J B Perkins Will Preside at State Journalism Meet
Brookings May 109 The 1998 News ver Day program here May 2 will bring speakers from four states and regional publishers. Key figures include J B Woodson Sioux City Journal Tom Purcell Jr Iowa Falls Citizen George Luxton Minneapolis Star G Orr Bismarck Capital Harold Carpenter Beresford Republic as chair. John Perkins Highwal publisher will be master of ceremonies. Topics cover publishing problems like photos in the news graying issues and advertising. Elmer Schmierer Wess Springs president announces Sigma Delta Chi meeting and noon luncheon for state members.
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Brookings
E. Donelson
State College
Today
Sioux City Journal
Tom B. Purcell, Jr
Iowa Falls Citizen
George Luxton
Minneapolis Star
G. Orr
Bismarck
N. D
Capital
South Dakota
Harold Carpenter
Beresford Republic
South, Dakota Press Association
John &. Perkins
Highwal Andl
Son
R.A. Turner
Brookings County Press
Robert Schaber
Hudson
Charles H. J. Mitchell
Homer J. Givens
Volga
Charles Wells
Ramona
Une
General Idea
Donelson Sadation
Sigma Delta Chi
Elmer Schmierer
Wessington Springs
Class Makes Hit With Annual Play I at High School
The senior class presented the comedy Tver House in the high school auditorium to a large audience. Cast members included Juanita Anderson Paulus Penn Elmer Sorenson Margaret Coulson John Sehanck Andrew Halverson Ralph Vincent Elwood Wolkow Marjeri Jensen and June Jensen with student managers Joe Brown George Stevens Roy Springer Clarence Nou Charlotte Munger Rosaline Hodges Rudy Felten. Under John senior class adviser direction the show featured music by Gail Hodges Gene Hodges Nellie Schenck and Marion Anderson. Elwood Wolkow gave a curtain talk between acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tver House
Rales
Juanita Anderson
Paulus Penn
Elmer Sorenson
Margaret Coulson
John Sehanck
Andrew Halverson
Ralph Vincent
Elwood Wolkow
Marjeri
June Jensen
Joe Brown
George Stevens
Roy Springer
Clarence Nou
Charlotte Munger
Rosaline Hodges
Rudy Felten
John
Gail
Gene Hodges
Nellie Schenck
Marion Anderson
Community Club Pie Social Planned at Erwin High
The Erwin Community Club will hold its final meeting of the year Wednesday evening in the high school auditorium. Officers for the next school year will be elected. Demonstrations of class work by each grade and high school class will precede a pie social auction to raise funds for school band uniforms.
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Erwin Cormimunity Club
School Ai
Ship Theme Of Banquet Program At Croft
Members of the junior senior banquet planning group met at the Community fill Friday evening at six o'clock. The event drew 33 attendees and featured a blue and white decor with the theme The Ship. Toastmistress Helen Hageman led speakers. Doris Ruszke spoke Anchors Aweigh. Supt Finlas spoke the eless will. Arqd Rusche presented class prophecy. Flolen Hageman offered Alaha Oc. Berniece Fuerstenau played Red Sails in the Sunset and a trio sang Alaha Oc. After the banquet a public hanging party followed.
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Croft
M. RB. Finley
Floyd Riginion
Betty Ann Purdy
Mildred Weiseth
Helen Hageman
Doris Ruszke
Supt. Finlas
Arthur Dirksen
Ar Qd Rusche
Flolen Hageman
Berniece Fuerstenau
Alice Rae Costello
Carol Dean Hoover
Bancroft Plans One Day Air Mail Service
Bancroft will host direct air mail pickup during National Air Mail Week. A plane from Huron, piloted by Austin Lytle, will land about 22 15 Thursday to collect local mail, which will be delivered to Huron airliners later that afternoon. The event is organized by Bancroft businessmen and will land near H. J. Muilenburg’s field.
