Tom Berry Spotlighted by Will Chamberlain Essay
A Chicago style reminiscence by Will Chamberlain, Yankton poet, profiles South Dakota Democrat Tom Berry for governor. It praises Berry as a westward, plainspoken rancher with integrity, foresight, and courtesy, stressing his experience in the legislature and his readiness to lead amid economic hardship.
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Will Chamberlain
South Dakota
Tom Berry
Chamberlain
Berry
Bird
High Flyers staged at Turton home talent show
A three act home talent play entitled The High Flyers was presented in St Josephs hall Turton by the high school. Leading roles were Ione Blanchette and Robert Stefies with a cast including Viola Fortin Josephine Retterat Ann Barrie Febula Remily Lily Poirier Lor ainne Wolfgram Lila Blanchette Orville Remily Willard Becker Gerald Glesson James Quinn and Arthur Rahm. The college flavor piece was well acted and drew a large crowd. Members of the high school glea club attended a singing contest in Aberdeen. Robert Steffens sang a solo Thursday morning which was again sung between acts.
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Glea
Aberdeen
Robert Steffens
Kingsbury County Tax Meeting Sets Real Estate Values
About 200 taxpayers met in Kingsbury county to urge assessment values for real estate be set at 2 to 5 dollars per acre. Judge Baer of the state tax commission and C J Carlson of the hail insurance department spoke on procedures, with C Fritzel of Do Smet presiding as chairman.
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Kingsbury DE Smet
Kingsbury County
Baer
State Tax Commission
C. J. Carlson
State Hail Insurance Department
Fritzel
Do Smet
Sioux Falls Relief Hop Aids Unemployed With Donations
Sioux Falls April 18 dancers enjoyed a charity dance hosted by the Legion. A tote of about 300 dollars was raised for city relief for the jobless. The dance hall offered space, printing was donated, musicians performed free, and the police department Legion Auxiliary and Trades and Labor assembly supplied services.
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Sioux Falls
Legion
Orai
Legion Auxiliary and Trades and Labor Assembly
Old Smokestack At Northern Is Razed
Aberdeen April 18 Progress removes the 19 year old old S foot smokestack at Northern Normal to clear room for a new $125 heating plant. George Morrison wins the contract for destruction to be done from inside on scaffolding without explosives.
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Northern
Aberdeen
Northern Normal
George Morrison
Morrison
Chicago
Soil Conditions Improve Across Platte Territory
April reports from Platte reveal farm work in full swing as ground remains unusually good. Farmers plant more than the usual amount of seed while combating last year’s beetle and grasshopper plague that had hindered crop seeding.
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Platte Platte
Wessington Springs Mayor Election Faces Incumbent Challenge
In Wessington Springs the mayoral race pits incumbent L. M. Valentine against challenger T. S. Flutie. Vying for alderman seats in wards one through three are G. T. England, G. H. Posey, and George Dean with L. E. B. Sanders unopposed for reelection in wards two and three. Archie Moltz heads to Davenport, Iowa, after visiting Sioux City and stopping with sister and family en route.
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Wessington Springs
L. M. Valentine
T. S. Flutie
G. T. England
G. H. Posey
O. W. Tiede
George Dean
L. E B. Sanders
Iowa
Broadland
Archie Moltz
Davenport
Sioux City
Richard Tepple
Emma Christiansen Valedictorian at Lake Preston High
Emma Christiansen, top senior at Lake Preston High, earns valedictorian honors with a 90.58 average after overcoming illness that caused a year and a half withdrawal. Closest competitor Alphe Peterson posts an 84 average. Emma excels in arts and dramatics amid rapid three and a half year completion.
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Lars Preston
Emma Christiansen
Lake Prest Or
Apple Orchard Pests Warn South Dakota Growers
Vermillion reports two main enemies threaten South Dakota apple orchards: the apple worm and apple scab. Clay County agent Con S Maddox advises spraying with lead arsenate and lime sulfur, timing applications before blossoms open and just after bloom, with possible follow ups. One post bloom spray can curb both pests for home orchardists limited to one treatment.
