100 Years Ago
April 4, 1918
Goshen County Journal
No bond speeches, but plenty of moisture
The heavy snow that blanketed the entire county this week has greatly interfered with the speaking campaign for the Third Liberty Loan. A number of the speakers of Monday evening in distant parts of the county had more or less difficulty in getting back to town on Tuesday.
The county was very much in need of the moisture, however, and it is safe to say the improved crop prospects due to the moisture received at this time will help more to sell the bonds than all the speeches that have been left unspoken.
Water now flowing in Ft. Laramie Canal
Water is now running through the head-gate of the Fort Laramie Canal. This canal, when completed, will water more than 100,000 acres of the finest land in the world and the opening of this ditch for the irrigation of the land is an especial event in the history of the county and the entire valley.
There was some talk of having an opening ceremony, but it is necessary to turn the water in very slowly at first to prime the ditch. For this reason, and especially because it is during war times, it was decided to dispense with the fireworks of a big opening.
75 Years Ago
April 8, 1943
School begins military drill
Under the military training program recently instituted at the local high school, approximately 65 boys are receiving daily drill and military discipline instructions.
As reported by Principal Roy Gingles, the 45-minute class is being given for those boys who are not participating in the athletic program of the school and offers fundamental training in military drill.
Bank celebrates 25th Anniversary
Tuesday, April 6, the Citizens National Bank here celebrated its 25th Anniversary.
Established in 1918, the bank has had two presidents, W. O. Eaton and E. B. Dearing, present head of the
establishment.
A large bouquet of flowers, sent in honor of the occasion by the Omaha National Bank, has been on display at the local bank during the past week.
50 Years Ago
April 8, 1968
Overnight mail starts,
four air taxi routes added
A program to provide overnight delivery for all intrastate Wyoming letter mail deposited before 5 p.m. will go into effect tonight, Assistant Postmaster General Frederick E. Batrus announced in Cheyenne today.
“Four new air taxi routes have been established to operate six times a week, between nine major Wyoming mail processing centers and Denver, Colo.,” Mr. Batrus, head of the Post Office Department’s Bureau of Transportation said. “This represents the last link-up of various transportation media being utilized to bring overnight mail service between all cities
in Wyoming.”
Lingle airman honored again
Staff Sgt. Donald L. Oliver, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Oliver of Lingle, is a member of the 1964th Communications Group that earned the U.S. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for the third consecutive year in Vietnam.
Sgt. Oliver, a telephone equipment specialist, will wear a distinctive ribbon to mark his affiliation with the organization. The main Air Force Communications Service unit in Vietnam, the 1964th is headquartered at Tan Son Nhut Air Base and has 10 subordinated squadrons operating throughout the country.
25 Years Ago
April 7, 1993
Council sets dispatch fees
The Torrington Town Council decided during a meeting Tuesday to charge rural fire departments $5,000 for emergency dispatching services.
The council voted unanimously to charge the districts $5,000 for the services each year for the next three years. After that time, the council will re-evaluate the charges for the service.
Mayor Jolovich said in three years he would like to see the departments pay for half of one dispatcher’s salary. Rural fire departments were added to the emergency dispatching service about a year ago.
Former residents donate $5K to library
Isabel Hoy, director of the Goshen County Library, got a pleasant surprise in mid-March when she received a check for $5,000 to go toward the building of a new library facility.
“You could’ve just really knocked me over with a feather,” Hoy said.
The donation was made by former residents Ray and Kay Littler, who lived in Torrington for 30 years, before retiring and moving to Buffalo.
What really impressed Hoy about the Littlers is they weren’t looking for glory when they made the donations, but wanted to raise “community awareness on contributing monies for a needed new library.”
