Provo Project

as reported by the Hot Springs Star

Access Highway to Ordnance Depot Is Not Overlooked

To The Star: In view of the general public interest in the "access" road to the Black Hills ordnance depot, I thought you might be interested in seeing the report which the commissioner of the public roads administrator gave me under date of July 30.

I might add that one of the problems is equipment, and it is regarded as more important to the war effort to get certain needs in hand in the depot itself than to complete the access road - but people generally, who drive to work, will be interested in knowing that the access road is not being overlooked.

"Mr. Dear Mr. Case: Reference is made to your recent call regarding the access road from U. S. highway 18 at Edgemont, S. D., southerly to the Black Hills ordnance depot near Provo, designated in our records as South Dakota project No. DA-ER 1.

"This project was certified by the war department June 18 and was approved by the public roads administration on the same date. It calls for an estimated expenditure of $240,000 access road funds for constructing a new road approximately 9.8 miles in length from Edgemont to the entrance of the ordnance depot near Provo. At the time this project was certified, funds were not available to release the project for construction, but legislation authorizing additional funds was subsequently approved on July 2.

"In the meantime, according to our information, the two contractors engaged in the construction of the ordnance depot supplied $10,000 each and the war department from special funds provided $30,000, making a total of $50,000, which was used to improve and place gravel on the existing county road west of the railroad to a temporary entrance on the north side of the depot. This road was expected to serve only as a temporary road and the gate on the north side of the depot is also a temporary entrance, which is to be closed when the construction of the depot is completed.

"The improvement covered by project DA-WR 1 is expected to be the permanent provision to serve the depot after its construction is completed.

"The war department advises that the temporary improvements have been completed, and according to their reports are serving the present needs with reasonable satisfaction. Active construction on the depot may necessitate some delay in advancing the permanent access improvement as a result of utilizing all or most of the available equipment in the area, but it is expected that work on the access road will be started by the state highway commission and pushed to completion as rapidly as conditions will permit."

For the past three days Everett Mathews, director of the state department of sanitary engineering, and F. C. Roberts Jr., of the United States public health service, have been surveying sanitary problems in Provo, with Dr. F. Hamilton Redewill, local health officer, and Jack Sorbel, sanitary engineer for the district health office.

This survey is being made to prepare an application for federal help through the F.W.A., to supply funds, materials, and labor for an adequate sewage disposal program in Provo and outside Edgemont, garbage disposal system and to secure an independent water supply, including a well and pipe lines, and the completion of a cistern for the township of Provo.

Every effort is being made, since this is an emergency, to get federal help in here as rapidly as possible to meet these problems.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Olson of Pierre are new residents in Rumford. Mr. Olson works at Provo.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Post of Provo were supper guests in the M. M. Kern home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Post, Joe Kern and Mrs. Helen Hoffman spent the evening in Hot Springs.

Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Walker and Mrs. Herman Moritz were Provo visitors Tuesday. Gifford left Wednesday for Hot Springs to leave with the other Fall River county inductees.

The Ardmore hotel has a new roof, Mrs. Joseph is having the hotel put in condition for operation. The rooms are already filling, and the dining room will be opened soon. Other rooms and light housekeeping apartments in Ardmore are almost all occupied with Provo employees and their families.

Ted Schleve is working over at Provo now.

Ed Stearns is in the Edgemont bathhouse taking treatments for rheumatism. His many friends are hoping he soon will be home again.

Friends of Mrs. Allan Coates are sorry to hear that she was sick and in the hospital last week, but are glad she is better and able to be home.

Mrs. Tom Alverson, Mrs. Shoubert and Mrs. Dunbar motored to Hot Springs Wednesday on business.

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Jackson went to Hot Springs Thursday evening. He went to take his physical examination for the army.

Mrs. Buss McDonna received word that her cousin had passed away in North Dakota the last of the week.

Roy Robison went to Edgemont Saturday evening and brought his wife home from the hospital, where she had been for a few days. She is feeling quite herself again.

There is church and Sunday school each Sunday here. All are welcome.

C. J. Twomey and Elroy Munck of the Hot Springs Star were Sunday callers here, the first time the former has visited here since spring, so he found a great change in the community.

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Jackson spent Sunday in the home of his parents.

Mrs. Charlie Stearns took Mrs. Ed Stearns and children to Edgemont to visit her husband, who is at the bathhouse there.

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hoar and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Plumb were transacting business at Edgemont Saturday.

