Consolidation of UCC and State Merit System Moves
Aberdeen reports the unemployment compensation commission consolidates with the state merit system council to select junior stenographic openings from merit system registers. Applicants must file by December 1 with Howard Selvigy in Pierre. Salary ranges noted, and future clerks may be drawn from the merged registers. The 1940 census shows more urban women than men aged 20 to 24.
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Aberdeen
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Council
UCC
State Employment Service
Merit Sysem Council
State Department of Social Security
State Board of Health
The
Employment Service
Federal
Social Security
Merit System Council
Giles W. Anderson
State Board of Health and Saving Security Department
Decemer
Howard C. Selviky
Merit System
Pierre
Selvig
Anderson
Fort
State Council
Miller OES officers elected at Crescent Chapter No 4
Miller November 26 special report states Mrs A B Cahalan was elected worthy matron of Crescent Chapter No 4 OES with officers including L T Jarmuth as worthy patron Mrs Kenneth Gard associate matron Archie Collins associate patron Elizabeth Vermersen secretary O H Fick treasurer Mrs O A Jones conductress Mrs Ralph Erb associate conductress Mrs A C Jones. Installation ceremonies will be held at the last meeting in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OES
Miller ‘Miller
A.B. Cahalan
Crescent Chapter No. 4
Kenneth Gard
Archie Collins
Elizabeth Vermersen
O. H. Fick
Ralph Erb
A. C. Jones
Transfusions Now Used For Animals
Pierre November 26 Special. Veterinary transfusions save dogs and farm animals from diseases such as cattle scours and poisoning. The American Foundation for Animal Health reports dogs can endure multiple transfusions with little effect and that maternal blood transfusions help colts with naval ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
American Foundation For Animal Health
Gettysburg Artist Unveils Jedediah Smith Painting
Dean Neuman of Gettysburg unveiled a mural like painting of Jedediah Smith at the Dakota Wesleyan chapel as a gift to the class of 1941. Neuman, a Chicago Art Institute student who studied under Grant Wood, depicted a murky river scene on a boat deck near Mo bridge where he prayed for fallen soldiers’ souls.
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Gettysburg
Jedediah Smith
Dean Neuman
Dakota Wesleyan Chapel
Muraky
Lou Kotas
Mobridge
Chicago Art Museum
Grant Wood
Miller juniors stage comedy The Adorable Age
Miller High School junior class presents a three act comedy The Adorable Age in the auditorium December 2 and 3 with shows at eight o'clock Rehearsals are under Mellis Nelson with cast Barbara Bridenbaugh Dorothy Winegar Dwight Hail Marion Schroeder Roger Benning Deverne Danburg Colleen Sutton Phyllis Danburg and Ed Meyer.
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Miller
Miller High School
Mellis ‘Nelson
Barbara Bridenbaugh
Dorothy Winegar
Dwight Hail
Marion Schroeder
Roger Benning
Deverne Danburg
Colleen Sutton
Phyllis Danburg
Ed Meyer
Local Notes From Huron And Surrounding Towns
Neighborhood items report visits and social events across Huron and nearby towns. Residents hosted dinners and entertainments, travelers departed for Mitchell and Wyoming, births announced, and local schools, churches, and clubs arranged programs and meetings with multiple named families and places in South Dakota and nearby states.
Extension Meeting Notes At Humming Bee Club
Cavour November 26 special report shows Hight and members present at the Humming Bee Extension Club meeting held at Mrs Herman Rich home. Mrs Christ Walz presided. Mrs Earl Haigh reviewed Giants of the Earth and Mrs Charles Lemke spoke about Farm and Home Week in Brookings. Mrs E Shultz reviewed flag rules.
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Cavour
Hight
Humming Bee
Reid
E. Shultz
Births Highlight October in Hand County Records
Miller November 26 special report lists eighteen October births in Hand County the highest in three and a half years plus twenty seven delayed birth records. Five deaths and six marriages were recorded with multiple specific birth parentage lines in Miller Rockham and Orient.
