Worthy Grand Matron Visits Big Piney Chapter No 42
Mrs Alice Gook of Casper, Worthy Grand Matron of Wyoming Order of the Eastern Star, made an official visit to Big Piney Chapter No 42 last Saturday. Work was exemplified to her satisfaction, and she praised the officers. A banquet hosted by the Past Matrons Club followed in the afternoon, with visitors from Pinedale and Kemmerer.
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Alice Gook
Casper
Grand Lodge of
Wyoming
Order of the Eastern Star
Big Piney
Cook
Chas. Towndson
Order
Albert Larson
Rem Kemmerer
James Hunter
Marie King
Scotness
Pinedale
Kemmerer
Sublette County Artist Guild Meets At V V Ranch
Sublette County Artist Guild hosted by Mrs. Austin Richardson at the V V Ranch Fall River Basin with programs by members including Mrs. B Clark and Mrs Norman Barlow Guest Mrs John Kvenild and Mrs Jack Shields heads anti obscenity drive report Wyoming Pharmaceutical Association support for the campaign Governor Nels H Smith invited to New York reception June 29 for state governors meeting Sublette County Cattle Growers Association to meet June 17 at Piney James P Jensen President Secretary
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Sublette County Artist Guild
V—V
Fall River Basin
Austin Richardson
B. Clark
Norman Farlow
Robert O'Neil
Debert Bess
Norman Barlow
T. D. O'Neil
Gordon Jewett
Clark
John Kvenild
Jack Shields
Wyoming
Wyoming Pharmaceutical Association
Vs. Shields
National Organization For Decent Reading
Nels H. Smith
Union League Club
New York City
Albany
Annual School Meeting District No 9 June 19
The Regular annual meeting of School District No. 9 will be held at Big Piney on Monday June 19 for the election of a trustee and the voting of funds to maintain the schools of the district during the next year and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
WPA WPA Wage Schedule Update Sets Hourly Rates June 13
Effective June 15 1939 the Wyoming Works Progress Administration introduces a new hourly wage scale for WPA security workers in four classifications professional and technical skilled intermediate and unskilled. Rates average above 1.00 per hour for professionals and range to 0.36 0.75 per hour for unskilled women and laborers. Monthly maximums remain unchanged with most under 70 dollars for certain categories. The plan includes about 175 occupational classifications with county variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wicl
Wyoming Works Progress Administration
Mrs Jewett Confirmed as Delegate to ALA Convention
Mrs Gordon Jewett of Big Piney has been named by Governor Nels South as a delegate to represent Wyong at the American Library Association convention in San Francisco from June 18 to 24. Other delegates include Miss Laura Richardson of Cheyenne Mas C D Williams of Hanna Mrs E A Froud of Yarrington and Mrs B B Brooks of Casper.
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Gordon Jewett
Big Piney
Republican Party
Nels South
Wyoung
American Library Association
San Francisco
Laura Richardson
Cheyenne
Mas CD. Williams
Hanna
E. A. Froud
Yarrington
B. B. Brooks
Casper
Wyoming to mark 50th birthday with auto tag card
Secretary of State L C Hunt announced 1940 automobile license plates will feature a greeting card commemorating Wyoming's semi centennial next year. The state, admitted in 1890, reaches 50 years in 1940 with plate design awaiting color selection between delphinium blue white and delphinium blue yellow. Hank Beecher from halfway visited town as rainfall appears likely today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Secretary of State
L. CG. Hunt
Chuck Wagon Days Parade and Rodeo Begins in Big Piney
Readiness is complete for Chuck Wagon Days in Big Piney on June 17 and 18. A barbecue dinner features two large beeves donated by local livestock raisers with W B Sherman directing. The parade will lead to the rodeo grounds for 2:30 events, including bucking horses, roping calves, chariot race, and racing. Clifton Fear oversees the show with local riders and out-of-town entrants, plus a Big Piney School Band performance and a Saturday night Community Hall dance.
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Everthing
Big Piney
Anly
W. B. Sherman
Robert L. Miller
John C. Budd
Clifton Fear
Bic Piney
Salt Lake Cty
Fall River Bastii
Parade Safety Urges No Firecrackers for Horses and Children
During a Saturday parade, residents are urged to refrain from firing firecrackers to avoid frightening mounted children and horses and prevent possible accidents. Glyde Howell of Los Angeles has become supervisor for Wyoming Petroleum Corporation’s Corder well, aided by Slim Reynolds locally. Howell brings oil and gas drilling experience from major companies, with both Howell and Heynelds noted as seasoned well drillers adept with rotary rigs and well control.
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Glyde Howell
Los Angeles
Calfornia
Wyoming Petroletum
Corder
Slim' Reynolds
Howell
Howell and
Heynelds
Rodeo Chuck Wagon Days Program June 17 18
Afternoon event with contestants and bout rules for calf roping bucking contest and rodeo program. Entry in City Hall by noon day one with identification badges required. judges decisions final. rules cover riding, tying, calf handling, and penalties totaling purse distribution across day money and final prize.
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Arena
City Hall
Hoon
Roper
Toper
New hydraulic hoist arrives at South Side Garage
The South Side Garage installed a modern hydraulic hoist for greasing and repairing cars, meeting a long sought need. Mrs Art Homer hosted a June birthday party for Robert Arthur Homer with games, dolls for girls, and mechanical toys for boys, as nine children attended with their mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Homer
Robert Arthur Homer
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New York
WIA
Mrs. Jewett
Hank Beecher
Sun
Torder
S. F. World’s Fair
Lee Dell Lantis
Exposition
Treasure Island
Bill Chan
Miss Lantis
America
Ruby Lew
Chinatown
Western Livestock and Range Report
Jackson Hole
Big Horn
Black, Hills
Laramie County
Campbell, Crook
Converse
Niobrara
Weston Counties
Drouth
Red Desert
Carbon
Sweetwater
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