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PUBLISHED IN WYOMINGDAIRY CENTERBEAUTIFUL STAR VALLEYVOLUME 42NUMBERAAFTON, WYOMING, THURSDAY JANUARY 27, 1944*2,50 THF YELET’SPUTOURBOMBERTHEStar Valley Quota Many Valiev Men jTown OfficialsAfton GradesThree V alley Towns ^ ill Transfer ElkGalled to tlie Sen ice Attend Conference Back the Attacke*IGeo. E. Astle of Grover is now in Salt Lake City, learning the j v 1/^*1/^ ¥ Ishoe repair business. He is taking lelfl I 4**111a regular course in ttys work and as 1 UL mlsoon as he has finished his course he has made arrangements to buy a lot of new machinery and will open up a shoe repair shop inAfton.tIn Student PlayAfter a tryout for parts in the Student play “Night Must Fall” to be presented by the University of Wyoming, Miss Donna Toland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C.IVairview I1 armFollowing is an account of bond purchases in Star Valley in the Fourth War Loan Drive up to the close of business on January 26th. In the second column is your community quota and in thethird column is the credit you have so far:Afton $26,292.77 $13,967.75Auburn 7,808.75 206 25Bedford andTurnerville 8,811 24 6,900.00Etna and ’'AAlpine 8,611 24 1,537.50Fairview 780875 206,25Freedom 9.53289 243 75Grover 7,808.75 206 25Osmond 4.305.62 1,725.00Smoot 7.808.75 2,680.75Thayne 8.611 24 4,495.00Clarence Titensor, Bedford and Turnerville Bond Chairman, also Bert Miller, one of his committeemen, w.ere in Afton Monday to check in the results of their auctionheld last Friday. Clarence stated that when all the money is in that was pledged at this auction, Bedford and Turnerville will be over the top by more than $350.00, he and his committee are very grateful to the people of Bedford and Turnerville for the support they have given in this drive, both in contributions for the auction and the bonds purchased.Smoot, Osmond and Thayne during the past week also have heldauctions, and while the results are very gratifying, the committees feel that farther activity is needed to put their communities over the top. Word has just come in that Auburn has had a very successful paltry last night, Nate Putnam said “It was Wonderful”, the results have not yet been tabulated. Other communities in the valley have activities on foot that should put them over the top. The Afton Committee is having its second auction at the Wray Theatre next Monday evening, January 31st. They have many valuable articles to be auctioned for bonds in the higherbracket, as well as articles of less value for $25.00 bonds and up. Afton has only about half its quota, and the committee is kindly requesting that we all (Afton) participate in this auction to put Afton over.Rock Springs, Kemmerer, Pine-dale and Star Valley are endeavoring obtain some kind of a bomber program for this section of the State and at the present time it looks very favorable. We hope if it does materialize that we will know in sufficient time to let you know when it will be, and what it will be. If we had an airport that could acconyo-date heavy bombers, they would noA large group of Star Valley men have been notfied to report this week in Cheyenne for a final examination, and entrance into the armed forces.They left Aftoq Thursday and will report in Cheyenne Friday. Most of them will be allowed to return home for a week or two, before reporting for actual training Some will probably fail to pass and be deferred.Those who went to report follow: Fred Ames, Lionel Frome, Thede Harrison, Norman Dabel, Wm. Smart and Ken Harrison all of Afton: Newell Leavitt and Gerald Putnam of Auburn. Kay Astle of Grover. Pete Aullman and LaMar Had-erlie of Thayne, Lash Laker, Garr Robinson and Paul Robinson of Freedom and Douglas Barrus ofFairview.There are probably several others, bue we have not been able to get a report on any more so far.-V—doubt land here. As it is, if we get any demonstration at all, it will of necessity be in the air over the valley.BedfordTurnerville, as you have read above is the first community in Star Valley to announce that they have gone over the top. Who will be the next to announce that they have gone over the top in this Fourth War Loan Drive?Lets all of us in each community work hard to make our quota, about 400 Star Valley boys that are out there fighting our battles, and are ready to give their all, are expecting us to meet this quota, which is in-significent compared to what they are giving and sacrificing.G. A. Newswander, Chairman War Finance Committee Star ValleyGlen Hart of Thayne, winner of the County 4-H Dairy Production Award, was awarded the $25.00 war bond received from the Kraft j Cheese Co., at the Thayne Farm Bureau meeting held last week.Glen has been an active memberin 4H Club work, taking part in 4-H j dairy demonstrations the last two years. The leaders of his club last year were Misses Nina and Evva Hokanson of Thayne.-V-W ar Bond AwardWins 4-H ClubBuy War Bonds and Stamps1Mayor G. W, Yeaman and Councilman G. A. Newswander of the Afton City Council, and Mayor Jar-rett and Couneilmen Bennion and Dayton of the CoVeville City Council returned home Sunday evening from Casper, Wyo. where they attended a conference of Wyoming City Officials Saturday, Jan. 22.The purpose of the meeting was to form a Wyoming League of Munici-alities to work out the allegedly increasing difficulties in meeting financial demands made upon the towns of the state.It was the concensus of opinion that the State Sales, and Gasoline Tax laws should be amended topermit the payment of a portion ofthese receipts to the various municipalities to aid in financing municipal activities. .....Ninety percent of the incoporated towns and cities of the state were represented at this meeting.