Governor Emerson Praises Special Session Work
Governor Emerson expresses satisfaction with the six day Wyoming legislature special session concluded with adjournment at 9 12 p m Tuesday. He thanks Senators Bec and Dow and cites accomplishments including avoiding a special election and advancing highway and penitentiary reforms. Senate discussed emergency appropriations for investigations of Rawlins state penitentiary Sheridan Girls Industrial Institute Worland, with votes guiding the final technicalities before adjourning.
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Senate
Emerson
Bec Smd Dow
House
Cheyenne
Speed P
Lazear
Cooper
Rawlins
Girls’ Industrial Institut
Sheridan
Wyoming Industrial School
Worland
Smith
Meyers
S&f
Francis E. Warren
Joseph Mi. Carey
S. PR
State Penitentiary
Ss. F
Girls’ Industrial Institute
Daniel Area Holiday Gatherings and Attentions
Daniel residents shared Christmas meals and gatherings with neighbors and relatives. Several trips to Resk Springs and Merna brought family visits from Laramie and Wisconsin. A local school program and Madge McHugh's departure for the holidays are noted alongside civic notices on Senate and House bills and state legislative actions.
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Madge McHugh
Daniel
Kemmerer Lions Install Refuge Cabins With Phones
The Kemmerer Lions Club sets up two safety houses along the Big Piney Kemmerer highway to aid motorists in storms or breakdowns. Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph dons install free phones in two refuges to improve safety for travelers to the railroad metropolis. The effort highlights regional concern for winter rescue and comfort as Kemmerer Lions celebrate civic service.
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Kemmerer Lions Club
Big Piney- Kemmerer Highway
Mountain States Telephone de Telegraph Company
Kemmierer
Wyoming
Kenymerer
Christmas Program at Community Church Delights Crowd
The Christmas pageant at the Community church on Christmas Eve drew a large audience and pleased all. The kiddies performed well, and gifts plus sweets and popcorn balls were shared before everyone headed home for Santa Claus.
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Santa Claus
Highway Through Hoback Remains Open To Traffic
The highway from here to Jackson through Hoback Canyon stays usable for automobile travel. A Christmas day telephone report confirms travel through the area, noting unusually light snow for this time of year. A Sheridan contract was awarded to Smith-Close Company for building work estimated at about $40,000.
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Hoback
Jackson
Houback Canyon
Sheridan
Smith-Close Company
Christmas Joy Abounds in Big Piney Area
Christmas was loudly celebrated in Big Piney and nearby communities with every home hosting festive cheer. Santa Claus brought gifts to all children as local stores reported strong holiday business. Prosperity for stockraisers, businessmen, and workers enabled lavish feasts, with New Year’s Day expected to mirror the celebration.
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Big Piney
Santa Claus
Work Is Given New Trial By Higher Court
Cheyenne Wyoming The Wyoming Supreme Court reversed the Swoestwater county district court verdict convicting Henry B Mortis of Carthage for the murder of Anna Grabe in Rock Springs in 1934. The case was remanded for a new trial due to insufficient evidence and trial errors. The skeletons of Mrs Grabe and her daughter were found in a Rock Springs home. Mortis was arrested in Carthage and brought to Wyoming, where he was sentenced to hang after conviction in October 1928.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Swoestwater County District Court
Henry B. Mortis
Carthage
Yho
Anna Grabe
Denver
Rock Springs
Supreme Court
William A. Riner
Morris
Grabe
Wyoming
A GOOD HUNTER Dearth Drove Coyotes to Kemmerer Front
Del Dearth a Lincoln County Wool Growers Association hunter displayed three coyote carcasses on his front fenders after capturing them by poison. The hides go to the Biological Survey which pays the association treasurer. Dearth ranked second in November among about thirty hunters. Mr and Mrs J P Puller spent Christmas with Mr and Mrs Fred Beck at their ranch.
