The main feature will be a softball game between two picked teams, one from the personnel of the U. S. engineers and the other from Terteling's men. In the evening there will be music and a promise of an excellent display of fireworks.
All are urged to plan to be on hand for this, the first real good time on the project. Arrangements are being made to admit the families of the workers at the gate west of Provo.
EDGEMONT, July 2 - A committee of some thirty-five local citizens, representing churches and other civic organizations, called upon the city council at its regular meeting Monday evening to register a protest as to purported conditions now prevailing in Edgemont due to the sale of liquor and beer, and severely criticizing the conduct allowed in some of the places, and asked the council to limit the number of drinking places to five, and to ban the sale of intoxication beer on Sunday.
The council invited suggestions from all present as to their ideas in coping with this situation, which, due to the great influx of defense workers, has gained such proportions that the council is faced with a grave situation.
Edgemont heretofore always enjoyed the reputation for being a well policed little city, and normally a police force of two men kept everything in good order. Now with the police force doubled, it is charged that the situation has got out of control, and that it is not safe for women and children to walk down the streets of the city without running into drunks and brawls.
Mayor Lee pointed out that it was practically impossible to get anyone to serve on the force at the wage of $110 per month, with such attractive wages being paid for workers on the defense project and that with the limited city funds, the city was already being heavily taxed with the greatly increased police force.
Among those who voiced their opinion and that of organizations they represent were J. M. Tucker, Richard Hult, Walt Young, T. J. Markey, George Kirby, Mrs. J. R. Dunlap, Mrs. D. Howell, Mrs. Walt Young, and others.
Attorney Ted Thorson of Rapid City was present, representing some property owners interested and also addressed the council.
In inquiring as to the benefits of any ideas of those present, and of contractors in charge of construction of the project, it developed that J. W. Terteling, of the firm of J. A. Terteling & Sons, contractors in charge of the Provo project, was among those present, standing in the assemblage that filled the little city hall, and when called upon by the council for his viewpoint, reminded the council that he was merely a bystander, but upon being prevailed upon by the council for suggestions, in his quiet and modest manner gave what was regarded as the best talk on the experience, as head of one of the largest construction companies in the country.
Mr. Terteling stated the answer to the problem was not the number of places, and that five places would just sell that much more, and would reduce and encourage a monopoly. He stated that ample police protection and strict enforcement of the law would bring the best results. He suggested that in granting a license, the council could request that the operators make at their own expense some provision for the proper policing of their places, as part of the qualification in obtaining a license to properly carry on their business.
He heartily deplored the situation that prevails and stated that in his experience in his work over the country he had found places where the situation was better handled and also where it was worse, and that it could be ironed out in time.
The speaker deplored the situation of "kids" and Indians being sold liquor here, which renders them unfit for work for several days, and also cited the emergency under which they work, making necessary working on Sundays.
"We will be working on the Fourth of July, and if we are here at Christmas, we will work on Christmas day," he said.
He pictured to his listeners the different stages of vice, and how when the men come in to work on a project, near by towns, first liquor is sold, then follows gambling, and then the women come in, and finally, not content with the selling of liquor, intoxicated working men are often "rolled" and robbed of their wages.
Mr. Terteling disclosed that 60 per cent of workers on large projects are "broke" when the job is completed and "do not have enough money to buy gas to leave town."
The council rejected the renewal of class D beer application of E. E. Dibble by unanimous vote.
Application for class D beer license was granted to Ligeros and Tomlon.
Other class D beer licenses were tabled by the council pending further investigation. - Edgemont Tribune.
Unless present plans go awry, The Star Friday will print a special edition for defense workers at Provo.
Arrangements for the edition were made this morning with Captain Frank B. Fisher, public relations officer, Missouri river division, corps of engineers, Omaha, who this week is establishing public relations contacts at Provo.
Special articles for the issues are to be prepared by workers at Provo, and the distribution will be taken care of by the sixteen WPA workers who this week assumed the task of supervising recreational activities on the project.
