April 2, 1914
Mrs. W. C. Hill arrived Sunday from Egan and joined her husband Doctor Hill. Doctor & Mrs. Hill will live at the hospital and Doctor & Mrs. O. Clark will live at their claim southwest of town this summer. The doctors have formed a partnership.
Tommy Brown of Vale was in town Tuesday and left us a bound volume of the “Spectator” published in London, from June 1, 1710 to March 1, 1716. This valuable volume came from the great Chicago fire in 1870, when he was a sailor in the Great Lakes. He picked it up in the street, where it had presumably fallen off a load during cleaning up and removal. One interesting letter in the “Spectator” of May 1, 1710, entitled “Americans, Their Opinions of Souls.”
The detective attending the election at Castle Rock has not earned his salt. So far as known, neither one irregular shown up nor any suspicions found. The Primary Election was not very well attended on account of the bad weather, but let us hope that all will be more loyal to our county and state in this fall’s General Election. James O’Dell and Henry Jacobsen took the election returns to the Butte County Seat Wednesday, returning the same day.
March 27, 1924
The Barrett Barber Shop is undergoing internal improvements and repairs, under the artistic direction of Arthur Erickson. So, if a person goes to California to spend the winter, Jack Barrett wants to know how long he is supposed to stay.
- F. Steck, fieldman for the Great Western Sugar Company, reports that he now has signed up to grow beets this year 2,000 acres and expects to increase this amount by about 4 or 5 hundred more acres in the next week or 10 days. Another dollar per ton bonus on the 1923 crop will be paid April 1st, bringing the total for last season’s crop to $6.60 per ton in this District. Remember the sugar beet meeting Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the room next door to Reclamation Bank.
Methodist Evangelical Ladies’ Aid bazaar will be held this Saturday in the rest room in the Bratton’s Mercantile Company. All kinds of baked goods and fancy work to choose from. Lunch will be served all day.
March 29, 1934
From May 1st to June 30th importations of liquor into the US will be permitted without restrictions and thereby President Roosevelt hopes that reductions will be forced in liquor prices which, he regards as “dishonest” to the consumer. This is calculated to give customers legal liquor at legal prices.
George B. Bland, inspector of airport sites for the Bureau of Aeronautics, Department of Commerce, was a brief visitor in Newell Tuesday. Mr. Bland was enroute from Faith to his home at Hill City.
The new bridge on State Highway 79 across the Belle Fourche River, better known as “The Tommy Brown Bridge”, has been completed and crossing was permitted Tuesday. The new bridge is a concrete structure of 4 spans and is a wonderful improvement over the old steel one.
Mayor M. E. Hafner and County Commissioner Charles A. Wilson recently received notice of their appointment as members of the National Rivers & Harbors Board.
March 30, 1944
Superintendent F. C. Youngblutt, of Belle Fourche Irrigation Project, reported that plans are being made for establishing a war-prisoner labor camp in this area which would provide low-cost agriculture labor on the project. The Orman CCC, buildings have been transferred to the District. This property was voted by the Irrigation Board for use as a P.O.W Camp.
Albert Fredlund hauled sheep for Joe Nelson last Saturday. When he reached Newell he had word Elmer Eichler, Jr, of Twilight, had broken his leg, so he went after him to take him to the Belle Fourche Hospital. “Buddy” Eichler, 10-year-old son of Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Eichler fractured his leg while working sheep with his grandfather Loren Eichler, when the boy’s pony fell on him breaking the leg. His father was in the Newell vicinity checking on sheep that had recently strayed. During the trip to town, over the muddy and rutted roads, the car broken down, causing another delay, Mr. Fredlund walked to Bernie Richards’ farm for help. Consequently the leg was so badly swollen before the hospital was reached that x-rays could not be taken nor the fracture reduced until Monday.
Game Warden Harry Henderson issued a warning this week to fishermen, that fishing season opens May 1st and not April 1st as it did in 1943. The time has been changed; there is no hook & line fishing of any kind during April under the present regulations. Also the bass season does not open until June 15th. Henderson revealed; 50,000 trout were planted last year between Red Water River and the Belle Fourche River and the Wyoming line. And that a million and half pike were planted in Orman Lake.
April 1, 1954
Mrs. Abner Nissen spent the past week end at their Castle Rock ranch, from her employment at the Newell Experiment Station, returning to Newell Monday morning. She had been snowbound at the ranch since Wednesday past. At one time Highway 79 was nearly impassible due to the mud, south of Castle Rock to Newell, making the going very tough for several miles.
Newell High School will be represented by 3 organizations at the West River Voice Festival to be held in Sturgis on Saturday, it was announced this week by Superintendent G. W. Austin. These organizations under direction of E. R. Foss include the Boys’ Glee Club; Girls’ Glee Club and a Mixed Chorus made up of 60 students. Parents, Austin, said are urged to take their children to the Festival and stay to attend the concert if possible.
Mrs. Alcye Sims, teacher of the Vale 7th and 8th grades was honored with a birthday party Thursday afternoon. A special birthday lunch was served in the high school lunch room by Mrs. Preston Hill; Mrs. Donald Scoggins; Mrs. Martin Hoffmeyer; Mrs. George Reitz; Mrs. Carl Fritz and Mrs. Emil Trohkimoinen. Gifts of salt & pepper shakers were presented to her to ad to her collection by the students.
March 26, 1964
Sam H. Bober, Newell seed dealer, was named Friday to the Agriculture Hall of Fame in Kansas City, Missouri it was announced by the board of Governors of the Foundation. Bober thus becomes one of the 149 members on the board of the Hall, which is a 5 million dollar project honoring the nation’s outstanding farmers. Bober began his mail order distributing seed business in 1915 while working at the US Newell Experiment Field Station at the same time established the Bober Seed House in town. He has won many awards and active in several local, state and national civic organizations. He is married to the former Rose Stoler and has 2 sons Louis and Jack and 1 daughter Myra.
Lynn Nedella, 12-year-old grandson of Mrs. Ruth Martin, Newell, son of Mr. & Mrs. Matt Nedella (formerly Esther Martin) helped with the search of a 2½-year-old neighbor girl. Young Nedella found her in an inoperable home freezer; she had been missing for 6 hours. Since the freezer was stored in the utility room in the Nedella home, was difficult to open, it was hard to imagine how the little girl could have got it open and into it. The girl was found alive and apparently suffered no ill effects from her long confinement in there. Since the little girl had been missing 6 hours, her life was probably saved by going to sleep.
Butte County Conservation winners were announced at the Annual District Recognition Banquet here Thursday night. The Butte Soil Conservation District, in cooperation with the Greater South Dakota Association and other organizations presented certificates of recognition to local families for their work. First Place winners were Alfred Burke & Sons, Hoover; Second Place went to Dave Widdoss, Belle Fourche and Third Award was Bill Uren of Vale. District Supervisor Phil Vallery, Fruitdale, made the presentations. Conservation of water can be a stabilizing factor to all western South Dakota agriculture. Over 130 persons attended the banquet and program.
