Grain Sorghum Not Favored For South Dakota
Brookings reports by state college agronomists conclude grain sorghum, branded Graham a, is not advised for planting in South Dakota due to late maturity. Amber, Kaoliang, and Feterita varieties are suggested alternatives. Seed prices are high, with Oklahoma or local growers offering 6 to 10 cents per pound.
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Brookings
South Dakota
Agronomists Et State College
Agronomy Department
Oklahoma
State College Agronomists
Grahams
Grahama
Cattle rustler found guilty of grand larceny in Plankinton
Harley Thomas of White Lake was found guilty of grand larceny by a circuit court jury after 12 hours of deliberation. Judge R. C. Bakewell will sentence him Monday. Three accomplices—George Range and brothers Clyde and Lee Cross—are already serving 10-year terms in the state penitentiary, named as part of the cattle stealing ring that stole 39 head from L. P. Sherman of Mt. Vernon.
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Plankinton
Harley Thomas
White Lake
Eharezu
R. C. Bakewell
Thomas
State Penitentiary
George Range
Clyde
Lee’ Cross
L. P. Sherman
Mt. Vernon
Mellette Club Social Gathering At Mrs Dunker Home
Mellette March 18 special report shows the Willing Workers Home Extension Club hosting a social at Mrs George Dunker residence. Thirteen members and families attended seven tables of Norwegian whist with high scores by Mrs Frank Young and Sylvester Morgen. Correlation awards went to Mrs Hans Hagen and Oscar Welch as heavy snows halted meetings in January and February and thawing weather delayed next plans.
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Mellette Club
Mellette
Willing Workers Home Extension Club
George Dunker
Frank Young
Sylvester Morgen
Hans Hagen
Oscar Welch
Y C L Speakers Chosen For Mellette District Trials
In Mellette March 18 special reports the Y C L topic Law Observance is being judged to pick Mellette grade school rep for the district tournament April 16 at Mellette. Judges are Miss Jane Burt Supt Peterson and Mr P Heide with essays from Grace Falmer Grace Arthurs Cynthia Burt Marie Wendell Ruby Palmer Winifred Albie Beatrice Oberle Ruth Studker under Douglas Chittick. Mellette’s prior rep Anne Golden placed third at Pierre. Also notes Eastern Star visit and a death in Lorestburg with funeral in Valley City. Ernest Schwemle moves his house onto farm southwest of town.
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YY. C. L
Melfette Mellette
Melfette
Jane Burt
Supt. Peterson
Mr. P. Heide
Grace Falmer
Lang To Direct Course At Northern State Teachers College
Northern State Teachers college announces special summer session courses for the Parent-Teacher Association. The one week study course runs July 11 to July 15, led by A. J. Lang of Huron who will represent the National Congress of Parents and Teachers and oversee the program for parents and teachers.
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J. Lang
Northern
Aberdeen
Northern State Teachers College
David Allen Anderson
A. J. Lang
Huron
Lang
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
South Dakota Winners Receive Medals in National Essay Contests
Medals and cash prizes are being distributed to South Dakota participants in the tenth national safety essay and teacher lesson contests. Gladys Shaffer of Lead wins first prize with a gold medal and 15 dollars, followed by William Bochoven of Clark in second with a silver medal and 10 dollars. Third prizees go to Dick McGinty of Kimbell, Sarah Clauson of Alexandria, and Mabel Duster of Platte with bronze medals and 5 dollars each. Teacher honors go to Mrs. Jessie May Burdine of Webster, who earns a certificate of honor.
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Pierre
South Dakota
National Safety
Washington
B.C. Giffen
Dick McGinty
Kimbell
Sarah Clauson
Alexandria
Mabel Duster
Platte
Jessie May Burdine
Webster Public
Enstrom to Represent Augustana at Tulsa Contest
Ralph Enstrom of Canton, a senior at Augustana college, will represent his school at the national Pi Kappa Delta oratorical contest in Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 28. Forensics director Prof. Hugh A. Carlson notes Enstrom’s strong record in South Dakota contests, including a sophomore win in the Old Line contest and a first place in last year’s provincial Pi Kappa Delta event at Sioux City.
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Ralph Enstrom
Vermillion Mayor Seeks Ninth Term
Vermillion notes an election race as Dr. Carl Viers seeks a ninth term with P. J. Cavannahugh announcing his candidacy. The April 19 city election will see incumbents in three wards reelecting themselves. In ward one Peter Leikvold runs. ward two D4 Dubiven runs. ward four Charles Randolph runs. ward three Alderman Frank Olds will not seek further service.
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Carl Viers
P. J. Cavanaugh
Peter Leikvold
Dubiven
Charles Randolph
Frank Old
Commission Seeks To Recover Funds In County Ledger
Custer March 1 The county commissioners met in special session to recover 13187.61 allegedly deposited in excess of law by Treasurer Sam Coe at First National Bank which closed last November The board passed a resolution demanding repayment and an accounting to pursue action against the state bonding company that issued the treasurer’s bond.
