C. A. Spohr and Vernon Smith began work over the week-end on the Provo project, Mr. Spohr as senior guard and Mr. Smith as carpenter's helper. Mr. Smith, who has been visiting at the Spohr home from Spencer, Ia., will bring his family here soon.
Elmer Jurrens began work today as a clerk-typist on the Provo project in the office of Fire Chief Loren Bingham. R. L. Urquhart has taken his place as clerk at the Ranch market, beginning work today.
A good many attended the sale of Mrs. Grace Walters and many things brought a good price. She will stay at Edgemont until school is out, and then she will visit relatives in Nebraska.
We are having very good rains during the past week and some snow and all of it is going into the ground, which makes the farmers smile.
Mr. and Mrs. James Coates and children were down from Burdock Tuesday and spent the day with his mother and brother.
Mrs. Allan Coates and children came out from Edgemont Tuesday and spent the day at the post office, assisting Miss Piel.
Alice and Betty Honadel spent Saturday afternoon in the Fred Coates home. Mrs. Allan Coates was helping Alice do some sewing.
The long distance telephone upon the hill is now ready for service.
Mr. and Mrs. Erschen have been doing some cleaning and repairing on the Trompeter place, which they recently purchased.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Gow have moved to their new place, and some contractors have moved into their house they vacated.
M. M. Inman moved Mrs. M. Wickersham's house into Edgemont from the homestead last week.
Beth and Elva Bjertness started to school Friday. They are living in Provo.
Miss Alice Honadel and John Coates were married in Newcastle last Saturday. Miss Wyoma Sturdivant was bridesmaid and Howard Honadel was best man. John has grown to manhood in this vicinity, and everybody knows him, so he needs no introduction. Mrs. Coates grew to womanhood west of Edgemont and has lived in this community about two years and is a splendid young woman. The young folks have many friends who are hoping them all the good luck in this life. They are now living in the groom's home, but will soon move to a place near Burdock which he has recently purchased.
Lucile Gebo, who has been assisting Ethel Condit in the cafe, went to Edgemont to work in a bigger cafe.
Mrs. Fred Coates returned home from Denver, where she has been the past three weeks with her husband, who had an operation. He was much better, but not able to come home yet.
Mrs. Allan Coates came out from Edgemont to assist Miss Piel with the registration. Owing to the C. B. & Q. extra gang and the munitions workers, there are a good many to register. Will report next week.
Don Jorgensen, who has been acting as relief agent the past two weeks, was relieved by Mr. Hack of Crawford for an indefinite time.
Mr. and Mrs. Simons of Nanzen, Neb., came up Monday. He came to work and she took the car back home Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Johnson and children came out from Edgemont Sunday and spent the time visiting in the home of their brother and sister.
Owing to the rain and snow, Miss Taylor did not get to school until Tuesday.
Several men from Ardmore, including Wayne Jackson, Carl Barrett, Alfred Hardesy, Edward Wasserburger, Lloyd Gayhart, Jean Clark, David Anderson, Ed Mosher, Thomas O'Connell, Raymond Gayhart and Chris Henry, are working on the Provo project. Bad roads caused some of them to miss work the past few days.
TICKET SELLERS for the Junior Chamber of Commerce stag party for the men of Provo are meeting with a little "sales resistance," so we hear - and it is coming from a most unexpected place; the wives of some of the men who have been asked to buy tickets!
Seems as if the women weren't any too pleased when they learned the affair was to be "stag." They had thought, apparently, that they were to be "included in" - and were they miffed when they found they had been counted out! Nor can we blame them!
Announcement was made Wednesday afternoon at the meeting of government officials and representatives of Custer and Hot Springs civic organizations that plans have been made to start regraveling highway 18 from Hot Springs to the top of Gull hill next Monday. As soon as the graveling is finished, a temporary surface coating will be put on the road to eliminate dust and hold the gravel on the road.
Work on the road will be done by the state highway crew and will be similar to the job done on highway 79 several years ago.
The group met Wednesday with Major Brown of Edgemont, engineer in charge of the Black Hills ordnance depot, and Francis Case, congressman from this district. Congressman Case who came down here from Custer Wednesday, plans to be in the district about a week. He went to Fort Meade this afternoon.
