Our January 16th program, presented by Tim Velder, will be “Neva Esmay: A prairie girl who reached new heights.”. Neva was born in Draper, SD, in 1918 and attended rural schools in the prairies north of the Black Hills before finishing high school at Newell. She got a teaching certificate at Spearfish Normal School, but later became a licensed pilot for Clyde Ice at the Spearfish airport in the WWII years. She married Cliff Pluimer and later served as Butte County Superintendent of Schools in the early 1950s, and worked at the Butte County courthouse in various roles.

Our February History at High Noon will be Friday, February 20th, but we don’t know for sure what the program will be. Watch for details as we finalize it. History at High Noon is a program on the third Friday of the month (October and November, January through May). We meet at noon in the Community Room of the Sturgis Public Library.

We are always looking for ideas. If you would like to tell your family’s history or have something history-based, please contact Richard Moeller ([email protected], 605-939-3789), Ross Lamphere ([email protected], 605-490-3110), or Diana Hayes (605-347-3007). History at High Noon is co-sponsored by the Sturgis & Meade County Historical Society.