Pages of the Past

100 years ago

December 31, 1925

A bunch of Basin fellows went over to Burlington Tuesday night to meet the town basketball team of that place. In the crowd were Milton Smith, Wayne Hanlon, Vogliotti, Jimmie Keachie, Milton Zaring, Billy Burroughs, Chuck Reidl and Paul Wilson. They were beaten by a score of 37-7. During the game Vogliotti met with a painful accident by thrusting his left arm through a pane of glass, cutting his hand and arm badly. He was brought to Dr. H.T. Harris and a number of stitches were taken in dressing the wound. 

The state census records that there are in Wyoming nearly three times as many unmarried adult males as there are unmarried females. The numbers are 28,893 and 8,552, respectively.

75 years ago

December 28, 1950

The plague of bad water which has confronted Basin residents for nearly two months ended this week although a final report expected from the state health department and Missouri Valley Authority representatives has not yet been received by city officials. The two investigators reported last week that the introduction of a phenal compound into the Big Horn River from an industrial source above Basin has been stopped and that evaporation ponds are being constructed to eliminate the waste material’s being dumped into the river in the future. 

A 16-year-old Wyoming boy was named winner of a state championship in the 1950 production-marketing contest of the National Junior Vegetable Growers Association. Winner of the statewide award was Franklin McNeal, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy McNeal, Basin. 

An unpaid $2.30 gasoline bill in Burley, Idaho, resulted in a running gunfight between two Wyoming youths and Twin Falls police. Held in the city jail pending word from Wyoming authorities are two Burlington, Wyo., youths — one 19, the other 15. Their bullet-riddled 1939-model coupe stands outside the jail. 

50 years ago

January 1, 1976

Ralph Case is retiring form the automotive repair service and has offered his tools, parts, bins and equipment for sale to anyone interested. The items will be sold individually but none of the television repair equipment is included in the articles listed for sale. 

PFC Glen Davis left Tuesday by plane from Worland for Camp Pendleton, Calif., where he is stationed with the U.S. Marines. He spent Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Davis. 

25 years ago

December 28, 2000

There were airplanes, front-end loaders, road graders, rocking chairs, rocking horses, hobby horses, doll cribs and puzzles. All made of wood. All gleaming and polished. All waiting to be placed carefully under the Christmas tree to brighten up the holiday for some lucky young boys and girls. The carefully crafted toys were made by Burlington High School students in the wood-working class under the instruction of Rick Wheeler. 

John and Pauline Hallcroft, who live at 618 S. Ninth, were awarded top honors in the Christmas decorative lighting contest sponsored by the Basin Chamber of Commerce.