Sioux Falls College - Sioux Brave Yearbook (Sioux Falls, SD)

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gOSTONIAN5 Shoes for SMen OVe w Styles $ 5 Devers Shoe Co, ' Better Shoes ' ' Queen City Fire Insurance Co mpany 1905 DENNY P. LEMEN President Sioux Falls, So. Dak. South Dakota ' s Own Fire Insurance Company Twenty-eight Years of Satisfactory Service OLD TIMER RECALLS BIG STORM OF ' 39 By Roswell Rogers I ' m older than I seem, but I ' m not, squeaked Karl Zeke Ernold, Capustown ' s oldest citizen in a recent interview on the occasion of his eight-first birthday, which makes him either 52 and 97; Zeke isn ' t quite sure. Wal, I ' ll tell you, said Zeke in res- ponse to a question concerning Einstein ' s relativity theory, my theory of relativities is that they is a bunch of spongin ' , graftin ' critters that ain ' t fit to swim in the sewer. Oh, come now, Mr. Ernold, broke in our timid reporter, I would- n ' t say a thing like that. Well, I ' ll take that back — they are fit to swim returned Zeke. seems to me, our reporter again broke in, that that is a pretty old joke, Mr. Ernold. Well, I ' m a pretty old man — the old- est citizen, in fact, said Zeke. Young feller, I ' ve passed through more winters and passed out more summers than any man or boy around these parts — and be- lieve me, I ' m Iookin ' forward to this summer. I can imagine that. Tell me, Mr. Ernold, do you remember the storm of ' 76? inquired our reporter. Remember it! Man, I started it! nroudly stated Zeke, making a pass at his chest. Why, Mr. Ernold, you don ' t expect me to believe that, do you? Our reporter was becoming indignant. f ' 0( course not, son, you weren ' t even born then yet, said Zeke, patting our cringing reporter on the shoulder. I used to start all the storms around here; they called me the ' Storm King I remember starting the big storm of ' 39 — Storm of ' 39! exclaimed our reporter. Why, you weren ' t even born yet then yourself. Oh, I wasn ' t, huh? Zeke said as though he had been insulted. Listen, young eller, you ' re supposed to be inter- viewing me, aren ' t you? Yes sir. Well then, you do the askin ' , and I ' ll do the answerin ' . Yes sir. Now then, what else do know? demanded Zeke. Well, let ' s see. Oh yes. Is it true, Mr. Ernold that you saw McKinley get shot? Saw him! cried Zeke. Why, man, I shot him! you want to (Continued on page 145) One hundred forty-four

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LUMBER BUILDING MATERIAL s CHOENEMAN ' S ERVICE ATISFIES ROOFING COAL Phones 335—2444 CAMPUSTOWN SUFFERS FIFTIETH GROWING PAIN (Continued from page 143) Others are: Raymond Bradford, slot ma- chine tender; Wiley Christopher, propri- etor of the Penny Arcade; Evelyn Eich- horn, manager of the bathing beauty show, of which other members of the company are: Elsie Ross, Velma Mary Bennet, Dorothy Carleton, Lloyd Jorgen- son, Robert Krueger, and Reynold Wile; Catherine Sanford, merry-go-square; and David Norberg, Fair ' s wheel. To climax the day there was a huge auto race between the owners of those fast racing machines, Jack and Bob How- lett, and Louis Warren. Winners, as de- termined later by a fist fight, were Louis Warren and Bob and Jack Howlett. An immense display of fireworks in- cluding little Mary Lou Voelker ' s fire- crackers and Wilmar Simmon ' s sparklers, left from last July 4th finished the excit- ing day, ont that will forever be remem- bered in the history of Campustown as the 50th scar in a series of badly marred years. Verda Husmann and Margaret Jacob- son went out to their grandfather ' s farm to visit a week. We want to wish the girls a very merry time. The, Daily ArguS ' Leader ' South Dakota ' s Leading Newspaper ' ' A Daily that is interesting to all members of the family. For a Half Century the Leaders in Wall Paper and Paints Pictures Frames NORBERG BROS. Sioux Falls, S. Dak. 106 S. Main Ave. Phone 3970 WRECKED CARS REBUILT SHOTWELL-DEMPSTER CO. Main Avenue at 4th Street Cities Service Gas and Oils Phone 2268 Sioux Falls, S. D. Photography FOX STUDIO 328 S. Phillips Sioux Falls ) .-.. One hundred forty-three

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A- J OLD TIMER RECALLS B IG STORM OF ' 39 (Continued from page 144) You! exclaimed our reporter. No, no, er — no — that is, I mean — er, that — ah — ah — he — ah shot me ' burbled Zeke. He shot you? inquired our reporter with a raised eyebrow. No — er — yes. Sure, he shot me a pheasant for my thanksgiving dinner, murmured Zeke, once more breathing normally. Oh, he shot you a pheasant, huh, re- marked our reporter in the sarcastic — hus- band — to — dumb — wife tone. Yup, that ' s right, replied Zeke, and what ' s more he — Just a moment, Mr. Ernold, inter- rupted our reporter. Would you mind letting me express my opinion of this af- fair? Over my dead body! stated the old- est citizen. With pleasure, remarked our report- er, drawing out a small automatic and calmly pulling the trigger. Now, Mr. Ernold, said our reporter, placing his fott on the rigid body of Zeke stretched out on the ground, I think your a @it% % big liar. Here the interview was ended as our reporter had to hurry back to our tabloid office to make the dead line. 1 --O O. P. SKAGGS SYSTEM Groceries Fruits Meats Buy the O. P. Skaggs way and become one of a happy family of Satisfied Customers Best Wishes From SIOUX FALLS PAPER CO. Everything in Paper 1st Ave. and 11th St. Sioux Falls South Dakota FIRST NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY LARGEST INDEPENDENT BANK IN THE DAKOTAS ' CAPITAL and SURPLUS 300,000.00 i One hundred forty-jive