Watermelon Day draws 15000 to 18000 at Lake Preston
Lake Preston hosts the annual Watermelon Day on Labor Day with Governor Leslie Jensen headlining a 1 30 pm program at the tourist park. 15 000 to 18 000 are expected as Stone Falls Canaries face Fairbury in a keen league baseball clash.
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Lake Preston
EK. Hesby
Commercial Club
Leslie Jensen
Stone Falls Canaries
Fairbury
Nebraska
Ball Park
H. B. Ashbaugh
Springs High School opens with 24 total enrollment
Wessington Springs High School started the new term with 24 students enrolled. Freshmen number 80, sophomores 65, juniors 64, seniors 45. Grade school enrollment is 131. Three new high school faculty join Merrit Talsma, Mervin Wheeler, and Jean Howell. New grade school staff include Lorrain Swenson, Gladys Kunze, and Alice Roebeck.
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Springs
Wessington Springs
Merrit Tals+ma
Mervin Wheeler
Boxcar Honeymooner Sentenced Five Years
Lester Masengarbe, 24, Britton youth, pleaded guilty to adultery after an alleged boxcar relationship with a single woman. A rape charge was dropped. He had separated from his wife but said they remained legally married. The judge gave a five year penitentiary term. Arlene Hamre’s status in juvenile court was not announced. Miss Alice Keith and Miss Helen Croes were noted for hosting a guest in Wellington before moving to Onida and Miles City.
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Aberdeen
Lester Asengarde
Howard Babcock
Masengarbe
Brampton
N.D
Kidder
Miles City
Mont
Arlene Hamre
Lennox
Wrachers
Wellington
Alice Keith
Canton
Helen Crores
Onida
Keith
Miss Croes
Mishops Entertain Iroquois Family Gathering Recalls Guests
Mishops entertained at a family gathering with attendees C M Wolf and family from Zion Illinois Mes F D Hawkins Ed Cordey and Jar from Sioux Falls Mr and Mrs E H Corley Esmond RF Wolf and family Carthage and Miss Marguer Corley of Huron Also a separate note reports a special Home Extension Club meeting in Rockham planning future plays and social events.
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Mishops
Iroquois
Ity
Mes
P. B. Bishop
C. M. Wolf
F Zion
Tlinois
Ed Cordey
Jar
Sioux Falls
E. H. Corley
Esmond
RF. Wolf
Carthage
Mur-garer Corley
Huron
Rockham
Clyde Barton
Yale
Tulare
W. O
Tolman
Albert Antonson
Edward ‘Toman
Granite Falls
Minn
Oscar Olson
Ldlman
EF. Krupka
Rapid City teacher visits Rockham and beyond
Sept 4 Special report notes Mrs Selina Soga of Rothsay Minnesota formerly taught at Rockham High School and now serves as an instructor at Rapid City High School. Also, Bancroft principal Joseph Khiusasser resigns this week as the school board reviews applicants for a replacement.
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Rapid City Rockham
Selina Soga
Rothsay, Minn
Rockham High School
Trapid City
Rapid City High School
Bancroft
Joseph Khiusasser
Bancroft School
Custard Family Heads to Oregon for Portland and Salem
Mr and Mrs Roscoe Custard and Grandma Costello left Thursday for Oregon. Custards plan to settle in Portland while Costello will visit a sister in Salem.
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Oregon
Bancroft
Roscoe Custard
Grandma Costello
Oreaker
Mrs. Custard
Portland
Mrs. Costello
Salem
Muté Editor Visits Kingsbury for Data on 100000 Mile Research
Ralph Kennedy Bradford of Indiana, a deaf mute hitchhiker, travels with 12 scrap books weighing 70 pounds as he gathers material for a planned book. He has visited 4,501 cities across Nova Scotia, Cuba, Mexico, Canada, Panama, Hawaii, and 65,425 miles so far, aiming for 100,000 miles before publishing Treaded Travels for an Education. On March 4, 1936, he was featured by Robert L. Ripley.
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Lake Preston
Ralph Kennedy Bradford
de Smet
South Dakota
Nova Scotia
Cuba
Mexico
Canada
Panama
Hawaii
Robert L. Ripley
Eyster Named New Botany Head at University of South Dakota
Clyde Eyster, appointed head of the University of South Dakota botany department by President I D Weeks, will replace Orlin Biddulph who resigned. Eyster holds a BA in biology from Bucknell (1932) and a PhD in botany from Illinois (1985).
