State College Hosts Jackrabbit Roundup for 600 Seniors
BROOKINGS April 23 College students will host high school seniors and guardians May 7 for the annual achievement day and Jackrabbit Roundup. More than 600 SD students expected. last year 1000 attended. Keith Webster Woonsocket chaired the three fold program featuring awards, entertainment, and exhibits. Schedule includes general assembly 9:30 a.m. theater 10 a.m. to 12 department exhibits 12 to 1:15 p.m. barbecue 1:15 to 3 p.m. exhibits 1:15 to 2:30 p.m. varsity football 3:30 p.m. parade 3 p.m. and dance 7 p.m. at the armory with college union access for visiting seniors.
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Slo- State College
State
General Assembly
Maynete
Sylvan Thon
Pattaal
State Eye
R.O.T
State College Military Band
State College
State College Armory
Keith Webster
Woonsocket
Brookings
Lane High School Contest Honors Earned by Students
Lane High School students earned superior, good, and excellent ratings at a music contest in Wessington Springs. Am Scheel, a junior, won superior with a vocal solo. Cross, a sophomore, was a ward with her solo. Scheel received a gold wound pin and each sextet member got a silver pin. The choir and band will perform next Friday at the larger group contest.
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Lane High School
Wessington Springs
Bent
Sam Scheel
Exredent
Cross
Seheal
Geelan Named Sioux Falls Police Chief
Guy Geelan, 54, former warden of the South Dakota Penitentiary and once Sioux Falls police chief, is restored to the police chief role by Mayor John D. McKee. Acting chief Carol L. Galvin’s term ends, Galvin’s future role unclear. A church funeral was held for Warden Eugene after a prison incident. Norton Jameson and Clarence Shanky mentioned in passing.
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Diva Falls
Apri
Guy Geelan
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Johnee Monday
Bem Chit
Carol L. Galvin
McKee
Galvin
Geeslah
Lin
Prudentiacy
Folwig
Eugenecy
Wero
Norton Jameson
Ience Ag
Ie M. EL Church
Clarence Shanky
Brookings
Funerjoy
Nellig McLoughlin
Hand
New Deal
Home Makers
South Dakota to Survey manganese deposits for foreign competition
Governor Bunhfield has directed State Geologist E. P. Rothrock to survey South Dakota manganese deposits. Field work starts summer, aiming to assess tonnage, metal, mining hurdles, and extraction methods. A Tennessee firm tests electrolytic refining using TVA power and a Cuban separation method is proposed. Researchers note SD holds the nation's largest deposits, though prior federal work covered only part of the area.
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Pierre
Bunhfield
E. P. Rothrock
South Dakota
Chamberlain
Tennessee
TVA
Bancroft Man Moved From California To Colorado Air Field
Donald A Costello of the 88th Recon Squadron has been assigned to the Air Corps Technical School at Lowry Field Colorado. A son of Mr and Mrs Dan E Costello of Bancroft he has been in the Air Corps since October 2 1939 and is advancing toward higher rank and pay. Training will qualify him as a supply clerk and a technical expert for civilian life and his military career. He traveled by air from Hamilton Field to Lowry Field.
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Familia Rari
Vaun
Donald A. Costello
88Th Rec
Air Corps Technical School
Lowry Field Cole
Hamilton Field
Calif
Costello
Dan EK. Costello
Bancroft
Air Corps
A. C.T
Lowry Field
Colo
Personnel changes at St Dakota School for the Deaf
Two personnel changes at St Dakota School for the Deaf take effect in September after state board approval. N. F. Waller named principal and Martha Peterson named teacher, replacing Sarah E. Lewis who resigned last December and is now in Massachusetts. Walker holds Gallaudet College credentials and will complete another M A in June. Peterson previously taught at the Minnesota School for the Deaf.
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Sour Falls
St Dakota
Montay
Arthur S. My
Klebust
State Board of Charities and Corrections
N. F. Waller
Martha Peterson
Sarah E. Lewis
Massachusetts
Tillinghast
T He State Board
South Dakota Association For the Advancement of the Deaf
Walker
Zcom Gallaudet College
Washington, D.C
Wil
Miss Peterson
Minnesota School For Deaf
Farihaut
Moisture Boost Delights Potter County Farmers
Gettysburg April 23 Special one and nineteen hundredths inches of moisture fell Saturday night with light rain Sunday. Farmers jubilant over the moisture, three inches this season, ground in good condition. A large crop planting underway and seeding nearly done. Feed plentiful. Arrival from Washington Blunt April 23 Special Mr and Mrs Gerald Poole and daughter of Touchet visited Ray Poole Sunday afternoon.
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Potter County
Gettysburg
Ahrive
Washington
Blunt
Gerald Poole
Touchet, Wash
Ray Poole
Goetz urges careful driving by youth to prevent highway disasters
Pierre April 24 Goetz state motor patrol chief warns that most fatal accidents involve youths aged 18 to 21. He calls for supervised driving by young people and parental control until experience is gained. Overloading cars among youths is common and dangerous.
