18 Mar 1921
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Newspaper
The Mellette County Pioneer
Location
Wood, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1921
Page
1
County pupils may take either the April 7 8 or May 12 13 1921 final examinations. Teachers must report to the office the count of Seventh and Eighth Grade applicants for each exam. Ver son R Branson County Superintendent.
Governor McMasters vetoed several bills from the recent session including House Bill No 283 the Railroad Aid Bond Law passed by ten to one. The law aimed to fund a regional railroad with aid from railroad hands but the veto ends that hope. Grounds for the veto were not learned.
The program lists acts from intermediate and primary grades with Beulah Krieger Ruth Weed and Hallis Galbraith among participants. The high school features recitations and a debate on whether country life is happier than town life with a panel including Ed Sinkler and Raymond Sawyer.
Mellette County announces the Pioneer Boys Acre Corn Grow Club entries for ages ten to eighteen. Members plant one acre of Rosebud King corn, cultivate it, and exhibit ten top ears for a silver trophy Cup that stays with the winner or becomes theirs after two consecutive wins. May 1 deadline. free seed provided. no fees.
A meeting in Wood organized the Wood Community Development Association with G. W Sawyer as president J H Bundy vice president Fred C Kirebh secretary and Frank S Richardson treasurer A plan to organize remaining eastern townships into civil ones was set plus a committee to discuss extending the Northwestern railroad from Winner The group planned a Dollar Day sale in Wood and forming a constitution and bylaws with a next meeting at the schoolhouse and a social lunch assured to follow.
A groundhog emerged from its burrow on February 20 this year and saw its shadow. It returned to hibernation for about six more weeks, suggesting a longer cold season ahead due to weather conditions.
Tripp county officials raided a Winter gambling game with nine men fined 21.05 each and 390 dollars seized from the pot totaling 500 dollars. Carter and Murdo raids followed with bootleggers and booze stock seized. August Beuge returns to Wool with friends welcoming him home to Wood.
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