The Alumni Association was organized
September 1961. Membership dues are $1.00 per year. The Alumni Reunion is
held every 5 years, on the first weekend in August. The next reunion is set for
August 5 and 6th, 2005. The Alumni Association also publishes an
alumni newspaper containing names and current addresses for alumni. If your
address has changed since the last Alumni Reunion or if you are not sure the
Association has your address, please
click here to enter
the Delmont Alumni Website for further information. Or if you prefer, send your change of address to Nola Redd, Alumni
Association President, Delmont, SD 57330.
Laib-Albrecht Post No. 249 schedules
their regular meetings the third Monday of every month. The Post conducts
the annual Memorial Day program and usually serves a delicious pancake and
sausage supper at least once a year.
The Auxiliary meets every third
Thursday of the month. The main purpose is to promote Americanism and aid
the American Legion in the community, state, and nation. The Auxiliary
maintains the kitchen in the hall, serves the annual Community Club banquet
as well as others on request, entertains the residents at various nursing
homes, serves coffee and treats for Veterans' Day, contribute to the
Christmas sacks for those who come to see Santa, etc..
The Delmont Baseball Association was
organized at a meeting in March, 1947. In order to build a lighted baseball
park shares were sold and funds were solicited. The land for the park was
purchased in 1967 and improvements have been made to the park at regular
intervals. The most recent improvement being a new outfield fence with signs
of the various businesses supporting the programs of the Association. The
Baseball Association holds an annual "Sports Day" which consists of ball
games, races and other contests packed into an entire day of fun for all.
The Delmont Baseball Association not only sponsors the men's amateur team,
but also the youth baseball program. The Association sponsors an annual
street dance to raise funds for their programs.
The Community Club was organized in
the early 1920's as the Commercial Club. On May 10, 1972 the Commercial Club
changed its name to the Delmont Community Club in order to enlist the
farmers and anyone else interested in joining. As a Community Club they help
with special projects at the parks, schedule an annual Appreciation Dinner
in December, donate funds to various organizations in the community, sponsor
an Easter egg hunt, have a free watermelon feed for the Fourth of July and
do what ever else is necessary to support the community. The Community
Club's monthly meeting is at noon the first Wednesday of every month.
The Delmont Non-Profit Development
Corporation was organized near the end of 1992 and officially recognized as
a corporation of the State of South Dakota on April 29, 1993. It had 26
original members, and has now grown to 42 members. Membership is easily
fulfilled by payment of dues as set by the Board of Directors, upon which a
membership certificate will be issued.
The purpose of this corporation is to
further the economic development of the Delmont area. This is accomplished
through revolving loans, funded from local investor groups, furnished to
businesses willing to locate in our area, as well as loans to preserve
existing businesses.
The Historical Society of Delmont was
organized in April 1995. Their membership is over 40. Monthly meetings are
held the third Wednesday of every month at 7:00 P.M. The Historical Society
was organized in order to preserve the Delmont Pump House. The
Delmont Pump House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Its major fundraiser for the year is the Kuchen Festival held the first
Sunday of Pheasant Hunting Season each year. This year was their
eighth annual event. Each year the Society membership and many
gracious volunteers travel to the Tyndall Bakery on the Saturday before the
Kuchen Festival to make Kuchens. Every year the Society bakes a larger
number of kuchens. In 2004 Society members and volunteers made 946 kuchens and
we again had a sellout .
This year the festival was on Sunday, October 17, 2004.
With the funds raised this year we
will be restoring the old bank clock. We have placed the tower outside
the Pumphouse Museum and are waiting for the controller to return from
Electric Time so that we can replace the face and hands and have a working
clock again. We will then wait for Electric Time to send us another
controller to get the Westminster chimes working again. We would like to
thank everyone who has sent money through the Alumni Association to make
this project a reality.
We also have the inside clock that
hung within the bank which controlled the outside tower clock hanging in the
museum. Thanks to Galen Davis of Davis Clocks in Sioux Falls for
donating his time and expertise to put this part of the clock into working
order again.
The Library Committee was created in
the early 1990's. Its purpose is to oversee the running of the library. All
of the books are donations from the community. The Committee has sponsored
Summer Reading Programs. The Opera Block Library is open on Monday and
Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings. This past year Vanessa Jordan
has been the head librarian of the Opera Block Library. Thanks, Vanessa for
your efforts. The Library has also produced the Community Calendar for
2004. It is available at the First State Bank for a $4.00 donation.
The 4-H program was started in the
Delmont Community in 1939 and since have had two or more clubs. Currently
there are two clubs. One is a girls club named "The Purple Ribbon Home
Economic Club". The girls carry cooking and sewing projects. The other club
is mixed both boys and girls. It is named "Dakota Kids 4-H Club". Their
projects are all kinds of livestock, crops, gardens, photography, horses,
visual arts, and all kinds of crafts.
Besides projects the 4-H clubs include
activities such as: demonstrations, judging, and public speaking. It teaches
record keeping and how to conduct a public meeting. Each year Achievement
Days are set up in each county, where 4-H members compete in all projects by
exhibiting projects and activities. Purple Ribbon winners go to the State
Fair and compete with the other counties.
The golf course was officially
established in March 1932. A club house was built in 1960. There is a lot of
activity on the course every summer. A men's golf league meets every
Wednesday and the women's league meets every Tuesday for the summer months.
Occasionally a golf tournament is scheduled.
The Delmont Fire Department was
organized on November 23, 1903. Their current fire hall including a meeting room
was built in 1995. They purchased a new fire truck in 1997. The Fire
Department has a membership of more than 20 and are ready and willing to answer any
call, any time, for any emergency.