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Garland Eliott
Miller
Simon J.menning
Charles Yost
Ray Arbogast
Ray E. Medeck
Robert Benz
William Ray Ehrich
Rockham
Theodore Stahl
Ralph Passage
Grace May de Geest
Ree Heights
William W. Ruzicky
Elsie Neundert
George Welff
Helen Martha Crawser
Philip
Raymond C. Sinclair
Geraldine M. Hinker
Wayne G. Sheaper
Lorraine E. Danburg
Giles Gruenwald
Marion E. Rogers
Theodore R. Ahrens
Hazel Harvey
Gettysburg Couple Mark 58th Anniversary at Farm Home
Mr and Mrs Jacoby Mode celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary at their Potter County farm near Gorman. Mode, 81, walks two miles daily and the couple migrated with six children twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild from Grayville in 1909.
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Gettysburg
Jacoby Mode
Gorman
Potter County
Mode
Grayville
Blamed for Accident in Sioux Falls Area Fatality
A coroner's jury held Eldon Lapour of Geddes responsible for the death of Wendell Overocker of Sioux Falls in a highway crash north of the Buffalo trading post on November 16. The verdict cites careless and negligent driving by Lapour as the cause.
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Sioux Falls
Eldon Iapour
Geddes
Wendell Overocker
Buffalo Trading Post
Overocker
Lapour
New Leader Elected as Central South Dakota Beachmasters
Glenn A Shaw of Iroquois was elected president of the Central South Dakota Beachmasters Association at a dinner in the Marvin Hughitt Hotel. Also chosen were Calvin Engel vice president Keith Weittenhiller secretary treasurer Eric Jungeman John Christanson Harold Ashbaugh and John Norris as district directors. Next meeting set for January 17.
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Glenn A. Shaw
Iroquois
Central
Willow Lake School Announces Thanksgiving Vacation
Willow Lake officials announce a two day Thanksgiving holiday at Willow Lake school this week. Teachers will be assigned to various locations: Supt. Price at Wessington Springs, G. D. Miller at Huron, Miss Stiles at Wessington Springs, Miss Dickhoff at Wessington Springs, Miss Farrell at Plankinton, Mrs. Reich at Olivet, Mr. Groenveld at Howard, Miss Wilson at Roscoe.
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Willow Lake
Supt. Price
Wessington Springs
G. D. Miller
Huron
Stiles
Dickhoff
Miss Farrell
Plankinton
Mrs. Reich
Olivet
Groenveld
Howard
Wilson
Roscoe
Band Association Meeting at Hitchcock
Members of the Hitchcock band association met Friday afternoon with eight present at the school. A Red Cross membership was voted. The marching bells and mellophone purchased by the group are now in use under director Mrs. Mary Kuestermeyer. Reggie Armstrong, Dorothy Alger, and Elwood Le Grand performed solos and a reading. Lunch was served by Mrs. L Skarin and Mrs. Alva Le Grand.
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Hitchcock
Band Association
Red Cross
Mary Kuestermeyer
Horr
Reggie Armstrong
Dorothy Alger
Bertha
Armstrong
Elwood
le Grand
Blue stamp redemptions total over seventy thousand in Midwest
A November Midwest report shows September blue stamp redemptions totaling 73 020 50 in South Dakota Indiana Illinois Town Kansas Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Ohio Wisconsin and other states 959 000 participants received stamps worth 2 510 000 with gas cereal vegetables fruit and other items driving a broader agricultural market and public assistance reach Meanwhile Minneapolis reports above average business conditions in South Dakota due to food crops from a Civic & Commerce bulletin following a weeklong survey with the SD Retail Hardware Association
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Brookings
Mid
Surplus Marketing Administration
Mid-Western
South Dakot
Indiana
Niiinois
Town
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
South Dakota
Civic & Commerce Association
S. D
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