Beadle County Scrap Drive Aims To Save A Soldier
Beadle County campaigners urge farmers and townspeople to gather scrap metal and paper for the November 1 and 2 pickup days. The national drive seeks 500 pounds per farm, Beadle County targeting about 400 tons total. Salvage chairman C H Sinclair stresses every bit helps and cites a war letter about a tiny tin tube bandages life.
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Yankata Victory
Beadle’ County
Beadle County
C. H. Sinclair
County Salvage Committee
Huron
Sinclair
War Production Board
Joe
Pep Extension Club Opens Fall Activities
The Pep Extension Club held its first fall meeting with Vivian Col dier leading singing and presenting music highlights. Members outlined the year’s reading, received books from the Pierre library, and discussed canning issues. Dues were set at 12 cents, a national war fund donation approved, and monthly meetings planned.
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Pep Extension Club
Iyena Cotton
Sincing
Vivian Coldier
Pierre
Pep Sisters
National War Fund
Nellie McLoughlin
Laura Campbell
Esther Arboast
Laura Robison
Esther Arbogast
Rules On Liability Of School District Under New Measure
In Pierre on October 22, Attorney General Mickelson ruled that the 1943 law on tuition and transportation applies to fourth year students even if the district dropped a high school to a three year curriculum. It said full transportation benefits must be paid per family and that a maximum monthly charge of nine dollars can be billed to the home district for each month a pupil attends school in another district.
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M. C
Cunningha
Highmore
Hines
Attend Funeral of Mrs Ethel Rhoten
Osceola reports funeral services held for Mrs Ethel Jane Rhoten 55 in Elk Point on Saturday October 16. She leaves five daughters and six sons including Mrs Ving Brewer Osceola Mrs Helen Calkins Lincoln Nebraska Mrs Lula Lessman Lincoln Nebraska Mrs Elsie Hart Great Bend Kansas Eunice May at home Wayne Rhoten Runnels Iowa Myron Milwaukee Ernest in the Armed Forces Richard William Jr and John at home.
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Osceola
Lew. Biever
Wayne
Larry Joe
Elk Point
Ethel Jane Rhoten
Biever
Elsie Hart
Great Bend
Kan
Eunice May
Wayne Rhoten
Runnels
Myron
Milwaukee
Ernest
Richard
William, Jr
John
South Dakotans Exchange Prisoners In War Row
The Rev Dr George D Wilder and his wife, longtime Congregational missionaries in China, are among Japanese prisoners repatriated to the United States. Details trace their transfer from a Japanese ship to the Swedish ship Gripsholm on Oct 19, with expected arrival in New York late November. Their South Dakota ties and Yankton College connections are noted.
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America
U. S
George D. Wilder
China
South Dakota
West
Wilder
Huron
Dakota Territory
Yankton College
Visi
Ted
Joseph Ward
Gripsholm
Portuguese India
Cape Horn
Rio de Janeiro
New York
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Nabisco
National Biscuit Company
Crete
Hallowe'en
Delicious Harvest
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RED Owl
Gwirt's
Brookfield
ALEVA
Rouse
Hershey
Pillsbury
Mott’s
Harvest Queen
HILEX
Windex Glass Cleaner
Scotties
Lighthouse Cleanser
Boraxo
Zal
Oz. al
Sqwest
Jonathans
Wizdom
Macaroni
Pou Am le
Far East
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