Tuberculin Test Given to 144 School Children
Through funds from Christmas Stamps, 144 students from Big Piney and three rural district schools received tuberculin tests. About 12 percent showed infection and were X-rayed to check for disease. Dr. W. L. Looney and Mrs. Bess Watt assisted. Madelyn Seabright praised supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Piney
Madelyn Seabright
Wyoming Tuberculosis Association
W. L. Looney
Bess Watt
Evanston
Rabbits Not Sole Carriers of Tularemia Warned
Washington Tularemia, blamed on rabbits, may spread via muskrats skunks chipmunks and other rodents says Dr William De Kleine medical adviser of the American Red Cross. He urges hunters housewives and market men to wear rubber gloves when handling potentially infected animals and notes cooking kills the virus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wiliam de Kleine
American Red Cross
Be Kleine
de Hieinen
de Bleine
de Kleine
Wyoming Declares Wyoming Day for Equal Suffrage Centennial
Governor Nels H. Smith proclaims Sunday December 10, 1939 as Wyoming Day marking the 40th anniversary of women gaining equal suffrage. He urges observances in schools clubs and women’s groups while noting the upcoming semi centennial of the state with emphasis at public gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wyoming
Congress
Union
Nels H. Smith
Wechold
State of
Cheyenne
Capitol
A. D
School News Trip to Kemmerer Highlights Student Council Meet
Tharon Mickelson and teammates shoutse Yose, Anton Subic, Keith McNinch and Tharoy Mickelson with Miss Cook as sponsor journeyed to Kemmerer for the 5th Annual Student Council meeting. Delegates enjoyed a program, banquet, and dance. smaller schools proposed a separate meeting to spur improvement and share ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemmerer
Tharon Mickelson
Shoutse ‘Yose
Anton Subic
Keith McNinch
Tharoy Mickelson
Reg Piney
Kem
Rehearsals for Aunt Tillie Goes to Town under Duggan
Gloria Howell reports Junior cast rehearsing the play Aunt Tillie Goes to Town with peers Inky Fear as Aunt Tillie and Luther Lorrimer by Pat Samora. The ensemble includes Nedra Miles Lucinda Talbot Pamala Marsh Louise Yose Phi Howerton and more. A dance and music follow the performance scheduled for December 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Howell
Aunt Tillie
Mr.Duggan
Inky Fear
Pat Samora
Luther Lorrimer
Nedra Miles Playes
Lucinda Talbot
Tillie
Pamala Marsh
Louise Yose
Phi Howerton
Mevin Tucker
Lazzie Parsons
Norsta Stone
Miller Sage
Ellen Neeland
Keith Mc
Tuberculosis Tests In Piney District Schools
Norma Stone reports on November 28 a tuberculin test given to 114 children in Piney district schools with 80 percent tested. One positive pupil in grade schools, none in high school, and two cases under special attention funded by Christmas Seals through Wyoming Tuberculosis Association. Also notes Glee Club operetta Big Day by Estelle Clark with music by Adele Lee, led by Mr. Roncallo, planned for February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Stone
Piney
Wyoming Tuberculosis Association
Watts
V. L Looney
Glee Club
Roncallo
Estelle Clark
Adele Lee
Piney High School Opera to Feature Madri Grass Dance
The article notes several dances including a standout number titled The Madri Grass Dance. It states this is Piney High School’s first operetta and expresses hope for strong turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piney
Basketball season starts under coach Duggan plans
ANTONE SUBIC reports the 1939-40 basketball season opening. Duggan trains players on shooting from various spots. No games scheduled yet, with season expected to start around New Year. EDYTHE FEAR notes a skating party hosted by the Mickelsons at their ranch. Students traveled in snow gear, enjoyed lunch by a campfire, and returned home late after a joyful evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antone Subic
Duggan
Edythe Fear
Mickelson’s
Mickelson Ranch
Posters for the Jontor Play by Cornelia Fear
Posters attract attention for the Junior Play Aunt Tillie Goes to Town. Gloria How ell’s pen and ink drawings feature Aunt Tillie with bustle pocketbook and high tops. Posters advertise the school event on December 16th.
