the residents of the Goshen Care Center on Nov. 27.

Sixteen members were present to sign for the residents nostalgic music such as Five Foot Two, The Little Brown Church in the Vail, Love’s Old Sweet Song, Let Me Call You Sweetheart and We Gather Together.