Early School History of Wyoming
The article recalls Wyoming Territory's early teachers institutes from 1874 onward. It covers official actions by John Slaughter and M. A. Arnold, textbook recommendations, discussion of establishing a Normal School, views on teaching as a profession, methods for Arithmetic Grammar Reading and Geography, and debates on corporal punishment and teacher retention.
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Wyoming
Territory
Territorial
John Slaughter
M. A. Arnold
Laramie City
Slaughter
Cheyenne
State Department OF Education
Orchid praise for Wyoming finances in Western Farm Life
An editorial in Western Farm Life lauds Wyoming thrift in public spending. The piece cites the state examiner with county and school district bonded debt down about 560000 from 1939 to 1940 and notes totals for municipal, county, and state department bonds, concluding that governmental units are in good condition overall.
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Western Farm Life
Rocky Mountain
Wyoming
State Examiner
Capitol Building Commission
Board of Charities and Reform
Soldiers and Sailors Home
University of Wyoming
Liberal Arts
State County Road Projects Drafted Across Eleven Counties
The state highway department signs cooperation deals with 11 counties to build standardized all weather secondary roads. Projects underway or planned total at least 58 thousand dollars with full 1940 program costs exceeding 100 thousand dollars. Fifty percent of project costs are state funded with the remainder from the county.
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State Highway Department
Department Oficials
State Highway Commission
Department Jhiu
Frank Kelso
Highway Commission
Casper Mountain
Natrona County
Nels H. Smith
The
Wyoming
Public Roads
Washington
Gwynny Schoonmaker
Gone With the Wind to Show in Kemmerer April
The Fox Victory theatre in Kemmerer will screen Gone With the Wind on April 19 22 with showings over four days. Local merchants join the theater to offer discounted prices and invite patrons to reserve seats early to fit their Kemmerer visit.
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Kemmerer
Fox-Victory
Merchants Association of
Weather sketchy notes from Big Pinky week
The report notes a past week in Big Pinky with scattered weather remarks. It mentions Tom Beadle of Carpet as a visitor and Lamaire the painter working at the Robert L. Miller home. It highlights municipal and school district debt as a key concern.
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Big Pinky
Tom Beadle
Lamaire
Robert L. Miller
Farewell Party For Ranger and Mrs Cazier
A large crowd gathered at Morgan hall to honor Ranger E. Cazier and his family as they move to Pinedale for a Forest Service promotion. The Triangle club hosted the event with games, fellowship, and gifts, marking thirteen years of local service and the public’s warm regard. Ranger Jees Lambert succeeds Cazier in Big Piney, welcomed by the community.
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Morgan Hall
Triangle Club
E. Cazier
Pinedale
Cazier
Forest Department
Mr. Carier
Wyoming Forest
Lewis visits Evans to start Wyoming Petroleum well work
Co Ed Lewis from Evans ton arrived Wednesday to prepare for resuming operations at the Wyoming Petroleum Corporation well, which has been idle through the winter.
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Lewis
Evanston
Wyoming Petroleum Corporation
Scout Activities And Upcoming Senior Play At Community Hall
The Boy Scouts with Mayor George Moffat and Superintendent J E Deveraux visited La Barge March 26 for a joint meeting. The event included flag ceremony, Scout Oath, uniform care talk, first aid demonstration, and light pranks. A senior play The Absent Minded Professor debuts April 13 at the Community Hall with a post show dance. band preparations for Kemmerer festival May 1 and 4 continue.
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George Moffat
la Barge
Boy Scouts
Joe Kenyed
Rube Fox
Walter McNeil
Wasenberg
Elm
Carper
Decker
Roncalio
Kemmerer
Undefined financial figures list
A sequence of monetary values appears without context or accompanying narrative. The numbers include 494327.27, 230483.74, 195182.33, 58461.20, 10000.90, 39000.00, 5484.45, and 539838.32, but no description of sources, dates, or categories is provided.
Economic Highlights Snow Measurements Shows Less Snow Than Last Year
Industrial News Review reports cautious forecasts for growth with war buying limited to select industries. Fed index near 104 in March, expected to dip toward 100 by May end before a possible rebound. Snow measurements at Piney LaBarge and Snider Basin show shallower depths but higher water content, suggesting little runoff this year.
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Industrial News Review
Paul Mahon
Federal Reserve Board
Aruhat
S. E. Cazier
Paul Virostko
Snider Basin
Wyoming seeks comptroller to streamline university finances
The University of Wyoming trustees, backed by business and political leaders, study replacing the president’s broad financial duties with a centralized comptroller. The plan would place all university finances under the comptroller, reduce the president’s role to academics, and cut the president’s salary from prior levels. Gov. Nels H. Smith and state officials endorse fiscal reform. some urge extending oversight to state auditors. Also, Gov. Smith proposes a 25 cent hike in hunting and fishing licenses to fund county fish preserves, and cooperation among farmers, stockmen, and sportsmen is stressed. Local assessments and visits by county residents are noted. Subscribe for the EXAMINER.
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University of Wyoming
Carnegie Foundation For
Wyoming
Cowboy Institution
Nels H. Smith
H. H. Horton
State Senate
Nels H Pearson
Senate
Uinta County Sportmen's Association
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Caziers
State Bank of
Big Piney
United States
U.S
law _ ee
Albert Larson
Frank D. Ball
Frank A. Fear
Sadie Osterhout
State of
County of
Lincoln
Nellie Frizzell
Home Wrecker
Sheila Carscadden
Kathleen Norris
Iriske Eyies
Capitol
Lewis EB. Bates
R. T. Albert
Donald Gray
Mrs
Barney Payne
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