Tree Plantations to Receive Payment Under Soil Program
Brookings April 30 Special Plantings of forest trees qualify for class 1 and class 2 payments under the new soil conservation program, per State College extension forester Frank I Rockwell. Standards require suitable land, sturdy locally hardy trees, four years of cultivation, fencing to prevent livestock, protection from pests, and guidance from extension service. Plantations should be shelterbelts, windbreaks, or groves for wood production, with details available from County Agent Leonard L. Lada or the local soil conservation office. Copies of the circular Planting and Care of Trees by South Dakota are at the county agent's office.
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Secura
Extension Service
Leonard L. Lada
Soil Conservation
South Dakota
Official Visits De Smet by PEQ Organizer
Mrs. Nettie Billiter of Dell Rapids, state organizer of the PEQ, toured De Smet on her annual inspection. She attended an 11 o clock breakfast at Mrs. A. W. Stone's and a business meeting at Mrs. T. H. Meyer's home. Also notes a curious fact about alligators reaching full growth between 40 and 60 years old and a life span of 100 to 200 years.
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DE Esmet
Nettie Billiter
Dell Rapids
PEQ
de Smet
A. W. Stone
T. H. Meyer
New York Pilot Aims at National Altitude Mark
Annet Gipson flew a %0 horsepower craft to an estimated 14,000 feet over Fort Lauderdale during a severe thunderstorm, seeking a new national altitude record for a light aircraft carrying a passenger.
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Annetty Gipson
New York
Fort Lauderdale
Scabbard and Blade Initiates Five at Vermillion
Five military students at the University of South Dakota were formally initiated into Scabbard and Blade, an honorary military fraternity. Initiates include William Boland, Robert Moore, Gleason Tyndall, Melvin Hobert Engle, and Harbert Christen Hu brons, as listed in the Vermillion notice from April.
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University of South Dakota
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Flaire
Robert Moore
Belle Faure Minor
Gleason
Tyndall
Melvin Hobert
Engle Butte
Harbert' Christen
Hubrons
USD Monogram Winners Named In Rifle Teams
The University of South Dakota military department announced monogram winners for the women's rifle team and the men's rifle team this week. Freshmen on the men's team receive numerals, while upperclassmen earn monograms. Monogram winners include Lewis Pickup and Donald Gibbs among others, with numeral recipients such as Ernest Hofer and Hugo Aldrich. Women’s monogram winners listed include Ruth Martens and Helen Anderson, among several from Vermillion, Pierre, and nearby towns.
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University ‘of South Dakota
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Catta Yougus
Donald Gibbs
Sighmore
Joe Morrison
Brookings
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Abderdeen
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Wagner
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Paris
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Engls Butte
Dennis Seacat
Alexandria
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Pierre
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Clear ‘Lake
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Hedman
Webster
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Sarom
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Charles Isackson
Harlan Seacat
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Wolsey
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Englewood
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Lake “Andes
Beth’ Steffin
Hitchcock
Wessington Springs High School student earns honors
In the twelfth annual scholastic awards for creative work by high school students, Wessington Springs High School received important honors. Lawrence Wendt, English teacher, announced the achievement as Arvid earned recognition in the 1996 competition sponsored by the American high school weekly.
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Wessington ‘Springs
Spécia
Wessington Springs High School
Lawrence W. Wendt
American High School Weekly
Arvid
Ford V-8 praise from drivers across Minnesota
Minneapolis and St Paul truckers and operators praise the Ford V-8 for low fuel use and easy handling. J Haff notes 12 miles per gallon with minimal driver effort. R F Walsh reports strong performance hauling milk over muddy roads under heavy loads. M Shelheid calls it a major investment and essential for price and power. M Liedelbach claims V-8 buses run 450 miles on an 18 hour express, fastest line by 24 hours.
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J. ©. Haff
Minneapolis
Tam
R. F. Walsh
St Paul
Mom. Liedecbach, Owmer
Sous ‘Limited Lines
Student earns honorable mention in national poetry contest
Shulenberger a senior at Wellington Spring High received honorable mention in the Scholastic Magazine poetry division, earning a five dollar prize and a certificate of honor. The April issue published his poem. The nationwide contest, open to eighth to twelfth graders in schools across the United States, allowed multiple entries up to 200 words and judged sincerity originality and technical skill.
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Shulenberger
Welington
Arvid
Scholastic Magazine
United States
Possessions
Canada
Plans Completed for Junior Senior Gala
WESSINGTON April 20 Special The Junior Class of the Wessington High School are very busy this week getting ready for the banquet given each year for the Senior Class. The banquet will be given Saturday May 2 at the Community Hall at 7 p m The dinner will be prepared by the mothers of the Juniors and served by the domestic science girls of the sophomore class under the direction of Miss Viele Waokey.
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Wessington
Wessington High School
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