Graveside Rites Held For Dr Bud Hocker
Graveside services were held July 23 in Evanston for Dr Reynolds W Bud Hocker 63 of Kemmerer. Burial followed in Evanston city cemetery. He was son of pioneer Evanston doctor Robert A Hocker and brother of the late Bob Hocker a state game and fish commissioner. He practiced dentistry in Kemmerer until retirement then spent winters in California. Funeral services were at Saint Damey Episcopal church in Kemmerer with Rev W A Watson officiating. He was known in Big Piney and nearby and had recently stayed at his summer home on Middle Piney.
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Evanston
Wyo
Reynolds W
Bud) Hocker
Kemmerer
Evanston City
Hocker
Robert A. Hocker
Caliifornia
Bob Hocker
S Damey Episcopal Church
W. A. Watson
Big Piney
Middle Piney
Wyoming highway commission sets special setting for August 5
Wyoming highway commissioners announce a special session aimed at initiating six contracts and about 15 miles of road work. The agenda includes federal aid and farm to market projects in Kemmerer Platte and Laramie counties with paving, leveling, and base work estimated near one and a half million dollars.
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Wyoming Highway Commissioners
Cow. Beaver
Highway Department
Beaver
Tier
Kommmerer
Federal Aid Secondary Authority
Platte County
Laramie
Dutch Mill-North
Aster Cheyenne
Wyoming Society Names New Executive Director
Mrs A. Marquardt announces Miss Marge Hurst of Blanding Utah as the Wyoming Society for Crippled Children and Adults new executive director effective September 1, replacing C E Morris who resigned. Hurst, director of speech for the Easter Seal Society for three years, is praised as well qualified to advance the $200000 building project for Thermopolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. ¥. Marquardt
Wyoming Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Easter Sea Society
Marge ‘Hurst
Blanding
Utah
C. E Morris
Miss Hurst
Easter Seal Society
Card of Thanks From Friends and Neighbors
To our many kind friends and neighbors we extend appreciation for the sympathy during the illness and death of our beloved and Roger. We thank you for the tributes cards calls food and welfare offerings. Mr and Mrs Herman Genetr Barolé Yenne of Church Buttes Wyoming. Up on Deadline Ridge cleaning up the camp site for the At Fales Supply Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adn
Roger
Herman
Genetr
Barolé Yenne
Church Buttes
Wyo
At Fales Supply Co
Daniel Soldier Helps Dedicate Korean School
Div Korea Corporal Artin Gibson Jr of Daniel Wyoming joined dedication ceremonies for a sixth sixroom primary school at Osan a Korea. A squad leader in the 32nd Regiment he joined the army in November 1952 and trained at Fort Ord before arriving in Korea in July last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wth Div
Korea
Artin Gibson
Daniel
Wyo
7Th Infantry Division
Gibson
Dnvision
32Nd Regiment
Osan-a
Beaver Creek Timber Company
Army
Fort Ord
Calif
Athletic Training Clinic Set for Laramie Memorial Fieldhouse
The University of Wyoming hosts its Third Annual Rocky Mountain Training Clinic August 12 13 and 11 in Memorial Fieldhouse with guest trainer Alfred J Duke Wyre from the University of Maryland. Topics include Practical Hints for a French School Training Program Conditioning for Football Preventive Measures Against Athletic Troubles and Diets in Athletics. Sessions run from 9 am to 5 pm Thursday through Saturday with lectures and demonstrations by area experts. No charge for sessions.
