The library will be open afternoons and evenings with a librarian in charge. The books will be checked out, and a system for their return within a certain length of time will be arranged. The library will soon be thoroughly completed with tables and benches so that those who wish may read there. It will also be equipped with magazines and current newspaper files.
State highway patrolmen began enforcing the 40-mile per hour speed limit on highway 85-A and 18 between Edgemont and Hot Springs. County, state and federal authorities began the enforcement of the speed regulation Wednesday in the interest of safety and the preservation of tires and motor equipment. The road will also be patrolled from Edgemont south to Provo.
Governor Bushfield of South Dakota has issued this order.
S. S. Roberts Construction was awarded the contract for the hardsurfacing of highway 18 and 85-A between Hot Springs and Edgemont, and work is now in progress. Reports are that the oil will be spread in the near future.
The grading of the road between Provo and Edgemont was begun Wednesday by state and county highway officers.
The sensational speed and dogged determination of the U. S. Engineers brought said defeat to the Contractors by a score of 24 to 6 in the first softball game of the season at Black Hills ordnance depot Saturday, July 4, on the especially prepared diamond on the utilities area south and west of the Terteling camp.
In spite of the terrific heat that afternoon, many spectators were on hand to witness a thrilling spectacle of athletic showmanship on the part of both teams.
In the very first inning, the third man up, Varlik, shortstop for the Engineers, clouted a homer with no one on base. Bob Lowry, second base and Biggs, pitcher, next two men up, also scored. Then Stenger was tossed out at first to retire the side. In the second inning, the plate was crossed ten times, every man on the team scoring, with Bigsby, third baseman, chalking up two to his credit. In the third inning, also ten runs were made, and another tally later.
The Contractors were unfortunate that their lineup was short, due to some of their players working. Their half of the first three innings was uneventful but Watson, first baseman, completed the circuit in the fourth for their first score. Walt Auwinger, center field; Wilson, second baseman; Bob Petty, third baseman; Zimmerschield, shortstop, and Ed Rodgers, pitcher, each scored one run in the fifth.
Every man on both teams played hard in the broiling hot sun, and the spectators were thrilled with their performance.
This was the first game of a series to be played this summer under the direction of Carl Bierman of the recreational department of the WPA and Kenny Stenger of the supply and contract department of the engineers. If you are a ballplayer, please get in touch with either man and warm up for the next game which is scheduled for next Sunday.
Owing to the fact that Coca Cola could not be had the first of the week for the ordnance depot, nothing is being said regarding the chlorine that the sanitation section is putting in the drinking water.
At the combined meeting of the Hot Springs Kiwanis club and the Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday night in Hot Springs, Major Eustrom, area engineer of the Black Hills storage depot, was the principal speaker in the Legion hall. W. L. Long, in charge of public relations at the project; Dr. F. Hamilton Redewill, health officer of Fall River - Custer counties health district, and Dr. Anthony Triolo, state child welfare head, were also speakers for the evening.
Major Eustrom said as a veteran of the last World war, he would say that it was no picnic, and for the duration of this one we should trust in God and America. He also stated that men out of uniform were just as important as the fighting force, and organizations like the Chamber of Commerce and the United States Chamber of Commerce were vital to national defense.
President W. P. Rooney of the Chamber of Commerce and Dr. S. G. Bailey of the Kiwanis club were in charge of the meeting.
Through the efforts of the state board of health and the U. S. public health service, evacuation of all unauthorized trailer camps began at Provo Wednesday. Dr. F. Hamilton Redewill, health officer for Fall River and Custer counties, health district, Hot Springs, gave orders to move from the unsanitary premises of all unauthorized camps in Provo and Edgemont to approved camps in the area.
Arrangements have been made within the boundaries of the Black Hills ordnance depot to absorb all of the families who have been living in unsanitary quarters.
A mass meeting was held in the school building at Provo Thursday morning, July 9, at 10:30, at which time negotiations were started for the incorporation of the town. Overcrowded conditions due to the defense work at the Black Hills ordnance depot necessitated the action taken. Mr. Dunbar, owner of the store in Provo, was appointed as chairman, and J. W. Cherry and Mr. Coates, postmaster, made up the committee which called the meeting. Many other interested residents attended.