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Custer
Couny
Sam Coe
First National Bank
Coe
State Bonding Company
Extension Club Meeting at Wolsey and Erwin Play Chosen
Vernon township Extension Club met at Mrs. Fred Lanobs home with good attendance and a note that no membership fee is charged this year. Proceeds from a five dollar quilt will cover expenses. Aaron Silck from Punkin Creek chosen as Erwin high school junior class play. work begun on it.
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Extension Club
Wolsey Wolsey
Vernon Township
Fred Lanobs
Erwin
Aaron Silck
Punkin Creek
Erwin High School
Melrose man funds hay and grain aid for Erwin livestock
J Poppenfuse of Melrose Minnesota sponsored loading two carloads of hay and mixed grains for Erwin livestock feed relief. One car was received last week and another is expected soon.
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Erwin
J. Poppenfuse
Melrose
Minn
Erwin Livestock Feed Relief
Yankton College Announces Faculty Changes
Yankton College announces faculty changes for the 1932 33 year amid cost cuts. The executive committee says operations will fall by 15000 to 29000 dollars with salary reductions of 10 percent continuing next year. New instructors include Mrs G T Roberts and Mrs M A Stewart while several current staff pursue further study.
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Board of Trustees
Yankton College
G. W. Nash
Chicago
Points East
Wiss Celia E. Knight
Pacific
G. T. Roberts
University of Nebraska
Roberts
Clara P. Swain
Columbia
M. A. Stewart
Ideas
Yangton College
Iwan Resmussen
Eastern Conservatory
Henry Bagley
Martin E. ‘Thompson
Conservatory
Lena Waltner
Margaret ‘Sullivan
Miss Sullivan
Northwestern University
Sas
Nest
Democrats Dominate Clay County Race In Primary Fight
In Clay County the Democratic slate leads as three Democrats enter the sheriff race amid broad incumbents seeking reelection. Willliam Russell John Satter and Claude Richardson campaign for sheriff while current officers pursue reelection in offices from clerk of courts to coroner. Polarized contest shapes May primary with seats at stake for Sheriff Curtis Clerk Julia Danielson County Superintendent Alice Cope County Auditor J Nulty County Treasurer Will Hanson County Commissioner Olaf Paulson Register of Deeds Josie Sullivan State's Attorney Will Cleland and Coroner Frank Olds.
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Clay County
Ion
Wear
Howard C. Wurns
William Russell
Farmer
John Satter
Wakonda
Claude Richardson
Vermilli
Mother-Daughter Fete At De Smet Parish Halls
The annual Mother-Daughter banquet hosted by the Ladies Aid of De Smet Congregational church drew full seating in the parlors. Men handled food and dish pass via a water bucket system while a table toast program led to a Mother’s Program in the auditorium ending with a musical reading “America.” Also, Jesse and John Allison move families from Eakin to Blunt, with duties assigned on the Blunt-Onida line.
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de Smet DE Smet
Ladies Aid Society
Congregational Church
Church Auditorium
America
America On Way To Recovery in Sioux Falls
In Sioux Falls on March 18 Prof. Lea Massing of Brookings ext says the nation moves toward recovery. He cites liquidation of frozen assets, rising building activity, and growing industrial output as signs. He warns farming must fit into the broader industrial system and notes Minnehaha County farms average a real rate of return similar to local businesses.
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America
Sioux Falls
Lea Massing
Brookings
State College
Cosmopolitan Club
Mossing
Minnehaha
Declamatory Contest Staged At Mellette
Frankfort high school held its annual declamatory contest with oratorical selections by Lowell Shaw Clyde Miller and Freda Wimner. Ruth Carol Franz led the dramatic division and Joyce Adams won the humorous division. Ruth Carol Franz and Joyce Adams will represent the school in the district contest at Medfield later this month.
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Frankfunl
Morem U
Frankfort
Lowell Shaw
Clyde Miller
Freda Wimner
Ruth Carol Franz
Gladys Barness
Les Bickness
Joyce Adams
Marvin Franz
Medfield
Kingsbury Farmers Seek Seed Loan Assistance
Farmers in west central Kingsbury county travel to De Smet to fill seed loan applications, keeping local committee members busy this week. Relief headquarters at Red Cross remain stretched as hay and feed shortages strain farmers and dealers ahead of the growing season.
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Kingsbury
de Smet
Heart
Hed Cross
Manchester Aid Holds Election Meeting
The Manchester Ladies Aid society met at the church after a weather postponement. Officers elected: Mrs. W. S. Poage president, Mrs. George Moore vice president, Mrs. D. E. Moore secretary, May Maxwell treasurer. Next meeting April 13 at Maxwell's store with lunch. Committee: Mr. George Muil ersburg, Mrs. Gust Anderson, Mrs. 5. M. Maxwell.
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Manchester Aid
Manchester
Marculo
Gyedal
Ladies Aid Society
W. S. Poage
George Moore
D. E. Moore
May Maxwell
Maxwell
George Muilersburg
Gust Anderson
5. M. Maxwell
Hamlin County Plans Health Survey of School Children
Hamlin County Health Association with the Red Cross completed plans for a health survey among elementary school children in rural and town schools. Funded by Christmas seal and Junior Red Cross. no additional school district cost. Registered nurse Edith M. Arnesson to conduct exams of eyes ears nose throat and weight. five weeks with good weather.
