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Byron gews
What's in a name? Plenty if you look at Byron history
E, DENNEY NEVILLE
548- 7829
"What's in a name?" to
quote Shakespeare, but not
quite in the same context
as Juliet's use of the phrase
in her intimate conversa-
tion with Romeo. In Shake-
speare's version Juliet says
to Romeo that "a name is an
artificial and meaningless
convention." Love struck
Juliet was wrong about fam-
ily names. Family names al-
ways have meaning because
they are tied to history in-
volving the complete frame-
work of people in a commu-
nity. With the names comes
the history of community,
people, families and indi-
viduals.
My cousin, Bart NeV-
ille of Casper delivered a
packet of old documents to
me recently dating back a
century. These documents
contain the names of many
families that were the first
to settle in the town of By-
ron. They were the first to
till the ground, move aside
At the right is a
photocopy of the
signatures on the
application for the
incorporation of Byron
in 2010.
the sagebrush, cross the riv-
er, build the bridge, survey
the lots to define the streets,
survey the Sidon and the
Elk canals and secure the
water rights, dig the ditch-
es, cultivate the fields, grow
and harvest the first crops.
Eventually gas and elec-
tricity came and they built
the foundations, walls and
roofs of homes, schools and
the churches. People with
names, not "meaningless
conventions," did all these
things to build our commu-
nity. They pioneered the
way for us. They ate what
they raised, caught and
shot.
Now we can buy Chi-
nese food prepared in Pow-
ell, cooked by cooks that
have moved here from
China, and we can bring it
to Byron and eat the tasty
menu of delicacies while
watching television in the
comfort of our homes. We
need to be grateful for the
sacrifice and hard work of
the honored names of our
community, even keep-
ing them sacred and not
meaningless conventions
of identification.
One of the documents
in the package, of special
interest, is the applica-
tion for incorporation of
the Town of Byron. The
date on the document is
February 24, 1910. The 28
names listed on the docu-
ment are of our !'Founding
Fathers."
If you can help with
the recognition of these
names, please contact me.
This document will be on
display in the town hall.
What's in a name?
That which we call a rose
by any other name would
smell as sweet.
William Shakespeare
Oh, what's its name? I
can't remember, but it sure
smells like a what-cha-ma-
call-it.
William Forgeterite
Amanda and Cameron
Mackay
Wocicki wed
Cameron Ross Mac-
kay and Amanda Nicole
Wocicki were married on
August 18, 2011 in the Rex-
burg, Idaho LDS Temple.
Amanda is the daugh-
ter of Dexter and Lisa
Woodis of Cowley and Steve
Wocicki of Riverton and the
granddaughter of Vic and
Vicky Strube of Greybull,
Keith and Carol Rasmus-
sen, Dexter Woodis Sr. of
Cowley and Gene Wocicki
of Riverton.
Cameron is the son of
Greg and Sheila Mackay
of Redmond, Washington,
grandson of Boyd and Gail
Mackay of Salt Lake City
and the late Glen and Lula
Gilbert of Othello, Wash-
ington.
Open house receptions
were held in Cowley and
Redmond, Washington.
Lovell
bowler
wins in
Laurel
Chester Gilliam of
Lovell defeated Ed Sau-
er of Billings in the chal-
lenge championship match
of the first Double Nickel
Tournament of the year in
Laurel, Mont. by a score of
215-196.
Gilliam forced the sec-
ond match with a 259-177
win in the first match.
With the win, Gilliam took
home $202, while Sauer
took home $164 for his ef-
forts.
The high qualifier of
the tournament was Stu
Summers with a 934 for
four games. John L. Frank
posted the high game with
a 267 in match play com-
petition against his broth-
er.
There were 39 bowl-
ers who participated in the
tournament from Wyoming
and Montana. Mike Kitch-
en of Lovell also played.
The next tournament
will be held at Treasure
Lanes in Livingston, Mont.
on Oct. 16. There will be
two shifts of qualifying
with shift times at 9 a.m.
and 11 a.m. The second
shift is limited to the first
32 bowlers who sign up
for the tournament. This
tournament is open to all
bowlers who are 55 years
or older, both men and
women. If any bowlers are
planning on attending the
next tournament, please
contact Dale Matthaes at
406-652-3104 or email him
at Bowlingnut740@aol.
com to reserve your place
in the tournament.
