Societies and engagements fill week in Optima area
Community clubs meet at 2 and 2 30 p m with Mrs Darrell Gibbs at 367 Idaho Avenue and at church parlors across town. Circles of American Lutheran and Congregational Ladies Aid plan meetings with hostesses and addresses. Alvin W Auderberg marries in Florida. Juanita H Ervin tied the knot at Jacksonville First Presbyterian. Doris Lien engaged to G Dale of Sheridan Indiana. Birthday party honors for Mrs Hughes and John Engelbart noted with gatherings and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Optima Extension Clubs
Darrell Gibbs
Idaho Avenue
Baptist Ladies’ Aid
American Lutheran Church
Esther
P. Kohlman
L. Oberbecking
Mary
M. Amacher
L. Keene
Martha
O. Dalelane
G. Gardner
Rachel
C. Horme
A. Swanson
Congregational Ladies Aid Society
A. A. Chamberlain
Nebraska Southwest
H. Hough
Iinois
T. Edwards
Seventh Street Southwest
W. H. Wareren
Kansas Southeast
Tlsres
Alvin W. Auderberg
Florida
St. Lawrence
Juanita H. Ervin
First Presbyterian Church
Jacksonville
Fla
St. Lawrence High School
Armed Forces
C. F. Hughes
GO. TF. Hughes
B. C. Katcher
Montana Avenue Southwest
Hatcher
4. Crowell
Duane Conray
C. Fogg
Ford Andrews
Hughes
Doris Lien
Tony Descombaz
Zincon
G. Dale
Sheridan
Ind
Miss Lien
Fluton High School
Bartron Hospital School of Nursing
Watertown
Dale
Transcontinental and
Western Air Lines
Washington, D. C
Ruth Hendrick Expects New Assignment After Leave
Ruth Hendrick, former WAC lieutenant from the state AAA offices, awaits a new posting after a 10 day leave from Fort Des Moines. She received second lieutenant bars on June 18 and has been at an officer training course. She visited her parents Mr and Mrs T J Hendrick of Woonsocket and friends in Huron during the leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Hendrick
WAC
AAA
Fort Des Moines
Miss Hendrick
T. J. Hendrick
Woonsocket
Huron
Altrusa Club Hears of Huron Launching
Altrusa members and guests met for a regular dinner at the Congregational Church. Mrs. J S Tschetter spoke about participating in the launching of the S S Huron in Cleveland last month, noting superstition that the ship becomes a personality after launch and is hoped to be lucky. Mrs C E Daniel outlined Altrusa values patriotism and efficient service. The group sang Into the Light and discussed the Huron Job's vocational fund loans to girls. ENTERTAINS IN HONOR OF OUT OF TOWN GUEST ST LAWRENCE Aug 17 Jessie Kintigh hosted Mrs Joe Courts of Lansing visiting her mother Mrs James Berry and sister Mrs Z He Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drizen Altrusa Club
Congregational Church
J.S. ‘Tschetter
Cleveland
Tschetter
C. E. Daniel
Louis
Daniel
Huron Job’s Vocational Fund
ST. Lawrence
Jessie
City Briefs Chronicle Local Social Notes and Travel
Miss Belle Johnston arrives for an abstracters meeting and visits Mrs. Miriam Speirs. Various residents and visitors are mentioned with travels to St Paul, Huron, Mitchell, Layola, and Gaza. A newborn and a funeral are noted along with military training completion at Sheppard Field and relatives visiting in several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Johnston
Paulkton
Abstracters
Miriam Speirs
Eilers’ Furriers
Adv
J. Roy Howard
Washington, D. C
Howard
H. H. Humphrey
Ted Swenson
Yankton
Plorence Snedigar
Swenson
Helen Sneedigar
Huron
Harold Williscraft
Ann
Violet Elesson
Castlewood
E. J. Bowe
Muran
Lloyd L. Johnston
R. E. Johnston
Tllinois Avenue
Sheppard Field
Tex
Coveraill
Leonard Clarke
Janet
St. Paul
Fleming
Alvina Jones
Edward
Marie
Manning
Iowa
Jones
Garis Hofman
Sam Kicisasser
Carpenter
Parn
Harold Meyers
Mitchell
Ford Andrews
Gladys Guthmiller
Ina Mae Meinhert
Betty Kinsman
Walliam C. Fritz
Layola
Calif
F. W. Kelsey
Alpena Gunner Flies With Nip And Tack
A South Dakotan named Alvin, aboard the Fortress Nip and Tuck, piloted during weekend raids from Alpena. The crew noted the picnic season was in full swing while the aircraft raided its third target in about 14 hours from the station and observed tight security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ATA
Sumomn
England
South Dakotan
Alvin‘ Toer
Detroit
Mich
Sunshine Club Inaugural Benched at Chicago Exposition
An unstable clipping reports Sunshine Club held its first inland event at the Chicago Columbian Exposition. Details are unclear but suggest ceremonial installation and local club activities. The fragment mentions Sunshine Club and a Chicago venue with possible inaugural proceedings.
