Navy V-1 plan lets freshmen finish college while enlisting
Vermillion reports freshmen and sophomores aged 17 to 19 may enlist under the V-1 clause and continue their college courses with preliminary naval training. About 60 000 annual apprenticeships are allowed, with 20 000 selected for aviation cadet flight training and 15 000 transferred to V-7 enlistment while in inactive duty. Remaining students finish two years of pre induction training before active duty.
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United States Navy
Naval Reserve
Navy
Navy Department
Naval Training Schools
Pass Referendum Extends Silver Creek Soil District in Sanborn County
Nearly 96 percent of the land represented supported extending the Silver Creek Soil Conservation District to include all of Sanborn County in a referendum held last week. 87,844 acres were represented with 83,204 favorable and 4,640 opposed, covering Ravenna Diana Benedict Aton and the northern half of Floyd Jackson and Warren townships. Farmers may now work with SC technicians to plan conservation on their farms.
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Woonsocket
Mar
Silver Creek
Neighborhood News Briefs From Bryant and Nearby
Local events include a grade school declamatory contest at city hall, 42nd wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Ed Lauder, and visits from Maynard Gage of Aberdeen. Snowfall boosts moisture for the season. various residents attend events, travels to Sioux Falls, Mitchell, and Los Angeles connections noted. Grandma Johnson near 100, with health updates and hospital mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Ed Lauder
Maynard Gage
Aberdeen
Bryant
Roy Shepherd
Dianne
Lutheran Hospital
Ray Perry
Sioux Falls
Lois
H. P. Borah
Watertown
G. F. Carmichael
A. W. Guse
Armour
Hayti
Woman's Club
G. L. Hickman
Young
Mil waukee visit and community notices fragment
Mrs Pearl Granberg visits Milwaukee to see her son Neale and Noel off for US Army service. Relatives and friends fill the Coffee Shop in her absence. A social gathering celebrates Mrs Byers birthday in Wayland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl. Granberg
Milwaukee
Neale Granberg
Noel
Gertie Baird
Charles Metschke
Tom de Baven
Frank Kearney
Ed Shaw
Emma Freese
Sam Stobbs
Grant Byers
Wayland
Fred Holst
Miller Hospital
Clark Youth In Navy Reported Missing In Action
Mr and Mrs Lester Smith of Clark report their son Thayne Charles Smith 24 missing in action. Born February 12 1918 in Clark he enlisted January 6 1937 and served on submarines before training in New London and duties in San Francisco and Hawaii. Last letter dated November 10 with a December 24 cable from Man Oa. He has two brothers Vernon Kendell and one sister Mrs Wayne Mann.
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Clark
Navy
Lester Smith
Thayne Charles ‘Smith
Randall ‘Jacobs
Bureau of Navigation
Thayne Smith
San Diego
New London
Conn
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Man- Oa
Vernon
Lockheed
Kendell
Wayne Mann
Thirteen Draftees Leave De Smet for Fort Leavenworth
Thirteen draftees departed De Smet early Tuesday for Fort Leavenworth Kansas. The group included James Johnson and Howard Jensen of Hel, Chester Abel and Howard Meyer of Iroquois, Leslie Bitner and Kenneth Graham of De Smet, Richard Colby and Lloyd Nelson of Lake Preston, Francis Garry, Sidney Bjordahl and Bernard Larson of Envin, Mila Wallum of Manchester, and Carl Boehm of Bancroft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Or Smet
Ft. Leavenworth
Kasa Ol
James Johnson
Howard Jensen
Heland
Chester
Abel
Howard Meyer
Iroquois
Leslie Bitner
Kenneth Graham
de Smet
Richard Colby
Lloyd Nelson
Lake Preston
Francis Garry
Sidney Bjordahl
Bernard Larson
Envin
Mila Wallum
Manchester
Carl +Boehm
Bancroft
Plan Election Of Officers Banquet At Woonsocket Golf Club
The Pony Hills Country Golf Club in Woonsocket will elect new officers Thursday. A banquet will honor Tom Brisbane who departs for Georgia to enter active service as a second lieutenant in the reserve officers of the Army. Brisbane, a former Commercial Club president in 1941, is a cashier at Sanborn County Bank.
