Agencies For Handling S. D. Share Of Recovery Funds
South Dakota outlines six principal recovery agencies led by WPA and PWA to spend the 4.88 billion federal relief fund. Agencies cover works projects, rural rehabilitation, relief and welfare, highway spending, CCC and housing checks, with state offices in Aberdeen, Pierre, Brookings, and rapid city, and a push to move from Pierre to Brookings as needed.
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Aast
South Dakota
Works Progress Administration
M. A. Kennedy
Aberdeen
Watertown
Bronx Falls
Pierre
Rapid City
Public Works Administration
W. F. Cochrane
Works Progress Division
Cochrane
Washington
PWA
A.M. Ebevle
Rexford G. Tugwell
Rural Resettlement Administration
Federal Agriculture Department
Relicf
Relief Administration
Wlre
Brookings
Public Wellare Commission
Welfare Commission
State Relief Committee
Kennedy
Welsare
State Highway Department
Chicago
Pla
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
G. A. Trimmer
Missouri River
New Federal Fund
Tugwell
Federal Housing Program
Federal Treasury Department
Benefit payments to wheat farmers in AAA program
BROOKINGS July 11 Special Benefit payments to wheat farmers in the AAA program in 1935 will be at least 33 cents a bushel. The first 1935 payment will be 20 cents, with a second payment at least 18 cents less local costs. Administrative costs per bushel in SD were 15 cents. processing tax remains 5 cents. Gardens boom in St Lawrence after soaking rain. gardens grow rapidly with promise of vegetables for later use.
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AAA
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
A. M. Eberle
C. W. Warburton
Extension Service
Washington, D. C
Washington
South Dakota
ST. Lawrence
Ruskin Women Plan Bridge Party Fundraiser
Ruskin Park Women's Golf club met for play and a business session. They organized a bridge party at 8 PM July 18 in the Ruskin Park pavilion to raise funds for the club house with tickets set at 25 cents. Members and guests are invited to attend.
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Ruskin
Festival Forestburg
Ruskin Park
Tan
Ted
Wilson Elected Head Of Canova Board Of Education
CANOVA July 11 Special A Wilson named head of the local board of education for the coming year at the annual meeting. He had been vice president last year. C M Petratz retiring president. C R Forsberg new vice president and Dean C Trippler reelected clerk. Clerk and treasurer reports accepted and routine business transacted. Need more rain Wayland July Special Showers visited the area early in the week estimated quarter inch. Vegetation in need of rain. Small grain heading. dry spell has hurt crops though corn grows well though below normal height this season. Some fields about four knee high. Gardens badly need rain.
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Canova
A. Cc. Wilson
Board of Education
C. M. Petratz
C. R. Forsberg
Dean C. Trippler
California Guests Entertained by Mel Thompson Family
The Mel Thompson family hosts visitors from California with Mr and Mrs John Oliver of San Francisco among the guests.
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California
ST. Lawrence
Mel Thompson
John Oliver
San Francisco
Compilation of Farm Statistics Starts in South Dakota
Pierre July 11. Compilation of agricultural statistics for South Dakota has begun in the office of Secretary of Agriculture C. A. Rust. Data are collected by assessors in township districts, sent to the county auditor, then to Pierre. The work, increasingly important for corn hog and wheat allotment contracts, faces delays as many counties fail to submit reports. Figures cover acreages, crops, livestock, equipment and farm-industry items.
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Pierre
South. Dakota
C. A. Rust
Russell
Spring Pig Crop Decreases in South Dakota
South Dakota’s spring pig crop totaled 652000 head, a 53 percent drop from the prior spring, and 75 percent beneath the 1983 crop, with 50000 sows expected to farrow this fall, a 67 percent rise from last year. Pastor Frank Whitney, former Lane church pastor, attended services as a Boston Theological School student home for vacation. Wendell Palmer visited his Rockham parents.
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S. D. Brookings
South Dakota
Arnold
King
Mr. Arnold
Lane
MM. .E
Frank Whitey
Whitney
Boston Theological School
Mr. Whitney
Wendell Palmer
Rockham
New Barger Shop Adds Canova Franchise Tie
Canova gains a second barber shop as M Canova operates two outlets. FR A Herman, leasing the J A Schlick shop, opens a new shop in the former F and M bank building. A W Becker of Aberdeen leases the Schlick shop.
