School News Highlights From Armistice Day Program
Armistice Day program opened with a two flag salute led by Elba Me Nineh. The orchestra performed the Sorority Waltz and a clarinet solo by Merrill Moffat. The girls chorus sang My Little Nest of Heavenly Blue and Margie closed the musical portion. Rev Guild delivered a patriotic address about war and peace. The day ended with America sung by the audience and piano by Mr Roncolio. New building progress noted as brick layers arrive and rooms assigned for proper blackboard heights. Junior play Will Lou Get Her Man debuts December 11 1937 with cast led by Ruby Wilson Mildred Bertram and others. Student council officers elected with Elba Me Nineh as president Ruby Wilson vice president and Keith Me Nineh secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elba
McNineh
Merrill Moffat
James Mickelson
Charles Christensen
Cornelia Fear
Keith MelNinch
Tharon Mickelson
Ulahnan
Margie
Rev. Guild
America
Mr. Roncolio
Lou
Aunt Emma
Ruby Wilson
Mildred Bertram
Mardell Bennett
Kenneth Pear
Merritt Baldwin
Charley Stacy
Anton Subic
Treas
Ewe Keith Me
Freshmers
Sammy Sage
Why We Celebrate Thanksgiving Program Planned
Community Hall hosts a Thanksgiving program by primary and intermediate grades on Wednesday November 24. First and second grades perform a Navajo Dance with a Rhythm Band. Junior High offers musical numbers directed by Mr. Roncalli, with Mardell Bennett speaking on The First Thanksgiving.
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Roncalli
Mardell Bennett
Civil Service Examinations For Senior Veterinarian
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive exam for the senior veterinarian post in the Bureau of Animal Industry offering $4,600 yearly. Applicants must have a veterinary medicine degree and specified experience. full info from Ward C Ireland, Secretary, U S Civil Service Board of Examiners, Kemmerer Wyoming post office. Mrs Charles Olson returns home after weeks in Holy Cross hospital Salt Lake City. She visited daughter Mrs Ernest Dahlquist at Fort Bridger before returning home yesterday.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Animal Industry
Charles Olson
Holy Cross Hospital
Salt Lake City
Olson
Ernest Dahlquist
Fort Bridger
Local Snow Blankets Area As Residents Make Winter Plans
The region saw a light snow cover on Wednesday morning. Joe Hill left Mondey for Arizona to visit a sister after nineteen years. James Luce and family went to Montpelier Idaho and returned with a newborn son. Big Piney residents attended the Legion Armistice Day dance in Pinedale. The Tucky quilt was won at the Legion dance by Dick Lyman of Cora. W. D. Williams transported Pete Hoagland to Lava Hot Springs for rheumatism treatment. The Triangle Club met at Mrs. J. B. Budd’s. a December 4 bazaar and a children’s dance are planned. Gale Hockett caused a vehicle mishap near the Hockett Motor Co. and cattle on the highway remain a danger. Mrs. Irwin Mize won ten dollars at the Piney theatre Merchants night. twenty-dollar weekly drawings follow with a Sne radio next month.
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Irwin Mize
Piney Theatre
Josh Frid Jay
Burney & Company
Big Piney Mercantile Co
Sne
Harvest yields mixed as drought grips Wyoming crops
A report by George Johnson, Agricultural Statistician for the United States and Wyoming, notes harvest progress under near ideal conditions for corn, beets, beans, and potatoes but highlights severe dryness. Dryland corn and dryland potatoes suffered while irrigated corn and beets fared well. beans in the Big Horn Basin were bumper. fall sowing of wheat and rye slowed due to soil dryness and blowing risks.
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Georgeson
United States
Wyoming
Big Horn
Steel Oil Derrick Erected Near Corder Well
A steel off derrick is being erected on the Charley Budd property for G. Ed Lewis. Thomas A. Davidson and crew from Casper are building it. The site lies about a mile east of the old Corder well drifted to 2765 feet. This first steel derrick may enable deeper drilling to 5900 feet and stirs local oil speculation. Lewis expects completion and rigging within a week to ten days.
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Ail
G. Ed Lewis
Thomas A. Davidson
Casper
Corder
LaBarge
Lewis
Wyoming Range and Livestock Report Summary
The Wyoming range and livestock report notes cattle and sheep in strong condition amid ideal weather with no rain or storms. Range moisture is short. feed and hay are generally ample except Weston County. Fall and winter ranges exceed average. cattle and sheep are in good flesh with ranges at 87 percent of normal. Prices improve while debt declines and loan value trends up.