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Woonsugcket
Hills Country ‘Golf Club
Tom
Robert Brisbane
Georgia
County Commissioners Hold Sale Of County Property
In a two day session the Kingsbury County commissioners oversaw a sale of county owned land in Bancroft and Oldham, including a 25 acre tract near Iroquois, noting the sale went quite well.
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Kingsbury County
Ladies Altar Society Meets at St William's Church
The Ladies Altar Society of St William's Church met at Mrs Ben Ford's home with about 15 members present. A business session was held and the next meeting is planned for Mrs Leo Welsh's home. Lunch was served and guests included Mrs Hintz and Violet Hohm.
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Ladies Altar Society
Yale Yale
St. William's Church
Ben Ford
Leo Welsh
Hintz
Violet Hohm
Woonsocket Commercial Club Elects Officers
The Woonsocket Commercial Club held its annual election of officers Monday evening with W. W. Bashan as president Tom M. Brisobine as treasurer and E Oddy as secretary. The banquet in April will have Father Edward as banquet committee chairman. An oyster supper at 645 o'clock drew a large crowd.
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Commercial Club
Woonsocket Woonsocket
Woonsocket Commercial Club
W. W. Bashan
Tom M. Brisobine
E. Oddy
Edward
Farm Home Burns Near Manchester in 1900s
A farm home owned by James Moore burned to the ground Monday evening a few miles northeast of Manchester. Mrs. Moore discovered the fire after smelling smoke and suffered a singed hair incident when the bedroom door was opened. Some furniture was saved.
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Manchester
Marz
James Moore
Extension Agent Demonstrates Kitchen Finishes Across County
Miss Ora Sloat county extension agent will tour towns this week demonstrating kitchen finishes. She appeared in Esmond on Tuesday and will be in Arlington Friday Lake Preston Saturday De Smet Monday Bancroft for the demonstration tour.
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DE Smet
Mar
Ora Sloat
Esmond
Arlington
Lake Preston
de Sinet
Bancroft
Shower For Lane Newlyweds Held In Lane
A wedding shower was held for Mr and Mrs Alvin Meyer at Herman Meyers home in Lane. About seventy friends and relatives attended and played bingo and games. Hosts included Mrs Arthur Meyer Mrs Harry Meyer Mrs George Willbrandt Mrs Alvin Kuiteske Mrs Weaver Seand relt and Mrs Hernan Meyer who served a truncheon tray. The honored couple received many gifts.
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Omar
Neighborhood News
Tse Sauder
E. D- Young
Hitchcock
Arthur Klug
Los Angeles
Herman. Klug
Arthur
North American Aviation
Inglewood
Roy DuBois
Max DuBois
Wolsey
Uests
Otto Phillips
Walter Dickson
Albert Payne
Robert DuBois
Will Kuestermeyer
Kenneth Voorhees
Iss
Viola. Kuestermeyer
Huron
Mos
Fredi Kuestermeyer
Rex Phillips
Don Swanson
Clyde Catton
Ella Mae Disney
Lorraine Olson
Emelia Bauman
Kenneth
Will Skarin
Linus Skarin
Lane
Marie Erickson
Gordon Paulson
Brownsville
Tex
B.lillehaug
Will Burnison
Maud Thompson
Springfield
S. C
John. Henrichsen
Gann Valley
Chamberlain Hospital
Jimmie
Pearl Harbor
Albert Hamann
St. Joseph's Hospital
Mitchell
Thelma” Taper
Methodist Hospital
Phil Kogel
Helen Kogel
Winnebago
Minn
Jerome Kogel
Camp
Polk
Kogel
Mary Jo May
John Martins
Coal Springs
S. D
Johnson
Jerauid County
Northwest Finance Co
B.A. Kiser
Mgr
N. W. Sec. Bank
Stimson
Henry Stimson
Washington,d. C
John D. Langaton
Hiram Walker & Sons Inc
Peoria
Wellington
YALE
Paul, Kleinsasser
Kansas City
Farmers’ Elevator
Kieinsasser
Ed Cooper
Lionel
Maynard “Denman
Irman Vondracek
Snd
Thad O'Keefe
Carthage High School
Vondracek
Grover Denman
Sherry
Harro
Elsie Ryan
Ryan
Lassanske
Pierre
Willmer “Heintz
Ft.Leavensworth
Kans
Lane Newlyweds
Butler
Osborn
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