This week in history: Thousands expected at 1920 Dillon ski tournament

“As the prow of the battleship Virginia crossed the sill of the new Commonwealth drydock, at Boston, it struck a floral wreath stretched across from wall to wall, and as the huge fighting craft moved forward the chain of flowers snapped, officially opening the largest dry dock of its kind in the world.”
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This week in history as reported by the Summit County Journal the week of January 17, 1920.

THOUSANDS COMING TO DILLON SKI
TOURNAMENT

If reports
from the recent ski meet in Denver are true, the annual tournaments to be held
in Dillon on February 29 by the Summit County Wintersports club will be visited
by thousands of spectators, mostly from Denver. But a considerable number from
different points over the United States.

INFANT CHILD OF EDWARD WILLIAMS BURIED
THIS WEEK

The infant
child of Edward Williams of the Royal Tiger – born last Saturday and living but
a few hours, was buried last Tuesday after funeral services held at the Rogers
Undertaking parlor.

LOCALS CLEAN UP ON ASPEN TEAMS AT
BASKETBALL

Before an
enormous crowd of wildly cheering fans the Breckenridge high school basketball
teams were victors over the fast Aspen teams in the first games of the season
in the local court.

JOHN CAMPBELL NOW SUFFERING FROM BLINDNESS, LIKELY FROM WOOD ALCOHOL

What is supposed to have been an overdose of booze made from denatured spirits has resulted in the temporary blindness of John Campbell of Breckenridge after he had spent an entire night of serious illness during which time his recovery was in question.

via:: Summit Daily