Nine Davison County Men Drafted For Agricultural Quota
Davison County selects nine men to fill a next quota with priority for agricultural claims. Joseph Levine of New York City and eight locals from Mitchell Mt Vernon and other towns are listed with order numbers. The group will go to Port Began, Col. for a five day period starting May 1 as part of an 87 total South Dakota draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Levine
New York City
John E. Westby
Mitchell
Linn G. Evans
Presley
F. Smith
Henry A. Wagner
C. Cottingham
Mt. Vernon
Edward Lobsiger
Perry A. Day
Witichell
Davison County
South Dakota
Goresad
AL Moris
Beddeid
Hidas
Divison
Juocie
Hemeeeusarie Steelers
Bk RT Gm
Cihoign
Gs Willehinson
Ie Lyman Metlook
Niinnehalla
Amiuody
Sanborn
Ene Turner
Caiips
Charles Babandrier
Davison County Gation Board
River Bridge Unfinished Delays Expected Opening
Wing, chief carpenter for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul, visited Mitchell en route to Chamberlain to inspect the new Missouri River pile bridge. The swing span installation has overrun its schedule, pushing openings from Thursday to Friday or Saturday. Officials deny details of any plan for a more permanent Chamberlain bridge despite state orders. The pile bridge repeats prior instability and safety concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wing
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Wiilway
Minneapolis
Mitchell
Chamberlain
Missouri
Fronbie
Miles Candidate for the Sheriff Office Opens Republican Candidacy
Mr A U Miles a well known contractor of Mitchell announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Sheriff of Davison county. He has lived in Mitchell twelve years and worked in contracting. Miles served as alderman from the fourth ward for four years and was re elected without opposition. He chairs the street and alley committee overseeing city streets and alleys maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. UG. Miles
Mitehelli
Ster
Davison County
Miles
Miteheli
Wie Contracting Busi- Hoss
Letcher 10 Earns Liberty Honor Banner
Letcher becomes first town in the state to over-subscribe its third Liberty loan quota and earns the Liberty flag. A one day canvas showed Letcher subscribing $419,500, with a quota of $14,000 and about 33 1 3 percent overage. Spencer and Jackson county also reported over-quota progress, while Mitchell noted figures current day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letcher
Leteher
Guy W. Grawford
Mitchell
Spencer
McGook County
Jackson County
Local Notes From Mitchell and Surrounding Areas
Local notes recount numerous Mitchell and nearby visits and events. Miss Mry Gavin leaves for Dubuque for two weeks to visit relatives, births announced, and MG. Hines and H. P. Will travel on business. People from Kipp, Parker, Isabel, Kimball, and Montrose are noted for visits and errands. Community groups meet, including Norwegian Lutheran Ladies Nidl society and Royal Neighbors Thimble club. Edna Kadahaugh and others return from Wessington Springs. several residents travel to Sioux City, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Toronto for work or study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mry Gavin
Dubuque
Be. McTittie
West Fourth Avenue
Mondiy
HW. A. Belts
Gentralia
Wash
Belts
Harviel Betts
Betts
Mitchell
Long Beach
Cal
John Blegger
Sioux Palls
WT. Guderian of
Parker
Norwegian Lutheran Ladies Nidl Society
Neighborhood News Highlights From Stickney And Draper
Local notes report Bunyan family travel to Dupree for ranch settlement and Wait home from Camp Cody on furlough. Visits include Kelly and Crawford in Stickney, Burns from Sioux Falls to run the Stickney hotel, and others returning from markets, tours, or trips to Mitchell Des Moines Armour City.
Local residents return from travels and visits
Mrs. C. B Hansen comes back from Chicago to resume home life. George Hansen, a business visitor, traveled to Repad Gily and Deadwood. W. G. Hautman returns from Des Moines and other Iowa points. Mrs. H. J. Skinrood and baby visit from Okaton. Mrs. Geeil McRae moves with husband to a farm north of town. Wilbur Rumsey family returns from Iowa to farm east of town. Miss Libbie Vice visits from Kimball. State's Attorney Carlisle returns from Pierre and Fort Pierre after handling matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Gossard
Geeil McRae
Osakis
Ninn
McRae
Wilbur Rumsey
Iowa
Libbie Vice
Kimball
W. J. Vice
Flag P. Carlisle
Pierre
Fort Pierre
Local Notes: Gallen Family Travels for Ill Mother
Edward Gallen Jr and wife left Sunday for Chicago after a message about Mrs.George Spencer of Wail fa ill. Lyman Spencer hosts visits from Mrs.M Ochellee and a sister funeral brings Mrs.Moore to Sioux City with stock cattle shipment to the ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance
Edward Gallen, Jr
Chicago
Milton Moore
Sioux City
White Lake notes on residents and travels
