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Sunday Star-Tribune, Antique auction set At old stage station Gold mining company On Teton-Yellowstone Water Treatment School Conducted LOVELL Lovell city employes Thur-man Sessions and Loren Hansen recently received certificates of completion for a short course In Water Treatment Plant operation. The three-day course, offered Jointly by the State Department of Health, the University of Wyoming and an environmental engineering firm in. Laramie, dealt with all phases of plant operation. Chemical analysis, purification, maintenance of equipment and record keeping were among the topics discussed. Classes were held In Powell and were the first of their kind to be offered In Wyoming.

display Inside the building for a limited time in the morning prior to the opening of the entire sale at 1 p.m. Auctioneer Art Mahnke of Lusk will call the sale and lunch will be served on the grounds at noon by the Indian Creek Extension club. Built almost 90 years ago, the old house has seen almost continuous occupancy in its history of roadhouse stopover, general store, post office and ranch home. Part of the estate of the late Mae Fields, the land and buildings were leased for 28 years by the George Christians who made It their home until moving to Lusk several years ago. The home was occupied by tenant help until a few months ago.

It was modernized for electricity and plumbing by the Christians but otherwise remains much the same as when it was built around 1883. Both Christians are history buffs who recognized theihistorical value of per-serving the building in Its original state. Ken Freeman, rancher, has the present lease of the land, but plans for use of the house remain undecided. John Ramsay has a dream Of flowering apple trees proposed for a national recreation area, the "corridor" between Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. "They don't plan on ruining the ecology, but in mining probably you're going to do a little bit of damage," Mains said.

"One of the main objects is to prevent ruining (the land) In other words to transplant the material back again." The company field on 35 placer mining claims in June 1970 and Mains said that the company Is after gold plus one or two other elements that could be commercially feasible. The fact that gold is present in the Snake River country has long been known but the cost of getting it has kept mining activities to a minimum. But Mains said the Gale Creek Co. has investigated new processes. "With the new methods they have now for processing gold, It looks very favorable," he.

"It might even happen this year. "There are several similar operations going on around the country, one In particular In Nevada that ha3 proven very feasible." Mains said that the company president, Clinton Crichton Killed in California GREYBULL Clinton Crichton of Santa Cruz, and a native of the Burlington area, was killed April 13 in Santa Cruz, it was learned here. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A.

M. Crichton of Greybull. Crichton was shot and killed by a person or persons unknown, and authorities were Investigating the alleged murder. Two. 45 caliber slugs and one slug were removed from his body, it was reported.

He grew up in the Burlington area and spent most of his adult years in the Marines and Army. He is survived by: two daughters, Mrs. Bonnie Quival and Joanne Crichton, both of Santa one son, Tom, of Florida; his parents of Greybull, three brothers; Floyd of Portland, Archie of Burlington, and Walter of Riverton; six sisters, Mrs. Helen Dobson of Tucson, Mrs. Idaleen Sims of Basin, Mrs.

Martha Schutt of Worland, Mrs. Lucille Blakesley of Farmington, N. Mrs. Bea Allen of Basin, Mrs. Julia Heath of Greybull, and one granddaughter.

By TUTTY COLLINS LUSK The historic Hat Creek stage station fifteen miles northeast of Lusk, scene of Indian skirmishes and highwaymen episodes of the old Wild West, will be the scene of a more modern event Tuesday, May 4, when an auction sale will be held on the premises. The cleanup sale by Mr. and Mrs. George Christian will Include antiques, household items and farm and ranch equipment. Many valuable antiques from Mrs.

Christian's personal collection will be on Rose Hustwaite dies GREYBULL Funeral services were held for Mrs. Rose Hustwaite, 75, of Billings, former Greybull resident, Thursday at Dahl-Brown Funeral Chapel in Billings. The Rev. James Fitzhugh, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiated. Burial was at Sunset Memorial Gardens! Mrs.

Hustwaite died Monday at St. Vincent's Hospital in Billings. She was born Rose Tetrev, July 18, 1895, at Chicago, EL, the daughter of Mr. and-Mrs. Cenek Tetrev.

The family moved to Gillette when she was a child. She and a sister later homesteaded in that area She was married to Fred Hustwaite on Jan. 21, 1917, at Sheridan. They lived in Sheridan and later Greybull, where her husband was employed by the Burlington railroad. Mrs.