A meeting to continue discussion of transportation and roads between here and Edgemont and to the project was scheduled this morning at Edgemont. George Moore of Rapid City, division engineer of the state highway department, was expected to be in attendance.
A discussion was held on a means of transportation between Edgemont and Hot Springs and Custer. It was reported that there are now about 60 men from Custer working at Edgemont, and it has been estimated that between 100 and 150 Hot Springs people are working there.
The question of obtaining a train on the Burlington road which would start at Custer and run through Edgemont to Provo was brought up. But C. C. Holtorf, division superintendent of the Burlington railroad, said he doubted if it would be possible to put on a special train and maintain a schedule because of the large number of freight trains on the run.
He further stated if such a train were put on, it would be impractical to run it to Custer because there are no facilities at Custer for turning the locomotive around, and it would be necessary to back the train from Minnekahta to Custer. He said it might be possible to operate a train from Minnekahta to Provo, if the Custer and Hot Spring workers would make suitable arrangements for transportation to Minnekahta.
Regarding the use of buses for transportation, it was suggested that probably when the road from Hot Springs is completed, there would then be no difficulty in getting a bus to operate from here to the project. The reason no bus line has been willing to operate here so far is that the condition of the road would entail such operation expense that it would be necessary to charge excessively high rates for the passengers.
The possibility of obtaining the CCC trucks not in use and being kept at Fort Meade for transportation of workers to the project was also brought up.
Men attending the meeting included Congressman Case, Major Brown, J. F. Broyles, Charles Pringle and Lou Roseberry from Custer county, W. P. Rooney, E. H. Klock, J. M. Butler, Harry Hagen, Mayor C. J. Young, Lee Craft, C. O. Brady, Walter Voight, R. W. Southard, R. A. Joyce, Paul McFarland, C. A. Wilson, C. A. Stewart, Mr. Holtorf, and J. T. Gilmore of Deadwood, assistant superintendent of this Burlington division.
Federal, state, county, and Hot Springs officials met Thursday morning at Edgemont with army engineers for the discussion of the possibility of obtaining a priority on construction of roads between the Provo project and the surrounding points from which labor and supplies are obtained.
The war department, the state highway commission, the county highway organization, the Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce, and Congressman Francis Case are working on this proposition at the present time.
Officials attending Thursday's meeting include Colonel Peck, division engineer from Omaha; Colonel Selee of Fort Peck, Mont., and Major Oliver Brown, who is in charge of the Provo project, all representing the war department; Walter Voigt and President W. P. Rooney of the Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce; Congressman Case, who is in the district this week on business; Lee Craft, representing the county highway department, and George Moore of Rapid City, district engineer of the state highway commission.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce's justly celebrated stag party Saturday came officially to a close shortly after midnight when Miss Florence Joyce of Denver, a leading practitioner of the classic art of strip-tease, revealed her tantalizing charms before an audience of approximately 175 men, of whom almost a hundred were government men, contractors, and others employed on the Provo project. All present - and that includes many substantial business and professional men - agreed that the performance was well and competently done, although a few grumbled because the room was in almost total darkness, except for a shaft of light from a low-powered spotlight.
It is surprising how many men seem to be troubled with "night blindness," or are near-sighted, and therefore couldn't enjoy the spectacle as they had wished. It was surprising, too, how many big fellows, with broad shoulders, got up in front and blocked the vision of little fellows who happened to get shoved into a dark corner.
But, everything taken into consideration, the party was acknowledged by common consent to have been a huge success, with both hosts and guests leaving the hall "in the wee small hours," as the saying is, with their stomachs full of good food and drink, and their minds at ease with the world after an evening of sociability and good fellowship.
The object of the party was to give the men of Provo a bang-up good time, and that object appeared to have been accomplished in a superlative manner and with consummate skill and understanding. (Hey, boy, bring us the dictionary; we need some red-hot adjectives!)
Guests were given badges with their names printed on them, so as to make the task of getting acquainted much easier. Provo men and Hot Springs men mingled freely, and discussed the weather and other topics of interest, not omitting, of course, the all-important subject of war and the project which is reportedly being constructed by the government south of Edgemont.
