A Look Back 5-29-20

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100 Years Ago

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100 Years Ago

May 27, 1920

Eighteen are awarded diplomas while students are busy with many affairs: This is commencement week. Always a week of excitement and hurry. So many things going on and so much to do. At the Baccalaureate on Sunday evening at the Lyric, the graduating class made their first appearance in their caps and gowns, adding additional scholastic effect to the event.

They Can’t Stop Us: The working out of the Torrington sugar factory proposition goes merrily on. Strong opposition has developed. Moneyed interests who are not concerned in this town are tyring to block the efforts of the Torrington Men who are working for a factory, knowing that both the town and the sugar company locating here will gain an immense advantage on account of the many conditions favoring a factory at this point.

Preparing To Start Another Well On The Goshen Dome: So confident is the Centennial Petroleum Co., that the Goshen dome will come into paying production that they now have several loads of equipment on the ground for a second test well, located several miles from the well now being drilled. They feel that there is oil under the dome, regardless of the outcome of their first well.

75 Years Ago

May 31, 1945

Patriotic Gathering Attracts Large Crowd Tuesday Evening: A program, sponsored jointly by the American Legion post, the Lions and Rotary clubs, and the county salvage committee, was well attended at the high school auditorium Tuesday evening at which time four returned veterans of this war gave accounts of their experiences in the European and South Pacific theatres.

Labor Outlook For County Is Improved: With 340 Mexican Nationals slated to arrive in Torrington during June in addition to the 287 German prisoners-of-war received here Teusday, the prospects for producing Goshen county’s 1945 bumper crop take on an improved outlook. The 287 German prisoners-of-war were placed at the local P.O.W. camp and will be used for the beet thinning and other varied farmwork. According to P. M. Beardsley, farm labor assistant, 191 other German prisoners-of-war are expected soon and will be placed at the camp near Lingle.

Many Lions Favor Additional New Houses for City: In discussing the extreme housing shortage in Torrington, local Lions meeting in a short session Tuesday evening expressed themselves as being in favor of securing permits to build homes to alleviate the dire housing shortage in Torrington. Lion Leo Arnoldi expressed displeasure in severing connections with the club and the community. He has accepted a position as principal in the Kemmerer high school next year.

50 Years Ago

May 28, 1970

Joint Fort Laramie-Lingle School District To Hold Public Meeting: Chairman of the newly formed board, Bob Hladky, announced that Goshen County School District No. 12, Fort Laramie, Lingle, will conduct an informative meeting for all interested persons in the Fort Laramie gymnasium. The items of presentation will include the boundaries for the district, the attendance area lines, the trustee residence lines, the budget procedure and the first class unified district operating creteria, covered by Supt. Dan McMichael.

GH Holds Commencement; Scholarships Presented: Commencement was held at Goshen Hole High School with Judge Philip Gilliam, Judge of the Juvenile Court in Denver, as guest speaker. Ray Ahlbrandt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Ahlbrandt, vetera, was Valedictorian; and Mike Malone, son of Mr. and Mrs. Celo Malone, Yoder, was salutatorian.

Legion To Play 44 Games In ’70: The American Legion Baseball team coached temporarily by Jack Johnson. The permanent coach for this year’s team will be Tom Gottberg, the new Torrington High School football coach for the 1970-71 seasons. The new schedule shows the Legionaires playing fourty some games most of which are double headers.

Cubs Hold Jr. Olympic Meet: The Cub Scout Junior Olympic Track Meet was held at Guernsey – Sunrise Athletic Field with approximately 100 cubs, their families and guests attending.

May 31, 1995

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