Pages of the Past

100 years ago

April 23, 1925

J.I. Altman, who was arrested in March and held responsible for a fire at Manderson which caused an estimated loss of $40,000, was found guilty here by a jury in district court and sentenced to not less than 15 and not more than 20 years in the state prison. The jury deliberated only a few minutes and upheld the state’s contention that Altman had started the fire willfully and with the intention of defrauding the insurance company. The fire was subdued and then broke out anew in Altman’s barber shop and it was clearly evident at the time that he had something to do with its origin. Several weeks after the fire, a large quantity of Altman’s goods was found hidden in a ranch house. 

75 years ago

April 20, 1950

Dr. L.R. Kilzer, head of the Department of Secondary Education at the University of Wyoming, has accepted invitations to give addresses at the graduation exercises at Ten Sleep Wednesday, May 17; at Basin Thursday, May 18, and at Burlington Friday, May 19. 

Joe Christie, Elden Sanders, Woody Klaus and many other families have had butane gas systems installed the last week. Otto people are fast becoming people with most of the modern conveniences available to rural folk. Soon we hope more families will find it a more desirable place to live. 

50 years ago

April 24, 1975

The honor rolls for Basin High School and Junior High School were announced this week. Those on the A honor roll include Patricia Brown, Jill Eckerdt, Teresa Haffner, Avery Jones, Ben Shimogaki, Janey Winterholler and Ann Zaring, Jeri Black, Amy Gibler, Ronda Hallcroft, Maren Peterson, Letitia Williamson, Peggy Winterholler, Tom Cowan, Susan Lopp, Leslie Cowan, Dennis Graham, Mike Lopp, Tracy Cross, Dan Martin, Mary McMillan and Margaret Brown. 

Basin High School music instructor Don Cherni will take a group of his students to Powell Friday and Saturday for the state music festival. Among the Basin students taking part will be Kalvin Kugler, Avery Jones and Jill Eckerdt. 

Ross Diercks, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Diercks, has been chosen valedictorian of the Manderson-Hyattville graduating class of 1975. The salutatorian is Roalene Redland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Redland. 

25 years ago

April 24, 2000

Drew King and Jessica Holloway reigned as king and queen of the RHS Prom. They were attended by Betsy Crosby and Matt Vanderpool, Hannah Irvine and Reid Stidoph and crown bearers Jared Jares and Katie Crosby. 

Royalty at Burlington High Dchool prom include King Harry McNiven and Queen Erin Cook. 

The Burlington High School Academic Challenge team of Mark Lechner, Curtis McNiven, Justin Tolman, Robby Tolman finished well in events held at junior colleges throughout Wyoming. 

Basin delegates and the alternate to the Wonderful Wyoming Girls State include Jerri Black, Nancy Jo Eckerdt, and alternate Sheri Curtiss.