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Cowley news
Blackburns host NWC hoops players
DRUE TEBBS-MEEK
548-6901
The fall weather is al-
most perfect. The sun is
bright, the wind is still,
crops are about to be har-
vested, gardens are being
gleaned. The machinery has
been put together at the sug-
ar factory and the farmers
are ready to begin the beet
harvest. This time of year is
quite wonderful and if the
weather cooperates, there
will be many crops brought
in with the hard work that
brings the farmers a suc-
cessful season.
Some members of the
community had visitors last
week. Lena Jane Harston
of Georgetown, Calif., spent
a week in the Cowley area
visiting friends and rela-
tives. She was a guest of her
sister Mary and Mary's hus-
band, Bob Yorgason. The
two sisters are the daugh-
ters of the late Stott and Ge-
nielle Partridge. While Lena
Jane was here, a barbecue
was held in her honor and it
was attended by 37 relatives
from Cowley, Lovell and
Greybull. Among the guests
were Lena and Mary's broth-
er Stan and wife Diann Par-
tridge of Lovell.
Tim and Jerrie
Townsend also had com-
pany last weekend as their
son Rusty and wife Kel-
ly Jane, along with their
daughter, Madelyn of Rex-
burg, Idaho spent time
with the Townsend fam-
ily. They drove to the Big
Horns, to the Beartooth
Mountains, later had good
food and just had a good
time together.
Leslie Blackburn and
her parents, Ken and
Janeen, hosted a barbe-
cue for the Northwest Col-
lege girls basketball team
last week. Eleven team-
mates of Leslie's convened
at her grandparents Ken
and Sharon Blackburn's
home for the event. The
girls were treated to ham-
burgers, corn on the cob and
all the usual buffet food. Af-
ter eating, the group retired
to the patio porch for visit-
ing, a team meeting and all
became better acquainted.
Dean and Teddie Tip-
petts have completed their
second duplex on the land
they own across the street
from the Don Graham
home. They are beautiful,
have three bedrooms and
two baths, and now both du-
plexes are almost all rent-
ed. One unit is still available
and it is such a good plan to
have duplexes in our little
town as it is growing and
developing. Another duplex
has been started on the for-
mer Tippets land by Randy
and Karen Peterson, which
now belong to Dr. John and
Margaret Bennion of Bill-
ings.
The original home has
been razed, the debris tak-
en care of, the old trees and.
shrubs removed and the land
cleared. The dirt foundation
has been dug, and each day
it is interesting to watch the
Bennion Construction prog-
ress and continue.
It is still strange to
have that 1904 home gone,
but how exciting to witness
growth. John and Marga-
ret have built their beauti-
ful brick home on "Tucke£s
Hill" and daily one can see
the end result approaching
as driveways and shrubs
and groundwork is almost
accomplished. We'll be glad
to have the Bennions back
in town.
Club News
DUP meets with
The September meet-
ing of Big Horn Company
Daughters of Utah Pio-
neers was held Sept. 12
with President Mary Jens-
en conducting. The patri-
otic presentation given by
Dorothy Winterholler in-
cluded a quote: "Freedom
in hearts of men must be
nourished like a flower or it
will perish." She gave some
information about the early
signers of the Declaration
of Independence and read a
poem by Edgar A. Guest.
Museum notes by Pat-
ty Hansen were taken from
the journal of Jeremiah Wil-
ley when he was a member
of the Mormon Battalion
that served in the U.S. war
patriotic theme
against Mexico. A pioneer
history of Rasmus Julius
and Josephine Smith was
given by Laura Gerstner of
Ten Sleep. Artifacts were
shown by Savanna Nash.
Speaker Donna Smith
shared the history of the
oldest building in Boun-
tiful, Utah, the Jeremiah
Willey cabin built in 1854.
Short histories of Jeremiah
Willey and Perrigrine Ses-
sions were shared.
The October meeting
was announced for Oct. 10
at 1 p.m. at the Lovell An-
nex. Delicious refreshments
were served by the hostess
committee of Barbara Mon-
cur, WillaDene Kraft and
Mildred Asay.
Thankyou,
American Colloid,
for purchasing my
4-Hmarket lamb.
Caden Welling
Development Is Not A Race
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baby learns so much!
• Roll • Walk
• Joke • Crawl
• Run • Rhyme
• Stand • Talk
• Sing
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at a different pace for every child. If you
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development, call Children's Resource
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hearing. What's most important is tuning
into your child's individual
path, building on
their strengths, and
providing them
with support
when needed.
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