La Barge man dies in Sublette County highway crash
Daniel J. Rooney, 34, of La Barge, died from a crushed chest and multiple bruises after a car wreck about 10 miles north of La Barge. Driver Charu Herbert Springer of Big Piney was charged with reckless driving, fined 100 dollars and costs, and had his license revoked for 30 days. Patrolman Glenn Crews investigated the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sublette County
Pam
Daniel J. Rooney
la Barge
Kemmerer Hospital
Charu Herbert Springer
Big Piney
Springer
Glenn Crews
Benson calls for stepped up study of agricultural costs
Secretary of Agriculture Benson orders intensified studies on marking margins and farm costs to determine if consumer prices include improper or excessive marketing charges and profits. He notes some margins are too great and not justified while farmer prices for food products have risen slightly despite declining consumer prices. He discussed the issue with the President as a real obstacle to solving the farm surplus problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
Department of Agriculture
Big Piney climate and land ownership figures released
Weather data for January at Big Piney Station shows average mean 9.40 and high 41.0, with lows around minus 28 and minus 45 in 1949, plus 1.20 inches record precip in 1950 and 0.5 inches low in 1946. Land table lists 1,058,740 acres in the district with 202,977 acres agricultural, 183,008 privately owned, 13,222 state land with ranches, 6,087 desert land entries, and federal ownership totaling 79.3 percent. State owns 35,760 acres, private owners hold 173 percent of a line item, and 217 percent forest/BLM entries are included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Piney Station
Big Piney Soil Conservation District
Bureau of Land Management
Forest Service
State of
Wyoming
New Year Day Dinner Guests Listed At Home
Mr and Mrs E P on Clew hosted guests for New Year's Day dinner including Mr sid, Mrs Carl Doerr, Mr and Mrs M Virostke, and Mrs Barah Uhlmann in a social gathering at their residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epon Clew
Sid
Carl Doerr
M. Virostke
Barah Uhlmann
Local Boy Scouts Awarded Badges At Legion Hall
Local Boy Scouts received Yenderfoot rank badges last evening. Recipients included Jim Miller Victor S McGinnis Jr Shelton Windley Jr Howard Earles J and Charles Wilkerson with Walter C Yose Jr presenting for the Upper Green River Branch LDS Comure sponsors of Troop 22. Leaders include Don Folvyaison Paul N Scherbel Norman Perkins James W Lambert and Arthur Homer. In a separate note District Manager Sterling Kek Peterson outlines 1955 social security wage reporting requirements for farm and ranch operators including Form 943 and the January 31 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Miller
Victor S. McGinnis
Shelton Windley
Howard Earles
Charles Wilkerson
Walter C. Yose
Grecn River
LDS Comure
Legion Hall
Don Folvaison
Paul N. Scherbel
Norman Perkins
Cnsiman
James W Lambert
Arthur Homer
Sterling Kek. Peterson
Rock Springs
Social Security District
Internal Revenue Service
Annual Stockholders Meeting Notice for State Bank of Big Piney
Notice is hereby given the annual meeting of the stockholders of the State Bank of Big Piney Wyoming will be held in the bank office on Monday January 9 1956 between 2 00 and 4 00 P M for election of directors and any other business. Public notice appears in PRI on December 15 29 and January 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bank of
Big Piney
Wyoming
PRI
Card of thanks for Mrs Sally Golden and family
Mrs Sally Golden and family thank a dear friend for kindnesses and flowers during their recent great loss, Tom Golden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally Golden
Tom Golden
Lions Club Seeks Urgent Big Piney Phone Remedy
Lions Club of Big Piney Wyoming writes to Public Service Commission about long distance delays. Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph reports bottlenecks from Kemmerer to Rock Springs, with new circuits planned to cut delays and direct Big Piney to Rock Springs links via Pinedale by June 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ons Club
Big Piney
Walter W. Hudson
Chaiirman Public Service Commission
Supreme Court
Cheyne
Wyoming
Hudson
Big Piney Telephone Company
Jess
Pinedale Telephone Company
Kenmerer
Rock Springs
Fadule
Kimmerer
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Kemmerer
Mountain States Company
Liony Club
Joe L. Budd
Lions Club
Piney
Budd
Big Pinney
J. Vv
Bradey
Kemymerer
Lnes
Hille
Pinedale
Katherine Lambert
Earl Crane
Bradley
Rip Piney
Pinedat
Cheyenne
Peter Bothen
Utilities Department
Lions Club of
Wyoming Public Service Commission
Sumi Mariae
Kemmerer-Rock Springs
Ten Scholarships Awarded to Engineering Students
The American Institute of Steel Construction will award ten $1,000 scholarships to qualified high school seniors or graduates pursuing civil or architectural engineering at an ABET accredited college or university. University of Wyoming listed. nominees must be proposed by a member. Selection by a jury around May 15, 1956 based on CEEB tests, essays, finances, and employment status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Institute of Steel Construction
Engineers’ Council For Professional Development
University of Wyoming
Institute
Committee For
Ralph E. McWhinnie
Committee For Education
American Institute of Stel Construction, Inc
Park Avenue
New York
N. Y
Top Awards To Wyoming 4-H'ers
Wyoming 4-H winners are James Farver 17 of Laramie Carmen Tyrrel 18 of Lusk and Donelle Taylor 19 of Midwest named state leaders in 1955 4-H programs. Edward Foss Wilson presented each a 19 jewel watch. Lois Whited 18 of Egbert earned state honors in Frozen Foods and a $50 savings bond. Taylor and Whited led multiple projects and held local and state offices while contributing to club and community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farver
Carmen Tyrrel
James Farver
Laramie
Lusk
Edward Foss Wilson
Wilson and Co
James
Little Horse Power
Floyd
Boy Scouts
Thespians
Carmen
Trene Shane
Joe Pfiester
Farm Bureau
Donelle Taylor
Midwest
Thomas E. Wilson
Lois Whited
Donelle
Campbell County
Don Taylor
Charles Archibald
Egbert
U.S
International Harvester Co
Lois
Inquest Into Fire Victims Held Today
An inquest into the deaths of Betty and Bermiece Buchholtz from a apartment house fire is held today. Harley Lee Bowman, once confined after the fire and examined at Evanston State Hospital, was deemed sane by Dr. J. F. Whalen and believed his statement that he did not start the blaze. Sheriff Morris Horton traveled to Evanston to return Bowman for testimony at the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Bermiece Buchholtz
Harley Lee Bowman
State Hospital
Evanston
J. F. Whalen
Morris Horton
Bowman
Centennial IFYE Visits Argentina Cattle Ranches
Laramie youth and International Farm Youth delegate Donald Erickson, from Albany County, visits Argentina for five months to learn about Argentine ranching. He notes cattle are fattened on oats and alfalfa pastures with cattle weighing about 1000 pounds at ages two to three, and discusses ranch management, land use, and cultural adjustments including language and equipment issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Donald Erickson
Argentngaos
Erickson
Albany County
Argentina
Minnesota
IFYE
Lve
Buenos Aires
Centennial Valley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daniel Rooney
The
H. Ailen Carroll
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph CO
Rok Springs
Sven
Jack Dodd
Peter Marshall
Centennial Ifye
Catttle Ranches
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