Argus-Leader from Sioux Falls, South Dakota • Page 11

ROUND QOBIN SECOND SECTION SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1954. PAGE 11 fl it 1 Irk I JAYCEES SUGGEST SAFE-DRIVING SCOREBOARD Mffiimifrtirii their time to help in the campaign SIOUX FALLS Jaycces BREAKFAST BEGINS S.F. CHEST DRIVE Over 300 Workers Will Attend Kick-Off; Committees Set r. 1 1 i i .1 I 4 1 1 i rii iiill' rcm ff ft HOME FOR BOYS: Ranch Is expected to open on horns for boys in nerd of one, Sometime this yar, Hie McCrossan Hoys' main building.

All four sections of the ranch home have full base-' nionts which ran be used for storage or living quarters. A school. Infirmary and dispel eventually will be Included In thM! buildings wlitrh Srs located approximately one mile north and onn milo west of the Junction of Highways 38 and 3HA north-west of Sioux Falls, home or for juvenile delinquents. This picture taken from the southwest shows thft fan appear-a nee of the three barracks buildings attached to the fourth or small scale. It will provide anil will not be used as a detention to raise the necessary funds far the 17 agencies supported by th Community Chest.

"I also want to remind you that only 3 cents out of every dollar goes for campaign "This is the 25th anniversary of Community Chest service in Sioux Falls. Will you, therefore, join me in supporting the Sioux Falls Community Chest to the best of your ability, each In accordance with the demand of his con science? "I hereby declare Monday, Sept. 27, as opening day lor our Com munity Chest campaign." Library Tour For Officials Improvements Mads During Past Year to Be Viewed Tuesday Board of trustees and the staff of the Sioux Falls Public Library have invited a group of public and school officials to make a tour of library facilities Tuesday, beginning at 9 a.m. Improvements made during the past year will be Viewed. Visitors will have an opportunity to inspect the new teen-agers room for high school students in the Public Library basement and to see the new lighting in that building.

They will also be shown the new Children's Library, 416 S. Phillips Ave. The invitation has been extended by M. E. Schlrmer, president of the Library Board, and Librarian Lora E.

Crouch. Coffee and doughnuts will be served during the course of the inspection. Homecoming Planned At Miller Oct. 14 Miller, S.D., 25 Home coming at Miller school will be Oct. 14.

An operetta will be presented by the mixed chorus and soloists under direction of Duane Daniels, music instructor. The' Queen will be coronated after the 'operetta. 'A snake dance will take the crowd to the scene of the bonfire and pep fest. A parade will be held at 3 p.m. Oct.

15. That night the Miller Rustlers will meet the Faulkton FORMER S.F. RESIDENT IS BENEFACTRESS McCrossan Home for Needy Boys to Open on Small Scale This Year By LLOYD NOTE BOOM Stuff Writer Thanks to a Texas woman who still considers Sioux Falls her home, boys In need of a home soon will be living at the McCrossan Boys' Ranch. MelJnda Bell McCrossan' plan to establish a home for needy boys rapidly is becoming a reality in the form of an extensive housing project and farm northwest of Sioux Falls, Directors of The McCrossan Foundation, expect to open the- homo sometime this fall on a small scale, possibly starting with six boys and a married couple to serve as supervisors. Much work is yet to be dono before the entire structure will be habitable, but supervisor quarters and rooms for several boys will be completed soon.

A large percentage of heavy construction work has been completed by the I. Sogge Construction Co. on a non-profit basis. Four large buildings from the Sioux Falls Alrbase have been moved out to the site and placed on foundations. Full basements under the entire structure provide a tremendous amount of space.

Fan Appearance The four structures are Joined together to present tho appear ance of a giant hand fan. Hie main building faces northeast with the other three buildings attached to the southwest side at the center of the main building. Middle structure of the three is perpendicular to the main building while the other two buildings branch out at angles. Eventually, the entire main building will be used for supervisor living Quarters and an enormous lounge for the boys. At present, however, only a small loungo is planned to accommodate the limited number of boys who will live there while the remainder of the project la completed.

Si Silver Anniversary Commu nity Chest campaign will begin with a kick-off breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Monday at the First Lutheran Church. Over 300 volunteer workers will attend the "Dutch treat" breakfast. M. J.

Colton, chairman of the business division, heads an organization of nearly 500 workers responsible for the solicitation of over 1,400 large and small business concerns. Pierce McDowell and Don Cook, co-chairman of the professional division will lead a group of volunteers covering 400 professional men and firms In their division. Keynote speaker will be Wash Ington High's football coach, Bob Burns. James B. Moore, general chair man, said: "The goal of $169,770 represents the very minimum needs of the 17 Red Feather agencies.