Hustwaite moved to Billings to live with a daughter in 1963 after her husband became ill. She is survived by: her husband and three daughters, Mrs. Violet M. Head of Billings, Mrs. Ann Feigel of Casper, and Mrs.

Pearl Elser of Huntsville, Ala. Richard Foster dies WORLAND Richard D. Foster, 76, of Worland died Wednesday, April 28, at Washakie Memorial Hospital. He was born Jan. 5, 1895, in Milford, the son of Richard and Camilla Warner.

He married the former Minnie Rosie Schutt Jan. 6, 1920t in O'Neal, Neb. The couple moved to Torrington in 1941 and to Worland in 1968. He served in World War I as a rnarfne and wasa life member of the Torrington post of the American Legion. Survivors Include the widow of Cloud Peak Manor; a son, Clarence E.

Foster of Worland; a daughter, Sylvia Sawyer of Basin; six grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Funeral Chapel of the Big Horns with the Rev. C. Clark Holt officiating and music by Mrs.

Alvin Justus, organist. Burial was in the Basin Cemetery. IVWC elects officers ROCK SPRINGS Ed Alvarez of San Diego, is new president of the Western Wyoming College student body. Other officers elected recently were Russ Tanner of Granger, treasurer; Karen Bums and Denice Walker, both of Rock Springs, sophomore senators. Freshmen representatives to the Student Government will be elected next fall, according to Don Killan, dean of students.

Motel purchased GREYBULL Mr. and Mrs. George Haun have purchased the Hollywood Motel and will take over management In the near future, it was announced by Mrs. R. L.

Weiser, owner. Mrs. Weiser and her late husband purchased the motel Dec. 13, 1953. Mrs.

Weiser plans to retire and move to Campbell, Calif, to be near her son. By VONDA ROTHLEUTNER Because of one man's dream and generosity, 48 Upton Girl Scouts have begun a service project that will last for several years and will benefit the entire town. The project officially started Thursday, April 29, when the Brownie, Junior and Cadette Girl Scout Troops went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Ramsay to learn how to graft apple trees.

The project actually started several years ago when Ramsay dreamed of flowering apple trees In every In town. He started on his own by planting rows of apple seedlings in his back yard. The Girl Scouts were brought in when the slock was big enough for grafting. Ramsay showed the girls how to get the scions ready for grafting, how to prepare the stock, and how to coat the entire graft with a grafting wax to prevent diseased trees. Over the next few days Ramsay and the girls will be grafting 200 Van Eseltine Flowering Crabs to the seedlings.

In the spring of 1972 Ramsay will show the girls how to plant the trees. They will then plant the trees in the yards of every Interested resident. Ramsay, the father of five girls, told the conservation minded Girl Scouts that this type of tree will attract various types of The boys were prresented the scouting heroism award during the general session of the Star Valley Stake Quarterly Conference. Tendoy Council Scout Executive Rex J. Black of Pocatello, Idaho, gave the medals to the boys upon recommendation of the National Court of Honor of the Boy Scouts of America.

The certificate accompanying the medals read: "Mr. Farrel D. Tolman suffered what proved eventually to be a fatal blow on his head while felling a tree near his farm home. His son, life Scout Ricky Farrell Tolman, age 14, gave artificial respiration, while another son, Star Scout Joseph Mark Tolman, age 13, went for help. Both boys are Scouts of Troop 788, Afton.

Through the efforts of Ricky, Mr, Tolman recovered partially. Joseph secured help through his continuous effort to that end, and Mr. Tolman was taken to a hospital where he failed to rally to medicai treatment. The alertness of the two Scout-trained young men was most apparent." Two Scouts used skills To save injured father May 2, 1971 19 plans start corridor Robert D. Ruud of Idaho Falls, has told the Forest Service that the operation is planned but that he was "concerned" about the proposed recreation corridor.

