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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1931
Page
2
State aid for Americanization and rehabilitation work will be curtailed next year and eliminated the following year due to legislative apportionment cuts. About 500 dollars will be prorated to schools, with no continuation absent new funds. In 1930-31 Aberdeen Huron Lead and Sioux Falls hosted teachers serving 202 students from over 20 nationalities.
Mitchell announces the appointment of Miss June Carlson and Miss LaVerne Crockett to supervise the girls playground work this summer. The appointments were made by Miss Gladys Grace, chair of the playground committee of the Mitchell Business and Professional Women's club, sponsors of the project.
Sioux Falls motorcycle officer Keith was struck in the eye by a bee while on duty. He suffered a swelling injury and took the rest of the day and the following day off to recover.
Alvin Hatzlaff and Theo Holland of Springfield and Southern graduates embark on a second annual harvest trip starting after commencement. They worked south to Kansas then north through the harvest season finishing in North Dakota last year and saved enough to fund this year's schooling. Ratzloff will teach at Yolin High School next year while Holland teaches at Bonilla High School, aiming for a similar territory as last year.
In Minnehaha County Sioux Falls women urged adding a woman probation officer to assist Gar ence M Lat an the present official. Judge Lewis Larson and W L Early supported the idea, commissioners agreed to study a July special appropriation along with other requests.
Miss June Mitchell Evers of Redfield, member of Dakota Wesleyan University’s 1931 class, received the prestigious scholarship medal at zonal commencement on June 5 for her four year scholastic record. Grand average and details reflect strong academic standing. Miss Gladys Leesch of Redfield won the Mary B. Ely scholarship as outstanding freshman.
Sioux Falls reports an Humboldt farmer Cle Olson was jailed awaiting trial on possession of liquor after a federal officer intercepted a pass at the Pumpkin Center dance hall. Olson allegedly tossed a half pint of alcohol when confronted by agents, the bottle landing at the feet of another officer.
Groton reports crops progressing well with ideal weather and moisture. Wheat and other grains show good color and stands, barley and oats recovering from frost, fox fields re-sown with strong growth, rye headed but short and likely fair yield, alfalfa yielding a good hay crop and set for mid month cutting.
Superintendent E M Spalsbury of Pierre Indian School departed for Oklahoma after serving since December. About 73 of 38 students stay for summer. some lack homes and others work on the farm or the new school building. The fireproof structure will house ten classrooms an auditorium and a gymnasium. Six wiring bids ranged 2200 to 3100 with the Rapid City firm submitting the lowest bid.
Picnics are held each year for wards of the State School and Home for Feeble Minded. Inmates are transported by bus and truck to Hagman’s Grove along the James River four miles northeast. Officials say about 100 inmates can be safely taken at a time for games fishing and pink lemonade lunch.
Redfield City schools announce Kiwanis prizes for top students in each class with names across senior to freshman. Debate honors go to Avanelle Speight Bernadine Hanson Barbara Bates Maurine Sebring Stanley Johnson. Speech awards to Alice Dawson Avanelle Speight Helen Norbeck. Chemistry essay prizes to Lucille Finnerty Vera Kopplin Eleanor Ewing. Bessie Blackdorm won the Coleman and Son special prize in the home furnishing contest.
Delma N Smith of Mitchell won the Clark M Young Prize for general scholarship at the University of South Dakota commencement. Smith averaged 95.6 over four years. the prize, $50, was endowed by Arnold L Davis of New York City. Roland Cutler of Wessington Springs won the legal research prize for best legal scholarship.
Hot weather has pushed small grain crops forward and the harvest is expected to be earlier than formerly. Corn is developing rapidly and there will be considerable crop this season.
Vermillion June 8 The forty-ninth University of South Dakota commencement closed with 163 bachelor candidates 14 masters and over 100 faculty. Hon Alvin Waggoner urged caution on overproduction of machines and its impact on education while the university conferred degrees across arts science business administration education engineering law and medicine to graduates including Sigurd Anderson and Helen Blankenburg Magna Cum Laude recipients and Leif Fjellestad Raymond Hale and others.
Pets of all descriptions were feted in Yankton as owners displayed animals and birds in a two day fete sponsored by the chamber of commerce. The event opened with an old grey mare parade and seven cash prizes for best pair. The contest continues Tuesday with a pet parade and cash awards for the most unusual pet.
Aberdeen June 8. Robred Irvin Ree Heights is president of the Northern Normal student council for 1831 1952. Other officers elected this week include Barbers Anderson Aberdeen vice president and Helen Kelly Aberdeen secretary treasurer.
Indian participants at Pierre celebration earned multiple prizes for parade entries. Notable wins include best historical section, top costumed individuals, longest distance family team, best equipped travois, and oldest participants led by Mrs Not Afraid of Bear and Amos Boy Elk.
At Aberdeen June commencement Dr. David Allen Anderson announced numerous prizes for 1931. Irma Maschke of Aberdeen received the President's scholarship and Sister Citizenship award. Other honors included piano scholarships for Harriet Hill and Frances Smith, voice scholarships for Marjorie Hinck and Frances Greene, and multiple art, literature, and chemistry prizes awarded to local students such as Eva Anglesbury Esther Russell Berta Robertson Rowena Shifflett and Margaret Brown.
A. S. Hanford Jr announces Watertown will be added to a new air line with two daily stops. Fargo will serve as the northern terminal and Omaha as the southern. Passengers can expect a morning northbound stop and an afternoon southbound stop, with new planes planned.
The Wayland band of 19 players with six women and girls performed the season opener at Ravenscroft park. Neale Major directs the group which plans to entertain at the rodeo south of Wessington.
Dealers with electrical and musical shops join Radio Manufacturers association convention in Chicago. Innovations include stenode radiostat for selectivity and a short wave switch to convert sets. Cabinet trends favor phonograph combinations and television display with several exhibitors. Dr. Julius Klein to give main address on June 10.
Arthur Thompson, director of the Washington high school band in Sioux Falls, which won the state contest at the University of South Dakota, received a baton made by University janitor Joe Harrington. Thompson will dedicate the baton at the first Washington band concert next fall.
Redfield Cooperative mills shipped twenty six tons of bran to Murdo to be used as poison mash against a grasshopper outbreak in the Rosebud territory. The shipment followed orders from C. F. Barnes chairman of the Jones County Board of Commissioners.
In Potter County a once thriving 200 resident town named Forest City vanished when the Dakota Central railroad did not extend west. Early boosters built a townsite at Wuanetsa later Forest City, but title defects and a failed bridge doomed the settlement as transportation routes shifted and the line was abandoned.
Lake Preston reports busy sheep shearers as warm weather arrives. Flocks vary from a few to around 200. fleeces are heavy though wool quality is mixed with dirt and dye from dry dusty air. Prices around 1.0 cent per pound leave slim profit margins for locals.
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