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Goetz
Pierre
State Motor Patrol
Minnesota
Getz
South Dakota
Geeta
Listening Around Capitol Corridors
Pierre April 23 The piece notes Governor Bushfield’s near selection as keynote at the Republican national convention and credits Dewey’s primary showing with shifting favors to Harold Stassen a 33 year old champion and leader of Minnesota Young Republicans Also discussed are South Dakota tourism growth the Greater South Dakota Association and requests for prospective tourists Amateurs supply photos for the Conservation Digest and an anticipated career move for W W Howes potentially boosting a national post and party influence
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Pierre
Bushfield
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Thomas Dewey
Slassen
Young
Republican League
Farmer-Labor Party
Selection Commiitee
Greater
South Dakota
Mississippi River
Highway Department
Celebrates 98th Birthday At Lane
Mrs. Ole Johnson Lane’s oldest woman resident celebrated her 92rd birthday at home on Saturday. The Johnsons homesteaded south of Lane in 1882 and have lived in Jerauld County since. Grandma Johnson has lived with her son Albert and his wife since her husband’s death 12 years ago. The event drew about thirty guests for luncheon with flowers cards and letters from coast to coast.
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Lane
Ole Johnson
Mrs Johnson's Long Chicago Life From Norway to Here
Mrs Johnson began her Chicago residence after arriving from Norway in 186 . She remained active in the community, attending church and visiting friends, with Grandma Johnson still lively and engaged in social duties.
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Chicago
Needlecraft Demonstration by Hontemakers Club
Extension club members gathered at Mrs Nathan Lipets home to view a needlecraft demonstration led by Mrs Neal Hammond Mrs Lyle Lester and Mrs GC M Hoy on Thursday April 23 The meeting highlighted craft skills and community activities with participants listed.
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Rockham
Neal Hammond
Lyle Lester
GC. M. Hoy
Hontemakers Extension Club
Nathan Lipets
S D Is Rich In Good Roads
Pierre April 23 South Dakota motorists have paid 94 530 000 in gasoline taxes and registration to fund roads across the state E W Stephens secretary of the South Dakota Petroleum Industries Committee said these funds have improved rural roads banished farm isolation aided product transport and boosted education by consolidating schools He noted good highways attract visitors and generate millions in tourist revenue
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Pierre
South Dakota
E. W. Stephens
South Dakota Petroleum Industries Committee
State motorists taxed for relief as highways expand
A historic statement credits motorists for pulling the state out of economic mire and lauds the highway program. It argues that the vast improvements and new wisenness in highways justify prompt relief from high automotive taxes, aligning fiscal policy with infrastructure progress.
Potter County Seed Testing Service Report
Gettsyburg April 23. Potter County farmers used the county agent’s seed testing service since February 1. James OConnell, agent, reports seed corn, wheat, barley, oats, and millet tested with varying results and seed availability rates.
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Potter County
Gettysburg
Cawnty
James O'Connell
Coccidiosis warning for baby chicks with BT V remedy
A promotional note warns that coccidiosis harms four week old or older chicks and that B T V offers a remedy. It urges early use from hatch day through early growth, sweeter results claimed by users, and advises mixing one tablespoon per gallon in drinking water. Sold at Humphreys Drug Store.
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Jesus
E.T
Humpheys Drug eStore
Ladv
Change Elevator Operator Wayland
Leroy Hoover, operator of the S don Reese elevator here, has registered and will be replaced temporarily by RB. W. Lilley starting April 23.
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Wayland
Leroy Hoover
RB. W. Lilley
Contract Club Meets Blunt
The Contract Club met Friday at Mrs. Leon Howard home. Mrs. Theodore Schultz won high score and, with Mrs. Donald Howard, also won traveling prize.
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Blunt
Leon Howard
Theodore Schultz
Donald Howard
Beulah Yegge Weds Bennett Johnson Jr in Eugene Oregon
Word comes that Beulah E. Yegge daughter of Mr and Mrs D F E Yegge Woonsocket married Bennett Johnson Jr son of Mr and Mrs Bennett Johnson Alpena. The ceremony occurred Easter at the bride’s sister Mrs Wilbur Hoares home in Eugene Oregon. They will reside in Eugene.
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Oregon
Alpena
Beulah E. Yegge
D. FE. Yegge
Woonsocket
Bennett Johnson, Jr
Bennett Johnson
Wilbur Hoares
Eugene
Census Enumeration Notice for Huron District
Public notice urging residents to complete census forms and mail them to Supervisor J. G. Venables at the Post Office Building in Huron South Dakota. The notice addresses those not enumerated or in doubt and provides the official mailing address for submission.
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J. G. Venables
Huron
April 2 1940 Enumeration Statement Name
A person states that on April 2 1940 they resided at a listed address but have not been enumerated there or anywhere else. The declaration notes the individual’s belief of non-enumeration and provides the name for identification.
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