Depositors Lose In Bank Failures In 1920s and 1930s
Brookings reports state and national bank failures cost depositors 127,717,460 since 1910. In 1924, 117 state banks suspended caused an average loss of 65.55 per depositor and national failures added 16.36 per person. Failures dropped after the 1933 banking holiday with stronger institutions consolidating.
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Brookings
Mare
South Dakota
State Planning Board
Comptroller of Currency
Washington
Planning Board
Cleola Williamson Named Prom Queen
Cleola Williamson of Rapid City was chosen Junior Prom Queen at the University of South Dakota by unanimous junior men vote. She will preside at the April event and holds roles as editor of the Valente newspaper, secretary to Alpha Phi, and member of several student organizations.
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of Publications
Tion
Alpha Phi
Gettysburg Man To Go Into Business
Wallace Mier of Gettysburg resigns from Northern Power and Light Company after 14 years to start his own business. Clarence Capon, with the company four years, will move from Mobridge to Gettysburg to fill the vacancy. Ice on the Missouri River at White Lock Crossing is breaking up slowly, with a watch on the nearby bridge.
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Gettysburg
Gettysbung
Wallace Mier
Northern Power and Light Company
Hier
Clarence Capon
Mobridge
Guitysburg
Northen Power and Light Cenmany
Missouri River
Whitelock Crossing
Whitloak Crossing
Auto Death Test In South Dakota Shows Decrease
Pierre March 2 Continued improvement in South Dakota's motor vehicle accident record this year was shown in the February report by Secretary of State Myrtle Morrison. One death seven injuries and property damage of 2455 were reported during these 26 major accidents. For the first two months of 1959 accidents totaled 82 with six deaths, 57 injuries and 14870 in damage. Severe weather may have reduced traffic and part of the drop.
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Pierre
South Dakota
Myrtle Morrison
Morrison
Amateur Night Proves Success in Wellington
The Division No. 4 Union Aid Society sponsored an amateur night in the Community Hall with about 26 acts. Winners included Whiteside School hillbilly band in first. Chesebro girls second. Rosemary Wisegay third. Adult division saw Marion House first with humorous reading. Hollie Martis second on violin. Ravenscroft and Major third on saxophone duet.
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Wellington
Union Aid Society
Whiteside School
Chesebro
Rosemary Wisegay
Marion House
Hollie Martis
Dorothy Ravenscroft
Neal Major
Alfred Syring
Victor Hellstrom
Wessington
Redfield Kiwanis Sponsor Festival Kapers
Redfield Kiwanis Club will sponsor the annual Kiwanis Kapers on March 30 and 31 to raise funds for underprivileged children. Parts have been distributed and participants are practicing. proceeds support needy kids. Wellington notes Sunshine Mixers demo with cookies cake and a talk on buying staples. social hour and prizes follow. several members report births and remembrances.
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Redfield Kiwanians
Redfield
Jocal Kiwanis Club
Wellington
Will Topp
Sunshine
Laverme Clark
Tom Cw Haven
Gertie Baird
St George’s Episcopal Church Reports Progress and Reelects Officers
A special meeting of St George s Episcopal Church in Redfield on Thursday evening at the rectory reviewed reports showing all departments in healthy condition with all bills paid and a substantial increase in funds raised compared to the prior year. Officers were reelected for another year and a lunch was served by the ladies.
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Redfield
St. George's Episcopal Church
State Prepares For Conference At State College
Plans near completion for the first annual School Administrator's conference at State College April 3-4. South Dakota high school superintendents and school boards invited. Speakers include Dr. C. R. Wiseman, Fred Ingelhardt, and J. F. Hines. Topics cover school finance legislation salaries living costs and board superintendent authority.
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University of Minnesota
J. F. Hines
Pierre
Yale Glee Clubs To Give Program
A capacity crowd is expected at Yale High School glee club concert tonight in Mugolf hall at 8. Both boys and girls clubs perform with a varied program. Selections include O Sole Mio, Day By Day, Mighty Lak a Rose, Pa Rents a Modern Apartment, Gypsy Sweetheart, When Night Has Gone, Boots and Eddie, She’ll Be Comfy, Round the Mountain, Tae Sun-Risce, Singing Along, Dance of the Winds, Oregon Trail, Dawn and Dusk, Alice Blue Gown, Wooden Soldiers, Whishering Hope, Prairie Moon, and more. Soloists include Hilda Haader, Margaret Wint, Alma Clauser, Ruby Pautz, Brice O’Brien, Elizabeth Hofer, Grace Johnston, and Violet Hohn. The program closes with violin and piano duets and a one-act play Foundzia of Youth.
