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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1932
Page
2
Yale reports 273 inches of rain in June with prospects for more. Farmers expect a good rye and barley ripening, wheat and oats green with healthy heads, and ample hay. Attala and pastures improve. corn and potatoes in great shape. Some grasshopper damage noted.
Local observatory reports June rainfall of 3.02 inches, lower than the ten year average of 3.55. Past ten years show uneven totals with January 0.61, March 1.06, April 2.10, and a June cumulative of 8.64 inches. recent showers add partial totals through Sunday and Monday.
In Lake Preston on July 6, 14 young people were confirmed at the Lutheran church. Rev. E. C. Eid led the service with special music. confirmands include Dale Boyd, Jerome Olson, Nes Kopperud, Wenderl Beck, Merle Seipp, Donald Biel, Ross Neieman, Myron Olson, Emanuel Nelson, Elsie Nelson, Blaine Larson, Charlotte Boo, Selina Thorsen, and Marion Berdahl.
A surprise party for Miss Susan Gilman was staged at Armadale Park by friends and relatives. About 60 guests attended the afternoon event featuring foot races and games, with a gift shower and ice cream and cake served at the close.
Funeral services were held at the Mellette community church for Miss Margo Cady 1 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Cady who died June 23 at home. She suffered an illness and had been a student at Mellette High School and Italy College Brookings. She leaves a sister Jenn and her parents and grandparents.
The Sen ing Rebexsh lodge held a children’s party for about 20 youngsters with games and prizes. A refreshments committee served at 6 39 p m. Guests included Mesdames Glen Clark Chester Seaman L C Culver and Miss Coralyne Riche Violet Liebig.
Four year old Victor Hinker was playing with his pet dog in Forestburg when he was bitten on the hand. He suffered serious but non fatal wounds and is recovering without complications.
At a July 6 gathering in Forestburg Mrs. James Personius hosted a casual family reunion. Guests included Mrs. Esabelle Brown and Miss Annie Gere with Mr. Andrew Gere from Woonsocket, Mrs. Charles Eitel of Letcher with a sister, and Mrs. Tom Fouberg from here, all enjoying a rare collective visit.
Mrs. Louisa Carlisle leaves Woonsocket bound for Davenport Iowa to visit friends and relatives for about 20 days.
Yale July 6 Special reports Mr and Mrs Alton Gaughran are the parents of a daughter Marilyn Dee born in a HuRon hospital.
Pierre reports astronomer C C Wylie says Earth is now farthest from the sun and will not grow closer soon. The next January will feel warmer or colder as seasons shift due to long term orbital changes, with a predicted 10 500 year reversal of northern and southern hemisphere seasons and precession altering future summers.
The plan to consolidate Haakon and Jackson counties was blocked as signers withdrew to drop below the required one third in Jackson county. Petition filings closed at midnight Saturday, delaying a vote at the fall election and leaving consolidation advocates determined to press on.
The Brown county farm tour sponsored by the county farm management club and the crops committee will be conducted tomorrow. F J McHugh and Gale Peppers coordinate with County Agent W E Dittmer. Visitors will tour grain variety test plots comparing new grain types with standards including 29 varieties of wheat barley and oats. Northwest Crop Improvement association speaker will address noon program. Leo Messing from South Dakota State College will discuss farm records and horsepower use.
In Piedmont and Elk Creek areas crop conditions are near ideal with small grains heading and alfalfa yielding heavily, often over a ton per acre. Corn struggles due to cool wet weather, cutworms and pheasants damage some stalks, but warmer days and ongoing moisture bode a strong harvest.
Mitchell police report effective enforcement with eight to fifteen cars tagged daily for traffic violations. Chief A L Kirkpatrick notes most violations involve overtime parking as out of town vehicles are left alone while farmers and visitors are urged to obtain courtesy tags to avoid confusion.