Incidentally, we observed many a Hot Springs man get in a few good licks for the home town. The men of Provo were told (in a nice way) that the Picture City of the Black Hills is really that. Restrained emphasis was placed on the evident fact that this is the best place in the southern Hills in which to shop and have a good time. Attention was called to Hot Springs' good schools, its warm water plunge, hotels and modern picture theater unexcelled for miles around.
Guests who evinced a desire to bring their families here, while they worked at Provo, were assured they would make no mistake if they did so. They were told that it is still possible to get living quarters here, furnished homes and rooms and apartments. They were told that the summer climate here is enjoyable, and that the attractions and advantages of Hot Springs are well worth the trip between here and the project especially now that the highway will soon get a coat of blacktop.
It should be printed in bold type that the Jaycees made good with a bang on their claim that the Dutch lunch which they had arranged for the party would be par excellent, and then some. The tables positively "groaned" with good food - cold meats, baked beans, potato salad, potato chips, tomatoes, cheese, several kinds of bread and buns, and so on. The drinks provided were entirely in keeping with the affair, and were pronounced adequate in quality and quantity and of a potency to please the varying tastes of all present.
Games of a kind considered indispensable at stag parties provided amusement - and "profit" or "loss" - for men who go in for that sort of thing.
The party went off in great shape. The crowd was well mannered and good spirited. There wasn't a hitch anywhere in the proceedings. With out a doubt it was the crowning event of the male social season, and a row of feathers in the hat for the Jaycees. These young men worked like beavers to arrange the party. They are entitled to the combined and amplified cheers of all who believe that if Hot Springs is worth advertising, it is worth advertising well in a vigorous, he-mannish way.
A heavy icy rain, followed by nearly six inches of extremely wet snow, almost completely tied up traffic in Fall River county and surrounding vicinities today, and over-cast skies and continued snow brought little hope for relief of traveling conditions tonight.
County Highway Superintendent Lee Craft reported that although he had received no report that any road in the county was actually closed, the going was bad on all of them. He said the state and county highway crews have been out since early this morning and were trying to keep the essential highways in the county passable.
Workers on the Provo project who reside here attempted to go to Edgemont this morning, but were forced to turn back because of the bad roads. Mr. Craft said a number of them were stuck between town and the country club hill, but all had been pulled out and were back in town. He said he believed that the roads would be better toward evening, however, and expressed the hope they can be cleared so the workers can reach Edgemont Wednesday morning.
We failed to have mail delivered again Thursday and Saturday. Mr. Wineteer has taken a job at Provo and Mrs. Wineteer is to carry the mail. The route is up for bid, as the bid which was submitted was rejected.
That ammunition dump at Provo is some stunt, isn't it- It sure has quite a drawing power. Just think that the chief of police of Hot Springs, resigning that job and taking a police job at Provo, and Charlie Spohr would rather be a guard there than run his garage. And Ed Gray, forester in the Custer state park, has taken a vacation, gone to work at Provo. "Gee, you are dumb, ain't you?" Why didn't you buy 160 acres of land right up against Dunbar's store in Provo and lay it out into town lots? That goes for the writer as well as the reader.
We are still getting our share of the rains and they are coming slowly.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Byers returned here Friday from Minnesota, where they have been the past few months with her father.
Mrs. Pierce has not been so well the past few days. Hope she is better soon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Gow were down from Marietta Saturday for the day's visit in the home of her sister, Mrs. Roy Robison, and sister, Mrs. Pierce.
There are now two extra men working at the depot.
Everyone registered the first of the week for his sugar allowance.
Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar spent Sunday evening in Edgemont visiting her mother.
Charles Johnson is staying in the home of his Uncle Jesse and will finish school here.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robbins took their son, Cleo, to Hot Springs Monday and he left on No. 42 for an army camp. We are hoping the war will soon be over.
A. D. Gow was taken to the hospital at Edgemont Monday. He has not been feeling too well lately.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Calland and Mrs. C. K. Calland were callers here Sunday. C. K. Calland traded his car for a pickup and is now working on the project.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Johnson took Mrs. Fred Coates to Hot Springs Monday to sign up for her naturalization papers. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson acted as her witnesses.
