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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1939
Page
6
Numerous groups plan meetings and Christmas parties across churches lodges and clubs. A variety of units including Masonry Delphian and women’s auxiliaries meet Thursday and Friday in local halls churches and homes with hostesses and exchanges of small gifts.
Co workers at Beadle County AAA Committee and the office gathered at the county office on Tuesday evening to honor Mildred Svec who is to be married soon. A mock wedding featured Ida Shurtleff as bride Tola Louns bury groom Isabelle McCoy minister and Mildred Walline train bearer. A lamp was presented and a show at the Huron Theatre followed.
Ione Hedlund hosted the Pi Alpha Phi Alumnae Christmas party with fourteen members present. Mrs Darreil Gibbs presided as president and outlined next meeting plans for December 38 at Blanche Battin’s home with Lou Peterson and Lois Hartzer assisting. Auction and Christmas games followed, lunch served by Hedlund and her grandmother M B Fenner. Mrs Hetlinger hosted the Extension Club Christmas party with seven members and guest J H Peterson. Bridge games awarded prizes to L Ry Carter and Peterson. Gifts exchanged, table decorated, Christmas meal shared.
Sixteen guests gathered at the home of Domonic O Boyle on Friday evening hosted by Mrs. O Boyle and the Misses Kathleen Coughlin and Elaine Martin to honor Miss Mildred Svec who will marry on December 24. Cards at three tables awarded prizes to Dorothy Eickstadt and Beulah Olson. A lunch by Eileen Maguire and Kathleen Coughlin preceded a shower of kitchen gifts. Miss Svec’s blue and white colors were echoed in the decor and the wedding date was posted on the tallies. Elks Pot Luci Ie Tomorrow Evening for Huron Elis Loge members.
Ladies will attend the Elks charity play The Trial of Mary Dugan at the new high school auditorium tomorrow at six thirty. Auction and contract bridge arranged for those remaining at the hall. Beta Sigma Phi Christmas dinner held Tuesday at seven at the YWCA cottage with gifts and carols. Santa Claus and reindeer centerpiece, sleigh place markers, crystal tapers, and evergreen decorations featured. Mrs Gerald Beddow presided. Ardis Lundeen led the Christmas lighting project. Gifts were exchanged and presented to Mrs C M Wider and Mrs George Schmidt.
President Roosevelt voiced a horseback opinion at a late press conference that WPA workers may organize like other federal employees but cannot strike or disrupt government operations. The stance pleased WPA officials and the workers' alliance amid past unrest in Minneapolis during a recent relief act case involving coerced labor.
The long awaited film was previewed yesterday as a prelude to its world premiere next Friday in Atlanta Georgia. Law enforcement professionals expressed general enthusiasm about the project and its potential impact on the city and its culture.
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