South Dakota AIA units honored for meritorious reenrollment
South Dakota units of the AIA are to receive certificates at the annual auxiliary convention in Hot Springs for meeting or surpassing 1934 membership, as announced by Mrs. Florence Lee state secretary. Recipients include many town units across the state such as Huron, Milbank, Madison, Sisseton, Watertown, Spearfish, and Pine Ridge among others.
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Soir
Aloangian Auxiliary
South Dakota
National Organization
Florence Lee
Estelling
Dee
National Department
Hot Springs
Lee
Poresbburg High Delivers Evening Drama Program
Forestburg January 14 special report The Poresbburg high school dramatics class under Miss Grace ElGwon presents its yearly program Wednesday evening in the school auditorium The program features two main plays intermission specials novelty skits Can You Believe Your Eyes Lets all be Foolish and Highhiking Proceeds aim to pay for new curtains installed after the last class year performance
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Forestbury H
Forestburg
Poresbburg High School
Grace ElGwon
Aline
Payang
Legion and A L A Leaders Plan Visits to Madison
William Ewicky of Rapid City South Dakota Legion commander and Mrs Eva Sherburne of Madison president of the Leg fort auxiliary will appear at eight joint sing the next two weeks with other state officers. District meetings were held last week at Deadwood and Custer.
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Colone
Belvidere
Deadwood
Custer
Banquet Staged by Alpena Commercial Club
Alpena June 14 news item reports the Alpena Commercial Club held its annual banquet in M. H. Church with the Ladies Aid Society serving at 2 o clock for nearly 100 members. J Linn served as toastmaster delivering poetry and introductions to program participants including Ardis Brammer saxophone Mae Zunze reading Oliver Mogek comet golf with Neda Aisenbrey on piano George Aisenbrey and Mr Eschuman. The event followed by leadership training course for parents and teachers led by Mr Schliman.
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Cc. C
Alpena Alpena
Alpena Commercial Club
M. H
Ladies Aid Society
Comet Golo
Neda Aisenbrey
George Aisenbrey
Eschuman
Schliman
Bradley Woman Is Prevmonia Victim
Clark Jan 14 Mrs Merlyn Schu tiger died in Bradley Friday Jan 21 at 27 from influenza Born Raymond Nov 24 1907 lived there until two years ago Survived by widower and three sons Micrlyn James and Robert youngest infant two weeks old Funeral arrangements by Kenneth Malloy Community Funeral Isolation Services held at Presbyterian church in Raymond Sunday
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Bradley
Clark
Merlyn Schutiger
Schubloom
Raymond
Micrlyn
James
Robert
Kenneth Malloy
Presbyterian
Raymond Bunday
Would Put Clamps On Rate Sharks
The South Dakota traffic authorities target so called rate sharks as roaming claim agents who solicit refunds for overcharges by charging up to 100 dollars or more as retainer fees. The state railroad commission warns most claims are unfounded and proposes licensing as a control method.
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Pleare
Jan
South Dakota
State Railroad Commission
Card Club Meets at Burdette in Whist Drive
Mr and Mrs William Noble hosted the Surdecte card club at their Burdette home with four tables of whist. Ruth Lloyd Bensie Paulchow Sohn Paulchow and Nathan Anderson led the scoring prize. A later gift shower honored newlyweds Mr and Mrs Robert Bingham. The next meeting is at the Binghams residence.
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MFETS
Burdette
William Noble
Ruth Lloyd
Bensie Paulchow
Sohn Paulchow
Nathan Anderson
Robert Bingham
Large Share Of Students Work To Fund Wesleyan Education
Mitchell January 14 seventy percent of Dakota Wesleyan University students work part or all of their college expenses. Eighty percent of Mitchell home students work on or off campus. About fifty percent receive aid from the university or Federal Relief in campus jobs, earning five to twenty dollars monthly, most between ten and fifteen. In three months the college and government have paid students two thousand six hundred fifty dollars for work. Harmon W. Brown says most students are self supporting and more jobs will be sought locally.
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Wesleyan Mitchell
Dakota Wesleyan University
Mitchell
Federal Relief Administration
Mitchell Institution
Harmon W. Brown
Young Couple Is Wed At Redfield
Eloisa Bennet daughter of Mrs. Orville Bennet and Stanton Rabuck were married at the bride’s mother's home in Redfield. Rev G G Minklee of the M E church officiated with only immediate relatives present. The bride wore black velvet with a corsage of talis Man roses and lilies of the valley. Both graduates of Redfield high school Rabuck is manager of Independent Oil and Mrs Rabuck is a stereotyper at Redfield National Bank. They left for Minneapolis for a two week honeymoon.
