County Spelling Contest Set for April 5 in Big Piney
The annual county spelling contest will be held at the Big Piney School House on Thursday April 5 announced officials. Last year Big Piney won and hopes to remain a strong contender in 1956 with teams from local schools participating.
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Big Piney
Helm
Grasny Dicketts
Alco “Oc
Tam
laBarge
Pinedale
LaBarse
Reevs
Bureau of Land Management
Buel L. Davis
District Range Mer
Farmland Values Drive Farm Economy Insights
An overview explains how farmland and buildings dominate farm assets valued at 163 billion dollars, with land and structures making up over half. It notes the role of USDA observational networks since 1912, reporting from 16,000 local observers and 10,000 real estate reporters, and traces land value trends tied to farm income and broader business conditions.
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Fasrinshire
Ageri~ise
USDA
Trom
Tom
ARS
R Kors
4-H Frozen Foods honors expand awards in 1955 program
The 1955 National 4-H Frozen Foods Program increases incentives for 109000 members. Four county winners receive Whirlpool Seeger medals, state winners get trips to Chicago and six national winners receive 300 scholarships. The program promotes freezing skills and is run by the Cooperative Extension Service with the zonal committee in Chicago. Greene calls for training for young hunters amid Wyoming incidents.
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Whirlpool-Seeger Corporation of
St. Joseph
Mich
Chicago
Cld
Cooperative Extension Service
Fit
Counter
Factors Behind Rising Farm Land Values in 1950s
An Agricultural Research overview shows land values rose through 1955 despite falling farm income. Demand from farmers to expand holdings, easier credit, cheaper financing, and a booming nonfarm economy helped sustain prices. Long-term value hinges on earnings potential and population-driven demand.
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Tatakob& Rivers
Tepes Madel
Joan
Ty Ming
Agricultural Research
Big Piney West Road to Be Surfaced and Paved
Wyoming Highway Department plans surfacing and paving the Big Piney West road this spring plus a secondary project from Big Piney west for about five miles. Work includes base course surfacing plant mixed and sand gravel seal coats with shoulders. Start about May 1 1956 and total project cost above $2,000,000.
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Big Piney
Big Piney West
Capreham
C. W. Beaver
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Wyoming
School Board Votes to Seek Bond for Teacher Housing
The Southwest School District Board of Trustees met March 21 in Big Piney Wyoming to discuss housing for teachers. They voted unanimously to hold a bond election to raise 870 000 to fund teacher housing and address district indebtedness.
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School Board of Trustees
Big Piney
Wyoming
Paul Virostko
Howard Masoner
Joe Budd
F. W. Tanner
South West
Transand
Paul J. McGrath
Southwest School District School Board of Trustees
University of Wyoming reports spring enrollment totals
University registrar Ralph E. Mawhinnie announces 2966 students enrolled this semester at UW. 1921 men 676 women 369 in sub collegiate or university school. Liberal arts college leads with 796, followed by engineering 542 and education 510. Laramie campus agriculture students total 333. Class breakdown: 979 freshmen, 585 sophomores, 251 juniors, 464 seniors, 57 graduate, 369 sub collegiate. Semester ends June 1.
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Aramie
Wyorsine
Ralph E. MaWhinnie
Liberal Arts College
Engineering
Laramie
Brandon collection added to UW library archives
The University of Wyoming Western History department adds the Leramie-A Brandon collection, a comprehensive set of prewar and development records on Walt Brandon, founder of the Pinedale Roundup. The papers include his newspaper writings, White House press conference notes, hunting trips with movie men, and letters with Francis E. Warren, plus SHERIDAN POST publishing and Coolidge campaign work. Brandon, a contemporary writer, built a major western history archive covering fifty years ago as the frontier era ended. he now resides in California.
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Leramie
Wacteen Wyoming
Universit of Wyoming
Western America
Walt Brandon
Wrom'ng
Ptnedat
Archives and Western History Department
Dean Krakel
Pehinint
Stat Cprate
Brantley
White House
Penney
Pear Rev
Francis E. Warren
Frose Pine
Brandon
Sheridan Post
Calvin Coolidge
Krakel
Caifornia
Big Piney School Arts and Sports Schedule Noted
Big Piney students prepare for a April 27 music festival in Kemmerer with solos quartets and multiple events while marching on April 2. An April 1 operetta rehearsal draws townspeople support and April 21 wrestling results include Dennis Newton and Russell Daniels. The school earned 19th place and a plaque in Cheyenne. Dr. Patterson, wildlife expert and author of Sage Grouse in Wyoming, dies survived by wife and two children.
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Big Piney Chorus
Kemmerer
Hick
Laramie
Dennis Newton
Russell Daniels
Patterson
Game and Fifty
Wyoming
Services Held For R L Patterson
Funeral services for Dr. R. L. Patterson 37 coordinator of the Wyoming Games and Fish Commissions Wildlife Restoration Division were reported. Patterson's role and age are given as the focus of the brief with typical obituary framing.
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R. L. Patterson
Wyoming Games and Fish Commissions
Wildlife Restoration Divi
Apprentice State GOP Chairman Named in Wyoming
Wm Budd Jr of Big Piney named Republican state apprentice chairman aligning with national GOP policy to engage youth. He is a Korean War veteran, UW Young Republican club president, and husband of the daughter of state Senator Frank Mokler.
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Wiliam HB. Budd, Jr
Afr
Wiliam Budd
Big Piney
University of Wyoming
Haseen
GOP
Barry T. Tharsets
Osage
Bodd
Eisenhower
Young Republican Club
Big Piney Pith
Air Force
Frank C. Mokler
Dubois
Mockler
Etere House of Representers
Wyoming
Republican Party
Thorson
Budd
Ard
Rene
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