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Canova
FR. A. Herman
J. A. Schlick
F. & M. Bank
A. W. Becker
Aberdeen
Ravenscroft family attends funeral in Pierre
Mrs. Carl Ravenscroft and daughter Beverly along with nephew Hally Martin and niece Roberta Martin traveled to Pierre to attend a relative's funeral. All returned except Halley who stayed in Pierre.
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Wayland
Carl Ravenscroft
Beverly
Hally Martin
Roberta
Martin
Pierre
Halley
Crop Conditions Spotted In S D
Reports from several South Dakota counties show crop conditions ranging from excellent in the east to bad near Pierre. Minnehaha county grains have rain relief, corn grows rapidly, and rye is ready for harvest while small grains suffer in Pierre Hughes Sully and Stanley counties due to drought. Western areas remain favorable with heavy yields expected. Meade county notes scattered rust but forecasts suggest grain well above normal. Pastures burn as moisture is needed next week. Verna Mac Ballantyne of Solway, Minn, guests of honor at a surprise party hosted by Dorothy Ravenscroft with about twenty girls. St Johns Lutheran Ladies Aid and Presbyterian Aid plan meetings at local homes.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Yarlance
Pierra
Minnehaha County
L. W. Harding
Pierre
Hughes, Sully
Stanley
Meade County
Wayland
Verna Mac Ballantyne
Solway
Minn
Weeks Speaks To S F C Students
SIOUX FALLS July 11 Special D Weeks president of University of South Dakota spoke at Sioux Falls college yesterday before an audience mainly of teachers on the subject Education and the Teacher. Weeks stressed human sympathy and teaching as a ministry, drawing on wide experience. The talk closed a series by noted educators and signals the approach of Sioux Falls college term end and upcoming tests with registration unchanged.
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Sioux Falls
t_ D. Weeks
University of South Dakota
Sioux Falls College
Weeks
Week
Sioux Falls Col‘lege
R. W. Kraushastjana
Emma Meistrik
State Department of Public Instruction
M. F. Martini
Dr. Martini
Yale School Board Holds July Business Meeting
Yale school board conducted its regular meeting as reports from the past year were read and approved. William Muself was elected chairman and Emil Masgs vice-chairman. Carl Harding named clerk, J. E. O'Keefe treasurer, and Francis Tyrell hired as janitor.
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Yale School Board
YALE
William Muself
Emil Masgs
Carl Harding
J. E. O'Keefe
Francis Tyrell
Junior Endeavor Society Changes Meeting Schedule
The junior Christian Endeavor society will meet Friday evenings at 7 15 oclock through July and August replacing Sunday meetings. A social is planned by Miss Dorothy Nesfield, sponsor, to be held soon. Church services are Sunday at 11 oclock. The Aid will meet with Mrs William Radtke Thursday.
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Bonilla
Christian Endeavor Society
Dorothy Nesfield
Aid
William Radtke
Tests New Type Color Recorder For Explorer II Flight
RAPID CITY July 11 Captain Albert W Stevens commander of the National Geographic Army stratosphere project announced testing a double check camera to record sky color above and around the balloon Explorer II in the stratosphere. The goal is to measure near sky brightness and produce color motion pictures showing color changes during ascent. A challenge is that images will reflect varying light levels and times of day.
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Rapid City
Albert W. Stevens
National Geographic Army
Aleft
Captain Stevens Tests Color Filtration For Sky Study
Captain Stevens plans to photograph the sky using red blue and green filters to record emulsion time and aperture. Downward images of materials in various colors will follow on the same schedule to verify color accuracy. The method aims to reveal air density light refraction and aid interpretation of other instruments.
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Stevens
Son Born to Bowen Couple near Wayland
A son was born Saturday July 6 to Mr and Mrs Alex Bowen who reside three miles north of here.
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Wayland
Alex Bowen
Daughter Born to Bonilla Miller Family in July
A nine pound daughter was born Saturday to Mr and Mrs Harry Miller at their home. The birth announcement notes the child’s birth as a family event with no additional details provided.
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Bonilla
Harry Miller
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S. D
Bancroft
St. John’s Lutheran Ladies Aid
Henry Rusche
Lillie Rusche
Presbyterian Aid l
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