If we do not meet these minimum needs we are failing to assume our share In this Important community Mayor Issues Proclamation Mayor Fay Wheeldon's official proclamation declaring Monday as opening day for the Sioux Fall Community Chest campaign Is as follows: "To the citizens of Sioux Falls: "Each year at this time you are asked to contribute to the Sioux Falls Community Chest to aid in the support of charitable services. call your attention to the fact that 83 per cent of the funds are for children and youth services. 'Hundreds of men and women in Sioux Falls give long hours of Cliff The picture window st rear faces northeast. From left to rffiht re R. J.

lhthson, Adnlph Loilmell, Source, V. M. Regan snd M. T. Woods.

The fifth director, I). W. Sutherland, Is In Europe St present. Photos by Herb Qtmlset. DIRECTORS' MEETING: The McCrossan Foundation, directors discuss building plans with Construction Superintendent I.

Sorro. They sre standing in what will be a huge lounge for boys who eventually will live at the ranch. Ave. Bridge Load Limit Congests 1 want to give all Sioux Falls residents a big pat on the back for the fine traffic rec ord that has been estab lished here this year. As you know, there haven't been any traffic fatalities in our city In 1954.

(In fact, mere dbsii been a traffic death in the city since Nov. 6.) To help popu-f larize this safe ty record, and to make it last All year if pos- sible. the Chft of jLomA Commerce safe- Bechtold ty committee suggested the box you see on the front page of The Argus-Leader today. The "Sioux Falls Traffic Scoreboard" will remind all readers of Sioux Falls' perfect record and will suggest that everyone try to keep a "Perfect Score for '54." That way, more will "Be alive for A SIOUX FALLS man who is stationed with the Air Force at Bitburg, Germany, missed the big explosion of a tank of. jet fuel there Thursday which left 31 dead and 17 seriously Injured.

Airman Conrad Langaas, son of Mr. and Mrs C. B. Langaas, 714 N. Duiuth is usually at the Bit-burg Air Force Base but on the Jay of the explosion he happened to be on mane ti lers at Stuttgart.

Germany, A NOTE TO South Dakota residents from the National Audubon Society explains that "another dramatic test awaits the world's last remaining flock of whooping cranes, when they leave their far northern breeding grounds early this fall and head for winter quar ters in Texas." Only 24 whoopers are known to survive. They will en counter many natural dangers in their hazardous annual flight to the Gulf of Mexico, but the greatest threat will be from men and boys along the route who might shoot these birds despite their protection federal law. The society's message con unues as ioiiows: "ir you live within the critical migra tion area (especially in Al a Saskatchewan, Mani toba, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas Oklahoma and Texas) then you can help by speaking to your friends and neighbors Ask them not to shoot at any large white bird." IF 1TOU WOULD ask Glen Christianson, 3010 N. Wayland or his wife they will tell you that some of the best peo pie In the world live at Menno and Freeman. Glenn was critically Injured in an accident near Menno last Saturday night.

He's an electrician at Pickstown. Each weekend he drives home. Thi3 time he fell asleep at the wheel. His tools and other things were strewn about quite a bit His car was demolished. Folks from Menno picked up all of the stuff for him Including his billfold.

When he checked up later there wasn't a thing missing. Residents of Freeman helped, too. Several have called Mrs. Christianson since the accident to inquire about her husband She is able, now, to tell them that he Is getting better. If Glen was able to do so, he would thank each of the folks at Menno and Freeman personally.

Right now, he is resting at McKennan Hos pita! and it Is a bit difficult for him to do that much talk ing. You see, he has six broken ribs and 17 stitches across his mouth. SID DAVISON, editor of the Minor County pioneer at Howard, is probably the best golfer among the newspaper editors of South Dakota. At least he is the city golf champ at Howard and that is more than the other editors can say in their towns. What's more, folks at Howard play their golf a bit rougher than It is played elsewhere.

Katie Walter of Howard recently swung so hard at the ball that she lost her balance, fell and broke her knee cap and Pete Bell of Howard was showing his young son the proper golf stance and how to swing a club to hit the balL The son swung and hit Pete between the eyes with the club head, breaking his glasses, cutting a gash near the eye and giving his father two shiners. 1 wJ Mrlinda B. McCrossan AsISeelt THINGS CITY COULD DO WITHOUT ARE LISTED THE QI'ESTIOV: (Akfd hf I)vld II. Smith) What da you think Sioux Falls could do without? THE ANSWERS: Jl. R.

teyder, attorney, 1001 1st Ave. "The present Coliseum We should hfive a new and bigger Coliseum, mult Jn proportion to the Size of Sioux Falls." www Mrs. Lloyd A. Carpenter, cook 1311 N. Mum Ave.