Weather snapshot and forecasts for Huron and South Dakota
Temperature data shows high and low records for this date and yearly totals with normal benchmarks. Sunrise at 6 39 a m, sunset 8 35 p m. Forecasts predict warmer conditions across Huron and vicinity for 10 days and tonight, with South Dakota expecting warmer weather and occasional thundershowers in the Blick Hills area this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
South Dakota
Blick Hills
Bombers Strike Paris Area In Daylight Raid
Allied aircraft attacked Paris and surrounding suburbs, targeting Le Bourget airport and several Nazi held airfields including Poix Abbeville Bernay Triequeville Amiens Glisy and Beaumont Le Rouget. The 8th Air Force reported destroying 39 enemy planes and damaging German fighters in the strongest Paris assault of the day with significant casualties in northeastern and southeastern suburbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
France
le Bourget
Paris
Charles A. Lindbergh
Denain
Valenciennes
Thunderbolts
Eighth’ Air Force
Vichy Radio
Eiqui Rons
Anglan
Le!heart
No Limitation On Sugar Beet Acreage Planned
A War Food Administration letter to Senator Harlan J. Bushfield states no current plan to limit sugar beet acreage for 1944. The administration will set goals after consulting industry representatives, aiming to maximize beet acreage within overall food needs. The Belle Fourche issue prompted protest over potential reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jetter
Bushfield
Ami
Price Panel Formed by War Board in Highmore
W. R. Pilkington, chairman of the War Price and Rationing Board, announces a price panel formation in Highmore. Mrs. Pauline Gray is named chairman, with members Mrs. Eva McDonald and Elmer Quirk, and clerk Wilma Schorzman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highmore Highmore
W. R. Pilkington
War Price and Rationing Board
Pauline Gray
Eva McDonald
Elmer Quirk
Wilma Schorzman
State Reports Second Biggest Wool Crop in South Dakota
Sioux Falls reports 1943 wool production at 16,114,000 pounds, second largest on record, down from 1942’s 16,422,000 but 59 percent above the 1932–41 average. Sheep shorn reach a record 1,954,000 head, though weight per fleece fell to 82 pounds from 84.2 the previous year, with unfavorable weather and labor shortages cited as factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
South’ Dakota
Evan V Jones
War News From Front Pages The Seaborne Landing Progress
Evacuation described by Germans as a first class achievement ends a local outpost fight. American forces push nearer Messina, advancing 14 miles aided by seaborne landings in heavy action as the campaign continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Messina
Allied forces seal Sicily as Axis retreat accelerates
Allied naval and ground actions around Messina and the Strait of Sicily push Axis troops toward the Italian mainland. American, British and Canadian units sustain bombardments from Cape Bonifati to Messina as the Third Division completes a rapid 24 hour push from Milano. Virtually all of Sicily is in Allied hands after July 10 landings that began with 160,000 troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theu. S.navy
Milazco
Gulf of Politastro
Naples
Cape Rizzuto
Messina
Seglea
Gulf of Policastro
Cape Bonifati
Vibo Valentia Marina
Sicilian
Milano
Escate
Strait of
Africa Corps
Tunisia
Sicily
Also Mentioned on This Page
W.H.O
McDaniels
W.E.O. Club
D. E. McDaniels
Gehrke
Audrey van Tassel
Traquois
Ida Larson
Margan
Gamble
Good Will Club
al Culligan
J. J. Culligan
Venables
Price
Willams
Miss Williams
Leonard Brandmire
Williams
Ed Artoman
Raymond Hughes
John Engelbart
Hagen
Cannon Falls
Minn
John
Altrusa Club Hears
Sunshine “Club
Wolse Ie
Sunshine Club
Chicag
The
Columbian’ Exposil
Rob Rainbow
New York
Forstmann
Tet
Bismarck
N. D
Chicago
Des Moines
S. D
Kansas City
New Orleans
Omaha
Pittsburgh
Pierre
Aes Lemmon
E Mobridge
Chadron
Sioux City
Valentine
Wyo
Miles City
Montanne
Rapid Eye S
Philip
Mitchel Dalk
Madison
Huron Tempe
Rure
WFA
Birchcock Louis Lang
Stormy Weather
Bil Robinson Lens Horne
Calloway
Norway
Fas
Ae Amit Et
Ee Hushon
Nancy Iss
Oen Senoritas
Lake Preston,s. D
Don Shaw
Hane
Adéline
Chool
Penney’s
Lord, Fauntleroy
Penney
Penney Managec
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