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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1942
Page
7
South Dakota subdivisions are trimming non-defense expenditures and deferring projects to reduce local debts. The Greater South Dakota Association tax studies committee notes war needs as a major driver, with counties and cities citing multiple aims in the economy move.
Officials discuss needed postwar construction projects and funding strategies to finance essential work without indebting the state. Only three qualified exceptions were agreed, as the emergency governs state action.
County and city officials report postponing road and bridge work and city plans to avoid interference with defense. WPA curtailment largely absorbed by defense industries or private work, though 16 boards cite hardship. Most subdivisions aim to cut debt and bolster reserves, with tax collections and cost cuts emphasized.
Miller reports an earlier salvage drive collected 22,160 pounds of old rubber at Miller purchased by M C Juhl of Standard Oil. A recent survey shows 15,290 pounds more brought in by gasoline stations.
LAKE PRESTON June 25 Special H A Ashbaugh longtime Lake Preston high school principal and band director will move to Webster High School, starting August 1. During his tenure the Lake Preston band earned superior ratings at district Brookings and the state contests, and weekly summer concerts drew thousands, culminating in a music festival with bands from Flandreau and Dell Rapids directed by H Butelle of Chicago.
In Woonsocket on June 25 a wartime program emphasizes neighborhood readers taking responsibility to spread information on future efforts. Cooperators were selected by friends and neighbors, chosen for leadership and reliability to assist in organizing and distributing tasks. Leadership cards will be mailed to those chosen, who will then mobilize to help win the war. Citizens are urged to offer help and pass along reliable information to support neighbors carrying out the project.
A nine-thirty Friday morning breakfast at 1067 Dakota Avenue South honored Mrs J K McDonald. Eighteen guests attended with bridge played at four tables. Winners were Mrs Claude Bailey and Mrs G J Kiel.
Mr and Mrs G R McArthur and children Joanne and Robert left for Minneapolis to attend the Northern State Electric Managerial Conference and plan trips to Rochester and Grand Meadow Minnesota before returning home. Mrs L A Melum Margaret and H V Peterson attended a Sandhardland Log convention in Clark. Mr and Mrs B R Fuller and family have returned from Roseburg Oregon to live at 419 Wisconsin Ave S in Huron. Palmer T Gulick with son John and daughter Lois Marie returned from a two week vacation to Adams, ND and Winnipeg Canada. Harold Searls and children visited with Mrs Gibbs and will stay. he returns to Kansas City with Mrs Searls remaining. Twenty Five Years Ago notes recall the 1917 Huron Chautauqua opening and mail to soldiers. WE School had returned from Miller where he visited friends. John Ronayn of Aberdeen returned home after visiting daughter Mary who teaches in the summer.
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