Major Harvey J. Eustrom, area engineer of the storage depot, was invited as a guest and talked to the property owners of the community.
W. P. Rooney, Hot Springs lawyer, was there with papers to begin the necessary steps for the town's recognition.
Normally before the war work started on the Black Hills ordnance depot, there were only sixteen inhabitants in Provo. It is estimated that now within the immediate vicinity more than a thousand persons are living. Mr. Dunbar and the other members of the committee will begin to take a census immediately. Mr. Rooney said this step would have to be taken before Provo can be incorporated.
A petition will be circulated among the residents asking for at least thirty signatures of qualified voters.
Dr. F. Hamilton Redewill, Fall River and Custer county health officer said the town would have to be incorporated before proper health and sanitary measures can be carried out.
THE BLACK HILLS NEWS, the special edition of The Star for war workers at Provo, published for the first time last Friday, created favorable comment among those who received the paper and the business people of Hot Springs who advertised in it.
The issue was got ready on the spur of the moment, with the full and hearty co-operation of Major Eustrom, area engineer; Captain Frank B. Fisher, public relations officer, Missouri river division, Seventh corps area, Omaha; William Long, public relations representative at Provo and the WPA recreational workers on the project.
Captain Fisher made the arrangements for the paper, and Mr. Long and the rest performed the task of whipping it into shape. Friday's issue was virtually the same as Friday's Evening Star, except that the whole front page was new. It contained news of particular interest to Provo workers, with special attention to the program for the Fourth of July celebration.
This week's Black Hills News is published today, and is a more complete paper, with more news and (we hope) more advertising.
The advertising angle is, we believe, one of The News' most valuable features. To illustrate: A Provo carpenter, in Hot Springs Tuesday for a day off, stopped in the Star office to look at the first issue of The News. He had received a copy in the barracks where he lives, as did everyone else there, but he wanted to look again at one of the advertisements. The carpenter, an amiable intelligent fellow from over near Huron, said The Black Hills News was read and appreciated. He hoped it would be continued.
The primary purpose of The News is to provide an organ in which Provo news can be printed for Provo people. It is their newspaper.
A secondary purpose of The News is to tie up Provo with Hot Springs to inform the hundreds of war workers on the project of the many business and recreational advantages to be found here. We believe this to be a worthy aim and one which Hot Springs people, especially business people will support.
Incidentally, Major Eustrom remarked that The Black Hills News is the first newspaper effort of its kind to come to his attention, and he was not a little pleased with the initial result. He wished it success, and has been very fine in his co-operation.
He pointed out that some projects have their own newspapers, and some depend for their news service on near by papers. But the Black Hills News is a co-operative effort on the part of Provo workers and the Hot Springs Star. The Provo people provide the news they want printed and see to it that the paper is distributed. This office does the rest.
Clarence Planting and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Piper, and Miss Mary Purdum, who are employed by J. A. Terteling & Sons in Alliance, Neb., spent Sunday, July 5, in Edgemont visiting friends and the office of J. A. Terteling at Provo.
Duck pin bowling alleys will be opened the latter part of this week. There are three alleys. Price of admissions is 15 cents a line, or two lines for 25 cents.
Miss Nell Wheeler of Ellensburg, Wash., arrived in Edgemont Sunday afternoon, July 5, and will spend two weeks with Mrs. Marcene Redfearn of the payroll department, J. A. Terteling & Sons.
Even though the trailer camp is not quite complete, a number of trailer houses are moving in.
Tent house and cabin area is being prepared, and employees on the project are moving in as quickly as the houses are erected.
A cooling system is being installed for the purpose of cooling the hot water from the well.
The general store opened for business Saturday, July 4. This is under the capable management of Ray Harris, who formerly operated a grocery store in Chadron, Neb.
Post exchange was opened the weekend of July 4.