-V-10th Dec. 1943 Deal Bishop Metcalf:To all of you w'ho have shown an interest in the unfortunate circumstances which have befallen myself and others in this vast battle for democracy, I send my appreciation. An appreciation for the many dear, loving, encouraging letter which have come my wily in these few days preceding the great celebration of our religion, Christianity. To you all I say, if heartbreaks come, andcome they must, do not cry out, do not rebel. Strive on with a stiff upper lip and a firm jaw. Blue skies are ahead. Restricted amounts of stationery ties my hands, I feel helpless. Sorry this one small message must suffice,Sincerest wishes,Lt. Blair Hale.-V-Will Open RepairShop in AftonSoldier’s LetterThe Afton Grade school is going all out to “back the attack” in the 41 h War Loan Drive which beganMonday. January 17.The grades have been divided into three groups and they are interesting to see who can turn the most dimes into defense stmps.Their aim is a bond for every student.Outstanding posters have been designed to help remind us to put our money into the future.Each week we will publish the totals by grades for the week. The names of students purchasing bonds during the week, and the name of student buying the most stamps in each room.For this week our grand total is $682 40; The 8th grade leading with a total of $352 40Grade Total sales Highest stamp sale 4th 80.35 Wynne Harrison7th 6210 Margene Hale3rd 54 00 J. B. Wray6th 51.55 Carl Corsi2nd 32.15 Karen Schwab5th 29.05 La Rue Campbell1st 20.80 George CardonBonds for $25.00 were purchased by Kathrinc Winters, Laura Mel-drum, Don L. Robison, Kent Davis, Allene Winters. Gay Muir, Emerson Barrus. Carma Allred, Marian Mead, Lionel Welch, and Douglas Alleman. A $300.00 bond was purchased by Maxine Bruce.TO TEMPLE WORKERSOur Stake Day to the Temple this year is the first Wednesday of each month. Our slogan is one car or more from each ward each month. Smoot and Osmond Wards have charge of the Excursion for Feb ruary the 2nd 1944.Ail quorums collecting money for proxy work please forward to the Stake Chiarman or the President of the Logan Temple so it can be putto work.President Papworth is pleased with the work done in 1943 which was 3845 Ordanances as compared with 1801 Ordanance for 1942.-V-VMiss Yvonne Gardner, daughter of j Mr .and Mrs. Frank R, Gardner, has returned to her home at Afton after spending a week in Denver, Colo., as one of Wyoming delegates to the 1944 National Western 4-H ClubRoundup.The Roundup is held annually for state champion 4-H club boys and gMrls in Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Oklahoma, Thirty-five champions were in attendance this year, representing the more than HO.VOO 4-H club boys and girls in the four states. Each year these outstanding 4-H club members and .their chaperones are guests of interested business firms during the weekMiss Gardner received the trip as the 1943 Wyoming Home Economic Judging champion in 4-H club work She has had seven years work in 4-H devoting her time to clothing and food projects. She is a junior student at the Star Valley High school and member of the Pep Stars.Loran Mallogy, who has been living in Afton for a number of months made a deal recently, andpurchased the shoe repair machinery formerly owned by Verl Tay-som. He has been busy the last few days remodeling the building between Gephart’s and the Mack Studio and will open his repair shop in that building soon.He will be pleased to have you bring in your repair work as soon as he gets his place opened up.Up to the present time three Star Valley towns have gone over their quota in pledges for war bonds for I the 4th War laan. Bedford and Turnerville were the first to reach j their goal.j Freedom followed Wednesday j night, when they pledged enoughto put them over in a big bond auction.Ml ( lull RoundupGo Over the TopLocal Girl Attendslo ()pen SoonVVShoe Repair ShopThe Wyoming State Game and Fish Commission have given their permission to transfer several hundred herd of elk from the Rr fuge in Jackson to other parts el t) state, providing the Grazing Dist ic Board, which meets this week, will give their consent.Warren Allred and Euvern Putnam, assisted by Game Wardens, F. B. Peterson, Donald Simpson, Newel Gardner, and James K. Harrower have gone to Jackson this week to trap and transplant these elk.If they are successful they will take 50 head to the Shirley mountains in Carbon County, stocking area in the Taylor Grazing District 50 head to Slate Creek in Lincoln County, 25 head to Hams Fork in Lincoln County, 50 head to LaBarge Sublette County, 100 head to Buck-horn and 18-Mile areas of Sublette County on the Colorado Desert.The purpose of this is to restock areas along southern end of Bridg -r National Forest and South end of Wind River Range, also to encourage migration from mountains to the winter range on desert, where they formerly wintered thirty years ago. 300 to 400 elk were forced out of the mountains by deep snow durng the winter of 1942-43 and successfully wintered on the Little Colo. Desert.Pinedale sportsmen have ask^d that 300 additional elk be transplanted to the Big Sandy River near the south end of the Wind River to restock the range and encourage the migration of the elk in that area to the Little Colo. Desert.A farewell party was held at Ruth’s Cafe last Tuesday evening in honor of several local boys who are leaving for army duty this week. The party consisted of a luncheon followed by bowling. The following were honored: Mr. and Mrs. Norman Dabel, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ames, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Draney and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smart.RANCH FOR SALE234 Acres land with 160 acres water, also improvements, on highway three-fourth mile south of Free dom road. For price etc. write toAnthon Hansen, River Heights, Logan. Utah.Farewell PartyVV
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Afton Star Valley Independent
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