Mrs. William Bingham, Miss Ramona Meridith, and Miss Mazie McDonald began work today at Provo for a private engineering firm. Miss Meredith has been employed by the Miller Brothers Chevrolet company, and Miss McDonald has been reporter for The Star for almost two years. Miss Jean Southard has taken Miss McDonald's place on The Star.
Mrs. Roth and Millie of Martin, S. D., spent a few days last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. Mulcahy. Mrs. Roth went home Sunday. Millie is staying here and has taken a job at Edgemont in the contractors' office.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Halladay have moved from the Log Cabin camp to the Claus Clauson house. Mr. Hallady is one of the chief guards at the Provo project.
Dwight Scholl, one of our most efficient and faithful employees, has gone to Provo to accept a position as electrician.
Hot Springs schools already are feeling the impetus of community life brought on by the defense project at Provo.
Older boys are being sought for work with engineers on the project and for work as messengers and dishwashers. The enrollment in the schools has been increased slightly because of project families moving to town. Requests have been made for some of the school's equipment.
Ellerbe & Co., private engineers on the project, have asked the school to furnish engineering aides, and four high school boys who have had training in mathematics, mechanical drawing, and blueprint work have elected to go to work this week. Other boys will be offered employment later.
The state employment office has asked for boys from 16 to 18 years of age to act as yard workers, messengers, and dishwashers. Other boys will be sought for waiters later when the mess halls are in operation.
Fourteen new children whose fathers work at Provo have enrolled in school here - two in high school and twelve in the grades.
Supt. H. R. Woodward believes the local schools can absorb a hundred additional children without any undue strain next fall, but he doesn't look for any more than that number to come here because of the project at Provo. He plans to spend much of the coming summer in Hot Springs instead of going to Yellowstone park to serve as ranger, as has been his custom for several years.
A representative of an engineering firm at Provo last week sought to obtain the use of a number of the school's typewriters. The suggestion was made by him that the government might have to requisition them, but since he didn't return to make further arrangements, it is believed he obtained typewriters elsewhere.
Paul Mulcahy Jr., began work the past week in the engineers' office at Edgemont, being connected with the Black Hills ordnance depot project.
Miss Ruth Knapp began work today as stenographer in the office of one of the contractors at the Black Hills ordnance depot at Provo. Miss Knapp has been employed for the past few months at the soil conservation office under the post office.
The Black Hills clinic has been designated to operate the Provo hospital project and to care for all accident and all surgical and medical cases arising among the employees and their families on the project.
All government employees are included in the program by reason of army contracts with J. A. Terteling & Sons, general contractors on the project.
Under this agreement, Dr. F. W. Bilger and Dr. J. M. Butler will operate the project hospital from their offices in Hot Springs and will continue their private practice here. Associated with them will be Dr. Guy Ramsey, formerly of Eureka, S. D., and Dr. L. W. Elwood, formerly of Camp Lodge, Custer, both of whom will reside on the project.
Mrs. Earl Nelson of Sterling, Colo., formerly of the staff of the Lutheran hospital in Hot Springs, will be superintendent of the hospital. Associated with her will be Miss Alice Fletcher of Sterling, Colo., who will act as assistant superintendent. In addition, several experienced nurse-aids will be employed.
Major surgery and serious accidents will be brought to Hot Springs for hospitalization and treatment by the Black Hills clinic.
The hospital on the project is now under construction and will be completed about May 20. It will have twenty-four beds and will be of substantial frame construction.
Some of the men from Ardmore have quit their jobs at the Provo project due to bad roads. Come on, your commissioners, and show a little community interest! It wouldn't take long to finish graveling the road.
The Federal Land Bank of Omaha to J. M. Johnson, ne 1/4, section 17-10-2.
J. M. Johnson to the United States of America, ne 1/4, section 17-10-2.
Mrs. Herbert Rickenbach began work Monday in the office of Terteling & Sons, contractors for the Black Hills ordnance depot project at Provo. Mrs. C. H. Son has taken Mrs. Rickenbach's place in Dr. C. F. Morsman's office.
