Lions Club Plans Buffalo Steak at Next Meeting
The Lions Club of Big Piney will serve buffalo steak at its next meeting scheduled for Sunday, January 31. Orvilla A. Witterson leads the program with entertainment featuring films like These Are Yours and Fair Play, plus a fishing exhibit and fish and game plans. President Victor S. McGinnis urges members to attend with guests.
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Buffalo Ment
Tencou
Lions Club
Big Piney
Trunday
Orvilla
Victor 5. McGinns
Ball Reelected Big Piney Soil District Supervisor
Frank D. Ball Jr. was reelected to lead the Big Piney Soil Conservation District for a three year term. Dan S. Budd and William J. McGinnis Jr. were other candidates. Ball has served since 1944.
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Frank D. Ball, Jr
Big Piney
Dan S. Budd
William J. McGinnis
Ball
Snce
John Everld
Frank Bray
Erd Dan Chapel
Ed. D. Finnegan
Fred Beck
Walter Gurney
James P. Jeneen
Moyle W. Anderson
Local Boy Held for Murder in Hartford Conn
Leroy N. M. Whitehead, 17, once of Big Piney, is held for murder in Hartford Connecticut. Authorities say he struck a storekeeper over the head with a stick, causing death. Whitehead had left town years ago and was believed missing until last week. He lived with his mother and her husband on a ranch south of town near Green River.
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Leroy NM. Whitehead
Bill Pope
Hardfort
Connecticut
Homemakers Club of LaBarge Reorganizes with New Officers
The Homemakers Club meets at Jeanette Albee’s home in Calpet to elect officers Marjorie Keifer president Barbara Jones vice president Tom Gaull secretary and Jeanette Albee treasurer. Twenty members plan a year of activities including a calendar and a dollars and heirs demonstration at the next meeting.
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Homemakers Club
LaBarge
Jeanette Albee
Calpet
Marjorie Keifer
Barbara, Jones
Tom Gaull
Marie Yerman
Joy Asford
Virghoia Nelson
Wilbee
Marjorie Kieffer
Wyoming 4 H Members Earn State Honors and Awards
Three Wyoming 4 H Club members completed a successful year in major project work earning state honors and awards. Bucky Finney of Duncan won beef and dairy prizes plus a commemorative watch. Dewey Collins of Laramie (16) earned forestry accolades and a fountain pen set. Lyle Anderson of Egbert won best Hereford exhibit and led 4 H projects with multiple calf and steer awards.
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Bucky Finley Dewey Sollins and
Anderton
Wyoming
Extension Service
College of Agriculture
University of Wyoming
Dewey
Bucky Finney
Duncan
Thomas E. Wilson
Chicago
Bucky
Fremont County Fair
Donald Mosher
Dewey Collins
Laramie
American Forest Products Industries
Floyd Howe
Lyle Anderson
Egbert
Lyle
Earl Bishop
International Harvester
REPORT ON RUSSIA By Loraine and Gale McGee
Loraine and Gale McGee describe returning from Russia and observing Moscow crowds of foreign visitors. They note diverse delegations from East Berlin Poland and China among others and contrast Soviet prosperity with Western poverty. The piece questions U.S. foreign propaganda and suggests highlighting small scale rural life over grand industrial achievements.
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Moscow
United States
Sovviet
East Berlin
Stalin Allee
India
Indonesia
Indo-China
Hne
Red China
Kremlin
Burriers
Russia
Mecca University
Ovire
America
China
Rusas
Asia
Africa
Iowa
New York
Arkansas
Wyoming
Cutter Races Highlight Big Piney Weekend Events
Big Piney hosts a two day cutter race festival featuring Sublette County versus Uinta County along with elk hide races skijoring and dancing. The event, part of the February 2nd and 4th program, includes a community ball by the American Legion and draws Wyoming contestants and spectators to the Pinedale area.
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Wyoming
American Legion of
Fine Cats
Pinedale
VA offers guidance on choosing death benefits under new act
The Veterans Administration announces extended protection under the Survivor Benefits Act for widows guardians of children and dependent parents. Beneficiaries will receive information comparing higher and lower monthly payments, with letters detailing differences but no action taken until a decision is made. The agency notes most widows without or with one child may benefit from the higher option, while those with multiple children should await VA guidance on exact amounts.
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Veterans Administration Sud
VIA
Wonderful Wyoming Boys State Committee Named
The American Legion announces the Tent Wonderful Wyoming Boys State committee led by J B Coulter with F W Barting of Douglas as chair and Henry A Burgess of Sheridan as vice chair. Members include Judge Franklin B Slutton and Carroll S Mehr. events set for May 26 to June 1 at the Wyoming State Fair Grounds in Douglas. The program aims to train high school boys in American government through hands on participation in a full state government simulation.
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Wyoming
J. BR. Coulter
American Legion
F. W. Barting
Douglas
Henry A. Burgess
Sheridan
Franklin B. Slutton
Lander
Carroll S. Mehr
Laramie
Christensen
William J. Chapman
Cheyenne
Slctton
Courter
Adaera
4-H Leader Mrs Manon Boroff Honored in County News
Mrs Manon Boroff of Daniel Wyoming is named outstanding 4-H Leader for 3556 by Stela McKinstry. She has served 4-H County County Count President and chaired the IFYE Program for two years while directing leather craft foods clothing health activities and wild life projects with active community involvement and weekly square dances with Boulder Community.
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A. E. Olson
Terrington
Wyoming
Olson
Manon Boroff
Daniel
Marlon
Wille
Boulder
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