Aberdeen Wins National Pedestrian Safety Award 1940
Aberdeen South Dakota earned first place in AAA 1940 National Pedestrian Protection contest in the 10 000 to 50 000 population group for no pedestrian deaths 1938 39 or 1940 and a 0 1 percent drop in injuries in 1940. Watertown placed third with strong safety programs and public schooling on traffic safety.
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Washington
American Automobile Association
Aberdeen
S. D
United States
Watertown
Jackson
Mich
South Dakota
Ath City
Roy L. Emily
South Dakota Automobile Lab
AAA
Department of Public Safety
Aberdeen News
Noedestrians
Rites At Mobridge For Prominent S D Land Speculator
Funeral services were held in Mobridge for A H Brown 79 a leading South Dakota land speculator who died of heart disease. Brown built a vast real estate empire including the Brown Palace Hotel and 40 farms in the Dakotas with holdings in Indiana and Florida. Surviving are three sons six daughters and a stepson.
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Mobridge
A. H. Brown
West
T. E. Nall
Spearfish
Brown
Mr. Brown
Wisconsin
Michigan City
Brown Palace
Dakotas
Indiana
Florida
Arthur Brown
George Disher
Richmond
Ind
Walter D. Brown
Aberdeen
Bob
Tulare High elects student officers for 1941-42
Tulare High School students chose the 1941-42 council with President Jean Otto, Vice President Paul Robber, Secretary-Treasurer Alice Donner, and member Robert Miller. Superintendent Herry Tachetter will advise. Girls' Pep Club elected President Sylvia Steinbis, Vice President Irma Bruchvogel, and Secretary-Treasurer Alice Donner.
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Tulare Tulare
Tulare High Pol
Ean Otto
Paul Roeber
Alice Donner
Robert Miller
Herry Tachetter
Menzbera
Fep Club
Sylvia Steinbis
Irmatee Bruchvogel
Faulkton Announces Dr Weeks to Speak at Commencement
Faulkton will honor seniors with diplomas May 23 at eight o'clock in the Legion Hall. Dr I D Weeks of the University of South Dakota will deliver the commencement address. Valedictorian Gladys Rudine and salutatorian Scotty Barriel lead a class including Evelyn Bass Norvin Banks Raymond Banks and many others.
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Robert Keterling
Orvil Melius
Cecil Ramsdell
Franklin Ramsdell
Gladys Rudine
Dorothy Schilder
Vera Schilder
Marcella Thomas
Fildon Torsey
Kathryn Fiernan
Russel Wahlen
Lloyd Walgamuth
Rodman Hanson
Lawrence Brewer
Gladys
Rudine
Scotty Barriel
Foncannon Post
American Legion
Faulkton High School
Rosenthal
Awards Night Program At Willow Lake
The Willow Lake grade school held its annual music and awards night in the high school auditorium last Tuesday. About 77 students performed under Miss Marian Shuck. High school awards honored work in athletics music and band. grade school awards recognized perfect attendance and scholarship. Citizenship awards went to Annis Forde and Marland Tidemann. Winners in the WCTU contest were Lydia Waldner Gloria Ruer Kathleen Workenthein Calvin Poppen Earl Ohlson. A special WCTU meeting is planned next week at Mrs Pred Peck's home, with Evert Seim among those reading his fel.
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Willow Lake
Marian Shuck
Annis Forde
Marland Tidemann
WCTU
D. Chase
Lydia Waldner
Gloria Ruer
Kathleen Workenthein
Calvin, Poppen
Earl Ohlson
Pred Peck
Evert Seim
Harrold High School exempts students from final tests
Exempt from final exams at Harrold High School included Lucille Kiepke Rosalie and Vivian Anderson Lorraine Wells Dorothy Salathe Shirley Suhn Noma Mist e rik Katherine Nothdurst Willa Nafus and Junior Webb. Tests finished at noon Friday and school dismissed to let teachers finish reports. Farmers Lane mentioning mer ining corn planting project appears garbled in the page.
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Harrold
Harrold High School
Lucille Kiepke
Rosalie
Vivian Anderson
Lorraine Wells
Dorothy Salathe
Shirley Suhn
Noma Misterek
Katherine Nothdurst
Willa Nafus
Junior Webb
Attorney General To Address Wolsey 22 Seniors May 23
Wolsey High School will end the year with 22 seniors and 12 eighth graders at Friday’s commencement. Lee Temmey, South Dakota attorney general, will speak. Music contest participants include Marian Steverwald Bert Jungemann Herb Jungemann Alice Seeley and the girls sextet. Baccalaureate is May 18 at the Presbyterian Church.
