De Smet Honors Early Pioneers at 62nd Old Settlers Day
De Smet hosts the 62nd Old Settlers Day with a parade featuring 4-H club floats, a noon pioneer picnic, a local baseball game where De Smet's Redstone Valley League champions defeated Hetland 14 to 10, and awards for 46 sod house pioneers plus 50 and 60 year badges.
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DE Smet
Kingsbury County
Gould
H. A. Sturgis
Arlington
Redstone Valley League
Hetland
Let Contract For Highway Improvement
The State Highway Commission awarded a $233 598 contract to C A Wagner Construction Co of Sioux Falls for paving nearly eight miles of State 50 east of Tabor in Bon Homme and Yankton counties. Bids for basecourse treatment of US 14 from Spearfish to the Wyoming line and US 85 from Belle Fourche to Spearfish were rejected as too high.
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Pierre
State Highway Commission
Tabor
Bon Tcomme
Yankton Counties
C. A. Wagner Construction Company
Sioux Falls
Spearfish
Wyoming State Line
Belle Fourche
Woonsocket Youths Play For Nearby Junior Nines
With Woonsocket not fielding a junior league team this year several local youths join neighboring squads Francis Emerson shares catching duties for Huron while Jack Van Laur patrols the outfield and Dean Munro plays for Letcher junior league team baseball action around Woonsocket June 12Special.
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Woonsocket
Spetial
Francis Emerson
Huron
Jack van Laur
Dean Munro
Letcher
LAST TIMES TONIGHT CHAS CHAN FILMS
Last showings tonight feature Charles Chan in Dead Men Tell and The Man Who Lost Himself films. Local theater lists multiple screenings with fast-paced schedule and audience draw.
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Chas. Chan
14 823 Income Tax Returns Filed in South Dakota
South Dakotans filed 14 823 individual income tax returns for 1939, reported by internal revenue commissioner Guy T. Helvering. National total 17 648 683 returns, up 1 399 590 from 1938. Sioux Falls led SD cities with 3 026, Aberdeen 1 148, Huron 795, Rapid City 781, Mitchell 602, Watertown 546, Pierre 507, Yankton 329.
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Washington
South
Mitchell
Watertown
Pierre
Yankton
Ross Smith Funeral Held in Alpena
Funeral services for 58 year old Alpena farmer Ross Smith were held at the Alpena Methodist Church with Dr. QE Wilcox of Huron preaching. A mixed quartet sang as pallbearers listed, burial followed at Rest Haven cemetery. He was born Sept 1882 in West Virginia and died in a Huron hospital after years of ill health. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Jennie Sellers, and brothers Lieut. Col. Walter E. Smith, Harry, and Louis Smith.
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Alpena
Ross Smith
Alpena Farmer
QE Wilcox
Huron
A. J. Brigham
Everett McWilliams
Sam Burnison
Gene Thompson
Robert Cook
Morris Kint
Harley Thompson
Wylie Houmes
E. C. Barber
Rest Haven
Here
Harley Ross Smith
West Virginia
South Dakota
Huron Hospital
Jennie Sellers
Walter E. Smith
South Carolina
Harry and
Louis Smith
Dental Leaders Headline South Dakota Dental Convention
Leading men of the profession from three midwest states will lecture at the fifty ninth annual convention in RAPID Giza June 12 to 14. Women’s auxiliary meetings and the South Dakota Dental Assistants Association session run concurrently. Speakers include Dr Warren William Chicago amalgam expert Dr George E Morgan Milwaukee child patient expert Dr Paul E Weston Minneapolis dental drugs James Robinson Chicago.
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Rapid Giza
Midwest
South Dakota
Women’s Auxiliary
The
Dental Society
South Dakota Dental Assistants’ Association
Warren William
Chicago
George E. Morgan
Milwaukee
Paul
Flashes Of Life In Brief From Across The Nation
Reports from several locales describe children’s quick wits and risky lessons. In Bridgeport six year old Joseph Arlie Jr rescues two hens and an egg from a ruined chicken coop. In Manson eight year old Bobby Ocheltree drives a car with his sister Joan as fog and steam cause a crash injuring Joan. In Mt Vernon water shortages turn the reservoir into a temporary water bank for railroads with tank cars supplying and receiving water. In Springfield Irene Castle McLaughlin pushes animal welfare bills to empower sheriffs to appoint deputies to guard animals and to ban use of old or debilitated horses.
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Cool Head
Bridgeport
Conn
Joseph Arlie, Jr
Manson
Bobby Ocheltree
Joan
Bobby
State Senate
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Bee
Basil Rathbene
Hugh Herbert
Brod Crawford
Aed
Bela Iwees
ADP
Merry Melody Color
Leon Exrol
Cisco Kid
Cesar Romero
Vaquero
China
Britain
Pat McLeod
Winifred Ashford
British Women's Transport Corps
New York
America
Dental
Frank Morgan
Ann Rutherford
Eral
William Reaves Post
Legion
Chitty
J. S. Techester
Hoy Case
Roman Billis
Stilo Mickelich
Huntley
Glenn Spiller
Ray T. Nolan
George Olson
D. KE. van AI Jaelen
Charles Sikorra
C. Irvin Krumm
MT. Vernon
Wabash
Ohio
Springfield, Dr
Irene Castle McLaughlin
M&m
Danforth
S. D
Thompson’s
White Horse Place
Naper, Neb
Fair Grounds
Amyle
BIG American Legion
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