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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1957
Page
3
Large crowd attends Sunday open house for the new teacher housing apartments at Big Piney. Visitors tour the buildings while teachers serve punch and cookies, praising the Southwest School District and district officials for supporting the project as a vital community asset.
Mr and Mrs Howard Masoner of Big Piney announce the engagement of their daughter Janice Irene to Wayne Thompson son of Mr and Mrs Jim Thompson of Duncan Oklahoma. Janice is a 1955 Big Piney high school graduate and attended Parks School of Business in Denver. She is secretary to the Agriculture A S and C office in Pinedale Wy. Wayne served two years overseas and moved to Wyoming in November 1955 to work for Fish Northwest Construction Co. No wedding date has been set.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will hatch 200000 Kokanee salmon eggs at Daniel Hatchery and plant them in Fremont Lake, Sublette County. About 100000 eggs come from Montana, with another 100000 from Fremont Lake spawning in late 1955 and December. The program aims to provide a steady Kokanee supply and boost fishing, noting the species’ four year life cycle and future potential for other waters.
Mrs Elizabeth Chapel entertained guests for a birthday dinner on Tuesday with Mr and Mrs Jenny Budd Mrs Walter Yose and I Mr and Mrs Anderson McGinnis and Mrs Sadie Osterhout The article notes her birthday and mentions John Budd Mrs Yooe and Mrs Anderson McGinnis also had birthdays during the week
Preliminary results from a Big Piney Soil Conservation District study show tall grass like Baltic rush and Nebraska wedge produce higher crude protein early and later in the season compared with native grasses. Hairgrass and timothy vary, with hairgrass reaching 19 to 22 percent crude protein at key harvest dates, while Baltic rush reaches over 12 percent. Samples were analyzed by ARS staff at University of Wyoming. results suggest increasing grass-like plant percentages could improve hay nutrition and production. The Board of Supervisors approved the annual report and set supervisor elections for January 1 at the Soil Conservation Services office.
Dr. Gale W. McGee, chairman of the Institute of International Affairs at the University of Wyoming, will speak at the H. G. Auditorium in Big Piney on January 28 under the Big Piney P T A sponsorship. He has just returned from a 5,000 mile journey behind the Iron Curtain visiting Western Russia and several East European countries. His talk will focus on satellite troubles and Soviet policy. The event is not a P T A meeting.
State Bank of Big Piney Wyoming announces in January 1997 it offers 3 percent interest on all savings deposits large or small. The bank is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
At a January 2 meeting held in the Court House in Pinedale the Board of County Commissioners designated the Big Piney Examiner as the official county paper for the next two years. Mr and Mrs Paul Scharba are preparing for a trip to New York next month.
The meeting opened under President Betty Budd with minutes approved. Roll call recorded. A plant display is planned for next week in Home Economics by Deanna Fear and her committee. Sandra Slater oversees the bake sale for a fundraising project on January 12 at 1 39 pm at the drug store.
The Lyman Eagles overcame a 24 24 tie by outscoring Big Piney 12 to 7 in the final quarter to win 35 to 31. The Punchers meet Superior at H S Gym tonight.
The Lions of Big Piney meet at Ehsine's Café at 7 00 p m for dinner and a basketball game at 8 00 p m Tonight. Future winter meetings include January 31 with the Game and Fish Commission Deputy Red Wilker, February 21 with Terry Martin, March 14 with Hereford Heritage film, terrain work on the Community hall by Roger Edwards.
Wyoming Game and Fish Commissioner A F C Greene announced a cooperative program with the University of Wyoming. The department deeded two land tracts, 31 acres near Red Buttes Hatchery south of Laramie and 80 acres near Albany, to be used for fish and wildlife training and facilities. The move aims to benefit the department and public as UW gains capacity for experiments and training future staff.
John M. Herbert will assume a leadership role in the Intermountain Regional Division of Recreation Lands and Water Management, filling the vacancy left by Arthur Nord. The Oregon native joined the Forest Service in 1935 and has held multiple senior posts, including supervisor roles in Nevada and Oregon, and was chief of the reclamation and lands division in Washington DC. He also led the U S Olympic Ski Team in 1952. His family will move to Ogden around January 13.
University facilities and excellent cooperation support multiple projects. A fish and wildlife disease research lab operates within the chemistry zoology Building with statistical staff help. A permanent employee works on hatchery fish foods production by dehydration of rough fish, plus a cooperative project with the school and the Natural Resources Board on range use and management.
Rosalie Canoso daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Canoso married Roger Decker son of Mrs. Laura Decker in a Dec 29 ceremony at St. Patrick's Church Kemmerer. Rev. Patrick McGovern officiated. Attendees included family friends. The couple plan a honeymoon to Utah and will reside in Kemmerer after he completes work at Fish Construction.
A condensed dispatch contrasts life in West and East Berlin and notes the ease of passage across the border as barriers fall. West Berlin remains a thriving city with a bustling business district while East Berlin reflects the limits of Soviet style communism.
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