A parking area just outside the barracks area is being established, and in the future cars will be parked in the location so designated as parking area.
Miss Muriel Hebbert of Scotland, S. D., is a newcomer in the accounting department of J. A. Terteling & Sons. Miss Hebbert comes here directly from Rapid City, where she has been a student at the National School of Business.
Stanley Fleming is now employed by J. A. Terteling & Sons in the accounting department. Mr. Fleming comes from Ellendale, N. D.
EDGEMONT, July 9 - Not since the days of the oil boom have Edgemont merchants enjoyed such good business with business places crowded from morning to late in the evening, as thousands of defense workers throng our streets, and it is reported that Edgemont now has more trailer houses in the city than other residences - and more and more coming in daily.
Local merchants are doing their best to supply the great demand for merchandise, and in some cases are finding it hard to replenish certain items in stock, due to war conditions.
In spite of the shortage of help and long hours, businessmen are coping with the situation in the best manner possible.
Nearly every businessman has "reduced in weight" due to the great business activity.
Edgemont's shade trees have a special attraction to trailer houses, and where there is a tree you can usually see a trailer house or two parked.
Local residents have shown a fine spirit of co-operation and have provided parking space on their lawns for the hundreds of trailer houses.
Every available room is filled, and porches have been converted into sleeping rooms, garages have been remodeled into apartments, houses and bunk houses have been moved into the city by local people to provide quarters for defense workers who want to stay in Edgemont if they can only find a place to stay.
The city council has been very considerate of the defense workers in doing what they can to provide space for trailers in the city, and defense workers have expressed appreciation of the way the citizens in general have endeavored to meet the situation. - Edgemont Tribune.
Mr. Leadbetter, manager of the Lance theater, requested the services of the Black Hills News to assist him in finding a girl, 15 to 18 years old, to act as an usherette in the new theater, opened on July 4. There is also an opening for a young woman to act as cashier. Mr. Leadbetter asks those interested to apply at the theater.
He also announces the coming attractions from July 9 to July 18 as follows:
July 9-10-11 - "West of Tombstone" (Charles Starrett), "Mr. Celebrity," one reel Columbia colored cartoon.
July 12-13-14 - "House Across the Bay," Pathe News, Disney cartoon.
July 15-16 - "Wife Takes a Flyer," Black and White Columbia cartoon.
July 17-18 - "Dude Cowboy" (Tim Holt), "Emergency Landing," Columbia colored cartoon.
The theater is owned and operated by J. A. Terteling & Sons, prime contractor.
Miss Lorarine Thomas of Mason City, Ia., came recently to take the place of Blossom Mason as Western Union operator. Miss Mason has taken a position at Provo.
Bert Manseth of Provo was admitted for medical attention last night.
Stanley Olson of Provo entered this morning for treatment.
The facilities for housing government workers on the Black Hills ordnance depot will be available in the very near future. Separate barracks for single men and women have been completed, and many have applied for living quarters there. Each barracks building will contain modern facilities such as showers, electric lights, toilets, and individual sleeping rooms equipped with cots and bedding. The housing facilities for families are being constructed, and a great number of the U. S. engineer employees have shown their intention of desiring quarters for their families within the area. Workers who live in nearby towns, who are interested in living on the depot, may apply to the public relations department at the headquarters building.
The following have left their names and will be the first to occupy these new buildings: George Boyland, Kenneth Stenger, Homer Bird, Mr. Johnsonbaugh, Frank Ross, Albert Fay, Charles Brogan, Carl Isaacson, A. H. Yates, Mrs. Ed Moore, C. H. Vickers, Jack Liedle, Dale Snyder, Frank B. DeCorey, Tommy Thompson, Frances H. B. George, Bernard J. Henley, W. A. Freund, H. E. Triem, Harold McLaughlin, Jerry Oravetz, Roger W. Shade, Keith Beck, Max Welch, Carol Goddard, Seer Barnett, H. McLian, George K. Peterson, Harcisse LePonte, Joe McCann, Bob Usher, Vincent Valades, Robert Mallow, Art Kiehn, Mrs. Morehouse, and Mr. Aegerter.