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Wolsey
Wolsey High School
Lee Temmey
South Dakota
St. Paul
Marian Steuerwald
Bert Jungemann
Herb Jungemann
Alice Sealey
the Presbyterian Church
Grandpa
Alice Ness
Pave Hoskins
Iris Privett
Alice Seeley
Marlon Steverwald
Bert Jangemann
Roscoe Taylor
Ruth Iverson
Ewald Kohlmeyer
Richard Braun
Evan Prose
Albert Andresen
Clarence Andresen
Beryl Anderson
Phyllis Anderson
Richard Eichstadt
Dale Fritz
Parke Hoskins
Alvin Houck
Bert Dungemann
Ernest Klaschen
Verda Langbehn
Inez Ringheimer
Evelyn Scheibe
Marion Steverwald
Henry Tschetter
Delbert Christopherson
Harriet Fritz
Phyllis Goglin
Phyllis Heitland
Alvira Horn
John Jenks
Luther Jungermann
Marvin Krueger
Robert Langbehn
Beatrice Myers
Wava Prose
Margaret Granholz
Brookings
Huron
Evon Prose
Worker Killed Near Yankton
YANKTON May 16 A WPA worker named Olin Thorson between 45 and 50 died of head injuries after a steel bar was driven into his head by a bolt at a Beaver Creek gravel pit rock crusher. He died en route to Yankton hospital. Survived by his wife. No inquest unless required by WPA per county coroner Dr M Morehouse. About fifteen witnesses.
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Yankton
Olin Thorson
Volin
WPA
Beaver Creek Highway
Thorson
M. Morehouse
Mother's Day Program Sponsored At Orient
The American Legion Auxiliary hosted a Mother's Day program Monday evening at the ALA hall in Orient. Mary Jane Conway delivered the welcome address. Bruce Conway, Maxine Eaton, Marian Davis, and Betty Schaeffers presented solos, with readings by Mrs. J. Eggerling and Mrs. Nicalaysen. The four Eggerling sisters performed, Marge Swertland and Mrs. E. Holischer offered piano solos, and guest of honor Mrs. T. Digman marked her 98th birthday.
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Orient Orient
American Legion Auxiliary
ALA Hall
Mary Jane Conway
Soles
Bruce Conway
Maxine Eaton
Marian Davis
Betty Schaeffers
J. Eggerling
Nicalaysen
Eggerling
Marge Swertland
E. Holischer
T. Digman
Lane Extension Club Elects New Officers
Clover Leaf extension club in Lane elects Bernard Burg as president and J E Kutil as vice president with Martin Schroeder as secretary treasurer at a 1st Tuesday meeting. Seventeen members and one visitor attended. Plans were laid for June 1 achievement day for all clubs. a thanks read to Grandma Johnn for flowers on her 99th birthday.
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Lane
Johnn
Lindebak
E. W. Pata
Arthur Meyers
George Monremith
I Am An American Day Set For May 18
Governor Bushgeld issued a proclamation designating Sunday May 18 as I Am An American Day to honor those who have reached adulthood or become naturalized in the past 32 months, encouraging fuller realization of rights and duties as U S citizens and residents.
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Pierre
BushGeld
United States
Willow Lake to graduate 19 in May ceremony
Willow Lake will hold its commencement May 23 with Dr. Ward L. Miller of Brookings delivering the address as 19 seniors complete four years of high school. Honor students include valedictorian Annie Forde and salutatorian Arlein Rekstad. The program also features baccalaureate May 18, the senior play Going on Seventeen, and diploma awards for eighth graders Janice Holsworth Phylis Lambert Harold Meester Naomi Seim and Willis Waldon.
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Willow Lake
Ward L. Miller
Brookings
Mary Donley
Elaine Fowkes
Annie Forde
Rozella Glanzer
Jol Gully
Harvey Haug
George Holbien
Morris McGeough
Das Meyer
Kenneth Miller
Robert Tibrock
Berneice Olson
Arleinad
Violet Seefeldt
Annie
Arlein Rekstad
Edward Meyer
George Rolborn
Rovzella Glanzer
St. Paul
Janice Holsworth
Phylis Lambert
Harold Meester
Naomi Seim
Willis Waldon
Morland Tidemann
Jack Titus
Robert Tiggelaar
UCC Claims Right To Discharge Employees
In Sioux Falls Irene Westfall seeks to keep her United States Career Credit job amid a dispute over authority to discharge. UCC says Westfall, a junior interviewer, was offered resign or discharge and chose resignation. A preliminary hearing is scheduled May 17 before Circuit Judge John T. Medin after a commission affidavit of prejudice against Judge Lucius J. al.
