Spelling Contest and Track Meet Slated for Saturday
Next Saturday May 11 the county will hold its regular Annual School Day in Big Piney under County Superintendent May McAlister Sommers. Katherine Morton State Superintendent will preside over grades five to eight spelling contest with a winner earning a trip to the Douglas State Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May McAlister Sommers
Sublette County
Big Piney
Katherine A. Morton
Cheyenne
Douglas
Morton
Big Piney High School
Katherine Morton
Sommers
Miss Ryan
Wyoming Forest and Forage Conditions in the State
Wyoming should manage ninety seven percent of noncultivated land as scientifically as cultivated land. Forest land covers about one seventh of the state and must remain producing timber for taxes watershed protection wildlife recreation and scenery. Public aims require coordinated use of timber forage water and wildlife resources to avoid monopolies and erosion while promoting sustained growth and reduced insect risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Juniors and Seniors Hold Joint Dance In Hook Hall
The Big Piney and Pinedale schools stage a joint junior senior dance tonight at Hook hall after a banquet at the Cottage hotel dining room in gold and white colors. The event aims to strengthen intertown school cooperation and follows a three year old Pinedale high school. Local truck purchases and county commission sessions are noted for future coverage.
Daniel News Notes Local travelers and events report
Mrs E D Key left for Kemmerer on Saturday. Alfred Smith family from Huntington Ark began work at D H Scott ranch. Various locals visited Daniel for stock meetings, dances, and social events at the Inn and Big Piney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Key
Kemmerer
Alfred Smith
Mack Smith
Huntington, Ark
D. H. Scott Ranch
Diamondville man volunteers for first spleen operation
Abel Swanson of Diamondville underwent a pioneering spleen operation at Mayo Hospital Rochester under Dr William Mayo and Dr Walters. The local anaesthetic procedure shut off up to 30 percent of blood from the heart. Swanson recovered and returned home after about ten days. The feat opens a new avenue in surgical science as Mayo addresses scientists in Europe and a 400 surgeon lecture followed the Rochester case. Wyoming hosts 8,000,000 acres of National Forest land needing protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemmerer Gazelle
Abel Swanson
Diamondville
Mayo Hospital
Rochester
N. Y
Swanson
William
Charles Mayo
Walters
William Mayo
Charles
Mr. Swanson
Europe
Mother's Day Proclaimed as Nation Honors Mothers
Long-running observance set for May 12 as Mothers Day across the states. A lengthy eulogy extols maternal love from childhood through adulthood, urging appreciation and guidance from mothers. The Big Piney Camp Fire Girls plan a Hot Dot lunch stand Saturday, and county officials Gust L. Larson and James P. Jensen travel to Rock Springs to buy two large tractors and a grader for county roads. Larson returns. Jensen goes to Salt Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Fire
Board of County Commissioners
Gust L. Larson
Chaiman
James P. Jensen
Rock Springs
Mr. Larson
Ma. Jensen
Salt Lake
Baccalaureate Service Next Sunday at Big Piney High
Reverend A. C. Hest will deliver the baccalaureate sermon for the Big Piney High School Senior Class next Sunday at 8:00 p m. The public is invited to attend during the regular Sunday evening worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Hest
Big Piney High School
Low numbered license plates are requested in new system
Wyoming counties will bear numeric designations under next year’s auto registration law. Natrona holds No 1, Laramie No 2, with county treasurer John Schunemian already receiving about 30 applications for 1930 plates. The first issued in Laramie likely 2-2 to C C Warrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie County
Natrona County
John Schunemian
C. C. Warrington
Warrington
Frank C. Emerson
Secretary of State
J. M. Schwoob
Cody
Wyoming
Schwoob
Natrona
Laramie
Sheridan
Interwater
Albany
Cheyenne Tribune
Wyoming Livestock Conditions Improve Moderately Across State