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George Knutson
United States
Wyoming
Wyoming Eyes Top Red Cross Membership Again
Governor Leslie A. Miller urged a generous response as Wyoming aims to keep its lead in Red Cross membership during the Armistice Day to Thanksgiving drive. Erle H. Reid noted Torrington involvement and the Jay Em Woman's Club in northern Goshen County reported 100 percent club enrollment and full participation by its supporters.
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Leslie A. Miller
Wyoming
American Red Cross
Erle H. Reid
Torrington
Red Cross
Reid
Nevada
Jay Em Woman's Club
Goshen County
Red Cross Restores Farm Families After Eastern Floods
The Red Cross provided agricultural rehabilitation to 10116 farm families after severe eastern floods. Aid included feed seed livestock farm equipment and other essentials. Over 599000 dollars spent plus occupational assistance. families were rescued clothed fed and sheltered. outbuildings barns and homes were rebuilt and medical nursing care furnished.
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Red Cross
Jas
Ned Cross
Red Cross Support Lauded by Labor Leaders
William Green of the AFL and John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers praise the Red Cross for its wartime relief and service. They urge broad support during the annual Roll Call urging all classes to back its efforts.
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Lahars
Red Cross Brughan
Willian Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Vinited Mine Workers of America
Ned Cross
Gree
Americin Red Cross
Pew
Legion Armistice Dance Draws Big Crowd at Community Hall
The American Legion Armistice dance at the community hall drew a large crowd with the Casanova orchestra from Diamondville. Encore requests kept the floor busy as the midnight noise limit was handed off to the dancers. Big Piney resident George Johnson visited from his Middle Piney ranch.
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American Legion
Casanova Orchestra
Diamondville
Legion Committee
George Johnson
Middle Piney
Economic Highlights From Industrial News Review
Industrial earnings show strong gains in chemicals, building materials, oils, steels and utilities, yet stock prices and business confidence sag. Analysts cite lower Q4 production, tax policy, government debt, executive distrust of policy, and unsettled foreign issues as key drags. Forecasts predict a quiet near term with erratic security prices and a slower 1938.
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Industrial News Review
Newsweek
Gillette
National Distillers
Steel
Sien
Roosevelt
U.S
Wyoming sought cub bear pictures for state publicity
The Wyoming State Department of Commerce and Industry urges residents to submit sharp clear photos of cub bears in Yellowstone for a 1938 publicity program. They offer 85 for selected images with negative rights, request sender details, return unused photos, and ask timely mailed submissions to 306 Capitol Building Cheyenne.
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State Department of Commerce and Industry
Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park
B Department
Capitol Building
Cheyenne
Wyo
Bear
Sublette County Artists' Guild meets at Beagle home
The Sublette County Artists' Guild gathered November 6 at Mrs. C. H. Beagle's home in Pinedale with co host Mrs. A. Sommers. The program featured contests poems and stories by members including Miss Abraham Miss McHugh Mrs. Sommers and Mrs. Beagle. Guests listed include Mrs. Art Deland and several others.
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Sublette
van Dyke
Reade’s Digest
A. Osterhout
Haba
C. H. Beagle
C. Byer
Reynolds
Barlow
H. Scott
Congress considers special session on farm plan and wage rules
A special Congressional session faces bitter opposition over farm reform and wages and hours. The Administration seeks a farm plan with price controls and a broad wage board power to set wages across industries, prompting fears of an industry czar and strong congressional resistance as regular session looms in January.
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Cial
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Joe Hill
Mondey
Arizona
James Luce
Montpelier
Idaho
Montpeler
Pinedale Lash
Dick Lyman
Cora
Ladies of the Legion Auxiliary
W. D. Williams
Pete Hoagland
Lava Hot Springs
Osterhout Ranch
Triangle Club
J. B. Budd
Gale Hockett
Pinedale
Galt
Lake
Hockett Motor Company
Fororess
Wyoming Crop Report
Charley Budd Ranch
Wyoming Range and Livestock Report
the Red Cross
Leon
Big Piney Chapter
State Department OF Commerce & Industry
Artists’ Guild
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