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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1954
Page
3
In Ogden Utah this morning at 7 20 Mrs B M Fox aged mother of Rube Fox died. Mr and Mrs Fox and Bonnie left to attend the obsequies in Ogden on Saturday. A full obituary will appear in the next issue on April 1.
John Eyentld won first prize and Victor McGinnis took second in the grass identification contest during the Extension Services Ranchers and Homemakers Forum in Pinedale. Mrs. Arthur Homer won first prize for the ladies, a meat thermometer. Participants from Big Piney included Victor McGinnis and Dan H Budd among others.
The Sublette Grazing District Advisory Board will meet in the Bureau of Land Management office in Pinedale on April 1, 1954 at 10 00 A M. The agenda includes grazing applications range improvements and other proper board matters. Mr James F Mickelson of Big Piney Wyoming will preside.
Wyoming state Extension Service renews eight 4-H national programs awarding 62 college scholarships totaling 18 000. Programs include Achievement and seven others with donors Ford, Kerr Glass, Kelvinator, Montgomery Ward, Kellog Co, Sears-Roebuck Foundation, and General Motors. County awards rise to four gold medals in most programs. Food Preparation and Girls’ Record offer one each. State winners receive medals or trips to Cub Congress in Chicago. sectional ties increase for Achievement. Also notes Wyoming vehicle-per-capita ranking and New Hampshire leads in per-capita vehicles.
Wyoming Hereford Ranch near Cheyenne deeded a quarter section to the University of Wyoming for ranch research. The land adjacent to Archer branch of the agricultural experiment station will support range grazing studies with native and introduced grasses. The gift funds research to extend the summer range for experimental stock. The deed allows return of the land if the station closes. Gene Pfisterer, Pinedale businessman, was in Biz Piney Saturday.
Lions Club Newslettes reports Stevens Service and Fonte nelle Rancherettes donated to the Lions Club Community Hall remodeling fund. Funds aid heating and insulation installation as contractor lays sub-roof and exterior progress. Lighting fixtures funded at over 309 dollars will be installed. A call is issued for trucks and drivers March 20 to move topsoil and fertilizer for High School grounds landscaping. New members join the DJs of Charles Davis Carl Jorgensen Joe W. Murdock bringing total to 42. Wyoming highway department adopts a new road repair warning system with 16 inch signs to guide motorists through construction zones.
Wyoming FFA announces the 27th Annual FFA Convention in Sheridan for March 26 27 with 47 chapters eligible to send two delegates. About 400 members, advisors and guests expected. state officers named. activities include a public speaking contest, a band, ceremonial processions, and multiple awards.
The operation of the Wyoming schools involves nearly 300 teachers and administrators and a staff of over 1000 custodians bus drivers and other staff. Services cover 62 000 children at about 14 million dollars annual cost. The University of Wyoming through adult education provides services to schools and offers films books and plays for classrooms. It conducts building surveys workshops field summer schools and extension courses with 500 600 teachers enrolling yearly and about 400 courses by correspondence.
The Clark Driling Co. abandoned the Miller ranch mell west of here and moved their drilling outfit to Dry Basin in Section 35, Township 29 North, Range 113 West near the landing strip southwest of the Big Piney cemetery. A dry hole is reported at the Miller place.
A pre nuptial shower was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Dean Jewett honoring Miss Jo Anne Marincic and Dr Robert D Knapp who are to be wed next month in a formal ceremony attended by family and friends.
Joe Potchad Palooka, a well known local who worked for John Chrisman, was found dead in a room at the Star Hotel in Kemmerer last Thursday evening. Death was due to a heart attack. He reportedly had no living relatives. A Talent Show under the American Legion Auxiliary will be held on Wednesday night, March 31, at the High School auditorium.
Sublette F F A Chapter members Frank Fear Russell Daniels Jerome Decker and Don Pope left Wednesday for Sheridan to attend the state F F A convention and will return Sunday night. Jerome Decker plans to try for the State Farmer degree. The event includes officer elections and presentation of past state officer pins by a national officer.
The Sublette County Chapter of the American Red Cross will host a disaster program on Monday March 29 at 8 00 am in the Pinedale High School Gymnasium Open to individuals over 16 years old under Civilian Defense leadership Madge Funk and Roy Clemenston First Aid Chairman The event features I Robert C Day of the University of Utah Medical School presenting lantern slides on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and discussion of the atomic bomb plus an American Red Cross disaster film and unit organization This program focuses on individual protection and information for county residents to attend.
Omaha livestock prices show Monday run far ahead of field with fat lambs steady to 25 cents higher and hogs up to 50 cents. Butchers 180 to 360 pounds reach 24.75 to 27.25 with sows 23.50 to 25.50, fat cattle steady to 25 cents lower and calves up to 25. Stockers and feeders weaken 50 cents, with steers 18 to 21.50 and calves to 22.50.
Barbara Mar, a Montana native, has been appointed instructor in foods and nutrition in the home economics division at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. She holds an MS in nutrition and institutional administration from Ohio State University and will divide her time between teaching and nutrition research.
Dr H H Scarborough optometrist of Salt Lake City will be at the Marbleton Hotel Monday April 5 to examine eyes and fit glasses. Take this opportunity for his professional services with good service and reasonable prices. Lester Olson visited relatives from Canon City Colorado during the week.
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