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January.19, 2012 [ The Lovell Chronicle [ 15
Virginia and Gene
Zellers leave
on mission
Virginia and Gene
Zeller of Lovell have been
called to serve a mis-
sion for the Church of Je-
sus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. They have been
called to the Colorado
Denver South Mission,
and they will serve for six
months as membership
and leadership support.
The mission doesn't
cover much of the actu-
al city of Denver, as the
area extends west to Utah
and Wyoming. The cou-
ple spoke in the Lovell
Fifth Ward on Jan. 1 and
entered the missionary
training center on Mon-
day, Jan. 16. They will
spend five days there be-
fore departing for the mis-
sion home in Denver.
Senior chatter
An attitude of
gratitude
BY PHYLLIS
BRONKEMA
qds week's news is
full of an "attitude of grati-
tude" on the part of the Se-
nior Center. As is common-
ly known, Lovelrs Senior
Center has long provided
monthly birthday parties
for its seniors. These par-
ties are made possible by
a huge volunteer effort.
The center wishes to thank
all those who have helped
make these parties possible
for so many years.
This includes all those
individuals who bake and
bring cakes each month. It
also includes those who pro-
vide entertainment to cre-
ate a festive atmosphere.
In addition, there are
those behind-the-scenes
people who provide either
handmade or other items,
which are given as gifts to
all birthday seniors. This
includes Lisa Gilbert, owner
and operator of We Got The
Look Salon, who has donat-
ed a free haircut, shampoo
and set each month to the
cause.
Last but not least, as
the saying goes, the Center
is grateful to Lovell's First
Bank of Wyoming, which
has long donated compli-
mentary meals to the Cen-
ter for each person with a
birthday. The Senior Cen-
ter staff is in awe of all of
you who make these parties
such a success.
In other news, the card
players were at it again last
Thursday, Jan. 12. Win-
ners for the day were Edna
Tippetts in bridge and sub-
stitute Steve Ramsey in pi-
nochle.
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Cowley news
Petersons celebrate birthday
DRUE TEBBS-MEEK
548-6901
Last weekend Cresta and
Ray Peterson met their family
in Casper to help celebrate their
daughter-in-law Stephanie's birth-
day. Ray and Cresta's oldest son
Reese and wife Stephanie live in
Riverton. Jordan and his wife Brit-
tany are in Laramie, where Jordan
is attending the university. Kyle,
their youngest son, is also attend-
ing the university. They all had a
great time together and luckily the
roads were clear and all five of the
family members returned to their
various residences and missed the
storm that began Sunday evening.
Grandmother Drue watched
over the Petersons' black lab Max
for the weekend. While I drove
over to feed him Sunday evening, I
stopped at Mac and Edie Crosby's
home to see the log cabin playhouse
Mac has built for their grandchil-
dren. It is located by his shop and
is quite extraordinary. It's a minia-
ture cabin just for young children.
The logs came from Utah. Some
were remaining logs from an old
schoolhouse that was being razed
and they purchased when they
lived in Utah all those years and
they brought them with them when
they retired in Cowley.
There are two windows in the
playhouse that I believe come from
the Cowley gym and the work is
exquisite. Mac is an accomplished
carpenter and he and Edie have
renovated the home that Mac's dad,
Gump Crosby and mother, Cleone
Frost Crosby, lived in all their mar-
ried life. Gump and Cleone raised
their three sons Rulon, Pat and
Mac, in the original home. The old
stone house was built in the early
1900's and that Cowley rock is just
beautiful. The remodeling keeps
the ambience of the 1900 home, and
it is nice to go into the house, re-
member those who lived there and
enjoy the beauty and atmosphere
in their comfortable place.