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Jontor
Cornelia Fear
Gloria Howell
Basketball Season Starts After Floor Paint Job
The article notes a late start due to a freshly painted floor. Monday marks the players first time on the floor with Coach Duggan teaching them shots from seven angles. Congratulations are given to the boys who did a fine job painting the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Yose
Duggan
High School Band Adds New Instrument With Donor Help
The Big Piney High School band received a new Buescher instrument, a soraphone, donated through support from the Rodeo Club Triente Club the American Legion unit Auxiliary and the Eastern Star Chapter. The instrument will remain property of the high school and benefit many students for years to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Howerton
Hs High School
T He
Rodeo Club
Triente Club
American Legion Unit Auxiliary
Eastern Star Chapel
Big Piney High School
Winter Drilling Advances at Budd No. 1 Well West of Big Piney
Wyo ming Petroleum Corporation reports progress at Budd No. 1 test oil well eleven miles west of Big Piney. Third boiler installed, fourth on order for winter readiness. Drilling resumed after a minor pipe snag with improvements in the bottoming shale section. Industrial News Review notes Philippine independence debates, economic and security concerns, and wartime mine warfare trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming Petroleum Corporation
Big Piney
C. Ed Lewis
Lewis
Pray
George L. Steffy
Salti Lake City
Clyde Howell
Industrial News Review
Offee
Phillippines
Newsweek
U. S. Dependency
Philippine
Japan
Nipfon
Philippines
Son of Heaven
U.S. Army
Telanc i
Far East
Congress
Big Pinney sportsmen attend state meeting at Pinedale
Several Big Pinney sportsmen join officials from the State Game and Fish Commission for a Wednesday evening briefing in Pinedale regarding wildlife policies and hunting regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Game & Fish Commission
Pinedale
Economic Highlights Wyoming Banks Make 25,000 New Loans
Amer ican Bankers Association reports Wyoming banks issued over 25,000 new loans totaling 10 million dollars in the first six months of 1939 and renewed 11,000 loans totaling 8.001 million. They also made 1,000 new mortgage loans totaling 824 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
New York
American Bankers Association
Electric rate cuts in state save consumers money
Reductions in electric rates by public utilities since January 1 total 324,004 yearly in Wyoming, per Iain Hancock, secretary of the Public Service Commission. Gas rate cuts add 9 11,792, with overall savings 345,796. Utilities say reductions were voluntary and followed Gov. Smiths call that rates are too high in many Wyoming cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tash
Iain Hancock
State Public Service Commission
Hancock
Nels H. Smith
Orhen
Wyoming
Liquor Sales Rise as Expenses Fall in 1939 Wyoming Report
Thomas McKinney, director of the Wyoming liquor commission, reports seven month period ending Oct 30 1939 shows net earnings of 339701, up 16473 from 1938. Expenses reached 45657, down 567 from 1938, with overhead at 3 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming Liquor Commission
McKinney
Notice Masons Hold Two December Lodge Meetings
Two meetings of Big Piney Lodge number 47 are planned in December. One on Tuesday evening December 14 and another on December 26. All members are urgently requested to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Piney Lodge
Christmas lights brighten Big Piney streets at night
Big Piney decorates with colored electric lights spanning the main streets and highways. The glow signals Christmas spirit and enhances town beauty, with visibility from north south east and west routes into town.
Hidden menace of mine fieldslurk in seas after war
The passage notes that many assume seas are filled with free mines making planned mine fields useless to ships. It suggests British mines may have broken loose during storms from their fleets and drift about, posing a hidden danger to air shipping. How to clear the seas after war remains an unresolved problem.
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Nelse H. Smith
Wyoming Petroleum
Mesdames
John Stevens
Frank D. Chapel
Dessert Bridge
Stevens
R. S Bennett
Ned Herschler
Wiliam Budd
James P. Jensen
Fred Beck
Marshall Gurney
Desert Bridge
Beck
Donald Gray
Jennie Budd
J. D.tanner
G. T. Morgan
Geo. Farrell
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Pharos
Alexandria
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