PTA Congress Program Ready for Sioux Falls Meeting
Aberdeen August 20 Special The annual PTA state congress schedule is set for October 18 to 21 in Sioux Falls. Opening services feature Dr Co M Granskou from Augutana. Panels led by L M Forte Vermillion and S S Shaw include educators and Dr N E B Steele Mabel Burton and Dr John Headley.
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Aberdeen
PTA
Sioux Falls
E. L.bersagel
Congregational Church
Co. M. Granskou
Augustana
Board of Managers
America
Prin. L. M. Forte
S. S. Shaw
Vermillion
N. EB. Steele
Mabel Burton
Sioux Falls College
John Headley
Madison
Farmers Rally To Gather Scrap In South Dakota War Drive
South Dakota farmers push a salvage campaign to keep war mills operating. York Sampson, state executive secretary, urges constant scrap collection of iron rubber and other materials from hiding places to feed stock piles and accelerate wartime production.
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South Dakota
York Sampson
Neighborhood Fire Units Formed Across South Dakota
South Dakota farmers report 136 neighborhood fire fighting units across 22 counties as part of a coordinated range fire prevention effort. The plan, aided by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, offers five cents per 100 board feet for plowed fire guards on range lands, with guards at least 10 feet wide and restrictions on use with controlled burning. Farmers are urged to coordinate with county extension agents before Sept. 30 to qualify for 1942 benefits.
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Brookings
South Dakota
S. W Jones
State College Extension Service
South
Dascot
AAA
Battle Front Scraps Hint at More Finds for Effort
Fragmentary wartime note urges gathering scrap metal and searching nearby for additional material. It stresses continued effort and knowledge of local supply for boosting production and defense.
Pierre Man Named State Rate Expert Of Utilities Group
Pierre South Dakota Charles A. Carr 55 named rate expert of the Public Utilities Commission succeeding the late D L Kelley Secretary E F Norman announced Carr has been assistant rate analyst for 14 years since joining the old railroad commission in 1920 He worked seven years then two years with the Watertown Chamber of Commerce and with the traffic bureau of the Sioux City Chamber of Commerce six years He returned to the state job in 1935 He was employed at a Marshall Minnesota flour mill before moving to South Dakota and worked for various railroads in Minneapolis prior to that.
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Pierre
Charles A. Carr
South Dakota Public Utilities Commission
D. L. Kelley
E. F. Norman
Carr
Marshall, Mimm
South Dakota
Minneapolis
Springs Kiwanis Raise Newspapers to Soldiers Fund
Wellington Springs August 20 Special Close to a hundred dollars was raised Monday evening for the Kiwanis Newspapers to Soldiers project through an old time basket social in the city park. Col R M Dill drove 50 miles to lend his services and the average basket price remained high. The club supplied coffee and local newspapers are sent to soldiers in the trade area at half the regular price. The current list includes about 120 names and grows with each contingent departure.
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Wellington Springs
Park
R. M. Dill
Two Springs
Sioux Indian Trainee in American Rangers
Sampson One Skunk a 27 year old Sioux warrior in training with the American Rangers is noted as a famed money broncho-buster and rodeo rider from the Cheyenne Agency. He graduated Cheyenne Agency grade school in 1943 and rode as rider and horse wrangler on the Cheyenne Reservation before enlisting in the army in 1940. He was among the first American troops to reach the British Isles and has become a popular subject for magazine and news service features and interviews.
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American Rangers
Pierre
Sampson
South Dakota
Cheyenne Agency
Cheyenne
Here
Fort Pierre
British Isles
Yields Reported Across Forestburg Area
Threshing reports from Purnstrung and nearby Forestburg indicate wheat averaging fifteen bushels per acre, rye twenty, barley thirty five, and cats fifty. Shay Ohlsen reports oats at sixty bushels per acre. corn stands eight to nine feet tall with potential sixty bushels per acre if frost stays late.
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Spejelal
Shay Ohlsen
Star Rebekah Lodge Opens After Summer Vacation
Morning Star Rebekah Lodge held its first meeting after the summer break on Monday evening in Wellington. After the lodge adjourned, the Past Noble Grands Circle met at the IOOF Hall and lunch was served at the home of Mrs. Charles Bothwell.
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Star Rebekah Lodge
Wessington Wellington
Burdette Threshing Under Way As Season Peaks
Burdette threshing activity advances in August with the community reporting strong yields of about sixty bushels per acre. Local growers observe steady progress and anticipate continued work through the harvest period.
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Burdette
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