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Hamlin County
Hamlin
Red Cross
Edith M. Arnesson
Briggs and sons visit in Huron for Holmberg birthday
Mr Briggs and his sons Alfred and Charles visited in Huron at the home of Mrs Briggs parents Mr and Mrs C G Holmberg on Nebraska Avenue. The visit marked the seventy fourth birthday of Holmberg a resident of Huron for twenty years.
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Huron Forestburg
Weasington Springs Teachers Wages Cut
Wellington Springs March 18 A school board meeting approved a large salary cut for teachers in the coming year with most reelected at about ten percent less pay. Plans call for one or two fewer teachers and a total 1991 2 budget of 23490. Savings from reduced salaries and two fewer teachers would drop costs by around 20 percent. Superintendent R W Gibson volunteered a ten percent cut. A $4000 tuition reduction and unforeseen expenses prompted expense cuts.
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Weasington Springs
Wellington Springs
R. W. Gibson
Ten Groton Students Enter Declam Contest
Ten Groton high school students enter the local declamatory contest to be held in the gymnasium Tuesday evening in three divisions oratorical humorous and dramatic, per Leslie Boyd of the speech department.
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Groton
Grotom High School
Leslie Boyd
Farm Board Wheat Expected At Groton
Two carloads of Farm Board wheat released for livestock feed are expected this week in Groton. Distribution to needy farmers will be handled by the local American Legion post, aiding foundation herds between the dow n and growing season. Farmers report success using wheat as livestock feed locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Board
Groton
American Legion
Hans Fanger
Dramatic Club Contests At Miller High School
Miller high school held a declamatory contest in the auditorium with Shirley Moncur Mary Alice Cahalan and Harriet Bohning taking top spots in dramatic and humorous categories Phyllis Woodward Emma Spicer and Evelyn Parrish followed in place Leslie Lewis won the oratorical division Neighbors of Blunt assisted a family move to the George Livingston place as Oscar Payne continues confinement in Pierre hospital
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Blunt
Oscar Payne
George Livingston Place
Commencement Plans for Forestburg Senior Class
March 18 special report notes the Forestburg High School senior class selecting wine and silver as colors and rose as the class flower. The motto chosen is Mot Evening but Dawn as the guiding star. commencement announcements have been ordered.
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Forestburg
Live Stock Finance firm incorporated in Wessington Springs
The Live stock Finance corporation of Wessington Springs has been incorporated with capital stock of 3000 dollars. Incorporators are Tu M Larsen H F Jansen and L M Valentin all of Wessington Springs.
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Pierre
Livestock Finance Corporation of
Wessington Springs
Tu. M. Larsen
H. F. Jansen
L. M. Valentine
Miller Spring Revue Tonight At City Auditorium
The Miller school presents a spring revue directed by Jeannette Ringland and staff tonight in the city auditorium. The program includes musical numbers, student plays such as Wedding of the Wooden Soldier and the Painted Doll, Neapolitan Nights, Trifles, and various dances and yodeling acts featuring students Buddy Baughman Verlyn Hewett Mack Jones and others.
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Adeline Cox
Saxophone
Buell Hewet
Phyllis Baughman
Kendrick Scofield
Katherine Clark
Homer Burge
Verlyn Hewett
Buddy Baughman
Judith Feck
Mack Jones
Dwight Danbury
Marion Thomas
The
Women's Club
Dramatic Club
Lancashire
Candidates Must Be Registered In Primary Election
Pierre March 18 The attorney general's office advised Charles McDonald of Sioux Falls chairman of the Republican state central committee that parties must enter candidates in the primary to place names on the general election ballot If a party makes no nomination there is no vacancy and it cannot advance a candidate in the general election This opinion addresses whether a party after the primary can provide a candidate for an office with no primary entry.
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Pierre
South Dakota
Attorney Generals Office
Charles 5. McDonald
Sioux Falls
Publican
State Central Committee
MacDonaid
S. S. Class Party At Me Byterian Church Baseme
Mrs Irvin Herthers Lind school class held a party March 1 at the Me Byterian church basement with games and lunch. Special guests included Rosy Hink Ray Cornell Miss Inarid Langland and Mariona Herbert Beauvais.
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S. S
Raymond
Irvin Herther
Odd
Rosy Hink
Ray Cornell
Inarid Langland
Mariona Herbert Beauvais
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Huromits
Vints Blunt Blunt
Daphne Serles
Grand Chapter
Order of Eastern Star of South Dakota
Hising Sun
Harvard
Ellen Hargrove
Lorestburg
Ralph Mowry
N. D
Yorestburg
Ernest Schwemle
Dakota Finance Corporation
Ted Fisor
Far. & Mer
Bank Bhig
Pheas
Hares
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Finda
Metierere
Amistad
P. D. Ellis
Mgr
Miller
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Loors Eeicemaaseren Petes UA
Cero
St. Terns
Inal Paper
Bel Montie
Huron Grocery, Distributors
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