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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1941
Page
8
Various local groups schedule meetings and classes Thursday. Adult Education offers citizenship for alien women and bookkeeping. churches host guilds and aid societies. hobby and service clubs meet across the county including Moose, Rainbow, and Royal Neighbors, with literacy and life enrichment programs also listed.
The Huron Bridge Club held the first match of its six game final series at the Marvin Hughitt Hotel. Winners were Mrs. Max Royhl and Mrs. William Eilers with 148.44 points followed by Mrs. Tom Wright and Mrs. Duane Smith 145. C. L. Coop and R. M. Shea 140.14. Additional teams include Mrs. Camden Rayburn and Mrs. William Gagnon 140, Mr. and Mrs. George Vanderstein 135, and Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Pierce plus Mrs. J. J. Hansowitz and Mrs. F. J. Schmidt at 135.44. The club will meet weekly for the rest of the season instead of fortnightly.
Mrs. Ben Dammeier hosted the S. and C. Club with nineteen members and seven guests including Mrs. Alyce Boon and Mrs. Carl Schnathorst. A ten cent grab bag was approved to raise club funds during the business meeting. Bridge was played at five tables with prizes to Mrs. E Verhelst and others.
Mrs W French and others received prizes at a social afternoon with lunch served. Hostesses included Mrs W Kamenz and Mrs Dorothy Dammeier. The next meeting will be at Ben Dammeier home with hostess Mrs Betty Dammeier. A Pythian Sisters meet featured bridge, gifts, lunch, and guest Mrs Fred Petrich. John H Bottomley celebrated his eighty fourth birthday with family, cake, and a radio hymn dedication. Grant Local Farmers Union hosted a party for newlyweds Mr and Mrs Harry Svee with high and low bridge scores and gifts. The Valley Rustlers club sewed quilt blocks and planned future meetings. Blair Hipple celebrated his eleventh birthday with zoo trip. The Couples Class held a box social at the Baptist Church with elected officers and prize-winning games. Mrs J B McAllister hosted bridge for Mrs Martin Kennedy of Webster.
Charles McCafree 65 former state official and newspaperman dies at home in Canova. He served as immigration and industrial commissioner 1913 to 1920 and led Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce for five years. Survived by widow three sons and a daughter. Michigan leads all states in salt production.
Mr and Mrs Sylvester Whalen return from nearly four months in Florida visiting St Cloud Tampa and St Petersburg with time spent at Bay Pines Veterans Hospital. A baby girl Judy Irene weighs nine and a half pounds born to Mr and Mrs John Roberts at 121 Wisconsin Ave SW. Mrs Roberts and baby stay with Mrs Jasper Dotson as Mrs Minnie Williams recalls past residence in Huron. Arlene Beckman heads home to Redfield after leaving Huron College to accept a Civil Service Commission stenography post in Washington. Mrs Bryan's family heads to Watertown after emergency appendectomy for Bob Bryan at Luther Hospital. Bergs Style Shop promotes spring coat sales. Eylers vault advertises luxury fur storage in air conditioned South Dakota facility.
Deaths include Mrs. Williams who moved to the Odd Fellows Home in Dell Rapids after a stroke and funeral in Dell Rapids. Mrs. Scott Taylor of Hawarden dies after surgery in Hawarden hospital. Social items cover corsage sales, courthouse visits, and travel notes.
The House approved a measure to raise penalties for exceeding marketing quotas on wheat corn and cotton and to raise government loan participation to 75 percent of parity on wheat corn tobacco rice and related crops. The bill would boost wheat and corn penalties to 50 percent of CCC loans and cotton penalty to half the base crop control loan.
J F Anderson Lumber Co sells to the Town of Virgil South Dakota the lands described as Lot 23 and 24 Block 1 and Lots 15 to 18 Block 2 in Mik's Addition Virgil for one dollar.
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