Mrs. C Howerton and Frank Shipley wed in open air ceremony
Mrs Charles Howerton and Frank Shipley of this place were married Sunday Sept. 5 in an open air ceremony at the Rim of Hicksok Basin. Rosalie Hockett officiated with 25 witnesses. The bride wore a blue gray suit and navy hat with a pink astor corsage. The couple later traveled to Jackson Wyoming for a reception at Moore's Open Grill and returned to Big Piney after visiting Moran and Pinedale. Best wishes were extended by many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Howerton
Frank Shipley
Hicksok Basin
Rosalie Hockett
Logen Homer
Astors
Homer
Jackson
Wyoming
Moran
Pinedale
September weather records at Big Piney reveal steady averages
Over sixteen years, September averages show 48.20 degree temperatures, 90 to 990 high and 140 low, with 93 inches of yearly precipitation. Work on the 8 Reservoir involves W P MacLelland and crew, E Clow and Bob Pierce, sloping Hope Ditch at O Neil Ranches, moving about 7500 cubic yards of dirt. O Neil has turned 90 acres of wild hay to alfalfa, fighting Muhly grass that hampers growth and sod formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Piney
E. Clow
Bob Pierce
Hope Ditch
O'Neil
O. R. O'Neil
Wyoming School Enrollment Rises Across Nine Counties
A 1954 55 survey by Wyoming Education Commissioner Ray Be Robitien indicates elementary enrollment rose about 3 000 statewide with high schools up about 500. Weston County elementary jumped, and Washakie Platte Hot Springs Sheridan Big Horn Fremont Sweetwater Uinta counties reported gains. Freemont high school declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Enromers
Wyoming Commissioner of Education
Ray BE
Rob
Iteen
Weston County
Washaide
Weston
Platte
Hot Springs
Sherdan
Big Horn
Fremont
Mont
Sweetwater
Uinta
Fre- Mont
Enrollment Trend Gains Expected Statewide
Robertson stated the enrolment trend indicates a gain for the entire state, suggesting broader improvement across regions and institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robertson
Top Winners at Finedale Rodeo on Sunday Afternoon
Ross Meeks won calf roping, Bobby Lozier took bulldogging, Jack Lozier claimed bareback riding, and Louie Wardell won saddle bronc riding at the Finedale rodeo last Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finedale
Ross Meeks
Bobby Lozier
Jack Lozier
Louie Wardell
Sublette County 4 H and FFA Winners at State Fair
Sublette County 4 H and FFA members shined at the Douglas state fair with Betty Budd earning a blue ribbon and fourth place in home economics judging, Lela Gurney receiving a white ribbon, and multiple 4 H and FFA participants winning red and blue ribbons in livestock, cakes, canning, dress, and crafts. Notable names include Betty Budd Janice Mason Jackie Bennett Sandra O Neill Arlene Frank Joyce Barger Deanne Fear Pauline Fear Mary Budd Eva Bronnenberg and others. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Cullens of Pullman, Washington visited Frank Bray's home during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Sublette
Betty Budd
Lela Gurney
Betty
Lela
Janice Masoner
Jackie Bennett
Betty Janice
Jackie
Bob Tanner
Cordon Bray
Ray Wardell
Tommy O'Neil
Prand
Exe
Vision
Sandra O'Neil
Exhibi
Drevrer
Carolyn Boraff
Charlene Raper
Janet Btory
Miriam Grinder
Miriam Jer Bie
Fingar
Joyce Barger
Nelda Rogers
Beanie Fox
Mary Budd
Betty Virostko
Deanne Fear
Jackie Mc Williams
Sharon Sue Cantrell
Sandra O’neil
Arlene Frank
Deanne Feary
Betty Yirosuko
Angel Food
Sue Ribbon
Pauline Fear
Bonnie Fox
Victor Cullens
Pullman, Washington
Frank Bray
Weeks News Attractive Earr ings
A short item notes decorative ear rings with brilliants offsetting the beauty of aude to dee in a vintage fashion blurb. The terse line hints at jewelry styling and mood, using period tone and two proper names as imagined entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aude To Dee
Most Worthy Grand Matron Honored by Eastern Star Women
Mrs Huth Jones of Hartford Connecticut was honored as Most Worthy Grand Matron of the General Grand Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star at the home of Mrs Robert Thompson No 1 by Chapter No 42 OES of Shy Piney. Mrs James Jorgenson and Mrs Georie Nichols assisted. pianist Patricia Griffith of Pocatello Idaho performed. Big Piney and Pinedale OES chapters will present. Also noted were CPA exam dates November 3 4 5 1954 with subjects Accounting Practice Auditing and Commercial Law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adea
Order of Eastern Star
Huth Jones
Hartford
Connecticut
Robert Thompson
James Jorgenson
Pinedale Chanter
Georie Nichols
Big Piney
Patricia, Griffith
Pocatello
Idaho
Jones
James Mickelson Ser
Pinedale Oes
C.P.A
