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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1958
Page
4
Parvare Bower, an international farm youth exchange student who spent last year in Denmark, will visit Finedale and Big Piney schools on March 31 to share experiences. She will present photos and give a public talk at 8 00 pm at the courthouse.
The piece explains mail safety and penalties for violations up to $5,000 fine and five years in prison. It notes chain letters and lottery tickets as commonly non shippable, and cites items that can harm the mails or people. It urges compliance, proper packaging, and to consult the local postmaster if unsure.
Veterans Administration announces a pilot study to reassess disallowed WWII claims. Administrator Samer G. Whittier says the project, run from VA regional offices in Brooklyn Micatukre Wis Togus Me Wichita Kan Seattle Washington Columbia South Carolina Lubbesk Texas, will decide if further study is needed or if a nationwide review should occur. The study follows requests from veterans organizations alleging errors in disallowances.
Mr and Mrs W W Wilson hosted a Saturday night house warming with friends and neighbors at their new home. Guests presented an armchair as a gift and the hosts served luncheon. Marshall Gurney and others attended. V A Bair of the Tagon Service Corp of Frontier Wyoming was in town, attending the Lions meeting that evening.
Wyoming ranked third in nonresident hunting license sales and tenth in nonresident fishing licenses from July 1, 19 percent, per U S Fish and Wildlife figures. Wyoming sold 29535 hunting and 62083 fishing licenses. Michigan and others led fishing licenses while Pennsylvania and New York topped hunting licenses. Nationwide licenses totaled 34,195,183, up 1,081,852 from the prior year with fishing licenses driving the rise. Total license revenue reached 90,617,039, up 829,145.
Readings from Snider Basin Piney LaBarge and Polson Meadows show snow depths of 51 61 and 85 inches with water content rising at each site from last year. Measurements at Soda Lake Triple Peak and other courses indicate near normal snowpack despite late readings and storms.
Notice lists opening hours for the Public Library. Hours are Tuesday and Thursday 7 to 9 PM and Saturday 2 to 4 90 PM. Allen Harper serves as Librarian.
Paul Virestko Chuck Davis and Kenneth Guio are named from a trip to the Virestko cabin on Ade Piney. They report lags know that a year ago.
The Big Piney Lions Club hosted a dinner for the High School Six Man football team, awarding engraved trophies to players and Coach Purier. John Gallimore and school orchestra provided music. Boo Deveney spoke with Jerry Parker and others present, while a Wyoming Cowboys film was shown. Credit goes to committee chair Wilkerson and volunteers for organizing the event.
From the office of Rep. Keith Thomson, a approved amendment curbs extending provisions to the Fryingpan-Arkansas project. Thomson says the move prevents delay tactics that could pull the Upper Colorado Basin projects into interstate litigation. Easter Sunday is noted as April 6.
Dr George Duke Humphrey president of the University of Wromig earns a national 4-H Alumni recognition joining seven other former 4-H Club members. He will receive the gol alumni key at the Chicago Club Congress banquet in December and has a long history of 4-H involvement from Tippah County Mississippi to Mississippi State College.
County Agent Gail Urbighit announces the first 4-H livestock judging meet this Saturday, March 22, at 10 AM in Pinedale. Beef cattle will be judged at three ranch stops, including Orval James, Gaawen Jensen at Boulder, and Alfred Dutton Ranch for Angus heifers, with 437 club members expected to attend and contest leaders arranging transportation.
In Lander’s Pioneer Museum a Harvey Morsen skull is shown as a relic. A marked stone near U.S. Highway 247 records the deaths of three white men at a site tied to a 1860s Indian raid. Governor Amgletique Pepa and Indian Affairs Commissioner Ely S. Parner note the attacks, including the killings of Dr. B. S. Barr Harvey Mowan and Joe Mason, with bodies reportedly found in grim conditions.
Fragmentary line suggests a local notice or brief about Mrs Dan Is Budd and hemp from a source named Arip. Readable text is limited. no clear event date or place.
Martha Wirich Chibku Specialist will lead two meetings on March 2 and 24 covering appropriate dress and tailored finishes. Public session on dressy attire set for March 22 at 2 40 PM in the courtroom. Leader training for 4 H and project leaders scheduled for March 4 at 2 PM in the Legion Hall By Piney. Information available from Stella McKinstry Home Demonstration Agent.
Gale McGee, professor of American history at the University of Wyoming and coordinator for the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial in the West, urged Wyoming residents to follow Roosevelt's conservation principles. He stressed that Wyoming's wealth in water, grass, uranium, and oil should be used wisely to secure the state's future.
The 4 H Livestock group met at the Tanner home on March 12 1958 with Carl Urbiskit from Pinedale attending. President Dick Tanner called the meeting to order and members received project books and record keeping tips. The group planned filming first pages before the next meeting on April 16 and announced a judging contest set for March 22 at Carl's Office with a 10:00 a.m. start and lunch to be brought. Deanne Fear and Mary Budd volunteered for a demonstration.
Sublette County drilling reports list Hogsback and Tip Top wells with depths and equipment details. A Piney Lodge No 47 Masonic dance and party is scheduled at Mesomec Hall on Saturday night March 22 with members and guests invited.
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