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Siouuxa Falls
State
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Irene Westfall
Sioux Falls
UCC
Commission
Miss Westfall
Merit System Council
John T. Medin
Supreme Court
Coumisson
Lucius J. al
Man Killed In Crash West Of Gettysburg
Gettysburg May 16 Special A. Tames Warrior was killed Friday of last week when his car left the road near White Horse. The vehicle rolled several times and he became trapped. Leonard Dolphus Indian police chief called the death accidental and said no inquest would be held. Clarence Shaffer was seriously hurt and his car wrecked when it hit a bridge abutment near La Plant. White Horse and La Plant on the Cheyenne Indian Reservation lie west of Gettysburg.
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Gettysburg
White Horse
Leonard Dolphus
Indian Police
Clarence Shaffer
la Plant
Rockham Seniors View Collection of Relics
Rockham High School seniors viewed a collection of Indian relics stones Confederate money and other items gathered since the 1893 world fair. A shark jaw with five sets of teeth shown by A B Linn highlighted the display from Rockham.
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Rockham
A. B. Linn
Rockham High School
Linn
HL Linn
Gulf of Red
Underwriters To Meet Next Week In Brookings
Speaking talent from four states will feature the two day sales congress of the South Dakota Association of Life Underwriters in the Brookings armory Monday and Tuesday. Registration is expected to top 100 as Grant Taggert of the National Association of Life Underwriters presides.
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Brookings
South Dakota Association of Life Underwriters
Brookings Armory
Grant Taggert
National Association of Life Underwriters and Associates
A. R. Ferguson
Watertown
J. Gilbertson
Fargo
North Dakota Association of Life Underwriters
Clark Hanson
Sioux Falls
Equitable Life Assurance Society
George Burt
Pierre
Geraldine G. Fenn
State College Extension Service
H. O. Chapman
Sion Falls
Policyholders National Life Insurance Co
Phil Orchard
Sioux City
Iowa
Iowa Association of Life Underwriters
Andrew
W. Palm
Huron
Arthur S. Mitchell
Bookings
Tennessee WWI Hero Invited to Deadwood VFW Meet
Alvin C York of Tennessee, famed World War I hero, is invited to the Deadwood Department Encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars set for June 15 19. National Commander Joseph C Menendez and VFW Auxiliary President Mrs Mabel Tanner have accepted and will fly to the Black Hills on June 15. York’s home is Pall Mall Tennessee and he may be in Hollywood now.
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Tennessee
Deadwood
VFW
Rapid City
Alvin C. York
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Carl FR. Zul
Joseph C. Menendez
New Orleans
Mabel Tanner
St. Joseph
Black Hills
Rapid City Post
Sgt. York
Pall Mall
Tenn
Hollywood
Gasoline War Causes Arrest in Sioux Falls
Two firing stations at the Baltic corner sparked a gasoline war ending with one operator arrested and the other inspecting damaged property. Deputy Sheriff Leland Dogger and Inge Ruse reported gas and air line damage, sign destruction, and other property harm at Midwest Oil.
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Baltic Corner
Here
Leland Dogger
Inge Ruse
Midwest Oil Ca
Bebe Mae
Traveling Paint Shops Must Pay PIERRE May 16
Attorney General Lea A Temmey advised the state motor patrol to collect truck compensation fees from insurance companies on traveling paint shops. He said painting by landlords and transporting workers and equipment does not constitute farming related property transport. Goetz had noted nonresident firms own farm property and move mobile paint rigs and bunked crews between farms in South Dakota and nearby states.
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Pierre
Lea A. Temmey
State Motor Patrol
South Dakota
Patrol
Goetz
Iowa
Successful Play Is Held At Lake Preston
A large crowd attended the senior play Mrs. Dribbles School for Girls at Lake Preston last Tuesday evening. Paul Hammond played the school janitor and Betty Coulson portrayed Mrs. Dribbles. Geneva Densen and Dean Alseth led the cast with a strong supporting group including Merce des Larson Gail McDougal La Vonte Erie Margie Lacy Robert Harris Basil Tenild and Leslie Gunderson under Halph Heidbrink direction as senior class sponsor.
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Lake Preston
Spe
Eial
la Vonte Erie
Margie Lacy
Robert Harris
Basil Tenild
Leslie Gunderson
Halph Heidbrink
Highway bids open May 27 for state projects
The state highway commission will open bids May 27 for construction projects estimated by engineers at 380 thousand dollars. Work includes 11.767 miles on U S 18 Edgemont to Wyoming line in Fall River County, multiple miles on U S 85A north of Custer, U S 12 west of Milbank, and various sections on State 10 and U S 77. Two railroad crossing signals for Pierre.
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Pierre
State Highway Commission
Fall River County
U.S. 18
Edgemont
Wyoming
Custer County
Custer
Hughes County
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