Mrs. Rite Watson of the Liberty lunch was a passenger to Crawford Monday morning.

Mr. and Mrs. John Hoar went to Edgemont to see his mother and transact business. They also had some vaccination done here at the schoolhouse.

The new theater building is nearing completion and will soon be ready for opening night.

Tom McLaughlin has moved his show tent to Ardmore. There had been so much wind, the tent is not very favorable for shows.

Cleve Brown and crew of men are harvesting at his dad's place this week.

Mrs. O H. Scott is able to be out again after a few days sickness at the Edgemont hospital.

PERSONALS

Glen W. Hartman has been appointed janitor at the grade school building for the coming school term. He succeeded Melvin Kilian, who has taken a job on the fire department at Provo.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (AP) – The war department announced late Monday the award by the army engineers of a contract for between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 to the General Contractors' Partnership, Minneapolis, for the construction of concrete buildings in Fall River county, South Dakota.

PATHFINDER

Transit Lines

Announces

Change in Schedule

Bus daily to Casper, Salt Lake City, and West Coast points. Also to Chadron, Alliance, Omaha, Sioux City and all points east.

Richard S. Phelps

OWNER and MANAGER

Case Tells Why Defense Project Located in County

A large group of Kiwanians and guests attended the regular Kiwanis luncheon Tuesday noon to hear an interesting talk by Congressman Francis Case.

Congressman Case stated that it was about a year ago that he met the war department investigational committee and took them out to view two sites for an ammunition depot. One of these was the present site where the Provo project is now being developed. These were two of a hundred sites investigated by the committee on the trip.

One of the difficulties in obtaining the location for such a depot in this area was that it was thought by some to be too far from the coast, and military authorities at first were of the opinion that it was too far north, Mr. Case said. It had the advantage that it was on the shortest transcontinental route between the coasts, land could be purchased cheaply, 40 per cent already belonging to the government, and was comparatively safe from bombing.

The Black Hills ordnance depot also brings a large amount of revenue to the state of South Dakota, he said.

When asked about the war situation, Congressman Case said that he felt definitely that we would win the war, but that military authorities were not going to be forced by popular opinion to move into action before they were adequately equipped and prepared. - By the secretary.

HERE'S an interesting piece of news from the Des Moines Register on defense projects in the nation:

"War secrecy rules forbid listing army and navy projects by states, so this can't be backed up with facts and figures. But the state in the union in which the most money per capita has been spent or contracted is South Dakota. Next door is the state with the least war expenditures per capita, North Dakota. Remember, this expenditure is per capita, not total."

Are we surprised to learn that South Dakota leads the nation in per capita war expenditures!

Well, some of us are, no doubt; but those who have seen at first-hand what is being done by the government in this part of the state aren't greatly surprised.

The size of the Black Hills ordnance depot is almost beyond the understanding of anyone, unless he has got a glimpse of it from the highway, and then he knows only a part of the story, for most of the project is hidden from view.

Several other projects in South Dakota, in addition to the one in this county, combine to give the state the highest per capita war expenditures in the nation. But it must be remembered that South Dakota's population is not large - something less than 650,000 - while the area of the state is large. There's a lot of room in South Dakota for military installations, and that's probably one reason the war department has awarded so many to this state.

PROVO CITIZENS are not too enthusiastic about incorporating their boom town, The Star understands. A meeting was held there some time ago, attended by persons interested in such action, to consider the benefits which would arise from incorporation, and also the disadvantages.

Older citizens of Provo are hesitant about proceeding with incorporation plans at the present time. They want to see first what the defense boom is going to amount to. They realize it could be a flash in the pan, and be over as quickly as it started. They realize, too, that a substantial town might be developed at Provo, because of the ordnance depot, which would last for years.

Possibly by the last of the year, Provo citizens will be able to gauge better what the future of their town will be. They will be able to tell whether a sewer system, water-works, police force, and fire department are needed to keep pace with continuing growth and developments. If they are, they reason it will then be time enough to consider the problem of incorporation and act accordingly.

If the boom disappears as rapidly as it came, Provo citizens will be glad they didn't incorporate - for incorporation means assuming a lot of civic responsibilities and duties. They didn't need a sewer system, water-works, fire department, and police force before the boom started, and they won't need one after the boom blows up - if it does. They don't want to move too fast in taking on city ways, because they know the one sure result would be a bonded indebtedness for them to pay off. And the debt might be more than they could stand, if most of the boom-town citizens move away.

