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nrtoberU. 1951. 18 THE DAILY ARGUS-LEADER, StOUX FALLS, S. D. Olmsted to Leave City; New Pastor for First Christian for Quality S.

D. SOCIAL WORKERS END S. F. MEETING SDEA Applications Will Be Received Applications for the position of executive secretary of the South Dakota Education association will be received by F. A.

Strand, Madison, president of the association. The post was left vacant last week by the death of C. C. Jacob-son. Applications will be considered and appointment to the post made by the SDEA board in a meeting TWO DRIVERS, PEDESTRIAN ARE INJURED Minneapolis, Sioux City Cars Wrecked on East Tenth Street Cleaners and Hatters ftk) November 17.

If SKI Last chance VfiriissTX, YWCA Leader Rites in S. F. Mrs. Grant Crossman Dies After Long Illness; Funeral Saturday Funeral services will be held In Sioux Falls Saturday for Mrs. Grant Crossman, a former resident who was instrumental in organizing and establishing the YWCA here, who died in Chicago Wednesday following a long illness.

Besides being active in the affairs of the Mrs. Crossman was highly influential in the First Congregational church here and was one of the originators of the Sioux Falls Entre Nous club. Rites at 3:30 p. m. Funeral services will be held at the Miller Funeral home at 3:30 p.

m. Saturday, with the Rev. Charles Gerlinger officiating. Mrs. Charles Gerlinger will be organist.

Active pallbearers will be Fred T. Mills, Lauren Lewis, Don Cook, T. J. Billion, John Dempster and Floyd Hurd. Neil D.

Graham, W. D. Swain, S. A. Christenson, Roger C.

Mills, Dr. T. J. Billion, and H. L.

Lewis will be honorary pallbearers. Interment will be in Mt. Pleasant cemetery. Mable Bush was married to Mr. Crossman in Webster In 1892.

They came to Sioux Falls in 1906. Mr. Crossman was one of the pioneer automobile men here, being associated with the Bleeg-Crossman Automobile agency. Signed Charter Successful in her efforts to establish a YWCA in Sioux Falls, Mrs. Crossman signed the original charter along with Mrs.

Isabelle Foster and Mrs. L. G. Piaggi. Mrs.

Crossman was first president of the YWCA, in 1921, was chairman of the first campaign budget of $8,500 two years later and was the first Sioux Falls delegate to attend the national YWCA convention. An active member of the First Congregational church, she became president of the church's Missionary society and Plymouth guild. She was also one of the original at. A f) Tffifi Jif.syyy:-.. to get 1 your shaver in shape Tomorrow is'the last day for Schick's factory experts! Hurry hurry hurry! Take your Schick and head for our store.

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1 The condition of Emmett Zemke. 36, of Minneapolis, was reported as slightly improved. He received in-! ternal injuries. It was expected that Louis (1. Slotsky, 55, Sioux City, -would be able to leave the hospital this after- noon.

His injuries consisted of cuts and bruises about the legs and; Police said cars driven by Zemke and Slotsky collided at the junction of highways 33 and 16. Damage to their vehicles was estimated at $650 and $1,000, respectively. 1 Mrs. John Savage, 59, of 508! South Third ave, was shaken and) bruised, officers reported, when hit! by a car shortly before 9 a.m. today i at Tenth street and Phillips avenue.

She was walking across the south side of the intersection from cast to west. The car was driven by Harold Rath, Sioux City. An am-1 bulance took Mrs. Savage to Sioux Valley hospital for medical exami-: nation. i Automobiles driven by Morton Henkin, 1500 South Glendale and Dale L.

Ter Wee, YMCA, col-! lided at 6:10 p. m. Thursday at Ninth street and Dakota avenue. Damage to each machine was fig ured at $100. 122 Handicapped Persons Prepared To Take Over Jobs Pierre.

Oct. 12 (JPy The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation has prepared 122 persons for jobs during the past year, Director C. L. Eskelson said today. Eskelson reiterated that earnings of the persons had increased from $33,718 annually to $237,000.

rehabilitation pays off everyone concerned," he Eskelson made the statement in connection with National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week wnicn is being observed. OFFICERS ARE PICKED BY MARQUETTE GROUP Henry Billion was elected president of the Marquette Toastmasters at a meeting Thursday night in the Knights of Columbus hall. Other new officers are Thomas Barnett. vice president; James Kappen-man, secretary-treasurer, and H. Bechtold, sergeant-at-arms.