"I don't know what we could get along without, because we need everything we've got, and more." www Ken Anderson, assistant office manager, 413 S. Walts Ave. "There aren't too many things we could do without, but there are several things we should have. For in stance, an adequate basebnll field. to bring back the Canaries." www Jess Delaney, mansiger of bot- tlM gas plant, 210 S.

Western Ave Wo could get along very nicely without kids running around with one-eyed cars and in cars without mufflers." www Merle L. Peterson, 1009 N. Min nesota Ave. "I'm pretty well satis-fled with the city as it is, and 1 oan't se anything that needs radical change," WW Mrs. Bus I'eay, housewife, 2(1C Hawthorne Ave.

"Parking meters My husband and I agree that they aren't accomplishing the purpose for which they were installed. High School Press Honor to Be Given At Brookngs Fete Brookings, S.D., Sept. 25 A now sweenstakes trophy will be the top prize awarder! in the publications contest at the 30th annual convention of the South Dakota High School Pre.s Association Oct. 9, at South Dakota State Col lege. The high school judged to have shown the most general excellence in publications submitted will claim the prize.

Professor Dono van I. Bond of the West Virginia University school of journalism will judge the contest. Plaques will be awarded in each of 20 classes in the competition. Every school submitting an entry will receive a certificate in each class entered giving its rating as all-state, first class, second or third class. Approximately 1,500 students from all parts of South Dakota are expected to attend the one- dav convention.

The program in cludes discussion sessions for high school newspaper and yearbook editors and staff members. Winning pictures of the 19a4 high school photography contest will be displayed. Saturday evening the students will attend the football game between South Da kota State College and Augustana. Vermillion. S.D.

An $84 tuition scholarship has been approVed at the University of South Dakota for George Jensen, Viborg. It has been made available by Dan Dugan, of the Dan Dugan Oil Transport for a freshman majoring in government, Falls. It is unable to safely carry more than a time, however, which means that heavy trucks and petroleum transports must cross 10th Street Viaduct Instead of taking a specialists calculate that the amount of motorists would save In gasoline, oil and clutch repairs In a year or two would pay for a new bridge at this site, one strong enough to support hvy commercial vehicles which now add to the congestion on 8th and 10th Street bridges. "To say nothing of the wear and tear on human dispositions," Chief of Police K. B.

Chamberlain remarked as he contemplated the benefits a new bridge would produce. SPAN, RELOCATED The bridge that once spanned the Big Sioux River on E. 10th street is shown as it appeared immediately after being moved to Us present location on S. Cliff avenue, near 14th street. Approaches bad yet to be constructed.

For the last 20 years the bridge has been a highly useful Uuk between the north and south parts of Attorney M. T. Woods, one of the five directors of the corporation, explained that plana include a school, chapel and infirmary. He also said Mrs. McCrossan has Indicated mora property will bo forthcoming as an endowment to the Institution.

In the trut set up on Oct. 1, 1947. Mrs. McCrossan gave real estate in Sioux Falls plus the half-section of land northwest Of the city with a value of some 00. Trustees named at tnat tuna were Woods; H.

J. Hobson and P. M. Regan, Sioux Falls realtors; Adoiuh Lcximcll. vice president and trut officer of the I'orthwest Security National Bank; ana D.

W. Sutherland, general man ager of Crescent Creamery Co. Those same men continued as directors when the corporation v'M formed on May 20, 1953 and through their gtildanre and the work of Sogge, Mrs. McCrossan's hope for a home for needy boys la taking shape. With the considerable property which she already has given, and the probability that more will be given, the directors are certain uie project will be a definite asset to this community ana one mat win give many a boy the chance he de serves.

The property memoes os on South Phillips avenue north of the Lewis Drue Store and four duplexes at 11th street and Minnesota avenue across the street from the YMCA. Ranch Location The Boys' Ranch buildings are located approximately one mile north and one mile west of the unction of Highways 38 and 38 A on the i'ounciation nan-secuon of land. It Is here that the first of a large number of boys will come In future months. home's benefactress has not drawn up any hard and-fast rules for entrance to the ranch. The prime qualification is that the boys need a home and that they be old enough to taKe care oi themselves to some extent.

