Homecoming at Springs Friday events in Wessington Springs
WESSINGTON SPRINGS Oct. 12 Special Festivities mark the 12th annual homecoming of Wessington Springs High School. Activities begin at the high school with a city park bonfire and talks by Charles Reedy and Janet Strachan the homecoming king and queen. A 4 p.m. parade featuring four bands and an alumni group will celebrate Jerauld County history. At 2:30 p.m. the Spartans face Platte on the local football field.
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Wessington Springs
Wessington Springs High School
Charles Reedy
Janet Strachan
Queens
Frank Jensen
M. B. Wheeler
Lane
Alpena
Jerauld County
Spartans
Platte Eleven
Hunters Reminded Of Safety Rules For Pheasant Opening
Pierre October 12. South Dakota Safety Council president C L Doherty urged hunters to be safety minded as thousands prepare for the pheasant season opening at noon Saturday. He warned that an empty gun remains the greatest hazard and that guns carried vertically are safest. Discharging empty guns, pulling guns from cars, crawling through fences with guns pointed at self or others, and shooting blindly create the most hazards.
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Pierre
C. L. Doherty
South Dakota Safety Council
Doherty
Spartans Face Toughest Test Of The Year
The evening program will be presented twice to meet demand and features three one act plays plus a king and queen coronation, prize awards for parade floats by Supt. Barrett Lowe, and a vaudeville skit celebrating the gay nineties. Freshman play Her Man directed by Miss Jean Howell. Sophomore Dead Expense directed by Laurence Wendt and Miss Irene Wipt directs the junior When the Cat's Away.
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Barrett Lowe
Jean Howell
Laurence Wendt
Irene
Wipt
Bankers Plan Group Meetings on Wage Law and Earnings
South Dakota Bankers Association outlines annual group meetings starting Saturday with discussions on the federal wage and hour act by H. C. Core of the Minneapolis Fed. George M. Starling directs, with W. C. Rempfer addressing bank earnings and layman speakers on bank outlook. Farm problems to be led by the association’s agricultural committee. Meetings: Group 7 Oct 14 Sylvan Lake Hotel, Group 1 Oct 16 Gregory, Group 3 Oct 17 Mitchell, Group 6 Oct 18 Mobridge, Group 4 Oct 19 Watertown, Group 2 Oct 20 Flandreau, Group 5 Oct 21 Huron.
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South Dakota Bankers Association
George M. Starling
H. C. Core
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
W. C. Rempfer
Park Ston
Association
Agricultural Committee
Sylvan Lake Hotel
Gregory
Mitchell
Mobridge
Watertown
Flandreau
Huron
Proceedings Hustled Along In Trial Of Eight In WPA Case
Eight men face federal charges for allegedly intimidating WPA workers during last July's strike. Judge Fudge M M Joyce warned the defense to limit negative testimony about the university project and threatened blanket testimony. Court hours were extended to speed the trial. The Red Cross reports over 356 million spent on relief and rehabilitation for disaster victims in the past decade.
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Aes Barulid
WPA
Fudge M. M. Joyce
University Project
The
American Red Cross
Moisture Deficiency Reported At Some Dakota Stations
Federal meteorologist B R Laskowski released a South Dakota weather and crops survey showing four of thirteen regularly reporting stations in Huron had moisture deficits. September and nine month totals reveal departures from normal with excess indicators noted where applicable.
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State Weather Bureau
Huron
B. R. Laskowski
South Dakota
Churchill Admits Error On U Boat Chief Capture
Churchill acknowledged error in announcing the capture of a German submarine commander who sent a personal SOS after the torpedoing of the Firby on Sept. 11. Officials later said the prisoner status did not confirm the initial report as stated in Parliament. Also notes Clover Leaf Extension Club meeting a Kitchens improvement demonstration and the death of Stanley Brown in Wichita.
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Munumn
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Churchill
House of Commons
Clover Leaf Club
Lane
Christ Lindebak
Clover Leaf Extension Club
D. G. Magirl
Arthur Meyer
Son Born to Tulare Couple Eitreim of Garretson
Oct 12 report from Tulare states a fourth son was born to Mr and Mrs George Eitreim of Garretson. Mrs Eitreim, formerly Esther Binger of Tulare, is the mother.
