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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1961
Page
3
A public notice urges residents to attend a January 30 meeting at 8:00 PM in the Community Hall to discuss relocating the hall to serve local needs and fund the project. It notes construction of a new elementary school limits space and outlines the required citizen support and costs.
The Guided Mn. club met January 23 with 24 members present. Demonstrations covered coming programs. a committee will review the Achievement Day project. A coffee at Sage Cafe was planned for the Heart Mind group and a home nursing course was proposed.
The Fast Office Department will issue the first range conservation commemorative stamp on February 2, 1961, with sale nationwide the next day. Part of the conservation series features wildlife and water themes, depicting a two park scene by Charles Russell. The stamp honors range conservation from pioneer days to modern scientific management. A reader notes its fit for use in Green River Valley, a cattle region.
Casper report notes that a $3.2 million allocation would fund stubs portions of a nationwide road network. H A True Jr, president of the committee, says Wyoming could gain $1.8 million yearly from federal gasoline tax reform, with highway funding increases and a four-cent gas tax reduction. The plan, set for June 30 enactment, would return the federal tax to three cents per gallon, with projected national gains of about $580 million annually and $800 million redirected to highways after expiration of the temporary levy. The Wyoming Game and Fish Dept. reports 1960 water pollution studies on 13 Wyoming waters, leading to notifications and corrective actions where needed.
The Federal Land Bank Association of Kemmerer Wyoming named Tuesday March 7 as the annual meeting date. Manager Betty Bathr announced the event will include a free noon dinner at Pioneer Cafe, a short business session, and a review of the association’s progress, with directors present to discuss long term real estate loans in Sublette Uinta and parts of Sweetwater Counties.
James A. Arnoldi 36 deputy game warden is appointed District Supervisor replacing retiring C W Sheffner. Arnoldi will oversee law enforcement and game management in the district, with prior service in Pinedale Wheatland and Kemmerer. He is a Superior native, WWII veteran, and alumnus of the University of Wyoming. He is married with children.
The MTA of the LDS church hosts its annual Golf and Green Ball this Friday evening in the local church. The theme is It’s A Big Wide Wonderful World. The event starts at 9:00 p.m. with formal dress and public invitation. Terry’s Orchestra of Gren Riv will provide music and a floor show is planned around 10:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
A committee chaired by Della Tov Viettte Wehr, May Jencon, Mery Kimterlin and Manele Cevk met at the Weer home to set the 1941 club program. Motions and items of interest were planned. They approved invitations for a core meeting to review arrangements.
Harry T. Thor son of Newcastle Gen announces reappointment to the National Petroleum Council for continued service and planning in the oil industry. The council includes E. Nielson of Green Cody and M. H. Robineau, president of Feerkier Refining Co of Denver, with approval from Secretary Seaton.
Mrs Myra Cooley presents Meet Me on the Green a Western history tracing early frontier trade from Lewis and Clark through the rendezvous era. The book features vivid characters and frontiersmen such as John Jacob Astor and William Clark, with a focus on conflicts and the transformative Western era. An autograph session was held at Mrs Tur’s on Tuesday January 31 from 2 to 4 pm.
The Heart Fund committee led by Mrs George Earp will hold Heart Fund Coffee at Elaine's Cafe and the Jones Sage Cafe in Big Piney on Tuesday February 14 1961 from 10 am to 4 pm. Everyone is invited to attend.
Dorothy Buck works as a physical therapy administrator in the New York University Center’s Children’s Division aided by the March of Dimes. She trained at McGill and NYU, served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, and emphasizes treating the patient as a whole while teaching parents to continue therapy at home.
Zenita Merritt and family express gratitude on returning from Guakonala where Zenith served as a geologist for Beira Gas Co. They toured Panama and other places, flew via Mexico City to Chicago then Detroit, visited relatives in Laramis and Jackson, bought a Chevrolet wagon, and continued to Rip Piney Grand Junction Colorado for new company work after Jan 14.
The text describes how mourning doves feed their chicks with a substance produced by both parents. This food, commonly called pigeon milk, is regurgitated to nourish the nestlings.
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