Southwest School District Holds July Meeting
The Southwest School District held its annual meeting on July 22, 1859 with 86 attendees, filling two board seats and reelecting Ethel Jewett to a five year term. The budget of fourteen mills for the Special District Tax was approved and September 8 set as opening day. A subsequent special meeting elected James Greenwood as chairman Pecey Evenild as clerk and Francis Tanner as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Schoool
Orville Wilkerson
Peggy Kivenild
Claremte Vickrey
Cexper
Joe Budd
Ethel Jewett
Cottonwood
James Greenwood
Pecey Evenild
Francis Tanner
LaBarge Post Receives National Child Welfare Honor
LaBarge Post No. 88 of the American Legion in Large earns a national citation from The American Legion Headquarters in Indianapolis for the most outstanding child welfare program in the Fourth District. County agent Carl Urbigkit warns Sublette County ranchers to obtain a Farm Letter for Idaho trucking and notes Idaho requires farm trucks to display state farm registrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
LaBarge
American Legion
Inlvanapolis
Indiana
Furst
B. Metz
Sheridan
Wyoming
Metz
Carl Urbigkit
Sublette County
State of
Idaho
Pinedale
Notice on sewer connections and patient at St Benedicts
Contact James H. Luce regarding sewer connections. Property owner must arrange construction to the main and pay hookup charges of 40.00 for the 4 inch line and 66.00 for the 6 inch line. The town sets saddle and final connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Luce
County 4 H Contest Days Held in Pinedale
County 4 H club members from seven groups took part in two days of demonstrations in Pinedale on July 17 and 18. 44 youths presented 17 demonstrations while 27 girls staged a style revue directed by Deanne Fear and others. 246 exhibits were checked in for county display, with many items advancing to the state fair, including muffins cookies breads cakes clothing and home economics items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinedale
Carolyn James
Daniel
Annette Scherbel
Big Piney
Terry Jones
Noma Jean Bleamer
Karen Anderson
Marla Koch
Bove
Patsy Falcr
Pauline Phillips
Roxanna Rogers
Jimmie Rogers
Bil Koch
Warren Koch
Francis Tanner
Erie
Deanne Fear
Charles Jones
Joe Neely
Deanne Pear
Cheryl Pepe
Don Rogers
Kenneth Fear
But’er Hilton
Doughts
Judy Barger
Mary McNeal
Cayle Lozier
Arden Bradley
Kathy Nicho
Paulne Phillips
Maria Koch
Rogana Regere
Marla Kerdh
Pauline Philips
Relish
Caroline Boreft
Patsy Faler
Caroyn James
Linda Walliams
Nancy Budd
Linda
Mars Koch
Linda Williams
School Cress
Pamea Swain
Daryla Taylor
Corliss Mickelson
Cheryl Stone
Linda Willam
Deene Fear
Caroline Boroff
Pakr
Bill Koch
Max Boroff
Bouder Mavericks
Pinedale Pioneers Electric Group
Ernest Bleamer
Lucky Ditton
Douglas
Pinedale Pioneers
L. J. Black
Big Piney Penguins
Uinta County
James Nolan
Cook
Noan
Leathercraft and cooking group meeting at Kventld ranch
The leathercraft group and cooking club met at the Kventld ranch on July 15 for demonstrations of season learnings. A lawn party with games and sprites followed to close the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kventld Ranch
Big Piney VORTAC Named by Federal Aviation Agency
The FAA informs Big Piney Town Council that the VORTAC at Big Piney Airport will be named Big Piney VORTAC upon commissioning, following policy to name high frequency facilities after the primary city served. Lt. Ponton de Arce signs the letter from the Air Traffic Control Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Piney
Wyoming
Cornelia L. Fear
Rock Springs
Federal Aviation Agency
Ponton de Arce
Hazel Lawes Resigns as Sublette County Treasurer
Mrs. Hazel Lawes submitted her resignation as Sublette County Treasurer to the Board of County Commissioners at their July meeting. She held the post for 15 years, stepping down for medical reasons after being appointed May 1, 1944 following George Rowland’s resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Lawes
Sublette County
Sublette
Board of County Commisioners
Pink And Blue Shower Honors Mrs Hays
Mrs Charles Hays was feted at a pink and blue shower hosted Friday. Mrs Norman Perkins entertained at the Perkins home. Thirteen guests attended with prizes awarded to Mrs Ed Harper Mrs Pete Onley and Mrs Tobe Houston. Refreshments were served and Mr Hays opened and displayed many gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hays
Norman Perkins
Perkins
Ed Harper
Pete Onley
Tobe Houston
Hays
Wyoming Realtors Hold Special Meeting Forms Southwestern Board