Hot Springs advertisers who would like this extra coverage at Provo Friday, in addition to regular Star coverage in Hot Springs, should have their advertising copy in this office by 9 a. m. For this special edition, 2,000 copies will be printed and passed out to workers in trailer camps and in barracks.
PROVO, July 2 - Major Harvey Eustrom, formerly area engineer at the Iowa ordnance plant at Burlington, Ia., arrived June 26 to act as area engineer on this war project in South Dakota. Major Eustrom was the oldest officer in point of service at Burlington, having arrived in November, 1940, and was instrumental in the supervision and construction of the entire project.
Major Eustrom is an overseas veteran of World war I and was a reserve officer in the coast artillery until his assignment to the quarter master corps at the state of the present defense construction program being transferred to the corps of engineers when army construction work was turned over to that branch of the service last December. In civil life he has been a construction engineer for more than twenty years, and at the time he was called to active duty, was consulting engineer at Boyne City, Mich.
In addition to supervision duties at Burlington, Major Eustrom was instrumental in launching a recreation program for all plant employees. As chairman of the board which handled this program, he supervised the organization of softball leagues, a gun club, and other social functions for plant workers and their families. Since coming to this project he has interested himself in the recreational program recently inaugurated under the supervision of Captain Hensgren.
Major Eustrom replaces Major Oliver B. Brown who has been called to overseas duty.
Mrs. Fulton Olson from the Provo project has been spending a few days with her aunt, Mrs. Grant Graves.
Mrs. Harold Rogers of Edgemont was in Hot Springs one day this week. Mr. Rogers, former manager of the Hot Springs Creamery, is an engineer on the Provo project.
HOT SPRINGS people need not be told that a city of no mean proportions is being built right under their eyes, at the site of the Black Hills ordnance depot. They have had evidence for weeks that such a development was under construction. Without leaving their homes to go to the site to make an investigation, they knew that hundreds of people must now be living there, for they have seen a steady stream of trailer houses headed west over the viaduct in the direction of the depot. And of course, many of the workers there have made the trip to the site from the west and south, without going through Hot Springs.
The Black Hills ordnance depot ranks as the greatest defense project in South Dakota, and probably in this whole area. The number of men to be employed there in its construction is a military secret; the size of the project is also a military secret. But it can be no secret that during this summer and into the fall and winter, a tremendous activity will be under way there. One need only look at the huge amount of cement culverts being manufactured here in Hot Springs for the project to realize that the development is outstanding in scope and size, and that before it is completed, an astonishingly large number of men will have worked on it and an astonishingly large amount of material will have been used in its construction.
The ordnance depot, as such, must remain a military secret for the duration, to be mentioned and written about in general terms, without giving out information which could be picked up and used by the enemy. But the men who work on the project, and their families, are by no means a military secret. The great majority of them are friendly, sociable people, with the desire to live as normal lives as possible in a community which is their temporary home.
Hot Springs people have found them, in the main, to be of a high type. In many cases they have entered into the life of the community; in all cases they have been an asset, very much so.
The men and women working on the project are making a real contribution to the nation's war efforts. They have left their established homes, their friends, to live in a strange land, in trailer houses, in crowded quarters, or in barracks. The good wages they are making is only just recompense for the sacrifices they have made in leaving their home towns to come here.
We believe we speak for all Hot Springs people when we use this occasion - the publishing of a special edition of The Star for the war workers on the project - to wish them a pleasant, enjoyable stay here during the construction period. They are doing a great work for a great cause.
SIDNEY, NEB., has a defense project similar to the one in Fall River county. And Sidney is getting a boom similar to the one which Edgemont is getting, and Hot Springs, to a smaller degree.
The Crawford, Neb., News gives this interesting report on the business stimulation which has come to Sidney. It reminds one a little of the things we have been hearing about Edgemont:
"Sidney is getting a stronger taste of boom town conditions these days and there are varying expressions as to whether the 'native residents' like it.
"The population of the town has more than doubled since last March, when first activity was noted on the war project near there. Together with newcomers who are living outside the city limits, it is considered likely that Sidney is now accommodating three times as many people as a year ago.
