Newell Drainage Project Finishes Major Phase
F C Youngblutt reports completion of the Belle Fourche drainage project last mile begun in 1928 with US funding of 1 million dollars. Total cost about 750 thousand, 307 miles drained, 1,600 structures built, and 44 miles finished this year. Bonds and repayments average 70 years, with annual per acre charges around 0.79 to 1.25, and a possible 1952 limited program for minor seepage and surface drainage.
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Belle Fourcher
Youngblatt
Nisland
Orman
Butte Hill
Cottonywood Country
Vale
Empire
Horse Creek
Orman Dam
Jag
Rehe
Belle Fourche
Illiteracy Group Is Named In S D
Pierre December 1947 state superintendent E C Giffen announced the state executive committee on illiteracy for South Dakota. Miss Mary Jamison heads the group with A A McDonald Sioux Falls T C Kasper Brookings Mrs J W Raish Pierre and H C Calhoun. The panel will form county and focal groups and assist Indian school superintendents to reduce illiteracy on reservations.
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H. C. Calhoun
Pierre
Christmas Holidays Begin At University of South Dakota
Christmas holidays at the University of South Dakota start at 6 00 p m on Friday December 48 and end at 7 50 p m on January 4 The university library remains open for limited daily hours except Christmas, to assist students working on theses or term papers and complete first semester work.
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University Vermillion
University of South Dakota
Debate Finals to Be Held at UO Vermillion
Finals of the South Dakota High School Debating and Extemporaneous Speaking leagues are set for the University of South Dakota in late March. District tournaments will take place in late February and early March, per C. K. E. Lyon, league president.
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Vermillion
South Dakota
University of South Dakota
C. K E. Lyon
Jeague
Yankton Medical Society elects Ohimacher president
Dr. J C Ohimach er of Vermillion was chosen president of the Yankton district medical society at the annual meeting in Yankton. Other officers named were Dr Ina Moore Freshour of Yankton as vice president and Dr J A Hohf of Yankton as secretary treasurer. Talks by society members highlighted the gathering with many students from the South Dakota only medical department attending.
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Medical Society
Ohimacher
Yankton
J. C. Ohimacher
Vermillion
Son Born to Harold Urban Family in Broadland
Special word arrives that Mrs. Harold Urban of Broadland gave birth to an eight pound thirteen ounce son in Sioux City. The baby is named Jerald. Mr Urban is a son of Mrs. W. G. Urban of Broadland.
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Broadland
Harold Urban
Sioux
Jerald
Urban
W. G. Urban
Broadiend
Board Chair Held Liable For Missing Meetings
PIERRE December 18 The attorney general informed Frank S. Tait Gettysburg state’s attorney that a common school district chair in Potter county faced removal for nonfeasance for refusing to attend regular meetings and sign warrants The AG said willful neglect of official duties justifies removal and that the state’s attorney may initiate proceedings
Watertown Schools Dismiss For Christmas Holidays
Public and parochial schools in Watertown will dismiss classes next Wednesday December 23 for the Christmas holidays and reopen January 4. A large number of Watertown students at colleges and universities in other cities are expected home this week for Christmas vacation.
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Watertown
Post backs men heads of families over married women
Watertown December 18 The Codington county post American Legion has endorsed employing men who are heads of families when considering married women whose husbands are gainfully employed. The group sent copies of its resolutions to employers in the city urging action in both public and private business.
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Watertown
Codington County Post
American Legion
Wood Chopped For Pastor's Use In Springfield
During the last week the Bon Homme church congregation hauled in and split over 30 cords of furnace wood at the pastor A. C. Werner's home in Springfield. Fourteen men worked for about six hours in a wood splitting bee. The wood will supply fuel for the rest of the winter and part of next year.
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Springfield
A. C. Werner
Bon Homme
Mr. Warner
Coyotes Taken by Federal Hunters in Dakota Nebraska
Six federal hunters led by Louis Knowles killed 35 coyotes in the Dakota Nebraska district during November. Twenty seven were trapped and the rest poisoned. Losses from predatory animals for the month included 111 sheep 50 lambs 3 chickens and 15 turkeys.
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Mitchell
Louis Knowles
United States Division of Predatory Animal and Roden Control
Dakota- Nebraska
Krowles
University To Have New Reception Room
Vermillion December 18 Visitors to the University of South Dakota will receive a new reception room funded by the Y W C A. The room will be on the second floor of the Union building as announced by Garrett Breckenridge extension division manager and secretary.
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University
Vermillion
University of South Dakota
Garrett Breckenridge
Union Building
Birds Fed By Tyndall Farmer Attract Pheasants And Quail
At David Dunwoody farm four miles east of Tyndall an unusual bird haven hosts flocks of pheasants and coveys of quail. Grain and weed seeds lure birds into groves, with field corn nearby stripped for food. Snow could reveal more weed seed sources. local whist tournament follows.
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Tyndall
David Dunwoody
Dunwoody
Scattering Corn and Goeltz in His Grove Aid Effort
A brief note describes scattering corn and Goeltz tending the grove to help out. The action highlights community aid and agricultural effort in the local area.
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Goeltz
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S. D
Co. C. Taylor
S. E
BLUNT
Gettysburg
Legion Hall
Legion Auxiliary
Geyerman’s
Bargain Basement
IL Company
Sndard
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