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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1956
Page
3
Santa arrives at 2:00 pm for a free Saturday show at the Gaiety Theatre on December 22 hosted by the Triangle Club of Big Pingy. Children receive candy, a brief North Pole home tour, and a memorable event with a doll wardrobe prize drawn by lucky number.
Board of Supervisors discussed not resuming a ten year discontinued activity and offered local deters a chance to volunteer. Conservation plans by Tanner and O Erten approved. January 15 1957 election date set with polls 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Soil Conservation Service Office.
Pack horses are described as three types a leader the diligent worker and a crafty rover. Tom Fitzpatrick encounters a troublesome horse during a parade in what is now Sublette County prompting him to rethink trading it away on a winter prospecting trip toward beaver and Astoria.
Graveside rites were held in El Reno Oklahoma at 1 am for Allen Gay Johnson who died December 3 after a heart attack. He worked as a driller for Loflin Brothers Drilling Co. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to Big Piney residents for help with the death and services. Ella Johnson Otto Kratzke and the Kraitzke family extend thanks.
Mrs. Paul Pegry Pape of Pinedale and John Evenlid of Big Piney were joined in marriage at Pine Dale last Saturday December gth. Rev John Thornton of the Congregational Churches of Pinedale and Big Piney officiated. Both parties are highly reputed in their communities and Sublette County.
Report on Russian education from travelers noting that schooling is valued and widely attended from ages seven to seventeen. Observations include crowded classrooms in village schools, a senior chemistry class of 17 year olds, six day weeks, lengthy curricula with strong emphasis on science and English, and high regard for teachers despite limited new facilities.
The schedule lists multiple away and home games for H S and local teams including Mt View Lyman Farson Hanna Cokeville Pinedale and Superior with dates from December 14 to February 22 plus a Southwest District Tournament in Green River spanning Feb 33 to Mar 1. Each entry notes opponents and game times typical evenings and afternoons across January and February.
Big Piney Lodge No. 47 AF and AM elected and installed officers for the year. W M George Grinestaff Warden Charles Davis J W Robert Thompson Senior Deacon Donald Wascenberg Junior Deacon James Greenwood Secretary Frank Bray Treasurer Dan Budd Chaplain Dan Budd Marshal James Mickelson Tyler Sylvester Griggs Also during the meeting Robert Noble and Frank Bray Jr were raised to Master Mason in the Sublime Degree.
The realization that every child deserves the best possible education had a sobering effect on all who witnessed it firsthand, marking a turning point in our commitment to educational excellence.
Frei Beal, formerly supervisor of hatcheries operations in the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, is appointed State Fish Warden replacing A G Greene who became State Game and Fish Commissioner in December 1935. Beal has 21 years with Montana Game and Fish and prior work in Washington fisheries.
U S Representative Keith Thom en named four additional Wyoming youths as delegates for competitive exams to the U S Air Force Academy, raising his total to eight. The four are Robert John Oslund of Cheyenne Dennis H Dawson of Cheyenne Robert F Shepherd of Wheatland and Everette B McCrary of Casper. They join two others in vying for Wyoming’s two Colorado Springs appointments. Big Piney receives 217 11 for October cigarette tax share.
In Laramie on December 6, 1956 University of Wyoming President Dr G S Humphrey outlined special needs in the 1956 57 budget request. Key items include faculty salary increases, nursing extension and agriculture support, plant improvements, water treatment equipment, and a new employees group insurance plan. He cites outmigration for higher pay, noting 88 staff leave in two years, with several teachers departing for higher salaries and many faculty offered and declining higher pay elsewhere. Overall 64 percent of next biennium funds would come from state appropriations, up from 34 percent.
A Legion Auxiliary meeting on Friday December 7 at Legion Hall approved a Christmas dance and midnight lunch, authorized subscriptions to Look Magazine for Cheyenne and Sheridan hospitals, and two five dollar Ames seal bonds with a five dollar donation to the Leonan Wood Memorial. A box worth sixty one dollars was sent to Cheyenne Shopping Day and cookies were sent to the hospital cookie jar. Members thanked donors including Reta Carr and others, and Lincon Service Corp manager Vain Bair visited on official business.
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