So Provo people have adopted a "wait-see" attitude. They are not going to incorporate until they need to. In this, they have the encouragement of county officials, who have suggested it would be wise to wait until the defense boom has quieted down before getting excited about incorporating the village. Sounds like good advice.

PROBABLY NOT IN YEARS have the justice courts in Hot Springs been as active as they have been this summer. Dozens of men have been arrested by city police and the sheriff, most of them for minor offenses, such as drunkenness and traffic violations. The fines realized by the city and county from convictions in justice court should be a sizable amount by this time - certainly much more than was the case last summer.

Hot Springs people will remember that in the arguments for the municipal court here last spring, it was said that the justice courts couldn't handle the "crime wave" which would come this summer during the defense boom. Well, they seem to be handling it, and handling it well, too. And the police officers are doing a fine job in picking up offenders, a surprisingly fine job, in fact.

Of course, the "crime wave" has never materialized. Few people thought it would. There has been an increase in minor crime, naturally; but when one considers the fact that the population of the county has more than doubled this summer because of the project, the increase probably is no more than should be expected under the circumstances.

Hot Springs people know by this time that the great majority of the people who have come here to work at Provo are law abiding, respectable citizens, anxious to fit into the great defense machine which has been created here. They are not looking for trouble. They are too busy doing the job which has to be done at Provo to find time for any activities which are outside the law.

Ordnance Depot Welcomes New Engineer

Major E. H. Oechsle Takes Over Duties Of Area Engineer

Elmer H. Oechsle, major, corps of engineers, took over his new duties today as the area engineer of the Black Hills ordnance depot. This is far from a new experience for Major Oechsle. He has been the area engineer at the Rapid City army airbase since its inception and kept the job ahead of schedule. His home is in St. Louis, Mo., and by trade he is an architect and engineer.

Effective also today, the following changes in personnel in operations division will be made: Engineer Robert L. Boyce is assigned as assistant to the operations officer, Engineer Oscar Yates is assigned as head of inspection division; Associated Engineer John D. Salo is assigned as head of construction division, and Assistant Engineer F. A. W. Estrup is assigned as head of control section.

The military officers of the U. S. engineers on the area now are Captain W. L. Lane, who has been acting area engineer since the departure of Major Harvey H. Eustrom; Lieutenant Harrison in protective security; Lieutenant Stanton, who also comes to the project from is post as administrative officer of the Rapid City army airbase; Major Londry in charge of railroad co-ordination.

More than 800 spectators watched with much interest the boxing bouts at the open air ring on Tuesday night, Aug. 11, at the Black Hills ordnance depot. Tuesday night was the largest card yet staged. All of the bouts have been impromptu, and this time twelve matches were enjoyed. Boxing started at 8:15, and the enthusiastic crowd cheered for their favorites incessantly until 10:00. The referee for the bouts not only did themselves honor along these lines, but are also boxers and took turns in the ring. Some of the names now learned by the crowd are De Santo, Brown, LaFortune, and many others. The stable is growing larger every day, and we ask that all interested come and join the fun.

Mr. Putnam of the WPA recreational group is the timekeeper and also guardian of the fighters.

Children on the several playgrounds outside and on the area enjoyed a musical treat this past week. Each play area was treated to a special visit from Mrs. Thelin of the recreation staff, who took her accordion and led the children in songs and singing games. The visit was announced at each ground by the regular leader several days in advance, and the children were out en masse to greet the visitor on her arrival.

A number of other special events are being planned for the children and will be carried out at intervals, including visiting day, when children from several areas will visit other playgrounds and join in the fun.

Each playground, on and off the area, was presented with a new flag this week, and each daily program will open with the Pledge of Allegiance and singing of "America." The children have been asking for this patriotic ceremony and the flags were purchased and presented by Mrs. Clark, assistant recreation director.

Tuesday night was a big night in the line of sports at the Black Hills ordnance depot. It was not only a big night, but a bad one for the Coyotes. I guess it just wasn't their night to howl. Anyway, the two teams met on the ball diamond and battled out what, from the score of 32 for the Dodgers and 7 for the Coyotes, would seem an uninteresting game, but really was a good game. The managers, Bud Preston of the Coyotes and Brooks of the Brown Dodgers, talked things over at the end of the game and decided something would be done shortly. More than 300 interested fans followed the game throughout and enjoyed the comedy furnished by both teams. Who knows we might have a real "Globe Trotter" setup before we know it! Mr. Jukes was the scorekeeper, and Oppney and Stevenson were the umpires.