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YALE
Yale High School Glee Club
Mugolf Hall
Margaret Wint
Moore
Harts-Ripsey
Oregon “Frail
Alma Clauser
Alice Blue Gown
Ruby Pautz
Tap Dence
Brice O'Brien
Hilda Hoeder
Elizabeth Hofer
Grace“ Johnston
Hope
Alice Hewnthorne
Sumerau Simpson
Prairie Moon
Glee Clin
Hida Hoeder
Violet Hohm
Teaching Positions Open in Gettysburg
Gettysburg school board re elected most teachers with a raise, resignations leave four high school vacancies and one eighth grade vacancy. Miss Helen Van Nest Miss Dorothy Savage and Miss Winifred Webster resigned to take other positions, creating openings for qualified applicants.
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Gettysburg
Specia
Helen van Nest
Dorothy Savage
Winifred Webster
Gross Income Tax Was an Occupation Levy, Payne Asserts
Vermillion March 20 Professor J E Payne of the University of South Dakota argues the 1933 South Dakota gross income tax was not a true income tax but an occupation levy. He says the tax targeted income from certain occupations and that the law’s classifications were inequitable. He notes broad revenue goals and cites neighboring states with longer standing income taxes.
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Payne
Vermillion
South Dakota
J. E. Payne
University of South Dakota
Supreme Court of South Dakorw
Professor Payne
North Dakota
Iowa
North Dakkota
Hanson Named To State Faculty At State College
Hanson, formerly of Iowa State College and the University of Minnesota, is named assistant professor in the agricultural economics department at State College. He will begin April duties, succeeding C. M. Hampson. A Iowa State graduate, he pursued a doctor’s degree work at Minnesota and has experience as county agent and regional supervisor in the Rural Resettlement Administration.
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Hanson
Brookings
J. P. Hanson
Iawa State College
University of Minnesota
State College
G. L. Brown
C. M. Hamp
Iowa State College
Federal Land Bank
St. Paul
Minn
Manson
Rural Resettlement Administration
Clark Debaters Win Honors in District
In Redfield on March 20 Claris High School captured multiple district debate honors at Redfield High School. Semifinals saw Clark defeat Poland while Redfield fell to Clark with Doland beating Raymond. Doland advanced to final to meet Clark for the winner. Judges included Prof Ashton and Supt Kramer.
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Clark
Redfield
Claris
Ashton Consolidated
Raymond
Ashton
Doland
Faulkton
Redfield Lout
Eothes Clark
Poland
Prof
Northern State Teachers College
M. Coddington
Twlace
Howard J Kramer
Milles
Pioneer Bernard Delaney Dies in Clark County at 83
Bernard Delaney a Clark County pioneer aged 83 died at his Clark home from heart trouble. Born March 5 1855 in Indiana he moved to Princeton Wisconsin before joining Dakota Territory in 1887. He homesteaded in Garfield township and later lived in Clark with his wife Alice Lynch until her death in 1923. Surviving: son Michael and daughters Florence and Margaret. three grandchildren. Funeral at St Michael's Church Clark with burial in St Boniface Cemetery.
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Clark
Bernard Delaney
Clark County
Michael
Mary Delaney
Indiana
Princeton
Dakot
Garfield Township
Alice Marie Lynch
Montello
Wisconsin
Dakota
Delaney
Margaret
Wis
St Bonifsee Cemetery
Disbarred Attorney Sentenced for Contempt in State Court
PIERRE March 2 South Darea's supreme court ordered Sioux Falls attorney B S Sullivan to serve thirty days in Minnehaha County jail for contempt of a disbarment order. Sullivan, disbarred February 1934, admitted violating the order after appearing for a client in Avetra County. The high court stated it had no other recourse but to punish for willful violation.
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Sullivan
Nis
Musicians Enter National Contests From Brookings
Orrin Jo Canton and Paul Cox from State College Brookings will depart March 25 for a ten day trip to New York City to enter the National Music Contest on March 31. They are accompanied by instructor Harry L. Kohler. Joel earned his entry by rating in a district contest in Indianapolis last April. Cox has performed with multiple state organizations. The contest, sponsored by the Music Educators of America, will feature twenty eight contestants from across the nation, with six scholarships awarded to winners.
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Brookings
Jo Canton
Gid
Paul Cox
Brooklies
Fone
Attunding State Colony
New York City
Frok
Harry L. Kohler
State
Joel
Indianapolis
American Academy of Singing Teachers
Cox
State College
Music Educators of America
State College Dean Hubert Mathews Dies at 63
Brookings reports the death of Dean Hubert Berton Mathews 63 head of physics at South Dakota State College after an operation in Rochester Minnesota. He taught 54 years at the college and served as vice president mayor and city official. funeral plans to be announced. The Carpenter club sponsors a dance to raise funds for team equipment with music by the Bueller Nies of Clark.
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Brookings
Ward
Hubert Berton Mathews
South Dako State College
Rochester
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