Pages of the Past

100 years ago

January 7, 1926

Plans have been received from the architect of the proposed Wyoming State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, showing the location of the proposed buildings and the manner in which the grounds will be laid out. Contrary to the general understanding, the main building is not to be located at the head of Fifth Street, but is to be located just a little east of Sixth Street, on a level piece of ground which seems to the architect to be more suitable than the site originally chosen. 

Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Doyle will sell the old J.D. Allen home ranch to Mr. Jas. A. Allen. Mr. S.L. Wray will sell the old R.A. Baldwin ranch to Mr. Doyle. The families will make their various moves some time between now and the first of March. 

75 years ago

January 4, 1951

Thieves entered a rear window of the Palace market early Tuesday morning and escaped with the store’s combination cash register and bookkeeping machine. There was approximately $100 in the machine’s cash drawer. 

Two industrial plants were named this week as the possible sources of the disagreeable taste and odor which characterized the Basin water supply during November and December. No evidence of the bad taste was reported at Worland; it was detected first at the Texas Gulf Sulphur plant north of Worland,  then at Basin and still later it was reported at Hardin, Forsyth, and Glendive in Montana.

Eight Basin Cub Scouts received their bobcat pins Friday night during the December pack meeting of Troop 34. The eight were Dennis Murphy, Richard Darr, Douglas Cummings, Michael Michaelis, Jimmy Burris, Ray Martin, Bobby Michaels and Freddie Johnson. 

50 years ago

January 8, 1976

Mike Kelley’s offer to eat Sunday dinner atop the First Baptist Church in Basin spurred attendance at the church Sunday school to a high of 146 on December 28. The act climaxed a campaign to increase Sunday school attendance which had been averaging between 50 and 60 each week. Kelley told the church school youngsters that if they ever managed to reach 100 he would eat dinner atop the church. He added that the meal must be brought to him on the roof by Mrs. Eddie Johnson. 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert G Akin of Basin celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on Dec. 23, 1975. A small dinner party was held at Antone’s supper club in Worland, with three of their four children hosting. 

25 years ago

January 4, 2001

Tuesday morning, Jan. 2, 2001, dawned crisp and cold. Betty Winterholler could relax and enjoy a hot cup of coffee without giving a thought to scurrying around to get ready for work. After 15-1/2 years behind the scenes at the Big Horn County Library, Winterholler has opted for retirement. 

The Basin Town Council voted to pay a homeowner for damages that resulted from a sewer problem. The couple who live at Montana and Fourth street, submitted a voucher for plumbing and repair expenses sustained when a main sewer line collapsed and backed up into their home. The council also voted to pay a claim to Riley Cook of Frannie, whose pickup had been damaged by a manhole cover.