"You can see the difference in grocery stores on Saturdays, or any evening just before closing time. Getting into a 'check stand' line means a wait of at least fifteen minutes when the crowds are surging in and out. In the parlance of one grocery man, 'you can take care of just so many people at a time; the rest of them have to wait in line.'
"Then there are the items of carpenter's overalls and khaki colored work pants. A year ago there were not a dozen men in the entire community who needed regular replacements of these items. Now there are hundreds, and Sidney's merchants are striving valiantly to anticipate their needs from week to week in order to accommodate the trade.
"The same is true in most lines of business. Drug stores report tremendous increases in volume. Hardware stores have been rushed for weeks keeping up with the demands of contractors on the project. Items which once sold in ones and twos now sell by the dozens or gross. Merchants have had plenty of headaches trying to figure out ample stocks so that they won't be left holding over supplies when the project is completed.
"The lumber yards are in the same fix. They were among the first to catch the brunt of the rush and for weeks they were going night and day. The rush has slackened up a bit now, but the yards are still going full speed to meet the demands of old and new customers.
"Beer gardens and liquor stores are catching their share of the extra money, along with the cafes and soft drink parlors. No one seems to have an idea of how much money is floating around Sidney every week, but they know it is plenty."
PIERRE, July 3 (AP) - South Dakota road building program appears to have been stopped for the duration as the federal roads agency has refused permission to complete work on highway 14 west of Fort Pierre to Midland, Governor Bushfield said today, and that project was considered the most likely to be approved.
Only roads to defense projects will be completed, such as the one to the Black Hills ordnance depot, to save critical war materials.
We are very appreciative of the courtesy and business given us by the people in the Provo area.
The U. S. Engineer Office, especially Don Lowry and Kenny Stenger with whom we have had the most contact.
Billy Richer who made a lovely photograph of Ladd on a button.
Terteling and Co.
The Ellerbe Engineering Co.
The Fuel Economy Engineering Co.
All of the gracious ladies that live in all the houses from No. 1 to 103 and maybe more now.
The many people that live in trailer houses, tents and camps.
The girls in the telephone exchange who have handled our calls so promptly.
We are glad to have met you all and while we have not always had what you wanted when you wanted it you have always been pleasant about it.
As long as our tires last, we will deliver.
CHADRON, Neb., July 3 - Raymond Harris has sold his Red & White grocery store that has been a part of this community for the past five years. This deal was consummated during the past week, the stock having been sold to the Terteling Construction company at the Provo defense project. It is understood that a place for the groceries has already been provided at Provo, where a much larger stock will be carried.
Harris left here Thursday for Provo, where he will take charge of the new store. He has been associated with the grocery business in Chadron for twenty-two years, having started here with Roy Harris and later with Verne Nichols and in the Red & White as owner and operator for the past five years.
Mrs. Harris and the children will remain in Chadron.
The Pierre Capital Journal commented as follows:
"Shows of oil encountered in the drilling of a water well in Sec. 3, of Twp. 10 S. R. 2 E., Fall River county, S. D., the Provo army project, have inspired at least one additional wildcat project. A block of 1280 acres in sections 13-14-23-24 in that township, bordering the project on the east, has been leased from the fee owners with a commitment to put a rig on the ground by August 1 this year."
With the completion of the big 44,000 gallon capacity water tank, adequate water supply is now on hand for everyone. The new well, which is some 4,000 feet deep, supplies plenty of water, which comes out of the ground at 138 degrees temperature. The water has been piped to the different bathhouses and the commissary and the temperature is just right without cooling for bathing purposes. It is also being used in the commissary to wash the dishes. It is heated to a higher degree for scalding. Reports are that a cooling system is in transit to the area and will be installed soon.
More than a thousand employees of the Black Hills ordnance depot turned out Thursday night in the new post exchange hall, and many with unusual talent were discovered. Under the direction of Captain Frank B. Fisher, public relations officer, Missouri river division, corps of engineers, Omaha, assisted by Miss Helen Morganti, Miss Rosalie Thielin, Mr. Bierman, and Lieut. Young of the corps of engineers, a fine program was given.
