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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1949
Page
5
The annual school carnival at Community Hall drew a large crowd with a bingo stand, Razettes dance numbers, novelties, fish pond, food booths, raffles, and prizes including a 30.06 rifle won by Bobby Looney. Juniors and Seniors sponsored raffles, and organizers praised all helpers for a successful event.
The 30th annual Wyoming Farm Bureau state convention is set for Sheridan this week from Wednesday through Saturday. President Kieher Hadsell of Rawlins will preside. speakers include Roger Fleming of the American Farm Bureau Washington Office, State Senator Norman Barlow, Dr G D Humphrey of the University of Wyoming, and Frank Mockler of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association. Sublette county delegates W A Hicks Arnold Olson and Eugene Pfisterer will attend.
Edwin Wardley Spencer a prominent Evanston businessman died November 4 after a lingering illness. Born January 4, 1882 in Randolph Utah he moved to Evanston in 1916 owning a Transcontinental garage. He held public roles including city council member 1928 to 1936 state senator 1938 to 1940 and bank director 1929 to 1949. He contributed to local library governance and LDS church work. Proceeds from town dances funded winter promotions in Jackson Hole.
A group including Mr and Mrs Mason, Mr and Mrs Farmer, and other locals attended Ladies Night at the Pinedale Community Hall on Nov 9. A turkey dinner was served with Mrs Hugene Pfisterer presiding. The program featured a male beauty contest won by Frank Korfanta followed by square dancing.
In Kemmerer the Southwestern Wyoming Hereford Association held its annual sale. A total of $26 800 was paid for 78 hereford bulls, with average prices around 342 a head.
The high school presents an Armistice Day program at the community hall on November 11. Acts include Girls State Speech Danna Gray and Beverly Harmison, Boys State Speech Bobby Looney, and two Band Selections Star Spangled Banner. Public invited. Tom Holland, Kemmerer district pioneer, dies at 78 in Kemmerer hospital after weeks ill. Survived by brother Lawrence Holland and two sisters. Burial in Cokeville.
In Kemmerer last Thursday the grand champion bull was shown by Joe Michaels of Ft. Bridger and sold for $875 to Arnold Olson of Big Piney.
Sublette County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis received a $635 check from the March of Dimes national headquarters this week to aid local polio patients. Chapter Chairman Robert Boulter said funds are from the emergency epidemic aid fund after running low locally. The national office has advanced $8,263,161.99 this year due to higher infantile paralysis cases and carryover from 1948. The chapter is funding care for one current patient and continuing to pay for two others from past years. Today donations totaling $41.90 were received by Mr. Boulter.
Omaha’s weekly cattle and calf run topped 20 000 head with 14 000 Westerns in the mix, pushing total cattle and calf volume beyond 45 000 as stocker and feeder demand rose. Prices moved higher for yearlings and stock steers while hogs and sows showed mixed shifts and feeder lambs held steady amid a broad, strong market.
The University of Wyoming library becomes a complete depository for agriculture documents and other fields. Since 1890 it has been a Government depository. Library director WN Orwin Rush says the facility is open to all state residents, not just students, for access to materials including pamphlets on practical topics and technical publications.
More than 150 youths and parents attended a pot luck supper and awards program in Pinedale. Awards of certificates pins and cash and savings bonds were given to 41 4-H club members along with special record contest honors and a trip to the Denver 4-H Club Roundup for Albert Grable. The Boulder Maverick Club won a $25 prize for Club Achievement work.
The Wyoming State Association of Soil Conservation Districts holds a meeting in Greybull on November 14 15 and 16. Representing the Big Piney District are Frank D Bal Jr Joe L Budd and Arnold Olson. Featured speakers include Kent Leavitt president of the National Association and H H Bennett chief of the Soil Conservation Service. Ball also serves as a state association director.
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