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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1955
Page
2
The Church of St Anne announces mass every Sunday at 10 30 and extends a cordial invitation to the public to attend and join in worship at the church on Sundays.
The Veterans Administration disclosed February 1955 records show more than 104000 appraisal requests for proposed and existing homes, the highest since October 1950. The month totals reflect a 38 percent rise from January and a 9 percent increase over February 1954, with two thirds from builders and the rest for existing homes.
The annual spring Kemmerer Bull Sale is planned for Saturday April 16. Local ranchers and buyers are preparing to attend, with cattle selection and bidding expected to feature prime bulls from regional breeders. Pets and exhibitors will showcase stock, and auctions will support farmers' cooperatives.
George Earp and his son visited Rock Springs for a wheel alignment. John Chrisman reportedly ill with the runvamps. Alvin and Mrs Twitchell spent Easter in Pocatello Idaho, noting heavy snow. George Nichols works on the Gaiety theatre interior. Ross Meeks and family and Tom Golden visited Salt Lake City last week. Golden went to see his recovering wife from a past auto accident. A revised official Big Piney town map is ready from the Town Clerk or State Bank. Weekend guests at Charles Dewis’s home included George Davison and Loyd, Colorado relatives. Robert Homer left for electrician’s school at San Diego Navy Base after time with his parents. Mrs Hornet Dunham and grandchildren Dennis and Rocky Pennicki spent Easter in Roy Utah with T Miley. Joel Budd returned from Salt Lake City to recover from an accident in the hay field at the L. D. B. hospital.
Mr and Mrs Rulon Woffinden hosted a dinner with guests including Mr and Mrs Donski Hopkins and daughter from Rock Springs, Mrs Jerry Hale and daughters from La Barge, Mr and Mrs Donald Gray and George W Hopkins. Easter services in local churches drew crowds, with bright Sunday morning sunshine giving way to clouds and wind later. Mr and Mrs Carl Doerr and daughter Pat visited Kemmerer Washers last Saturday. Casper resident Mrs James Car joined Mr and Mrs Guy Carr Jr and family from Clearfield Utah for Easter at the Carr home.
Advertises purchase of royalty deeds in Oklahoma at 18 dollars per acre with no rent assessments or taxes. Claims direct drilling in some counties and offers a free folder by mail or payment to L Healy at 7% and Main Street in Idabel Oklahoma.
A speculative ad note touts a self swimming minnow lure powered by balance and gravity, promising no bait, fuel, or springs. It claims life like action, teaches to fish any depth, and ships for $1.00 with refunds and mail order from Belmont Massachusetts, plus dealer and church notices from Big Piney and Denver.
Congressman Keith Thomson reports U S Interior Department backing H R 1844 to raise desert land entry size from 160 to 320 acres and to unify mineral and non mineral entry rules. The measure would allow pre enactment entries to expand to 320 acres with three technical amendments suggested by the Department. Local notices detail several Easter visits and residents traveling to Denver Salt Lake City and Lake Mead with family events and hospital news.
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