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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1956
Page
3
Mrs Marie Farrell longtime operator of the Big Biney Drug Store sells the business to Mr and Mrs George Barpo who will run it with show business plans. They intend extensive improvements soon. Postmaster Mr Earp resigns to devote time to the store and show business. Mrs Farrell and sister Miss Helen Atwood will run Helen's Clothes Shop nearby temporarily.
A federal report shows Wyoming leads the nation in non resident hunting licenses for fiscal 1955 with about 22 876 issued. Penney venia ranking second with 30 827 licenses. The article also notes Wyoming’s strong overall hunting and fishing license sales and mentions a local social security tax guidance by Mr. Jelle of Rock Springs with a March 15 1956 information session in Kemmerer at the courthouse commissioner's skating room.
National Wife Wek runs from Ifared 18 through 24 with the theme Save Endangered Wildlife. The week highlights four wildlife types in Wyoming and other regions facing possible extinction and emphasizes the grizzly bear among endangered species.
A snow survey on Piney LaBarge and Poison Meadows courses shows 71 inches of snow and 95 inches of water at Piney LaBarge, versus 59 inches snow and 16 inches water in 1955. Poison Meadows reads 40 inches water, vs 22 inches in 1955, with a long term average about 30.5 inches of water. The Agricultural Conservation Program offers up to 80 percent cost coverage for seed, lumber, brush removal, leveling, and other farm improvements, with contact Robert M Boult er at the ACP office in Pinedale.
A Friday prankster phoned focal parents claiming their sons were injured in a Green River crash. Parents, driven by fear, called hospitals and authorities and even traveled to Green River before learning the sons were uninjured and the report was false. The incident drawn questions about the perpetrator’s character.
The Wyoming Department of Public Health offers a revised chart titled Communicable Disease Information for Schools. It helps teachers recognize common illnesses in school children, detailing early signs, infection source, incubation, isolation, and prevention. Free charts are available through county health nurses or the Division of Health Education in Cheyenne.
Watt Disney, creator of the popular True Life Adventurer movies, heads the observance for the National Wildlife Federation, sponsor of National Wildlife Week. The event spotlights diverse species including Montana grayling bighorned end trumpeter swan as found in upon the Everglades and other regions.
In Wyoming about 6000 4-H boys and girls in 525 clubs plan National 4-H Week March 2 11. Burton Marston says 4-Hers join over 2 million peers in 39 000 clubs across 43 states Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The theme centers on Head Heart Hands and Health with Improving Family and Community yi 2 as the 1956 focus.
The Make it Yourself with Wool contest begins its tenth year with over 8,000 girls in 17 western states competing for more than 40,000 in prizes. Winners earn trips to Rome Paris and New York via Pan American World Airways plus numerous sewing related awards.
Marie Farrell expresses gratitude to friends and patrons for years of support at the Big Pinky Drug Store and wishes continued patronage for new owners George and Edyth Garp.
Funeral services for Mrs Harriet Springman aged 87 were held in Kemmerer with Rev William Watson officiating. She was born December 14, 1873 in Cottonwood and died in February 1961. Graveside rites followed in Big Piney for her husband Frank X Springman from 1934. Surviving: two sons Harry F Springman and Robert A Springman, daughter Helena Matthews, a brother Fred Anderson, six grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
Paul McGrath, superintendent of Big Piney Schools, was badly hurt when his car veered off a highway near Hold en Hil and plunged onto rocks. He was unconscious briefly, suffered broken ribs and head injuries, and is recovering at Kemmerer hospital, with a return home anticipated soon.
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