Storage operations at the Black Hills ordnance depot will be started in the very near future, according to the commanding officer, Major H. G. Curtis. Additional officers and trained civilian personnel are beginning to arrive to prepare for the opening of ordnance activities.
Several hundred men and women will be required at the beginning, and applications are being taken and placed on file for early hiring. When the depot is in full operation, employment will reach a figure well over 2,000.
Carpenters, truck drivers, auto mechanics, checkers, clerks, railroad crews, stenographers, and many other types of workers will be needed. It is expected that most residents of nearby communities and many of the present employees of the engineers and contractors will be interested in obtaining positions, which will be rated according to civil service classifications. Applications may be filed with L. E. Johnsonbaugh at the headquarters building of the ordnance department at any time.
The depot is a permanent installation for the war department and will continue to operate after the war, thus offering permanent government positions to many people.
The town of Provo will quite possibly in the future be one of the larger communities in Fall River county, as it has already become one of the important points on the Burlington railroad.
A truck driven by Melvin Grandt was hit by a car driven by E. V. Larson of Belle Fourche Wednesday night at 10:30, south of Edgemont on the Bailey road, which is used by Provo gravel trucks.
Larson, who allegedly was intoxicated, was said to be driving on the wrong side of the road and hit the truck. Neither man was injured.
Larson was arrested and will be held in the county jail until the fall term of the circuit court. He may be released later on a $500 bond.
THIS WEEK'S The Black Hills News, published for war workers on the Provo project, was twice as large as the one printed last week, and, we believe, more than twice as interesting.
The News is a "make-over" of all the best feature articles and news printed in The Star during the week, together with more than a page of Provo news, written by William Long, public relations representative for the project and personal aide to Major Harvey Eustrom, area engineer. In addition, there was almost a page installment of The Star's new serial story, "Bombs Burst Once."
The Black Hills News, if we say so ourselves, is a real and effective tieup between Hot Springs and the Black Hills ordnance depot. Hot Springs people and merchants can now carry their messages direct to the war workers at Provo, and they in turn, have an organ in which to carry their stories to Hot Springs, as well as among themselves.
An automobile, with its back seat loaded with copies of The Black Hills News, left The Star office at 5 o'clock last night for Provo. The News was in the hands of its readers that evening. Copies were distributed in all the barracks and to all the trailer houses. It is the intention that all workers who live at the project should get a copy. This delivery service is handled through the WPA recreational setup at Provo.
The Black Hills News will be published every Thursday until further notice, and probably "for the duration."
The Star has received the assurance from a number of sources that the Provo paper has taken hold on the project - and it should take hold among the business people of Hot Springs. It is the best opportunity they will ever have to get their advertising message to the men who are drawing the high defense wages and to their families.
When the highway between here and Provo is hard surfaced, as it will be within the next few weeks, Hot Springs is going to get a "play" from Provo workers that will surpass the business stimulation now apparent.
Frank Warner of Provo was admitted for medical attention last night.
Earl Smith of Provo had emergency this morning. He was in a tractor accident but his condition is favorable.
Harold Andrews of Provo had surgery for a compound fracture of the elbow this morning.
Sunday marked the beginning of church services on the Black Hills ordnance depot. Judge G. C. Caylor of Hot Springs was the guest speaker. The services were held in the Lance theater building on the area, where many attended. The service is sponsored by the U.S.O., and the Rev. Mr. Newell, in charge of worship for the government agency, assisted Judge Caylor. This meeting was the first of a series to be held on the area each Sunday by guest ministers from various communities. Arrangements have been made for the Rev. Shelby Light of the Congregational church of Edgemont to conduct the religious program next Sunday. The services are to be non-sectarian, and persons of all faiths and denominations will be in attendance each Sunday.
Leon W. Buker to J. W. Terteling et al, ne 1/4, section 19-8-3.
Bertha Bennett to Mrs. A. T. Young, lot 4, block 3, Provo.
Bertha Bennett to Mrs. A. T. Young, lot 4, block 3, Provo.
