Artists' Guild Holds Second Meeting at Sommers Ranch
The Artists' Guild met on Saturday May 25 at Mae McAllister Sommers ranch on Green River for the year s second gathering. Mrs James P Jensen was elected president with Sadie Osterhout as vice president and Dan H Budd as secretary. Contests p r esented by members featured works by Jensen Barlow Richardson Jewett and Murdock with prizes awarded to Austin Richardson and Miriam Barlow. The next meeting is planned with Mrs Charles Beyer of Pine Gale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artists’ Guild
Mae McAllister Sommers
Green River
Florence
Virginia Cauley
Alex Price
James P. Jensen
Sadie Osterhout
Dan H. Budd
Miriam Barrow
Guild
Charles Beyer
Pine- Gale
Wyoming
Caroline Phelps
G. H. Gilland
Cheyenne
Goll
Egbert
Pine Bluffs
Archer
Wes
J. R. Gordon
Board of Education
Alonzo Martin
James Dolan
Stress
Minte Garland
Government Pension Department
Washington, DC
Reading Laboratory Institute and Clinic Set at University of Wyoming
A reading laboratory institute and clinic for K through college level study will run June 24 to July 5 on the University of Wyoming campus in Laramie. Dr. H D Worthy will direct sessions with Agnes Johnston supervising. faculty and visiting specialists will lecture and lead demonstrations on teaching reading, remedial methods, and correlating speech with reading. Opportunities to observe clinic teaching and conduct research will be offered as part of the regular summer session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Wyo
University of Wyoming
H. D. Worthy
University
Agnes Johnon
Southern Tlinois Normal University
Wyoming
the -Egular University
Colerertl
Wyoming land commissioner opposes park extensions and wilderness area
J. B. Griffith states he is vigorously opposed to park extensions and the Big Horn wilderness area. He argues public land withdrawals hurt Wyoming and Western states by removing land from tax rolls and complicating stockmen operations. Griffith notes 52 percent of Wyoming lands are federally controlled and warns federal land loss harms state and county tax bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Griffith
Wyoming
Big Horn Mountain Wildernness
Griffith
Wyoming to confer 272 degrees at commencement
The University of Wyoming will award 272 degrees at the June commencement, the largest class in history. Baccalaureate Sunday features Rev. George J. Weber. memorials for Deans Soule and Maxwell, and remarks by George Norlin. Honorary doctorates go to Bryant B. Brooks Nellie Taylor Ross William E. Chaplin Brig. Gen. Ernest D. Peek. Willam C. Deming declines due to health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Wyo
University of Wyoming
Wacans
George J. Weber
First Congregational Church
Salt Lake City
Justus F. Soule
Chas R. Maxwell
Soule
Wyoming
Maxwell
College of Education
George Norlin
University of Colorado
Willam OC. Deming
Deming
California
Bryant B. Brooks
Casper
Nellie Taylor Ross
United States Mint
William E. Chaplin
Ernest D. Peek
Fl. Warren
Ninth Corps Area
Presidio
San Francisco
Cheyenne Librarian Named National Association Vice President
Gladys Riley state librarian of Wyoming has been elected vice president of the National Association of State Librarians at its Cincinnati convention. This marks the first time a Rocky Mountain librarian has reached one of the organization’s top posts, breaking a tradition of eastern officials. Riley’s tenure since 1939 expanded Wyoming library service, aligning with a notable state government program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Riley
Cheyenne
Wyoming
National Association of State Librarians
Riley
Cincinnati
Ohio
Rocky Mountain
Mos
Phillippines
South America
Greenland
British West Indies
Germany
United States
Pacific
Canada
Wyoming athletic honors assembly marks first in state
An annual athletic honors assembly at the University of Wyoming awarded 155 prizes to athletes across football, basketball, baseball, wrestling, track, tennis, swimming, rifle, golf, band, and cheerleading. Claire Okie Blanchard was introduced as the new athletic director, with awards funded by the Associated Students of UW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Wyo
University of Wyoming
Claire (Okie) Blanchard
Wyoming
Everett Shelton
Shelton
Mere Smith
Fremont
Wyoming Governor Proclaims Father's Day 1940
Governor Nels H. Smith issues a state proclamation in Cheyenne declaring Sunday, June 1940 as Fathers Day. The document urges all Wyoming people and organizations to observe the holiday with appropriate ceremonies and honor for fathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
State of
Cheyenne
A. D
Nels H. Smith
Wyoming Employers Urged to Pay Unemployment Tax