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South Dakota
Con S. Maddox
Clay County
Maddox
De Smet To Vote On Government Change
De Smet voters go to the polls tomorrow to decide switching from a commission government to a mayor and common council system. The ballot adds no major issues with one commissioner seeking reelection and two justice of the peace candidates. Peter Jorgenson runs for city commissioner while John Hensche and H. H. Powman seek federation posts.
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de Smet
Peter Jorgenson
John Hensche
H. H. Powman
Federation
S D U Museum Displays 1500 Eggs From 201 Bird Species
Vermillion April 18 A University of South Dakota museum collection holds 1500 eggs representing 201 species. Eggs range from 12 inch Aepyornis to half inch hummingbird, with the ostrich egg the largest real egg. The most valuable is from the passenger pigeon, now extinct since 1914. curator W H Over notes South Dakotan birds have dwindled due to cultivation and hunting. Over 100 nests are in the collection, including a bald eagle nest from Slim Buttes Harding County, often three feet deep and four across, repaired yearly by the bird.
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S. D. U. Museum
University of South Dakota Museum
Madagascar
Sioux Falls Park
University
South Dakota
W. H. Over
Sand Hill
Slim Buttes
Harding Lesunty
Lane Club Members Working On Projects LAN
The 4 H clubs held a joint meeting with 45 members enjoying the club spirit. After the business session games were played in the gym and lunch served. Girls added two projects with sewing instruction by Mrs. Krenge and no poultry leader yet. The boys handicraft club advances on a nail and hammer boxer with each member completing his home project.
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Lane Club
Two Companies File For Incorporation In Pierre
Articles filed for Mitchell Granite Works to own and operate stone quarries and gravel pits with a 4000 capital stack. Directors listed Roy Phipps Charles Dennis Ora Dennis F W Farrer and Fred D Shandorf, all of Mitchell. Also Foreign Service Holdings of Hot Springs formed without capital stock to erect and maintain a hall for Veterans of Foreign Wars post and its auxiliary, with Vera I Hodges Carl F Roman Edward Phares Clarice Gregg and Ezra Mahaffey as incorporators.
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Pierre
Mitchell Granite Works
Roy Phipps
Charles Dennis
Ora Dennis
F. W. Farrer
Fred D. Shandorf
Mitchell
Foreign Service Holdings Company of
Hot Springs
Veterans of Foreign Ware Post
Vera I. Hodges
Carl F. Roman
Edward Phares
Clarice Gregg
Ezra Mahaffey
Danielson Named as De Smet Teacher for Next Year
De Smet board of education contracted with Vermillion resident Willard G. Danielson to teach science mathematics and band and orchestra. The appointment leaves one remaining faculty vacancy for the coming year with only two positions vacant previously.
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Danielson
de Smet DE Smet
de Smet Board of Education
Willard G. Dani¢lson
Vermillion
Ieavea
Governor Outlines Cuts Across State Departments
Governor Warren Green, seeking renomination, claims an economy administration with state department savings. He cites specific totals in Agriculture Finance Rural credit Railroad Commission Public Instruction and other areas, noting a 1.3 million dollar reduction from six years prior and salary reductions across agencies.
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Yankton
Warren
Green
Tolay
Agriculture Department
Finance Department
State Sheriff's Office
Eredtitg Department
Railroad Commission
Secretary of State
Public Instruction Department
Highway Department
Board of Regents
Gundersor
Mey
Clark County Farmer Plans Large Scale Turkey Raising
George Frathinger known as the turkey king of Clark County announces a bigger operation with his boys. They will hatch at least 6,000 turkeys this year and currently their turkeys lay 490 eggs daily. Additional incubators and equipment have been purchased to care for the young turkeys, aiming to be South Dakota’s champion turkey raisers with about 6,200 birds this year.
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Clark County
Bradley
George Frathinger
South Dakota
Deceased Candidate Cannot Be Replaced in Primary
Pierre April 18 The attorney general ruled that the ten primary law provides no vacancy filling when a candidate dies after filing but before the primary date. The inquiry from Gregory county noted a candidate who died after the filing deadline left no rival and no nominee on the ballot under law 23.
