Student Weekly Wins All American Rating at State College
The In irial Collegian, a student weekly at State College in Brookings, earned an All American rating from the Associated College Press for the past year. It was the only South Bakers paper to win the award this year, marking the fifth time in its history the paper ranked among the nation's top weeklies, with earlier top rating in 1936 under Normac Rumple.
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Brookings
Collegian
State College
Associated Collegine Press
Collegien
South Bakers
The
Normac Rumple
Arlington Wa
Jack Hagerty
Jack Hayes
Aberdeen
Marion Bill Ing Leac
al Ing
Tate Teachers College
Yankton College President to be Honored at Dakota Conference
Retiring Yankton College president Dr George W Nash will be honored at a Yankton College union service during the South Dakota Presidential Conference May 2 to 3 Expected to draw about 300 ministers and laymen. Other program features include remarks by Dr Oscar Maurer of New Haven Conn Dr David W Beach of Minneapolis Rev William Frazier of New York and a Sioux Indian service with Rev Rudolf Hertz of Eagle Butte delivering a sermon and a hymn. A officers blessing is scheduled for May 4.
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Yankton College
Sioux Falls
George W. Nash
Oscar Maurer
New Haven
William ©. Frazier
New York
Home Boards
Rey
Rudolf Hertz
Eagle Butte
Bonilla School Holds Annual Spring Music Festival
The Bonilla School presented its annual spring musical festival on Monday evening featuring instrumental and coral solos, glee club selections, and other numbers by students.
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Bonilla
Bonilla School
Birthday Flag Ambition Marks Ed Malmstrom Citizenship
Edward Malmstrom born October 22 1920 in Perstrop Sweden plans to place an American flag in the center of his birthday cake when he turns twenty one next October to mark his oath of allegience and U.S. citizenship He arrived in the United States July 22 1921 with his parents who settled near Leola North Dakota and later learned about the citizenship process from abroad born to foreign parents he will become a citizen in full standing after swearing the oath on his twenty first birthday in October 1941
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Brookings
Edward Malmstrom
Nat
Perstrop
Stockholm
Sweden
Malmstrom
United States
Malmstroms
New York
Leola
Northwest
University Groups Admit New Members
Vermillion April 1pm Wesley Foundation hosts new members for Theta and Kappa Phi Methodist groups at the State University. Nine teen men pledge eight more men. eleven women initiate in Kappa Phi. Names include Coe Husser, Frank McGregor, Robert Hart, Linus Webber, and Shirley Christensen, among others. Meetings feature religious discussions and social events.
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Vermillion
Lau Theta
Kappa Phi
State University
Phi Tau Theta
Coe Frankhuser
Gettysburg
Frank McGregor
Kansas City
Robert Hart
Volin
Gilbert Fite
Wessington Springs
Ed Ries
Freeman
Roscoe Dean
Linus Webber
Yale
Shirley Christensen
Beresford
Methodist
Wesley Foundation
Reelected PTA Leader and Scout Plans Highlight Meeting
Mrs. L. H. Palmer was reelected president of the P.T.A. at the year end meeting on Tuesday. The group planned to sponsor troop 14 of the Boy Scouts and appointed a committee to arrange the annual all school picnic. Statistics note that city birth rates decline as populations grow.
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Bonilla
Specia
L. H. Palmer
P.T.A
Boy Scouts
Armistice Week Opens for Overdue Book Returns
Madison April 18. Eastern Normal School Librarian Catherine Whitehorn declared an armistice week allowing students to return overdue books and magazines without penalty. After the parade 28 books and 38 magazines were found missing since last year, while some shorter overdue items returned to circulation.
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Madison
Catherine Whitehorn
Eastern Normal School
Open House by Railwaymen's Club in Virgil
A large crowd attended the open house Monday evening in the Virgil School auditorium under the Milwaukee Railway Service Club sponsorship. Speakers included H. E. Lucas, Aberdeen, and R. A. Burns, Aberdeen. Others offering short remarks were Dudley, R. C. Dodds, William Kane, KE. F. Boettcher, and Lisle Young. J. J. Maunders was master of ceremonies. musical selections by B. L. Maunders and James Spatafore. A social hour and dancing followed.
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Virgil
Virgil School
Milwaukee Railway Service Club
H. E. Lucas
Engineering Department
R. A. Burns
Aberdeen
Mr. Dudley
R. C. Dodds
William Kane
KE. F. Boettcher
Lisle Young
J. J. Maunders
St Lawrence High to Enter 63 in State Contest
St Lawrence High School will send sixty three contestants to the state regional contest at Winchester Springs on April 19 and 26. The band with fifty four members is the largest ensemble, followed by the Girls Glee Club with twenty five. Solo entrants include Dorothy Roberts Fairy McPhail Glen Aymar Kenneth Nelson Harrison Ford Danielson Leland Hunan Warren Stechmann Ardith Moon Althea Ross LaVelle Blanchard Glen Banning and others.
