Notable speakers at local veterans event and furloughed soldier talk
Families and close friends attended as A B Cahalan and Rasmus Anderson from the draft board spoke, joined by Sharkey Campbell for the firemen and Reverend Joseph Andrews. Private Verne Hines, home on furlough from Camp Tyson Georgia, described army life in a special address.
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A. B. Cahalan
Rasmus Anderson
Joseph Andrews
Verne Hines
Camp Tyson
Georgia
Rites Today For Accident Victim D. J. Coombes
Funeral services were held in Watertown for D. J. Coombes 55 Aberdeen railway conductor killed when he fell from a moving train during yard switching at the Minneapolis and St. Louis yards. Survived by widow and three brothers.
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Watertown
Mar
D. J. Coombes
Aberdeen
Favor Use Of Japanese Labor In Sugar Beet Fields
Belle Fourche rumor and letters show the Black Hills Beet Growers Association seeking Governor Bushfield’s view on importing Japanese evacuees from the west coast to work in sugar beet fields. The group, 100 percent in favor, cites labor shortages. A counter petition circulates in opposition, while acreage limits were removed to boost domestic production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Fourche
Harlan J. Bushfield
Black Hills
Belle Fourche Valley
Bushfield
Union Palm to Easter Services In Miller Churches
The Presbyterian and Methodist churches of Miller and the Community Church of St. Lawrence will hold union services from Palm Sunday at the Miller Presbyterian Church through Easter Sunday evening at the Community Church of St. Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller Miller
Presbyterian
Methodist Churches
Miller
Community Church of
St. Lawrence
Presbyterian Church
Farewell Party For Carpenter Girls
Special news note reports a farewell party held by local firemen and the draft board for carpenter girls in Miller on March 24, marking a sendoff event with community support and ceremony.
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Carpenter
Miller
Draft Board
Inductees Feted Before Departure in Evening Reception
The last group of inductees, numbering twenty nine, were honored the evening before their departure. Among the guests, besides the inductees, were members of their organization and additional attendees.
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Their
Patch Lunch and Train Day Out for the Group
On Tuesday March 24 1942 a lunch was served for the group followed by informal entertainment until train time. The whole party then rode to the depot to see the boys of the unit.
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Holm Im
Rock of Ages
Huron Marble & Granite Works
S.E
Dad
P.S
Butchi
Mawante
Tan Dulchin Exfords
NOLST
Black Hills Beet ' ‘Growers Association
Montgomery
Gure
Wes Gostert
Brandon
Fifth Avenue
Simud Lesthers
Heer
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