Wyoming Star Board of Accountancy
American Institute of Account+ ants
Big Piney School Opens Tuesday At 9 AM
The Big Piney Schools officially opened on Tuesday September 7 with many new students enrolled in both elementary and high schools. First and second grades occupy separate rooms with individual teachers and enrollment totals are listed across grades and staff. Four new high school teachers join the staff while three new elementary teachers assume key grade duties. Several students remain unregistered expected to enroll next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Piney
Ruth Mackin
Englsh
Maxine White
Donald Edwalson
Agriculture Department
Jerry Parker
Michael D. Kriegel
Michael Kriegel
Donald Bayalson
Refining Committee Holds Casper Meeting On Oil Industry
The Refining Committee of the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association meets in Casper Wyoming with Executive VP Fred E. Woodring outlining the refining sector’s rising regional importance. Talks cover labor relations and trends in passenger car design affecting fuels as two day sessions begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper
Wye
Rocky Mountain Oil and Gar Association
Wyoming
Fred E. Woodring
Rocky Mountains
Woodring
Rocky Mountain
Deriver
T the Association
Wyoming Trucking Association
Ce Refining Committee
Henning Hote
Carper
Phil Kretz
Goodrich Named Crew Leader for 1954 Census of Agriculture
Herald announces Kemmerer Wyoming native Goodrich as crew leader for nine enumerators in Lincoln Sublette Te ton and Uinta counties. He will train in Laramie for a week then recruit and supervise enumerators in his district ahead of the October 4 1954 census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald FL Goodrich
Kemmerer
Wyoming
Douglas £. Puller, Jr
Goodrich
Lincoln
Sublette
Teton
Uinta
Laramie
Census of Agriculture
Weekly Drilling Report for Wyoming oil wells
The Green River Basin Sublette County wells Tip Top No 26X-12 reached 7893 feet and was reaming. Tip Top No 78X-31 Exploratory was at 4543 feet. Greenberg No 73X-30 Exploratory was at 1206 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green River Basin
Sublette County
Salt Lake Man Dies of Injuries In Car Wreck Near LaBarge
Ora L. Smith age 48 of Salt Lake City dies at Kemmerer hospital from brain concussion after an auto crash north of LaBarge. His wife suffers a broken ankle and leg while their seven year old daughter has a fractured jaw. all three are in shock. The couple was returning from Jackson Hole when a burst tire caused the overturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora L. Smith
Salt Lake City
Utah
Kemmerer Hospital
LaBarge
Smiths
Jackson Hole
Pinedale
Stephine Selig
Rock Springs
Andrew Selig
Sylvester Tynsky
Andy Motichika
Unie
British Student Hywel Jones Tours Wyoming With FFA
Hywel Jones a Welsh student tours the Western United States to study Future Farmers of America activities and farm management. He farms 20 acres in three units and seeks ideas on mechanization reclamation and FFA work. He visits Powell and the Douglas State Fair then continues to California Nevada and the National FFA Convention in Kansas City October 12-14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hywell Jones
Wales
United States
Farmers of America
Hywel
Future Farmers of America
Young Farmers’ Club of Great Britain
FFA
Britain
Wyoming
FRA
Colorado
Utah
Montana
Idaho
Powell
Douglas
California
Nevada
Kansas City
Southwest School District bids for coal delivery to Big Piney
The Southwest School District invites bids for about 250 tons of oil-treated slack coal to be hauled and delivered to Big Piney Schools during 1954 1955. Deliveries by truck as ordered. Bids may be rejected. Opening on about October 10 1984. Addresses to Mr. Paul J. MacGrath Superintendent Big Piney Wyoming. Pub Sept 8 16 25 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
Big Piney
Paul J. MacGrath
Wyoming
Beginning Winter Schedule of Masses in Sublette County
The schedule lists Mass times for Finedale Our Lady of Peace at 8 36 am and Big Piney St. Anne at 10 30 am with Fr Charles A Bartek presiding.
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Sublette
Finedale
Our Lady of Peace
Big Piney
St. Anne
Charles A. Bartek
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C. Howerton
W. P. MacLelland
Charles Davis
Billy Buddle
Finedale Rodeo
Niagara Fell
Prospect Point
Niagara
World Council of Churches
University of Chicago
Bishop Oxnam
Methodist
New York
Bowgner
Paris
Archibishop Athenagoras
London
Braggray
Oslo
Hooft
Holland
Paramount
Ray Bolger
Marie Millar
Dorothy Gray-Lehn & Fink
Abc-Tv
IAH
OIL Refining
General Petroleum Corporation For
Salt Lake
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