Pages of the Past

100 years ago

August 27, 1925

The following girls are all graduates from the Basin High Normal school of last year, and have all been awarded schools: Miss Eileen Rosenberry will teach the coming year in the Sunlight District, near Lovell. Miss Opal Bruce will teach at Kane. Miss Nina Peavler will teach at Hime, Miss Gertrude Skovgard will have charge of the work at the Booth School on the Paintrock. Miss Agnes Wheeler will teach at Chatham. Miss Nellie Moon has the school at Bonanza. 

The Lander-Thermopolis Transportation Co. is running a bus through Basin from Lander to Cody and return. The car goes through here southbound at 10 o’clock and makes the northern trip at 3:15.

75 years ago

August 24, 1950

Shelby Gibler has accepted a position as operator at the municipal light and water plant, it was announced this week. He will assume his duties on August 28. 

Thanks to a little help from the umpires and the fact that the game was “rained out with darkens” after two and one-half innings, according to Manager Peewee Harris, the Old Fossills of the Rotary Club Baseball team scored a 10-8 upset over the Basin Boys squad after accepting the latter’s challenge Friday evening. The manager pointed out that the Old Fossills took full advantage of the challenge which allowed them to name their own umpires. He also expressed thankfulness that the swift fall of darkness prevented the game’s going more than two and one-half innings thus forestalling a rash of post-game paralysis among his players. Donald Wheeler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wheeler, captained the boys’ team which was well on its way to setting a new record for stolen bases when the game ended. The larceny of the basepaths was partly attributed to rheumatism and bi-focals of the Old Fossills.

50 years ago

August 28, 1975

Don Dellos and Bruce Riley of Basin, Wyoming reported to football camp at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana this week. They were among the 41 players who will make up the 1975 Battling Bear roster. 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Vonburg, Jr. of Worland announce the engagement of their daughter, Renee, to Kevin R. Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lewis of Basin. Miss Vonburg is a 1974 graduate of Basin High school and attended Casper College, Her fiancé, a 1973 graduate of Basin High School, attended Wyoming Tech in Laramie and is presently employed at Basin Equipment. 

25 years ago

August 24, 2000

Bill Duncan of Basin survived a seven-man race Tuesday to capture the Republican nomination for the lone seat on the Big Horn County Commission up for election this year. He will now face democratic nominee Elinor Cruze of Greybull in the General Election in November. 

The children of Adam and Donna Harman honored their parents on their 60th wedding anniversary at a celebration held August 11-13 at the Home of Bob and Bette Hartman Jaedicke in Bozeman, Mont.

Donna and Adam were married in Red Lodge Feb. 21 1940, and have resided in the Basin area for the past 60 years.