Stanley Olson of Provo, a medical patient, was dismissed Friday.
Richard Zunker of Provo, a medical patient, was dismissed Friday.
Charles Black of Provo was admitted for medical treatment Friday.
Alfred Nelson of Provo was dismissed Friday.
Lloyd Hooke of Provo was dismissed Saturday morning.
Frank Mischel of Provo, a medical patient, was dismissed Saturday morning.
Frank Warner of Provo, a medical patient, was dismissed Saturday.
Bernard Tullins of Provo was admitted Sunday to have surgery this morning.
Alva Case of Provo a surgical patient, was dismissed this morning.
D. A. Westin of Provo was admitted for surgery this morning.
Thomas Connelly of Provo was admitted Sunday for medical treatment.
Bert Manseth of Provo is receiving treatment for a fractured foot.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Sheldon left Sunday for Sidney, Neb., where they will make their home. Mr. Sheldon, who was an engineer on the Provo project, has been transferred to the Sidney project.
FALL RIVER COUNTY people are scratching their heads and wondering about the future of the once-little town of Provo after learning last week that 2,000 men at least would be required to operate the Black Hills ordnance depot when it is completed. They had been told, when construction first started, that a fairly large crew of men would be needed to maintain and operate the depot, but they little realized that the force would number 2,000 or more.
What's got local people to conjecturing over the possibilities of Provo is the thought that 2,000 well paid government employees will constitute the best town in this part of the country. The payroll will be larger than the payrolls of Hot Springs and Edgemont combined. The employees and their families should compose a city of around five or six thousand population, also larger than Hot Springs and Edgemont combined.
It seems plain now that Provo will be a town of considerable consequence for the next few years. Because of the tire situation, it will be a bigger and better place that it would be if the workers had unlimited transportation available and could live wherever they please. As the transportation situation now stands, most of the workers will have to live in Provo, and many of them will maintain their homes there. This will mean that Provo will develop as a city of homes and business places, of schools and churches, of places of amusement and other activities. For so long as the war lasts and possibly for several years afterwards, the government will maintain and operate the depot at or near capacity; and while this situation exists, Provo will be one of the leading towns in this area, if not the leading town.
Stuart Tanner, who has been working a Provo a short time, returned home a few days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Post and Mr. and Mrs. Wendall Warrior of Provo were business visitors in Rumford Thursday evening. Joe Kern accompanied them home from Provo.
Harold DeVine of Provo had a tonsillectomy yesterday and was dismissed today.
Harold Froman of Provo was admitted yesterday for medical treatment.
Newspapers throughout this section of the country have been carrying advertisements announcing, "1000 Men Needed at Once at the Black Hills Ordnance Depot." According to reports from different contractors on the area, this statement isn't exaggerated. "One thousand men and women are needed now," says J. W. Terteling, prime contractor.
All types of workers are needed immediately to complete this project on time. Carpenters, electricians, cement workers, elevator constructors, iron workers, machinists, laborers, are wanted now. According to Mr. Terteling, he is replacing women in every possible place throughout the area, and many jobs are open for women in various positions besides office work. This large labor order is in addition to the regular workers who are already on the project and have been here for some time. The effort is being increased to guarantee the completion of the depot on time.
Mr. Terteling suggested that all you people who live on the area or who work on the project, contact your friends, relatives, neighbors and tell them what a thrilling place the Black Hills of South Dakota is.
President Coolidge spent his vacation in the summer of 1927 in the Hills.
When vacations were at their height last year, thousands and thousands of tourists came to this country to enjoy their vacations. Now your friends, relatives and your neighbors can pay for their vacations and help their government complete a gigantic war project by coming to the Black Hills and applying for a job this summer.
Within the area a city is being built and is rapidly being completed for the comfort of every worker. A theater with latest shows is in operation, a general store with a complete stock of food, a bowling alley for your entertainment, and besides this, boxing bouts will be staged soon.