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Tulare
George Eitreim
Garretson
Eitreim
Esther Binger
Yale guests from Wichita and Aberdeen visit Haynes home
Mrs Myrtle Bobier of Wichita Kansas and R Ward of Aberdeen visited Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs George Haynes in Yale. The social call highlighted local hospitality as residents hosted guests from distant cities.
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Yale Yale
Myrtle Bobier
Wichita
Kan
4. R. Ward
Aberdeen
George Haynes
Baptists Ban War Propaganda From Minnesota Pulpits
Minnesota Baptist ministers adopted a resolution barring pulpits from being used as agents for war propaganda. They also urged Thanksgiving on the traditional last Thursday of November and opposition to liquor and gambling. G Arvid Haostrom was re elected president. J W Debuhr named vice president. A slate of trustees from Duluth Albert Lea and other communities was chosen.
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Uch
Ph Baptist
Minnesota
State Baptist Assembly
G. Arvid Haostrom
Junior College of
St. Paul
State Association
J. W. Debuhr
Albert Lea
John R. Pennington
D. D. Kennedy
Duluth
Ray B. Larson
Little Fails
H. C. Hanson
G. W
Godell
Worthington
Floyd B. Sorenson
Mankato
Harden BR
Bloomyquist
Virginia
E. F. Finstrom
Minneapolis
Sioux Falls College
Managing Editors of AP Papers Open National Conference
The eighth annual meeting of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association opens in New York for a three day forum. About 1,400 AP newspapers are represented. N. R. Howard of the Cleveland News chairs. The European war dominates the agenda with round table discussions on world-wide news operations led by Kent Cooper and Byron Price.
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New York
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Associated Press
Editors Association
N. R. Howard
Cleveland News
Europe
Kent Cooper
Byron Frice
Bloomenrader Family News Heads Home from Cresco
Mr and Mrs P G Bloomenrader returned from Cresco Iowa where they visited Mrs Bloomenrader’s brother. Another brother Bert Strawn of Chico California is now visiting at the Bloomenrader home.
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Iowa Highmore
P. G. Bloomenrader
Cresco
Bloomenrader
Bert Strawn
Chico
Calif
Expect Big Cuts In Corn Acreage October Forecast
Washington October crop report shows a total corn supply around 3,078,000,000 bushels with a record carryover and a 48,000,000 bushel surplus above the quota. Officials say farmers may face substantial planting reductions next year though the quota referendum remains off the table. The crop control plan set total corn acreage near 94,000,000 this year with about 41,000,000 acres planted.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Wallace
Midwestern Corn Area Sees Acreage Reallocation
Crop officials reported 000,000 acres apportioned among counties in the midwestern commercial corn region. They said the 1940 program could trim the planting goal to about 90,000,000 to 92,000,000 acres.
Social Security Board Funds SD UCC Program This Year
South Dakota was assured full aid from the social security board to finance the state unemployment compensation commission’s activities through year end. The board approved a $48,333.37 grant, supplementing an emergency $10,000 grant from Sept. 29 to resume services after a shutdown due to lack of funds.
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South Dakota
Social Security Board
State Unemployment Compensation Commission
Small Boy Killed by Truck in Lake City
Rolland Brandsrud, aged 6, died in Lake City on Tuesday when he slipped beneath the wheels of a truck driven by O. T. Jorgenson near the schoolhouse as he attempted to climb onto the vehicle. The accident is ruled accidental.
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Lake City
Rolland Brandsrud
O. T. Jorgenson
Manchester Fig Cookies Two Pound Boxes Sell Friday
Two pound boxes of Manchester Fig Cookies will be sold Friday and Saturday at 19 cents per box. Also this weekend Blue Heaven Sweet Peas one pound one ounce cans offered at three for 25 cents.
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Virginia
Ohio
Manchester
Libby
Lux
Armour’s
Armor’s
Fairmont
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