Mervyn Palmer left Saturday evening for Collegeview Nebraska to seek treatments. Logan Gelly arrived from the east last Tuesday morning after spending the winter at various points and will visit his brother Lawrence and family. Art Woodward Perry Tripp and Roscoe McCormick attended Masonic lodge at Chamberlain Friday night. Mrs Roy Hervick returned Wednesday from Chamberlain where she had stayed at the sanitarium for ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Lake
Mervyn Palmer
Collegeview
Neb
Logan Gelly
Lawrence
Art Woodwarl
Perry Tripp
Roscoe McCormick
Chamberlain
Roy Hervick
Plankinton Residents Welcome Visitors and Guests
Mrs. P. G. Gallagher arrived from Murdo to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Lewis for a week or two. Pat McCormick returned to town after months in the Black Hills. Nellie Hammer Jett left for Correctionville to tend her ill mother. Mrs. Gibrles Ferguson came from Mitchell to stay with the Archer family. William Bissell returns home from Irene after a wreck visit. H. Wilson left for Montana to take a vacation and work a crop. John Hourseht went to Sioux City to buy cattle. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Burnham hosted friends Monday evening. Rev. E. W. Spencer visited from Wessington Springs. Mrs. H. W. Fellows and Miss Marjorie hosted friends for cards Friday. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bakewell held a small card party Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellows? Drug Store
Irene
H. H. Wilson
Montana
John Hourseht
Sioux City
J. W. Burnham
E.W. Spencer
Wessington Springs
Vivian John Olson Returns From Hot Springs Visit
John Olson came back late last week from Hot Springs. Albert Allard arrived Tuesday to visit his son Leonard. A band of gypsies passed through town Monday signaling spring. Mr and Mrs H Sanderson hosted a seven o clock dinner for Vivian district school board and teachers last Friday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs O Dunlap Mr and Mrs Hoskings Misses Tripp Hansen Wallace Garnis Judson Day Osgood Wail and relatives from WH Shoop home in Nashua Iowa. Miss Evelyn Davis of Murdo spent the weekend with her uncle L C Woodward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian John Olson
Hot Springs
Albert Allard
Leonard Allard
H. Sanderson
Vivian
O.dunlap
Hoskings
Tripp
Hansen
Wallace, Garnis
Judson Day
Osgood Wail
WH. Shoop
Nashua
Evelyn Davis
Murdo
L. C. Woodward
Parker Area Residents Share Travel and Family News
Mrs. N H Martin traveled to Chicago after the death of her sister, wife of Dr. Wallace. Mrs. Bert Vandewater returned to Ireton Iowa after visiting Parker relatives. Miss Nissen came home from Minneapolis after illness in her family. Mrs. A M Buelmiller’s illness prompted a family trip to Parker. Dell Phillips went to Beresford on business. Mrs. Schufreider returned from Rochester Minnesota. W H Gifford came from Miller South Carolina to visit. Mr and Mrs H C Pfeiffer returned from Florida. Mrs John Rehmstedt visited Hawarden Iowa after a trip to Parker.see
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
N. H. Martin
Chicago
Wallace
Bert Vandewater
Ireton
Iowa
Miss Nissen
Minneapolis
A. M. Buelmiller
P. Schufreld
Wheat acreage leaps by seventeen thousand across Dakotan farms
South Dakota farmers shift land from corn to wheat amid seed corn scarcity and strong wheat prices. One Mount Vernon area grower plans to convert 100 acres of corn to wheat as crop conditions improve and seed quality remains tight. Local officials note favorable moisture and spring weather boosting planting progress and livestock support increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davison County
Mount Vernon
P. OS. Stireele
South Dakota
Thomas Mbrrow
Charles Weller
Baxmers
Thet Board
Loyalty pledge marks Sanborn League meeting in Woonsocket
Delegates from all Sanborn county townships attended a Nonpartisan League gathering in Woonsocket with L. J. Duncan and N. S. Randall chairing talks. Dowdell urged farmers to over-subscribe Liberty bonds as the constitutional amendment on internal improvements looms. committees were set to plan summer rallies and the group reaffirmed loyalty to President Wilson and the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nonpartisan League
Woonsoeker
Sanborn County
L. J. Duncan
N.S. Randall
South Dakota
R. B. Dowdell
Dowdell
Woonsocket
Sioux Falls
League
Randall
Duncan
Wilson
Milwaukee War Loan Drive Expands From Oacoma
Milwaukee workers push Liberty loan efforts beyond Oacoma with B G Searles and A J Barbee surveying between Oacoma and Rapid Gily. Local lines expect steady contributions from western towns from the river to the mills, matching Milwaukee generosity despite wage levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
B. G. Searles
Oacoma
A. J. Barbee
Rapid Gily
Former Mitchell boy makes camp record
Charles Espy Mordoff, a former Mitchell boy, served as adjutant to the commanding officer at Camp Fremont near Palo Alto. He joined the army July 1, 1947 and led Ambulance Company 1, Eighth Regiment, earning praise for sanitation improvements at Camp Fremont. Born December 4, 1886 in Spring Valley Minnesota, Mordoff was educated in Minneapolis and Los Angeles and held key hospital positions before the war. He later married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Espy Mordoff
