Award of contracts totaling about $217,000 for remodeling kitchens and dining facilities at Indian schools at Pierre and Flandreau, South Dakota, and Wahpeton, North Dakota, was announced today by the Department of the Interior.
E. J. Pfeiffer Construction Company of Aberdeen, South Dakota, was awarded the job at Pierre on its bid of $63,798. The successful bidder on the work at Flandreau was H. L. Grohne Company, Decatur, Illinois, with a bid of $89,000. The $63,880 contract at Wahpeton was awarded to Comstock Construction Company, Wahpeton, North Dakota.
The work includes remodeling and redecorating of kitchen and dining facilities, installation of new kitchen equipment, and other work. The facilities are to be completed and ready for use prior to the beginning of the 1958 school term.
The schools are operated by the Indian Bureau. The one at Pierre is an elementary boarding school with an enrollment of 348 students. The vocational high school at Flandreau has an enrollment of 545 in grades 9 through 12. Approximately 365 pupils are enrolled in the elementary boarding school at Wahpeton.
