From our files: Gillis hired as Lovell High School principal in 1950

75 years ago, Aug. 17, 1950

The Lovell Chronicle

Mr. and Mrs. M. Robert Gillis have taken up residence in Lovell. Mr. Gillis will serve as Lovell High School principal for the coming year. The Gillises came to Lovell from Great Falls, Montana. 

Seven new teachers have been added to the faculty of the Lovell public schools. Mrs. Ione Brekenfeld, formerly of South Dakota, will teach fifth grade. Miss Frances Clark, a teacher in the fourth grade, will come from Laramie. Miss Catherine Kanekoa and Miss Laurett Brooksby are newcomers to Wyoming. Miss Brooksby’s home is Fredonia, Arizona, while Miss Kanekoa hails from Hawaii. They will teach in the third and fourth grades.

Miss Lena McIntosh, homemaking instructor, is a former resident of Burlington. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Smith will join the faculty in Lovell. He will serve as an instructor in the mathematics and science department of the high school. Mrs. Smith will teach in the first grade. 

50 years ago, Aug. 14, 1975

The Lovell Chronicle

The top man on the seniority list of Burlington Northern telegraphers west of the Missouri sends his last message here tomorrow. J.J. Woods retires after 36 years in the Lovell depot as telegrapher and then agent – completing a railroading career he began at age 18. He gets more than a slight gleam in his eye as he recalls the heyday of the railroads – the days trains were the in form of travel.

Woods has all the seniority lists back into the ‘40s and can trace his rise on the lists year-by-year through the 20s, teens and right up to number one this past year. His progress through the ranks was slowed by expansion of the small division here first to Nebraska, then to everything west of the Missouri.

25 years ago, Aug. 17, 2000

The Lovell Chronicle

Georgia-Pacific’s Lovell Wallboard plant is saddened by the loss of 15-year veteran Hal D. Hart. Mr. Hart, 49, died at 2:30 a.m. of injuries sustained during an accident, according to a company news release. The hearts of all Georgia-Pacific employees, the company said in its release, especially those of his friends and co-workers, go out to Hal’s family.

10 years ago, Aug. 13, 2015

The Lovell Chronicle

When describing her 27 years as an elementary school teacher in Big Horn County, Lovell resident Sharla Zwemer is most enthusiatstic about the thrill of seeing her students grow and progress and then witnessing their successes as adults. In fact, Zwemer, who retired from BHC School District No. 1 at the end of May, also enjoyed the delight of teaching the children of some former students.