From our files: Sanders and Cordova lead cast of school play in 2000

100 years ago, May 2, 1925

The Cowley Progress

Cheyenne, Wyo. – Two gavels made from the wood of the famous Washington elm have been received by Frank D. Lucas, Secretary of State. The gavels were presented by the city of Cambridge, Mass., where the elm stood. The inscription on the gavels is “A piece of the Washington elm which formerly stood in Cambridge,  Mass., presented by the city of Cambridge, 1924.” The gavels probably were made for the legislature, but there was some unavoidable delay in sending them.

75 years ago, May 3, 1950

The Lovell Chronicle

The Big Horn Basin Oddfellows Association, comprising lodges of Cody, Powell, Lovell, Greybull, Basin, Worland, Thermopolis and Riverton, held its district meeting Saturday in the Oddfellows hall in Lovell. Cody members were prevented from attending by the severe storm of Friday night. Several visiting brothers were present from Billings; also a large percentage of local members attended.

All the visiting speakers were unanimous in their praise and congratulations on the new building, which has just been completed. The scheduled dedication of the new building was postponed owing to the illness of the principal speaker, past grand master W.W. Axon of Casper.

50 years ago, May 1, 1975

The Lovell Chronicle

Mother has a chance to win a weekend trip to a Big Horn Mountain resort through the generosity of the Lovell Chamber of Commerce. It’s all part of a big Mother’s Day promotion that kicks off this week at participating Lovell merchants. 

The vacation will be at the B Bar R guest ranch above Shell and features lodging for two, dinner that evening and a continental breakfast and lunch the following day, plus the chamber will pay for your gas both ways. In addition to the weekend vacation, all participating merchants will donate an additional prize. Registration starts today, and you can register each time you visit a participating merchant.

25 years ago, May 4, 2000

The Lovell Chronicle

RMHS will be presenting Lerner and Loewe’s “My Fair Lady” at the RMHS auditiorium Friday, May 5, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, May 6, at 7 p.m. The production is being directed by Todd Rosenberger and Lila Steed.

David Sanders plays Henry Higgins, and Cora Cordova is Eliza Doolittle. Other major characters are Dustin Wagner as Colonel Pickering, Cory Carpenter as Freddy Eynsford-Hill and Drew Peregoy as Alfred P. Doolittle.

10 years ago, April 30, 2015

The Lovell Chronicle

A Lovell High School social studies teacher received a special award this week, one of a handful of Wyoming teachers to receive the 2015 Arch Coal Teacher Achievement Award. Honored was Caleb Sanders, who teaches American history, world geography and health/physical education. He has 12 years of teaching experience, 7½ years at LHS.

“Our time as educators can be filled with so many things that it is easy to get lost in a collection of wasteful or unproductive moments,” Sanders said. “My teaching philosophy is to make sure that I love God, love myself, love what I teach and love who I teach. I find that if I do these things everything else seems to fall in place.”