Rudd heads Bradlaner Enterprises in Idaho Falls and Mains, a resident of Jackson 'for many years, is owner of Jackson Electric and Cable TV. Ernest Hirsch of Jackson, assistant supervisor of the Teton National Forest, said there is nothing to prevent legal mining on forest lands. "We do, however, have quite a bit of control over what is done on the surface," Hirsch said. Hirsch also said there have been only minor changes in the last 99 years of the general mining laws of 1872. He also said that if the corridor is included in a national recreation area as proposed, mining could be excluded only by enabling legislation." Flaming Gorge Visitation up GREEN RIVER Forest Ranger Richard Estes reports, that out-of-area visitation to Flaming Gorge is unusually high for this time of the year.

Travel for the first half of April exceeds entire months of April for each of the previous three years. On Easter weekend, 67 camps were established at Buckboard, a new early-season high. Estes said people are arriving at Flaming Gorge from both coasts already. Cars at Buckboard included visitors from as far away as the state of Washington and New York. The usual Colorado migration has also begun, Buckboard being a favorite of fishermen and boaters from the Denver-Ft.

Collins Colorado Springs area. Elect rodeo queen TEN SLEEP Diane Wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Wood, has" been selected Ten Sleep's 1971 junior Rodeo queen. First attendant is Chert Lyman, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Paul Lyman, with Debbie Redland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Redland, named second attendant. The annual rodeo will be held May 8 and 9 at the Ten Sleep rodeo grounds.

Dec. 20-31; state basketball tournament, March 9-10; Easter, March 30-April 3 and Memorial Day, May 29. Approved on a trial basis were negotiations between the city and school district to set up safety patrols in Laramie schools. The patrol would not control auto traffic but would advise children when to cross a street. The high school's vocational education program will be expanded to include a cooperative agricultural education program, expansion of some office education classes and additional industrial courses, according to a report from Leonard Roehrkasse.

The expansions will be funded from the state foundation program. The board awarded a contract to buy two new school buses from Lueras Oldsmobile an a low bid of $14,532. Zip Code 82410 s82834 ,82001 82210 568-2491 684-5184 632-0120 422-2551 587-3530 587-5109 358-2485 789-2696 7th. 82414 82414 82633 82513 682-9466 735U28CT 436-2626 875-2909 765-2008 836-2381 733-3025 877-3443 332-2051 745-4474 548-7475 334-3602 782-6158 379-2491 756-3479 437-6316 465-2367 (367-2343 ,7544264 82643 82701 82941 82435 8230X 82501 856-9792 Casper, Wyo. Rural supervisor costs shared JACKSON Gold mining will begin "as quickly as possible" in the area along the Snake River between Flagg Ranch and Jackson Lake according to Everett Mains of Jackson, vice president of the Gale Creek Co.

Mains said the claims are located on U. S. Forest Service land which has been birds so the project will serve a dual purpose. Ramsy explained that the project can Indefinitely so the girls can plant trees until everyone has two or more. JOHN RAMSAY showing how With Ramsay's continued support and time the girls will gain knowledge, give service, practice conservation, and have a lot of fun for several years.

It's nice to meet a giver in this world of takers. Coal company Wants power CHEYENNE The Wyoming Public Service Commission received a request from Black Hills Power and Light Co. for permission to construct facilities to serve Ayreshlre Coal Company In Campbell County. Ayreshire, an Indian firm, holds coal leases near the Wyodak plant in Campbell County. AARP meets May 6 ROCK SPRINGS Insurance plans for older persons will be explained and evaluated by Steve Polansky, insurance consultant for the American Association of Retired Persons, at 7 p.m.

May 6 in the Episcopal Parish Hall. With more than 2 million members, AARP is the nation's largest organization dedicated to helping older citizens achieve retirement lives of independence, dignity and purpose. AARP services are designed to help older citizens living on fixed retirement Incomes meet their health, insurance, medical, travel and other needs. In addition, La-Feuille Crystallizer is being installed. The present wet hopper for supplying the factory with sugarbeets Is being modified so that large bottom dump trucks can be unloaded as well as railroad cars.

i One trip serves Two purposes NEWCASTLE Weston County Sheriff Willis Larson attendeaa school in Michigan and then returned to Newcastle Friday night rom Rock Island, 111., with a 14-year-" old Newcastle boy who Is charged with car theft. The juvenile was being held in connection with the April 16 theft of a 1966 car owned by Kenneth J. Larson, manager of Newcastle men's store. Larson is no relative to the sheriff. The car was parked in a.

lot near the Egert Hotel on South Seneca. The keys had been left in the car, according to the sheriff, so that it could be picked up by a service station operator. The car was located in Rock Island and the juvenile was arrested by authorities there. Larson went to Illinois after attending a disaster' training school at Battle Creek, April 26-28, thus making one trip serve two purposes. Larson and County Commissioner Homer Pringle of Upton were among the Wyoming officials attending the school on the invitation of Gov.