Badminton games, games for the children with supervised playground activities, eight teams vying for honors in kitten ball almost every night, dances twice a week, along with social hours that display the various talents discovered on the area, a library, church services, and a post office. Thirty-four new barracks will be completed within the next few days, individual homes for family groups will be ready in the near future, a wide area is devoted to trailer camps that have been provided with modern facilities such as shower baths, toilets, pure water, and electricity, in fact, everything you can find in a modern, up-to-date city can be found today within the boundary lines of the depot. No greater opportunity has ever presented itself for you to play the part of the "man behind the man behind the gun."
Carpenters hammered their last nail into the door casings which completed their part of the building of the post office where war workers can both receive and send mail out of the ordnance depot.
Mr. Putnam is in charge of the distribution. Stamps and penny postcards are available. The post office will be open from 11 in the morning to 8 in the evening, including Sunday.
A new complete-service garage for government vehicles was opened at the Black Hills ordnance depot Monday, July 13. All the mechanized equipment of the depot will be kept at this central station. It is equipped with grease racks, two mechanics, a 2,000-gallon gas tank, and furnishes continuous service, according to C. R. Walters, head of operations. Russell C. Peck is the motor vehicle dispatcher.
The additional seating capacity of the commissary has been enlarged to accommodate 480 more persons. It was completed Tuesday and attached to the north wing of the original building. The new eating place was constructed especially for U. S. engineers and prime contractors. Frank Polardy, manager of the commissary, stated that, young women will be hired as waitresses and a gradual turnover will take place throughout the mess hall. New equipment such as stoves, dishes and utensils have been installed for use in the new building.
Free classes of first aid instruction by an authorized instructor, Miss Lucille Harold of the USO, will begin next Monday at the Black Hills ordnance depot. The instruction will take place every Monday through Friday, from 9 to 11 a. m. at the P. X. hall of the Terteling camp. Miss Harold was sent here by the federal agency to further the progress of social and recreational work on the project. She is well recommended and her training promises to be a great asset to every woman whose husband is working on the area. Miss Harold stated that every home will be a first aid station which participates in this instruction.
J. W. Terteling of the J. A. Terteling & Sons Construction company, prime contractors, is immediately concerned with this program, since the contractors have won the national safety plaque the last two years, and if he wins it this year, Mr. Terteling says it becomes his permanent property. Every precautionary measure in regard to safety and protection of health is being taken on this gigantic government project to eliminate every possible injury to men, women and children. Miss Harold has been taking registrations of the women of the area, and if your have unfortunately been missed, please don't fail to appear Monday at 9:00 and receive these valuable instructions free of charge.
"Raise your right hand and take the oath," says Stella Akulin Koenig in Woman's Home Companion.
Ten commandments for civilians as discovered by Al Bastrom, head of personnel.
So many of us sit around and just wish and think about what we would want to do to aid the armed forces that are doing such a grand job out in the field, and all we do is sit and think. Then there are some of us who want to volunteer for some sort of service and help that way. Now the problem arises of how we can do our best and in what branch we would want to serve. We all like the sound of a title and we all like the sight of a uniform, but here is the list of how we do our very best:
"Raise your right had and take the oath: I will go where I am sent, do what I am asked to do, abide by the following commandments;
"1. I will let my individual fitness for a job be the only basis on which I make my choice.
"2. If I sign up for a job that requires training, I will complete the course.
"3. I won't start a job I can't finish.
"4. When I undertake a job I will be sure I am physically fit to carry it.
"5. If my personal prejudices are at wide variance with the agency with which I want to work, I will not sign up with it.
"6. I will co-operate with my superior and will not make decisions on my own.
"7. I will ask questions if I don't understand instructions.
"8. I will not ask for a title or expect one.
"9 I will keep my attitude toward my fellow workers pleasant.
"10. If I am now serving as a volunteer in any capacity, I will give everything I have to the job I am doing and stay in it."
Five of the commandments must be observed before you even enter the registration office. Study the volunteer's Ten Commandments carefully and take an oath of allegiance to them.