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Laramie
Wyo
Wyoming
Rocky Mountain
Memorial Fieldhouse
Croboy
Fred A
Pete) Peterson
Alfred J
Duke
University of Maryland
Ram
Hoon
Alean
Arion
Peterentmes't
Fy Grubbs
Dermer Chemical Company
Dave Hurwitz
Minwest Sracting Goofs Company
E W Dee Kay
University of Wyoming
Paul J. Preston
Cheyenne
Randall Watkins
Woo« Tink
Cline Drew High School
College Polsches
Montana State
Idaho State
Colorado College
Colorado A & M
Denver University
Peterson
Polio Vaccine Trial Expands to Primary Grade Children
In a field trial of a tested polio vaccine, hundreds of thousands of primary grade students are participating. Only children in areas chosen by State Public Health Offices and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis may be included. vaccine access is restricted this year. In Wyoming, 1,228 students were recorded as infected after receiving three vaccine shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Tealti
Weekly Drilling Report for General Petroleum Corporation
Green River Basin in Sublette County lists Bar Cross 63X-21 plugged to 7680 ft and cemented at 6820 ft. Buckhorn 67-28 drilling at 7875 ft. Tip Top 26-12 drilling at 515a ft. Tip Top 73X-31 Exploratory. Greenberg 73-320 explored and graded. Red Desert Basin Sweetwater Water Co East Salt Wells 58-24 exploratory drilling at 7115 ft.
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Green River Basin
Sublette County
Bar Cross
Red Desert Basin
Sweetwater Water Co
East
Artist Guild Met in Pinedale
The Sublette County Artist Guild met July 16 in Pinedale with Mrs Mae Sommers and Mrs Norman Barlow hosting a luncheon at the Pine Dale Inn and a meeting at Mrs Sommers home. Betty Blake was named art editor of the book committee by President Dorothy Sargent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Sommers
Norman Barlow
Sublette County
Artist Guild
Pinedale Inn
Sommers
Betty Blake
Dorothy Sargent
Ada Budd
Guild
Pinedale Library
Marie Meyer
Ethelyne Worl
Enos
Mae Som- Ters
Peggy Pape
Twin Boys Born to Stanley Lagarras
Twin boys born July 2 at Hull Pield AFB hospital near Ogden Utah to Mr and Mrs Stanley Lagarras. Named Terry and Kerry, Terry at 5 pounds 13 ounces and Kerry 64 ounces. Stanley stationed on Guam. twins with grandparents Neil Hacklin and William Legarra. family staying in LaBarge.
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Stenley Legarra
Hull Pield Afb
Ogden
Utah
Terry
Kerry
Stanley
Chubby
Guami
Legarra
LaBarge
M Irs
Neil Hacklin
William Legarra
Kemmerer
Kenmeret Gazette
Antelope Permits Notice and Local Visit Report
Antelope permits will go on sale at 9 00 am on August 10. Mrs George Nichols and children returned earlier this week from Bozeman Montana where they had been visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Nichols
Ozeman
Montana
Farrell Bar Changes Hands In Local Deal
Rodney Bennett Jr of Bg Finey and Charley Williams of Kemmerer purchased the Parrell Bar and building this week with plans to enlarge and remodel the property. The former owner is Mrs Marle Farrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Bennett, Jr
Bg Finey
Charley Wiliams
Kemmerer
Parrell
Taney
Marle Farrell
Contributors to the Community Hall Fund
The Locas Club reports the latest donor is Signal Drilling Company of Tula Oklahoma via 115 representative Alfred J Perrants. Other recent contributors include General Petroleum Belco Petroleum Gaiety Theatre Arthur Weber George W Hopkins Triangle Club Sublette County Roping Club C O Neil Monte Norris Ruben M Fox Fontenelle Randher wires Stevens Service and Barnes & Company. Thirty six ranchers donated a calf last fall. Remodeling continues with a new cinder block addition for the heating plant and other installations. the heating plant is being built in Salt Lake City and will arrive soon. The building is being put to goods e recently with several offices being conducted there.
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Locas Club
Signal Drilling Company
Tula
Oklahoma
Alfred J Perrants
John Kvenild
General Petroleum Corporation
Belco Petroleum Corporation
Gaiety Theatre
Arthur Weber
George W Hopkins
Triangle Club
Sublette County Rop
Co R O'Neil
Monte Norris
Ruben M Fox
The
Fontenelle Randherwires
Stevens Service
Barnes & Company
Salt Lake City
First Lieut Edwards Returns From Japan
First Lieut Lovell Edwards, who served as Special Service officer at the Recuperation Center in Koikura, Japan, has returned home with Mrs. Edwards. He has been honorably discharged and will serve as an assistant coach at Utah State this fall.