Stan Hathaway. Each county in Wyoming was represented by at least two municipal and or county officials, the sheriff reported. Do You or a ember of Your Family Have a Problem With Alcohol? If So, Call: Albany County 742-4524 Carbon County 348-7726 Sweetwater County 362-6610 AIAA honors Sundance teacher LARAMIE A proposal to allocate to cover Laramie's School District No. l's share of costs in creating rural schools supervisor was approved by the district's board of trustees. Board Chairman Mike McNamee said the cost would have to be borne by each district in the county and noted that "District 1 has as much to gain as any other district." McNamee said he was not sure of the exact expense of the proposal as it would depend on the number of districts participating.

He estimated per district cost would be $2,00042,500. The board approved the school calendar for 1971-72 which includes 179 teacher-pupil days and three conference days. School will begin Aug. 30 and will run through June 2. Holidays included in the calendar are Labor Day, Sept.

WEA Convention, Oct. Thanksgiving, Nov. 25-26; Christmas, MIAMI, Fla. Dwight J. Jundt, Industrial Arts Teacher at Sundance High School received an Outstanding Industrial Arts Teacher Award for Wyoming during the 33rd annual convention of the American Industrial Arts Association here.

Jundt was selected, by the Wyoming Industrial Arts Association and received both a plaque and a framed certificate during the special ceremony at Convention Center. The awards are presented annually by the AIAA in recogntion of superior teaching 100-lb. storage sacks go The way of extinct Dodo If You Have Your Ccrr.rr.urrty Contact Your Correspcadsnt BASIN: Mary B. Sackett, P.O. Box 348 BUFFALO: Betty Mathisen, 984 No, Burritt.

i ill ij a it -si irlhf i I )- "H't iskt II 411 I if nhmMfli CHEYENNE: Joan Wheelan, 423 CHUGWATER: Ann Munn, Box 146 CODY: Beverly Robertson, 501 8th DOUGLAS: Peg layton, Box 134 n7mrK- Eva Boedeker. Box 93 KEMMERER-The Medal of Merit "for- outstanding service putting into practice Scout skills and ideas" has been awarded to Rickey Farrell Tolman, 14, and his brother, Joseph Mark Tolman, 13. The award was for their heroic efforts to save their father, the late Farrell D. -Tolman after a tree fell on him about a year ago in a canyon near his farm home outside of Af ton. The Scouts are the son of Mrs.

Marie Wade of Afton. and leadership in the State industrial Arts Jundt earned his Bachelors Degree at Black Hills State College, Spearfish, South Dakota. He has been active Jn his professional organizations and currently is president elect of the Wyoming Industrial Arts Association. He Is also a member of the- Sundance Education Association, Wyoming Vocational Association, Wyoming Industrial Arts Association and a life member of the American Industrial Arts Association. earnings were the result of the continued Company growth and the colder weather during the first three months of 1971 as compared with weather for the same period in 1970.

Gas revenues for the first quarter of 1971 amounted to $22,376,267, a 5.5 per cent increase over the 1970 figure. Mountain Fuel is an investor owned natural gas utility that distributes natural gas in Utah and southwestern Wyoming. The Company also has non-utility interests in oil, phosphate and, chemicals, the latter through its wholly owned subsidiary, Wasatch Chemical Company. Another wholly owned subsidiary, Entrada Industries, recently (April 21) acquired Interstate' Brick Company of $alt Lakp City which manufactures and sells face brick and i r-z EVANSTON; Mary Richards, 1337 Sage 82930 GILLETTE: Bob Clark, 310 West 10th 82716 GLEN DO: Betty Amick, Box 295 82213 GlENROCK: Opal Butcher, 518 S. 4th 82637 iGREEN RIVER: Thelma Edwards, 263 Jensen 82935 GREYBULL: Margaret Simpson, Box 82426 GUERNSEY: Julia DeFond, Hartville 82215 JACKSON: Elaine Hough, 331 E.2 83001 EGTJ: Fish culfurist Charles Goodell of the Speas Rearing Station near Casper examines part of the nine million walleye eggs obtained from Seminoe reservoir this past weekend.