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Bancroft
National Air Mail
Ruth Austin
Huron
Austin Lytle
Mr. Lytle
H. J. Muilenburg
Vital Statistics Report From Hand County May Births and Deaths
Vital statistics for Hand County in May record 13 births and 45 events before the law. Births list 12 named infants in townships including Fairview Alpha Logan Ree Heights Wheaton Ontario and St Lawrence. Deaths include Hans Schroeder May Carl Niederaue Benjamin Bowmar and John Rychiarik with ages 2 months to 72. Marriages and declarations of intention are noted.
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Gspecay
Hand County
Son
Harry J. Schaefers
Fairview Township
James le Roy
Ralph Walton
Alpha Township
Arys Ana
Lewis Hemmingson
Logan
Leo Aesoph
Hyde County
Carolyn Ada
J. Lloyd Phinney
Ree Heights
Richard George
Ralph M. Moore
Miller Delmer Lioyd
Lloyd Campbell
Ohio Township
Wilbur Paul
Harlan A. Meyers
Wheaton Township
Bruce T. Mitchell
Ontario
Joyce Lorenc
Clarence Yost
St. Lawrence
Jerry Wallace
Virgil Allen
Charles Francis
Francis Nelson
Miller
Imelda Maine
Jewel A. Campbell
Hans J¢. Schroeder
May Carl
House Warming For Mr and Mrs Henry Lauing
Members of the Church of Christ sponsored a house warming for Mr and Mrs Henry Lauing on Saturday evening. The event celebrated the couple moving into their new home with neighbors and friends in attendance.
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The
Church of Christ
Henry’ Lauing Satuedar
Bridge Club Luncheon Marks End of Series
The Bridge Club was entertained at a one o'clock luncheon at Mrs F McDaniel's home on Friday May 10 to celebrate the conclusion of the series with the losers hosting the event.
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Blunt
Two Wessington seniors share top scholastic honors
Thelma Topp and Boyd Granberg, eldest daughter of W. A. Topp and youngest son of Mrs. Pearl Granberg, tie for highest scholastic honors in Wessington School history. Both are active in drama, music, and student leadership, with Thelma soloing in glee and operettas and Boyd leading plays and serving on student council. They headline the senior class play Apron String Revolt, set for May 13.
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Wessington
M.y
Thelma Topp
W. A. Topp
Boyd Granberg
Pearl Granberg
Boyd
Thelma
Wessington School
Sro
Girls’ Glee Club
Jarry
Jerigha Road
Fresamaq
Sherthi Boyd
Five hurt as car overturns on Spirit Lake road
Five occupants narrowly escape serious injury when a car driven by Gordon Halvorsen overturned into a ditch on Spirit Lake road north of Bancroft. In the party were Hans Halvorsen, sons Gordon and Andy, and Mrs. Galbraith of De Smet. They were en route to Bancroft for church services when Gordon lost control at the bottom of a hill, the car tipping onto its top and sliding into the ditch. Mrs. Halvorsen suffered a deep cut.
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Bancroft
Spirit Lake Road
Esener
Hans Halvorsen
Gordon
Andy
Galbraith
de Smet
Farm incident leaves two hurt in Bancroft area
One ye and Mr. Halvorsen sustained a wrist injury after an incident at a Bancroft farm. A passer-by found them and took them to the Charles Barber home. The farm appeared intact aside from broken windows.
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Halvorsen
Charles Barber
Bancroft
Syrings Entertain Class Lane High Seniors
The Lane high school senior class was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Syring on Saturday evening. A theatre party preceded a social hour at the Syring home with refreshments served.
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Syrings
Lane
Lane High School
Sunt
M. W. Syring
Syring
Visits family at Blunt Blunt
Special report notes Don and his family visiting Blunt Blunt on May 10 while he is employed on a Hilway construction crew near Phillip. The item highlights the family gathering and work location in a concise local notice.
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Blunt Blunt
Don
Howard
Phillip
Entertain Seniors At Annual Banquet
The junior and senior classes attended the junior senior banquet in the high school auditorium dining room, served by Methodist Ladies Aid. Under Ben Barnes and committees led by Irene Berg and Nathelle Rudd with sponsor Gorman Nelson, the event featured a spring garden theme and a program of readings and songs, followed by hours of dancing in the main auditorium.