EDGEMONT, July 16 - The mystery of the "Peeping Tom" who has been causing no end of fright to residents of Edgemont, and especially frightening the ladies, was solved in the arrest of Drew Maxwell, Omaha, Neb., Monday night at about 10 o'clock, as he was caught in the act of peeping into a young lady's room at the residence of J. M. Tucker.
Maxwell, a young man of about 23, was caught by George C. Jones, an inspector employed at the Provo project, and was promptly brought to police headquarters by Mr. Jones and placed in the city jail.
Mr. Jones, who has a tent house on the lawn of J. M. Tucker, noticed the youth turn in at the walk at the Tucker residence, watched him open the screen door to the front porch and crouch down to the floor and peer into the window.
When Jones confronted the youth, he attempted to make a get-away, but was nabbed and taken to the police station, searched, and lodged in jail. Among his personal effects was a "courtesy card" from the police department of Omaha. - Edgemont Tribune.
Loren Bingham, fire chief for the U. S. engineers, has been confined to the area hospital with an injured finger which developed infection. The physician in charge of the hospital said the chief would have to remain there at least one more day.
EDGEMONT, July 16 - Considerable discussion concerning the "Warning Notice" issued by Sheriff Hall in last week's issue of the Tribune, to the effect that all motor vehicles in Fall River county must carry a South Dakota license on or before July 15, is being expressed by defense workers, who will be obliged to procure a South Dakota license on their motor vehicles.
Many defense workers have emphatically stated that before they will buy a license, they will "pull out," and that in view of the fact that they are in this state, working on defense jobs, for only a short time, they should not be compelled to buy another license for their cars, used primarily to carry them to and from their work.
Contractors have expressed concern over the situation, as some will complete their work in a short time, and can ill afford to lose any of their men at this time.
"Seven of my best men came to me the other day and stated that they would quit their jobs rather than be forced to buy another license for their cars," declared one contractor, who expressed grave concern over the matter, as skilled men are hard to replace.
The county needs the money for maintenance of roads, and has been put to considerable extra expense for the upkeep of certain roads and highways due to the heavy traffic, and the law provides that the license must be paid, according to instructions from state officials.
The deadline for the procurement of licenses fall on July 15, after which date all drivers without a South Dakota license plate in the county will be arrested, according to Sheriff Hall. - Edgemont Tribune.
John Thompson of Provo was dismissed yesterday.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hansen of Provo yesterday. The infant weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces.
Miss Lois Newman of Lead and J. D. Plumb of Edgemont were married Tuesday evening by the Rev. Clay Morris, pastor of the United church, at the parsonage in Hot Springs.
The ceremony was witnessed by Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Newman of Lead, brother and sister-in-law of the bride; Mrs. Albert Breck of Lead, sister of the bride, and Mrs. Plumb of Edgemont, mother of the bridegroom.
Mr. and Mrs. Plumb will make their home for the present in Edgemont. Mrs. Plumb is a beauty operator there. Mr. Plumb is employed on the Black Hills ordnance depot.
The bride, who wore a blue afternoon frock, is a graduate of the Lead high school, class of 1940.
Mrs. William Craig of Alliance, Neb., arrived Wednesday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Davis. Mr. Craig, who runs on the Burlington between Edgemont and Alliance, accompanied Mr. Davis to Hot Springs this afternoon for a short stay. Mr. Davis is employed in the personnel department of J. A. Terteling & Sons, prime contractors on the Provo project.
A group of feminine engineers, the recreational group of the WPA women, and girls from J. A. Terteling Construction company will occupy the first floor of the new barracks assigned to women on the depot. The second floor will be used by house employees of the commissary.
Frank Polardy, manager of the commissary, is in charge of assigning rooms to each individual. A reasonable charge has been worked out, and modern conveniences are accessible to the guests.
Showers and toilet facilities are available in the building, and each room is provided with twin cots, closet space, and dressers with mirrors. A matron will be in full charge of the barracks.
No. 3 barracks has been reserved for other women employees on the area.
No. 4 barracks will be the first one assigned to the engineers. Officials have indicated that it should be ready for occupancy by Monday.
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