Speakers for the evening were Don Mulvey, William Dunn, Francis Skaff and James Dougherty. They were introduced by Dr. T. W. Nooney, who was toastmaster for the evening.

The table topic was presented by Billion. S. I. Rogers was master evaluator and E. J.

Callaghan, grammarian. The U. S. Bureau of Land Man agement says Halogeton, stock-killing weed of the southwest, can be curbed by keeping the soil fer tile and covered with other vegeta tion. Eitipmtnt, sccttxrUt mnd trim illustrsttd dine We.

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Gilford E. Olmsted, pastor of the First Christian church in Sioux Falls, announced today his acceptance of a position on the staff of the College of the Bible at Drake university in Des Moines. He will complete his local pastorate October 28 and begin his new work, as a college field representative, November 1. The territory of the College of the Bible includes South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, eastern Nebraska, northern Missouri and western Illinois. The college is one of five graduate seminaries of the Disciples of Christ.

Coming Dec. 1 A call has been extended by the Sioux Falls congregation to the Rev. James E. Smith, presently associate minister of University Christian church in Des Moines. Rev." Mr.

Smith has accepted the call, and will begin his work here December 1. He received his bachelor of divinity degree from College of the Bible last August. The Rev Vernon-O. Stagner, executive secretary of the Minnesota, Christian Missionary society, will serve the First Christian church during November, so its program will not be interrupted. During Rev.

Mr. Olmsted's 2M-year ministry in South Dakota, 90 persons have joined the church, three have made decisions for full-time Christian service and two are in training at Drake university. Approximately $10,000 has been spent on improvements to the building at Thirteenth street and Du-luth avenue, the organizational life of the congregation has been revised and strengthened, total giving BismarckMeet To Mul I Agency Basin Group to Consider Impact of Program on Indians Pierre. Oct. 12 (JP) The dis placed Indians, who have attracted considerable attention in South Dakota and Washington recently will be discussed at the October 24-25 meeting of the Missouri basin interagency committee.

The session will be. in Bismarck, N. D. Robert L. Bennett, placement officer at the Aberdeen area office for Indian affairs, is scheduled to report on "The Missouri river programits impact on the Indian people." Indians of the Chevenne River and Standing Rock reservations of South Dakota and North Dakota protested attempts to abandon agencies on the reservations and have a joint agency at Mobridge.

The Interior department then re scinded its order to abandon the agencies after hearines were held in Washington. Gus. Geissler. Production and Marketing Administrator for the U. S.

Department of Agriculture. also is on the Bismarck program. He will talk on "The coordinated conservation program of the Department of Agriculture in relation to Missouri basin development." A subcommittee will reDort on a program for the next six vears. The report will give estimated costs of the basin development by vears until 1957. Sioux Falls Man Joins Air Force A Sioux Falls man.

Merle W. Murray. Rt. 2, was enlisted in the air force at the local U. S.

army ana air iorce recruiting station. Sixteen other men were enlisted in the air force and three in the regular army. Sixteen were in ducted. A Canton woman, Betty Lou Col lins, was enlisted in the Women's Air Force. Air Force Enliatees: Carl w.Ikx.

Selby; Donald J. Achtien, Aberdeen: De wine m. nerson. ciaremont; Norman R. Landis, Mobridge: Richard J.

Hadlock. Custer; Percy Hansen, Dead wood: James R. Nelson. Lead: William J. Lau- mer, weweii; Merlin W.

Homer, Newell; William R. Stiles, Custer: Edward O. Thompson, Humboldt; Donald R. Rud, Delbert J. Thde.

Warner: Frank O. Marquardt, Wecota; Everett inompson, uxianoma city, tjKla. Rerulsr Army Enlistees: Berneal A Stratton. Ortley; Roger L. Knuth.

Martin; narcis a. uuuerrez. not springs. South Dakota Inductees: Delbert E. Ripley.

Onida: John K. Swenson. Oldham: LeRoy J. Bausch, Hoven; Stanley L. Len- nmg.

Bruce; uoya j. wnitenorn. Maatson: Robert R. Richards. Blunt: Melvin J.

Pfelfer. Philip; Kenneth R. Marso. Har-rold: Vincent t. Endres, Harrold; Howard a.

staoen, Muesvuie; Roger E. schulte, Hoven; Alvln L. Schmitgen. Arlington; Marvin W. Selken.

