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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1940
Page
6
The Helping Hand Club picnic scheduled for Sunday, July 28, has been postponed. Adult Education Program life enrichment classes in elementary English mathematics and practical spelling will meet at 7 30 o'clock Saturday evening in room 2 at the Community Service Center. Telephone 3474.
Altar Society shows eleven members with Mrs Clarence Schumaker hosting a Tuesday gathering. Mrs Dolan joins. after a business meeting, bridge games at three tables award high to Mrs Harold Osborn and all cut to Mrs Cocking. Lunch closes the evening. Pi meeting set for August 12 at Mrs Joe Lantgen’s home.
The Play or Lew Extension Club held its final meeting of the year at a Fair Grounds picnic supper. Officers elected: Mrs. Carl Thompson chairman and Mrs. James Harney secretary. Next meeting set for September 10.
The Mixers Extension Club held its annual picnic at the Fair grounds Tuesday evening with good attendance and informal planning for future meetings. Miss Gertrude Lampe hosted a linen shower at her home for Betty Cook, who will wed on August 14, with prizes awarded to Mrs. Gerald Beddow, Miss Margaret Lampe, and Miss Olive Harris. Refreshments featured a table decorated with favors and corsages in pink and silver.
Mrs Estella McDonald returned home after visiting in Lincoln Nebraska with her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Vinton Sawyer and family for three weeks. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Orin Skinner at 9 05 am July 21 naming Janice Marie. A marriage license was issued to Southeast me.
The item notes Mrs L H Smith of Fargo N D visiting in Huron with her mother Mrs Sarah Weld and J A Weld family and planning further visits. Mrs Clifford Dexter departs for Duluth Minn for the weekend then returns to her home with Mrs John G Dorsey and sons John and McDonald. Miss Jeanette Gagnon leaves for Minneapolis tonight to attend the air show and Aquatennial returning early next week. Also listed are names Ralph E B Van Camp of Denver and Ruth Gatzke of Tulare both of legal age, plus weather notes for Pierre Mitchel and Aberdeen with precipitation details.
Temperature figures show year over year high 92 and low 62 with record high 111 and low 41. Precipitation totals 1.85 this month, 9.55 year to date, against 2.60 and 13.64 normal. Sunrise 5 23 a.m. Sunset 8 05 p.m. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with isolated thundershowers and cooler tonight. Hourly temps list 73 to 84 as a sample across morning.
Partly cloudy across South Dakota Minnesota and Iowa with scattered thundershowers limited to portions. Cooler temperatures expected tonight especially in far east South Dakota and extreme south Minnesota. Friday outlook is partly cloudy with lingering thundershowers in some areas and cooler air moving in across the region.
Evergreen Colorado hosts the Tx out dele Open described as America's highest golf tournament, played at an altitude of 7500 feet. The event profiles the challenging conditions and competitive field among professional and amateur players.
BASEL SWITZERLAND July 22 Rapid dwindling of food in unoccupied France prompts censored papers to note the armistice commission in Wiesbaden controls policy not Vichy. Reports say Germans may allow movement of food from occupied to unoccupied zones but the gap remains sharp. In Alsace some farmers fed by German troops while central areas face hunger as farmers return to cities. Swiss experts fear Germany may need its own stocks if blockade persists. French francs lose value at frontier as refugees beg for sustenance amid growing hardship. Willkie and Mia Willkie visited the Oden Rodeo drawing cheers before the performance.
Willkie acknowledges visiting Utah to seek votes after two campaign stops in Salt Lake City and surrounding areas. He stated he came to Utah for votes, signaling a direct appeal to local supporters.
Lotty Ward, director of the Huron recreation program, announced entry forms for a citywide tennis tournament. The event will run during the Winter Part at the Huron College Courts and will be organized by age brackets, drawing a large turnout for the 1940 tour.
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