The walleye hatch out in the jars and spill overJntQ the tank. They are then taken in trucks to the Boysen V.WheaUand area for planting. Watching are Colleen, Marilyn and Stanley Antey, visitors to tfie Speas Rearing Station located in Bessemer Bend. (Photoby Chuck Morrison). WORLAND The 100-lb bag unit is going the way -of the Dodo bird due to improvements-in -efficiency of storage facilities at Holly Sugar -Worland plant, according to Roger Hill, agricultural manager.

The Improvement is part of the company's installation of four bulk sugar -conditioning tanks which will reduce distribution and storage costs and will allow shipping of bulk sugar. Each tank will hold the equivalent of about 2,200 100-lb. bags of sugar. The sugar' is conditioned in the tanks for 24 hours and then will be loaded directly into bulk rail cars. In previous campaigns, sugar was put into 100-lb.

bags the basic industry unit and stored until sold. With greater demand on the part of buyers for bulk sugar delivery, the 100-lb bag unit is going the way of the Dodo bird. In addition, another granulator is being installed which will allow the present granulator to be used for cooling sugar, an important step in the conditioning of sugar for bulk shipments. As part of the continuing waste water program, an 80-ft. diameter waste water clarifier is being installed.

This will allow the factory to reuse flume water, cutting down water usage and improving quality of the effluent. Marionettes perform ROCK SPRINGS Thf Lesselli Marionettes will provide live theatre to the Rock Springs school children with two performances on May 4. The Marionettes are sponsored by the Green River-Rock Springs Branch of the American Association of University Women. The performance is composed of a group of delightful marionette plays featuring a humorous version of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and the well-known fairy tale, "Little Red Riding Hood," followed by the Lesselli's ever popular Circus. KEMMERER: Jill Grubbs, Box 685.

83101 lANDER: Sonnie Crowder, 653 Washakie St 82520 LARAMIE: Lana Johnson, 1523 Park. 82070 LOVELL: Jeane L. Wagner, Box 22 82431 LUSK: Tutty Collins, Box 1178 82225 LYMAN: Margaret Petersen, Box 342 82937 MEDICINE BOW: Pat Cronberg, Box 7 82329 MOORCROFT: Jane Norman i'." 82721 Growth and cold weather Raise Mountain Fuel use MIDWEST: Velva Mattix, 562 Peake St NEWCASTLE: Pat Bock, Box 46, Osage. CPINfOALE: Rosalie Hockett rPOWELL: Rose Miller, 220 S. Douglas RAWLINS: Lillian Jones, 612 Davis St RIVERTON: Vicki Vernon, 1036 E.Park ROCK SPRINGS Earnings of Mountain Fuel Supply Co.

and subsidiary for the first three months of 1971 and for the 12-month period ended March 31, were well above earnings for the comparable periods a year ago, it was reported this week by M. Fidlarr president. for the first three months of 1971, ear- nings, were $3,937,337, or $1.61 a hare, compared with $3,481,233, or $1.42 a share for the same periodrin 1970 (there were 2,450,320 shares outstanding in both periods). For the 12 months ended March -31, earnings" were $7,393,516, or $3.14 a share, compared with earnings of $6,628,578, or $2.70 a share for the 12-month peri6d ended March 31, 1970. 1 Fidlar said the higher first quarter JOCK.

SPRINGS: Heidi Norskog, Box 704 82901 382-2971 SHERIDAN: Gertrude Spomer, 355 E. 6th 82801 672-2884- SHOSHONI: Leah Morgart, Box 42 82649 "876-2544" SUNDANCE: Norma Bernd, Box 1 82729 283-3378 THERMOPOLIS: Helen May, 1216 Odell 82443 864-3308 TORRINGTON: Alice Oversfreet, 1757 W.C. 82240 532-5322 UPTON: Vonda Rothleutner, Box 237 82730 468-2678 Emma Robinson, Rte. 1 Box 29 V82201 322-2917 Wind River Res: Marguerite Snyder, Box 594, Crowheart 82512 Irene Isbell, 104 S. 1 1th, Box 383 82401 347:4876.

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