Mitchell
Camp Bremont
Palo Alto
Cal
Hast
Fifth Avenue
J. M. Clark
Ninties
Deormas Harvester Company
Micheliell
Mordotts
A. B. Clark
Long Beach
Charles Espy Mordech
Rose Kk. Mordoff
East Kirth Street
Camp Fremont
Mordoff
Fie Ambulance Service
Army
Ife
Eighth Regiment
Spring Valley
Minn
Minneapolis
Los Angeles
San Francisco Presidio
California
Mexico
Quiet Spring Election In Mitchell Shows Low Turnout
Mitchell residents report a notably quiet spring election with few voters casting ballots. Judges and clerks at the four booths say voting is easy and only about a dozen votes in one ward by noon. Several incumbents aim for reelection as the day unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Witien
Lintay
Tte
Freight Congestion Reflects Mitchells Prosperity
Evidence of growing prosperity in Mitchell appears in heavy royal merchandise shipments that strain local freight houses. Milwaukee and Omaha roads report large consignments west and north, with 55 wagons of Yoel freight on Milwaukee tracks. Agent J W Shelby reports twenty men loading today. Retail merchants say strong spring business, with Main Street often blocked by autos during peak days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Milwaukee
Mitchett
Omaha Road
J. W. Shelby
South Dakota
Mitchelmaf
Farmers slow to recruit help. men head to Canada
Pierre April 46. Albert I. McCarty, U S Employment Office inspector at Huron, says calls for help are filled and remaining workers seek work in Canada where demand is strong. South Dakota farmers lag in reporting needs, urging counties, post offices, or Huron office to act before it is too late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
South Dakota
Canada
Albert I. McCarty
United States Employment Office
Huron
State Department
Dakota
South Dakota Troops Arrive In France With Truckers
Captain Rowley reports back with the Mitchell group, noting the 146th supply train and South Dakota troops forming the only South Dakota unit in France. He highlights Company 6 turning into Company 8 near the lines, trained for truck driving, and about 100 casualties attached. Colonel Hazel Jeffus and Lt Spain, both recent arrivals, are mentioned along with Adjutant Shade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitehell Boys
B. Rowley
Hed G. Meyers
Mitchell
France
Warely
South Dakola
South Dakota
Prenett
Miteliel
Hazel
Spain
Redfield
Fourth South Dakota Infantry
Hazel Jeffus
Gamp Mills
Shade
Rey
Davison County Draft List Called For April 26 Induction
The Davison county exemption board sent 60 men from Mitchell and nearby towns to report on Friday, April 26, for induction into the Army. Names include Burnett, Schultz, Finkenbiner, Dunbar, Roberts, Thompson, Hedegaard, Van Kirk, Dragseth, Cortland, Street, McMahon, Quisenberry, Smith, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel B. Burnett
Mt. Vernon
Elmer Schultz
Mitchell
Howard G. Finkenbiner
Toledo
Ralph E. Dunbar
Arthur W. Roberts
Loomis
Dean S. Thompson
Christ E. Hedegaard
Erwin A. van Kirk
John Dragseth
Northfield
Minn
Arthur L. Cortland
Joseph E. Street
Letcher
Perpenely
Des Moines
Frank McMahon
Garrett B. Quisenberry
Edward Smith
Davison County
Davison County Board
United States Service
Crowder
Camp Funston
Tipton
Mitchell to obtain water from upper sandstone source
City engineers Burns and McDonnell report six sources were studied for Mitchell water supply and only the upper sandstone would meet requirements with softening. Proposed improvements include wells pumps softening plant a new pumping station and a 200000 gallon elevated tank on a 125 foot tower at a cost about 126000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns and McDonnell
Kansasily
Iese
Heitensing Vers
Mitchell
Missouri River
Milelell
Firesteel
James River
Missouri
Hiresteel Creek
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fort Logan
Col
Sheriff's Office
MG. Hines of
Kipp
Alitelell
H. P. Will
Wessington Springs River
Newell
Mitchell Jett
Garpenter
Wo. Sampson
Isabel
Johnson and
J. Anderson
Stickney
Mosday
Paul Gratian
Mitehell
Graham
Coast Artillery
L. TP. Thomas of
City
Edna Kadahaugh
Margaret Gard
Liuvina Collins
Henry Collins
Collins
W. G. Ragp
Montrose
Gottlieb Stoffman
Parkston
G. J. Bliss
A. H H.sherwood
Brookings
W. G. Sudbere
Fred Wwrentzfetat
Pullen
John Roth
Menno
Royal Neighbors
Thimble Club
Red Grass Rooms
Welock
J. P. Brewell
Weir
West Pirth Avenue
South Edmunds Street
Anna Dunn
St. Joseph’s Hospital
A. A. ‘Truax
M. W. Shook
Milwankee
Madison
Wis
Ray McLean
Dakota Wesleyan University
Toronto
Ohio
Eagles
At & Oelock
William Bunyan
Scotty
Dupree
Ziebach
Harry Wait
Aviation Corps
Camp Gody
Armour
Wail
R. J. Crawford
AE. Bryan
Paville Coast
New Mexico
Oregon
Washington
John Burns
Stickney Hotel
Id Garber
Gus Burffeld
Charles Mordoff
Camp Fre’mont
Spring Municipal
Rowley
Home Boys
Davison
Funston
Mitchell Water
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