The highway between Hot Springs and Provo has been kept in excellent shape this week, according to those who make the trip to the defense project. A blade is kept in constant operation on the road, with the result that the surface is smooth and even in spite of the heavy rains of the last few days.
Report this morning to Hot Springs is that traffic is impossible from Provo into the project area. Workers can get as far as Provo easily, but must leave their cars there and walk the rest of the way to their work. Construction of the ordnance depot has continued without stop during the rainy weather, and much headway has been made.
Keith Beck of this city, who has been employed in the mail department of the Provo project, received an appointment as meteorological observer, effective today. Mr. Beck will be in charge of the weather bureau station for the Black Hills ordnance depot.
Prospects for obtaining daily bus service between Hot Springs and the ordnance depot at Provo were reported good today by W. P. Rooney, president of the Chamber of Commerce, on his return from Custer, where he appeared Wednesday at a hearing before State Utilities Commissioner Merkle.
Richard Phelps of Casper, Wyo., representing the Pathfinder Transit Lines of Wyoming, has made application for a permit for a bus line between Hot Springs and Provo, with the possibility that it be extended to Custer, to carry workers who will be employed at the ordnance depot.
The application was opposed by the Burlington and North Western railroads, Mr. Rooney said; but the opposition was centered largely on the part of the application which called for a bus line between Rapid City and Chadron. The railroads contended that adequate service is now being provided between these two points.
The understanding is that the railroads will not oppose the granting of a permit for a bus line to carry defense workers between Hot Springs and Provo.
Commissioner Merkle took the testimony, and reported that the utilities commission plans to act promptly on the application.
The suggested round trip rate between Hot Springs and Provo was 75 cents.
Mrs. E. L. Davis of Alliance, Neb., arrived Wednesday in Hot Springs to join Mr. Davis, where they will make their home. Mr. Davis, former Nebraska law officer, is a principal guard officer at the Black Hills ordnance depot at Provo.
William Andre has received orders from the adjutant general, Washington. D. C., to report to the commanding general of the Seventh corps area, Omaha, Neb., May 26, for duty with corps of military police. Mr. Andre, who has been chief of the guard on the Black Hills ordnance depot at Provo since March 1, has been given the rating of first lieutenant. Mrs. Andre and their son and daughter will maintain their home in Hot Springs. Mr. Andre will continue his work at Provo up to May 25.
Lawrence Berry of Provo was admitted yesterday and received medical care.
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Stiller have rented the house belonging to L. A. Lash on East River avenue. Mr. Stiller is an inspector on the Black Hills ordnance depot project at Provo.
Harold Rogers, who has been manager of the Hot Springs creamery for more than two years, will begin work tomorrow as a surveyor on the Black Hills ordnance depot project at Provo. Fay Barnes, who has been employed at the creamery for several years, is the new manager. Miss Evelyn Gallagher is the new bookkeeper. Carl Renz of Smithwick will assist Mr. Barnes. Dale Saylor is the deliveryman. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers will live in Edgemont. Mr. Rogers is a former School of Mines student.
Fred Coates to United States of America, s 1/2 sw 1/2, section 15; n 1/2 nw 1/4, section 22-10-2.
THE MUNITIONS DEPOT which the war department is building at Provo will probably be completed this year, but the job of maintaining it will last as long as the war does, and probably longer.
The maintenance of the depot is a factor which many local people have not thought of. They know that several thousand workers will be needed to build the depot, but they have not stopped to consider that a large force of men will be required to maintain it after the last construction outfit has moved off the scene.
The number of men to be employed at the depot, during wartime and after the war, will depend, of course, on what use the government will make of the depot. But the size of the maintenance force will be surprisingly large, The Star has been told.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Willis have rented one of the E. R. Philips apartments. Mr. Willis is employed on the Black Hills ordnance depot at Provo.
Don Mueller, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mueller, began work today at Provo.
Mrs. Wilma Leonard came here recently from Madison, S. D. Her husband, now in New Mexico, will join her soon and begin work on the ordnance plant.