Wyoming livestock show fair to good condition and improving for May 1 as feed limits bite. New grass slow to start due to harsh weather, hay supplies near record lows, and pastures muddy with losses in many areas. Cattle gains modest while prices stay high. sheep show slight month-to-month gains with lamb crop expected, amid local drought effects and storm delays. Mr. and Mrs. Pay Saxon of Halfway visit from their ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
W. W. Putnam
Federal
State Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
South Central
Red Desert
Sublette County Notes and Travel Highlights
Local activity reports from Sublette County include residents visiting relatives in Daniel and Rock Springs, trips to the Fish Hatchery, Pacific states winter returns, and social calls among the Payne, Pape, Phillips, Brewer, Rowley, Boss, Albert, and Smith families. Numerous visits, branding assistance, school attendance in California, and a Beaver school Task month presence are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Payne
Big Piney Town Council Minutes May 7 1929
Regular meeting notes approval of prior minutes and bills. Mayor Shipley and council members present authorize street labor pay and hotel board for poor, award gravel haul bid to Ray Daniels, and appoint Election Board members Marie Farrell L Z Bess Oscar Beck J B Budd. Meeting adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Pinsy
J. F. Shipley
Robert B. Gunner
Nelse P. Christensen
Chas. C. Howerton
Geo A. Moffat
Big Piney
South Side
John Herrod
J. A. Power
Marshall
Big Piney Examiner
Gen A. Moffat
Ray Daniels
Marie Farrell
L. Z. Bess
Oscar Beck
J. B. Budd
Big Pinky High School Bat Finds Its Fans In Final Issue
The Big Piney High School Bat announces it will publish no more and reflects on past issues. It notes seniors leaving for colleges, staff moves to North Dakota South Dakota Utah and Logan Utah, and upcoming exams and school events including a sewing class exhibition and county spelling contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Logan
Utah
Ryan
State Teachers’ College
Valley City
North Dakota
Eastern State Normal College
Madison
South Dakota
Sielaif
Towa
Sielaff
Buckeye
Big Piney
Mr. Glasner
Nebraska
California
Senior class play High Flyers planned for May 11 in Clyde hall
The Seniors will present High Flyers by Mrs. M. H. Mobley in Clyde hall on Saturday May 11 at 8 pm. Kathryn Budd stars as Dovey Doyle with Tia Hacklin as her mother. Emma Lindback plays Rose O Grady with Mike, and Emma Titus as Dovey’s country aunt. The cast includes Thelma Vickrey Clara Lindback Ona Beck Wilma Payne and others as the gang. Admission is fifteen and twenty five cents to cover royalty fees. (Continued on page three).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Hall
M. H. Mobley
Berkshire College
Kathryn Budd
Dovey Doyle
Tia Hacklin
Bee) Denson
Wilma Payne
Emma Titus
Dovey
Emma Lindback
Rosié O'Grady
Mike
Avdath, Payne
Mason
Mothers Day Program at Community Church Reveals Plans
Sunday May 12 event invites parents and especially mothers to attend with children for a Mothers Day program. Sunday School at 102 m aims to involve families, followed by a Baccalaureate Sunday public worship at 3 p.m. on the topic Breaking the Later News of Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Robinson
Opal
Mr. Polson
Fontenelle
Pinedale
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Daniel News
Mr. Daka
Jene Pfisterer
Daniel
Bondurant
Calif
G. Jewett
S. A. Lloyd
Link Shideler
Phil Morgan
Chas. Noble AE. Richardson
F. Webb
Ivan Jones
Rodney Pape
Clara Reed
Elizabeth Hibbins
Della McBride
Buck Baker
G. C. Dressler
Boyd Kelly
Lee Caldwell
Tulsa
J. W. Montrose
W. Todd
A B. Richardson
D. A. Blackmon
Son Dean
Dane
Walter Yarger
Melvin
W. Hibbins
Elizabeth
Bernie Payne
McBride
the Inn
Anna Jarvie
Philadelphia
Penn
Eve
Adam
Jook
Ory
Wyoming Livestock and Range Report
Mrs. Pay Saxon
Bronx
Gene
Jack Pfeisterer
Hoback Basin
Paul Papp
Jack
William Rowley
Mrs. Phillips
Idaho
Mason Phillips
James Payne
Mary Elizabeth
Orrin
Warren
Lester Pape
Fred Pape
David Billinger
Burman Ranch
Jerome
Charles Albert
W. ©. Brewer
G. L. West
W. Rowley
C. E. Boss
Waller
Edith
James Brewer
Clifford
Fred
William Pape
Scott
R. T. Albert
F. H. Pape
Alice
Genevieve Mershon
Cora
Beaver School
Albert
Ray
Huntington, Arkansas
South Ranch
Official Town Council
Geo. A. Moffat
Qna Beck
Lois Jenkins
Dan Alexander
Thelma Vickrey
Clara, Lindback
Kemmever
National Forest Administration
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