Arlington: Neal A. Lundquist, Erwin; Maurice A. Stamp, wnue; x.avern vosiaa, iaae rresion. MRS. F.

D. ROOSEVELT MARKS 67TH BIRTHDAY New York, Oct. 12 IP) Mrs, Franklin D. Roosevelt observed her 67th birthday yesterday. She spent the day shopping and seeing a few persons on business at her Hotel Park Sheraton apart ment.

Her secretary, Miss Malvina Thompson, said Mrs. Roosevelt re ceived many messages. Howard Kroger, Sioux Falls, was fined $100 and assesed $12.60 costs for operating a motor vehicle with improper compensation plates. All but $10 of the fine was suspended on the truck being immediately compensated to cover the load car ried at time of Kroger's arrest. Sidney Coulter, 1201 North Da kota received 30 days in jail and a $100 fine, pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated.

He was prohibited from driving in South Dakota for a year and was ordered to surrender his auto license plates. Allen Puckett, 1502 East Twenty-ninth north, pleaded guilty to reckless driving and drew a $15 fine. Leon Denmark, Sioux City, was fined $50 and assessed $12.60 costs. Frank Brown, also of Sioux City, was ordered to pay a $15 fine and $12.60 costs. Each pleaded guilty to a state charge of public intoxication.

Herman Williams, Kenwood Manor, pleaded guilty to speeding and paid a $15 fine. A reckless driving count against him was dismissed. J. R. Caldwell, Sioux Falls, paid a $3 fine and $12.60 costs when pleading guilty to a state speed law ufiff Mitchell Man Named to Head Organization During Next Year One hundred-twenty members of the South Dakota Social Welfare conference ended a three day meeting in Sioux Falls today after hearing two panel discussions on "Services to Exceptional Children." Thursday's session was highlighted by the election of officers and adopting a revised constitution which changed the name of the organization from the South Dakota Conference of Social Work to the South Dakota Social Welfare conference.

Perrv R. Pickering. Mitchell, di rector of South Dakota Children's Aid, was named president. I. E.

Larson, Vermillion, public assistance supervisor of the state department of public welfare, was elected vice president, and Joe Carriere, Buffalo, county department of pub lic welfare, was reelected treasurer. Thurdsay's featured talk was given by Jane Hoey, Washington, director of bureau of public assistance of the Social Security administration. Refuted Publicity In her talk, Miss Hoey refuted recent maeazine articles and news paper stories on social security benefits by relating lacts connected with the mentioned cases. She cited shift of people from rural to urban areas, scattering of families and inflationary effects on fixed incomes as some of the causes for need of public She told agency workers not to withhold information which the public has a right to know. Four Washington high school students presented a stage play, "Scattered Showers," to conclude Thursday's program.

Alice Weging was stage director, with Jeanne Sonnichsen, Betty Holmoe and Katy Woods portraying roles. Handle Details Committees in charge of the 27th annual annual session of the organization were: Publicity Mrs. C. F. Schmidt, Sioux Falls, chairman; Fern L.

Chamberlain, Pierre. Membership Florence Dunn, Pierre, chairman; P. D. Peterson, Gettysburg, and Malvin Hegres-ness, Fort Meade. Local arrangements George W.

Shaw, Sioux Falls, chairman; Elmer Garness, Mrs. Zelda Krue-ger, Gordon Cowan and Mrs. Kathleen Allen, Sioux Falls. Program Pickering, chairman; G. Moser and Geneva Beller, Sioux Falls; E.

A. Both, Madison, Mrs. Faith Watson, Brookings and L. H. Rhodes, Wessington Springs.

Nominating Paul R. West, Pierre, chairman; Alice Brady, Pierre, and Albert R. Bickel, Mound City. Pickering presided In the absence cf Don Cornish, Sioux Falls, immediate past president, who is In Kansas City on Red Cross flood relief work. Two S.

F. Men Return From War Two Sioux Falls men were among troops aboard a military transport scheduled to dock in San Francisco today. They Included Sgt. Richard B. Braithwaite, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Gale B. 408 East Thirty-first st and Cpl. Donald A. Redenius, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Albert H. Redenius, 632 airbase. Sgt. Braithwaite, a member of the reserves, was called to duty October 1, 1950, and landed in Korea In December.

He has been a member of the Korean military advisory group. Cpl. Redenius has been in the army five years, with his service being in Japan and Korea. PFC. Harvey E.