Casper May 28 1940 employers who missed 1939 payments must mail checks to the Unemployment Compensation Commission by June 30. Executive Director J W Mike Williams notes the federal 3 percent payroll tax can earn an 81 percent credit if paid by June 30, withJune 30 deadline extending relief for delinquent firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper
Wyo
Wyisming Trust Fund
Unemployment Compensation Commission
J. W
Mike) Williams
Internal Revenue Bureau
Wyoming
Williams
Sublette County Catlie Growers Association June Meeting
The regular annual meeting of the Sublette County Catlie Growers Association will be held at Pinedale on June 24 at 2 00 P.M. to elect officers and transact other business. James P Jensen J T Pence President Secy Treas June 6 13 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sublette
Mrs Ellen A Moyer Dies at Rawlins
Mrs. Ellen A. Moyer well known in the area and mother of H. H. Moyer Big Piney School principal died at Rawlins on May 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen A. Moyer
Rawlins
H. H. Moyer
Landscaping Work at Daniel Lake Completed
The state highway department completed landscaping at Daniel Lake under the supervision of resident engineer A. L. Putnam. Nelson Contracting Co. of Logan Utah carried out the work and finished it Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Lake
State Highway Department
A. L. Putnam
Nelson Contracting Co
Logan Utah
Stanley Nebeker Named Town Marshal
Stanley Nebeker has been appointed marshal for the town, replacing the former officer and assuming duties with immediate effect. The announcement confirms Nebeker will enforce local laws, oversee public safety, and represent the town in official matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Nebeker
Man rescues boy from Halfmoon Lake after boat mishap
Burr Budd on an outing with his wife and Tan Rigley heard a boy call for help from a boat at Halfmoon lake. He swam to the craft, pulled the drowning 11 year old Jackie Hamilton from Rock Springs from the water, and delivered him to shore. The boy could not swim and had been warned not to boat unsupervised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tan Rigley
Halfmoon Lake
Burr Budd
Budd
Jackie Hamilton
Rock Springs
Ggood
New Town Officials Inducted Into Office
On Tuesday evening at the Town Hall the newly elected Mayor Francis Tanner and Councilman Dr. G. T. Morgan, along with re-elected Councilman James H. Luce, were inducted into office. Only routine matters were disposed of, and a new fire truck is expected within a day or two, currently at Kemmerer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Tanner
G. T. Morgan
James H. Luce
Kemmerer
Colonel A. G. Burritt, Veteran Geologist, Dies at 80
Colonel A G Burritt of Salt Lake City, renowned geologist and father of the LaBarge oil field, died after a long illness. He was 80 and had long promoted development of the Big Piney field as a major oil producing region. His friends in Wyoming mourn his passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Burritt
Salt Lake City
Buritt
Wyoming
LaBarge
Big Piney
Colonel Burritt
Wyoming Proclaims Flag Week 1940 Observance
Governor Nels H. Smith proclaims the week of June 8 to 14 as Flag Week urging Wyoming residents to display the flag and hold programs to honor its significance amid World War II. The proclamation was issued in Cheyenne on May 28, 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Thamos
United States of America
Nels H H. Smith
State of
Wyoming
Cheyenne
A. D
Nels H. Smith
Pine Bluffs gains four year high schools under long serving leader
The Pine Bluffs school system expanded to four year high schools in Albin Burns Carpenter Egbert Hillsdale and Pine Bluffs. Superintendent Clayve Hume, central to the district’s progress, has guided Pine Bluffs since 1915 after earlier work at Hanna and Carbon. State education ties report arrivals at Green River from LaBarge drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Dolan
Wyoming
Pine Bluffs High School
Wyong University
Iowa State
Iowa State College of Agriculure
James
Pine Bluffs
Salera Dunstan Ranch
Narcola
Hillsdale
Burns
Egbert
Carpenter and
Albin
Carpenter
Clayve Hume
Hume
Carbon
Union Pacific
Omaha
San Francisco
Hanna
Pine Bluff
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Pioneer Celebration, Inc
Ogden
Utah
Pioneer Days
Ben Lomond Hotel
Weber Junior College
Ogaden
Mae Sommers
Reading Laboratory Institute
WYO. University
Mgr
Mrs
Warren Harmison
Wyoming University
Industrial News Review
Roosevelt
Sons and Daughters of America
A. G. Burriit
Salt Lake
State Department OF Education
Green River City
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