Trucks hauling base course material from the dump north and east of Edgemont will drive over a brand new road in the very near future. Roy King, general manager of J. A. Terteling Construction company, said today that the road would be graveled and open for truck traffic only, soon. The road will come out about two miles west of Edgemont, and has been straightened out to eliminate nearly all curves from the gravel dump to the Black Hills ordnance depot. Official cars and all trucks entering the area will be the only vehicles allowed on the road when it is completed.

All passenger traffic will be routed through Provo. Grading of the Provo road will be started soon, and maintenance will be kept up so that passenger cars will not undergo the terrific strain of road wear.

Will School Bell Ring for Children At Provo Project?

School authorities of Fall River county, as well as officials of the Black Hills ordnance depot, have put machinery in motion to find out how many children of school age will live on the project after school has opened. Concern has been advanced as to what to do about the schooling for these youngsters.

Mr. Beagle, superintendent of the schools at Edgemont, has expressed his desire to know the number of children here and at Provo. R. J. Murray, education field agent of the school for Indians at Pine Ridge, has made the same request. Census blanks were distributed throughout the area and Provo, and some evidently do not know what to do with these blanks. All parents are requested to fill in these blanks and bring them to Mrs. LuWellie Clark at the library in the P. X. hall. If you do not have a blank, please come in and report the number of school-age children in your family.

It is requested that all parents do this as soon as possible, so that school authorities may arrive at the necessary facilities to accommodate all the children of school age in this over-crowded defense area.

A vesper hour each Sunday evening is being held in the recreation center and is drawing a great deal of attention from many who enjoy singing hymns. The singing will be held each Sunday evening at 8 o'clock and all who wish to join in this special hour are invited to be present. The entire period is given over to singing hymns, and many old favorites are requested. Come out and join us.

On Tuesday evening, several people came to the library asking if they might borrow the hymn books, and asked if Mrs. Clark would play for them. The microphone was taken down, and a little service went ahead. A reading of the scriptures, hymns, and a prayer reverently rendered by two missionaries of the Nazarenes completed the service. It is gratifying to those we have left behind to know that the religion we knew before this havoc took place still remains with us.

INDIANS WILL STAGE PAGEANT ON PROJECT

Plans Under Way For Redskin Show At Ordnance Depot

Tom-toms will beat and moccasined feet will be in tune with the war drums when Sioux Indians stage a patriotic pageant on the Black Hills ordnance depot. Plans are now under way for an Indian show to be held on the area in the near future.

All war workers, employees, their wives and families will be invited to attend the pow-wow at the expense of J. W. Terteling, of the J. A. Terteling & Sons Construction company, prime contractor, and the U. S. engineers.

Rose Ecoffey and her group of Indians from Pine Ridge, who have played at the Cheyenne rodeo for the past several years, will probably stage the patriotic pageant - true Indian fashion.

Each rhythmic beat of the drum will vibrate through the heart of every Indian as he depicts his war dance in preparation for war. More than six hundred young braves from Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations have entered the armed forces of the United States, and prayers will be offered to God for their safe return.

The show is in process of being organized now. The pageant will be free to all war workers and their families, and arrangements will be made with the guards to admit all those who may care to attend.

The Indians will be in full dress regalia, and some of those who will participate in the show are: Chief Red Cloud, Chief Afraid of Horses, Joe Two Eagles, Jo Anne Masters, and many other true American Indians, including Princess Bluewaters and many famous Indian singers, depicting in true Indian fashion the Victory dance, Omaha dance, Sneak-Up dance, Indian two-step, Rabbit dance, and many others in a sensational all-day patriotic pageant.

Complete details of the show will be announced later.

"This place isn't half bad," said one young lady from Rapid City, who just came to the Black Hills ordnance depot to accept a position with the U. S. engineers. She and five of her friends, who were with her, were pleasantly surprised when arrangement were made for their food at the commissary and rooms in the barracks. When the cost was mentioned, expressions showed satisfaction, and one remarked, "Gee, I'm sure glad I came."

The young ladies were Misses Florence Johnson, Betty Smith, Charlotte Wales, Esther Bucholtz, Marilyn Hanna, all of Rapid City, and Arlene Mack of Osage, Minn.

