Indians Excel In Handicrafts At Pine Ridge and Rosebud
Native South Dakota craftsmen from Pine Ridge and Rosebud schools are turning clay into vases and bowls with motor-driven wheels and modern kilns. Sioux youth and adults weave scarves and belts, using quill decorations and bright hues. Bruce Doyle guides ceramics classes and signs each piece with creator name and pine ridge motif.
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Pine Ridge
Rosebudool
South Dakota
Bruce Doyle
Aged Woman Honored At Family Reunion
A Thanksgiving style social item lists Mrs Wettstein turning 242 in December and being honored at a family reunion and dinner at Roy Funk’s home with daughters and relatives from Aberdeen Minneapolis and Watertown. Other notes mention Willow Lake residents moving to Milbank and a farewell party for Mrs Gordon Davis, plus various visits and local events. Sumatra noted as the world’s sixth largest island with 160000 square miles.
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Conde
Ie Wettstein
al Ty
Roy Funk
inied_doe Wettstein
Faith
Mala
Aberdeen
Ray Wett
Minneapolis
Frances Irs
A. J. Rogers
Kate ‘Irs
Vera Hearman
Anto Wettstein
Frank Wettstein
Willow Lake
George C. Berlong
Willow
Milbank
Erry
Memnbers
Homemakers Extension
Cha
Gordon Davis
Watertown
Huron Professor Gets Appointment To Army Air Corps
Dr. Max I. Bowman head of the chemistry department at Huron College has been named assistant chemist in organic chemistry for the Army Air Corps at Wright Field Dayton Ohio. He and Mrs Bowman plus their daughter Sharon Lynn will travel by car to Dayton around November 15 with visits en route to his parents in Greencastle Indiana and Mrs Bowmans parents in Minneapolis. The position marks a professional advancement.
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Max I. Bowman
Huron College
Army Air Corps
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Bowman
Sharon Lynn
Flashes of Life and Oddities From Various Cities
A mosaic of light local items includes a Louisville shopper joking about charging purchases at a free parking lot, a Wapato hunter catching two pheasants with his hands, a Denver forester bitten while protecting his terrier from a coy ote, a Nebraskan converting a wagon tongue into a 12 gauge shotgun to kill geese, and Sioux Falls officials proposing a public safety division after predicting 960 traffic accidents in 1939.
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Sioux Falls
J. W. Galvin
City Commission
Police Department
Woonsocket School Carnival Friday
The Woonsocket High School presents its 15th annual carnival at the school building Friday. Two stage shows, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and The Follies of 1940, run at 9 pm and after the coronation. Candidates vote for carnival queen by one cent per vote with Honie Rose Gensicher Laurietta Johnson Darlene Hart and Mary Forbes as nominees. Side shows offer evening entertainment.
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GP Emsunes
Suv
Sleepy Hollow
Woonsocket
Honkie Rose Gensicher
Lauretta Johnson
Darlene Hart
Mary Forbes
Miller City to Resurface 40 City Blocks
Miller city council approved a plan to resurface about 40 blocks in the main areas with two coats of road oil and one coat of fine gravel and sand. Estimated cost to property owners runs up to 10 cents per front foot for oil and five cents for gravel, with a formal adoption vote set for November 6.
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Miller City
Miller
Birthday party for Theodore Johnson turns 60
Relatives and friends gathered at the Theodore Johnson home on Monday evening to help Mr. Johnson celebrate his 60th birthday. The evening was spent socially and refreshments were served.
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Erwin
Theodore Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Entertain Ladies Aid Cordially at Church Parlor
Mrs Earl Baertsch and Mrs EW Schultz hosted the Lad ies Aid division at the church parlors on Wednesday afternoon. A seven pound daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Walter Hassebrock Monday evening.
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Ladies Aid Corde
Earl Baertsch
EW. E .Schultz
Ladies Aid Division
Erwin
Walter Hassebrock
Essay contest awards offered by YVFW auxiliary
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars posts a $2,000 prize for essays on The Benefits of Democracy. First prize is $1,000. Open to any high school student. Essays 300 to 1,000 words. Preliminary contests end before Feb 22. Information from local VFW Auxiliary units or state leaders Myrtle Winesburg or Helen Anderson.
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Myrtle Winesburg
Madison
Helen Anderson
Lemmon
Miller Declamation Contest Advances In Miller
For two weeks 31 Miller high school declamatory students have trained. A preliminary contest selected 12 for a local event next week, with four advancing to the district contest on November 20. Each participant earns one fourth of a curricular credit under Miss Alice Scott.
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Miller
Alice Scott
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