South Dakota Relied Heavily On Federal Aid In 1938
Federal emergency funds spent in South Dakota totaled $91,563,372.62 from April 8, 1935 to Oct. 31, 1938, with the Works Progress Administration accounting for $39,099,964.04 and the Farm Security Administration for $27,622,346.17. Grasshopper infestations devastated fields across the state while relief programs stretched and then contracted as funds ran down. Republican gains brought Gladys Pyle to the Senate and Karl Mundt to the House, shaping new political dynamics as flood controls and Mount Rushmore funding continued through federal programs and drought relief plans.
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Washington
South Dakota
Works Progress ‘Administration
Farm Security Administration
WPA
FSA
Treasury Department
Bureau of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Interior Department
Labor Department
PWA
Corps of Engineers
War Department
Faison
Department of Agri
Civilian Conservation Corps
Hitchcock
Norbeck
Gladys Pyle
Chan Gurney
Republilcan
Senate
Rep. Case
Karl Mundt
Rep
Hildebrandt
Iwest
Plains
Tri-County
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Congress
Mount Rushmore Memorial
Mount Rushmore
Gutzon Borglum
Erwin Royal Neighbors elect officers at lodge meeting
Erwin, Dec 21 Special Mrs Elsie Johannesen elected oracle of the Erwin Royal Neighbors lodge at Saturday meeting. Officers chosen include Mrs Jody Hodges vice oracle Mrs Harry Coulson chancellor Mrs Andrew Bjordal receiver Mrs Fred Jones recorder Mrs J H Gilmore inner sentinel Mrs Emma Ingalls outer sentinel Ms H J Fouts marshal and Anna Bjordal manager. Mrs Fouts named auditor. After business gifts were exchanged lunch served by Mrs Bjordal. Visitation note Leo land Robbins CCC camp Pactola in Black Hills came to visit his parents Mr and Mrs William Robbing until after Christmas.
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Royal Neighbors Army
Erwin
Elsie Johannesen
Royal Neighbors Lodge
Jody Hodges
Harry Coulson
Andrew Bjordal
Fred Jones
J. H. Gilmore
Inner Sentinel
Emma Ingalls
Outer Sentinel
H. J. Fouts
Anna Bjordal
Leoland Robbins
CCC
Pactola
Black Hills
William Robbing
Call Meeting On Relief Problems In PID CITY
Commissioners auditors state’s attorneys and county judges from 20 west river counties invited to meet Friday at 10 a m to discuss relief issues. Pennington County auditor Amos Groethe outlined topics including aid to dependent children state revenue to meet relief loads and a state levy to supplement or replace the mothers pension. Groethe stressed the coming legislative session must enact such measures or counties will face unsolvable difficulties.
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Pid City
Des
West River
Amos Groethe
Pannington County
Groethe
Pennington
Contractor lands bid for highway lab excavation
Pierre December 21 1942 a contract for the excavation of the basement for the new South Dakota Highway Department laboratory building was awarded to E L Harris Rapid City and Pierre contractor. Harris was the low bidder at 27 cents per cubic yard for about 1988 by 54 foot building with an estimated cost of 540 dollars. Work will start immediately.
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Pierre
South Dakota Highway Department Laboratory
E. L. Harris
Rapid City
Harris
Applications For Corn Loans Grow
Brookings reports that about 2,580,000 bushels of corn are sought for loan at 57 cents per bushel as 3,225 applications arrive in the state agricultural conservation office in the first 19 days of December. Each application covers roughly 800 bushels and corn moisture testing occurs on arrival. Alfred R. Barnes notes year to date activity and compares with 1937.
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State Agricultural Conservation Office
Alfred R. Barnes
44A
Barnes
Santa Claus Visits Iroquois Christmas Program
Santa Claus arrived to distribute treats to children and some adults at a community Christmas program on Main Street. Over 500 people attended as students from public and rural schools sang carols under Miss Burr, with 18 baskets of groceries handed to people in the crowd.
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Santa Claus
Main Street
Miss Burr
Legion Leaders Set January 8 Meeting at Pierre
Rapid City department commander Turner M. Hildesill announced a department executive committee meeting in Pierre on January 8. Watertown department adjutant J D Mullaney said the session at the St Charles Hotel will discuss the region's legislative program and a forenoon tourist camp committee meeting to prepare recommendations for the 1 p.m. executive session.
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Legion
Aberdeen
Turner M. Hitdesill
Rapid City
American Legion
Department
Pierre
J. D. Mullaney
iWatertown
St. Charles
Mullaney
Wessington PTA December Meeting Highlights
WESSINGTON December PTA session held in the high school assembly room with fair attendance. Miss Yesta Triplett led singing with Mrs. Helen Cleland at the piano. Mrs. Kya DeHaven played a piano solo, Miss Lola Stobis sang, and Mrs. Hattie Place read a Christmas story. Gift exchange followed, lunch served by Mrs. Scott Allen’s committee. January program to be presented by the school faculty.