Major H. G. Curtis, Black Hills ordnance depot, has asked The Star to print the following pertinent information pertaining to the army specialist corps, in the belief that some of our readers might be interested:
"The army specialist corps, a corps of uniformed civilians, was established by executive order No. 9078, Feb. 26, 1942. It is a branch of the war department, under the supervision and direction of the secretary of war.
"The corps will supply all branches of the army and other agencies of the war department with professional, scientific, technical, and administrative personnel. In many instances this will release from administrative tasks military personnel for command or combat duty.
Hot Springs and rural tire boards 24 and 24-B granted the following certificates this month:
One passenger automobile tire and tube to Albert E. Nielsen, state motor patrolman; two passenger automobile retreads to K. E. Kramer, highway foreman; one passenger automobile retread to W. J. Beck, Provo worker; one passenger automobile retread to Clay Morris, minister; one passenger automobile retread to Vannice Nelson, farmer.
Sam Flyte Jr., who is employed at Provo, visited with his parents over the week-end.
MUCH AS WE would like to have a good story every week on the defense project at Provo, we hope our readers realize that government censorship on such activities makes it extremely difficult for us to gratify this wish.
Such important points as how many men are employed on the project, what buildings have already been constructed, and so on come under the censorship ban, and can only be commented on in generalities.
Rain and other causes have delayed construction work somewhat, but even so, a big start has been made on the Provo munitions depot. Outsiders who can approach the site only as close as the town itself recognize that a great deal of activity is going on inside the grounds and that work is really getting under way in great shape.
Virtually all activity is now centered at Provo, in newly constructed headquarters buildings. The contractors and private engineers are at Provo, and the government who occupied the Edgemont armory have moved their equipment to the site.
Edgemont has lost the headquarters, but it still gets the big "play" from many of the people connected with the project, since it is the closest town of size. Many of the workers are going to continue to live in Edgemont, and of course it will be a trading point of consequence for them.
Clifford A. Wilson to United States of America, ne ¼, Sec. 25-10-1.
John W. Coates to United States of America, sw ¼ nw ¼, w ½ se ¼, Sec. 4; ne ¼ ne ¼, Sec. 9; w ½ nw ¼, nw ¼ se ¼, e ½ sw ¼, Sec. 10-10-2.
Charles O. Johnson to United States of America, e ½ e ½, Sec. 18-10-2.
Charles O. Johnson to United States of America, lots 3-4, s ½ nw ¼, Sec. 5-10-2.
George Leslie Coates to United States of America, se ¼ se ¼, Sec. 22; ne ¼ ne ¼, Sec. 27-10-2.
J. M. Johnson to United States of America, se ¼, Sec.6; sw ¼, Sec. 5-10-2.
Richard S. Phelps, owner of the Pathfinder Transit Lines of Casper, Wyo., was in Hot Springs Tuesday, completing plans for the establishment of a bus line for Black Hills ordnance depot workers between Hot Springs and Edgemont and Provo
Mr. Phelps brought with him one 30-passenger bus, which will be put into service as soon as certain necessary details have been taken care of. The Pathfinder Lines have been granted a certificate by the South Dakota utilities commission to operate the bus line.
All Hot Springs people who work at Provo, interested in making use of daily bus service between here and the defense project, are invited to contact the G. & W. garage, which probably will be the ticket office, for further information. Round trip fare for defense workers will be 75 cents, which is about a cent a mile. Other passengers will pay the prevailing rates for such service.
Provo workers will be able to buy weekly tickets, good for six round trip rides, for $4.50.
The schedule for the busses will be arranged to suit the convenience of the workers, and announcement concerning this will be made later, after an investigation has been made of the hours at which workers begin and quit work on the project.
The bus now in town will be put on the run probably next week, and other busses will be brought here for the service if needed.
President W. P. Rooney of the Chamber of Commerce has been instrumental in obtaining bus service on the Hot Springs - Provo run for Hot Springs people who wish to continue to live here while working at the ordnance depot and for others who want this service.
Mr. Phelps left last night for Provo to consult Major Oliver Brown, government engineer at Provo, and Terteling & Sons, general contractors, about the bus service. Mr. Phelps said that Major Brown and the contractors have expressed a desire for the service and will aid in its establishment.