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Redfield Redfield
Eloisa Bennet
Orville Bennet
Stanton Rabuck
BR. G. Minklee
M. E. Church
Redfield High School
Rabuck
Independent
Redfield Home Builders elect officers and directors
Redfield Home Builders association chose its 1935 officers Ray Bull president A G Johnson secretary and B E Lovejoy treasurer. Two new board members Mos C Bo Warne and John Fargo replace George Norbeck and W K Schwietert. The company's buildings are rented and the past year showed a profit.
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Redefield
Non
Spaciay
One Foreman to Lead Relief Work in Manchester
Under new relief rules only one foreman will oversee township relief workers in Manchester, instead of three. W. S. Wennensehnsen serves as supervisor of the work in this district.
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Manchester
Specia
Wennensehnsen
Rainfall In 1934 Is Lowest Of Record In South Dakota
Weather data from Huron meteorologist B R Laskowski shows 1934 as the driest year in South Dakota since 1899 with only 13.27 inches of precipitation, 6.88 inches below normal, and May and July recording new temperature highs. The drought devastated crops and pastures across the state, with widespread stock losses and reseeding efforts noted.
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South Dakota
B. R. Laskowski
Weather Bureau
Huron
Pollock
Pukwana
Kennebec
Winter Bearing Tomato Plant At Gettysburg Dies
Winter Bearing Tomato Plant At Gettysburg Dies. Drouth or no drouth Mr. Jacobson, near the Missouri river in Potter county, raised tomatoes indoors throughout the season. The plant, reaching six and a half feet, bore fruit late in the fall then froze during the holiday cold snap after producing a dozen ripe tomatoes and several greens.
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Gettysburg
Jacobson
Missouri River
Potter County
Year ends with moist topsoil and fair wheat conditions
The report notes a hot spell followed by one of the coldest Septembers on record with heavy rains in the east. Killing frost came by Sept 21, fall seeding advanced, and the year closed mild with ample moisture. Topsoil depths varied east and northwest, wheat rye and pastures mostly fair to good. Library note mentions a Bible with pain leaves and 4,373 pages.
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Carney
Rural schools face economical strain from sparse attendance
Pierre January 14 A state department survey finds nearly 100 small rural schools have too few pupils for economical operation. The report prepared for Gay Tom Berry and the legislature notes maps show 86 schools with 3 or 4 pupils and 338 with 5 or 6. Tripp County shows four such schools.
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Pierre
State Department of Public Instructions
Gay
Tom Berry
State Department
Tripp
Rural one and two pupil schools in state tally
The record notes that several districts have one or two pupils per class with Stanley Perkins and Jones each at two. It lists Haakon 13 Fall River Hand 16 Potter Stanley and Spink with ten, and mentions about 3 540 one room rural schools statewide.
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Stanley
Perkins
Jones
Haakon
Fall River
Hand
Potter
Spink
Truck License War Looms Over Interstate Truckers
Sioux Falls dispatch reports a potential interstate truck license dispute as seven Iowa Minnesota truckers faced municipal court for failure to display South Dakota compensation plates. Cases postponed to February 2 at attorneys' request while Pierre reviews the truck compensation law. Fees cited reach 112.50 for 7000 pound vehicles plus 50 for each extra 1000 pounds.
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Sioux
Falls
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Pierre
Switchboard Installed At Harlan Packard Hotel
Installation of a telephone switchboard in the Harlan Packard hotel completed by Kinerann Hayes and Jensen of the Dakota Central Telephone company of Aberdeen connects all hotel rooms through a double trunk switchboard. Local service now links the hotel to the Dakotaline and to individual rooms via the hotel clerk.
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Redfield Redfield
Harlan Packard
Kinerann Hayes and Jensen
Dakota Central Telephone Company
Aberdeen
Jenn
Tin
Convicted in Clay County Distillery Raid Sentences
Jon Moe Cauley of Sioux City was sentenced to 18 months in Leavenworth prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy in the September raid on a large Clay County distillery. He was the eighth of 11 arrested to plead guilty. four others received prison terms while three await sentence.
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Sioux Falls
Jon MoeCauley
Sioux City
Clay County
McCauley
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