Bublitz, Clear Lake, was another South Dakota man aboard the returning ship. JC Toastmasters Install Officers Robert Golden was Installed as president of the Jaycees Toast masters during a meeting Thurs day night at which wives or lady friends of the members were special "guests. Bruce Stoner was installed as vice president, Lloyd Harden as secretary-treasurer and Ruben Anderson, sergeant-at-arms. Max Maron was table topic master, presenting the subject, "Your Favorite Meal." Speakers for the evening under the direction of Curt Parson were Jim Adams, Dale Little and Dick Dougherty. District Lt.

Gov. N. E. and Mrs. Noyes and Mr.

and Mrs. Vera Gleason were other special guests. Gleason is president of the Marquette Toastmasters. S. D.

State and i Up 137 Per Pierre, Oct. lz JF) Have you gotten a 137 per cent raise in pay the last 11 years? If you haven't you haven't kept pace with thp way your state and local ave grown. That's the approximate figure the Greater South Dakota association comes up with in comparing the $92,756,75152 state and local taxes paid In 1951 and $39,115,07659 paid in 1941. State taxes will total $44,383,31751 in 1951, according to GSDA. That compared with $16,538,49851 in 1941 The increase is about 170 per cent.

The figure for local taxes (coun- 1941 iuyAj. $162,99552 Aberdeen Watertown Mitchell Pierre 239,616.60 135,64757 229,163.48 40,306.71 632,943.92 174,403.70 91,11957 Sioux Falls Rapid City Vonlrf An )0H1 JEWELERS The Rev. G. E. Olmsted has doubled and offerings to missions have been almost tripled.

Aid Missions A total of $7,964.66 was contributed to missions during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951. Rev. Mr. Olmsted has been active in interdenominational work in the city. Hevwas secretary of the Sioux Falls Ministerial association in 1950-51, and is now vice president and chairman of the association's union services com mittee.

He has SDoken manv times before civic and religious groups, discussing religion, education and tne united nations. Antelope Hunt Reports Reveal High Successes 99.5 Per Cent of Shooters Responding Bagged Their Game Pierre, Oct. 12 (JPy Early reports on antelope hunting indicates near perfect success in bagging game, game survey technicians reported today. They have received reports from 2,600 cf the 3,500 persons who won antelope licenses. They checked 1,400 of the report cards returned and found 99.5 per cent of those hunters got their game.

Six of those who reported said they were unable to go hunting. Two-thirds of the antelone taken were bucks; the rest were "does or fawns. The Game department urged the 750 hunters who have not returned report cards- to do to as soon as possioie. Tne cards are important because they are the only means of determinine the number rt ante lope harvested, they said. in 1950, every license holder reported on the success of his hunt.

Success was rerorted hv rq of the hunters last year, when 759 suumais were taKen. Eagle Roller Mill Stockholders Will Mull Buying Offer New TJlm. 10 ib Stockholders of the Eairle nailer Mill Co. will hold a special meeting iicic wuwDer jd to consider a new offer for purchase of the. old company.

in July, the owners turned down an offer of si.esnnnn marie v. f. International Milling Minne apolis, since tnen, that firm is understood to have urraed tht. fig ure by $55,000 and more than 70 per cent 01 tne 105 shareholders are understood to favor the hew bid. The offer also includes the tion of $1,500,000 in bank loans and other Eagle oblieations.

New Ulm's oldest industry, the turn proauces wnue ana rye flour and feeds. It has some ivafrM. in -southern Minnesota and South jjaKota. MICHAEL O. WHITE Last rites will be held at the Miller Funeral home at 1 p.

m. Saturday for Michael O. White, 72. of 420 North Duluth who died at a local hosDital Tuesday evenlno- following a five-year illness. The tev.

tienry ijewls will officiate. Mrs. C. B. Van Ausdall will be organist.

The body will be taken to Garreteon for burial. MRS. WALTER JAMES GILLIONS The Rev. Henry Lewis officiated at rites Thursday at the Miller Funeral home of Mrs. Walter James (Lisle) Gillions, 67, who died at her home at 126 North Spring ave, Sunday after a long illness.

Mrs. C. B. Van Ausdall was organist; Mrs. Stanley Pallbearers were Ernest Satter, T.

