Pioneer Kemmerer resident Oluf Jefson dies in Ogden hospital
Oluf Jefson 73 a Kemmerer pioneer and business figure died after an appendectomy and subsequent complications in Ogden. He led Kemmerer Masonry branches, managed the Buyth Fargo Hosking store, and later worked in insurance. Funeral services were held at the Kemmerer Methodist church with many Masons present and burial in Kemmerer City Cemetery. A Wyoming traffic safety briefing by Colonel Bradley cited 4400 child deaths under 2 and 225000 injuries nationwide in 1953, urging long term public education to reduce fatalities among children ages 1 to 14.
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Oluf Jefson
Busness
Kemmerer
Ogden, Tah
I.C.M
Wyoming
Blue Lodge
Kem- Biwi
Jeff
Buyth-Fargo-Hosking
Big Piney
Kemmerer Ciy
Clonel
Wm R. Bradley
Bradley
Group 15
Wms Mind
Lund
Ewe Weuon
Wien
Notice to military electors for absentee ballots
Sublette County Clerk seeks names and mailing addresses of qualified United States military service electors to send absentee ballots for the General Election. Please mail information promptly to H. HE Summers, Sublette County Clerk, Pinedale, Wyoming.
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United States
H. HE. Summers
Sublette
Pinedale
Wyoming
BPS to Range Conservation and Journalism Weekend
An article fragment discusses range conservation by managing pasture for maximum sustained production, noting benefits of protective grass cover and soil infiltration. It urges inventory, deferred grazing, rotation, stocking, fencing, and local Soil Conservation District help. It also outlines the Seventh Annual Journalism Weekend with speakers from Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News, and UW events. It ends with fall care tips for trees and lawns from UW extension.
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Montiana Farmer-Stockman
Lawrence Martin
Denver Post
William Perry
Rocky Mountain News
Gale W. McGee
Europe
America
Wyoming
September school events and safety talks noted
In mid September the school year began with a safety assembly in the high school gym where Patrolman Cxewa s spoke on safe driving rules for students. A picnic, freshmen initiation, and football season kickoff followed with a flag ceremony and various activities. A Christmas seals drive funds TB services and a mobile X ray unit visit to Big Piney on October 1 are highlighted.
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Cxewas
McGrath
Eader Iryouts
Fniday
Jeff
Lyman
Treve
Au Gurney
Wyoming
Sublette
Mt Eh
Eder
Ming TB and Health Association
Big Piney
The
American Legion
Weekly Drilling Report and Forest Fire Update
Weekly drilling report from General Petroleum for Wyoming notes Bublette County Tip Top No 2X 12 drilled to 7398 feet with casing cemented at 6340 feet and cementing between strings. Tip Top 72% 31 exploratory and Greenberg 73% 30 exploratory drill depths 5828 and 3884 feet. A forest fire has burned in the LaBerge area of Bridger National Forest for two days.
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General Petroleum Corporatio
Wyoming
Green River Basin
Bublette County
Hour of Literature Series Set for Afton and Kemmerer
The University of Wyoming Briash department will bring Hour with Literature to Afton on September 29 and Kemmerer on September 30, traveling about 5000 miles to present weekly programs. Faculty reviewers will cover poems, plays, and novels from Frost to Hardy, with sponsors including the Afton Literary Club Lions Club Star Literary Club and local school district teachers.
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University of Wyoming Briash
Afton
Kemmerer
Cheyenne
Rock Springs
Lyman
Itudell
Thermopolis
Sieridan
Robert Frost
Walson 0
Clough
Willam Mher
the Profistor's House
Ruch Wadson T S
Laurence Li. Smith
Thornton Wilder
Hugh W. Hetherington
John Gay
The
Sublette County Farm Bureau Meets to Outline Membership Drive
A Sublette County Farm Bureau committee met at the Big Piney American Legion to review roles and member responsibilities. The gathering, led by Victor McGinnis with Bill Hicks assisting, planned a 7 AM breakfast at Pear Fil’s cafe to launch the 1955 membership drive during Farm Bureau Week proclaimed by the county board.
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Subletté County
Pinedale
Sublette County
Sublette County Farm Bureau Week Proclaimed by County Officials
Proclamation by Sublette County Board of County Commissioners declares September 27 to October 4 as Sublette County Farm Bureau Week in recognition of the organization’s 35 years of addressing agriculture issues through united action. Also notes expected 8 to 10 percent fall enrollment rise at the University of Wyoming with 2,671 students registered and details from President Humphrey on breakdowns and projected growth through 1970.
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W. C. Edmondson
University of Wyoming
Farm Bureau
United Action
Wie
Sublette County
Wovemrry
Pres. & D
Humphrey
University
Crippled Children Conferences Schedule Released
A schedule lists Crippled Children Conferences for Sublette Teton Lincoln and Sweetwater counties. On September 24 at Rock Springs Memorial Hospital basement at 8 30 a m. On September 25 at Kemmerer Burgoor School in Diamondville at 8 60 a m. Dr Gordon Whiston of Casper will serve as orthopedist. Children under 21 may attend and new patients should be referred to the State Department of Public Health before the conference to anticipate demand.
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Sublette
Teton
Lincoln
Sweetwater
Rock Springs
Sweetwater County Memorial Hospital
Kemmerer
Burgoor School
Diamondville
Gordon Whiston
Casper
State Department of Public Health
Bids Sought for Oil Treated Slack Coal for Big Piney Schools
The Southwest School District invites bids to supply about 250 tons of oil treated slack coal for delivery to Big Piney Schools during 1954 1955. Truckload deliveries as ordered. Bids opened around October 10 1954. Mail bids to Superintendent Paul J McGrath Big Piney Wyoming. Further church services at Episcopal Church in Hg Piney halted until notice.
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Southwest
Big Piney
Paul J. McGrath
Wyoming
Pabs
Mrs Walter Yose and Son Attend Eastern Star
Mrs Walter Yose Sr and her son Frank came from Midway to attend Eastern Star activities Tuesday evening.
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Walter Yose
Frank
Eastern Star
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Puncher Pickens
Ana Dedi
Dee Fox
UN A Legion Audidary
Wiliam Carr
James Jensen
Anderson McGinnis
Big Pine
LaBerge
Bridger National Forest
Afton and
Uthe Impossible
Corps OF Engineers
Patric
Stearns
Cogolntawle Light
Tip
Farm Bureau Meeting
A. W
Crippled Children’s Conferences
Hg Piney
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