Badger to Hold League Meeting
The Luther league of Badger will entertain the leagues of the South Dakota district on October 6 as part of a regional synod gathering including Iowa and other states. Rev. Theodore Fritschel of Minneapolis will speak at Sunday services with short talks by pastors and league officers. The convention committee is Rev. P. Hinrichs Arlington chair Rev. A. Bunge Tripp secretary and Rev. D. Rath Webster chair of the constitution committee.
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Badger
Luther League of Badger
South Dakota
Iowa
Theodore Fritschel
Minneapolis
Luther League Federation
Andy
Jeague
P. Hinrichs
Arlington
A. Bunge
Tripp
D. Rath
Webster
Sanborn Teachers In Successful Institute
Woonsocket reports the Sanborn county teachers institute closing as the most successful in its history. County superintendent A J Smalley praised nearly full attendance with teachers traveling 20 to 30 miles in rain to attend. Instructors included W Sioux Falls Miss Tron and M Lewis E Hualver.
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Woonsocket
Satorn County
Blake To Head Mellette Auxiliary Wars
Mrs. Earl Glake will head the Mellette Auxiliary of the American Legion for the coming year. Mrs. Jixy Heanie Franceis were vice presidents. Mrs. V elected secretary. and officers include historian sergeantat arms and publicity chairman. A farewell gesture to Mr and Mrs C A Town Swayze and Mth Derso accompanied a gift presentation at a recent meeting.
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Mellette
Snecinly
Earl Glake
Linne elected head of Virgil Society
Virgil Virgil Methodist church group selects V G Linne as president with Mrs J J Spiers as vice president Others include Mrs Walter Thomas Dr H Barnes and Strang. Dinner profits reached about $30. Bazaar planned for first Saturday in December. Blunt specials notes delegates Mrs J D Howard and Mrs Ray Poole named to the Blaine Tuesday club for the South Dakota Federation of Women’s Clubs convention at Pierre with dates Tuesday through Friday.
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Linne
Virgil Society
Virgil
V. G. Linne
Virgil Methodist Church
Tee
Mra
J. J. Spiers
Walter Thomas
H. Barnes
Ed Strang
Blunt
Spacinls
7. D. Howard
Ray Poole Tive
Blaine Tuesaday Club
South Dakota Federation of Wom Clubs
Pierre
Mellette Lodges Mark 78th Anniversary Farewell for Mrs Anderson
About 50 Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodge members attended a farewell party for Mrs C A Anderson. The event celebrated the 78th anniversary of the lodges with a special hour reception for Mrs Anderson. Career provided entertainment, lunch followed at midnight, and a lodge gift was presented.
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Melletth
Odd Fellows and Rebekah
C. A. Anderson
Hitchcock High Selects Officers for New Year
Hitchcock High School announced student leaders for the coming year. Chris Glanzer will be president of the Athletic Association, Edwin Phillips vice president, Stanley Hart secretary and treasurer, Lee Waeckerle ticket taker, with Richard Murphy and Edith Armstrong overseeing poster making. The 1930 graduating class elected Ardin Sallquist as president and Lula Murphy as vice president. Additional officers include Julia Morris secretary, Esther Swartz treasurer, and Superintendent Sims class advisor. Sophomores choose Munice Thomas as leader with Murray Mortimer as vice president, Maxine Meyer secretary and treasurer, and Mrs. B J Johnson as advisor. The dramatic production cast is being chosen for the Athletic association fundraiser. Harriet Solyst is selecting the girls glee club and an operetta, aided by Mrs. Lemke.
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Hitchcock
Hitchcock High School
Chris Glanzer
Athletic Association
Edwin Phillips
Stanley Hart
Lee Waeckerle
Richard Murphy
Edith Armstrong
Ardin Sallquist
Lula Murphy
Julia Morris
Esther Swartz
Sims
Munice Thomas
Murray Mortimer
Maxine Meyer
J. Johnson
Tlarriet Solyst
New Cafeteria Opens at Dakota Wesleyan University
A remodeled dining room at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell opens a modern cafeteria. It features counters with refrigerated and heated food space, allowing students to self serve and pay for what they eat. College girls serve food quickly. the public and students may dine there.
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Michell
Grahamia
Dakota Wesleyan University
Mellette Hears Talk by African Missionary
Miss Alma Deering of Philadelphia, a missionary in Africa for 28 years, spoke at the Mellette Community church. Her address covered mission work among Africans and notable experiences, as she prepares a two year leave before resuming her duties next year.
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Mellette
Alma Deering
Philadelphia
Africa
Miss Deering
State Lumber Output Goes Up
Washington Sept 30 The Department of Commerce reports South Dakota produced 63,067 thousand feet of lumber lath and shingles in 1928, up 15 percent from 1927 across 62 mills. National totals show lumber 84,142,223 thousand feet lath 1,508,859 thousand feet and shingles 5,602,690 thousand feet, led by yellow pine and Douglas fir contributing 31.4 and 34.8 percent respectively.
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Washington
South Dakota
Department of Commerce
State Officer Honor Guest at Mellette Club Meeting
Mellette Sept 30 Mrs F Waller state chairman of the Women’s Presbyterian Missionary society was guest of honor at a Presbyterian auxiliary meeting. Waller spoke on missions. Mrs C Anderson a society member leaving for Loomis was also guest of honor and received a gift. Judges for the event were Mrs BE A Haddon Mrs George Litian and Mrs C Wahh
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Melletth
F. Waller
Women’s Presbyterian Missionary Society
Presbyterian
Waller
C., Anderson
Loomis
BE. A. Haddon
George Litean
C. Wahh
Mellette Couple Escape Injury After Car Crash
Mr and Mrs Gwen Robertson of Mellette returned from a Creenville Kentucky visit after an automobile accident near Hawarden Iowa. Their car was struck by a second machine and badly damaged but the Robersons escaped with little or no injuries after a several day delay for repairs.
