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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1931
Page
6
A busy slate lists lodge, moose, and Ladies Aid meetings Thursday and Friday at various halls around Huron. Notables include the Chattersew club picnic guests from Fort Myers and Gunda, birthday gatherings for Mrs. Schultz and Mrs. Van Buskirk, and Methodist Sunday school picnics at West Park pool with 40 members present.
Mrs J W Worrall of 632 Utah avenue southeast reports the sudden death on June 22 of her brother James A Smith at Cortez Island British Columbia. Smith came to South Dakota in 1841 with his parents, attended Huroni’s first school, later lived in Bellingham Washington, then Cortez Island where he worked in the lumber business and was a forest ranger at his death. Burial was at Cortez Island with survivors including his mother Mrs Janet Yurll Smith living with her daughter Mrs Worrall and several siblings in Minnesota Washington and Rapid City.
Howard Thatcher and Clarion Pottge plan to attend the United States survey in Alaska after traveling from Vue Wash. Richard Williams, an usher, will visit relatives in Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. Several locals attend a conference in Hot Springs and others depart for Montana, Idaho, and Minneap olis. A Labor Temple dinner is canceled due to attendance at the Hot Springs conference. Mid-Summer drapery sale announced by Wagner Drapery Store with rest of notices including furniture for sale and pool admission details.
Mr and Mrs G A Bandy and Mrs Bandy sister Mrs Martha Bandy returned from Minneapolis after visiting their son William. Mrs Ada Roberts of Sioux Falls and Shreveport LA arrived Monday to visit Mr Jennie V Corley at the Evergreens for about a week. Pythias Roberts formerly of Huron is here for ten days at the home of Mr and Mrs H J Ward.
The Episcopal church of South Dakota marked 56 years of service to the Sisseton Sioux with a three day convocation ending at St Marys church near the old agency. About 1,000 Indians camped around the church as Bishops Hugh L Burleson and Blair Roberts of Sioux Falls and Rt Rev F W Creighton of Mexico led 30 clergy in attendance. Special honors were given to the late Rev Edward Ashley the 61st missionary who came to the reservation in 1881.
Somewhat unsettled tonight and Thursday with cool temperatures. Sunrise at 54 a.m. and sunset later. Hourly temps range from 68 to 75 degrees. south Dakota forecast notes mostly fair skies with cooler tonight.
Jowa and Minnesota forecast cloudy and cooler with periods of showers tonight. Thursday looks fair but cooler in eastern areas. Road reports show varied temperatures and precip across Yankton Yankton 73 but hot in places. Huron Sioux Falls Mitchell Watertown Brookings and Rapid City record highs from 98 to 105 with scattered precip and generally good roads. Aberdeen shows 67 degrees with partly cloudy and light precip.
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