All the feminine help of the Olympic commissary are now decked out in colorful uniforms. Green trimmed in white for one room, brown trimmed in white for another, gray trimmed in white for another, and tan and green for another. The uniforms look spick and span, and besides staying cleaner than an ordinary apron, the girls will be able to save their clothes. Frank Polardi, manager of the mess halls, said different colors for the different dining rooms were to keep the girls from getting mixed up as to the room they were assigned.

THE BUILDERS of the defense project at Provo believe in advertising. All over the depot are large signboards, urging the workers to greater efforts. "Progress clocks" on signboards reveal the daily work record of the various construction firms. A large "thermometer" reveals the progress made in the building of igloos.

All emphasis on the ordnance depot is on speed and safety - speed to complete the depot on schedule, and safety so that the accident record can be held to a minimum.

On bulletin boards in the recreation hall and at other places is posted information of interest to the workers.

A mimeographed sheet called the Provo Peeper contains little news items and chatty bits of gossip for the workers.

The Black Hills News, distributed Thursday evening and Friday morning on the project, is a regulation-size newspaper, filled with news about war workers and other items of interest to them.

The Black Hills News, by the way, is an innovation among war projects in this part of the country. A similar paper is now being printed by the Sterling, Colo., daily for the defense project at Sidney, Neb.

Mr. Terteling has told us that The News is read and appreciated by all the workers on the project. Many of them, when they are through with their copies, mail them to their relatives and friends back home. Mr. Terteling himself sends copies of The News to projects with which he is connected. He regards the paper as an excellent morale-builder among the workers.

The News has also turned out to be an excellent advertising and news medium for this whole area. The people who read it are getting better acquainted with Hot Springs and the southern Hills. They are learning a lot of things about this section which they wouldn't have learned if it weren't for this paper, printed specially for them by The Hot Springs Star, with the special articles written by the public relations department on the depot and distribution handled by WPA recreational workers. And Hot Springs people are learning a great deal about the activities on the depot in the same manner.

Two new barbers unpacked their tools and went to work in the barber shop Monday morning, Aug. 10. Since the opening of the barber shop on July 30, the two chairs have been busy continually, and men on the project no longer have to go without their shave and hair cut. Dean Bailey, proprietor of the barber shop, has imported two more barbers from Custer, S. D., and will now be able to accommodate twice as many who desire tonsorial service on the Black Hills ordnance depot.

Sabotage! Drunken driving! There is little to choose between these two hazards on our emergency projects. Therefore, truck drivers, please be advised that it is now the intention of the police officers of this state and county to treat drunken or reckless truck driving with the same consideration that would be given a man who intentionally destroyed properties needed on this project. Also, any fines or jail sentences levied against reckless or drunken drivers will necessarily have to be paid by the guilty man. In recent days we have had several truck accidents wherein the two conditions named have been a factor, and these cannot be tolerated on or around this project. Therefore, our truck routes are to be patrolled, and any violation of city or state regulations will be considered in the before mentioned manner. Under the present emergencies, it should be unnecessary to take this strong action, as we should all be interested in safe operation of our equipment, in view of the fact that it is almost impossible to replace destroyed equipment. Therefore, men, please let's all of us drive in a safe and sane manner! Private cars are herewith appealed to, to avoid interference with truck operations, and not to "box" trucks on hills or on approaches to the top thereof. Let's all drive safely. Think safety! Work safely! Be safe! - So says H. E. Thayer, safety engineer for J. A. Terteling Construction company.

The addition of three ping-pong tables and four checker tables has arrived to add to the equipment in the recreation hall on the ordnance depot. It has greatly increased the interest of the young people in daily activities.

The new equipment was designed and built by the South Dakota WPA art project, war service division, at Mitchell, S. D., and was delivered to the recreational hall at the Black Hills ordnance depot last Saturday afternoon. The ping-pong tables are collapsible and are regulation size. The checker tables have removable inlaid checker boards, on the reverse side of which are Chinese chessboards. One checker table has two inlaid boards and also carries a fine inlaid cribbage board, which, when lifted out, reveals a sunken compartment for holding checkers and cards.

A fourth ping-pong table is being placed in the squad room of the women's barracks for their use in learning the game. The other three tables are set up in the main hall of the P. X. building and have been in use constantly since their arrival. The checker tables have been arranged in the library and are equally as popular as the other equipment.