A special meeting of the Wyoming Association of Realtors was held at Sands Cafe in Rock Springs on July 17 1959 to form the Southwestern Wyoming Board of Realtors Officers included Frank E Long President George W Bussey Jr Secretary Bernard L Scherey National Association of Realtors Gasper and Clarence Laud er Casper The Southwestern Board elected Maurice E Paler President Paul Allen Vice President and William E Dickson Secretary Treasurer Also notes a grand opening for Sawaya's Kemmerer Shoe Store next Saturday July 25 and visits from Art Christy and family in Big Piney with Billy Logan Homers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming Association of Realtors
Sands Cafe
Rock ‘Springs
Wyoming
Southwestern Wyoming Board of Realtors
Wyoming Association
Frank E. Long
Buffalo
George W. Bussey, Jr
Casper
Bernard Ll. Scherey
National Association of Realtors
Gasper
Clarence £. Lauder
Gasper Associator of Realtors
Southwestern Board of Realtors
Maurice E. Paler
Rock Springs
Paul Allen
Pinedale
Wiliam E. Dickson
Treassurer
George Sawaya
Sawaya
Kemmerer
Wool Pool Sale Announced in Sublette County
President Floyd Spencer of the Sublette County Woolgrowers Association announces mailed checks to members for 1959 wool sales. About 40,000 pounds of wool sold for a net of 18,257.11 dollars at a premium price of 43.67 cents per pound, the second year of the pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Spencer
Sublette
Ivan Sheffy
Don Rogers
Horace Swain
Wendell Grable
BR V Thompson
Dan Buda
Leonard Prebe
W. Kape
Sublette County
Spencer
Stanley W Graff Speaks On Drugs At Lions Club
Big Piney July 16 1959 Stanley W Graff of American Cyanamid Lecerte Laboratories cites antibiotics reduce pneumonia deaths and surgery need while lowering costs He notes industry research rose to 190 million in 1959 and emphasizes gains in life expectancy and aging population trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Piney
Big Piney Lions Club
Starey W. Graff
Lecerte Laboratories
Hea
United States
Aso
América
Farm Bureau Awards University Scholarship to Sublette County
Sublette County Farm Bureau announces a 100 dollar per semester scholarship for a University of Wyoming freshman from Sublette County. The winner is Heavey Docham of Bondurant, former Pinedale and Jackson High School student. Selection based on citizenship leadership and financial need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Marineri, Jr
Sublette County
Pawn Bureau
Farm Bureau
University of Wyoming
Heavey Docham
Bondurant
Docham
Pinedale High School
Jackson High School
College of Agriculture
Largmnte
Milford Steele
George Frang
Carl Urbigkit
Grant Beck
Boulder Farm Burea
Rulon Weffinden
Big Piney Farm Bureau
Phil Meriide, Jr
Oscar Evans
IFVE
Sublethe County Farm Bureau
Rise of Freedom From Garden to Sewing Machine
Myra Cooley of Pinedale Wyoming recalls a sweeping view of freedom from ancient exodus to industrial change. The tale links liberty to speech worship and household labor, noting slavery, gender roles, and the sewing machine reducing women's chores, enabling new voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra Cooley
Pinedale
Columbus
Isabela
Man
Lincoln
Bliss Howe
Singer
Big Piney Schools Schedule Opening and New Staff
The Big Piney school system sets September 8, 1959 as the opening date for 1959-60. Registration for non-registered students is August 3 from 9-12 and 1-3. First grade entrants must be six by September 15 and present a birth certificate. New staff include Shirley Sparks first grade, James Renner commercial subjects, and Harvey Graham English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Piney
Clinton Dunning
LaBerge
Shirley Sparks
Sparks
West Texas State Teachers’ College
Texas
Colorado
Hughes Tool Company
James Renner
Renner
Eastern Montana College of Education
New York Life Insurance Company
Powell
Wyoming
Harvey Graham
Graham
Scobey
Montana
Hospital Ballot Results to Date in Sublette County
Ballots returned show preference patterns for a proposed hospital in Sublette County with ties to Big Piney and Pinedale. The latest figures indicate locations and patronization levels, though late arrivals prevent full inclusion in this week's tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sublette
Gang Ie Press
Big Piney Lorsden
Pinedale
Big Piney
Tez Hospital
The Gold Digging Era and Women’s Sufrage Sparks
The piece traces a shift from home production to refinement by women creating a new era of Gold Digging that spurred westward settlement and the early push for women’s suffrage in Wyoming. It notes Esther Morris and South Pass as key catalysts and playfully posits a future clash over gender power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pass
Wyoming
Esther Morris
Corse
Moon
Mars
Howe
Singer
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Maurice Zardus
St. Benedicts Hospital
Ogden
Airport Station
Los Angeles
California
Wyoming Associated Realtors
Art Christy
Salt Lake Cuy
Billy
Logan Homers
Wool Pool Sale
Stanley W. Graff
Lions Club
Freedom
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