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Bon Barn
Ioggsimaster
Paul Dont Uh Lloyd
Margaret Meyer
Bhauileen Hayes
Ted Nigkish
Wiks
Ardit
Lane Seniors Hear Sermon By Folley
The Rev I E Polley pastor of Lane and Woonsocket Methodist Churches delivered the baccalaureate sermon for Lane high school seniors in the school auditorium Sunday evening. Miss Bertha Wahl played the processional and recessional as two juniors led in the graduating class. W A Harden, president of Wessington Springs junior college, gave the benediction. The high school chorus and Miss Winifred Goudie and Miss Bertha Wahl performed.
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Lane
Folley Lane
Revie. A. Polley
Lane and
Woonsocket
Lane High School
Bertha Wah
W. A. Harden
Wessington Springs
Blunt Lane Visit Details Plumbing Plans at Ming Station
Reed Powell and Reed Powell and Mr and Mrs Glenn Randolph of Pierre attended Blunt Lane. Powell and Randolph anticipate installing plumbing in Leeper's Ming station under construction on the new highway.
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Blunt
Reed Powell
Glenn Randolph
Pierre
Blunt Lane
Powell
Randolph
Leeper
Ming Station
Must Curtail Highway Work
South Dakota highway construction plans must be cut back due to tax revenue shortfalls. H Hornbeck says gasoline taxes and license fees underperformed, leaving only about 0.5 million dollars in state funds instead of 4.5 million. Officials note oil-surface project budgets will be revised accordingly.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakotas
H. Hornbeck
Centerville
State Highway Commission
Monda Hornbeck
Chamber of Commerce
L. H. Me
Rapid City
John A. Swenson
Webster
Hornbeck
South Dakota
Frank H.mitchel
Pierre
Commission
Fred H. Schrader
Huron
Demonstrate How To Improve Appearance ORIENT
Mrs Nellie Anderson hosted the Orient Extension Club at her home on a Wednesday afternoon May 10. Mrs G A Digis assisted as members and two guests attended. A demonstration on Look One's Best was given by Mrs Anderson and Mrs Heller followed by a dressed lunch. Gifts were given to Mrs O A Smart and Mrs F E Hutchieson who will soon leave the club.
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Orient
Nellie Anderson
G. A.digis
Orient Extension’ Club
Anderson
Heller
O. A. Smart
F. E. Hutchi Eson
Gets Prison Term For Stealing Suit
Lewis Baird from Hiawatha Kansas received a one year sentence in the South Dakota penitentiary for stealing a suit from Mount Montgomery Ward and Company. He was wearing the suit when arrested, and police noted the case as the first of its kind in the state memory for a shoplifter being sentenced under a burglary statute.
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Sioux Falls
Lewis Baird
Hiawatha
Kan
South Dakota
Mountgomery Ward and Company
Baird
Tax Revenue In April Shows Strong Increases
Pierre May 1 y Large gains in motor fuel beer cigare and liquor revenue for April were reported by State Treasurer W J Hinselman. Gasoline tax receipts totaled 260 43 up 543 from April 1937. Fiscal year to date receipts stood 3 733159 up 2105. Cigarette stamp sales reached 847 708 versus 646 910 a year earlier. Beer stamps yielded 24 584 compared with 27 690 in April. Liquor revenue remained below prior April levels.
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Cigaret Samp
Water Commissioner Miller Reappointed in City
At a recent city council meeting in May 10 William Schroeder was reappointed as water commissioner for a further term. The move outlines continued leadership in the city water department and signals council approval of Schroeder's experience and past performance.
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Miller
William Schroeder
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Hamcroft
Presbyterian Ladies Aid
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Harm
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Lennox
Mra
Harm Buwe
Huronrite State
Chesterfield
Andre Kostelanetz
Ches Erfields
Headas
Balerika
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Firestone Auto Supply and Service Stores
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Huron, S. D
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