These three forms of diversion seen to have stolen the show at the Black Hills ordnance depot. From the minute the library opens in the early morning clear through the day, one of these three playthings are in constant demand. Four new ping-pong tables have arrived and two are regularly set in the center of P. X. hall. The paddles and other necessary equipment are checked out from the library desk.

We don't have very many horse-shoes, but twenty four new sets are on the way from New York through the efforts of the U. S. O. group in Edgemont. They will soon arrive. More courts will be built to accommodate them.

Our library is always full, and no "Silence" signs are necessary. Many western magazines, Americans, Popular Mechanics, and other periodicals of general interest have been donated by interested people on the area and in Edgemont.

A free bus service began operation last Friday morning. CCC trucks have been converted into busses and are running twenty-four hours each day from the area to Edgemont. They leave and arrive on the project every hour on the hour and leave and arrive in Edgemont every hour on the half hour.

Persons who wish to conserve on their tires may take advantage of the free transportation.

More than one hundred children gathered at the Lance theater Saturday morning for the first story hour held on the area. Little tots were accompanied by their mothers, and many of the older children were there with their smaller brothers and sisters. Mrs. LuWellie Clark, recreation supervisor, began the story hour with some motion stories in which all the children took part. She then introduced the leaders in charge of the hour, Mrs. Berniece Witte and Mrs. Dora Hunt, who will be present each Saturday morning at 10:30 to entertain the children with the stories they like best.

All children on the area are invited to attend and enjoy this half-hour journey into fairy land.

The immunization program being carried on by Dr. F. Hamilton Redewill, health officer for Fall River and Custer counties, is reaching the far corners of the Black Hills ordnance depot.

Last Monday night from 6:30 to 9:30, nearly 100 men received their first, second, or third shots. The vaccinations were given in one end of the barber shop of the P. X. hall by Dr. Redewill and three nurses, Muriel Redewill, Alice Brady, R. N., and Myrtle Yoast, R. N. Dr. Redewill stated last night that all those who would be called for active duty in the armed forces should receive their shots as it would help them later. Besides this, vaccinations would protect them against diseases now. Over three thousand persons on the depot have already secured their shots. Dr. Redewill said the immunization would continue in the barber shop every Monday night from 6:30 to 9:30. This is a free service of the public health service.

Dr. Redewill just received his two silver bars and is now a captain in the medical corps of the United States public health service.

The coffee tasted better, the bacon was fried crispier, the French toast was hotter, and dishes and silverware are new, in the new army style dining room which opened this morning on the project.

Frank Polardi, manager of the Olympic commissary, designed the new mess hall along the lines of the army camps. The kitchen is in the room, and the food is easily obtainable for the tables. The room will seat more than 400 and will be open twenty-four hours a day.

When the other rooms are closed, workmen will always be able to get their meals in the new dining room.

Many persons of Catholic faith will have an opportunity to attend such services next Sunday, Aug. 16. Father C. N. Biever of Ardmore, S. D., will celebrate mass at 9 o'clock in the Lance theater.

Church services on the area are no more a mere formality, but attended each Sunday by large groups of devout Christians.

The Rev. R. W. Uecker, Lutheran minister of Custer, S. D., delivered the sermon last Sunday, Aug. 9, in the Lance theater.

Ministers of all Christian faiths are invited to participate in these Sabbath gatherings and are asked to contact the public relations department for open dates.

Announcement was made this week of the arrival of a fleet of twenty five new Ford trucks, purchased from the Mosby-Mack Motor company of Topeka, Kan. The trucks were convoyed to the Black Hills ordnance depot, arriving here Sunday. They were purchased by the U. S. engineers and turned over to J. W. Terteling Construction company to assist in expediting and facilitating the completion of the project. The trucks will be primarily used to haul base course gravel for the area.

The U. S. civil service commission has announced government employment opportunities in the following positions: Chauffeur, $1,200 a year, and carpenter, 95 cents an hour. Vacancies for these positions at the Black Hills ordnance depot, Provo, South Dakota, the Rapid City airbase, Rapid City, and similar vacancies which may occur in the state of South Dakota, will be filed as a result of these examinations. Applications for these examinations may be filed with the manager, eighth U. S. civil service district, St. Paul, Minn., until the needs of the service have been met.

Full information and application blanks for these examinations may be obtained from the secretary, board of U. S. civil service examiners, post office, Hot Springs.

Mrs. Winterberg, who is permanently employed as a matron in a dormitory at Provo, called on friends at the home Sunday.

