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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1932
Page
4
In a detailed comparison the author argues the five member city commission is more representative than the thirteen member aldermanic council. It asserts commissioners must win a majority of voters citywide and that aldermanic control could be held by a minority in four wards, reducing overall representation.
The Beadie county Y W C A supports a Lake Byron summer camp for about 200 girls and runs five Girl Reserve clubs with 285 members. It offers recreation for women, a business club, employment bureau, a rest room, a cafeteria, and meeting space, all aimed at molding character and aiding the community.
The Huron Chamber of Commerce expands the man of the month concept to a Committee of the Year. The Evening Huronite has named George M. Townsend as Beadle county feed and loan committee chair and George C. Hunt as Beadle county Red Cross disaster relief committee chair, praising their worthiness.
The Beadle county feed and seed loan committee led by George Townsend with L S Cumming John Hintermeister and Roy A Cave are saluted for weekly winter meetings in Huron. They braved storms to approve feed loan applications. The Evening Huronite backs the Chamber of Commerce choice and asks who will be man of the month for April.
Rapid City Journal writer Walter Travis and Argus-Leader editor Fred Christopherson critique lawmakers for hiring relatives on public payrolls and resisting cost reducing bills. The piece argues legislators reflect voters and that some members are diligent public servants, while a dash of “sulphur and molasses” might smooth ironies in representation.
The Kansas City Star reviews crooning as a broadening but degraded radio sound. Clergy and voice teachers call it devitalized and morally troubling while observers note its waning popularity. If demand persists, crooning may endure. otherwise it will fade into radio history.
A Sioux City Journal piece riffs on cosmetic trends from a Chicago beauty show. Cosmeticians predict eyelashes dyed to match gowns, silver tips, color eye shadow, blue mascara, gold and silver nail polish, and bold eyebrows. The piece jokes that modern women spend more time at their dressing tables than at chores.
In a 97-company sample, 62 spent more on ads and 35 cut back. Among those downsizing, profits fell 55 percent, while among those increasing ad spend, profits fell 29 percent. In 1931 the group boosting ads earned 2 percent more than 1921, while the cutbacks group earned 25 percent less than 1931.
From Atlantic to Pacific youths will plant trees to honor George Washington s 2th birthday. The Evening Huronite arranges low cost trees for Central South Dakota students with 43 Mount Vernon trees as living tribute. Each pupil gets small saplings, teachers receive simple planting instructions, and schools may plant a general day near April 22.
Yankton April 7 Special Miss Vivian Halverson a Yankton high school graduate led the Yankton college delegation to the national Pi Kappa Delta forensic tournament at Tulsa Oklahoma in points earned its competition Herbt L Curry debate coach announced upon his return to Fenkton Miss Halverson competing in five rounds in the womens division of the extemporaneous speaking contest placed sixth in the nation with her final topic Advertising its Influence on the Use of tobacco By virtue of her success Miss Halverson has earned the right to special distinction the highest honor awarded a member of Pi Kappa Delta She won first place in this division in the tri state meet at Sioux City last year Theo Liddell of Bloomfield Nebraska was the other Yankton person gaining recognition Speaking on The Land of the Free Miss Liddell advanced through four rounds to reach the semi finals of the national tourney Others competing in individual oratorical contests for Yankton were Arthur Scholten and Lee DeBoer of Corsica each of whom competed in three rounds Scholten spoke on the 1932 political campaign while DeBoer talked on law enforcement Yanktons representatives in the debate contest were Mens team Arthur Scholten Lee DeBoer and Devore Cheney Cheney closing speaker on both sides and competed in ten debates The womens team was composed of Vivian Halverson Theo Liddell and Dorothy Neubauer Neubauer was also closing speaker and who likewise competed in ten debates
Rapid City April 7 An abundance of candidates in western South Dakota counties signals strong voter interest in the May primary. Meade County fields 32 Republicans and 31 Democrats, with 17 pursuing sheriff and other offices. Custer County shows 30 candidates for county posts and emphasizes sheriff and treasury races, including members from a newly organized Liberty party.
An eighth grade Buffalo county Countryside league student, Jack Johnson, shares a vivid poem about becoming an aviator. He imagines flying to cities like San Francisco and Florida and Canada, hunting a bear, crossing oceans, and visiting the Alps before returning home to the prairie landscape.
The 4 H handicraft club offers low cost, practical projects for ages 10 to 20, emphasizing farm and home items. Members complete home tasks, keep cost records, and may advance to forging and advanced woodwork, with demonstrations at local and state events led by H M tones.
The sixteenth annual convention of the sixth district of the State Federation of Women clubs will be held in Pierre on April 27 and 28 with host clubs from Pierre Fast Pierre Onida and Blunt. Speakers include Will G. Robinson Hughes county state s attorney Mrs J O Coombe Sioux Falls state federation president Miss Leora Lewis Pierre director of the state free library and Presiding Judge Dwight Campbell of the South Dakota supreme court. Mrs W G Redmond Miller and Mrs S C Polley Pierre will lecture on etchings and color prints. Sixth district officers are Mrs B W Reinhardt Doland president Mrs J F Turner Faulkton vice president Mrs Irving Parkhurst Fredevick recording secretary Mrs Elia Heasley Mille corresponding secretary and Mrs George Leap Fort Pierre treasurer.
At the regular congregational meeting Miss Fanny B Mills was reelected to fill the pulpit for the coming year with a 15 percent salary. Trustees re elected include George Mulling Frank Heltland H O Cheney and Frank Allan. Officers include Mrs W S Frye treasurer Maxine Cogswell organist and others. Cheney elected delegate to the Presbytery at Madison this month.
A fragmented passage mixes quiz style hints with a note about J. W. Montgomery being named and an evening of dancing and lunch. Miss Frances Paulisse and Dorothy Abramson presented a large birthday cake centered in the room and guests sang the birthday song.
Twenty years ago in Huron a Council of Boys and Select Masters was formed at the Masonic temple with officers led by Benjamin F. Ives and Thomas H. Campbell. The San Francisco Call reports on the Panama-Pacific Exposition site selection by the South Dakota delegation including John A. Sauer of Huron. Redfield’s Marlow theatre is sold, with plans to assist Bijou management in Huron. Local visits include Jack Dalton of Pierre and Miss Wilma Luss hosting a friends’ party. Mrs J McD Campbell heads home from Minneapolis. Tom Wilson returns from Sioux City on business. Dorothy Urban hosts birthday parties for Albert Roggers and Floyd Bischoff in Broadland.
New York April 7 Russ Colombo returns to network singing on NBC WEAF with a 25 piece orchestra and a straight baritone voice. He will broadcast weeknights except Wednesday at 10 and Sunday at 10 13 p m via WEAF NBC. Other programs include TPoursome cowboy quartet and Rudy Vallee. BEroadcasts list schedules across WEAZ WABC WIZ and more with various entertainers and a Boy Scout anniversary speech by Governor Roosevelt.
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