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Gillette histories
Posted 8/16/12
From the Aug.26, 1954 News Record
Campbell county 4-H members showed some prize livestock at the Central Wyoming Fair in Casper last weekend and came back with their share of top place awards, M.E, Lynch, county agent, said this week. Lora Lee Taylor, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Taylor of Midwest, took the grand championship in the 4-H fat lamb class with her south down lamb entry. She also placed in the championship in the best pen of three lambs. They were showdown lambs too. She awarded a free trip to the Ak-Sar-Ben junior livestock show which is to be held in Omaha, Neb., the last week of September and the first part of October. All her expenses will be paid by the Central Wyoming Fair.
From the Aug. 22, 1940 News Record
Work was started this week on a laundry plant, which will be built on the rear of the Shamrock Cleaners and operated by that firm. W.R. Wright, owner of the property, has awarded the contract to John Husby. The laundry is approximately 79 x 35 feet of tile and plaster construction. It will enclose the present cleaning plant under the same roof, being built in the shape of an L. The building will house the most modern equipment for a general laundry, according to Mr. McIntosh. Several piece of the machinery also will be added to the cleaning establishment.
From the Aug. 2, 1973 News Record
Initial payments under the 1973 wheat and feed grain program have placed about $270,000 in the hands of Campbell County participating farmers in the past month, according to Mrs. Bernice Carlton, county executive director for the local ASC’s program, who added that plans for the 1974 program can begin now without setting aside any crop lands from planting. Payments for the 1973 program were figured at 68 cents per bushel, the amount which the national average of $2.62 per bushel, lacked of achieving the parity price of $3.30 per bushel, Mrs. Carlton said. There will be no additional parity payments make in 1973 unless the national average falls below $2.62 during the five-month period from July 1 through Nov. 30, she said.