After a directors meeting the Minnehaha county fair association forecasts an unusually successful exposition in the Sioux Falls coliseum September 5 6 and 7 with livestock in the nearby traction system building. The fair will be indoors for the first time and economy will guide the program. Horse racing is dropped from the 1932 schedule but other events stay.
At their farm near Lake Preston South Dakota Mr and Mrs David Patterson marked their Golden Wedding. About 30 neighbors attended a lawn ceremony featuring a procession with generations of family attire and a brass surrogate ceremony. The couple born in Scotland emigrated to America in 1880 and 1862 respectively and raised seven children with thirteen grandchildren in Kingsbury county.
The Wolsey band will travel to Wessington for the weekly concert and perform a program. Wessington musicians will later visit Wolsey to present a separate program. Programs are displayed on Main Street and have proved a great attraction.
A. R. Eschleman Freeman director of teacher training for the South Dakota Council of Religious Education spoke at the Buffalo county Sunday School convention in Gann Valley. He highlighted seven major objectives of religious education. Officers reelected for the year were J. D. Hall president James Lawyer vice president Lorena Thompson secretary treasurer. Special music featured Lois Oates and Bonnie Hubbard in a duet and a vocal solo by Mrs J. H. Dyson.
New audit rules reduce auto transportation allowances from seven to five cents per mile and eliminate storage charges. Hotel and meal allowances for traveling employees drop from 4.50 to 4.00 dollars daily. Custer reports announce $40 000 to $50 000 in new equipment for Pleasant Valley placer mining, with Axtell Brothers and Martin planning 10 yards daily of pay dirt.
C M Granskou named president of Augustana College Sioux Falls succeeding O J H Preus who moves to Luther College Waldorf College former head brings varied career including naval aviation patrols air mail piloting and six and a half years of missionary work in China He will push higher standards and gymnasium completion and will begin this summer with speaking engagements across the state.
Wessington saw a quiet Fourth as residents celebrated elsewhere and neighborhood picnics filled a calm day. Several showers benefited gardens and corn with no accidents reported. A. Bowen, longtime local farmer, is seriously ill at Chamberlain sanitarium after health decline and heart trouble. Lucille Brown arrives in Blunt to live with her mother Mrs. Fred Holst.
An updated parlor cafe car with radio is added to train 503 between Winona and Huron Minnesota to serve tourist traffic to the Black Hills. Train 514 arrives at Huron in the morning from the Black Hills, while 503 reaches there in the evening en route to the Hills. Passengers may enjoy daylight use of the new car on these daytime runs.
A city commission in Sioux Falls announced a recall election against Commissioner Joseph Nelson for Tuesday August 3. Judge L L Fleeger had issued a temporary injunction blocking a recall effort against Mayor George W Burnside. City auditor Walter Leyse certified that 2 363 signatures across 43 petitions met the 15 percent requirement from the last election.
Mrs. Leo ward Leeper and Mrs. Harry Glans hosted a lawn party at the Leeper home with bridge at six tables. Out of town guests included Mrs. Wiedenman, Mrs. Bauman of Onida, and Mrs. Alice Asa Museen of Agar. Mr. and Mrs. Claire Besancon and family visited Blunt from Rapid City, with Mr. Besancon a former Blunt Advocate publisher now in Rapid City.
Mr and Mrs Harry Ball of Worthington Minnesota arrive to spend the weekend with Mrs Cora Ball in Woonsocket former residents. Mr Ball is known as Barney to many locals in the community.
Six candidates in the University of South Dakota summer session plan theses on South Dakota topics. Topics include civic knowledge, organized belief in the state before 1900, training of commercial teachers, and distribution of public school funds. Additional works cover crime costs, language study, and regional education issues.
Fragmentary notice reports Mr and Mrs Baer with child at Pierre. Text references Mr Baer being at Pierre and a concern about family location and parentage in the Fourth of July period.
Farmers in Wellington face a bumper crop with small grain yields nearly full. Reports indicate good conditions with minimal rust and favorable weather for harvesting.
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