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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1937
Page
8
New Yorks 125 million World Fair grounds emerge from marshy wasteland as bulldozers and pile drivers reshape Flushing Meadows. By 1939 an 24 mile long reservation will host 200 structures with a 200 foot sphere Perisphere and 700 foot Trylon centerpiece.
Undertaken to dredge Flushing Bay to allow large boats to reach the Fair. Building materials for 30 Fair structures would total 500,000 tons, for exhibits another 100,000 tons. About 30,000 workmen are required. Federal funding includes 5,000,000 earmarked with 2,000,000 for an international section. Fifty-nine countries invited. many already accepted. Grover Whalen leads the effort with a large New York team and state city federal support.
St Lawrence and Faulkton combine for an open air concert this evening in St Lawrence. Bands led by Mayo Weistinel and Leroy Darling perform new selections plus spatial music. Mr Weisflock will play his piano compositions. A free prize drawing adds extra attraction.
Wellington dispatch reports the Rev. T Tibbs Maxey Sr will preach at the Church of Christ this evening at 8 2 TM m changing from Friday. He preached here last Friday and is visiting from Ohio. His son Rev Tibbs Maxey of Alunt is on vacation.
Entries are coming in for a cachet contest featured during the W. W. Howes Municipal Airport dedication at Huron on July 4 and 5. The winner receives a $4 prize, with samples on display at the Tip Tap cigar store window to inspire sketches.
Don Coleagu and Eileen Ingail headlining at the east Huron dance hall tonight as Huron Pavilion Management touts Von Colebourne’s orchestra as one of the best ever to appear.
Madison reports a coroner's inquest into Mrs. Alice Westall’s death on State Highway 2. John Evans of Sioux Falls is blamed for being on the wrong side of the road and driving under the influence. A manslaughter charge is likely. Evans and three companions remain hospitalized.
Memorial Day callers in Esmond included Forest Walkington and his daughters Lorraine and Lois of Jasper Minnesota. Also present were George Walkington and his daughter of Wolsey. Mr and Mrs William Wilkens with Bobby and Evalyn of Brookings. Mr and Mrs Robert Bryant of Minneapolis. and Mr and Mrs Pete Anderson of Mandan North Dakota.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra will broadcast on NBC WLW at 6 30 Thursday evening the piece Prelude and Fugue On Forbidden Theme by Professor Russell Danburg head of the music department at Dakota Wesleyan University Prof Danbury a former Miller boy will be heard in the program
Local notices recount a string of visits and departures as Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Belms and daughter Mollie travel from Huron to Pierre to Bersema and Randolph Nebraska before settling in Glendale California. Other items note weddings, house guests, and community events including a Runge sale at Parish House and a marriage license for Paul Minizm and Alice Werner.
W C Peterson, clerk of the Huron Independent School District board, announced that a city school election will not be held this year. Only Campbell and W S Keck filed for the three year terms. E R Ball will be treasurer after Whisman’s resignation. Ball will serve the remainder of Whisman’s term. Certificates of election will be issued and the winners sworn in at a regular board meeting. The 1937 school board election had been set for Tuesday, June 18.
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