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Pierre
Gregory County
Rock Carvings to be Studied in Black Hills
Pierre April 18 unexplained rock carvings in Hed and Craven cany ons in the southern Black Hills are to be studied this summer by Prof. E B Renaud of the University of Denver, per state historian L K Fox. The carvings, linked to yearly Indian tribes, have attracted archeologists, with Renaud having studied similar sites in Wyoming. Fox notes similar rock writings found in Idaho and attributed to Indians.
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Black Hills
Pierre
Hed and
Craven
E. B. Renaud
University of Denver
L. K. Fox
South Dakota
Fox
Renaud
Wyoming
Idaho
Seeding Lead Shifts in Dakotas as Moisture Helps
A North Central seeding survey shows South Dakota farmers ahead of Minnesota and North Dakota in crop planting. Excess moisture and cold weather slow work across all three, with heavy rains aiding subsoil moisture for potential later dry spells. Also notices list nominees certified for Huron City Election on April 15 1932.
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S. D
ST. Paul
Minn
South Dakota
Minnesota
North Dakota
Huron
Beadle County
E. 5
Brock B. C. Hoskins
Antur Howard James McWeeny
J. A. Melum
Ed Moldenhaver
Geo. Murphy L. A. Nelson
M. L. Tobin
Dan Wagner
A. D. Warren
M. F. Walt
Test To See If Fish Have Died At Lake Norden
Sportsmen in Lake Norden debate whether winter conditions killed all fish. Ice reached the bottom in areas while center water remained, a long seine yielded no catch, though many dead fish lined the shore. Another seine pull is planned to determine survival.
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Lake Norden
Doland School Contests Highlight Community Day
Doland hosts a district wide school and community day with 20 or more schools competing in declamation, essays, spelling, chorus, and other events. In the afternoon a general program at the high school auditorium features the all district chorus, a local declamatory winner, and the Doland high school orchestra and band.
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Doland
Delaraé
Washington
Dorland High School
Parkston Ward Election Unique In City History
Parkston voters will cast ballots April 15 in a one ward city election confined to Ward One where incumbent Jos Mraz faces challenger Sheldon Shaw. Ward Two and Ward Three incumbents Mike Hohenbauer and Herman Neugebauer run unopposed.
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Parkston
Jos, Mraz
Sheldon Shaw
Mike Hohenbauer
Herman Neugebauer
Get-Together Party Planned at Lane Consolidated School
A community gathering is set for Lane consolidated school on April 20 with a basket supper. Teachers and students are preparing an evening featuring a one act comedy a boys quartet readings and additional acts as they are finalized.
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Lane Lane
Lane Consolidated School
Reputation as Lifesaving Asset in Character Education
Vermillion April. Professor T M Risk of the University of South Dakota urged that reputation is a vital factor in character development. He warned a bad reputation can deter effort and that adolescents may live up to others expectations. He described reputation as how others view traits while character is the real set of traits a person possesses.
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Vermillion
Tawald
T. M. Risk
University of South Dakota
KUSD
Risk
Professor Risk
Poolhall Issue Questioned in Freeman Election
Freeman April 18 voters weigh a pool hall referendum and alderman candidates for justice of the peace. In ward one Joe L. Wipf and Conrad Ellw. in ward three Wollman and Albrecht run. Dave Einye and Jacob Huber seek mayor. Ed Isasser runs for justice of the peace. pool hall proposal rejected.
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Poolhall
Issic
Freeman
Elesion Freeman
Justice of the Peace
Joe L. Wipf
Wees
Conrad Ellw
Wollman Duiius Albrecht
Dave Einye
Jacob Huber
Ed Isasser
Ie Peace
Pal Bell
Lake Preston Girl 3 Wins at State Orchestra Test
Lake Preston April 18 report shows a young local musician, Elaine, placing first in the violin group of seven at the state high school orchestra contest. The freshman from Lake Preston high is already a member of the school orchestra and earned top honors in her category.
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Lake Preston
Preston
Magiscn
Honussay
Ini
Bey
Elaine
Althou
Mitchel
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