McCook Family Visit From Jesse Budd Jr and Son Jenn
Jesse Budd Jr and his son Jenn are visiting his parents in McCook Nebraska and other relatives during the week. The relatives include extended family members and a brief summer visit is noted.
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Jesse Budd, Jr
Jenn
McCook, Nebraska
Hee
4 H Clubbers Promote Road Safety Nationwide
Chicago special reports that over 615000 4 H members in 46 states take part in the 1954 National 4 H Safety Program aimed at cutting rural highway deaths and injuries. They train on farm fire and accident prevention, stage safety demonstrations, radio spots, and displays to reduce hazards, with prizes including scholarships and an all expense trip to the National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago.
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Chicago
Millon
Cooperative Extension Service
General Motus
Oach
Naval Reserve officer completes two-week active duty tour
Navy Lt Cdr Paul N. Scherbel, son of Mr and Mrs Faul Scherbel of Salt Lake City Utah and husband of Mrs Rachel Scheibel of Big Piney Wyoming, completed a two-week tour of active duty at the U S Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois in June. He was indoctrinated in Naval Administration as it applies to a Reserve Organization.
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Naval TR. Center
Great Lakes, Ill
U.S Naval Training Center
Navy
Cdr
Paul N. Scherbel
Faul Scherbel
Salt Lake City
Utah
Rachel Scheibel
Big . Piney, Wy
Naval Administration
Federal Spending Facts and Espionage Act Updates
Wyoming shares of foreign aid funds are detailed in a Federal Spending Facts report. Wyoming's aid from 1945 to 1954 totals 95.04 million, with 410.56 million for 1945 85 to 1985. figures emphasize available uncommitted funds and future appropriations. The Espionage and Sabotage Act of 1954 expands penalties for peacetime espionage during national emergencies, extending federal tools to counter subversion. Growing distrust of the United States in Latin America prompts a tougher state department posture toward relations south of the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Harrison
Wyoming
Wyoavirg
House
Senate
Fac
Congress
United States
State Department
Baldwin Lewis Nuptials Set in Pinedale Home Ceremony
Miss Maxine Baldwin daughter of Jesse Baldwin of Pinedale and Ted Lewis of Big Piney wed at a private ceremony in Pinedale on Saturday July 17. District Court Commissioner Mrs Rosalie Hockett officiated at Mrs Hocketts home with witnesses Mr Bathtwin Mrs Ann Borush and Ira MecWilliams.
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Maxine Baldwin
Jesse Baldwin
Pinedale
Ted Lewis
Big Piney
Rosalie Hockett
Hocketts
Mr. Bathtwin
Ann Borush
Ira MecWillams
Wyoming Senators to Nominate 29 Youths for Air Force Academy Exam
Senators Barrett and Crippa of Wyoming will nominate ten candidates each to take the competitive entrance examination for the new United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs. A total of 30 Wyoming youths may enter, with the top scorer earning the appointment to the academy for the class entering July 1955. Applicants must be 17 to 22 by July 1, 1955 and meet prep standards for other service academies.
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Washington-Wyoming
Equality State
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Nations New Miliary Academy
Barrett
R-Wyo
Crippa
Rwyo
Wyonlings
Tan
Wyoming
Senator Barrett
Senator Crippa
West Point
Annapolis
America manufactures most of the world’s trucks
The Automobile Manufacturers Association reports the United States houses about half of the world’s 20 million trucks. U.S. output exceeds 2.5 million vehicles annually, with Russia next at 370,000. One truck for every three people in the U.S. and one for every 740 in Russia.
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United States
America
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Americas
Bis
Riusua
Russia
Argentina
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dr. “Bud’’ Hocker
Highway Commission
Daniel Soldier
Stanley Lagarras
Farrell Bar
Edwards
Japan
Lt. Cdr, Paul N. Scherbel
Capitol Steps
Department of Justice
Departent of Justice
FBI
Colorado Academy
Frank Bray
Salmon
Idaho
Brays
Erreth P Scriwner
R-Kan
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