Pathfinder Transit Lines have gone to considerable expense in getting ready to establish bus service between here and Provo, and will appreciate the co-operation of Hot Springs people in getting the line in operation. Mr. Phelps cites the fact that the rate for defense workers - a cent a mile - is cheaper than it is possible to operate a passenger automobile.
Mr. and Mrs. Grawbow arrived from Aurora, Ill., last Tuesday. Mr. Grawbow will work in the bakery at Edgemont and Mrs. Grawbow will visit in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Erschen, for awhile.
Mrs. C. W. Walters and Miss Helen left last week for a visit with relatives and friends in Missouri and Nebraska.
Miss Tina Noble and sister, Jansjie, of Mule Creek were supper guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Rickard Tuesday evening. Miss Tina Noble, who taught school here last year, thinks the little town has grown to be nearly a city.
School was out last week, and the children brought food and had a picnic dinner. They all are glad they are released from school.
M. M. Inman moved the J. M. Johnson house to Edgemont last week.
George Blair moved Fred Coates' house to Provo Friday, and Mr. and Mrs. Coates will move into it soon.
A great many more trailer houses have recently moved here from other places. Provo is getting to be a great town.
Mrs. Leonard Rickard went to Edgemont Friday on business and pleasure trip.
James Tilber came down from Pierre the last of the week for a short visit in the home of his mother and the rest of the family.
Wayne Jackson, who is on guard duty, went to Almeria, Neb, to get his wife. They will visit in the home of her uncle, M. S. Dunbar.
Mrs. Leonard Rickard went to Edgemont Saturday morning to meet Miss Tina Noble and her sister, Jansjie. The trio went to Rapid City for the day's pleasure and business trip. Miss Rebecca Ballif came from Kadoka, S. D., for a visit in the home of her friend, Mrs. Leonard Rickard. She also has applied for a job with Terteling & Sons company.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Soske came from Luellen, Neb., Wednesday for a visit in the home of her father and brother, A. C. Soske, and Robert.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Louis came down from Upton, Wyo., Sunday for a visit in the home of his father, A. C. Soske. Mr. Louis returned home that evening, but Evelyn stayed for a longer visit.
Word was received here that Mr. and Mrs. Gow had reached their destination and that he was feeling much better, which is good news to their many friends.
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Johnson were down from Edgemont for a short call and visit Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tyler of Stockton, Calif., came Tuesday of last week to visit in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Piel. Saturday they went to Thedford, Neb., to visit in the home of her sister, Mrs. Ray Attwood.
EDGEMONT remains a beehive of activity, a citizen from that town told The Star.
The Provo defense project, ten miles to the south, has given Edgemont a business impetus that is astounding. Stores are filled with customers; people have to stand in lines to get meals at restaurants; sleeping rooms are renting at a premium, if they can be found at all.
Stories told about Edgemont homes filled with roomers are almost unbelievable. Some families appear to have herded themselves into one or two rooms of their homes and rented the rest of the rooms to Provo workers. Houses built to accommodate three or four people have four times that many in them. At least that's typical of the stories being told about overcrowding in Edgemont.
But in spite of the inconvenience caused by the jam of people in Edgemont, the citizens are busily engaged in handling the extra work which the defense project has brought their way, and are doing a nice job of it, too. They are anticipating the biggest summer's business in history. Moving the government and contractor's headquarters to Provo should make little difference in business in Edgemont, since other workers will come in to take the place of those who now live on the project.
Bertha Bennett to Fred Coates, lots 1-2, block 1, Provo.
Mildred Romey has accepted a position at Provo for the summer.
Edward Wasserburger drove to Rushville, Nebr., Friday to visit Mrs. Wasserburger and children who are making their home there at present. Mr. Wasserburger is a guard at the Provo project.
Douglas Goddard, sophomore at South Dakota State college, Brookings, arrived Friday night for a visit at the home of his father, Bertin Goddard. Douglas, who is an engineering student, plans to work this summer at Provo.
Mrs. William Armsby returned last night from Edgemont, where she visited her two sons, Eddie and George, who work on the Provo project.
Miss Lois Wilson began work the last of the week in the office of the Black Hills ordnance depot at Provo.
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