University Women Embrace Physical Education Program
At the University of South Dakota sixty percent of women enrolled in the 1936 37 academic year joined the physical education program. The W A A coordinates activities from field hockey to archery and swimming with a four member staff led by Gladys E Leonard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard
Elizabeth Reeder
Noama Lang+hhout
Dorothy Anderson
Women’s Athletic Association
Atletico
Wh AL AL Students Central
Agnes Cassidy
Lake Andes
Gertrude Williamson
Rapid Cite
Payilis Hepmer
Vilas
Maney Sparks
Sioux City
Jews
Doris Lathrop
Vermillion
Mary Dunlap
Marjorie Zvanson
Camp Crook
Bonestee
Waek
Berhite Marti
Dorothy Syring Honored At Farm Shower
A shower for Miss Dorothy Syring was held May 15 at the farm home of Mrs. Alfred Syring. She plans to leave for Los Angeles next month to marry William Meleil, a former Tulare resident. Miss Frad and Miss Radke of Bonilla assisted in presenting gifts as guests helped with lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Syring
Wellington
Alfred Syring
Syring
Los Angeles
William Meleil
Tulare
Alice Frad
Gretchen Radke
Bonilla
Miss Syring
Mrs Seeley Visits Rebekahs At Miller
Mrs Laura Seeley of Huron, assembly president of the Rebekah Lodge, visited the local St Lawrence Judge chapter in Miller in the latter part of the week. Mrs Sutley stayed with Mrs Will Collins during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seeley
Rebekahs
Miller Miller
Laura Seeley
Huron
Rebekah
St. Lawrence
Wise
Sutley
Will Collins
Hand County to Begin Tuberculosis Herd Testing Soon
A department of agriculture notice states compulsory TB testing for herds will start in Hand County shortly after May 2, with the May 18 Poppy Day event organized by the American Legion Auxiliary and Girl Scouts led by Ms Hulda Orta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hand County
Miller
Department of Appiculture
Blunt
Focal Ait
American Legion Auxiliary
Clover Lest
Girl Scouts
Poppits
Shittey Crissy
Kathleen Leeper
Kem Farlow
Dorothy Westlund
Mes
Hulda Orta
Home Economics Class Hosts Faculty and Board Members Dinner
The May 18 event featured a free course dinner hosted by the Home Economics class for school faculty school boards and their wives.
Local Extension Clubs Host Showers Haltingly Listed
May 11 special notes a kitchen shower honoring Louis Heezen at Mrs Ed Shaw home. May 18 Miller Extension Club to meet at Mrs M C Juhl home with Mrs Florence Van Rosendale assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heezen Ames
Merry Workers Extension Club
Louis Heezen
Hirs
Ed Shaw
Miller Clus
Miller
Miller Extension Club
M. C. Juhl
Florence van Rosendale
Poppy Day Urged by American Legion Auxiliary Chair
Minna Clucker, publicity chair, urged buying poppies Saturday for Poppy Day. The sale funds veterans in hospitals and honors World War sacrifices, as the Auxiliary promotes remembrance of those who served and the disabled veterans still seeking care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minna
Clucker
American Legion Auxiliary
Frances
Europe
Children Burned In Accident Near Miller
Miller May 18 Special two young children burn injuries from a heating stove explosion at a grandmother’s home. The infants aged teen months and two years were exposed after kerosene and kindling were placed on cold ashes. They were taken to Miller hospital for several days of care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller Miller
Charles Yost
Roy Campbell
Miller
Orvilla Campbell
Miller Hospital
Turton Classmates Share Birthdays In School Feature
Three Turton High School pupils born on February 7 1920 are Clem Becker a sophomore and Luella LaBrie and Marie Rahm. In 1933 two seniors Tone Blanchétte and Jean Bovee share the birthday March 1 1916 with Blanchétte the salutatorian and Bovee the valedictorian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turton
Turton High School
Clem Becker
Luella LaBrie
Marie Rahm
Tone ‘Blanchétte
Jean Bovee
Ian
Memorial Speaker Named For Preston Lake Remembrance
Dr Clemens Granskau president of Augustana College has been chosen to speak at Preston Lake memorial events on Memorial Day Plans for the program remain unfinished following the Preston High School and cemetery ceremonies Legion and Auxiliary members will picnic at the Legion home after the events
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granska
Preston Lake -Freston
Clemens Granskau
Augustana College
Legion and
Auxary
Legion
Crops Improve As Preston Gets Rain
A half inch of rain fell Friday night in Lake Preston boosting alfalfa, rye, and small grain. Farmers report lush pastures and a bountiful crop outlook as corn planting continues and some switch to higher acreage follows the favorable harvest moisture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Stich Bountiful Marture
