Barberry War on in State Declares Eradication Progress
Brookings July 9 Special report: South Dakota eradicated 48 common barberry bushes on 50 properties in the fiscal year ending June 30. Work covered Clay Yorkton Custer Fall River Lawrence and Union counties with Public Works funds. Three dozen workers were employed locally. Students Scouts and 4 H members helped locate rust hosting barberries along rivers woods and fields. Over 5,000 youths reported searching and earned medals. Eldo J Swenson of Minnehaha County noted barberries on a dorm. state checks confirmed 50 bushes found in that community. Eradication continues in Clay County along the Missouri River with further survey in other areas.
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Brookings
South Dakota
R. Q. Bulger
Clay
Yrkton
Custer
Fall River
Lawrence
Union
4-H
Bulger
Eldo J. Swenson
Minnehaba County
State Office
Micigquri
Lake Dudley Dedication At Hitchcock Celebrated
The new Hitchcock lake, seven and a half miles northeast, was christened Lake Dudley at a formal dedication with 1,500 attendees. Independence Day events drew over 2,400 visitors to Hitchcock’s new recreation grounds, highlighted by a baseball game where Hitchcock fell to Yale 3 to 2.
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Lake
Hitchcock
Hitchcock Lake
Dudley
Yale
Hitchcock Farmers Repairing Property
Farmers in Hitchcock repair fences and clear sand and dirt blocking them after severe storms. Iver Anderson used a tractor and four horses to pull a road blade and remove soil from fences. With the harvest season quiet, residents have time to fix storm damage as the first rainfall of the month measured 0.83 inches fell at 6 30 p m Thursday.
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Hitchcock
Iver Anderson
Daily Bible School Opens At Lane Lane
Special two week idle school begins today at M E church led by Rev Frank Whitney with assistance from Orville Nelson and Dora Sargent. About 30 pupils enrolled with large turnout expected from the young peoples class.
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Lane Lane
M. E
Frank Whitney
Orville Nelson
Boone, Sr
Dora Sarggant
Wessington Springs
Young Peoples
New State Champ Brings South Dakota Horseshoe Crown
Leigh Dunker, a 20 year old left hander from South Dakota, won ten games and lost two to claim the state horseshoe pitching title at State College on Farm and Home Day. C E Meyers of Flandreau was runner up after a playoff, as both displayed frequent ringers. Ford Drey of Beresford was re elected president and Freeman Andrews of Brookings secretary treasurer. Drey, 74, received a trophy naming him World’s Horseshoe Pitching Champion for his age.
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Brogeings
Leigh Dunker
State Horseshoe Pitchers Association
Ford Drey
Beresford
Freeman Andrews
Brookings
Drey
Balloon landing site uncertain in midwest states
Rapid City reports a giant balloon sponsored by National Geographic and the U S Army Air Corps plans a July 10 stratosphere ascent. Landing could be in Nebraska Iowa northern Missouri western Illinois or southern Wisconsin with drift southeast to east. Four hours to ceiling near 15 miles, stops for level observations, four hours for descent. State agencies offer aid to safeguard the craft and instruments after landing.
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Rapid City
Iwy
Middle Western States
Otcisis
National Geographic Society
U. S. Army Air Corps
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Wisconsin
Ansted Chosen As Ministerial Delegate
Ansted selected as ministerial delegate to the Free Methodist general conference in June 1935 after a contest with Harry Johnson Rev W Harden and others Johnson chosen reserve delegate Mrs John Matson of Brookings named bay delegate and John Johnson of Bates reserve Both Johnson and Matson are Wessington Springs college alumni.
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Ansted
Wellington Springs
Harry B. Ansted
the Free Methodist Church of North America
Harry Johnson
W. 4. Harden
Johnson
John Matson
Brookings
Bay
John Johnson
Bates
Matson
Wessington Springs College
Storm Hits St Lawrence Farms with Severe Damage
A recent storm swept through St Lawrence area destroying small buildings and trees. West of town, the Glenn Ross farm turn is wrecked, while Clyde Ross and Melcher poultry houses collapsed, most of the poultry perishing.
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Fedora Fedora
Ella Ostrander
J. W. Eller
Fedora
ST. Lawrence ST. Lawrence
Glenn Ross
Clyde Ross
Melcher Farm
New U Professor 2 Walter H. Jordan Vermillion
Walter H. Jordan has been elected professor of physics for 1934 35 at the University of South Dakota. He directed maintenance of the world’s largest M ray tube in Kellogg laboratory for cancer patients and will join from the California Institute of Technology this fall. President Herman G James announced the appointment.
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Walter H. Jordan
Kellogg Laboratory
University of South Dakota
Herman G. James
California Institute of Technology
Work on Road Lane Progress Near Phil Forst Corner
Work has started on a five mile grade stretching one mile east and a mile south of Lane at the Phil Forst corner. The project runs southward along the route, indicating road improvements in progress.
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Phil Forst
Springs School Repaired Under State Relief Work
Special work begins at Wellington Springs grade school with re roofing bracing and redecorating to address settlement of the north wall. Project costs about 1400 including labor and materials funded by the state relief commission. Fred N. Setterstrom is contractor and W. H. Hunter, high school janitor, will supervise the work.
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Wor
Family Reunion Held at Preston Lake
A Bennet hall Methodist church dinner Saturday honored niece Mrs. Lou McAnney and her two daughters of Geneva DL. About forty five relatives attended with guests from De Smet Erwin and Wentworth including Mr. and Mrs. James Trousdale and Mr. C. Blakewell among others.
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Preston Lake Preston
Lou McAnney
Geneva
James Trousdale
Bennet Hall
Methodist Church
Away
Libby Kenyon
Noonan
N. D
Ray Smith
Custer
Mont
Walter Jass
Bryant
Jess Whalen
Aged Citizen Recovers From Fall in Lake Preston
Mrs. Inger Jensen ninety one year old Lake Preston's oldest resident is recovering after a fall that cracked a bone. She continues to improve as medical care progresses.
Fourth of July celebration in Wessington Springs draws large crowd
Over a thousand residents attended the Fourth of July event in Wessington Springs sponsored by the Jerauld county Farmers union. Kiwanis club members met at the lake cottage of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Sterling with S. W. Clark reporting on his Toronto international meeting. Mrs. Ingalls, 84, died in Redfield after a heart attack. funeral in Austin, Minnesota. North Carolina plans a $125,000 penitentiary renovation to make it fireproof.
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Wessington Springs
Harold Piper
Madison
National American Legion Band
Milwaukee
Wis
Geneva
Switzerland
Vesey Walker
Walker
Piper
Wellington Springs
Jerauld County Farmers Union
Redfield
Kiwanis Club
Lake Cottage
Redfield Redfield
Margaret Ingalls
Arthur Calkins
North Carolina
Raleigh
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