Many choice acts were chosen for the big show that is to be held Saturday night, the Fourth, at the kitten ball field, starting at 7:45.
The following were chosen last night to appear on the program:
Alice Valades, Lyle Buffinton, Ennes Bible, Mrs. Borling, Barbara Jean Welles, Lynn Pfiester, Miss Thielen, John Aanderud, John Isch, Julius Isch, Pete Hook, W. J. Dunn, Chester Boyle, Merle Palmer, Ray Neil. In this group you will find cowboy singers, yodelers, dancers, classical singers, and all types of high class entertainment.
This is the first show of its kind to be staged on the area, and many talented folks who were unable to attend last night are also welcome to come Saturday night and contribute their talent, for the success of the general entertainment of all of us living on the project.
CUSTER. - Joslin & McAllister, contractors of Spokane, Wash., have been awarded the contract to supply crushed stone from the quarry at Loring for the Black Hills ordnance depot at Provo.
X. W. Joslin, superintendent, and his son, Morten Joslin, bookkeeper, announced this week that machinery and equipment are in place and material is now being loaded for shipment to the Provo project.
Three thousand tons of the crushed stone will be loaded each day, and at present a crew of about fifty men, most of whom are local, are at work.
Headquarters for the company are established in Pringle. Included in the machinery to handle the large contracts are six crushers, diesel power engines, compressors, shovels, trucks, screens, and other necessary machinery. The Burlington has completed a siding and trucks will unload the stone from the nearby quarry onto the cars. - Chronicle.
Two Trucks collided at about 5 o'clock on Friday afternoon, one and one-half miles on this side of Edgemont.
A Magarry Bros. truck, driven by Alvin Nash, was moving west with a load of gravel, while an empty Terteling truck, driven by Alfred Nelson, was going east. Apparently Nelson had gone asleep, for his truck was being driven on the left side of the road. Nash made an attempt to dodge the Terteling truck, but the two trucks collided, the right sides hooking.
The gravel truck was overturned and the whole cab was torn from the Terteling truck. Nelson was critically injured, but his condition was reported as somewhat improved today at the Lutheran hospital. Nash escaped without injuries.
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Emil Koch of Provo received medical treatment Friday.
Diana Stahl of Provo, a medical patient, was dismissed Sunday.
Paul Lorenz of Provo received medical treatment Friday.
Leslie Hanson of Provo received medical treatment Saturday morning.
Bernard Cullen of Provo was dismissed Saturday.
James Reese, a medical patient from Provo, was dismissed yesterday.
The "go signal" was given to workmen to begin the construction of the new isolation ward. The building will be built just west of the hospital, with complete facilities for the care of those who might contract any contagious disease.
So far there has been less than a minimum of contagious disease in any form, and all precautionary measures are being taken to prevent the spread of any malady of this type. The United States government wishes to keep its war workers on a health par second to none in the world.
Installation of scores of shower baths was completed this week in the men's and women's barracks, the trailer camp, and will be completed soon in the small cabin camp. Plenty of hot water just the right temperature from the new well is available, and every worker is urged to take advantage of the baths. Cleanliness is a valuable asset in every one's life, and officials of the Black Hills ordnance depot advise the use of this new modern convenience.
Captain Frank B. Fisher, public relations officer, Missouri river division, U. S. engineers corps, had his slogan tacked up throughout the area Thursday. The big yellow sign reads, "THE DIFFICULT - WE DO IMMEDIATELY; THE IMPOSSIBLE - TAKES JUST A LITTLE LONGER." He urges everyone connected with the project to read it and follow through.
Mrs. Bertha Bennett to Frank Coward, lot 2, block 3, original town-site of Provo.
Fed. Farm Mtg. Corp. to Philip Erschen, lots 3, 4, e 1/2 sw 1/4, w 1/2 se 1/4, ne 1/4 se 1/4, section 19; lot 1, nw 1/4 ne 1/4, section 30; sw 1/4, section 20-10-2.
Philip Erschen to United States of America, lots 3, 4, e 1/2 sw 1/4, w 1/2 se 1/4, ne 1/4 se 1/4, section 19; lot 1, nw 1/4 ne 1/4, section 30; sw 1/4, section 20-10-2.