WCTU Convention Set for Frankfort May 21
The district convention of the WCTU will meet at the Local Methodist Church in Frankfort on Friday May 21 starting at 10:00 am A free dinner will be served at noon The state president Mrs Flora Mitchell will deliver an address in the afternoon and a program will be presented in the evening
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WCTU
Frankfort Frankfort
W. Ctan
Flora Mitchell
Ocd
Victor E Olson Dies In Sioux Falls
Victor E Olson a 66 year old mercantile store operator died at his home Sunday after a year long illness He had lived in Sioux Falls 53 years Surviving are the widow two sons two daughters and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor E. Olson
Sioux Falls
Crops Look Good In Blunt Vicinity
The Blunt area reports 1.4 inches of rain this month with three windy dusty days. Showers and some hail affected surrounding territory. Grain looks well and soil is in excellent condition. Pastures green with some weed issues from recent droughts. Grazing planted is unusually large despite late spring and tighter seed loans. Farmers buying little feed beyond cattle and work animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blunt
Huron Students Honored at AISDU Honors Convocation
Herbert Christen Ross Oviatt and George Schmidt, University of South Dakota students from Huron, were honored at the annual May convocation. Christen won the Delta Sigma Pi scholarship key for top overall scholarship in the School of Business Administration. Schmidt and Oviatt received First National Bank of Vermillion awards for excellence in intercollegiate debating. Schmidt, a sophomore, is Tau Kappa Alpha and Delta Tau Delta. Oviatt, a freshman, is Delta Tau Delta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Christen
Ross Oviatt
George Schmidt
University of South Dakota
Huron
Christen
Delta Sigma
School of Business Administration
Delta Sigma Pi
Ad Kappa Sigma
Schmidt
Oviatt
First National Bank of Vermillion
College For Arts and Sciences
Tau Kappa Alpha
Delta Tau Delta
College of ‘Arte and Sciences
Neighbors Help G D Gehring Ahead of Planting
Friends and neighbors gathered at G D Gehring’s home Friday to plow and plant his corn land while Gehring lay in a Rochester Minnesota hospital awaiting improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock
G. D. Gehringer
Senator Hitchcock Seeks Early Action On Beadle Statue
South Dakota Senator Hitchcock asks the Senate Library Committee for prompt consideration of a resolution to authorize a statue of General William Henry Harrison Beadle in Statuary Hall. The piece notes education officials will present the likeness, while other SD figures discuss Supreme Court reorganization and local water projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hitchcock
Gen
Beadle
South Dakota
Bylow
Senate Library Committee
William Henry Har’reon Bentie
Statuary Hall
Congress
Butow
Supreme Court
S Supreme Court
Fatanes
New York
Pennsylvania
Bulow
Turton Holds Graduation Asks Students to Do What They Want
Turton on May 18. South Dakota Educational Association official N E Steele addressed the class of 10 in Turton. Diplomas were given by Loren Ewing. awards went to Frances Thome for band and piano, Marie Troske for citizenship, and eighth grade certificates to Esther Gleason, Henry Bissell, Charles Wilson, Genevieve Blanchette, Max Harvey, and LaVerne Pembroke. Basketball awards were also announced for multiple students, including Captain Rollie Fey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Gunderson
Turton
Frances Thome
Henry Bissell
Marie Troske
Esther Gleason
Charles Wilson
Genevieve Blanchette
Max Harvey
Sioux Falls Man Ben J Olson Dies at 67
Ben J Olson 67 an investment firm manager died in a local hospital after a brief illness. A native of Norway he lived in Sioux Falls 30 years after moving from Cayuga Maryland. Survived by his widow four sons two daughters and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben L. Olson
Sioux Falls
Ben J. Olson
Mr. Olson
Cayuga, M.D
Norway
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WAA
Department
Iate
Roy C. Davis
Marshall
Maude Adams
Jefferson
Theo
Feistner
Julius
T.N. Tychren
Gursta
Mars. Miller
Marg
Howard Miller
Home Extension Club
Christian Endeavor Society
Whitney
Hom Frankfort
Mire
Ed Whitney
Orpha Bridgeman
Chester
Neb
Frankfort
Methodist Church
Agnee’ Alderson
AISDU
Christen, Oviatt and
University
C. V. Warene
John C. Page
Reclamation Bureau
House Committee
Interior Department
Belle Fourche
Farm Credit Administration
C. R. Prekard
Credit Union Branch
The
FCA
Geyerman
WEA Res
Standard
Standard ‘Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
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