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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1918
Page
4
Valley School hosts a White Elephant Sale and cafeteria dinner to benefit the American Red Cross Summit Valley Branch on Saturday March 23 1918 ten miles north of Epping. Bring usable white elephants or other salable items wrapped and delivered to the tent for bidding. Enjoy a social event with food and entertainment as part of the fundraising effort.
English Lutheran Church preaches at 10 30 a m Sunday School at 11 45 Epworth League at 6 30 and a 7 20 song service with revival meetings led by Rev Fred W Christ. Norwegian services noted and Ladies Aid to meet at church basement Thursday afternoon. Weekly activities include a Saturday afternoon Ladies Food Sale and Tuesday home service of Dr and Mrs O E Distad. Subscribe for the Graphic.
Fargo households will be amply supplied for the canning season by the United States Food Administration. North Dakota's KE FB. Ladd reports sugar for manufacturing and household preserving will be available. car shortages are easing and shipments from Cuba are rising.
United States deputy marshal C D Scott arrived here Friday night with a bench warrant for G M Full ness wanted by the department of justice on a charge of importing liquor into dry territory in violation of the United States bone dry law. He had 8 quarts 60 pints 4 half pints of whiskey and 1 pint of alcohol when captured. He was taken to Fargo on No 2 Saturday afternoon after the train entered Williston where the sheriff had arrested him. Mrs P C Hamre visited Minot last week.
A nation wide week of March 18 to 25 promotes collecting unused books for soldiers and sailors libraries. Citizens are urged to pass on beloved but unread books to khaki clad men, or donate novels and tales. millions remain unutilized in American homes and need a boost to meet demand.
The notice requests bringing or arranging delivery of a wide range of books including detective stories, up to date civil mechanical and electrical engineering volumes, trades, business, biographies, poetry and foreign language works. Readers are urged to give a book during the designated week and collection arrangements will be made where bringing the books is not possible.
A North Dakota Y M C A personnel committee was formed at a Fargo conference to recruit and screen applicants for Y M C A war service posts in the state. Members include T B Elton Grand Forks and others from Fargo Dickinson Bismarck Jamestown and more. Eleven hundred men per month will be needed for overseas work with the state divided into ten districts for recruitment.
A Jamestown College educator discusses the North Dakota Educational system after touring Williston and other schools with Atty. E. A. Palmer. Palmer notes weak points and strengths, comparing judging a school to judging a housekeeper and stressing observed conditions.
Prof Blume is praised by many as a leading Williston educator as the community lauds his work. The vote of confidence reflects widespread respect and the sense of pride in the Williston schools and their future direction.
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