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Kemmerer Gazette
del Dearth
Kemmerer
Dearth
Lincoln County Wool Growers’ Association
Association
Wyoming in Washington and Wyoming’s congressional actions
Wyoming Congressman Vincent Carter introduces pension bills for residents including Don Murphy and Rose Graves while seeking to fill the Radio Commission vacancy with Raymond G. Diefenderfer of Sheridan. The Wyoming delegation backs Albert W. Dyer for Chief of Field Service at the General Land Office, and Carter moves to place a marble statute of late Senator Francis Warren in the Capitol Hall of Fame.
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Vincent Carter
Wyoming
Don Murphy
Cheyenne
Jess Taylor
Rose Graves
Casper
Ada Rollins
Lyman
Sylvia Housiaux
Douglas Hector Robitaille
Ida Copple
Mary G. Barrett
Gasper
Ida C. Denny
Basin
The
Radio Commission
Sullivan
Carter
Commission
Raymond G. Diefenderfer
Sheridan
Congress
Kendrick
General Land Office
Albert W. Dyer
Hair
Francis
Warren
Capitol
Ardath Payne and Warren Harmison Wed in Utah
Word comes that Miss Ardath Payne and Mr. Warren Harmison were married in Ogden Utah during the past week. Both are well known locally with family ties to William Payne and W E Payne of Danist. The bride teaches at Dry Piney and is a 1929 Big Piney High School graduate.
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Ardath Payne
Warren Harmison
Odgen
Utah
William Payne
W. E. Payne
Danist
Curtain, Ore
Jim Harmison
Dry Piney
Big Piney
Casper Radio Station 0 Begins Operation
Casper radio station KDFN will begin broadcasting this week, operator D L Hathaway announces. The station will be housed in the Hotel Townsend with two six foot towers atop the building and the antennae nearly completed. Major equipment installed, remaining work focuses on minor details.
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Casper
KDFN
D. L. Hathaway
Annouces
Townsend
Pepper Pat
Dance by Modern Woodmen at Clyde Hall a successful event
The dance given by the Ideal lodge of Modern Woodmen of America at Clyde Hall last Saturday night was well attended and proved a success, netting the lodge a fair income for lodge purposes and furnishing amusement for the public.
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Modern Woodmen of America
Clyde Hall
Community Church Plans Next Sunday Services
The Community Church announces next Sunday Church School and public worship led by Minister Rev A C Best. The program includes a sermon theme The Great Clock Face and begins at 10 a m with services featuring scripture readings and congregation participation.
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Rev
A. C. Best
Funeral Services For Mrs Hockett Held Friday Last
Funeral services were held Friday morning at 10 for Mrs. G B Hockett wife of Attorney G B Hockett who died Thursday from spinal meningitis. Rev A C Best praised her life and offered condolence to her husband and family. The service was outdoors per law and after the ceremony the casket was moved to Kemmerer for interment beside her young son. A large funeral cortege followed, with abundant floral tributes marking the respect.
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G. B. Hockett
Atttorney
A. C. Best
Kemmerer
Lincoln Mortuary
Town of Afton to Have Talking Pictures
August Dabel, proprietor of the American Theatre in Afton, announces a Vitaphone sound system installation to show 100 percent talking pictures. Both talking and silent films will be shown. talkies may expand to all showings if demand rises. The work, aimed at modernizing the theatre, will be completed by June with a 100 percent talking picture planned for Christmas Day.
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Ster Valley Independent
August Dabel
American Theatre
Aften
Cabel
Afton
Talking Pictures
Dabe
Salt Lake City
Paramount Pictures
Star Valley
Wedding Bells Unites Wilson Baldwin and Goldie McKie
Reverend W. Bretnall officiated Saturday at the M E Church in Big Piney as Wilson Steve Baldwin of Big Piney wed Miss Goldie McKie of Lincoln Nebraska. The bride teaches at Dunham school near Big Piney. Newlyweds to reside in Big Piney.
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W. Bretnall
M. E. Church
Matridge
Wilson Steve Baldwin
Big Piney
Goldie McKie
Lincoln
Neb
Dunham School
Kemmerer Gazette
Notice stockholders Meeting of State Bank of Big Piney
The annual stockholders meeting to elect directors will be held at the bank offices in Big Piney Wyoming on Monday January 18 at 2 00 PM. The notice appears amid Christmas season notes and local social items.
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State Bank of
Big Piney
Bank
Wyoming
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