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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1940
Page
1
The local American Legion Auxiliary presents its annual Amateur Hour at Community Hall on Saturday evening March 18 with junior senior and group prizes for top talent. Entries via Mrs Retta Carr or Mrs V L Looney. A big seasonal event not to miss.
Rawlins first established schools in 1869 fueled by Union Pacific shops and a rising town. Miss Gibson led the first class of five pupils in a log rental building later used as lodging. By 1875 a district-owned school opened, expanding to 157 pupils by 1882, with a new ornamental building funded by a 2500 special election.
School notes cover a Forest Service film in the basement, a Big Piney team at the Southwestern District Basketball tournament in Green River with three losses to Granger Medicine Bow and Baggs, and a Saturday band concert at 8 15 P M with soloists Carolyn Gazier Charles Christensen Merrill Moffat and Donald Studt plus a long list of band members and upcoming events.
Governor Nels H. Smith outlines a new plan to reward the county with the best traffic safety record in 1940. The award aims to spur safer driving and raise public awareness as Wyoming faces rising highway fatalities, with 15 deaths recorded versus five in 1938.
Funeral services for Naomi A. Rutledge, 83, of Pinedale, were held in Cheyenne where her body was shipped. She was a charter member of Magic City Rebekah lodge No Sin and had lived in Cheyenne since 1857 before moving through California, Chicago, and Pinedale. Survivors include two daughters, two sons, a sister and a brother.
Betty Mae Stull became the bride of Karl M Jobson of Jackson in a February ceremony at the bride’s parents home. Family and relatives from Victor Idaho Alta Wyoming and Jackson attended. The groom tailors a filling station near Flat Creek Bridge and the couple will reside in Jackson.
High school and junior high students who stayed home from the tournament held a party Thursday afternoon. They played games and enjoyed ice cream.
Harry B. Henderson Jr a 49 year old attorney legislator and World War veteran seeks the Republican nomination for United States Senate in the August 20 Wyoming primary. A Cheyenne figure with three decades of city and state service he is state senator from Laramie County term ending Jan 1. He has led Republican committees served in the American Legion and Boy Scouts and built a long law career in Cheyenne. He married Alice Taylor in 1927 and they have one child Mary Jane.
The past week weather report for Big Piney is summarized from readings supplied by Miss Cook and Cornelia Wear. Data focuses on temperatures precipitation and notable conditions observed during the period.
Economic highlights show exports up nearly 30 percent with demand shifts. Britain buys little more than before, while Norway, Sweden, and other neutrals surge in purchases. Transshipment to Germany suspected as war fuels demand and aluminum and aircraft exports soar.
Circulation says the Cottonwood Canal project may be taken over by the Far Security Board. Credit difficulties halted Cottonwood Development Company after dredge work from Green River to Muddy. Some 25 000 acres of rich farmland lie under the venture north of the Piney, with Hon. John W. Hay of Rock Springs as holder after abandonment. If the plan is revived and finished, the Wyoming region north of Piney would gain greatly.
A dream vision imagines Washington and Lincoln urging self-reliance and vigilance. The shade warns America must reclaim its freedom through the vote, reject dependence, and resist demagogic patterns. The piece frames national renewal as an inward task with the people holding the key.
An old time snow storm on Tuesday failed to materialize into a real blizzard. It left only a ground covering that quickly disappeared and was followed by bright clear weather returning.
The piece notes a tough stance against Nazi Germany as Chamberlain speaks aggressively and Filler criticizes English concessions. It argues no middle ground for negotiation, England aims to defeat the Nazis, and Hitler seeks living space and colonies. The tone predicts a prolonged war.
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