Best Dressed 4-H Girls Prize Contest in Chicago
Four-H girls compete in four outfit classes including school wear formal and party dress with county winners advancing to the state revue. National winner earns a paid trip to Chicago for the Club Congress banquet with 1200 delegates. gold watches and a gold medal honor awarded. Contest outfits emphasize thrift with samples cited, rules available from local or county leaders.
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National Committee
Vo! Boys and Girls Club Work of
Chicago
Louisiana
Arkansas
New Decorations Transform Cain Creek School Room
Norma Rae Cranston and league members altered the Cain Creek school room with duckling and tulip displays by lower graders, a boy flagging in the room, windmill display by the teacher, and a Japanese motif planned for April. Cora Mac Bil hung a large Roosevelt portrait with about 15 other world pictures, while upper grades made window transparencies of foreign children.
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Cain Creek
Norma Rae Cranston
Norma
Cora Mac Bil
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elm Trees Planted At Sheffield School Arbor Day
The Sheffield school in Washington, Louisiana planted two Chinese elm trees for Arbor Day. Donald DeBauche notes the trees were named Jupiter and Friday the 3th after planting and singing songs in the presence of Miss Emma Van.
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Sheffield
O. la
Donald DeBauche
C. L
Ope
Jupiter
Delmor DeBauche
Emma van
Meadowlark Nest Found By Sheffield School Pupils
Shirley Barringer of Sheffield School reports discovering a meadowlark nest with two eggs in Mr Rosses pasture while exploring with a brother. They also spotted pink and white wildflowers and plan daily observations of the site.
Grant CL Plans Industrial Tour
Cyril Cranston called the Gram League to order as Allen King reports. The president formed a committee to decide a suitable luncheon for an industrial tour to Hu on Friday April 20. Cormie Rice moved that the meeting adjourn.
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Cyril Cranston
Gram League
Allen King
Cormie Rice
Boys Find Indian Relics Near Foster Township
Boyd Bruze and his brother gathered Indian relics near their home in Foster township after school at Kelly school. They found four perfect arrowheads, four chips, and a round copper-wired artifact, mounting them on cardboard labeled Indian Relic at school. PLANT CORN Merle Yogan notes Prairie Knoll pupils planted corn in a can in a window to catch sun.
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Boyd Bruze
Aield
Boyd
Kelly
Foster Township
Merle Yogan
Prairie Knoll School
Cain Creek Delegates Picked For Young Citizens League Event
Norma Rae Cranston and Zane Hill were elected delegates from Cain Creek school to Beadle County Young Citizens League convention held here Saturday. Alternates Geneva Bailey and A Mattke named. Geneva Bailey also competed in the spelling contest. Geneva Bailey filed this account.
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Cain Creek
Norma Rae Cranston
Zane Hill
Beadle County
Young Citizens League
Geneva Bailey
A . Mattke
Geneva
Lodh Hill
Elmer Baum
Hand County Girl Wins YCL Essay Contest in Pierre
Marjorie Molesworth of Rockdale township near Miller won first place in the YCL essay contest at Pierre. Her victory advances her to the state contest in Pierre on May 4, with eleven counties represented in the regional event. The winning title is Our Heritage and the Future 5 Trust.
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Hand County
Marjorie Molesworth
Rockdale
Miller
Pierre
Marjorie
South Dakota
Our Heritage
Future 5 Trust
Cookie Day Sale Promoted By Troop Sponsors
Senior Sakakaweas met at the Presbyterian church for a cookie day planning session with 20 members responding to roll call led by captain Helen Buchanan and Lieutenant Heather Jean Douglas. The evening covered minstrel merit badge songs and dancing for the dancer badge with Miss Douglas on piano. Plans for troop fund raising to aid camp attendance at Pactola or Pickerel Lake were discussed, and next meeting will prepare dinner place cards.
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Sakakaweas
Presbyterian Church
Helen Buchanan
Heather Jean Douglas
Frank Coffey
Carol Ellen
Minstrels
Katherine Jean Savier
Byrne Anderson
Erie Canal
Pactola
Black Hills
Wisagoma
Pickerel Lake
Miss Douglas
Doris Peterson
Girl Scout Friendship Circle
Fifth Grade Student Shows Indian Relics at School
Marshall Kouf a fifth grader at Sheffield school displayed arrowheads found the prior Sunday. He presented a ten minute talk to classmates about his collection including a piece with Indian writing. Annie Arbeiter filed the report.
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Marshall Kouf
Sheffield
Annie Arbeiter
Two Pupils Ill From Eye Infection At Prairie Knoll School
Two pupils at the Sunshine League of the Prairie Knoll school were out sick with an eye infection. On Friday April 6 Milton Brown was absent due to pink eye as reported by his sisters, and on Thursday Flor lence Brown also remained home for the same reason. Alice Graham of fifth grade described the situation, while Velaric Smith and Velaria were mentioned in passing as noting spring birds returning.
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Sunshine League of the Prairie Knoll School
Milton Brown
Flor
Lence Brown
Alice Graham
Help Yourself And Lend A Hand Gardens in 1934
Families with low income should grow gardens to reduce food costs and provide vegetables for storage. Choose sandy loam, good drainage, near water if possible, avoid toxic artesian water, and fence or rotate poultry areas. Plant potatoes in long rows along a corn field for easy cultivation.
World War Veteran Buried Near Alpena
Alpena funeral honors Artaur ee a World War I veteran who died from injuries in France while serving with the Army. Interment was in the county church yard near Lane after services led by Rev. A. J. Hoyer with Odd Fellows and American Legion members assisting. Survived by four brothers William Carl Herbert of Aspen and Lane and sister Mrs. R. C. Clouser of Virgil. Preceded by parents and brother Christian.
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Alpena
Artauree
Yankton Hopital
France
Lane
A. J. Hoyer
Odd Fellows
American Legion
Gladbrook
South Dakota
William
Carl
Herbert
Aspens
Harvey
R. C. Clouser
Virgil
Christian
Deputy Brings Son To Court For Trial
A South Dakota deputy sheriff brought his son Pard Slocum to circuit court for a first degree robbery sentence tied to a Beresford drug store raid eight weeks prior. Pard, 25, received 18 months in the penitentiary. Robert Browning, 2 years. Ralph Kline five years suspended. The trio, intoxicated, escaped with $12 after entering April 10. The report also notes Buckley’s nonparticipation as King George’s representative in Dublin.
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Falls
Apri
South Dakota
Beresford
Pard Slocum
G. N. Slocum
Elk Point
Union
Pard Q
Pard
Robert Browning
Bik Point
Ralph Kline
Browning
Eie Point
Brow
Slocum
Kine i
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Uman Nature Students
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BY Ahern
Tobey
Renchy J. Great Caesar
Lee
Astiory
Sime
By Martin
L. Bane
Benjamin
Gump
BY Sydney Smith
MR. Gump
Ann
MR. Gum Seayed
Moon Mullins
BY Willard
Uncle Willie
Rmine
Bok
Velaric Smith
Velaria
Fy Saral
Dewing Family Gardens
Son
Dublin
Donal Buckley
King George
Free State
Art Buckley
Blackrock
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