Pages of the Past

100 years ago

November 29, 1923

Mr. Fred Frisby informs us that he is getting fine concerts every evening over his splendid radio outfit and that he will gladly welcome visitors who would like to listen in. 

Fred Harmon is a farmer who just keeps right on hustling all the time and apparently he has little to worry about. The other day we saw him drive up to the Palace Market with a load of turkeys for the Thanksgiving trade, and it was not yet 9 o’clock. Fred lives thirteen miles out. Investigation disclosed the fact that he had left home at 5 o’clock. 

The Greybull High School refuses to play Basin High School without George Bynum, who has been declared ineligible by the Athletic Board of the Big Horn Basin. In his report he stated: Our records show George Bynum born August 1902, being over 21 years of age, failed to make three credits the last semester he was in school, as the records show he was failing at the time he left school. So he is ineligible and Greybull will forfeit any wins from games in which he played. 

75 years ago

November 25, 1948

The body of Sergeant Charles Wayne Spens, killed in action in the European theater of operations during the Second World War, is scheduled to arrive in Basin Tuesday, November 30. Sergeant Spens was the son of Mr. and Mrs. N.B. Spens of West Emblem. 

Dan B. Cropsey has been declared the winner by 10 votes of the contest for a two-year term on the Big Horn County board of commissioners. On the official canvass last week, Cropsey was shown to have six votes over his opponent, but after the recount he gained another four.

50 years ago

November 29, 1973

Dan Olsen, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Olsen is in South Big Horn County Hospital this week suffering from an injured vertebra as the result of an accident at Antelope Butte ski run Friday. Dan was descending the slope on an innertube when he was flipped into the air and landed in some rocks.

A new truancy policy has been adopted by the Basin school board, according to a newsletter issued this month by Superintendent W.W. (Bud) Kerley. Recommended by High School Principal Everett March, the policy had the active support of several parents and students for its adoption.

Members of the church and Sunday school of the First Baptist Church will gather Sunday for the traditional hanging of the greens; it is scheduled for 4 p.m. Decoration of the church for the Christmas season will begin at 4:30 and will be followed by a candle-lit service led by Bruce Riley with junior high and high school students participating, along with the junior choir.

25 years ago

November 25, 1998

Six members of the Riverside High School Paintrock FFA Chapter —Teri Harrison, Michelle Vigil, Hannah Irvine, Amanda Sherburne, Brandy Matthews and Clint Cullison— received special recognition for their achievements in developing their chapter’s program of activities during the 71st National FFA convention. 

Kyle Tate has been chosen as the Riverside High School representative to the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) conference scheduled in the spring of 1999.