This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1955
Page
3
The American Legion Auxiliary announces the 19th annual Talent Show will be held Saturday March 28 in the High School auditorium. Businesses are urged to sponsor acts, continuing a community tradition started in March 1936, with signups to ensure another successful event.
The Sublette FFA chapter notes National FFA Week February 19 to 26 with aims to build leadership and agricultural achievement among farm youth. Sublette chapter has 20 members led by President Frank Feat and officers including vice president Bob Tanner and secretary Russell Daniela. The national group exceeds 370,000 members across 48 states Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Washington’s farming legacy linked to contour planting and conservation. Also included is a weekly drilling report for Green River Basin Sublette County Tip Top 26X-12 by Signal Drilling Co.
Rep Keith Thomson urges residents of four states to join the Aqualantes water vigilantes in backing the Colorado River Storage Project. He argues the plan will conserve waters for Wyoming agriculture and power, and promotes letter writing to counter opposition. Local note thanks Big Piney merchants for supporting the annual.
The Bridger Valley Cutters Racing Association extends thanks to the people of Big Piney Sublette County Cutter Racing association Clinton Fear Dr and family and all who offered courtesies during the visiting cutter race and their families last week.
Bridger Valley took the lion’s share of winnings in a weekend cutter race between Bridger Valley and Sublette County with fast times and a dramatic wreck. Bert Powers led day two with a 4.15 average, and a return match is planned at Lyman, Wyoming on February 19–20 drawing county entrants amid a Snowy forecast and scarce snow in Big Piney.
Mrs Thad Hoyt Mrs Carl Doerr and John Gallemore attended a Job's Daughters meeting in Kemmerer for the Eastern Star and Masonic Lodge Welcome event. Gallemore sang two songs The Lord's Prayer and I Know My Redeemer Liveth. Attending members included Patty Doerr Betty Virostko Patsy Kothe Violet Melburn Eleanor DeRosa and Alyss Alexander.
Casper, February 15 The Rocky Mountain Oil Show organizes a three ring event in June combining service and supply exhibits with professional entertainment and carnival. James E. Embrick chairs the 17 member board and says firms across the seven state Rocky Mountain region may take space at the Casper Wyoming Fair Grounds amid a $200000 Industrial Building with 2800 square feet of display space.
The Big Piney Soil Conservation District holds a supervisor election on Monday February 21 with polls 10 00 to 4 00 at the Soil Conservation Service office. Absentee ballots must be mailed by Saturday and can be obtained from County Agricultural Agent Moyle W Anderson. Nominees include Ed Finnegan Kenneth Gale John Evenild William J McGinnis Jr Gordon Nickolson Fred Schaffer and Robert Springman Evenild is the lone incumbent since 1952. The article also notes weather records on frost free days and related local community items including a Triangle Club movie event and a February 28 talk by Roy Wuthier with other social updates.
Lela Gurney thanks friends for being named one of the queens at the All Sublette County Cutter Races held in Pinedale and expresses gratitude to a sparker for the opportunity.
The passage explains a 12 day frost period criterion tied to a 290 temperature as a killing frost. It uses the last frost before June 30 and the first frost after July 1 to mark the growing season end, with 1959 as an example of a 12 day frost period in July.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.