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Melletth
Sept
Gwen Robertson
Mellette
Creenville
Hawarden
Robertson
Robertsons
Dakota Day Play Cast In The Dover Road
Vermilion actors present A. Milne comedy The Dover Road as part of the Dakota Way weekend. The Thesler Arts club will stage it Friday October 7 at 7 p.m. under Mrs C E Lyon’s direction with a cast including Garrett Breckenridge and Ralph Calling among others.
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Dover Road
Boyer
Clarenger
UN of
South Wakora
Garrett Breckenridge
Talph Calling
Vermillion
Burke Whitlow
Wy Hanson
Dallas
Universi
Highmore Seeks Gala Homecoming Day for Pirates Day
Plans are perfected for Highmore High School homecoming dubbed Pirate Day to be observed Friday. The feature is the football game between Highmore and Plerrd High, expected to be a classic battle for the Highmore eleven, with a parade and a concert by the high school orchestra to make the day a community wide annual affair.
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Binamuras
Sept
Highmore High
Highmore
Plerrd High
Tulare Young People Attending Colleges
Eleven youths from Tulare are pursuing higher education across the nation. Most study in South Dakota institutions, with five at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell. Laura Tasche attends Fort Wayne business college in Indiana, while Elsie Brugger, Lucy Gatzke, Howard Reedy, and Roy… are among the others enrolled at various colleges.
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Tulare
South Dakota
Laura Tasche
Fort Wayne Business College
Fort Wayne
Ind
Dakota Wesleyan University
Mitchell
Elsie Brugger
Lucy Gatzke
Howard Reedy
Roy
Local students listed at colleges in state
Delaney and Lucy Welting. Vernon Brugger attends the University of South Dakota Vermillion. Walter Brugger is enrolled at Northern State Teachers College Aberdeen. Milo Schneider and Clarence Stevens study at the School of Mines Rapid City. Hattie Hoffmann attends a business college in Aberdeen.
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Delaney
Lucy Welting
Vernon Brugger
University of South Dakota
Vermillion
Walter, Brugger
Northern State Teachers’ College
Aberdeen
Milo Schneider
Clarence Stevens
School of Mines
Rapid City
Hattie Hoffmann
Walsh President of Tulare Senior Class
Tulare high school elects Milton Walsh as president of the senior class at the annual organization meeting signaling his role in guiding the outgoing class through the year. Blunt couple married Alfred Mellravy and Bertha Schinderling wed at the bride’s mother home in Harrold.
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Walsh
Tulare
Speciah
Milton
Tulare High School
Blunt
Alfred Mellravy
Bertha Schinderling
Harrold
South Dakota
Mellravy
Ben Dix
Blunt Graduates Enter Higher Education Institutions
Four members of Blunt high school’s 1929 class are enrolled in colleges. Janet Caray attends Huron College, Rosemary Walker is at the University of South Dakota in Vermilion, Evelyn Pigney studies at Notre Dame in Mitchell, and Clyde Taylor attends Beloit College in Beloit Wisconsin.
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Blunt
Blunt High School
Janet Caray
Huron College
Rosemary Walker
University of South Dakota
Vermil+ion
Evelyn Pigney
Notre Dame
Mitchell
Clyde Taylor
Beloit College
Beloit
Wis
Mellette Woman Presents Play at Aberdeen Convention
A Mellette woman wrote and directed a pageant titled Seeing It Thru staged as a special attraction at the Woman's Foreign Missionary convention in Aberdeen. Mrs. H. E. Whiteside authored the play and organized the program, which featured a cast from Aberdeen, Mellette, and nearby towns, along with duets by Miss Dorothy Peterson and Miss Keo Peterson and violin solos by Miss Alice Clark of Northville.
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Spewalj
Mellette
Aberdeen
H. E. Whiteside
Ray
State piano contest winners named in Hecla pageant
Miss Constance Lake of Hecla and Miss Lane won the state piano contest with Miss Lane taking the top honor. Northville, who performed a duet with Miss Lane, earned second place in the same event, as listed in the page.
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Land
Constance Lake
Hecla
Lane
Viola Boekelheid
Northville
Farm Sales Reported in Kingsbury County De Smet
In Kingsbury county three farms were recently sold with new owners expected to occupy the land. George Poppen’s farm was bought by FP Poppen who resold a quarter section to Elsa Sprang. Sprang will stay another year. Poppen keeps 80 acres for his own farming. Blunt notes a state gravel outfit moving to the Gray Goose area to quarry eight feet of gravel for resurfacing the Blunt to Piaree highway.
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DE Smet
Kingsbury County
Tawa
H. Poppen
George Poppen
Elsa Sprang
Sprang
Poppen
Blunt
Gray Goose
Piaree
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Blake
Dakota
Mellette Club
Motor World
Kingdon Motor CO
Sawandial
Brown and Aopperman
Richard Fairfax
Deering
Fordson Tractor
Concord
Walter L. Voigt
the National Bank OF Huron
Opperman
Roy Housman
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