Walter Spindler and son of Sioux Falls came to Hot Springs on Saturday. They expect to work on the Provo project.
Merl R. Seely is in a serious condition at the Veterans' Administration facility hospital as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident about 4:30 o'clock Monday afternoon, when the car which he was driving left the road on the straight-away and rolled over several times, about half way between Minnekahta and Hot Springs, while returning from Provo, where Mr. Seely is a guard at the Provo project.
Morse D. Mirich, who also is a guard at the project, was uninjured. Damage to the car was not known today.
Examination revealed that Mr. Seely was suffering from severe shock, several broken ribs, back injuries, and cuts and bruises about the body. He is doing as well as could be expected, according to reports from the hospital.
Mr. Seely has made his home in Hot Springs for the past three years, coming here from Winner. He managed the Nicholson hotel. He has been working at Provo since the middle of May. He served in the navy in World war I.
PROVO, with less than a dozen taxpayers, faces a problem of providing school facilities for several hundred children next fall, comments Congressman Case in his weekly news letter.
He says that the United States office of education has agreed to survey the situation and recommend federal aid under the Lanham act, which is designed to help meet needs created by defense installations.
Edgemont, too, will have a school problem this fall, due to the influx this summer of dozens of families, but that town probably will be able to handle the increase in school attendance. It has a relatively new school plant, which last year had an excess of seating capacity.
Hot Springs at the moment doesn't appear to have a school problem because of the Provo project. The town is filled with people. Every house and apartment and room is taken. But unless the situation grows more intense than it is now, the schools should be able to take care of any extra children without any undue strain.
Traffic is very heavy on the Cascade road at present, many cars and trucks making it this way between Hot Springs and the Provo project. Trucks that haul the cement culverts from Hot Springs to the project return this way empty.
Other visitors in the park the past week were (only people from Provo listed) Arthur Duff, Provo; Mr. and Mrs. Ken DeWitt and children, Provo
Clifford Berry of Provo spent the evening of the Fourth with relatives in Buffalo Gap.
Charles Morris quit work at the project Friday evening and is putting up hay at home.
Mrs. Wayne Jackson returned home from Nebraska, where she had been to visit her mother and other relatives for a week.
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Dunbar and little daughter of Oelrichs were supper guests in the home of his uncle, M. S. Dunbar, one evening last week.
Carpenters are very busy remodeling the depot so as to have more room.
Quite a number attended the program on the project Thursday evening and report a good time. Also a great many visited on the area the Fourth, as it was open day for all who cared to go see what was going on. A great change has come to our part of the county and if one did not see a landmark of some kind, they would be lost.
Mrs. Walter Huff and small son came Thursday from Copeland, Idaho, to visit relatives and friends and assist her father some in the work at the post office, which is getting to be a great thing.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Hoar and son spent Friday night in the home of his parents, and Saturday he took all of the folks over the ordnance plant.
Mr. and Mrs. Orin Shuck and sons came down from Clifton, Wyo., and spent the Fourth in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar. They brought Grandma Hoar out from Edgemont with them for the day. She is feeling quite well again.
Mrs. Allan Coates and children spent Saturday in the home of her husband's folks, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Coates.
Mrs. A. C. Soske and her sister, Mrs. Hannah Ritche, came up from Omaha, Neb., Friday morning. Mrs. Soske is feeling much better at this time, and her many friends are very glad she was able to come home.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson of Custer were here Saturday to visit in the home of A. C. Soske.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cox and daughter and the little granddaughter were shaking hands with Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar Sunday. Mrs. Cox was Miss Blanche Schreckengast and taught school here some twenty-five years ago, and now lives at Pine Ridge, S. D. The daughter lives at Edgemont.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Johnson were out this way Monday on business.
Mrs. Bud Hey and Mrs. Dunlap were visiting at the home of Mrs. Hey's parents one day last week.
Frank Piel and family will soon leave here, as he has got the section job at Thedford, Neb. We regret to see them move, but the work will not be so hard for him there.