Georgia Raver, who is employed at Provo, making sandwiches, also visited at the home Sunday.

Hi Hilterbrand drove to Provo on Tuesday, taking Mrs. Clarice Gregg over to begin work in one of the dormitories.

PERSONALS

Nora Bassett, matron at one of the girls' dormitories at the Black Hills ordnance depot at Provo, was a Hot Springs visitor Thursday.

Hospital Notes

LUTHERAN HOSPITAL

Mrs. R. M. Seaman and baby daughter of Provo were dismissed this morning.

SISTERS' HOSPITAL

Mrs. Curtis Palmer of Provo entered this morning for treatment.

Schools Here Ready to Meet Problems of War

Larger Attendance Anticipated on Account of Provo

America is in the war. Our schools are part of America, and they, too are in the war. With the summer vacation rapidly drawing to a close, we shall soon find our schools open to receive those who will do their part in the struggle to maintain independence by continuing their education. This is as it must be.

The war in America has place an indelible stamp upon the ever-increasing need for education. It has increased the emphasis on vocational education and the military authorities in our country have seen fit to establish special schools for the training of men. Radio schools, glider schools, flying schools, bomber schools, air raid warden schools, navy schools, officer candidate schools, and many others are being established to train men and women for the war effort. These are not only military but civilian, and all these schools require a certain amount of basic training in fundamentals. Never before have school officials been asked to send more information on basic school training of individuals than they have in recent months.

Transcripts of credits, statements of rank in class, attitude toward work, punctuality, habits of industry, character, I. Q. ratings, special aptitudes, sense of civic responsibility, honesty, and vocational preparation are only a few of the questions asked. These questions come from authorities seeking information on selectees, government employees, nurses seeking service in the army and navy, and from special schools where these people are seeking further study or advancement in their fields.

. . . In defense areas the federal government will require an accurate record of all transfer pupils, showing whether they have been transferred either directly or indirectly because of a defense project. We will be required to absorb up to our limit of enrollment, which will be 925 pupils. This represents the total maximum grade and high school enrollments in the past with our present facilities. Last year our combined enrollment was 759. After our capacity has been reached, either in total or in certain departments, the federal government will come to our assistance and provide both teachers and equipment. This process will be slow, however, and it will be our job to care for the emergency as it comes.

Tourist Travel in Black Hills Down 50 - 75 Per Cent

The war and the rubber situation have cut sharply into tourist travel in the Black Hills this year. The number of summer visitors in this scenic region is greatly below normal - some say it is 25 per cent of what it was last year; others think 50 per cent would be more nearly correct.

Wind Cave has probably suffered less than any other tourist attraction in the Hills, due to the fact that war workers at Provo have patronized it in fairly large numbers. Probably 20 per cent of those who have gone through the cave this summer have been employees at the Black Hills ordnance depot.

The Burlington railroad ran into traffic difficulties last week-end, with a bad wreck on the main line near Mullen, Neb., Thursday night, which disrupted service Friday.

Traffic on the Burlington "high line" is unusually heavy this summer. Several trains, loaded with crushed rock, make the trip daily from Pringle to the war project at Provo.

ST. PAUL, Aug. 17 (AP) - People as far east as New York and west to California will see some of the 2,285 Minnesota workers in connection with the war program and the U. S. army service.

Of the 2,285 men , 1,331 were sent to the South Dakota Black Hills ordnance depot.

Bertha Bennett to H. L. Wheeler, lots 1-2, block 2, town of Provo.

Hospital Notes

LUTHERAN HOSPITAL

Leona Sallis of Provo was admitted for medical care.

Bobby Harrison, son of Lieut. and Mrs. R. S. Harrison of Provo, had a tonsillectomy today.

Robert Pfustein, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Pfustein of Provo, entered for treatment and was dismissed today.

SISTERS' HOSPITAL

Mrs. Curtis Palmer of Provo was dismissed yesterday.

Mrs. May McCrary of Provo entered yesterday for medical treatment.

PERSONALS

Major and Mrs. H. G. Curtis and two children moved Saturday into the Roy Anderson house on College Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Anderson and two children also moved Saturday to the house on the B. M. S. grounds formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Smith. Dr. and Mrs. Smith are now living in the house left vacant by Al Baker.

 

tested in Internet Explorer 8 tested in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7 tested in Google Chrome
1920 X 1080 resolution