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Botany
Orlin
Biddulph
H. Clyde Eyster
University of South Dakota
I. D. Weeks
Eyster
Place Orlin Biddulph
Bucknell University
University of Ilinois
University of Minoiy
Tlingis
Carnecies Institution
Cold Spring Harbor
Long Island
Miineix
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Phi Sigma
Sigma Xi
Botanical Society of America
State Excise Tax Collections Increase in August 1937
Revenue from liquor and beer licenses and stampa dur ing August 1937 totaled 110,773.71, with liquor licenses at 42,069.63 and stamps at 68,704.08. increases reflect a 50 percent liquor tax rise and 60 percent beer tax rise, while cigaret taxes came to 59,856.54, down from 64,216.24 in August 1936 per Treasurer W. H. Hinselman.
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Pierre
W. H. Hinselman
Wagner Baby Born in Owanka on Aug 6
Special notice confirms the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Jake Wagner of Owanka South Dakota on August 6. The child was named Donald Clarence.
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Wolsey
Jake Wagner
Owanka
S. D
Donald Clarence
Yale Visitor Spends Week With Sister in Griswold
Mrs John Dickey of Griswold Iowa spent a week at the Yale home of her sister Mrs W L Iogh.
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YALE
John Dickey
Griswold
Iowa
W. 1. Ogh
Return from Rochester Bancroft Mayo Clinic visit
Mrs Earl Purintun and son Stanley returned from Rochester Minnesota after three weeks at the Mayo Clinic where Stanley received treatment for a broken arm. Misa Bertha Purintun departs for Minneapolis to spend winter with her sister. The Progressive Study Club met at Mrs John Bentson with roll call Vacation Echoes and papers on Flowers and Readers Digest.
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Rochester
Bancroft
Earl Purintun
Stanley
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Misa Bertha Purintun
Minneapolis
John Baldridge
Alpena
Progressive Study Club
John Bentson
J.D. Evans
Jesson
McWilliams
Visit in West Yals. Sept. 4 special
Mr and Mrs Henry Derchied Bob and Dick Pratt spent the weekend in Philip with their brother James Pratt and Mr and Mrs Derehied spent several days with friends at Kadoka and Interior. Mr and Mrs Jule Delvaux and two sons accompanied them as far as Ree Heights where his brother Frank lives.
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Yals
Henry Derchied
Bob
Dick Pratt
Philip
James Pratt
Special Train To Legion Gathering Leaves Mitchell Friday
South Dakota Legionnaires will travel to the New York convention on a special train leaving Mitchell at 1:30 p.m. Friday September 17 with stops at Aberdeen Huron Wolsey Yankton Rapid City and Sioux Falls. The train will include air conditioned coaches sleeping cars and dining cars and return service arrives in Mitchell September 23. South Dakota headquarters will be at the Governor Clinton Hotel.
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Legion Gathering
Mitchell
S. D
South Dakota
Yankton
Rapid City
Sioux Falls
New York
Mitchel
Wolsey
McDermott
Chicago
New York City
Governor Clinton Hotel
Parade and session notices from metropolitan area
The official parade is set for Tuesday September 2 starting at 9 a.m. South Dakota will take fourteenth place in the parade. The American Legion Auxiliary will hold sessions at the Astor Hotel. The Fourth Ward will hold sessions in the Metropolitan Opera House.
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Metropolitan Opera House
South Dakota
American Legion Auxiliary
Astor Hotel
Manehatte Opera House
Orient Club to Display at State Fair
Orient Club met at Carl Heer's home. Plans made for the year. first regular meeting in September at Mrs. Smarts. Mrs. Clarence Matter reported on her Black Hills trip as a club delegate. Two new members, Mrs. George Davis and Mrs. A. T. Anderson, were welcomed. The club will present the style review of crosses at the State Fair on Sept 15 at 6 pm. Costumes from Orient's 50th anniversary parade will be shown. A potluck lunch followed.
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Orient
Attendees Travel for Granville Funeral
Miss Mary Meyer Mrs. R. Conway and Mrs. Clara Scheffer left Thursday by car for Granville Iowa to attend the funeral of their aunt Mrs. J. L. Gasper.
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Orient
Mary Meyer
R. Conway
Clara Scheffer
Granville
Iowa
J. L. Gasper
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