While going through some
items upstairs I found a box of
newspapers that my cousin Bobi
Jo Leonhardt let me borrow about
two years ago. The box contained
"The Cowley Progress" beginning
with the date August 18, 1944, on
to the year 1946 that my Aunt Ha-
zel Tebbs-Welch had saved. That
was the end of my going through
boxes for the day. E. O. Hun-
tington was the publisher, and
the subscription price was $2 per
year. On the front page was news
of Cowley, including a funeral no-
tice for Mr. Dan NeVille, a well-
known resident of Byron who died
on Aug. 7 after an illness of sev-
eral weeks from complications of
tick fever. There were pictures
of World War II and news about
the men who were on leave and
some who were in action. There
was news about the goings on of
all three towns, Cowley, Byron
and Lovell, and other pertinent
news. On the third page there
was an article written by Ernie
Pyle titled "Mechanical Wizards
Do Army's Toughest Job."
There were comic strips that I'd
never heard of, a picture of the lat-
est women's fashions and a "Sewing
Circle Patterns" advertisement. In
the middle of the paper was a seri-
al story called "Queens Die Proud-
ly," by W. L. White, a Hedda Hop-
per column entitled "Looking at
Hollywood," some hints for house-
wives, plus pictures of the latest
fashions. The show house called
the Armada was showing "Broad-
way Rhythm" with George Mur-
phy and Ginny Simms on Sunday,
Monday, Friday and Saturday in
the old Armada Theatre in Cowley.
The shows ran each night with
three changes every two or three
days. I remember going to the
Cowley shows showed by Art Give-
nrod and it cost 10 cents a show.
The paper carried many pic-
tures and ads that were wonderful
and creative and world news cover-
ing the war and Washington. What
a great afternoon and evening was
spent seeing the world and news of
the early 40s. Thanks to Aunt Ha-
zel for saving these valuable papers
and to Bobi Jo for sharing them
with me.
Byron news
Hopkinson homecoming proves heart-tugging
Editor's note: Pamela and E.
Denney NeVille will be sharing the
responsibility of writing the weekly
Byron News column for the Chron-
icle.
PAMELA COZZENS
HOPKINSON
548-2471
pamhopkinson@gmail.com
When Denney asked me to help
with the Byron News I was happy
to accept the opportunity. My hus-
band Glen and I have been in the
process of moving our home and art
studio back to Byron since June,
and I am anxious to get to know the
"goings on" in my hometown.
Moving back has been a heart-
tugging experience in so many
ways. We miss our family that we
left behind in Arizona, but we are
excited about what has become our
new "adventure" in returning to
our roots in Byron. Glen has set
up a wonderful working studio in
the old Cozzens Store building. He
is there most of the time (except
when he isn't) and welcomes any
drop-ins, so stop by if you are the
curious type or if you enjoy looking
at some wonderful paintings.
As I have wandered around
our community, I am reminded of
a song I heard Bette Midler sing
several years ago called "I Know
This Town." She sings, "I know
these streets and these backyards,
this barn that's falling down... I
know the boy who broke this fence
and I know his brother, too..."
Having been away for so many
years, it's heartwarming to come
back to a place that holds so many
memories. Many of the stalwarts
of the community have left us, but
their homes hold the history of the
families that made them home.
The place on Platte to me is the old
Slaughterbeck place, to my Aunt
Frankie (Cozzens), it's the Farm-
er place and to my brother Chuck,
it's the Smiths'. Same house, many
stories. This town is full of stories
from the past and stories brought
to life daily, which brings us to the
Byron is
Bustling
Bingo Night
Feb. 17, 7 pm
Recreation Dept. at Town Hall
Open Gym
MWF 5:30-6:30 am
Thurs. 6-8 pm
Sun. 4-6 pm
Children's Matinee .....
Call Town Hall for more info
Byron's Got Talent
during Byron Days
current happenings.
The Byron Memorial Park
Committee has been approved
for a $199,000 grant to finish the
Memorial Park on the east end of
town. This grant has a 20 percent
match request, and the committee
is already over halfway there with
generous donations, including an
anonymous donation of $25,000.
The goal is to have the matching
funds raised before Byron Days in
July. Any donations should be made
to The Byron Memorial Committee
and sent to the Town of Byron, Box
5, Byron, WY 82412.
The community is the beneficia-
ry of the efforts of those who have
come forth as volunteers to help
with the old school building, which
is now called the town center.