H. L. Asemissen and Ed Elfstrom began work at Provo today.
Henry Bending of Provo, a medical patient, was dismissed yesterday.
Alva Case of Provo was admitted for medical treatment this morning.
One passenger automobile retread to Merl R. Seely, a defense worker.
One passenger automobile retread to Elmer Baker Abel, a defense worker.
One passenger automobile tube to Irwin D. McDowell, a defense worker.
One passenger automobile retread to Kenneth Stenger, a defense worker.
One passenger automobile retread to Herbert Rickenbach, a defense worker.
One passenger automobile retread to Henry A. Campbell, a defense worker.
One passenger automobile retread to Ralph L. Elston, a defense worker.
One passenger automobile retread to Frank Lash, a defense worker.
Two passenger automobile retreads to John Wallace Finley, a defense worker.
Two passenger automobile retreads to Charles Mueller, a defense worker.
One passenger automobile tube to Richard Schmunk, a defense worker
Notice was issued to all Black Hills ordnance depot department heads Tuesday afternoon by Captain Bernard T. Hensgen, executive officer, of a mass meeting of employees of the U. S. engineers.
Every member congregated in front of the administration building at 9 a. m. Wednesday to hear the major express himself in regard to the gigantic task ahead to complete the project ahead of schedule.
Major Eustrom stated, "It's up to you, not to me. I did not come out of the funny papers. I am no superman.
"The United States army demands the completion of this plant on time, and the United States army is going to get it on time.
"There has been no greater conflict since Caesar. During the time of Bismarck, this war was in mind, and the undivided efforts of every man, woman and child in the United States are vitally needed in this conflict. Next to the active fighting forces, you are the second front, and you must realize it and keep it in mind."
The major emphatically stated that this project would not only be completed on time, but ahead of schedule. The American army has a lot of "guts," and it will be done. He brought out the fact that some employees will be transferred to other war projects before the completion, while others will remain here with the ordnance.
Major Curtis, the commanding officer, who is detailed to remain at the plant, has stated that some 2,000 employees will be required to operate and maintain the storage depot after its completion.
Hundreds of enthusiastic Americans, intent upon preserving life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, celebrated one of the most unusual Fourths of July ever staged on a defense project in the history of war effort.
With Uncle Sam standing behind them, an estimated throng of 1,500 crowded around the bandstand and workers and officials became better acquainted with each other, and all enjoyed the complete evening of entertainment made possible by the U. S. engineers, the recreation department of the WPA, and J. A. Terteling & Sons, contractors.
All three shifts worked throughout the day full speed ahead to help keep the land free for the home of the brave, and those who were on duty sacrificed a pleasurable evening for the sake of liberty. This celebration will go down in history as one of the finest entertainment contributions ever staged for any group of employees by an employer.
From 1:30 p. m. to 1:30 a. m., throngs of government war workers celebrated Independence Day in honor of their freedom so precious to every American citizen.
J. W. Terteling, prime contractor of this gigantic government storage depot, the principal speaker of the evening program before the big fireworks display, told his thousands of workers that he meant to complete the job on time and break his record of twenty-four poured in one day on another project.
Mr. Terteling's talk follows:
"Ladies and gentlemen: I am very glad to be here tonight. I do not feel as an outcast. Every body knows that we have done things here already. To the people who have worked with me before, I want to talk to them, but for the new ones especially, it is necessary for me to appear before you in this manner to tell you that I'm interested in all of you. We work as an organization. You are here and have a right, and we have a right. You have a right to expect fair play, fair treatment for Bill and Roy and Jim. You will receive that right. We have a right to receive your best endeavor in return. Many we have met over the last few years. To the new ones that we have met only on this job, we say we will co-operate as we have in the past, and will continue to do so in the future. We solicit a crew, that makes up you folks, but many move on to the next job with us. And so we get to know them better.