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Spewel
Ntelcs
Dorothy Roberts
Fairy McPhail
Glen Aymar
Kenneth Nelson
Ades
Harrison Ford
Aed Danielson
Leland Hunan
Warren Stechmann
Ardith Moon
French Hark
Althea Ross
LaVelle Blanchard
Glen Banning
Army Shelter Funds Increased for Fort Meade Cavalry
Representative Francis Case said the army quartermaster allocated 19600 for post shelter at Fort Meade for the Fourth Cavalry’s mechanized equipment. The unit recovers from horse status to a mixed mechanized and portable horse unit and will return to Fort Meade in late May. The 15600 original grant was increased to 19600 for direct shelter or for a Work Projects Administration project using salvaged materials.
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Washington
Francis Case
Republican
South Dakota
Army
Fort Meade
Fourth Cavalry
Casey
Case
Work Projects Administration
Potter County Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding
GETTYSBURG April 18 A Potter County couple Mr and Mrs John Wise celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their home seven miles northwest of Gettysburg A large number of friends and out of town guests attended Wise born in Luxembourg Germany came to Potter County in 1883 He filed on a homestead and has lived on the same farm since 1883 Mrs Wise born in Iowa moved to Potter County in 1883 They were married in 1890 Wise dug a fifty foot well in 1887 curbed with stones still the only such well in Potter County There are six children and eight grandchildren In Fedora April 18 Special Honor students named Bethel Kelsey valedictorian Arlene Slemmen and Lavina Scott tied for salutatorian Seniors average over ninety in four years of high school work.
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Gettysburg
John Wise
Wise
Luxembourg
Germany
Iowa
Fedora
Fedora High School
Bethel Kelsey
Arlene Slemmen
Lavina Scott
Legal Fraternity At .D.A. Admits Three Members
Vermillion April 18 Phi Delta Phi a national legal fraternity at the State University initiated one and announced the pledging of two students in the University law school at a recent banquet Dick Bielski Sioux Falls was initiated and Bill North Pipestone Minnesota and Glenn Wohsler Watertown were pledged Honored guest at the banquet and initiation of his son was R A Bielski Sioux Falls who was one of the petitioners of the local chapter when he attended the University law school in 1910 An election of officers was also held at this meeting Fred Potter Rock Island Ill was elected magister Dick Bielski was elected ex chequer Ross Oviatt Huron was elected historian and John Hassett Aberdeen was elected clerk Men are pledged to Phi Delta Phi on the basis of character and scholarship.
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Phi Delta Phi
State University
University Law School
Dick Bielski
Sioux Falls
Bill North
Pipestone
Minnesota
Glenn Wohsler
Watertown
R. A. Bielski
Fred Potter
Rock Island
Ross Oviatt
Huron
John Hassett
Aberdeen
Authority On Persian Rugs To Appear In Huron
Yanan of Appleton Wisconsin renowned Persian rug authority will speak at Huron College in the college chapel Monday April 29 at 5 pm. The public may attend. He has traveled widely and served as Rotary International delegate to clubs in Europe and Asia. He will present over 4000 feet of moving pictures of eastern Europe and the Near East along with his talk.
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Wonn ML Yanan
Appleton
Wis
Huron College
College Chapel
Yonan
Rotary International
Europe
Asia
Near East
Vn Huron
Hima
Rugmaking processes shown by Persian rug authority
A display and talk by the rug authority explains various Persian rug making processes. Demonstrations accompany a selection of beautiful rugs for attendees to view while discussions cover craft techniques and design elements. A birth record note mentions inspection before adoption proceedings commence.
Adoption Records Declared Private In Pierre Opinion
The attorney general's office ruled that adoption records are semi private and not publicly revealable by clerks of courts or the attorney general. Birth records remain subject to public inspection, per the opinion sent to Dr. J F Cook, state health superintendent.
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Pierre
Attorney General
J. F. DB. Cook
State Superintendent of Health
Increase in Motor Accidents in South Dakota 1940
South Dakota drivers suffered 18 deaths and 217 injuries in the first quarter of 1940, up from 14 fatalities and 176 injuries the previous year. The accident count rose from 262 to 48, and property damage increased from 40,787 to 63,627, per Olive Ringsrud, Secretary of State.
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VLE
South Dakota
Olive Ringsrud
Injured in Fall Highmore
Tinus Hanson is recovering at his home from injuries after falling from the back coat of a truck while hitching. He suffers a fractured pelvic bone.
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Fall Highmore
Tinus Hanson
Adla Tablets Offer Stomach Relief With Money Back
An advertisement from Sherman and Mace promotes Adla Tablets to ease burning gnawing stomach pains. The copy claims relief when stomach irritation occurs and promises money back if not satisfied, urging readers to eat what they want.
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Sherman & Mace
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