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Wessington Pta
Wessington
Parent Teachers’ Association
Yesta Triplett
Helen Cleland
Kya DeHaven
Lola Stobis
Hattie Place
University Library and Dormitory Additions Initiated
Excavations will begin immediately for an 91725 dollar addition to the University Library at Vermillion and a 43738 dollar addition to the Southern Normal dormitory at Springfield. Stanley H. Edmunds, resident PWA engineer, announced contracts for excavation were let to Keller Brothers of Yankton. Construction bids likely to be let in February. The federal government provides a 45 percent grant on each project. The Vermillion library addition will be two stories, and Springfield dormitory work will enlarge the dining room and add dormitory quarters.
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Sioux Hamla
Dod
Vermillion
Southern Normal
Springela
Stanley H. Edmunds
PWA
Keller Brothers
Yankton
Edmunds
Springfield
Community Program At Virgil Friday
Virgil public school pupils prepare a Christmas program for Friday afternoon. The PTA will sponsor the party without free candy or nuts this year and will distribute gaudy and nuts to pupils after gifts exchange.
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Virgil
Specia
Virgil Public
P. T.A
Chilren
Home for holidays for Butz students from Taylor University
Alice and Earl Butz, Taylor University students at Upland Indiana, returned to their home at Cavour for the Christmas holidays with their parents. Alice is a senior and Earl a sophomore and they expect to resume studies at Upland January 4.
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Cavour
Alice
Earl Butz
Taylor University
Upland
Ind
Earl
Indiana
Woman Takes Blame In Bad Check Case
Sioux Falls report says Olive Severson, 33, admitted passing a $6 worthless check in April, taking blame for companion Stanley Garoutte 48 of Sioux City. Case dismissed. Garoutte released. Garoutte had prior prison terms in California for forgery and grand larceny and once escaped jail with a smuggled gun.
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Sioux Falls
Stanley Garcutte
Sioux City
Olive Severson
Garoutte
Garautte
California
Joe Stanley
Christmas program Friday at Bonilla school
Bonilla school presents its annual Christmas program in the gym Friday evening under POT sponsorship. Directed by Marie Kucl and Doris Diekhoff, the program features multiple classroom acts, a saxet band, recitations, plays like Jake Snyder’s Christmas and Teddy’s Christmas Present, and a tree with Santa Claus to cap a gala for children.
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Bonilla
Wee
POT. A
Marie Kucl
Doris Diekhoff
W. W. Sloan
Teddy
LaVonn Radtke
Choikc
Ned-Lee-Low-Low
Ruth Tollefson
Santa Claus
Home for vacation Bonilla regional students visit
Misses Gwendolyn Baptist Maxine Radtke Alta Van Buskirk of Northern Normal and Misses Leora Meyer Lorraine Hewitt R Wayne Hamilton and Clark Atkinson of Huron College are spending their vacation at their homes here in Bonilla.
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Bonilla
Gwendolyn Baptist
Maxine Radtke
Alta van Buskirk
Northern Normal
Leora Meyer
Lorraine Hewitt
R. Wayne Hamilton
Clark Atkinson
Huron College
Verdi Couple Visits Erwin for Holidays
Me and Mrs Frank Radcliffe of Verdi Minnesota are here to spend the holidays with their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Jason Noyes in Erwin.
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Erwin Erwin
Frank Radcliffe
Verdi, Minn
Jason Noyes
Christmas Cantata King of Kings Presented At Doland
A large crowd heard Doland students and community singers perform the Christmas cantata King of Kings. Sixty five performers from the high school and community plus a 90-child chorus in uniform contributed, with soloists led by Dr. C. A. Peter and others.
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Doland
C. A. Peter
Gon Willard Johnson
Helen Hill
Russell Levsen
Shirley Smith
Capes
Ione Bolin
Doland Schools
Elizabeth Slocum
West River Teams Clash Over Non-Scoring Record Hoop
West River basketball clash ends without a score as Guinn and Kadoka high schools collide in a game that fails to tally points, signaling a rare non-scoring contest in the season.
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West River
Hoop Quinn
Guinn
Kadoka High Schools
Kadoka Wins Tight Game Despite Springfield Score
Kadoka defeated Springfield 8 to 106 in a regulation basketball clash Tuesday night. The Kadoka winners led at half time and were paced by a standout backcourt duo, while Western Union College of Le Mars II topped Southern Wornal’s team 23 to 2h as Caskey and Pennington each scored 15 points.
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Kadoka
Springfield
Caskey
Pennington
Western Union College of le Mars, II
Southern Wornal
Gagers
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