From our files: Stehen Gervay found in 1924

100 years ago, April 4, 1924

The Cowley Progress

After a search of several days in the Big Horn Mountains, the body of Stephen Garvey (Gervay), who had been missing since March 16, was found where he had fallen exhausted in the deep snow and there died. The searching party found the body late on Sunday evening.

There were no bruises on the body or any evidences that he had suffered any injuries, and it is believed that he was trying to find his way out of Devil's Canyon in the night time or in a dense fog when overcome by exhaustion. He was found within 100 yards of the Sioux Trail, where he had left his skis, and from where the going would have been comparatively good over the one and one-half miles to his home.

75 years ago, April 7, 1949

The Lovell Chronicle

Funeral services for Warren Brinkerhoff were held Monday at 2 o'clock in the West Ward chapel with Elgin Brown conducting. Warren Brinkerhoff, son of Sylas and Elizabeth Brinkerhoff, was born January 30, 1885, at Glendale, Utah. In 1902 he was married to Josephine Clark, and to this union was born 11 children, 10 of whom are still living.

In 1903 he with his wife and small daughter joined a group going to Wyoming. He brought logs from the mountain to build the family a small house on the lot where the Keil's Grocery now is located. At that time the town of Lovell consisted of three or four houses, and the old Strong Hotel. His wife passed away in December of 1923, leaving him a family of small children.

In 1926 he married Vera Allred. To this union was born 10 children, all of whom are living. He observed his 63^rd birthday January 30 of this year and on March 31 suffered a severe stroke. He passed away at the Lovell hospital April 1. All of his twenty living children were present at the funeral.

The pallbearers were eight of his sons, DeMar, Gerald, Lavel, Arnold, Joe, Merlin, Floyd and Kendall. Interment was made in the Lovell Cemetery under the direction of the Haskell-Olson Mortuary.

50 years ago, April 4, 1974

The Lovell Chronicle

Lovell town council members refused a petition Monday night asking that the speed bumps on Shoshone and Nevada avenues be removed. The petition, presented by former Lovell police officer Earl Wallace, was signed by 25 names. However, the council did agree that the bumps were “too sharp” and ordered widening the bumps as an immediate solution. At Wallace's urging, the council agreed to change the bumps to dips, but said it would be at least two months before the change would be made.

25 years ago, April 1, 1999

The Lovell Chronicle

Rocky Mountain Middle School continues their dominance in the Wyoming Odyssey of the Mind competition, sending four teams in the last three years to the World OM competition. The team's Over the Mountain problem was to design and build a vehicle which would embark on a journey, visiting three different countries, one of which could be fictional. The sixth graders visited CandyLand, Hawaii and France. While in each country, the vehicle had to initiate a cultural event. Also during the journey, the vehicle had to change the mode of propulsion and cross different terrains, including traversing a team-designed mountain.

The team of Joel Simmons, AJ Jones, Jenny Seitz, Chandra Osborne and Angela Hatch will travel to Knoxville, Tennessee, May 26-29 for the World Finals.

10 years ago, April 3, 2014

The Lovell Chronicle

After intense scrutiny by the Wyoming School Boards Association and a long day of interviews by local school administrators, staff, teacher, community members and school board members, Dr. Rick Woodford was offered the position of superintendent of schools for Big Horn County School District No. 2 by its board of trustees. Woodford has accepted the position and will officially start his new job on July 1.