E. Dixon, W. C. Falk, Elmer Erlck, Thomas Wingert and Leo Dittman: Interment was in Mt. Pleasant cemetery MRS.

MICHAEL J. ASLIN Last rites were held this morning, at Little Flower of Jesus church for Mrs. Michael J. Aslin, 82, of 308 East Nineteenth who died suddenly at her home Tuesday afternon. A resident of South Dakota since 1898.

Mrs. Aslin had lived in Sioux Falls for the past 12 years. Pallbearers were De Loss Aslin, Art Hough, Bernard Sweeney, Les Dravis and Don and LeRoy Sampica. The Barnett -Funeral home took the body to Davis for burial in a family lot. THREE SD.

OFFICERS ATTEN ARMY SCHOOL Col. R. P. Wiese, Garretson; Lt. Col.

William G. Taylor and Lt. Col. Emil Madsen, both of Sioux Falls, were to return today after a two-week course in an armed forces college in Denver. The three South Dakota officers attended the Industrial college of the armed forces to study economic mobilization.

Military and civilian personnel from eight midwestern states took members of the Entre Nous, which has been in existence in Sioux Falls for 43 years. Mr. Crossman died here December 27, 1931. Mrs. Crossman resided here for a few years following the death of her husband before moving to Maywood, 111., to live with her only daughter, Mrs.

J. W. Hinds. Her daughter and three grandchildren are the only survivors. Methodists In Campaign Schools for Pastors Scheduled in 14 Cities, Including Sioux Falls Minneapolis, Oct.

12 (Jty The Methodist church today launched what it termed the greatest evangelistic campaign in its history, to cover Minnesota and the Dakotas within the next month. The program was launched with the start today of 14 schools for pastors in that many cities of North and South Dakota. A youth rally, expected to attract 3,000, is slated at the same centers tomorrow night. Next week, the approximately 325 pastors will conduct services in numerous Dakota churches, aided! by a visitation campaign by lay-1 men's groups. The Minnesota phase of the drive will be carried out in more than 300 churches November 2 to 11.

The Rev. Eugene Nash ville, executive director of the campaign, said here last night the pastors were being called in to "learn new paterns and techniques of evangelism for reaching the unchurched masses of our day." In North Dakota, the pastors were gathering at Fargo, Cavalier, Minot, Devils Lake, Bismarck, Jamestown and Dickinson. South Dakota sessions were in progress at -Aberdeen, Watertown, High-more, Sioux Falls, Mitchell, Winner and Rapid City. General chairman of the campaign is Minnesota's Bishop Ralph S. Cushman of St.

Paul. Executive chairman is the Rev. A. B. Smith, Fargo, with the Rev.

Marcus Chase of De Smet, S. his assistant. Alexandria Child Killed in Runaway Mitchell, Oct. 12 (JFy Donald Jarding. 6-year-old son of Mr.

and Mrs. Arthur Jarding, farming near Alexandria, died at a local hospital inursaay evening or injuries suffered in a farm accident the same afternoon. The child was riding a hay rake pulled by a team of horses. The animals apparently became frightened and the child was thrown to the ground and suffered a crushed chest as the rake ran over his body. Eleven giant stone heads more tnan 1,300 years old have been un earthed in southern Mexico.

Local Taxes Cent Since 1941 ty, school, township and municipal ity) was $22,576,578.03 in 1941 and jumped to $48,413554.01 in 1951. GSDA also made an exhaustive study of property taxes for mu nicipal purposes. It showed that there were 76 of 310 incorporated cities and towns paying less municipal taxes, not including school taxes, in 1950 than in 1941. There were 89 of the towns paying less taxes in 1951 than in 1950. The tax score for some of the larger cities by years, the per cent of increase in 1950 over 1941 and the increase or decrease in 1951 over 1950 includes: 50 51 Over Over 1950 1951 41 50 318,599.62 481,563.83 275,762.10 312,994.07 83,663.06 1500,655.66 595,682.19 139,859.80 334,132.99 563,936.33 243,443.78 328,458.50 90,876.02 1,438,720.54 619,492.12 143,901.66, 95 101 103 37 107 90 241 53 5 17 -12 5 9 20 5 3 srt subject to cbm without wotku Minnesota "rr America's Lowest-Prieed Straight Eight Loweat-Prieed Car with CM Hydra-Matte Drive at txtrs cos) Your Choice ef Sliver Streak Engines Straight Eight or Six The Moat Beautiful Thing on Wheels I'nJateel Body by Flaher WE'D like you to come in and hear a wonderful story.

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