"I came here, as the captain has told you, with about five minutes' notice that I was going to talk, so I'm quite unprepared. Here are some of the things that have been done to get this job started: There is a store now operating, and even though its stock is, as yet, incomplete, it will be increased, and be run on a profitless basis. There is a movie and a bowling alley. The movie is starting operations tonight, and the bowling alley will be complete in the very near future. We have organized ball teams. More members will come, one from the arches area, one from the igloos, one from the engineers, and others will be organized. However, in connection with these teams, may I say that a penalty is connected with them. Their one aim in life during the summer will be to beat the engineers. There isn't a great deal more that I can say, as it's getting cold and dark. I want to tell you about a safety plaque or award that our company has won the last two years. We are very anxious to win it for the third time and so make it ours. The first and foremost thing is, don't get hurt on the job. Safety is the main item on any job and especially on this one.
"There are a few suggestions I would like to make to you, our people. First, be economic; second, buy bonds. Those two are a duty and obligation that everybody could do. Third, this is not a situation of a case where the contractor will make a fortune, and rightfully so. In fact, I will see to it that no excess profit will be made. We already have been paid for this. Take these defense jobs and stick with them so that we will be able to produce the maximum of our abilities, because we are working for you and for the kids and our families so that they won't learn German or Jap.
"That is the principal thing that constitutes the code I live by. Fair play which we want you to feel you will always have will be given you, and if you feel that you are not receiving fair treatment at any time, it is your privilege to come to me or to the heads of the organization on any occasion for consideration. But we must finish the job.
"I have a big thermometer built down at the end of the street where the office is.
It is the thermometer that tells us how production is going. On the job we just finished at Hermiston, Ore., we all were overjoyed and happy when in one day we poured twenty-four igloos. We men here must complete this project before Sept. 15. We will, we will even pour more than twenty-four igloos in one day, but only with your help. Thank you ladies and gentlemen."
Inspiring talks were also made by the commanding officer, H. G. Curtis, major, corps of engineers; Harvey Eustrom, major, corps of engineers and area engineer; Bernard T. Hensgen, captain, corps of engineers and executive officer; Frank Young, lieutenant, corps of engineers.
Captain Frank B. Fisher acted as master of ceremonies and presented a program of local talent and community singing, along with the introduction of speakers.
At the conclusion of this part of the program, hundreds of dollars of fireworks, made possible by J. A. Terteling & Sons, the U. S. engineers and others, were set off by the fire department under the supervision of Loren Bingham, fire chief.
The grand finale of the celebration was a dance in the new recreational hall, where a local orchestra and a loud speaker system provided the music.
The afternoon program consisted of "teen age" kitten ball game and a game which was played off between the older children of the project and the women of the WPA recreational unit, races and relays for men, women and children, and the glorious feature was the softball game between the Terteling office and the U. S. engineers.
By special arrangement with the postal department at Sioux Falls, 1,000 car stamps will be available for the workers at the Black Hills ordnance depot, according to Postmaster Coates at Provo. It is necessary that these stamps be on the cars, and in order to make it easier for the men to secure these stamps and to have enough of them to go around, we have ordered this large number. Please attend to this matter as soon as possible.
The Black Hills ordnance depot has inaugurated a new public relations program, which got under way last week-end.
Closer relationship between employee and employer and a large recreational program is the theme of the new setup, organized by Captain Frank B. Fisher, division officer of public relations of the Missouri river division, corps of engineers, Omaha, under the direction of William L. Long of Kansas City and Miss Helen Morganti of Lead, S. D.
The first of a series of entertainments was held last Thursday night in the recreational hall on the project, which several hundred workers attended and local talent was chosen for participation in a full day's program on the Fourth of July.
Eighteen trained members of the recreational division of the WPA, headed by Miss Adeline Weiser, are members of this new department. This group is organizing baseball, tennis, volley ball, children's playgrounds, and other recreational activities on the war project, and varied programs of entertainment are planned.
A library of 1,500 books, consisting of fiction, travel, biography, non-fictional reference, poetry and historical novels, has been installed in the new recreational hall, located at the foot of Rushmore road. Many took advantage of the new free library the minute it was opened Wednesday afternoon. Books were checked out to men, women and youngsters who are interested in reading entertainment. The books are a free service sponsored by the WPA recreational group recently brought on the project for the general diversion of the workers.
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