As Woods explained It, there will be no definite age limit, but boys will have to be old enough to dress thPmsleves. Older boys will have to be young enough so they won't be a bad influence on the smaller boys. In other words. Woods said, present plans include only that the boys be "neither too young or too old." The attorney emphasized that the Ranch will not be a detention home of any kind nor will It be a place to send juvenile It's to be strictly a home for good boys who need a home and the kind of break that goes with, a good home. That plan Is In accordance witn the wishes of Mrs.

McCrossan who Is recognized as a public spirited person with a soft spot in her heart for Sioux Palls, even though she hasn't lived here for about 35 years. Mrs. McCrossan, widow of a man who for years operated a wholesale grocery and fruit house on Phillips Ave, now lives in Ama- rlllo, Tex. Flandreao Schedule for free, chest rays in Moody Coun ty is Colman, Monday and Tues- ay; Trent, Wednesday; Egan, Thursday; Flandreau Indian School, EYiday; Flandreau, Saturday through Oct. 7.

i large-number of cross-town for transport drivers. Alternate Routes stops "It shouldn't be an exclusive route but an alternate one," he pointed out, "We would continue to maintain arterial traffic routes through the city. The by puss would be used by truckers on long hauls who didn't care to stop. The arterial route should be continued for those who want to stop for meals or shopping or Just to view the downtown part of Sioux Falls. There is also a load restriction, one of eight tons, on the 6th Street Bridge, which underwent repairs last winter and was closed for a time.

Consequently, the 8th and 10th Street Bridges take most of the burden of traffic crossing the river. Bulk of the heavier traffic is routed through the lOUv street bottleneck. Formerly on 10th The bridge on S. Cliff Avenue formerly spanned the Big Sioux on 10th street. It was erected at the latter location in 1890, when the old 10th Street Viaduct was constructed.

The present viaduct was built in 1930. During the winter of 1933-34 a new concrete bridge replaced the steel structure which now spans the stream at 14th and Cliff. 5 The bridge that was moved from 10th street to Cliff avenue consists of two 128-foot wrought Iron spans with a 26-foot roadway. Its removal from one site to another was accomplished by the county with relief labor. Stone piers were sunk to bed rock.

Asphalt planks were placed over a wooden floor. Joint Undertaking Construction of the new viaduc was a Joint undertaking me Sioux 10 tons at freight over the by-pass Traffic money i 1, i' m. o'Wif i i i A By DAVID II. SMITH SUK WrIUr A stronger bridge on S. Cliff avenue would solve some of the worst traffic congestion prob lems besetting the city of Sioux Falls.

The span across the Big Sioux River near 14th street can't support heavy vehicles. It has a 10-ton load limit which pels transports and tmcla ex ceeding that weight to use the 10th and 8th street crossings, thereby complicating the down town traffic flow. Although a new bridge Isn't in the works, and probably won't be for a long time, police officers and traffic specialists like to think bout the advantages It would bring. "They can't be kept from dreaming, even if the prospects are remote. By-Pass Route A loaded gasoline transport weighs, on the average, 52,000 pounds, or more than twice the bridge's present limit as fixed by engineers.

If the structure could carry these extra heavy machines, they could be switched to a belt line or by-pass route around the congested area of the city, and the bridge at 14th and Cliff would be part of this system. "Most trucking concerns would be glad to see a change of this kind," Chief of Police K. B. Cham berlain said yesterday. "They don't like to have their heavy equipment in dense traffic any more than the average motorist likes to contend with this heavy equipment in congested areas." Chamberlain showed that a spe cial truck route skirting the busi ness district would euiiunaie a MOVING IN PROGRESS The bridge was moved in sections as of 1933-34.

Here it Is shown being hauled on trucks eastward across V- a VVPA project during the winter the 10th Street Viaduct. It was which was constructed in iu.su. To get an idea of how heavily the brldee is utilized during such periods, the police traffic division took a summertime count during baseball games. The check showed 1,068 motor vehicles coming off 2nd avenue onto 10th street every hour. span extending west from the viaduct, way Department.

The local bridge situation has come Into the foreground with arrival of another football season and the crowding of the 10th street approach to Howard Wood Field before and after games. replaced by the present concrete Milwaukee, Omaha and Great Northern Railroads, the city of Gioux Falls and the South Dakota Highway Commission. The con crete bridge west of trie viaduct, which came Into being a few years later, was built by the State Higa-.