John Morlock and his com-
mittee, Byron Outreach, have put
many hours into preparing the au-
ditorium to show movies. The mov-
ie screen reaches floor to ceiling
and wall to wall across the stage.
The Olde Time Children's
Matinee held a show on Saturday.
Families were entertained with
Merrie Melodies cartoons, Pop-
eye's 20th anniversary, the very
first Superman movie ever to air
and a feature presentation of Ab-
bott and Costello in Jack and The
Beanstalk.
Next month, Olde Time Chil-
dren's Matinee will present an
"Olde Time Mystery" experience
with old newsreels and the feature
Sherlock Holmes.
Bingo Night starts on Feb. 17
at 7 p.m. and will be held in the
recreation department at town
hall. Bingo will be held the third
Friday of each month.
Mr. Morlock wants to get the
word out to the community to be-
gin to practice their talents for a
"Byron's Got Talent" show to be
held in the auditorium in conjunc-
tion with other Byron Days events
this summer.
Annabelle McCurley is work-
ing with the Byron Recreation De-
partment to get an open gym go-
ing. Currently it is open Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays from
5:30 to 6:30 a.m., Thursday eve-
ning 6 to 8 p.m., and Sunday 4
to 6 p.m. As her list of volunteers
grows the hours and availability
will increase, so if you have a little
time you want to spend at the gym,
why not volunteer to help out. Call
the Byron Town Hall and add your
name to the open gym volunteer
list. Currently there is an early
morning running/walking group.
They have the equipment set up
for Zumba and other exercise
DVDs. There is equipment avail-
able for women or men to play bas-
ketball. Open gym is available for
all ages, however, parents must fill
out a form and sign for each child
who wishes to participate. Young
children must be accompanied by
an adult to use the gym.
It is heartwarming to be re-
minded that good things can hap-
pen in a community when just a
few people are willing to step for-
ward and offer their ideas and time.
Thank you to John and Byron
Outreach Volunteers, Annabelle
and Jeanie Petrich at the Rec.
Dept., Jackie Hecht, Ray Havig,
Janet Haddox, Steve Wirth, Jess
Winzenried, RB Smith and the
Byron Memorial Park committee,
as well as, Byron Forward volun-
teers, with a special thanks to Jack
and Sydney Hessenthaler and
Alan Bair, who have spent count-
less hours working on the yards,
the locks, the heating, the gym
floor, etc. and to others who have
cleaned and cared for the Byron
Town Center building for the past
several months.
Mary Riding, a 2006 Rocky
Mountain graduate and daughter
of Ed and Julie Riding, has been
accepted at the University of Utah
graduate school. She will pursue
a.:degree in forensic social work.
Mary has been working for Unit-
ed Way since she graduated from
the university and will be back to
school in May.
Sharon Carter has informed
us that her younger brother, Shel-
don, a former Byron High School
graduate and practicing attorney
in Prove, is fighting a long battle
with cancer. His grandson has cre-
ated a website to honor his grand-
pa and tell his story. A comment
can be left at www.supergpa.com
or a more personal message can be
sent to contact @supergpa.com.
There is a Facebook page called
Old Byron Folks. It's a fun place to
catch up with those who have found
their way to the social media site.
Steve Wirth and Elaine Enes
Wirth both attended Byron High
School in the 60's. Their oldest
daughter April has been in the
Stanford Medical Center in Pale
Alto, Calif., for the past three
months after receiving a double
lung transplant. She is the moth-
er of three children. She was re-
leased a few days ago to the care of
her mother Elaine and aunt Alana
Vangrinsven and will be in Califor-
nia for a few more months. There is
a fund set up in her behalf and any
help would be greatly appreciated.
Send donations to April LaRee
Special Needs, c/o Gary Hornbeck,
3960 Grandview Drive, Hood Riv-
er, OR 97031. We wish the best for
her and hope she can soon be back
with her husband, Kurt, and fam-
ily in Oregon.
Bill and Sally Smith
Dec. 28, 1946
Enjoy seeing family and friends
We cherish our senior
readers and wish them the
best Valentine's Day ever.
LOVELL
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